Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-03-17
IN CONGRESS
YESTERDAY
HOUSE.


p. m. until noon today.
Passed and sent to the Senate a
resolution under which approximately
2,400 aliens admitted temporarily to
the United States prior to March I IN
excess of the per cent quotas would
be permitted to remain here perma-
nently.
During debate on the measure Rep
resentatve Box (Democrat), Texas,
charged that certain steamship conf
panies and alien groups were cor
rupting and debauching" the immi-
grafton service, and that conditions
were particularly shocking" at the
Ellis Island immigration station.
Chairman Fordney, Of the Ways
and Means Committee, reintroduced
the soldier bonus bill as finally re-
vised, and filed a majority report from
the committee setting forth six "ad-
vantages Of plan of BILL
A petition by Representative Line
berger, of California, asking for a
conference of Republicans on the bo-
nus bill next Tuesday evening was
signed by 60 members, 10 more than
the necessary number. and Mr. Line
berger expressed the hope that it
would not be necessary to present 1t
to Chairman Towner, of the Repub
lican House organization. Its presen-
tation, the California member said,
would depend upon the outcome of q
l. Ln1 +nl hnt
Speaker Gillett and Republican lead
erS.
Representative of many organlza-
tions, appealing for amnesty for l13
prisoners serving an aggregate SEN
tence of. nearly 1000 years, insisted
before the judiciary Committee that
some of the prisoners whose sentences
were committed last Christmas should
have paid the full penalty for their
crimes.
Representative London (Socialist,
author of the resolution under consid-
Grafton, precipitated a heated discus
sion by announcing that if he had the
power he would release all war pris-
oners convicted of violence because, of
sincere opposition to war.
SENATE.
Met at noon and recessed at 5:02
p. m until y o'clock today.
The only speech on the treaty was
made by Senator Reed Dcmocrat,
Missouri who asserted that the whole
conference program had been misrep-
resented to the public.
Senator Reed submitted figures
which, he said. would prove that. the
naval and Four Power treaties taken
together would place the United
States in such a relative position as to
involve the gravest danges to national
security.
A statement was read INTO the rec
ord which Senator Reed said had been
prepared for MIN "by high naval au-
thority" giving the option that under
the naval treaty the United States
would be helpless in the Pacific.
Adopted the compromise conferenc"
report appropriating S1,5OO,O0O for
purchase of seed grain for the aid of
farmers in the crop-failurc area.
Passed the Capper bill providing
for the creation in the District of Co
lumbia of board Of accountancy.
Majority and minority reports bear
ing upon the eligibility of Senator
Smoot and Representative Burton to
act as members Of the allied debt
commission were filed from
the judiciary Committee. which has
been considering the question, re-
rcrrcd to it by Senate resolution.
The irrigation committee ordered a
favorable report on House bill pro-
vding for application of Federal irri-
CATION laws to organized irrigation
districts as we'll as to individual en-
trvmen.
Testifying before the dye investl-
eating committee. i. W. NcwIcan.
president Of the National Ani'inc
and Chemical Company. said the dye
cmbar"n was necessary for the dcvcl-
npmcnt of the organic chemical IN
dustrv and also ESSENTIAL to general
scientific and industrial development.
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