Putnam patriot., 1924-05-02

that the flood of protests from thei1 constituents against passage of the bonus bill will not sway them from their early determination 10 support the bonus.
 Conn. Girl Paints at White House
 A South Manchester High school girl. Florence Behrend. created eou- sternation in the White House this week hy fainting. and she had the honor Go he revived by the presidents personal physician, Dr. Joe T. Boone, Miss Behrend was with q party Of fifty from the South Manchester High school which was caught in the crush of sightseeing the White House. About a thousand have been going there daily to watch the president at work this week.
 The Child Labor Law
 The proposed child labor amend ment to the constitution has been com manding the attention of the Connec- tieut delegation in the House recent ly. On the vote which passed the amendment. all of the delegation except Merritt voted Yes. Congress men Tilson and 0'Sullivan made speeches in favor of the proposition.
 Congressman Tilson declared that he had never approached a vote with such misgiving He felt that the greatest menace to our government today was the tendency Go take power away from the states and to give it to the federal government. However, he said what this country will be in the future depends on the ehildren of today.
 In the light of this fact and because 1 if he voted Yes the various states would still have opportunity to pass on the proposal. he cast his vote in | favor of the amendment.
 Senator Brandegee some days ago stated that he would try to get the proposed amendment up in the Sen ate as soon as possible. He hoped and i believed that it would pass Congress because he thought 1t was matter which should be passed on by the various state Legislatures and fhis was the method to get it before them
 In the natural run of things Mi Brandepee. as chairman of the judi. eiarv committee. will lead the fight in the Senate for the amendment Nr. Brandaee did not say whether he If a member of state legislature would vote to adopt the amendment He pointed out that good authoritie, cite several objections to the propo Isitinn. The senator mentioned thai some persons argued that it would be better for many children in the soutl to work in sanitary mill rather thar loaf in the mountains away from civilization
 Brandegee on Japanese Act
 X few days ago Senator Brandeges explained his vote in favoring tho Japanese exclusion clause in the i'm migration bill.
 lie said he believed that it wa time this country faced facts Hs pointed out that immigration is ou' own concern and one over which VI have full power He did not beliovs m admitting persons who could mol become citizens. And he did not hob that the Japanese should be giver treatment different from that accord ed other 0rientals. Thus he saw n reason for continuing the gentle mans agreement" which. if extended might later give the Japanese ground for asserting that preferential treat ment for them was our custom and their right.
 The Connecticut senator thought : that the alleged bitter feeling in Japar oecasioned by the recent action oi Congress will soon die down.
 Earnests multiply that the Senate : will pass a tax reduction bill much similar to the one passed by the Iuouae This pnaans that many innort. ant features of the Mellon bill, includ-
 ng the sur-tay rates, will go finally into the discard.
 Senators For Mellon Plan Senator Brandegee this week an- nounced that he would support the re concentrations of the Senate finance committee in regard to so-ealled hui ssnce taxes. H. spoke particularly regarding the tax on telephone and telegraph messages, and mentioned that he had received numerous pro. tests from Connecticut against vari- ous excise taxes, including the tax on automobile parts and the tax on radio sets He asserted that he sym. pathized with all these protestants ] that their kick was natural, but that revenue had to be raised somehow and the finance committee had made q careful study of the situation. i Senators Mclean and Brandegee will vote for the Mellon plan if they get chance, and ultimately are ex- | pected to vote with the Senate major i ity for a tax reduction bill that is a compromise between the Mellon plan and the Democratic rates.