The Washington herald., 1921-02-20
What Congress Did
Yesterday.
SENATE.

SENATE.
Met af II n. m, recessed at 5g20
until IL n. m. tomorrow.
Passed Dillingham; bill, restricting
immigration for one year to per
cent of the foreigners now in this
country.
Passed bill amending Federal Farm
Loan act to extend its privileges TO
Porto Rico, enabling islanders to
purchase farm loan bonds.
Submarine and aircraft cOnstrue-
tiOn topic before Naval Affairs Com
mittee; Military Affairs Committee
continues consideration of army
appropriation bill, and Manufac-
lures Committee continues coal
hearings.
Motion 10 take up Agricultural
Appropriations bill before senate
when recess is taken.
Bills and Amendments.
Pittman, Nevada-BiII 10 promote
the utilization and disposition of
waters of Colorado River for irrisa-
tiOn and power use.
Owen. Amendment TO
the Agricultural Appropriation bill
providing $4,000 for additional stalls,
sheds and pens for prStectIOn of
animals at the proposed held station
at Woodward. Okla.
Laid Before senate.
Credentials of James w. wads-
worth, jr., as SenatOr-eIect from New
York.
statement of Secretary of AErI-
culture on fertilizer situation of the
country.
Report from Appropriation Com
mittee on fOrtihcations bill.
Petitions and Memorials.
Hale, characterization of wOmen's
Educational Club, of ROckIand, Me-
favOrinE legislation creating n De-
partment of Education.
Knox, PennsyINanIa-Peti of
Chester and Delaware counties favor
ing u reduction in military and naval
appropriations; also resolution of
Philadelphia city council, urging the
selection of Independence Square as
n place to bury one of the unknown
dead of the warI also memorials of
Pennsylvania citizens opposing the
establishment of the Department of
Education.
CapPcr, Kansas Resolutions of
the farmers, Marmaduke, Ark, favor
ing a law to prevent gambling in
grain markets; also memorial of St
Joseph Reading Society, Victoria,
Kan, opposing the establishment of
n Department of Education. .
HOUSE.
Met at IL n. M; adjourned at G
p. m. until noon tomorrow.
Sent FOrGney emergency tariff
bill to conference.
Took up conference report on In
dian appropriation bill but adjourn
ed before completing it's cOnsIdcra-
tiOn.
Sent first deficiency, diplomatic
and consular and pOstOfice apprO-
priatiOn bills to conference.
Ordered reprint of the cold stOr-
age bill.
Committees.
ApprOpriatIOns-TO up general
deficiency appropriation bill.
Shipping Board Inyestigating-
ExOnerated u. W. Boiling, the Pres
idents brOther-In-Iaw, from charge
of bribery.
Foreign AfaIrs-COnsIdered resO-
luton for re-Opening trade with
Russia.
Military Affairs-ApprOved resOIu-
tIOn asking War Department for
explanation of it's refusal to allow
two special Investigators from the
House Committee on Expenditures
in War Department to examine Sc
cret files.
Executive Communications.
Secretary of Treasury transmit
ted estimate of appropriation for ad-
dItIOnaI buildings and water supply
for the New York Quarantine Sta
IiOn.
Secretary of War asked for $780,
900 TO begin work ON Tyler plan
to increase District wnter supply.
Bills Reported.
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
To amend Interstate Commerce
act and Section 10 of Clayton net,
extending from $4,000 to s1OO, 900
limitation carriers may spend for
supplies from companies in which
they are interested.
Military AffaIrs-To authorize an
pointment of ordnance storekeeper
." AiHo certain
Information from Secretary of War.
Bills Introduced. ..........
Kahn. CalifOrBia-Amendin army
appropriations act of 1919 so as to
release appropriations for the conn
pletiOn of the acquisition of certain'
real estate and making additional
appropriations for that purpose. ~.
smith, Observation-Disclosures Secre-
starry of War to donate to city of
Spring Bay ILL.,. one German ean-
non or fieIdpIeee.
Langley, hentucky-Authoriz
Seðry Of Treasury to provide en-
ls%rments aud improvements in
conneeSon with certain hospitals
binder control of the Public Health
4 Service,