The Washington herald., 1921-04-16
What Congress Did Yesterday
SENATE

SENATE
Met at II O'Clock and recessed mt
$50 until L. today.
About nifty bills introduced, chief
ly pertaining to pensions.
Colombian treaty debate eontin-
ued by Senators johnson, of Cali
fornia, Lenroot, of wisconsin, and
Watson. Of Georgia.
Democrats resume fight on Re-
publican plan of enlarging major
to take care of new
members, raising the ratio of rep
from to I'm the men,-
to 10 to 8. Appeal Of Sem
ator Hitchcock from ruling Of the
chair I'm favor of Senator Brande-
gees motion to amend the rules en-
larging the committees laid upon
the table on motion of senator Free
liBghuysen Of New Jersey. senator
Underwood, taking the reins as mi
nOrity leader upon his return from
Alabama where he attended the
bedside of his invalid mother. and
Senator Brandegee held attention Of
the Senatorial body I'm exhaustive
duel on parliamentary procedure.
Bills introduced.
Myers. Montana-BllI to amend
the Federal Reserve act to enlarge
the powers of Federal Reserve and
member banks; also bill relating 10
naturalization proceedings and pro-
yiding for notice of public hearings
on application for issuance of Anal
naturalization papersy also bill for
bidding surgical experiments upon
living dogs I'm District of Columbia
or any OF our territorial or insular
possessions, also bill providing for
the admission of foreign language
newspapers into the mails as second
class matter; also bill providing for
the pensIoning of the surviving
members of HunbIe's company of
Indian fighters In the battle of Big
Hole, Mont, sundry other pension
bills.
Trammell, Florida-BiIl providing
for the grant to Florida Of certain
public lands In that State for
school purposes.
Underwood, Alabama-Bill to con-
fer Jurisdiction ON the Court of
Claims to certify findings of fact;
sundry pension bills.
.Phfpps, COlorado-Bin for a pub
lie building at Monte Vista, Colo,
also bill for the erection Of n pub
lie building at Delta, Colo.
Keyes, New HampshIre-BiII pro-
yiding for the appropriation of ad-
ditional funds for the erection Of m
Federal building Mt Franklin, N.
tion for protection Of watersheds;
also bill for the establishment of n
forest experiment station dn the
White Mountain National reserves;
also numerous bills asking war rel
les for cities In New Hampshire.
Calder, New YOrk-BiII to en-
courage home ownership; also bill
to create n standard form of invest
ment on building association mort
gagesI also bill to provide for pay
ments to ex-presidents.
Capper, Kansas-BiIl to prevent
deceit and unfair prices from upre-
Healed presence of substitutes for
virgin wool I'm wool fabrics.
"adswOrth. New YOrk-BiII pro-
viding for the ineorpora ton Of the
American Society for the Control
of Cancer.
Gooding. Idaho-Bin to inye.ti-
gate the feasibility of reeIniminr
by irrigation certain lands I'm Idaho,
also bill to give preference to for
mer soldiers, sailors and Marines I'm
employment on construction work
and right of entry I'm reeIama ton,
Cummins. Iown-BiIl to amend act
regulating the practice Of medicine
and surgery and to punish vioIators
In the District of Columbia.
Freiinghuysen, New Jersey-Bm
to prevent boarding and deteriora-
tion Of cold storage foods, regulate
shipments of such, etc.
Ball, Delaware-BiH to authorize
the District Commissioner to close
upper Water street between Twen-
ty-nrst and Twenty-second streets;
also bill to authorize the opening
Of a minor street from Georgia ave-
nue. to Ninth street between square.
.S75 and 2S77; also bill for slight
amendment in Section S33-a of the
District Code.
Fletcher, Florida Bill to carry
out certain findings of the Court of
Claims in the case Of William w.
"chcItdts ItuneSSee-btIl authOr-
izing the Interstate Commerce Com
mission to establish n system OF
for commercial travellers
and reduced rates on all lines.
Petitions and Memorials.
Hitchcock. Nebraska TeIegrnms
In the nature of petitions, setting
forth abnormal conditions in grain
market under which wheat fs sold
at 16 cents n busheI legs than In
Argentina.
keyes, New Hampshire-Memor
of sundry citizens of New Hamp-
shire demonstrating against the
enactment of legislation revising
tarin on certain coal tar products,
also petition of New Hampshire An
nual Conference of Methodist EpIs-
copal Church, Claremont, N. H., IA
vOrinE the establishment of a de-
partment of education.
Fletcher, Florida - Memorial Of
citizens of Avon Park, Fla, against
revision of tariff on certain coal tnr
products. .. -.
Moses, New Hampshire-Memor
of citizens of Coos County, N. H.,
opposing the revision of tariff ON
certain coal tar products.