Arizona republican., 1921-04-13
SENATE OFFERS
 VARIETY OF OLD
 AND NE w BILLS .ON SECOND DAY
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WASHINGTON. April 12.-While old and new legislative proposals in the senate today numbered less than 800, as compared with 2,500 odd in the house, they ranged from tax plans through anti strike legislation to ad- justment of international debts.
 Senator. Smoot, republican, of Utah offered his bill establishing sale tax in lieu of excess profits taxing methods, and also an embargo meas ure against wool importation Sen ator King democrat, Utah, proposed to make conferences to assist price fixing criminal, and also to make conspiracies to hamper movement of freight and persons" in interstate commerce illegal.
 Senator Poindexter, republican, Washington. presented a bill to pro- hibit strikes in interstate commerce.
 Senator Reed, democrat. Missouri, re-introducing a resolution suggest ing that the president ask Great Brit ain whether her West Indies possess sions could not be ceded to the Unit ed States. in part payment of indebt- edness, added a suggestion for simi- lar inquiry of France, as to the French Antilles. Senator LaFollette, republican. Wisconsin, proposed rec ognition of the Irish republic"
 Creation of a permanent commits sion to investigate lynchings was contributed in a bill by Senator Me Cormick republican. Illinois, while Senator Kellogg, republican, Minne- sota, renewed his bill to give the state department control over cable landing rights.
 Senator F'relinghuysen, republican, New Jersey, proposed creating coal commission, while Senator Owen, | democrat, Oklahoma, offered meas ures to limit federal reserve bank in 1 terest charges to six per cent: to create a federal marketing depart ment for farmers. and for publication ! of a national bulletin on government and politics.
 l A public welfare department was sponsored by Senator Kenyon, repub- lican, Iowa, who added measure | for registration and regulation of lob byists Senator France, republican. Maryland, suggested amnesty for all persons imprisoned for violations of war time laws, and Senator Mclean put in bill for minting a two-cent coin with Theodore Roosevelts ef- figy upon it.
 Senator Ashurst, democrat, AriZo- ma, again declared for the purchase l of Lower California from Mexico; ! and Senator Wadsworth put in the war departments request for author ity to sell surplus foodstuffs abroad and Senator Caraway, democrat. Ar | kansas, proposed prohibition of flu lures" sales in grain and cotton. Senator Sterling. republican, South | Dakota, introduced a bill reclassify ! ing all government employees, but Senator Smoot, republican. Utah l blocked it's reference to committee saying he would propose measure involving less expense A bill em- bodying the five fold" plan for vet erans' compensation, was introduced by Senator McCumber, North Da- kota
 In the house. Representative Fish republican, New York, announced hs would introduce tomorrow a resolu- ton providing for the withdrawal O. American troops from Europe.
 A bill to prohibit publication of for eign language newspapers or maga'
 zines without publication of an Eng
 fish translat tion was introduced. 1
 bill was offered to instruct the attor
 ney general to institute proceeding
 against the Standard Oil and United
 States Steel corporations enjoinin.
 them from distributing surplus wa
 profits, and to direct the ways anC means committee to draft bill tax i ing all such surplus profits. Anothe
 bill offered was that to prohibit tn . mis- branding of manufactured arti
 cles by amending provisions of tn . pure food law.