The Washington herald., 1921-04-22
What Congress Did Yesterday
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LII = COtCIudy
t HOUSE.
met NJ - N. and adjsurnea st :
,. M until noen today. centinued
bill.
Cenmlttees.
secretary OF Navy Denby befoy,
appropriations subcom mfttee n.
naval .analrs. opposed .proposes
Slowing ~ Of naval eonstructiou
program.
Ways and Means Committee ee..
unued framing Of tnrt9 schedules.
Approprfatfons subcommittee on
military affairs considered army .p-
preparation bill
Special eommittee appointed, IN
Investigate escape Of Grover CIeve-
land BerEdoll met for organixatiop
Foreign Affairs Committee vii,
begin hearings on disarnament n
PRESIDENT Harding approves, Chafr-
man Porter annouseed.
Judiciary Committee will tak. m
action with reference 10 atfempt to
impeaeh Judge Landis, Of Chicago.
uniess new charges are hled.
Bills Reported.
judiciary Committee reported
Dyer bill authorising the i,co,-
poratioa Of Americas arms enEn red
in business In China.
Bilis introduced.
Ing appointment Of q com missioner tn
confer with provincial government ts
Of Quebec and New Brunswick m 10
certain restrictive orders 10 council
relative to the expectation Of puIp
wood to the United states
Dallinger, Massachusetts- Ftxtue
the compensation OF the United
states customs guards and niEht In
speetors.
Kelley, Michigan Making sp-
propriations for the naval service
for the hscaI year 1922.
Cooper. Ohfo-Grantiag pensions
to certain members of the former
iife-saving service.
Frothinsham. Massaeh husett.-Mak-
Ing Armistiee Day . legal holiday. E
Kelley, MiehiEan-To protect the
name and insignia Of the world war
organizations.
Lineberger. Califernia-Te relieve
owners of mining claims who served
IN the war from performing annual
assessment work for Ave years,
Mclaughlin, Nebraska-To pre-
vent hoarding and deteriorst tfou Of,
and deception with respect 10, cold
storage focds' to regulate ship
ments OF eold-storaEe foods N In
terstate and foreign commerce.
Mills, New Iork-To provide for
the appointment Of an additional
Judge Of the United States District
Court for the seuthera district Of
New York. -'..
Butler. Pennsylvasia-Ts provide
Tor reimbursenent OF steamship
companies for. Advancement. made
during the war to onlcers and men
OF the naval service on account Of
pay.
Rankin. Missouri-To extend the
limits of shiloh National MiIttar,
Park' also making appropriation
for the Improvement Of the Tom
biEbee River. Mississfppi and Ala
bama' also to prohibit In the Dis
trict Of Columbia the intermarriaxe
OF whites with negroes or mon
goiiansi alse to refund to lawful
claimants the cotton tax collected
for the years 1859, 1854. 1895, 1890.
iso! and 1885, also q bill for the
relief OF cyclone sufferers.
walters, Pennsylvania - For th,.
estabiishmeat of . forest expert
ment station In Pennsylvania.
sandifn, Loufsfana--To amend the
act providing for the termiua tiou
OF Federal control Of the railroads
and to provide for the settlement
OF disputes between carriers and
their employees.
nacGreEor. New York-Reaue.t-
Ing the President to enter int ne
EQUATIONS for amendment of treat,
with Great Britain relating &c
boundary WATERS between the
United states and Canada.
Tfnkham, Massachusetts-Top pro-
vide Tor commission to review the
foreign debt to the United Ststes,
Executive Communicstfens.
Secretary of the Treasury sub-
nitted supplemental estimate Of
Slio to cover printing and binding
In Treasury Department; aIss n
supplenental' estimate OF Ss,7eO,272
for the Bureau Of War Risk Insur.
aneeI also supplemental estimate Of
Sl75,ooo for printing and binding
Ter the Department of Agriculture.
Secretary of War trnnsmitted re
ports from the Chief OF Engineers
on prehpinary examination and es-
umate Of cost of improvement Of
inland waterway from Pensacola,
Fla, to Mobile Ray, Ala, alss re-
port on preliminary examination of
shore near the mouth Of Saee River,
Maine, with . view to preventing
erosion. also report on preliminary
examinatisn of outlet Of Cass Lake,
Minn., with . view to estabiishing q
nayfgable connection with the Mis-
sfssippf River; also report on pre-
liminary examination of Michigan
City, Harbor, Ind.
Committee Meetings Today.
APpropriations-Arm and navy
IL, executive.
Military Anairs-Assistant Secre-
tary of War. Sale Of canned meat,
1o,3o, open.
Ways and Means-All subeommit-
tees on tarsn bill, 1880, executive.
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