The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1924-02-01

Navy DENLY, who approved the lease
Mcclellan, Tennessee, and King o,
Utah, joined Caraway in his attacl
on Secretary DENLY.
Senator Walsh, Montana, a mem
Der of the Investigating committee
gave notice that he would ask tha
body to report a resolution advising
the President to institute proceeding:
for annullment of the lease of thu
Wyoming naval reserve t the Sinclair
interests.
President Coolidge transmitted tt
Congress a message recommending
federal relief of the agricultural sit
uation. His suggestions include:
financial assistance through fed
eral agency to enable wheat farm
ers to diversity their farming; ex
tension of the time within which the
War Finance Corporation can make
loans; refunding of pressing past due
indebtedness of farmers in the ter,
ritory most seriously affected; resto
ration where it would be helpful, Of
impaired banking capital; and crea.
ton by private capital of a substan'
tial financing corporation to assist ii
the plan Of reorganization.
Ratified and made public the texts
of the recently negotiated Mexican
general claims convention and the
special Mexican claims convention.
A row over the League of Nation:
broke at the meeting of the propa.
ganda investigating committee wher
Senator Reed, Missouri, a League ir.
reconcilable, sought to develop
through the testimony of Miss Esthe,
E. Lape, member of the policy com
mittee of the Box peace prize award
the attitude on the League Of the
members of the policy committee and
the jury Of award.
State Department evidence regard,
ing communist activities in Russia
and this country was concluded be-
fore the Foreign Relations commit
tee with charges of widespread work
and propaganda in this country.
XXX
House-Met at noon; adjourned al
1850 P. M.
Considered measures reported from
the Judiciary committee under the
calendar Wednesday order of bust,
ness.
Passed a bill providing for a new
judicial district in northern Indiana
with provision for appointment Of ar
additional district judge and neces,
sary court officers.
Secretary Weeks transmitte dtc
Congress an offer by the Union Car.
bide company of New York, to man,
ufacture fertilizer at the Muscle
Shoals plant, to be sold at cost, plus
a profit of 5 per cent.
Republican members of the Ways
and Means committee suggested tt
the Democrats that the committee
get together and formulate a tax re-
duction measure on nonpartisar
plan, in which there should be mu.
tual concessions from both the Mellor
and the Garner proposals.
House and Senate adjusted theil
differences on bill which would per.
nit the return, free of duty, unit
December 81, 1924, Of cattle taker
into Mexico to escape drought in the
Southwest, and the bill now goes te
the President for his signature.
XXX
Thursday, January "a
Senate-Met at noon; adjourned al
4:44 P. M.
The committee on Public Lands
was discharged from further consid-
Grafton Of the Caraway resolution or.
dering the cancellation of the Teapot
Dome naval oil reserve leases, the
resolution was placed on the calendar
and further action goes over unit
next week.
Senator Capper, Kansas, chairman
of the farm bloc, addressed the Sen.
ate on freight rates, urging substan'
tial reduction in transportation costs
for the relief of farmers and repea.
of the rate-making clause of the
transportation act.
Senator Jones, New Mexico, spoke
in opposition to the proposed reduc'
ton in surtaxes in the Mellon plan.
Adopted House concurrent resolu'
ton for a joint congressional session
on Wednesday, February 81, as 8
memorial service to President Hard
ing. Secretary Hughes is to speak
and former Presidents Taft and vii
son, former Vice President Marshall
the Supreme Court, members Of thu
Diplomatic Corps, members Of thu
cabinet, governors Of states and Other
dignitaries will be invited to attend
President Coolidge transmitted t.
the Senate the ship liquor treaty
with Great Britain.
Passed a bill authorizing an emer.
gency distribution of 500 each tx
the $4,000 members of the Chippews
tribe in Minnesota, the statement be-
ing made that this was necessary tt
prevent starvation.
E. L. Doheny, the California oil
N a oc,aata told Tho oil ;axraat;na4;x.