The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-06
Day In Congress
SENATE
BY Associated Press

Washington, January 5.-Opposition to section 9 of the patent office bill devel- oped such strength today at a joint con ference hearing made necessary by Senate amendments to the bill as first passed by the House that friends of the measure expressed fear that if the section were not eliminated the bill would not be enacted into law. Section 9 would eni- power the federal trade commission to assign patents of government-employed inventors to individuals or corporations for development and exploitation, and op position to t was voiced chiefly by rep resentatives of manufacturing interests. These opponents said it would add to the 'alreadE undesirable condition of too much government in busTneSs, and they expressed the belief that it would lead to considerable litigation from assignment of exclusive patent rights to individuals selected by the federal trade commission.
 Attorney General Palmer has been m vited to present information to a Senate judiciary subcommittee regarding ad- ministration C the espionage act and 10 give details of persons convicted of it's violation it was announced today. !
 Senator King, democrat, of Utah, in troduced today his resolution proposing elimination oe the covenant of the League of Nations from the peace treaty and ratification of the amended treaty. The resolution said it was imperative that the acceptance by the United States of the terms of peace with Germany be no longer delayed"
 HOUSE
 Washington January 5-Representatlye Smith of New York today confirmed re- ports that he would resign from the House shortly to become public ad- ministrator of New York county New York.
 A skirnisi1 over enforcement of proili- bition marked the debate today in the House on the sundry civil appropriation bill. When a paragraph approprlatlns s6Oo.oo0 for the salaries of special as- sistants to the attorney general during the coming fiscal year was reached, Rep resentative N1lstead, author Of the pro- hibition enforcement act, proposed an amendment to stipulate that S9oo"w ol this amount be used to pay special as sistants employed to prosecute Nioiators of the prohibition law. Representative Blanton democrat. moved that SocOoW or the SbON.VU l,e maze dNdHdpiS ioi Pt'D' ecution of Volstead act violators, but ms was defeated B to 12.
 Drastic changes in the naturalization law. especially as applying to women are provided in bill reported favorapN by the House immigration corNnittee. The measure will take the place of two nat uralization bills on the House calendar and an effort will he made, according 10 Representative Johnson of Washington, chairman of the committee, to have con gress approve it at this session. Women under the bill no longer would deriVs citizenship from the naturalization "l husbands but would be required to maae individual applications for citizenship. They also would not lose their American citizenship by marrying aliens, except where an alien husband cannot lawfully become an American citizen, or where woman leaves the United States and re- sides two years in her husbands country or five wears in some other country.
 The Treadway bill proposing tax on all bank deposits, was taken up today ny inc House ways and means committees which heard MT Treadway, Henry D. Sawyer of Boston, who suggested tne plan. and former Representative Ja'neS r, Rurke of PittSburg.