The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-22
The Day in
Congress

By United Press
The Chilean embassy in WASH
ington has received a sixteen-page
note from Luis Izerquerdo, min
lister of finance of Chile, replying
to questions asked by Senator John
son Rep., Cali regarding organiza-
ton of the Chilean nitrate mo-
nopoly. Johnson requested the
questions be answered in connec-
ton with the senate Investigation
of foreign loans.
Embassy officials said that the
finance minister, in his reply,
answered all questions asked by
johnson in straightforward
manner.
The senate finance committee
decided to have open hearings, be-
ginning Saturday on the Demo-
cratic tariff bill, which transfers
from the President to congress au-
thority to make rate changes on
recommendation of the tariff COM
mission. 1t has been passed by the
house.
Senator Vandenberg Rep., Mich.)
offered as an amendment a provi-
sion which would enable the tariff
commission to transfer articles and
commodities TO and from the free
list.
This would open the way to i'm
position of tariffs on oil, copper and
other free list commodities. Demo-
Gratis on the committee refused to
countenance this proposal.
Assistant Secretary of States Will
bur G. Carr advised the senate i'm
migration committee today against
passage of bill introduced by SEN
ator King Oem., Utah) to provide
for deportation of alien seamen il
legally entering the United States.
Carr said ten nations had protest
ed against the measure.
Failure Of the house TO appropri-
ate the necessary funds because of
the governments present strained
fiscal condition was said today to
be delaying between $4,000, 900 and
$SO,0O0,000 worth of public building
construction.
Testimony regarding the delay
was given the house labor committee
by Ferry Heath, assistant treasury
secretary in charge of building con-
struction.
Seibel Harris, chairman of the
Grange committee on national af-
fairs, said before the house agricul-
ture committee today that without
speculation wheat prices would drop
from 10 to Is cents a bushel.
Harris, testifying at the hearing
on a possible curb on short selling,
added that he knew of no legisla-
ton which would aid the commodity
market. He said that correction of
bear raids on the wheat market
could be accomplished by legislation
already enacted.
The cigaret smoker had his day
before the house ways and means
committee today, when tobacco in
tereStS registered vigorous protest
against Secretary Melons proposal
to increase cigaret taxes.
Increased taxes would cut con-
sumption and reduce government
revenues from this profitable source,
1T was argued by Junius Parker, New
York, representing the Tobacco
Manufacturing Association of the
United States.
Representative Crosser Oem., o..
introduced in the house TODAY
resolution which would authorize
the interstate commerce commits
sion to investigate the possibility of
applying the Six-hour day to all
railroad labor.
An Identical resolution is being
prepared by Senator Couzens Deu..
Mlch), for introduction in the SEN
ate.
Reports that the house would
evade a vote on prohibition at this
session of congress were denounced
on the floor today by Representative
OConnor Dem., N. W, who said
that the anti-prohibition bloc has
assurances" that opportunity would
be given for roll call.
OConnor said there would be a
vote on the repeal amendment, pro-
viding home rule for the states to be
submitted on referendum, and on
modification of the Volstead act.