Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-04
Chief Executive Has LuII in
Hour Before Noon, Wait
ing at Capitol.

tagging on his hands.
-Four bills were permitted TO Sii.
through the filibuster that was SUI
raging in the Senate chamoef an,
these the President promptly signed
They constituted. however. his entir
task between the hours of IL ocloci
and noon, in vivid contrast TO pre-
vious years when Presidents arrirlnt
at the Capitol found their desk STACKED
high with legislation awaiting then
signature.
CAPITAL vitality Interested.
A number of the bills signed by the
President within the last - hours arr
OF vital interest to Washington. on'
of the measures which the Senate tenn
porarily lifted the filibuSter To Ie
through was the arboretum bill. Whicf
II had been feared would fail because
of the deadlock. Having been previous
" passed by the House, the bill was
hurried Immediately to the President s
desk and was there made a law by his
signature shortly before noon.
Another bill of immediate interest to
Washington. which received the Presi'
dents approval, authorized the &C
,quisition of tho site by the Commits
sicners of the District of Columbia
for the Farmer Produce Market The
bill permits the Commissioners to &C
auire land for that purpose either by
purchase or condemnation and appro-
priated $500, 900 for the site.
Iron Gate Removal.
Of special interest to motorists is
the bill directing that the iron gates
in West Executive avenue between
the White House and the State, war
and Navy Building be removed. These
gates. which were intended to afford
protection to the Government build
ings within them in times of war,
have long ago outgrown their useful
ness and have been 1t menace to Pc
destrians and motorists alike.
Another bill which received the
Presidents approval provided for the
retirement of William III. Santelmann,
leader of the United States Marine
Band.
Lord Accompanies Chief.
President Coolidge was accompa MED
to the Capitol by Herbert NJ. LORD,
director of the Bureau of the Budget:
his personal secretaries and an en-
tire staff of White House attaches to
be prepared to handle legislation that
was brought to him with the utmost
speed and accuracy. He was met
in his Office in the Senate by the men,
bers of his cabinet, who were to ad-
wise him on legislation affecting each
particular department.
The first four bills to reach him
were H.B. 1864, authorizing the pur-
chase of additional land for the Shiloh
National Military Park at advanced
prices: S.B. 4247. amending an act by
the civil government of Porto Rico;
S.B. 57S8, extending the time for the
construction of a bridge across the
Mississippi River in Henapin County,
Minnesota: S.B. 1861, fixing the juris-
diction of a court to hear the claim
Of Mrs. p. d. Bodkins.
President Coolidge remained at the
Capitol about an hour and a half. In
that time he signed only "a bills and 4
joint resolutions, a striking contrast to
previous years, when the number of
bills for the President to sign on the
last day Of Congress was close to 150
Since late yesterday afternoon the
total number of bills that have re.
ceived the Presidents signature
was 1874.
Signs Dry Measure.
Among many bills signed today by
President Coolidge during the closing
hours of the session was the prohibi-
tion reorganization measure, creating
separate bureaus for prohibition en-
forcement and customs in the Treas
ury Department and putting prohibi-
ton agents under the civil service.
Other measures signed include:
Appropriating $4,000 to pay the ex-
penses of the American commission
TO the preliminary disarmament con.
ference in Geneva.
Establishing national military
park at the battlefield of Stones River
Tenn.
Authorizing the Secretary of the In.
terror to provide an adequate water
supply for the Sequotah Orphans
training School near Tahlequahy,
Okla.
Granting the right of way to I'm
periai county. Calf, over public land
Tor highway purposes.
Granting to Utah and to the Uni
versity Of Utah all reversionary rights
TO the campus Of Utah University.
providing water system for the
Reno Sparks. Indian Colony, Nevada.
Authorizing the Secretary of War
10 grant authority to the Port of Port
land Commission to close the east chan.
mel of Swami Island, Greg.
Authorizing the Veterans Bureau
TO make loans to veterans on their
bonus certificates. This measure, how
ever, carried no appropriation for the
purpose.
Fixing the qualifications for voters
in Alaska, specifying that they shall
be able TO read the Constitution in
English and be able to write English
Extending to June l. 1928, the time
IN which the Interior Secretary is to
withhold his approval of the adjust
ment Of the Northern Pacific Railway
land grants and to continue the life
OF the joint congressional committee
TO investigate the adjustment
Providing for the return OF funds
belonging TO the World War National
Guard organizations that are not re-
constituted.
Farmers Market. Site.
Providing for the revision and print
ing of the index to the Federal
Statutes.
An act to amend the act entitled
AN act for the retirement OF EN-
ployes In the classified civil service
and for other purposes" approved
May %, 1920. and acts in amendment
thereof. approved July 3, 1926, and
for other purposes.
An act for the relief of certain
officers and former officers of the
Army of the United States.
An act authorizing negotiations for
me acquisition OF site Tor the farm
ers' Produce Market and for other pur-
poses.
An act for the relief of certain
officers of the Army of the United
States.
An act 10 authorize an appropriation
70 rehabilitate the Picatinny Arsenal
in New Jersey.
An act to amend the act entitled
IAN act to provide for the reimburse.
ment of officers, enlisted men and
others in the naval service of the
United States for property lost or de-
xfrnxad In such sarpica - annrnNad