The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-30
A Weekly Mirror Of Congress
Daily Activities of Your Senators and
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shou haul requirements Of existing law
under debate all afternoon.
Demand was made on the door by soma
bsma, for a vote on the Ford proposal for
Muscle Shoals at this session Of Congress-
Chairman Norris, Nebraska, In charge Of
the measure, replied that he also favored
vote and said no effort was being made
70 prevent one. Attacking the Ford pro
posai Senator Reed, Missouri. declared that
Henry Ford Is not "the archsngel Of virtue
that some people believe him to Be" and
added that the development Of Muscle
shoals should be considered In the hight
OF simple business proposition.
Speaking on the Cooling rider. Senator
Brookhart, Iowa, declared railroad freight
charges can be reduced tl.000000 . year
or reducing the income Of investors.
BY vote of to the committee In
yestigating the indictment against Senator
wheeler, Montana, held the charges against
that senator were unsupported by the facts
only negative vote.
Informal conferences were held By Demo
Gratis TO determine whether an inveshga-
ton should be asked Of charges made by
Mayor Curley, Of Boston, that q Coolidge
campaign orga nixation In Massachusetts, Is
collecting campaign FUNDS on Q "no-limit"
basis.
The Daugherty Investigating committee
continued ITS inquiry into prohibition en-
forcement and issued a subpoena to the
warden Of the Atlanta penitentiary to pro-
duce George Remus, Of Ohio, alleged mil
lionaire bootlegger, now a convict there
before the committee to testify.
Ratified the treaty for the protection Of
American nationals in Syria aud the Lee
banon, under French mandate.
Pm.
Passed a Senate bill proposing an Increase
In the number of -pnmmf = q Onp1
ofhcers available for duty with the national
guard, organized reserves and reserve Of
hcers' training corps.
Agreement was reached by Republican
and Democratic House leaders at a confer
ence with President Coolidge to work for
adjournment of Congress on June Z.
Before the Judiciary committee, consid-
ering bills introduced by upward Of 80
members of the House for modification of
the Volstesd act to permit the manufacture
and sale of 2.75 per cent beer, Wayne Is.
wheeler, counsel for the Anti saloon lea que,
submitted an extended statement, charging
the sale OF beer would restore the saloon"
Republican insurgents at q conference
voted to seek approval by the House OF
Senate amendments providing for full pub
hcity OF tax returns and for . grad uated
tax on undfstrtbuted corporation PROFITS.
Bills designed to protect internal water
ways and coastal waters from oil po;lu-
ton were favorably reported By the Rivers
and Harbors committee.
Thursday, May Is
SENATE-Met at noon recessed at s 80
until o'clock for a night session for
Adopted, by a vote of 60 to o, the con-
ference report on the immigration bill
providing for japanese exclusion, effective
July 1 of this year, and the bill now goes
TO the President.
Continued discussion of the Gooding
rider to the army appropriation bill relat-
ing 70 the long and short haul clause Of
the Interstate Commerce act.
Explaining his vote on the motion to
override the Presidents veto Of the Bursum
general pension bill, Senator Harreld,
oklahoma, denied he had switched his po-
sition, declaring he had first voted for the
bill on the roll call through a misunder-
standing and ,hat 1t had been bis intention
from the start to support the President.
Thomas w. Miller, alien property Gus
todian, testified before the Daugherty com
partment OF Justice H. L. scaife, former
employee Of the Department Of Justice,
who has been responsible for some Of the
alleged sensational disclosures before the
ton that he had been employed by the
Daugherty committee as an investigator
at 500 week and that he had asked
compensation Of the government fer fur
Passed o bin authorizing the sale Of the
Gasparilla Island. Florida, military reser-
HoUsE+Me. q. noon; adjourned a. SIS
Received the Presidents veto Of the
soldier bonus bin motion by Repub.
ifcan Leader Longworth that the vote to
pass the bill ever the veto be postponed
was ADOPTED oy a yea oud nay vote OF
Adopted the conference report on the
immigration bill, including japanese ex-
clusion, by a vote Of 30s to IS. Before this
Tab khA - -
vote Of 246 to SO, a motion by Representa-
tive SABBATH, Illinois. to recommit the bill.
Passed the second urgent deficiency bill,
carrying an appropriation Of s2,3l7 600.
The Rules committee worked out a plan
to bring the McNary Haugen grain export
bin mp for consideration the hrst part OF
next week.
Representative Howard, Nebraska, intro
duced a resolution for q special congress
sional committee to seek a remedy for the
present depression In the agricultural in
dustry.
charges against Representative Zihfman,
Maryland, reported that truth Of charges
that he accepted bride was not estab-
lished. The committee unanimously re
ported against ANY further ef ; ,ss yor.
delegation petitioned the committee on
Rules, asking that the postal salary bill
be allowed to come before the House at
an early date.
Under the terms of a bill introduced by
Representative Dyer Missouri, four addi-
tional judges would be added to the Court
Of Claims, thereby increasing the number
TO nine.
Friday, May 16
SENATE-Met at oon;recessed at s
D. m.
Devoted most of the day to a motion
to attach to the army appropriation bill
an amendment designed to limit the
power OF the interstate commerce COM