Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-02-15
IN CONGRESS
YESTERDAY

Met at noon and adjourned at 4:10
p. m., until II o'clock today.
Passed the bill creating bureau
Of aeronautics in the Department Of
Commerce.
Senator Mccormick, of Illinois,
chairman of the Republican senator
ial campaign committee. in speech
set forth Republican achievements as
a reply to a recent speech by James
NJ Cox, of Ohio, Democratic candi-
date for the Presidency.
The Washington arms conference.
he said, had done "more for peace
and against war than has the league
Of nations during all the twelve
months of its existence"
Taking up the economic situation.
Senator Mccormick declared that
Europe must settle her political diff
ference, reduce her armis and re-
trench her expenditures before the
United States can grant her new
credits.
Senator Watson (Democral, Ga.
attacked the ways and means COM
mittee plan for financing the pro
posed soldier bonus, and insisted
that England and France be required
to pay enough of their debt to meet
the bonus cost.
In brief speech Senator Harris
(DemocraN, Georgia, condemned As
sociate Justice Clarke, of the Su-
preme Court. for making speech
recently in which he advocated can
collation. of American and other war
debts.
In conformity with his recent re-
port on the West Virginia mine
troubles, Senator KENYON introduced
bill to provide for the sediment Of
disputes in the coal mining industry
and to establish 2 board for the ad
iustment of such disputes and to
stabilize conditions Of production.
Hearings on the offer of Henry
Ford to lease the Muscle Shoals
project will begin before the aericul-
ture committee tomorrow morning.
The interstate commerce committee
ordered a favorable report on a bil'
which would amend the railroad val.
nation act of 1913 so as to relieve
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion of the duty of ascertaining and
reporting separately the excess of
cost Of prcsent condemnation or Of
purchase over either original or pres
ent value.
HOUSE
Met at noon and adjourned at $50
y. m until noon today.
Confined consideration of tho In
tcrior Dcnartment appropriation
bill under the five minute rule.
Trust and saf" keeping denart-
ments of national banks would be
brought under the superviSon of the
comptroller of the currency under 2
hill introduced hy Chairman. Mc-
Fadden. of the banking committee.
A hill extending the 3 per cent rc
! strictive immigration law until juno
80, 1923. was ordered favorahlH
reported by the immigration commit
tee.
Purchase by the United States %
all Canadian territory south and cast
Of tho st. Lawrence with Tho ri"h'
TO dcvelop and utilize half Of Tho
water mower from me Ti'tI. - ~
nosed in a resolution introduced b,
Mr.. Ten Eyck (DcmocraD, New
York
Admiral Robert r. Cnnn'v. chief ot
naval oncrationS before tn" nava
affairs committee supported :Secre
tarv Denbv's rlea that the str"n"tl
Of the navy he not reduced below
90 OOO and said that the 100 DESTROY.
crs that will he ,placcd wholly on
of commission TO meet srcn r"duc
tion will dctcr;orato to a greater o.
less extent while laid up.
The military affairs committee
continued hearings on the Musrl:
( Shoals nroic~t proposed lease. DR.
] Richard c. Tolman. Of tho Asriru
tural Department. informin~ th'
committoe that Sccretsrr Wallac'
had authorizod him to sav the d"
nartment believed ''that farmer
woulJ be benefited" BY operation .
The plant for manufacture of frrtl
!izer. as proposed By Henry Ford
Eae1es frequently live for NOR
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