Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-22
Second Session Of
9th Congress IS
Adjourned Sine Die
Leader. L' Believe Harding i .li'l
Will Call Special !. Session {; Z, %
During November; Many
. New Laws Enacted During
Session; Bill Proposed To
Make Five Per Cent Tax.
On Beer Pay For Bonus. J.

amendment to the constitution Az
which would permit q nations
wide referendum upon salo OF @
Ave per cent beer with the re-
payment of q soldiers bonus was @I
proposed In resolution intro %
duced today by Representative s
Brennan, Republican Michigan.
Washington. Sept 22-The Sec ,5
ond yseesion of the sixty-seventh
congress adjourned today sine die. S
Legislation passed in the closing &
minutes of the session, was signed
at the capitol by President NJ
Harding. Il
House Quits Promptly. s3
The house quit work promptly At
2 o'clock in accordance with the ads
journment resolution but signing by
the senate presiding officer OF a mum
ber of recently passed bills delayed
adjournment of that body, until q
few minutes later.
Leaders on leaving the capitol gen-
orally expressed. belief that President
special session about the middle of
November to take up the merchant
marine BILL and amendments to the
transportation act. The president.
however. has not publicly stated
whether he has made a decision In
the matter.
Today's session in both houses was
devoted mostly to speech making In
which Republican leaders praised
Democratic leaders declared it had
fallen far short of its opportunities.
0. Meamres Passed.
Headed by the tariff bill. the sos
sion's more important legislation pro.
vided for: < IL
Creation. of the allied debt funding
Appropriation of $2o,ooo,ooo for
-4ppointmen,-of dirt farmer on on
the federal reserve board.
e Cooperative marketing by farmers.
Regulation of grain futures. so az
to meet the supreme court decision.
making the original -Tincher
law imperative.
Creation of 25 more federal Judges.
Extension of the per cent trnmi-
grafton quota law for two years.
Scrapping Of naval vessels in ac.;
cord with the arms conference treat.|
les.
Reorganization Of the patent Office
with an increase in force.
Reorganization Of the basis Of pay
Of army, navy and marine officers.
r Decrease in personnel and expense
of the army and navy.
Monthly payment Of pensions. e
Development of rivers and harbors
appropriation of $7.50O,00 to con-
tinue work on the Muscle Shoals,
Ala, power project.
Appropriation $l.500,0o0 to loan
farmers for seed grain
Appropriation 100000 for prose,
cution of war frauds.
Continuation the war time bonus
pay of federal employees.
In the legislative program, aid for.
agriculturists was prominent. with
the unofficial. bipartisan senate agri-
cultural bloc continuing it's activi-
ties while a less organized and eos
hesive agricultural group played a like
part in the house. There also was
organized an unofficial Republican
tariff bloc in the senate during the
tariff fight.
Numerous investigations, as usual,
were held by both senate and house.
but with few final reports.
Among the inquiries were: DISPOSE :!
ton of the Muscle Shoals project
charges Of Senator Watson. Dem, Ca
that soldiers of the American expedt-.
tionary forces had been hanged with
out trials; the alleged dye lobby;i
railroad problems war frauds; dis
position of government naval oil re-,
sefves: oil and gasoline prices: Amer
lean occupation Of Haiti and Santo
Domingo: civil service, and activities
Of General Semenoff, Russian leader.