The Washington herald., 1921-02-27
IMPORTANT ITEMS
CERMANE TOD.C
PASSED NSENATE
Over Three Scores of Bills
Cleaned Up in Upper
House.
BODY SPEEDING UP
Weights and Measures, Mu-
nicipal Courts Bills Now
Await Signature.

so lar as the senate - conCefueu
Congress got pretty well out of the
hole last week when more than
three scores Of bills. Including the
agricultural and rivers and harbors
appropriation bills and several I'm
portant measures. were passed
The bill enlarging the Jurisdiction
OF the Municipal Court, which was
amended on the Senate door by Sem
ator Kellogg, Of Minnesota. to in
clude jury cases up to 1,ooe Instead
of $1,000, and the bill establishing a
department of weights, measures
and markets. by which bread. Ice
coal and other commodities win be
sold in standard form. were the
more important District measures.
Following Is the record Of the week
ending last night:
VIII Aid Farmers.
Monday-Bill providing s5,ooo.ooe
Federal aid to drouth-stricken
farmers in western States.
Tuesday-winslow bill providing
part payments to railroads under
the wartime control regulation.
wednesday-Ag gricultural appro-
priation bill providing s225,o00 In
stead of S125. 200 for. fighting forest
fires, and other amendments; also
resolution directing the War De-
partment to reiinquish control or
the New York State barge canal and
to sell equipment
Important ID. C. Items.
Friday - District weights and
measures and municipal courts bills
Jznd fve- other local measures pro-
Of N
water and Quincy streets. trans
fer of the low grounds near Botanic
Gardens, redistribution to taxes
and assessments in cases of subdi-
yiding or reselling land and author
izing corporations to change names
Fifty-nve other bills passed include:
Concurrent resolution indorsing
American relief work abroad and
appealing to America for contribu-
tions, Joint resolution providing for
the disposition of 13,902 tons OF Ar
gentine sugar, bill authorizing Sec
retary of War to furnish transporta-
ton to former service men stranded
in Europe. an act to protect water
sheds in Idaho, bill authorizing
riRht-of-way for Columbia River
highway. joint resolution granting
consent to North Dakota, South Da-
kota. Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa
and Nebraska to adjust boundaries,
bill authorizing Secretary of War
to furnish to National Museum GER
tain war trophies, bill appropriat-
ing about 5000 900 to Massachusetts,
for expense incurred in fortifying
coast during civil war; numerous
measures affecting rights and status
of lands. irrigation projects. pen
sions, Indian claims and private re-
lief claims.
Saturday Fortifications appro-
priations bill carrying about $s,-
000, 900, with an amendment requir-
ing the War Department to turn
over to the Agriculture Department
/. 200 tractors for farm road work;
army appropriations bill carrying
about s364,0o0,000.
Harrison Attempt Fails.
An attempt of Senator Harrison
Of Mississippi. Friday TO have the
river and harbor appropriation in
creased from s15,000.000 to s33,0Oo.-
900 precipitated a rather acrid de-
bate, which resulted only in loss of
time. The bill was passed without
the amendment The appropriation
allowed by the Senate is the same
as that allowed by the House and
is intended, with some s41,00o,00
remaining from previous appro-
priations to take care Of the river
and harbor improvements all over
the United States until July 1, 1929.
Senator Jones, of Washington, chair
man Of the committee that report
ed the bill, explained that although
s57.000,0OO was asked in the esti-
mates, economy forced a reduction
and the smaller amount would make
IL possible to carry on most of the
important work under way on the
various waterways.
The passage yesterday of the ror1
tifcations and army appropriations
bills consumed the greater part Of
a session that began at IL a. m. and
continued until nearly Z o'clock at
night A nght for economies led by
Senator King. of Utah, was waged
from the beginning and many minor
amendments were made, but the
amount Of s364.ooo.ooo in the army
bill, the principal measure of the
two, was very little changed. The
naval appropriations bill is now the
most important financial measure to
be acted upon at the short session,
except that OF the soldiers bonus,
which has been amended to make