/ 1928 -CONGRESSIO:N .L~L RECOR.D-HOuSE the Oddie bill, having to do with the Government furnishing would practically put all American cotton exchanges out of stamped envelopes ; to the Committee on the Post Office and business; to the Committee on Agriculture. Post Roads. 5487. Also, position of the National Foreign Trade Council, 5465. Also, petition of eigh~ citizens li\ing in La:lloure County, favoring the passage of House bill 9195; to the Committee on N. Dak., against the enactment of House bill 78, or any other Ways and Means. compulsory Sunday observance legi lation ; to the Committee on 5488. By Mr. ROMJUE : Petition of Ervin Reese, R. E. Hoff the DiStrict of Columbia. man, et al., of Novinger, Mo., for passage of Civil War pension 5466. Also, petition of nine citizens living in La Moure County, bill carrying the rates proposed by the National Tribune ; to N. Dak., against the enactment of House bill 78, or any other the Committee on Invalid Pensions. compulsory Sunday observance legi lation; to the Committee on 5489. By Mr. SI~""NOTT: Petition of a large ntu:nber of citi the District of Columbia. · zens of Klamath County, Oreg., protesting against enactment of 5467. By Mr. HAUGEN: Petition of 30 members of Oelwein House bill 78, the Lankford bill, or any similar compulsory Women's Civic Club, Oelwein, Iowa, a~ainst the furthe1; post Sunday observance legislation; to the Committee on the District ponement, amendment, or repeal of the national-origins pro of Columbia. vision of the re trictive immigration act of 1924; to the Com 5490. By Mr. THATCHER: Petition of numerous citizens of mittee on Immigration and Naturalization. Louisville, Ky., protesting against the enactment of compul.,ory 5468. Also, petition of 29 members of Elkader Women's Club, Sunday observance legislation ; to the Committee on the District Elkadel't Iowa, against the further postponement, al:nendment, of Columbia. or repeal of the national-origins provision of the restrictive im 5491. By Mr. THURSTON: Petition of 15 citizens of Sharps migration act of 1924; to the Committee on Immigration arid burg, Iowa, and vicinity, protesting against the passage of House Naturalization. bill 78, or the compulsory Sunday obsenance bill; to the Com 5469. By Mr. HAWLEY: Petition of residents of Millwood, mittee on the District of Columbia. Oreg., favoring passage of legislation to increase the pensions of Civil War veterans and their dependents; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 5470. 4Jso, petition of residents of Bandon, Oreg., and Wash ington County, Oreg., opposing the passage of House bill 78 ; to SATURDAY, M m·ch 17., 19B8 the Committee on the-District of Columbia. · The House met at 12 o'clock noon and was called to order by 5471. By Mr. HOOPER: Petition of George W. Lindref and the Speaker. . 46 other residents of Eaton Rapids, Mich., protesting against The Chaplain, Rev. James Shera Montgomery, D. D., offered the enactment of compulsocy Sunday observance legislation for the following prayer: the District of Columbia ; to the Committee on the District of Columbia. · We are deeply grateful, our Father of mercies, for the wit 5472. By Mr. HUDSPETH: Petition of residents of El Paso, nesses and leaders of Thy holy truth, who have recovered the Tex., against the Sunday observance bill ; to the Committee on broken pmposes of men and their faltering faith and led them the District of Columbia. forth into the promised land of a blessed assurance. They have 5473. By Mrs. KAHN: Petition of numerous citizens of Cali lighted the higher ideals on the altars of their souls. They : .fornia, protesting against the Brookhart motion picture bill ; to flung aside as unworthy of reckoning the trials of earth and the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. brought release, convoy, and guidance homeward. We praise 5474. Also, petition of members of Federal Employees' Union, Thee for the chivalry of soul and boundless faith of Ireland's No.1, San Francisco, Calif., urging action on House bills 25, 492, patron saint. His mission and message, his character and life .and 6518; to the Committee o.Q the Civil Ser\ice. ha,:e become the inspiration of countless numbers who are 5475. By Mr. JOHNSON.. o.f Washington: Petition of Grays now walking in the pathway of the l[aster. Inspire om humble Harbor County, Wash., protesting against the Lankford Sunday lives with the arne immovable conviction, fortitude, and sacri observance bill; to the Committee on the Distrlct of Columbia. fice, that we, too, may hold aloft the threefold torchlight of .. , .·5476. By Mr. LINDSAY: Petition of American Library Asso faith, hope, and love. Through Jesus Christ om Lord. Amen . ciation, Chicago, Ill., urging favorable action on House bill The Journal of the proceedings of yesterday was read and 8304 and the reduction of postal rates on books; to the Com approved. mittee on the Post Office and Post Roads. 5477. By 1\fr. MILLER: Petition of citizens of Bremerton, ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED Wash., protesting passage of House bill 78, District of Columbia :Mr. CAMPBELL, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, re Sunday closing bill; to the Committee on . the District of ported that they had examined and found truly enrolled a bill Columbia. of the following title, when the Speaker signed the same : 5478. By Mr. O'BRIEN: Petition of citizens of Harrison and H. R.10286. An act making appropriations for the military Taylor Counties, W. Va., opposing the Lankford bill (H. R. 78); and nonmilitary activities of the War Department for the fiscal to the Committee on the District of Columbia. year ending June 30, 1929, and for other pmposes. • 5479. By Mr. O'CONNELL: Petition of George Mead, record The SPEAKER announced his signature to enrolled bills of ing secretary of machinists, National Looge, No. 556, Interna the Senate of the following titles: tional Association of Machinists, Brooklyn, N. Y., favoring the S. 2007. An act to authorize the Secretary of War to pay offi Dallinger amendment to the naval authorization bill; to the cers and Filipinos formerly enlisted as members of the National Committee on Naval Affair . Guard of Hawaii for field and armory training during years . 5480: Also, petition of Joseph N .. Ward, secretary Electrical 1924 and 1925, and to validate payments for such training here Union, Brooklyn, N. Y., favoring the Dallinger amendment to tofore made ; . the naval authorization bill; to the Committee on Naval Affairs. S. 2021. An act extending and continuing to January 12, 1930, the provisions of "An a(!t authorizing the Secretary of the Inte I . 5481. Also, petition of the American Library Association, Chi cago, Ill., favoring the passage of the Luce bill (H. R 8304) and rior to determine and confirm by patent in the nature of a deed Copeland bill (S. 2040) ; also favoring the incorporation of the of quitclaim the title to lots in the city of Pensacola, Fla.," ap ·provisions of the two bills in the general postal rate bill (H. R proved January 12, 1925; and 0296), which is now under consideration; to the Committee on S. 2800. An act authorizing E. K. Morse, his heirs and legal the Post Office and Post Roads. representati\eS, and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate 5482. Also, petition of John McMurray, secretary Metal Trades a bridge across the Delaware Riv~· at or near Burlington, N. J. Council, of Brooklyn, N. Y., favoling Dallinger amendment to the ORDER OF BUSI~~SS naval authorization bill; to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Mr. SNELL. Mr. Speaker, I have a resolution to presenf · -5483.- Also, petition of James C. Quinn, secretary Central from the Committee on Rules. Trades and Labor Council, New York City, favoring the Dal- Mr. VINSON of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I make the point l linger amendment to the ·naval authorization bill; to the Com of order that there is no quorum present. · mittee on Naval· Affairs. The SPEAKER The gentleman from Georgia makes the 5484. Also, petition of International Association of Machinists, point of orde1· that there is no quorum present. The ·chair Washington, D. C., favoring the Dallinger amendment to the will count. naval authorization bill; to the Committee on Naval Affairs. 1\fr. TILSON. :Mr. Speaker, in order that the order of busi 5485. By Mr. QUAYLE: Petition of the Merchants' .Associa ness of the day may be known as early as possible, I now renew tion of New York, favoring the passage of House bill 9195; to my request of . yeste1·day, that upon the completion of the bill the Committee on Ways and Means. from the Committee on Ways and Means, which is privileged, 5486. Also, petition of R H. Hooper & Co., New ·York City, and after the consideration of a little resolution from the with reference to legislation now . pending in Congress which Co!!!JDittee on Rules, the House as in Oomm.ittee .of the Whole 4924 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 1\fARCH 17 may proceed to the consideration of bills 'on the Private Cal On motion of Mr. BuTLER, a motion to reconsider the vote' endar that are unobjected to, beginning at the star. whereby the bill was passed was laid on the table. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Connecticut asks unani mous consent that when the special order has been completed PERMISSION TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE ·and bills considered from the Committee on Ways and Means, Mr. TILSOX. Mr. Speaker, there is a special order for to and a resolution from the Committee on Rules, it shall be in day, and I now ask unanimous consent that immediately follow order to take up bills on the Private Calendar that are unob ing the special order the gentleman from Idaho [1\fr. FREN
' 1928 . CONGR.ESSIONAL .RECORD-.HOUSE ..4931 • !vir. UNDERHILL. In the meantime the money had_ been WILLIAM THURMAN ENOCH turned into the Treasury of the United States and it is only The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill ·by special act that it can be 1·ecovered. (H. R. 4993) fo1· the relief of William Thurman Enoch. Mr. HOOPER. And, of course, the money was paid upon the · The title of the bill was 1·ead. · theo1·y that he was still living, because of his unexplained The SPEAKER pro tempore: Is there objection to the pres absence? ent consideration of the bill? Mr. m'DERHILL. Yes. Mr. HOOPER. Reserving the l'ighf to object, Mr. Speaker 1\Ir. LAGUARDIA. Reserving the right to object., what iden and I do not intend to object-! want to refresh my recollec tity was there of the body?, tion a,bout the matter. Will the gentleman from Texas say that Air. UNDERHILL. They found certain portions of his cloth this was purely accidental, and that the injury to Enoch was ing, which were identified, and his watch was identified, and incurred without any negligence or fault on his part? also an automatic revolver which was known to belong to him. Mr. HUDSPETH. He was not killed; he was wounded. He 1\:fr. LAGUARDIA. And his bondsmen were priva_te indi was a watchman or toll keeper at the bridge, and there was an viduals? immigration official in charge of a Mexican prisoner, so the Mr. UNDERHILL. Yes. record discloses, and it was about 6.45 o'clock in the evening, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the present when the traffic wa~S congested, so the record also discloses. consideration of the bill? The pri,soner tried to escape and the immigration official fired There was no objection. at him and by accident shot the inspector. The report on this The Clerk read the bill, as follows : bin was prepared by· the gentleman from Wisconsin [1\lr. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is BECK], but the evidence shows that this man was wounded. berebv authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury The statement is here that shows clearly that he was wo1inded, not otherwise appropriated, and in full se_ttlement against the Govern due to no negligence on his part. · He was there collecting the ment, to Ed. Snyder, $300 ; to William Paddock, $400 ; to Ed. Strike toll for the E1 Paso Electric Co. I know nothing of the facts $50 ; and to A. S. Heydeck, $50, in the remission of a bond which was personally. What information I have has been sent me, or from forfeited by the failure of John McCarthy, of Tenakee, Alaska, to the deparbnent here. appear before the distl'ict court at Juneau, Alaska, on October 6, 1922, Mr. HOOPER. Are not the damages here larger than are the said John McCarthy bel.ng deceased on tlie date he was cited to usually allowed except in cases of death? appear. Mr. HUDSPETH. I do not know. I have not been on the . With the following committee amendments: committee very long; but I believe the policy of the committee has been in the past to recommend $5,000 for death claims. Page 1, line 6, strike out the figures "$300" and insert "$285.92 ''; Mr. UNDERHILL. - The amount of damages is largely based line 7, strike out "$400" and insert "$381.23," and, in the same line, on the average compensation. 1-'he average compensation was strlke out "$50" and insert "$47.65"; and, in line 8, strike out "$50 _" allowed in this instance, and the maximum settlement would and insert "$47.65.'' amount to $5,000, so the commission states. The committee amendments were agreed to, and the bill as Mr. HOOPER. The gentleman's committee has these claims amended was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was under it~ jurisdiction, and the gentleman understands the sub read the third time, and passed. ject very well. Does the gentleman not think that the amount A motion to reconsider the vote by ·which the bill was passed ought to be reduced? was laid on the table. Mr. UNDERHILL. This is the ~port of the committee, and :MARY NEAF I could not divulge anything that occurred in the committee. Mr. HOOPER. I do not want the gentleman to go into that. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. Mr. UNDERHILL. He recovered sufficiently, so that he is 3194) for the relief of Mary Neaf. · · still doing his regular work. But he had a permanent injury. The Clerk read the title of the bill. .. Mr. HUDSPETH. The report I have here as a part of the - The SPEAKER 'pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres- bill states his injury is 75 per cent. ent' consideration of the' bill? · · 1\fr. HOOPER. I shall not object. · Mr. HOOPER. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the right to object in The SPEAKER pro-tempore. The Clerk will report the bill. order to get some information ancl refresh my recollectio:Q. The Clerk read as follows: This Private Calendar is called up to-day rather unexpectedly. Be it enaoted, etc., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, a.nd he is What effort was made to ascertain the identity of this Richard hereby, authorized and dire~ted to pay, out of any money in the Treasury ~~? . ; not otherwise appropriated, to William Thurman Enoch, of El Paso, Tex., 1\Ir. COCHRAN of Missouri. Every effort was made by the the sum o.f $5,000, on account of permanent injury sustained by him War Department. A statement was filed with th~ committe-e through the negligence of Frederick W. Warner, an empioyec of the in the form of letters from the chiefs of police of various cities. United States. Mr. HOOPER. And the gentleman is satisfied that all due efforts were made? With_f:i committee amendment, as follows: 1\Ir. COCHRAN of Missouri.. Yes. He had run away from On line 5, after the word " appropriated," insert "and in fun settle home without the consent of his parents, and he did not want ment against the ~vernment." them to k"now where he was. . The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on agreeing to :Mr. HOOPER. Mr. Speaker, I have no objection. the amendment. ' The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the bill. The amendment was agreed to. The Clerk read as follows: The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the en Be' it enacted, etc., That Mary Neaf, mother of Richard Neaf, who -grossment and third reading Of the bill. served under the name of John Ryan as a private in the One hundred The bill as amended was ordered to be engrossed and read and sixty-seventh. Company, Coast Artillery Corps, shall be considere'd a third.. time, was read the third time, and passed. as the duly designated beneficiary of the late Richard Neaf, alias A motion to reconsider the vote whereby the bill was passed John Ryan, under the act approved May 11, 1908, as amended by the was laid on the table. act approved March 3, 1903. The SPEAKElt pro tempore. The Clerk will report the next bilL With a committee amendment, as follows: HOLGER M. 'IH.ANDUM On line 8, strike out the figures " 1903" and insert "1909 (3_5 The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. Stat. L. 108, 735) ." 4125) for the re1ief of Holger M. Trandum. The . SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on agreeing The title of the bill was read. to the committee amendment. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres- The committee amendment was ag1·eed to. ent consideration of the bill 1 The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the engross There was no objection. ment and third reading of the bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the bill. · The bill as amended was ordered to be engrossed and read The Clerk read as follow.s : a third time, was read the third time, and passed. Be it enacted, etc., That Bolger M. Trandum is hereby allowed three A motion to reconsider the vote whereby the bill was passe(~. years from the date of the passage of this act within which to submit was laid on the table. proof upon homestead e.ntry 051441, Miles City series, embracing the The SPEAKER pro tempore. The 01erk will report the neXt north half sectio.n 24, townsbip 9 north, range 58 east, principal bill. meridian. .(:1932 CONGRESSIONAL REOOR.D-HOUSE ~{.AB. CH 17
With a committ~e amendment, as follows : December 1, 1925, be, and the same is hereby, validated, upon payment On line 7, after the word "meridian," insert "Montana, which entry by said entryman of the appraised price of the timber thereon as pro • vided by the act of January 14, 1889 (25 Stat. L; 642), as amended by is hereb:" reinstated for th~ purposes of this act." the ·act of June 27, 1902 (36 Stat. L. 400). The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on agreeing to the committee amendment. · The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, The committee amendment was agreed to. was read the third time, and passed. . The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the engross A motion to reconsider the vote by whkh the bill was passed ment and third reading of the bill. was laid on the table. The bill as amended was ordered to be engrossed and read ENGLEHARD SPEBSTAD a third time, was read the third time, and passed. Tile next business on the Private Calendar was the bill A motion to reconsider the vote whereby the bill was passed (H. R. 332) validating homestead entry of Englehard Sperstad was laid on the table. for certain public land in Alaska. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the next The Clerk read the title of the bill. bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pt·es ALFRED W. MATHEWS ent consideration of the bill? Th<:! next business on the Private Calendar was the bill Mr. HUDSON. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, '(H. R. 6440) for the relief of Alfred W. Mathews, former en this bill involves a rather disputed question, and as I do not sign. United States. Naval Reserve Force. see present the Delegate from Alaska, I ask unanimous ~on- The title of the bill was read. sent that the bill go over for the day. ' The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres The SPEAKER pro tempore. ·without objection, it is so ent consideration of the bill? ordered. Mr. HOOPER. Reserving the right to object, is the gentle There was no objection. man in charge of this bill here? I would like to ask him a JOE D. DONIS! question for information. I see in the notes that I have here it is stated that from the records of the Navy Department The nex.'t business on the Private Calendar was the bill Mathews now is entitled to relief under the Veterans' Bureau, (H. R. 924) for the relief of Joe D. Donisi. and the department is not in favor of the bill. I am not in The Clerk read the title of the bill. favor of the bill, but in the· absence of the gentleman from The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres .Maine [Mr. WHITE] I ask, Mr. Speaker, that the matter be ent consideration of the bill? passed over for the time being, until I can confer with the Mr. HOOPER. l\lr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, gentleman from Maine. I would like in this instance to call upon the chairman of tho The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection? Committee on Claims to explain briefly this proposed legisla There was no objection. tion. There are some questions about it which I might want The SPEAKER pro tempore. The bill will be passed over to ask him as he makes his explanation. :without prejudice. 1\Ir. UNDERHILL. J.\Ir. Speaker, this matter is of such importance that the gentleman is justified in making inquiries JOSEPH W. JONES in reference to the same. This is a radical and new departure The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill from the policy of the committee and it is in direct conflict '(H. R. 8443) for the r-elief of Joseph W. Jones. with the recommendatious of the former Secretary of War. ' The Clerk read the title of the bill. It is to pay a boy a certain sum for damages sustained · by The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres having his .hand blown off by a dud which had been left on the ent consideration of the bill? grounds of the citizens' training camp in the State of Ohio. · There was no objection. We are beginning to have in the Committee on Claims a The Clerk read the bill, as follows : ·number of such cases. They do not all involve the explosion Be it enacted, etc., That in the administration of the pension laws, of a shell, but it may be the kick of a mule, being run over by or of any laws conferring rights, privileges, or benefits upon honorably a truck, or something of that sort. discharged soldiers, Joseph W. Jones, who was a private in Company K, The committee has taken this pOsition, and I think it is a Fh·st Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry, shall hereafter be held very sound and wise one: The Government invites the youth and considered to have been honorably discharged from the military of the country to enter these citizens' training camps in order service of the United States as a private of that organization on the to fit them for future service in time of emergency, and the 16th day of August, 1864: Pf'oviaed, That no back pay, pension, or training they receive at these . training camps undoubtedly bounty shall be held to have accrued prior to the passage of this act. makes them better citizens and they are bettet· equipped for the battle of life. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, In spite of all the safeguards with which the Government was read the third time, and passed. can surround them there are bound to be accidents in these · A motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed large camps, with 2,000, 3,000, or 4,000 boys attending them, :was laid on the table. full of the hot blood of youth, skylarking in their leisure mo CLIFFORD J. TURNER ments, and earnestly working in the working hours to perfect themselves along the li.ne of military activities. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill Now, if the Government invites these boys and the boys [(H. R. 1997) for the relief of Clifford J. Turner. give up their vacations and play period, they are surely doing The Clerk read the title of the bill. their share, and the Government ought to guarantee to the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres parents and to the boys that if by any accident whatever, ~nt consideration of the bill? whether it is the fault in part of the boy himself or whether · Mr. HOOPER. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, it is the fault of some officer, or whether it is just simply an I will say that ·I do not intend to object to this bill, bnt I unavoidable accident, a boy is injured that he should not be would like the gentleman from Minnesota to refresh our recol compelled to go through life entirely handicapped, but that the lection about it and briefly state the reasons for this legis Government should, so . far as it is within its power, help him lation. along by taking care of him as it would take care under simi Mr. SELVIG. Mr. Speaker, this bill is to validate the home lar circumstances of any employee of the Government. So lhe stead entry of Clifford J. Turner. He was allowed to make an committee has come to the conclusion that it is only just, entry erroneously, according to the records of the land office, equitab-le, fair, and for the best interests of the country that and upon the payment of the value of the timber on the land we take this step in advance and establish this policy on the this bill ·will validate his entry. There is no objection by the part of Congress until the Army is ready to write into the Land Office. law the same provision which the Navy has written into the Mr. HOOPER. Mr. Speaker, I am satisfied with the gentle- law placing their NaYal Reserves under the provision of the man's explanation. Federal compensation act. We do not feel it is at all fair to The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection? discriminate between the two branches of service, and until the There was no objection. . Army is ready to act and grant this equity the committee is The Clerk read the bill, as follows : going to stand back of its recommendations to Congress that Be it ena-cted, etc., That the homestead entry, Ct·ookston No. 018072, they establish some medium of relief. now Cass Lake No. 013632, made by Clifford J. Turner on August 31, 1\It•. 1\IOORE of Virginia. I did not catch any statement as 1923, for the south half of the not•tbeast quarter, northeast quarter of to what is the basis of compensation. the southeast quarter of section 32, township 144 north, range 37 1\Ir. UNDERHILL. The basis is the Federal Employee-S• .west, fifth principal meridian, on which patent erroneously issued Compensation Commission's table of rates. 1928 CONGRESSION ...t\.L RECORD-HOUSE 4933 The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the present Mr. HUDSON. Mr. Speaker, I offer an amendment to strike consideration of the bill? out the 'preamble. There was no objection. The Clerk read as follows: The Clerk read the bill, as follows : Amendment offered by Mr.· HuosoN: Strike out the preamble. - Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is The amendment was agreed to. hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the The joint resolution as amended was ordered to be engrossed Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $5,000 to Joe D. and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed. Donisi, who sustained injuries while on duty at Camp Knox, Ky. A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. With the following committee amendment : FANNIE M. HOLLINGSWORTH In line 5, after the word " appropriated,'' insert " and in full set The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill tlement against the Government." ( S. 1795) for the relief of Fannie M. Hollingswortl:l. The committee amendment was agreed to. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The bill as amended was ordered to be engrossed and read The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres- a third time, was read the third time, and passed. ent consideration of the bill? A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. There was no objection. GUNNISO!'i-M.A.YFIELD LAND & GRAZING CU. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill ( S. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby au 1856) for the relief of the Gunnison-Mayfield Land & Grazing thorized and empowered to grant perrrtission to Fannie M. Hollingsworth Co. to. divert, through a l-inch pipe, for use for domestic purposes and fire The Clerk read the title of the bill. protection on the property hereinafter described, water from a spring in The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres- a westerly direction from the said property approximately 450 yards, tlie ent consideration of the bill? said spring being the only one within such distance of the house on the There was no objection . . said property, which is described as follows: Lot 4 of section 15 in The Clerk read the bill, as follows: township 33 north of range 18 west of the Montana principal meridian, in Flathead County, State of Montana, containing ap-proximately 11 Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby au acres, according to the Government survey thereof, subject to such thorized in his discretion to accept title to the following-described lands, conditions as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe and subject either in whole or in part, upon ascertainment that said lands are equal further to the right of said Secretary to terminate any permit granted in value to the lands to be given in exchange therefor : The south half hereunder when, in his judgment, the particular water shall be needed of sections 1 and 2, township 20 south, range 2 east of the Salt Lake by the Government in the administration and protection of Glacier guide meridian, and to issue to the Gunnison-Mayfield Land & Grazing National Park. Co., a corporation, in lieu thereof patents to the following-described areas or to such part thereof as is approximately equal in value to the The bill was ordered to be read a third time, was read the lands conveyed : The southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of third time, and passed. section 22, the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter, the north A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. west quarter of the northeast quarter and the northeast quarter of the EDWARD GffiBS northwest quarter of section 21 and the north half of the northwest The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. guarter of section 33, township 19 south, range 2 east, and lot 4 and 2174) for the relief of Edward Gibbs. the north half of the southwest quarter of section 3, the northeast The Clerk read the title of the bill. quarter, the southeast quarter and the southwest quarter of section 4, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 5, the east ent consideration of the bill? half of the northeast quarter and the east half Oof the r..vutheast quarter, Mr. HOOPER. l\1r. Speaker, reserving the right to object, I the noL'thwest quarter of the northeast quarter and the southwest quar- would like to say that this is one of a class of bills we are con . ter ·of the southeast quarter of section 8, township 20 south, range 2 stantly getting, and, of course, getting from the Committee on east, Salt Lake guide melidian : ~rovided, That the lands conveyed to Military Affairs, for the correction of the records of soldiers. the Government shall thereupon become parts of the Manti National It seems to have been the policy of the House of Representatives Forest and subject to all laws and regulations applicable thereto: Pro for some time past at least to permit this to be done in the case vided fut-ther, That patents be issued only on ~he surface rights of any of Civil War veterans. While I do not intend to object to this of said lands which are included in coal-land withdrawal. bill, at the same time I think the House ought seriously to con The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, sider the policy of extending this sort of clemency to soldiers was read the thiru time, and passed. of a war so recent as this one. I have already had some occa A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. sion to speak about this matter in the House and probably will have to again, because these bills are constantly coming up on LIEUT. COL. WILLIAM J. SPERRY this calendar. I think, as far as possible, there should be pro The next business on the · Private Calendar was the joint tection thrown about bills of this kind. I do not know whether resolution (H. J. Res. 118) authorizing the Secretary of War the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. THOMPSON] is present or not, to awa1·d a duplicate Congressional Medal of Honor for the but I am going to offer an amendment which I think will help widow of Lieut. Col. William J. Sperry. to clarify the situation. The Clerk read the title of the joint resolution. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres The Clerk read the bill, ·as follows: · ent consideration of the joint resolution? Be it enacted, etc., That in the administration of any laws conferring Mr. HUDSON. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, rights, privileges, and benefits upon honorably discharged soldiers Ed does not the gentleman think the resolution ought to be amended ward Gibbs, late of Company F, One hlindred and sixty-sixth Regiment by striking out the whereas? I have no objection to it other United States Volunteer Infantry, serial No. 93993, shall hereafter be wise. held and considered to have been honorably discharged from the mili Mr. GIBSON. I have no objection to that if it accomplishes tary service of the United States as a private of said company and the same purpose. regiment on the 21st day of August, 1918: Pravided, That no pay, Mr. HUDSON. If the gentleman is willing that the whereas allowances, or be-nefits shall be held as aecrued prior to the passage clause be stricken from the bill, I am willing to let the bill pass. of this act. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres- ent consideration of the resolution? :Mr. HOOPER. :Mr. Speaker, I wish to apologize to th.e gen There was no objection. tleman from Ohio [Mr. THOMPSON]. I did not see the gentle The Clerk read the joint resolution, as follows: man when I looked around. I would like to ask the gentleman if he bas any objection to the amendment. Whereas the widow of Lieut. Col. William J. Sperry lost her house The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the and all personal belongings in the recent flood in Vermont: Therefore amendment offered by the gentleman from Michigan. be it The Clerk read as follows : That the Secretary of War be, and he Is hereby, au Resolved, etc., Amendment offered by Mr. HOOPER: On page 1, In line 11, after the thorized and directed to issue a d'uplicate Congressional Medal of word " held," strike out the word "as" and insert "to have" ; strike Honor to 'Vflliam :r. Sperry, Jate lieutenant colonel, Sixth Vermont out the wo1·ds " prior to " and insert '' because of." Infantry, Civil War, who was awarded a Congressional M'edal of Honor for most distinguished gallantry at Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865; and Mr. HOOPER. That will make the bill read: tbat the duplicate medal be presented to the widow of the above- Pro'l>ided, That no pay, allowances, or benefits shall be held to have mentioned officer. · aecrued "because of the passag~ of tbis act. 4934 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE lfAR.CH 17 Mr. THOMPSON. I object to the amendment. company was not entitled to collect, and the. bill is in the form Mr. HOOPER. Then I object to the bill. of all bills of that kind. Mr. SMITH. Mr. Chairman, I am of the opinion that the 1\fr. HUDSON. I call the gentleman's attention to the lan gentleman from Ohio must have misunderstood the effect of guage of the report, that the right of the company to receive it the amendment. It only relates to back pension. was not established. Mr. THOMPSON. I have no objection to that. Mr. LAGUARDIA. It says more than that. It says that The amendment was agreed to. Congress can ascertain the fact, and if they are entitled to it The bill as amended was ordered to be engrossed and read the department will not object to the bill. The department the third time, was read the third time, and passed. puts the burden on Congress. In other words, the approval of A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. the bill is conditioned on the committee or Congress satisfying FRANK A. GRAB itself that the company is entitled to the proceeds of the bonds. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. There is no proof of ownership, and the report of the depart 1951) granting six months' pay to Frank A. Grab. ment can not be construed as an approval of the bill. The Clerk read the title to the bill. Mr. HUDSON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the bill go over without prejudice. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection~ There was no objection. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the re The Clerk read the bill, as follows : quest of the gentleman from Michigan? There was no objection. Be it enacted, etc., 'l'hat the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of current appropriations, FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF MOUNTAIN HOME, IDAHO Pay of the Navy, 1927, to Frank A. Grab, father of Alfred Newton The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. Grab, deceased seaman, United States Navy, who was killed in line or 3032) for the relief of First National Bank of Mountain Home, duty on February 7, 1922, at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, an amount equal Idaho. to six months' pay at the rate said Alfred Newton Grab was receiving The Clerk read the title of the bill. at tl.>e date of his death. · The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection? Mr. HOOPER. Reserving the right to object, do I under The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, stand that if relief is afforded the bank it will not give full was read the third time, and passed. relief to them? A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. Mr. SMITH. No; because the land can not be sold for WILLIAM C. GRAY enough to cover the loan. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. Mr. HOOPER. I have no objection. 5872) for the relief of 'William C. Gray. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: The Clerk read the title of the bill. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection~ hereby, authorized and directed to issue a -patent under the homestead There was no objection. entry of Harold C. Cheline for the south half of the northwest quarter, The Clerk read the bill, as follows : the north half of the southwest quarter, the southwest quarter of the Be it enacted, etc., That the President is hereby authorized, by and southwest quarter of section 27, the southeast quarter, the east half with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint Chief Machinist of the southwest quarter, and the southeast quarter of the northwest William C. Gray, United States Navy, a lieutenant on the active list of quarter, the south half of the northeast quarter ot section 28; the the Navy to date from August 3, 1920, and to take rank next after northwest quarter of the northeast quarter, the northeast quarter of Lieut. James Madison Ober, United States Navy: Provided, That he the northwest quarter of section 33, all in township 1, north of range shall be considered as having been appointed in the grade of lieutenant 10 east, Boise meridian, Idaho, upon payment of the usual fees and in accordance with the provisions of section 4 of the act of Congress commissions payable under existing laws. approved June 4, 1920 (U. S. Stat. L., vol. 41, ch. 228, p. 835) : Pro The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, vided further, That the said Chief Machinist William C. Gray shall not was read the third time, and passed. be entitled to any increase in pay or emoluments prior fo the passage A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. of this act. MYRA MADRY The bill was ordered to be engrossed-and read a third time, The next business on the ·private Calendar was the bill was read the third time, and passed. (H. R. 3844) for the· relief of Myra Madry. A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. The Clerk rend the title of the bill. JESSE W. BOISSEAU The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. present consideration of the bill? 5930) for the relief of Jesse W. Boisseau. There was no objection. The Clerk read the title to the bill. The Clerk read the bill, as follows : The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection? Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary ot the Treasury be, and he There was no objection. is hereby, authorized -and 4ilirected to pay Myra Madry, of Florence, The. Clerk read the bill, as_follows : Ala., the sum of $1,000 for injuries ~eceived, caused by the stamp Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is window of the Federal buil~ing in the city of Florence, Ala., falling hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the upon her finger through no fault or negligence of her own. Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Jesse W. Boisseau the sum of With the following committee amenrlment: $177.58, being the amount due him for travel allowance and five days' Strike out lines 3, 4, and 5, and insert: salary as ensign, United States Navy. "That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, author With the following committee amendment: ized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not other Line 6, strike out the figures $177.58 and insert $164.81. wise appropriated, and in full settlement against the Government, the sum of $500, to compensate Myra Madry, of Florence, Ala., for injuries The amendment was agreed to. received and caused." ' The bill as amended was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed. The committee amendment was agreed to, and the bill as A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. amended was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed. FIDELITY & DEPOSIT CO. OF MARYLAND A motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill was laid on the table. (H. n. 2488) for the relief of the Fidelity & Deposit Co. of ORDER OF BUSINESS Maryland. Mr. HOOPER. Mr. Speaker, a parliamentary inquiry. Would The Clerk read the title of the bill it be in order, under the order of business to-day, to return to The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection? bills on the calendar prior to No. 204, where the star is? 1\Ir. HUDSON. Reserving the right to object, I would like The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair thinks the unani to ask the chairman of the Committee on Claims a question. mous consent was granted to start with the star number. The The report indicates that the right of the. company to receive Chair would not consider such a request at this present time. these certificates has not been estab1ished. Mr. UNDERHILL. The Secretary of the Treasury acted on GEORGE HEITKAMP the amended bill. We have stricken out all on pages 1 and 2 The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill and the Secretary's office has drawn the bill a s amended on (II. R. 5399) for the relief of George Heitkamp. page 3. No evidP.nce was presented to the committee that the The Clerk read the title of the bill. r
1928 CONGR.ESSION AL RECORD-HOUSE .4935 The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the Mr. BLANTON. I have used one form which has been used present conside1·ation of the bill? many times. There was no objection. ' Mr. HUDSON. Has it been done by the Treasury Depart The Clerk read the l>ill, as follows : ment? It Be it enacted, eto., That sections 17 and 20 of the act entitled "An :M:r. BLANTON. has been used with respect to all of the act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering departments. In other words, this leaves it to the Secretary injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other pur to frame · the bond. poses," approved September 7, 1916, as amenued, are hereby wai'ved in The Clerk read the bill, as follows : favor of George Heitkamp, a civilian employee of the War Department, Be it enaotea, etc., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and be is who was injured at Fort Sam Houston, Tex., on or about September 11, hereby, authorized to redeem 20 war-savings stamps (series of 1918), 1921, and his case is hereby authorized to be considered and acted upon office No. 25100, registration No. 2584, originally issued to Nick Boten, ' under the remaining provisions of such act. ' 414 North Fourteenth Street, Omaha, Nebr., and now owned and in the possession of Dr. John Mack, of Omaha, Nebr.; that the Secretary of The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, the United States Treasury be, and be is hereby, 'autb{)rized to pay, out was read the third time, and passed. of funds of tbe United States Treasury not otherwise appropriated, an A motion to reconsider the Yote by which the bill was passed adequate sum for the redemption of said war-savings stamps at their was laid on the table. legal value. JAMES C. FRITZEN :Mr. BLANTON. l\Ir. Speaker, I now offer my amendment. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. The amendment was agreed to, and the bill as amended was 6271) for the relief of James C. Fritzen. ordered to be engrossed and read a -third time, was read the The Clerk read the title of the bill. third time, and passed. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres- A motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed ent consideration of the bill 1 was laid on the table. There was no· objet::tion. JOHN L. NIGHTINGALE The Clerk read the bill, as follows: The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill Be it 'C?Jacted, eto., That the Postmaster General be, and be is hereby, (H. . R. 8810) for the relief of John L. Nightingale. authorized and directed to credit the accounts of James C. Fritzen, post The title of the bill was read. master at ~eenab, Wis., in the sum of $250.75, on account of loss of The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres 25 coils of 2-cent postage stamps. ent consideration of the bill? The bill was ordered to be eng1·ossed and read a third time, l\Ir. BLANTON. Reserving the right to object, Mr. Speaker, was read the third time, and passed. I want to ask th'e gentleman a question. This bill involves A motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed $34,934.90. Does the gentleman from Massachusetts believe was laid on the table. that all the safeguards usually required with respect to the passage of bills of this kind appear in the record? DR. JOHN MACK Mr. UNDERHILL. All the safeguards that could possibly The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. surround the property of the Go-vernment were provided in 6367) authorizing the redemption by the United States Treas this case. ury of 20 war sa-vings stamps (series 1918) now held by Dr. 1\Ir. BLANTON. The gentleman does not believe there John Mack, of Omaha, Nebr. · could be any question of fraud? The Clerk read the title of the bill. Mr. UNDERHILL. No. The SPEAKER pro· tempore. Is there objection to the pres Mr. BLAJ.~"'TON. I shall not object, but this is a rather large ent consideration of the bill? bill to com·e up at this time. Mr. HOOPER. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, I :Mr. HOOPER. This amount is simply charged against him desire to ask the gentleman from Nebraska [Mr. SEARs] a ques on the -books of the department. tion. The note from the Treasury Department furnished us Mr. UNDERHILL. Yes; it is charged against him on the states that the possession of the ce1·tificate was for coll~teral books of the department, and if be lived as long as Methuselah purposes only, and that there was no intention to transfer, had it would never be before us. But it would still hang over him. transfer been possible under the law. What does the gentleman 1\Ir. BLANTON. If he were not at fault-and no one is at know about that? fault, and the bond protects the Government-it ought to be Mr. SEARS of Nebraska. Mr. Speaker, Doctor Mack is as charged off. But if some one under him is at fault and there reputable a dentist as we have in the city of Omaha. This man, is a bond, it should be charged to the bond. When you ch-arge Nick Boten, had $100 worth of stamps, which were registered, this $34,934.90 off the books it is that much loss to the tax- and. he sold them for $100 worth of dental work. He then dis payers of the country. • appeared and be _can not be found. Doctor Mack would very 1\Ir. HUDSON. The people of the United States need protec gladly put up a bond to secure the Treasury Department. tion, and there must be care exercised in the post offices. Mr. HOOPER. Personally, I am not going to object to it. Mr. BLANTON. Yes; there are losses everywhere from care Mr. BLANTON. :Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, lessness, and complaints come from all parts of the country while tllis is a small matter before the House, the gentleman on account of losses from carelessness, indifference, and in many from Nebraska says that this man will put up a bond. The cases from fraud. bill does not require a bond. 1\Ir. UNDERHILL. If somebody came up to him in his office Mr. SEARS of Nebraska. I think it does. · I know the one where his safe was and put a revolver of .45 caliber up against last year did. · his kidneys, what was he to do? Mr. BLAJo.."'TON. No; it does not. 1\fr. BLANTON. Sometimes there is connivance in these :Mr. SEARS of Nebraska. We will be very glad to accept an cases, and if a man wants to keep money in his safe and there amendment to that effect. is no adequate way of protecting the Government, the Govern Mr. BLANTON. Mr. Speaker, I offer the following amend ment ought to put somebody else there, and then he will not be ment, which I send to the desk. guilty of negligence. The Clerk read as follows : 1\Ir. UNDERHILL. I do not wish to argue with the gentle Amendment by Mr. BLANTOX: Page 2, line 3, after the word "value,'' man from Texas, but the employees of the G-overnment are insert the following: "Pt·ov·ided, That the Secretary of the Treasury men who are really ordinar·ily certified by the Civil Service shall require of the claimant a good and sufficient bond to protect the Commission. Mr. BLANTON. Oh, I know; but _my friend from Massachu Government from loss." setts knows that there are entirely too many losses occurring in Mr. UNDERHILL. .Mr. Chairman, would the gentleman be the post offices, and the postmasters -ought to be given to under willing to accept the usual phraseology to this effect?- stand that the Government expects them to be more careful of the people's funds. Pr()1;i.ded further~ That Docto·r Mack shall first file in the Treasury Deptlrtment a bond in a penal sum double the amount of the principal. l\Ir. UNDERHILL. Will the gentleman back me up and help me to secure legislation that will make it a capital crime? Mr. BLANTON. I would rather leave this to the Secretary of Mr. BLANTON. Yes. But you can not get such a law the Treasury to require a good and sufficient bond. passed here. Mr. UNDERHILL. This is the usual phraseology. Mr. HUDSON. May I ask has this bill been recommended by Mr. BLANTON. Oh, it is done invariably. the Budget? Mr. HUDSON. If there is a usual form of language, would Mr. BLANTON. No; this is one that has not been. it not be better to use tba t? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the bill. I
4936 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE ~fARCH 17
The· Clerk read as follows : ALFRED W. MA.THEWS Be it enacted, etc., That the Postmaster General be, ~nd he is hereby, Mr. WillTE of Maine. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous con authorized and directed to credit the account of John L. Nightingale, sent to return to H. n. 6440, a bill for the relief of Alfred W. postmaster at Fort Collins, Colo., in the sum of $34,934.90, the value Mathews, a former ensign, United States Naval Reserve Force, of funds and stamps lost in the burglary of the post office at Fort which was passed over without prejudice. Collins, Colo., July 24, 1927. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Maine The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the en asks unanimous consent to return to H. R. 6440, No. 211 on the grossment and third reading of the bill. calendar, which was passed over without prejudice. Is there The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, objection? was read the third time, and passed. 1\Ir. SCHAFER. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, A motion to reconsider the vote whereby the bill was passed what is the calendar number? · was laid on the table. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Two hundred and eleven. The SPEAK_ER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the next 1\Ir. SCHAFER. I shall not object. bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the re FRANK E. SHULTS quest of the gentleman from Maine? [After a pause.] The Chair hears none. Is there objection to the present considera The next business on the Private Calendar was: the bill (H. R. tion of the bill? 9380) for the relief of Frank E. Shults. There was no objection. The title of the bill was read. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres The Clerk read the bill, as follows: ent consideration of the bill? Be it enacted, eto., That the President is authorized to appoint Alfred Mr. BLANTON. Reserving the right to object, this is an W. Mathews, for·merly an ensign in the United States Naval Reserve other bill under which the taxpayers of the United States Force, an ensign in the Naval Reserve and place him upon the retired are going to have to pay $28,170.37 and mark it off its accounts list of the Navy with the retired pay and allowances of that grade : as a loss to the Government. Provided, That a duly constituted naval retiring board finds that the Mr. SCHAFER. This is a very good bill. said Alfred W. Mathews incurred physical disability incident to the Mr. BLANTON. Yes; and the post office is located in Wis service in time of war: Provided further, That no back pay, allow consin, and the gentleman, w.ho is from Wisconsin, wants the ances, or emoluments shall become due as a result of the passage of taxpayers of the country to pay the bill. this act. Mr. SCHAFER. This is not in my district, but it is a meri The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, torious claim. was read the third time, and passed. 1\Ir. BLANTON. Yes. It is from a very good, meritorious State, and the gentleman asks that this money be paid out of A motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed the people's funds. We should expect postmasters to watch was laid on the table. out and give proper care to the Government funds in their A. F. GALLAGHER custody. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill Mr. SCHAFER. Do you think that a postmaster ought to (H. R. 10014) for the relief of A. F. Gallagher. sleep in the post office and guard the funds there with an The Clerk read the title of the bill. armed guard? . The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres- 1\Ir. BLANTON. No. Our Sergeant at Arms here, for in ent consideration of the bill? stance, is not careless a bout the funds intrusted to him. It is There was no objection. because he surrounds himself with proper safeguards to protect The Clerk i·ead the bill, as follows : the public funds. Mr. SCHAFER. The report says this post office was sur Be it enacted, eto., That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized rounded with proper safeguards. and directed to pay to A. F. Gallagher, out of any money in the Treas Mr. BLANTON. No. I am not impressed with all the tes ury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $190.40, in full satisfaction timony. of all claims against the United States on account of stenogmpbic Mr. ROY G. FITZGERALD. I wonder if the gentleman from services rendered in reporting certain hearings held in the Bureau of Texas could help us out of this post-office problem in some Internal Revenue on November 23, 1925, and .January 15, 1926. practical way. These postmasters are placed under heavy The bill was ordered to be engrossed and r~d a third time, bond, but they are not allowed to say a word about who they was read the-third time, and passed. sha U have under them. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed 1\Ir. BLANTON. Yes. They ought to be placed under bond, was laid on the table. and they ought to have some say as to whom they shall em ploy under them, and then if they get some unworthy clerk KATE MATHEWS or employee they ought to be allowed to kick him out. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill 1\Ir. ROY G. FITZGERALD. I know of a case of a robbery (S. 3) for the relief of Kate Mathews. in a post office. The inspectors were not able to find out who The Clerk read the title of the bill. did it, but the local pollee found out the facts. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres- Mr. BLANTON. I think the gentleman is doing good work ent consideration of the bill? . in his attempt. to frame legislation to remedy the situation. 1\Ir. HUDSON. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, Mr. ROY G. FITZGERALD. I think this House ought to there seems to be ·a good deal of. mystery about this bill;· that understand that our postmasters are put under a great and is, as to whether the lieutenant was really negligent or not. oppressive bond, and they have nothing to say as to their Mr. UNDERHILL. There was no · question on the part of ·subordinates, and then these losses occur. There should be the committee that the lieutenant was responsible for the somebody guarding the funds in the post offices all day and accident which resulted in tlle injury of Miss Mathews. all night. 1\lr. HUDSON. This bill calls for a settlement of $5,000. Mr. SCHAFER. 1\Ir. Speaker, reserving the right to object, For what? For permanent injuries? the bill under consideration-- 1\Ir. UNDERHILL. For partial permR.nent disability, based Mr. BLANTON. Mr. Speaker, I demand the regular order. upon the table of rates of the compensation board. Every The SPEAKER pro temDore. The regular order is demanded. report that is made by the Committee on Claims carrying any Is there objection? amount is first referred to the. compensation board. ThE:re was no objection. Mr. BLANTON. Will the gentleman yield? The Clerk read the bill a~ follows : Mr. HUDSON. Yes. . Mr. BLANTON. This claim was first for $10,000, but upon Be it enacted, etc.,· That the Postmaster General be, and he is hereby, investigation it was reduced to $5,000. authorized and directed to credit the account of Frank E. Shults, Mr. HUDSON (interposing). On what table of rates was postmaster at Baraboo, Wis., in the sum of $28,170.37 due to tbe the first bill based? United States on account of loss sustained in the burgluy of the post Mr. U.JI>\~ERHILL. None. office at Baraboo, Wis., on .Tune 30, 1926. Mr. BLANTON. They understood ·they could not pass it by The bill was ordered to be: engrossed and read a third time, the gentleman fTom Massachusetts [Mr. UNDEimiLL] until they was read the third time, and passed. reduced the amount? A motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed Mr. HUDSON. Was the amount reduced just as.a matte.r was Inid on the table. · ~ of compromise? 1928 CONGRESS! ON AL RECORD-HOUSE 4937 1\Ir. BLANTON. As a matter of getting it passed, because Mr. BLANTON. Will the gentleman from .Michigan yield? they understood our chairman would not let it go through that Mr. HUDSON. Certainly, , way. 1\Ir. BLANTON. The gentleman spoke of this requiring a : 1\Ir. U1\"'DERHILL. As a matter of policy on the part of the 24-page report to justify a 10-line bill; our friend from Massa- . committee. chusetts was just squaring the matter with his conscience and ' 1\fr. BLANTON. As a matter of good judgment. he had to write a report of 24 pages on this 10-line bill to · l\lr. SCHAFER. 1\Ir. Speaker, I demand the regular order. square it. ' · The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection? 1\Ir. HUDSON. I think the conscience of the gentleman from I There was no objection. Massachusetts is pretty healthy. - ~ The Clerk 1·ead the bill, as follows : The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the j Be t't enacted, etc., '!'hat the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is present consideration of the bill? hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Kate Mathews, of San There was no objection. Antonio, Tex., out of any money in the Treasm·y not otherwise appro The Clerk read the bill, as follows: priated, the sum of $5,000 as compensation for injuries received and Be U enacted, eto., That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby · expenses incurred by reason of having been struck by a United States authorized and· directed to ascertain and determine the claims of John 1 .4rmy automobile in San Antonio, Tex., on the 30th day of September, F. White and Mary L. White, of Riverton, Wyo., for compensation for 1920, the automobile being driven at the time she was struck by First alleged damages and injuries to the property and persons of said · Lieut. Roscoe S. O'IIara, Air Service, United States Army. claimants and their children sustained in an automobile accident on , With the following committee amendments: August 7, 1918, in the Shoshone and Arapahoe Indian Reservation, Wyo., and to certify to Congress the amounts so determined, if any, 1 . PagE> 1, line 6, after the word "appropriated," insert the words as just claims. . "and in full settlement against the Government." _ "Provid~d, The bill was ordered to be read a third time, was read the , Page 2, line 2, after the word "Army," insert: That the 1 United States be subrogated to the amount hereby appropriated to any third time, and passed. claim said Kate Mathews has against said Roscoe S. O'Hara as a A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. result of a judgment she may have obtained against said Roscoe S. G. W. ROGERS O'Ilara in the District Court of the United States for· the Northern District of Ohio, Western Division." The next business -on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 2365) fm: the relief of G. W. Rogers. The committee amendments were agreed to. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The bill as.amended was ordered to be I:ead a third time, was The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the read the third time, and passed. . present consideration of the bill? A ·motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed Mr. HUDSON. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, : was laid on the table. and I shall not object, I want to put in the RECORD this state JOHN F. AND MARY L. WHITE ment. I find here· a committee reporting out these claims be- , cause of carelessness or inefficiency of officers. The bills are . v The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 1133) for the relief of John F. White and 1\fary L. White. being considered and passed, and yet another committee of this · The Clerk read the title of the bill. Bouse refuses to report out bills when their failure to report : The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres- them out works a great hardship upon such c-laimants who . ent consideration of the bili? · · have claims because of inefficiency in other branches of the 1\lr. HUDSON. 1\Ir. Speaker, reserving the right to object, service. I can call to mind now one case where a young sol- . I would like to ask the gentleman from Massachusetts, the dier had become distinguished in one branch of the service and chairman of the Committee on Claims, if this is going to set at the clo~e of the World War entered the Air Service. He was a precedent whereby any injury received in any of our national a distinguished flyer and was asked by the officers in charge to parks through the carelessness of the driver of an automobile resign and enter a different part of the Air Service. During all s-hall become a charge against the Government. these months of ser-vice there had been deducted from his pay 1\Ir. UNDERBILL. I do not think this establishes a prece the monthly deduction for his insurance. In resigning one day dent. If any precedent has been established, it was established and starting his flying career under a new component of the long ago. The public parks are open to the public, and the service the next day, there . was not any lapse of time nor his public is invited to come there; and if the employees fail to flying, and yet the flunky that registered his resignation and safegum·d the li-res and property of those who enter the parks, then entered his new enlistment forgot to transfer his war it seems to me the Federal Government must be held 1·espon risk insurance. In less than 30 days he fell and now lies · sible for such injuries as occur. buried-a life given for our Air Service-and yet his mother, In this case there was a washout ; it bad occurred some time aged and needy, to-day-at that tiPle he bad a mother and previously, and the park authorities said that at one time or father named as beneficiaries--can not collect his vmr-risk other they did put up a notice; they also said that somebody insurance. I say there ought to be equity in the reports of the outside of the park engaged in oil operations stole, hypothecated, committees upon such claims. or whatever you want to call it, some of the timber which l\Ir. UNDERHILL. Mr. Speaker, had such a case come be had been used to guard this road. They paid no attention fore the Committee on Claims there is no doubt in my mind to it, and this automobile came along at night, drove into this what the reaction and the report from the committee would 8-foot washout, and these people were very badly injured. have been. In e-very instance where an officer has been No prec-edent will be established by this case, because we charged with a deficit in his accounts, when it has been shown have bad a score of othe~·s of like nature which the committee that through lack of assistance, through the worry and the and the Bouse in turn have approved. terrible effects of war, the man himself could not possibly have 1\Ir. HUDS\.~N. I will say to the gentleman from .Massa been other than honest, the Committee on Claims has invari chusetts that there must have been considerable investigation ably reported fa-vorably in all such cases. The conditions then of this case, as I see the -itill is .very short, but the report were not normal, they were abnormal to an extreme degree, contains 24 pages. So I take it the committee did - very and while I do not wish to appear as a critic, it does seem to thoroughly investigate this case. me that some of the other officials of the Government could 1\Ir. UNDERHILL. Not only at this session but at two pre- be a little more liberal in their interpretation of the law and vious sessions. . not continually disallow these claims and oblige Congress to Mr. HUDSON. I would like · to ask just · this further ques take its time in adjudicating them. tion : The chairman of the committee said the washout which 1\fr. HUDSON. In other words, the gentleman from Massa was responsible for the accident ·had occurred several weeks chusetts is in favor of justice even though it does cut some preceding the accident. red tape? rilr. UNDERBILL. I did not say for weeks, but for some Mr. UNDERHILL. I am not only in favor of justice, I am ttme. in favor of equity, and that goes further. Mr. HUDSON. Were not the attendants in the park some The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres- what guilty of negligence in looking after these things? ent consideration of the bill? Mr. UNDERHILL. Oh, yes; otherwise we 'ivould not have There was no objection. f9und damag~s. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: Mr. HUDSON. Has the· Government any recourse on account Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretai·y of the Treasury is authorized of their laxity? · and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise - Mr. UNDERBILL. They can kick them out if they wa:nt to appropriated, to G. W. Rogers, former captain, Quartermaster Corps, do it. United States At·my, the sum of $400, representing the amount of deduc- LXIX--311 .4938 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE l\iARcH 17 tioDB, duting tbe months of May, June, July, and August, 1919, from The bill was ordered to be read a third time, was read the his pay as captain, Quartermaster Corps, toward the settlement of a third time, and passed. shortage in his accounts as disbursing offieer in France during the A motion to reconsider was la.id on the table. period from December 23, 1918, to April 26, 1919, such shortage having JOSEPH ROSEN been subsequently credited in his accounts by certifiate of settlement No. M-19682-W. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill · (H. R. 8957) to reimburse Joseph Rosen, formerly of the United The bill was ordered to be read a third time, was read the States Navy, for losses sustained while carrying out his duties. third time, and pa.sfP.d. The Clerk read the title of the bill. A motion to recons.-!.uer was laid on the table. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection? HENRY A. BELLOWS There was no objection. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: The next business on the Private Calendar was the joint reso Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is lution (S. J. Res. 55) for the relief of Henry A. Bellows. hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be paid to Joseph Rosen, The Clerk read the title of the bill. formerly fireman, third class, United States Navy, from the current The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres- appropriation "Pay of the Navy," the sum of $84.10, to reimburse ent consideration of the bill? him for the loss of his personal effects at Pelham Bay Park Training Mr. BLANTON. I object, Mr. Speaker. Station, New York, June 4, 1918, which loss occurred without fault Mr. NEWTON. Will the gentleman reserve his objection? or negligence on the part of said Rosen and while be was carrying Mr. BLANTON. Yes; I reserve it. out his duties under orders of his superior officers. Mr. NEWTON. In this particular instance Colonel Bellows was appointed a member of the Radio Commission. He served The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time. faithfully and well for eight months. He was an expert. The was read the third time, and passed. radio bill passed February 23, a year ago, and on March 1, just A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. about a week after the bill had become a law, the President RANDOLPH-MACON .ACADEMY submitted the names of the commission to the Senate. They did The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill not confirm but one of the four members. (H. R. 4963) for the relief of Randolph-Macon Academy, Front Mr. BLANTON. He is an Army man-Colonel Bellows? Royal, Va. Mr. NEWTON. No; he is a volunteer. That is a National The Clerk read the title of the bill. Guard title, I will say to the gentleman. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection? Mr. BLA..~TON. He i.s not a retired Army ~fficer? Mr. HUDSON. Reserving the right to object, would the Mr. NEWTON. Oh, no; he was a National Guardsman. gentleman from Virginia object to an amendment in line 8 of Mr. BLANTON. What kept him from getting his salary by the bill, striking out the word " authorized" and make it law? "requested," or something of that sort, rather than authoriza Mr. ~'EWTON. I will say to the gentleman that section 1761 tion? It seems to me.it ought to be "directed." of the Revised Statutes provides that- Mr. MOORE of Virginia. 1 think the word "directed " alone, no money shall be paid from the Treasury as salary to any person ap is sufficient. pointed during the reeess of the Senate to fill a vacancy in any existing 1 Mr. HUDSON. Then, :Mr. Speaker, I move to strike out the office if the vacancy existed while the &lnate was in session and was by words "authorized and." law required to be filled by and with the advice and consent of the The Clerk read the bill, as follows: Senate until such appointee has been confirmed. B~ it enacted, etc.~ That tbe Randolph-Macon Academy, Front Royal, Mr. BLANTON. And the Senate did not confirm him? Va., be, and it is hereby, relieved from all responsibility and account- Mr. NEWTON. They did not take any action one way or the ability for certain ordnance p(operty, to the value of $5,605.30, the. other. property of the War Department, whieh was destroyed by fire while in Mr. BLANTON. The Senate did not confirm him? ;the possession of the academy for training purposes, and the Secretary J.\.fr. NEWTON. I have tried to answer the gentleman. of War is authorized and directed to terminate all further account- Mr. BLAl~TON. I say, they did not confirm him. ,ability for said property. Mr. NEWTON. No; they took no action. Mr. HUDSON. In line 8, page 1, I move to strike out the Mr. BLANTON. Then the President appointed Admiral Bul- words "authorized and." lard on the Radio ComJUission? ' The amendment was agreed to. Mr. NEWTON. Yes. The bill as amended was ordered to be engrossed and read :Mr. BLANTON. And it developed that he was drawing the a third time, was read the thii·d time, and passed. salary of an admiral as retired pay and at the same time was • A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. on the pay roll of the Radio Corporation of America. JOHN HERVEY Mr. NEWTON. But unfortunately, my friend, Colonel Bel- ; The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. , Jows, had no admiral's salary or any other kind of salary. He ·7268) for the relief of John Hervey. c!.me down. here to serve at the request of the President and ! The Clerk read the title of the bilL served without pay. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection? Mr. BLANTON. General Harbord, who is drawing a gen- There was no objection. eral's salary for life as a retired officer, is also drawing $50,000 The Clerk read the bill, as follows: per year from the Radio Corporation of ~\J:nerica. Surely the President can find some one else who is not drawing all of these Be it enacted, etc., T:hat in the administration of any laws con salaries qualified to fill these positions. ferring rights, privileges, and benefits upon honorably discharged sol Mr. NEWTON. This man was forced to resign his position .diers, John Hervey, late of Company A, Eighth Regiment Indiana Vol in November. I know the gentleman from Te:xas wants to unteer infantry, shall hereafter be held and considered to have been be fair. honorably discharged from t11e military service of the United States as Mr. BLANTON. Why did he not hold his position .until the ·a member of said company and regiment on the 23d day of May, 1864 : Senate acted? Provided, That no bounty, pay, <>r allowance shall accrue by virtue of Mr. NEWTON. He could not afford to. the passage of this act. Mr. BLANTON. He could have taken his chances and found With the following committee amendment: out whether the Senate would back it up. Line 5, stri.ke out " Company A," and ilisert in lieu thereof " Com Mr. NEWTON. The Senate has passed this bill, so that ap pany D." parently the Senate feels that he ought to ha>e the pay. Line 10, strike out the w<>rds "accrue by virtue of," and insert tha , Mr. BLANTON. Well, I shall not stand in the way of his words " be held to have accrued prior to." getting his pay. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: The committee amendments were agreed to. The bill as amended was ordered to be engrossed and read Re8olved, etc., That notwithstruidjng the provisions o-f section 1761 a third time, was read the third time, and passed. of the Revised Statutes, Henry A. Bellows shall be paid compensation .A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. at the rate of $10,000 per annum for the period during which be served as a member of the FMeral Radio Commission. CHARLES EBIN CAMPBELL SEC. 2. The moneys made ava.ila.ble for the fiscal year 1927 by the The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill act of February 23, 1927, and those appropriated for the Federal (H. R. 1023) to correct the military record of Charles El;lin Radio Commi!-sion by the first deficiency act, fiscal year 1928, shall Campbell, alias Ebin Campbell. be available for the payment of such compensation. The Clerk read the title of the bill. 1928 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 4939 The SPEAKER pr·o tempore. ·Is there objection to the pres- The Clerk read the bill, as follows f ent consideration o.f" the bill? Be it enacted, etc., That in the administration of the· pension laws There was no. objectiotl. and laws conferring rights and privileges upon honorably discharged The Clerk read the bill, as follows : soldiers, their widows, and dependent relatives, Alonzo Northrup, who Be it enacted, etc., That in the administration of any laws conferring served in Company K, First Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry, rights, privileges, and benefits upon honorably discharged soldiers, shall be held and considered to have been honorably discharged from Charles Ebin Campbell, alias Ebin Campbell, who was a member of the military service of the United States as a member of said organi Company P, Seventy-second Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, zation: Provided, That no back pay, pension, bounty, or other emolu and who was transferred while absent as a prisoner of war to Com ment shall accrue prior to the passage of this act. pany D, Seventy-second Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry, shall here after be held and considered to have been discharged honorably from The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, the military service of the United States as a private of that organi was read the third time, and passed. zation on August 24, 1864, the date on which said organization demo A motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed bilized; that said Campbell, who later was a member of Company I, was laid on the table. One hundred and second Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, shall MICHAEL ILITZ hereafter be held and considered to have been discharged honorably from the military service of the United States as a private of that The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill organization on September 20, 1864; also that said Campbell, who still (H. R. 6908) for the relief of Michael Ilitz. later was a member of Company B, Twenty-fifth Regiment New York The Clerk read the title of the bill. Volunteer Cavalt·y, shall be held and considered to have been discharged The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres- honorably f1·om the military service of the United States as a private ent consideration of the bill? of that organization on June 27, 1865, the date on which said organi There was no objection. zation demobilized. The Clerk read the bill, as fol~ows: ~'he bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, Be it enacted, etc., That Michael Ilitz, sergeant, first class, United was read the third time, and passed. States Army, r~ired, be, and he is hereby, placed in the first grade. A motion to reconsider the vote by whi~h the bill was passed The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time was laid on the table. was read the third time, and passed. ' .ALONZO NORTHRUP A motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed The next business on the Private Ca1endar was the bill was laid on the table. (II. R. 2098) for the relief of Alonzo Northrup. GEORGE M. BROWDER AND F. N. BROWDER The Clerk read the title of the bill. The ~~ PEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to tl}.e pres-· The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill ent consideration of the bill? (H. R. 3372) for the relief of George M. Browder and F. N. Mr. BLANTON. ML'. Speaker, I resen·e the right to object. Browder. I call attention to the following in the report from the War The Clerk read the title of the bill. Department : The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres Upon this presentation of the case the application for the desired ent consideration of the bill? _, relief was denied, and now stands denied, on the ground that the Mr. HUDSON. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object soldier did not complete his term of ·enlistment, and that it appears I notice that this bill carries an appropriation of $7,500. I~ from his own statement that he was not prevented from completing it there anyone here who can give me some information about by reason of physical disability incurred in the line of duty, and the bill? because his case does not come within any of the provisions of the act Mr. HOOPER. Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman will yield, the of Congress approved March 2, 1889 (25 Stat. L. 869), which is the gentleman from Alabama [Mr. HILL], who introduced the bill only law in force governing the subject of removal of charges of deser is in a very important meeting of the Committee on Military tion and the issue of discharge certificates to soldiers charged with Affairs in respect to Muscle Shoals and unable to be present in desertion during the period of the Civil War. the Chamber. He said that if there was any objection to this Respectfully submitted. on the part of anyone, he wanted the bill to be passed over with LUTZ WAHL, out prejudice. I ask that it be passed over without prejudice. Major General, The Adjutant General. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The bills are passed over with WAll DEPARTMENT, out prejudice anyway. The .Adjutant General's Office, JESSE LEE HOME January 9, 1928. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. I am not going to object to this bill. If the steering committee 333) authorizing the sale of certain lands near Seward, Alaska of the administration wants to let bills such as this go throUgh, for use in connection with the Jesse Lee Home. ' with adverse reports, then let them do it. The Clerk read the title of the bill. Mr. HOOPER. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield? The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres- Mr. BLANTON. Yes. ent consideration of the bill? Mr. HOOPER. I think the gentleman and I are quite agreed There was no objection. upon the matter that all of these bills are to a certain degree The Clerk read the bill, as follows: objectionable, but this bill does not differ in policy from the other bills whkh it has been the custom of the House to let Be it enacted, etc., That upon payment therefor at the rate of $1.25 go through. per acre the Secretary of the Interior be, and lle is hereby, authorized Mr. BLANTON. I wanted to let the country know what the and directed to issue patent for the following-described lands to the administration is presenting here to-day. Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church 1\fr. 1.'ILSON. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield? for use in connection with the Jesse Lee Home, a home for orphan .l\ir. BLANTON. Yes. children : Approximately the west 21.86 chains of United States survey Mr. TILSON. Is not this the fact? If these cases could be No. 242, Alaska: Prov ided, That the lands shall be identified on the reacl1ed under the law as it stands they would not be brought ground by survey before patent issues, and that patent shall issue in here. These are cases where the law will not reach them and accordance with such survey: Provided further, That there shall be where mitigating circumstances are found by the committee. reserved to the United States all oll, coal, or other minerals in the land The committee believes that under all circumstances this sol and the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same under such dier should be excused from the full penalty of the law. rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior sha.ll prescribe. 1\Ir. BLANTON. And that is the reason why our annual The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time appropriations are running up not to a billion or two billion was read the third time, and passed. ' dollars, but three or four billion dollars per annum. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed Mr. TILSON. I understand that no relief is granted in mat was laid on the table. ters of this kind unless the soldier has had honorable service, and I think that giving relief to a few of these old soldiers will EDWARD CAMP not make a very heavy drain on the Treasury. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill {H. R. Mr. HUDSON. And there are extenuating circumstances at 1531) for the relief of Edward Camp. tending each case. The Clerk read the title of the bilL The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres ent consi \. .4940 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE }{.AB.CH 17 The Clerk re!ld the bill, as follows.: .A. N~ BOSS Be it e1wcteas etc., That in the administration of the pension laws The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill Edward Camp, alias Benja Camp, sball hereafter be held and consid (B. R. 8890) for the relief of A. N. Ross. ered to have been honorably di charged from the military service of The title of the bill was read. tbe United States in Company C, One hundredth Regiment New York The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres VoJ.unteer 1nfantry, as of tbe 2d day of August, 1865: Provided, That ent consideration of the bill? no pension shall ::leerue prior to the passage of this act. Mr. BLANTON. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, With the following committee amendments !" the record shows that this officer paid out without authority of law 17 different vouchers, aggregating this amount, $1,936. He Line 4 strike out " Benja " and insert " Bennager " ; line 6, strike ought to have 1..-nown the law and he ought to have known that out " C ,.' and insert " I .. ; line 8, strike out " That no pensi<~n shall be did not l'lave the authority. The Comptroller General holds accrue prior to the passage of this act n and insert "That no bounty, that he ought to have known the law and should not have paid back pay, pension, or allowance sball be held to have accrued prior to out this sum. the passage of this act." Mr. UNDERHILL. He was transferred two years prior to The committee amendments were agreed to, and the bill as this time on Government work, and during his transfer these amended was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, vouchers were presented. was read the third time, and passed. Ur. BLANTON. Does not the gentleman from Massachusetts A motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed think it is good policy to hold these Federal officers to account was laid on the table. when they violate the law? SALE OF CERTAIN LANDS IN FLORIDA 1\fr. UNDERBILL. The gentleman from Massachusetts be lieves in the observance of the law, but there are occasions The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (B. R. when, unwittingly and unknowingly, with no harm whatever 4378) to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to dispose by to the Government or any individual, the letter of the law is sale of certain public land in the State of Florida. ignored and the seemingly proper thing is done. In this in The Clerk read the title of the bill. stance the Government receives full value for the various sums. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the present There is no question as to the right amount or as to the work consideration of the bill? . having been perfornied. It is simply a matter of bookkeeping Mr. HOOPER. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, and technicalities, which the gentleman from Ma~sachusetts tbe gentleman from Florida [M.r. YoN} sugg~ted an amend has criticized, either j.ustly or unjustly, at various trmes her~ ment which will provide a more speedy apprrusal, and I pro tofore. pose to offer such an amendment. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection? . The Clerk read as follows: There was no objection. The Clerk read as follows : Be it enacted, etc., That the General Accounting Office of the Treasury Department is hereby autholized and directed to credit in the accounts Be it enacted~ etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is of A. N. Ross, disbursing clerk of the Federal Trade Commission, located hereby authorized and directed to convey by patent to Alma Laird at Washington, D. C., the amount of $1,936, representing an amount 127.11 acres, said land being part of lots Nos. 1, 2, and 3, section 32, paid by him and which was disallowed by the General Accounting Offi~e west half northwest quarter, and lot No. 1, section 33, and lot No. 1 as having been paid in contr·avention of the act of April 6, 1914 (38 in section 31, all being in township 2 south, range 17 west of the Stat. 312, 318), or the rulings of the General Accounting Office. Tallahassee meridian, according to Government survey of 1847, upon payment by said Alma Laird to the United States of the sum of $1.25. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the engross ment and third reading of the bill. With committee amendments, as follows: The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, Page 2, line 2, strike out tbe words " the sum of $1.25 '' a~ul .ins~t was read the third time, and passed. in 1ieu thereot the words. "a reasonable appraised value w1thm SIX A motion to reconsider the vote whereby the bill was passed m.onths after said appraisal." was laid on the table. Mr. HOOPER. Mr. Speaker, I understand the gentleman The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the next from Florida [Mr. YoN] is familiar with the bill and can bill. explain its provisions. VANREN SLEAR VANDERCOOK, .ALIAS WILLIAM SNYDER The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on agreeing to the committee amendment. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (B. R. The committee amendment was agreed to. 1631) for the relief of Vanrenslear VanderCook, alias William The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the Snyder. amendment prepared by the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the present HooPER]. consideration of the bill? The Clerk read as follows : Tliere was no objection. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the bill. Amendment offered by Mr. HooPER : Line 3, after the words " said The Clerk read as follows : appraisal ., , insert the words " passage of this act-'' Be it enacted, etc.~ That in the administration of any laws conferring Mr. TILSON. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman from Florida rights, privileges, and benefits upon honorably discharged soldiers, Van [Mr. YoN] give us a brief explanation of why this bill should renslear VanderCook, alias William Snyder, who was a private in Com be passed? . . . pany A, First Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry, Civil War·, shall Mr. YON. Mr. Speaker, the bill is a bill permitting the sale hereafter be held and considered to have been discharged honorably from -of lands in the State of Florida. In the year 1846 the:re were the military service o.f the United States as a member ol said company certain meandering lines where the coast line was supposed to and regiment on July 10, 1863. be situated. The sul'Vey of 1924 showed that a different situa tion existed. This particular case is a case where one A~ With a committee amendment, as follows : Laird and others bought certain lands, and the lands were Im At the end of the bill insert "Provided, That no back pay, pension, proved. A hotel was built upon the land. In the year 1924, bounty, ol"' allowance shall be held to have accrued prior to the passage in Jw1e, the meandering lines showed th~t the property which of this act." these people t11ough t they owned was r~ally in t!Je hands of the Government; but, nevertheless, .they rmproYed 1t. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on agreeing to :Mr. BLANTON. 1\!r. Speaker, will the gentleman yield? the committee amendment. The committee amendment was agreed to. Mr. YON. Yes. Mr. BLANTON. How does the gentleman stand as to the in The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the engross ment and thh·d reading of the bill. heritance tax? Mr. YON. I am against the 80 per cent inheritance tax of The bill as amended was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed. 1926. . . tb A motion to reconsider the vote whereby the bill was passed The SPEAKER pro tempore. The queshon lS on e en- grossment and third reading of the bill. was laid on the table. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, Tbe SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the next was read the third time, and passed". bill. A motion to reconsider the vote whereby the bill was passed RELIEF OF JOHN M. BROWN was laid on tbe table. The ne::\."t I:msiness on the P1·ivate Calendar was the bill The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the (II. R. 7708) for the relief of John M. Brown. next bill. The title of the bill was read. J 1928 CONGRESS! ON AL RECORD-HOUSE 4941 The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres against the United States as a result of a personal injury received by ent consideration of the bill! Jennie Wyant on account of a rocket which was discharged by soldiers There was no objection. in the military service of the United States who were engaged in giving The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the an exhibition at the LewiB County fair in Lewis County, State of West bill. Virginia, September 29, 1920: The Clerk read as follows: (1) Jennie Wyant, of Weston, W. Va., the sum of $546. B e it enacted, etc., That in the administration of any laws con (2) General Hospital of Weston, Weston, W. Va., the sum of $569.50. ferring rights, benefits, and privileges upon honorably discharged sol (3) Frances V. Dodge, of Weston, W. Va., the sum of $384.50. diers John M. Brown, who was a private in Company C, Third Regi 1\lr. BLANTON. Mr. Speaker, that language all·eady appears ment Georgia Volunteer Infantry, during the Spanish-American War, in the bill. shall hereafter be held and considered to have been honorably discharged The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, from the military service of the United States as a private of said com was read the third time, and passed. pany and regiment : Provi4ed, That no pay, pension, bounty, or other A motion to reconsider the >ote by which the bill was passed emolument shall accrue prior to the passage of this act. was laid on the table. ·with a committee amendment, as follows : DISBURSING ACCOUNTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS OF THE ARMY OF. THE UNITED STATES On line 10, after the word " reglment," insert the words " on the 20th day of September, 1898." The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. 4258) to authorize credit in the disbursing accounts of certain The ·sPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on agreeing to officers of the Army of the United States and for the settlement the committee amendment. of individual claims appro>ed by the War Department. The committee amendment was agreed to. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the engross The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres ment and third reading of the bill. ent consideration of the bill! The bill as amended was ordered to be engrossed and read Mr. BLANTON. Mr. Speaker, I object. a third time, was read the third time, and passed. :Mr. HOOPER. Will the gentleman withhold his objection for A motion to reconsider the vote whereby the bill was passed a moment? was laid on the table. Mr. BLA...l'lTON. Yes. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the next bill. . . Mr. HOOPER. The chairman of the Committee on War Clain1s [1\fr. STRONG] asked me in his absence, when bills were JENNIE WYANT objected to, to ask unanimous consent that they be passed over The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill \'t"ithout prejudice, if possible. (H. R. 4229) for the relief of Jennie Wyant and others. Mr. BLA~"'TON. An objection has that effect. · The Clerk read the title of the bill. ERNEST J. HISCOCK The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres ent consideration of the bill? The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill Mr. HUDSON. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, I (H. R. 4267) for the relief of Ernest J. Hiscock. would like to ask the chairman of the Committee on Claims The Clerk read the title of the bill. • regarding this bill. It seems to carry 11!rge recompenses for The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres- hospital services. Is there anything -which will grow out of E.>nt consideration of the bill! this? Is there any claim for personal injury? There was no objection. Mr. UNDERHILL. I know nothing about it, as it eomes The Clerk re~d the bill, as follows : from the Committee on War Claims. Be it enacted, etc., That the Comptroller General of the United Mr. LOWREY. Mr. Speaker, I did not know the chairman States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to settle and bad left the Chamber. He asked me to give a little attention certify to Congress the claim of Ernest J. Hiscock, care of Br:itish. to the ·e IJills, and I hope the gentleman from Michigan will Embassy, Washington, D. C., of $32.24, or so much thereof as may be permit the gentleman from West Virginia [Mr. O'l3RIEN] to required to purchase exchange not to exceed the amount of 6 pounds, make a statement with reference to the bill. 12 shillings, 6 pence sterling, in full settlement of all claims of said · Mr. · HUDSON. Can any claim be made under this legisla Ernest J. Hiscock growing out of the loss by the War Department of tion for either the partil!l or permanent injury of this cla,im blue prints and descriptive data of "Hiscock recoil operative 303 ant? machine gun for observers' use." Mr. O'BRIEN. None whatever. This covers all the claims. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, Mr. HUDSON. This covers nothing but hospital bills. was read the third time, and passed. 1\Ir. O'BRIEN. It goes a little further than hospital bills, A motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed as the gentleman will notice. was laid on the table. Mr. BLANTON. I think the gentleman from Michigan is perfectly right in raising the question, and I think there ought CHARLES CAUDWELL to be an amendment to the bill providing that this sum shall The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill be accepted in full settlement of all claims against the Gov (H. R. 4268) for the relief of Charles Caudwell. ernment. 'l'he Clerk read the title of the bill. Mr. HUDSON. I felt that way about it. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres Mr. O'BRIEN. I am perfectly willing- that such an amend ent consideration of the bill? ment should be adopted. Mr. BLANTON. . Mr. Speaker, we want an explanation about Mr. PEAVEY. Mr. Speaker-- this bill. Is there anyone here who can explain it'l The author The SPEAKER pro tempore. For what purpose does the of the bill is not here, so I object. gentleman from Wisconsin rise? FRANK W. TUCKER Mr. PEAVEY. As chairman of the subcommittee, I rise for the purpose of answering the question asked by the gentleman The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. from 1\Iichigan. I will say to the gentleman that the subcom 5225) for the relief of Frank W. Tucker. mittee considered this claim very carefully, and it was tmder The Clerk read the title of the bill. stood by our subcommittee that the claim, when allowed in this The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres- amount, should be considered paid in full. ent consideration of the bill! · 1\lr. BLANTON. That ought to be stated in the bill, because There was no objection. some other Congress, after we are dead, might allow something 'l~he Clerk read the bill, as follows : else. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is Mr. O'BRIEN. There is no question at all about that, and · hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of the Treasury of the I am perfectly willing to accept such an amendment. United States, from any money not otherwise appropriated, to Frank · The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres- W. •rucker, the sum of $95.36, being compensation for loss on May 31, ent consideration of the bill? 1902, of his personal effects, baggage, and clothing while en route from There was no objection. Mulanay to Bondoc, Philippine Islands, undet· military orders, as a The Clerk read the bill, as follows: corporal in Company K, Second Regiment United States Infantry. Be it enacted, etc., '.fhat the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is The bill was ordered to be engros~ed and read a third time, bereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the •.rreas• was read the third time. and passed. . ury not otherwise appropriated, to the following parties the sums herein A motion to reconsider the vote by which the. bill was passed stated, which shall be in full satisfaction of all claims of said parties 'Yas ln~d on the table. 4942 -CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 1\fAROH 1'1. .AC_ QUISIT~ON OF C.ANAD~.A.N PROPER-TIES BY THE WAR DEPAB.TMEJ.-.,T The bill as amended was ordered to be engrossed and read The ne:rt busines on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. a third time, was read the third time, and passed. 4257) for the validation of the acquisition of Canadian prop A motion to recon ·ider the vote by which the bill was passed. ~rtie · by the 'Var Department and for the relief of certain dis was laid on the table. bursing officers for payments made thereon. .A UGUBT WOLTERS The Cl~rk read the title of the bill. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres (H. R. 1598) to provide for the retirement of August Wolters ent consid~.rntion of the bill? · as a first sergeant in the United States Army. Mr. BLANTON. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to obj~t. The Clerk read the title of the bill. this bill embrac~ one sum to be paid of $207,000; another one The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the present of -$14,000; another one of $65,000; another one of $14,000; and consideration of the bill? another one of $13,960, and it ought not to pass without due There was no objection. con.:idera~ion, and I object. The Clerk read the bill, as follows : MAJESTIC HOTEL, LAKE CHARLES, LA. Be it enacted, etc., 'That the President is authorized to place August The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill Wolters, formerly sergeant, United State-s Army, on the retir·eu list (H. R. 4068) for the relief of the Majestic Hotel, Lake Charles, of the Army, with the rank of first sergeant, and pay him the retired La., and of Lieut. R. T. Cronau, United States Army. pay and allowances of that grade from July 1, 1!>22. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pr·es- was read the third time, and passed. ent consideration of the bill? There wa no objection. A motion to 1·econsider was la.id on the table. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: CHARLES F. REILLY Be it enacted, etc., That the Comptroller General of the United The next business on the Private Oalendar was the bill States be, and he is hereby, authorized and ilirected to allow from the (H. R. 3681) for the relief of Charles F. Reilly, ap}Jropriation for general expenses of the Bureau of Agricultural The Clerk read the title of the bill. Economics, Department of Agriculture, for the fiscal year 1925, the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pre. ent sum. of $226.55, amount due the Majestic Hotel, Lake Charles, La., for consideration of the bill? lodging and subsistence of Lieut. R. T. Cronau and Staff Sergt. W. 0. There was no objection. Womack, United States Army, during their assignment in September The Clerk read the bill, as follows : and October, 1924, to make aerial photographs of areas of rice fields Be it enacted, etc., That in the administration of the pension laws ln connection with crop estimates by the Bureau of .Agricultural Charles F. Reilly, late of Company D, Ninth Regiment United States Economics of the Department of Agriculture; and to allow from said Infantry, and Army Service Detachment, West Point, N. Y., shall appropriation to Lieut. R. T. Cronau reimbursement of amounts ex hereafter be held to have been honorably discharged from service in pended by him for subsistence and travel of himself and Staff Sergt. the military forces of the "C"nited States on December 18, 1902, and W. 0. Womack in proceeding by air in connection with said assign July 27, 1917, respectively, but no pension, bounty, pay, or other ment to a~d from Kelly Field, Tex., to Lake Charles, La. emolument shall accrue plior to the enactment of this act. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed. was read the third time, and passed. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed A motion to reconsicle1· was laid on the t:lble. was laid .on the table. JOHN SHA.NKON WIL.LIA..M A. SCHOFlli7ELD The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. 6377) for the relief of John Shannon. (H. R. 8968} to allow credit in the accounts of William A. The Clerk read the title of the bill. Schoenfeld. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres- The Clerk read the title of the bill. ent consideration of the bill? The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres- There was no objection. ent consideration of the bill? The Clerk read the bill, as follows : There was no obj~tion. Be it enacted, etc., That in the administration of any laws conferring · The Clerk read the bill, as follows : rights, privileges, and benefits upon honorably discharged soldiers, John Be it enacted, etc., That the Comptronef General of the United States Shannon, who was a member of Company D, Thirteenth Regiment is hereby authorized and directed in the settlement of the accounts of Infantry, shall hereafter be held and considered to have been dis William A. Schoenfeld, a special temporary disbursing agent of the charged honorably from the military service of the United States as a Department of .Agriculture, to allow the sum of $80, now standing as a private of that organization on the 18th day of February, 1874: Pro disallowance in the accounts of said William .A. Schoenfeld, being the 'Vided, That no bounty, back pay, pension, or allowance shall be held to difference between $110 each paid for two typewriting machines pur have accrued prior to the pas~age of this act. chased in Vienna, Aush·la, and the limiting price for such machines, The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, $70 each, fixed by act of April 4, 1924 (43 Stat. 67). was read the third tjme and pa sed. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. was read the third time, and passed. LOUIS H. HARMON A motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passe 1928 CONGR.ESSION AL RECORD-HOUSE 4943 CARL C. BACK $36,000 of the same forged stamps before they discovered that they were forgeries. This bill is absolutely fair and just. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H: R. Mr. BLANTON. Mr. Speaker, there is no one in the House 1616) for the relief of Carl C. Back. for whom I have a higher regard than the gentleman from Illi The Clerk read the title of the bill. nois. He is my close personal friend, but this office in Chicago The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres- ought to have been big enough to detect the forgery without ent consideration of the bill? paying out this large amount of money. There was no objection. Mr. SPROUL of Illinois. Is the Chicago post office bigger The Clerk read the bill, as follows : than the Treasury of the United States, which is supposed to Be it ct1acted, etc., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is look after forgeries and counterfeits, and yet they paid out hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any moneys-in the Treas $36,000 before they discovered it was a forgery. It was only ury not otherwise appropriated, the sum Otf $5,522 to Carl C. Back, discovered that they were forgeries by experts. The gentle as the father and legal guardian of Gunther Carl Back, for expenses man would not hold the postmaster responsible for that. incurred on account of injuries to Gunther Carl Back as the result of Mr. BLANTON. It was not the postmaster; it was the being run down by an Army truck at Stratford, Conn., on April 1, subordinates that paid it out. He ought to have been more 1918. careful, and ought to have had men that were better skilled. With the following committee amendment: Mr. SPROUL of Illinois. If he had had men that were skilled enough to discover that, they would not be serving as In lin e 5, after the word "appropriated," insert "and in full settle clerks in a post office. ment against the Government" ; and in line 6, strike out -" Carl C. Mr. BLANTON. We have bank clerks and cashiers drawing Back, as the father and legal guardian of " ; and in line 8, strike out $200 a month who detect fo1·geries every day. the words "to Gunther Carl Back " and insert the word "sustained." Mr. UNDERHILL. I hope the gentleman will withdraw his The committee amendment was agreed to. objection. The bill as amended was ordered to be engrossed and read Mr. BLANTON. Oh, I know the gentleman from Massachu a third time, was read the third time, and passed. setts is going to make it appear that it ought to be paid right A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. off in cash. :Mr. UNDERHILL. I think the gentleman from Texas wants W. J. BRYSON to be fair; I think his enthusiasm for his work is well grounded, The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill but I do not think he or any Member of the House has any :(H. R. 5075) for the relief of W. J. Bryson. moral right-he may have a legal right under the rules-to hold The Clerk read the title of the bill. up a bill unless he knows positively or has some reason to sus Tbe SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres- pect that there is fraud or collusion with reference to tbe bill. ent consideration of the bill? Mr. BLANTON. There is no fraud or collusion here; it is There was no objection. simply carelessness of a servant. The Clerk read the bill, flS follows : Mr. UNDERHILL. The bill is perfectly sound. If the gen tleman from Texas had examined this thoroughly he would l>e Be it enacted, etc., 'l'hat the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is advocating the passage of it rather than objecting to it. Banks hereby, authorized to pay to W. J. Bryson the sum of $500 to reim and post offices all over the country were fooled by this counter burse him for the amount paid on the bond of one John Searight, de feit issue. fendant in the case of the United States against John Searight, in the l\lr. BLANTON. Mr. Speaker, if I am to be browbeat and District Court of the United States for the Southern Distriet of Iowa, intimidated in this way I am going to· withdraw my objection. the said John Searight having been subsequently returned to the [Laughter.] custody of the United States marshal through the efforts and at the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection? expense of said Bryf:l on. • There was no objection. W'ith the following committee amendment: The Clerk read the bill, as follows: Strike out all of lines 4 and 5 and insert " authorized and directed Be it enacted, etc., That the Postmaster General is authorized and to pay out ot any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, directed to credit the account of Arthur C. Lueder, postmaster at and in full settlement against the Government, the sum of $500, to Chicago, Ill., in tbe sum of $20,474.92, and to certify su~h credit to the reimburse W. J. Bryson." General Accounting Office, as follows: $19,468.50, beV1g an amount The committee amendment was agreed to. charged in the postal account due to the cashing of war savings stamps The bill as amended was ordered to be engrossed and read in the year 1924 which were found by tbe Treasury Department to be a third time, was read the third time, and passed. counterfeit and charged back to the postmaster's account; $100, being A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. an amount charged in the money-order account due to the cashing by the postmaster of money order in favor of J. H. Allred for which a JOSEPH F. FBIE.ND duplicate order bad been issued and paid; $52.50, being an amount The next business on the Pr~vate Calendar was the bill (H. R. charged in the money-order account due to the cashing of a check of 6842) for the relief of Joseph F. Friend. the Veterans' · Bureau in favor o_f Nannie Thornton Worthy with money The Clerk read the title of the bill. order funds, which the Gener.al Accounting Office held was wrongfully The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres issued and which the Treasury Department charged back to the post ent consideratioi: of the bill? master's account; $853.92, being an amount charged in 'the postal Mr. BLANTON. !\-Ir. Spea.ker, I object. savings account due to the misappropriation of funds in such post office; for which amounts the postmaster was in no way responsible. GEORGE W. BURGESS and which occurred without fault or negligence on his part. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, 8809) for the relief of George W. Burgess. was read the third time, and passed. The Clerk read the title of the bill. A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres ent consideration of the bill? GEORGE SIMPSON A~D R. C. DUNBAR Mr. BLANTON. l\Ir. Speaker, this bill involves the sum The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. of $255,231.86, and it is a bill that ought not to pass here under 10417) for the relief of George Simpson and R. C. Dunbar. :unanimous consent in half a minute,. and I th~refore object. The Clerk read the title to the bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection? ARTHUR C. LUEDER There was no objection. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. The Clerk read the bill, as follows : 8499) for the relief of Arthur C. Lueder. Be it e-nacted, etc., That the Secretary ot the Treasury be, and he Is The Clerk read the title to the bill. hereby, authorized and directed to pay to George Simpson and R. C. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection? Dunbar, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise approprJated, Mr. BLANTON. Mr. Speaker, this bill involves a large sum and in full settlement against the Government, the sum of $449 fol· the of money and ought not to pass under such circumstances, and cost of transcripts of evidence before the Quebec Bridge Commission I object. and set of drawings in connection therewith, furnished in 1907 and :Mr. SPROUL of Illinois. Will the gentleman reserve his 1908 to Leon S. Moissellf of the department of bridges, New York objection? I hope the gentleman will withdraw his objection. City, who was commissioned to obtain the data for use of the Depart If there was ever a bill that was just, it is this. The post office ment of Interior by R. L. Humphrey, an engineer then in the employ in Chicago took in $21,000 wo1~th of war savings stamps that of the UnUed States Geological Survey, investigating and testing were forgelies. Tlle Treasury of the United States took in structural materials. 14944 CONGRESSIONAL R.ECORD-HOUSE 1\l.ARCH 17. The bill was ordered to be engros~ed and I'ead the third The Clerk read the bill, as follows! time, was read the third time, and passed. Be it enacted, etc., That in tbe ndministration of any laws conferrin ... .A motion to I'econsider was laid on the table. rights, privileges, and benefits upon honorably discharged sollliers., CL.A UDE S. BErl'S James M. Pierce, who was a member of Troop B, Third Regiment United The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. State_s ·Cavalry, shall hereafter be held and considered to have been dis 4608) for the relief of Claude S. Betts. charged honorably from the militru·y service of the United States as a The Clerk read the title to the bill. member of that organization on the 28th day of May, 1866: Provided, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection? That no bounty, back pay, pension, or allowance shall be held to have There was no objection. accrued prior to the passage of this act. The Clerk read the bm, as follows: The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time Be it e-nacted, eto., That Claude S. Betts, )ate ensign (pilot) Naval was read the third time, and passed. - • Air Service, be made an en ign on the retired list of the Gnited States A motion to reconsider the Yote by which the bill was passed Navy: Provided, That no back pay, pension, or allowance shall be was laid on the table. _ held accrued prior to the passage of this act. WILLI.A:Y C. BRAASCH The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a tbird time, The next business on the PriYate Calendar v;-as the bill (H. R. was read a third time, and passed. - 9118) for the relief of William C. Braasch. .A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. The Clerk read the title of the bill. MATTERS .AFFE ,•, I .4946 CONGRESSIONAL -RECORD-HOUSE · ~!ARCH 17 The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on tbe engross appraisal book necessitated by the loss of the <>riginal appraisal book m::!nt and third reading of the bill. by the Bureau of Internal Revenue, Treasury Department, during the The bill as amended was ordered to be engrossed and read examination of the accounts of the said company for income-tax a third time, was read the third time, and passed. . purposes. A motion to reconsider the vote whereby the bill was passed With the following committee amendment: was laid on the table. In line 5, after the word " appropriated," insert "and in full set The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the next tlement against the Government." bill. ANTON .ANDERSON The committee amendment was agreed to. The bill as amended was ordered to be engrossed and read The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. a third time, was read the third time, and passed. 2654) for the relief of Anton Anderson. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed The title of the bill was read. was laid on .the table. . The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres- ent consideration of the bill? M.ABY E. O'CONNOR There was no objection. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report tbe bill. 6436) for the relief of Mary E. O'Connor. The Clerk read as follows: The Clerk read the title of the bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres- Be it enacted~ etc., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is ent consideration of the bill? hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Trea~ There was no objection. ury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1 ;o to Anton Anderson, of Chinook, Wash., said sum being the amount of damage caused April 8, The Clerk read the bill, as follows : 1920, when the launch Vigilant, while operating in fortification-construc Be it enacted, eto., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and be is tion work under authority of the Chief of Engineers, United States War hereby, authorized and dh·ected to pay, out <>f any money in the Treas Department, collided with and partially demolished fish trap No. 152, ury not otherwise appropriated, and in full settlement against the then owned and operated by the said Anton Anderson. Government, the sum of $5,000 to Mary E. O'Connor, of Malden, Mass., on account of the death of her husband, Dennis O'Connor, who died With a committee amendment, as follows: of injuries sustained while employed at the navy yard, Charlestown, Line 5, page 1, after the word "appropriated,'' insert "and in full Mass. settlement against the Government." With the following committee amendment: The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on agreeing to In line 6, strike out " $5,000 " and insert " $3,572.40." the committee amendment. The committee amendment was agreed to. The committee amendment was agreed to. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on tbe engross The bill as amended was ordered to be engrossed and read ment and third reading of the bill. a third time, was read the third time, and passed. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed The bill as amended was ordered to be engrossed and read was laid on the table. a third time, was read the third time, and passed. A motion to reconsider the vote whereby the bill was passed HlGGINS LUMBER CO. was laid on the table. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the next 8031) for the relief of Higgins Lumber Co. (Inc.). bill. The Clerk read the title of the bill. THOM.AS HUGGINS The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. ~nt consideration of the bill? 2657) for the relief Qf ThOipas Huggins. Mr. BLANTON. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the right to object. The title of the bill was read. This bill embraces $15,293.90, and I want to ask the gentleman The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the present from Massachusetts if be thinks we ought to proceed here with consideration of the bill? bills of this importance with about 20 or 25 Members present There was no objection. to pass on them, passing one about every half minute? I think The SPEAKER pro -tempore. The Clerk will report the bill. . we ought to adjourn. I think we have done a good day's work The Clerk read as follows: and I think this is not the time and place, and it is not with the proper temper of the House, for these bills to be passed Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and be is about one every half minute. hucby, authorized and directed to pay to Thomas Huggins the sum of Mr. UNDERHILL. The gentleman from Texas bas asked me $1,500 for damages sustained by him through use and operation of his a question in refexence to this bill. This is necessary because premises by the Army for the maneuvers at American Lake, Wash., in the department bas declared that it does not come under the 1906. provisions of the admiralty act. There was considerable dam- With committee amendments, as follows: age done at this same time. · Mr. BLANTON. It ought to go to the Court of Claims or Line 4, after the word "pay," jnsert "out ()f any money in the Treas a ury not otherwise appropriated, and in full settlement against the Gov court of admiralty and be passed upon. Mr. UNDERHILL. All of these claims have been settled ernment"; and on line 7, strike out the figures "$1,500" and insert in with the exception of this one. Ueu thereof the figures " $750." Mr. BLANTON. They ought to be settled by a tribunal that The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on agreeing to can consider the rules of evidence and see that proper probative the committee amendments. effect is given to the evidence. The committee amendments were agreed to. Mr. UNDERHILL. This is an agreement on the part of two The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the engross parties and saves all of that court's time and expense. ment and third reading of the bill. Mr. BLANTON. And -probably is costing the taxpayers The bill as amended was ordered to be engrossed and read $15,000 when tbey might not be due 1 cent. a third time, was read the third time, and passed. Mr. UNDERBILL. I think if the claim had gone to the A motion to reconsider the vote whereby the bill was passed Court of Claims they would have gotten a larger sum than this. was laid on the table. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the next Mr. BLANTON. I shall not object, but such bills ought not bill. to be passed here this afternoon with no consideration what SMITH T.ABLET CO. ever, and with but a very few Members on the floor. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: 4303) for the relief of the Smith Tablet Co., of Holyoke, Mass. Be it enaoted, etc., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and be Is The Clerk read the title of the bill. hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres- Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Higgi..n.i; Lumber Co. (Inc.), ent consideration of the bill? a corporation duly organized by law and having a usual place of busi There was no objection. ness in Provincetown, 1\Iass., the sum of $15,293.90, in full compensa The Clerk read the bill, as follows : tion for damage do.ne to l}roperty owned by the said corpm.'ation at Provincetown, Mass., by the U. S. Coast Guard cutter Morrill, on Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary <>f the Treasury is authorized November 16, 1926. and directed to p::cy, out of ~ny money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $150 to the Smith Tablet Co., of Holyoke, The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, Mass., as reimbursement for the cost' of remaking an appraisal and was re~d the third time, and p!:!,ssed. 1928 /-- CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 4947 A motion to reconSider the vote by which tge bill was pa_sse!} the amount of Government funds lost when the building. in which the was laid on the table. consulate was housed was destroyed by fire on April 13, 1927. JOHN A. FOX SEC. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay .to Joseph C. Grew, formerly American minister at The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. Copenhagen, Denmark, the sum of $6,150.65, such sum representing the 1325) for the relief of John A. Fox. amount embezzled from Government funds in the United States legation The Clerk read the title of the bill. at Copenhagen by the cashier of the legation between March 31 and The SPEAKER. Is tqere objection to the present considera- July 1, 1921 ; to Francis B. Keene, formerly American consul general tion of the bill? at Rome, Italy, the sum of $95.21, such sum representing the amount There was no objection. of Government funds stolen from the safe cabinet in the American The Clerk read the bill, as follows : consulate general at Rome, Italy, on the night of April 28, 1921; to Be it enaoted, eto., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is Norton F. Brand, as American consul at Fernie, British Columbia, the hereby, authorized and directed to pay to John A. Fox, of Springville, sum of $1,397.25, such sum representing the unpaid balance of the Utah, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, United States Government funds deposited by him in the Home Bank the sum of $786.28 in reimbursement of labor and expenditures made of Canada, at Fernie, British Columbia, such bank having suspended by him upon his stock-raising homestead entry No. 019731, Salt Lake payment of deposits on August 16, H.l23 ; and there is hereby authorized City series, embracing the southwest quarter and east half of section 17 to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise in township 8 south, range 5 east, Salt Lake meridian, Utah, the appropriated, a sufficient sum to carry out the purpose of this act. patent for which was annulled by decree of court for the reason that With the following committee amendment: the land was .at the date of entry and patent within a national forest and not subject to entry. Page 4, line 15, after the figures " 1923," insert a semicolon and add the following: "to Richard L. Sprague, as American consul at Gi With the following committee amendment: braltar, the sum of £423.15, being reimbursement for moneys actually In line 6, on page 1, after the word "appropriated," insert "and expended by him in the settlement of a judgment of the Supreme Court in full settlement against the Government." of Gibraltar, dated April 17, 1926, in favor of Smith Imossi & Co., The committee amendment was agreed to. covering a claim of that company for the relief of American seamen The bill as amended was ordered to be read a third time, was from the steamet· Kanabec at Gibraltar in 1920, and the sum of read the third time, and passed. $278.95, being reimbursement for moneys personally advanced by him A motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed for the relief of said seamen ; " was laid on the table. The committee amendment was agreed to. WILLIAM ROJ)ERICK OORSEY The bill as amended was ordered to be engrossed and read The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill a third time, was read the third time, and passed. (H. R. 9112), for the relief of William Roderick Dorsey and A motion to reconsider the vote by wh:ch the bill was passed other officers of the Foreign Service of the United States, who, was laid on the table. while serving abroad, suffered by theft, robbery, fire, embezzle LANDON RANDOLP~ MASON ment, or bank failures losses of official funds. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. The Clerk-read the title of the bill. 4605) authorizing the President to issue an appropriate com· The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. HAWLEY). Is there ob- mission and honorable discharge to Landon Randolph Mason. jection to the present consideration of the bill? The Clerk read the title of the bill. There was no objection. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present considera· The Clerk read the bill, as follows : tion of the bill? Be it enacted, etc., That the General Accounting Office be, and is l\Ir. SIMMONS. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, hereby, authorized and directed to credit the accounts of William this is a bill that provides relief for one service man, whereas Roderick Dorsey as American consul, formerly at Catania, Italy, with there is a large number in the United States on exactly the the sum of $316.75, such sum representing the unpaid balance of same plane. There is a joint resolution pending before the United States Government funds deposited by him in the Banca Military Affairs Com,mittee which would authorize the Secre Italiana dl Sconto, such bank having suspended payments of deposits tary of War to do this for all persons simil~rly situated. It on December 29, 1921, and having liquidated. its claims; and also with seems to me that if CongTess is to adopt this as a policy we the additional sum of $869.10, such sum representing the amount ought to do it for everyone instead of picking out some one man. stolen from the safe in the United States consulate at Catania, Italy, Therefore I object. on the night of September 18, 1924 ; to credit the accounts of Hugh S. WILLIAM PORTER Gibson as American minister, formerly at Warsaw, Poland, with the sum of $2,133.65, such sum representing the amount stolen from the The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. , 2527) for the relief of William Porter. strong boxes of the United States legation at Warsaw, Poland, on the The Clerk read the title of the bill. night of December 13, 1921; to credit the acco.unts of Charles H. Heisler as American consul, formerly vice consul at Riga, Latvia, wlth The SPEAKER. Is thert- objection to the present considera- the sum of $3,532.28, such sum representing the amount of Govern tion of the bill? ment funds for which Mr. Heisler is personally responsible, stolen There was no objection. from the safe of the American consulate at Riga on the night of Th.e Clerk read the bill, as 'follows : November ' 17, 1923; to credit the accounts of J. Klahr Huddle as Be it enacted, etc., That in the administration of any laws coilferring American consul formerly at Hamburg, Germany, with the sum of rights, privileges, and benefits upon honorably discharged soldiers, $120.62, such sum representing the amount stolen from the safe of William Porter·, alias Asbury F. Spicer, who was a member of Company the United States consulate general at Hamburg, Germany, on the E, First Regiment Pennsylvania: Volunteer Rifles, shall hereafter be. held night of November 12, 1921; to ct·edit the accounts of John P. Hurley and considered to have been honorably discharged from the military as American consul, formerly at Riga, Latvia, with the sum of $3,497, service of the United States as a member of that organization on the such sum representing the amount stolen from the safes of the 1Sth day of December, 1862: Prot'-ided, That no bounty, back pay, pen consulate at Riga, Latvia, on the night of November 17, 1923; to sion, or allowance shall be held to have accrued .prior to the passu~ credit the accounts of Leo J. Kenna, an American consul, formerly of this act. of Warsaw, Poland, with the sum of $3,100.60, such sum representing The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time the amount of Government funds stolen from the safety box of the was read the third time, and passed. ~ United States consulate general in Warsaw in December, 1922; to A motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed credit the accounts of Frithjof C. Sigmond, as American vice consul was laid on the table. at Stavangcr, Norway, with the sulll of $819.87, of which the sum of $572.12 represents the unpaid balance of United States Government REZIN FRA -KLIN NEVES funds deposited by him in the Stavanger Handels-of-Industribank, such The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. bank having suspended payment of deposits on March 25, 1923, and 2529) for the relief of Hezin Franklin Neves. having liquidated its claims, and $247.75, of which represents the loss The Clerk read the title of the bill. by exchange caused by the enforced delay in forwarding the sum of The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present considera· $4,363.72, which was realized on the banlc's liquidation of this de tion of the bill? positor's claim; to credit the accounts of John K. Davis, as consul 1\.Ir. BLANTON. l\1r. Speaker, I hate to call attention to this, at Nanking, China, with the sum of $46.12, such sum representing the because this is a bill of our new chairman of the Ways and amount of Government funds stolen from the locked steel cabinet Means Committee [l\1r. HAWLEY], but tlJis is what the \Var during the looting of the consulate at Nanking by Chlnese soldiery on Department says about it: March 24, 1927; to credit the accounts of David J. D. Myers as consul Whil~ it is shown that after bis desertion from Company D, Twelfth at Durango, Mexico, with the sum of $89.25, sucl.l sum representing Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry, this soldier reenlisted in the Navy wit-bin', 4948 CONGRESSIONAL .RECORD-HOUSE J\{.A:RCH 17 four months, it must be presumed from the ·showing of the reeords that · Tbe SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present considera he enlisted in the Navy for the purpose of obtaining bounty which be tion of the bill? would not have received bad he remained under big original enlistment, There was no objection. and upon this presentation of the ease application for removal of the The Clerk read the bill, as follows : charge of desertion bas heretofore been denied and must still stand Be it enacted, etc., That in the administration of any laws conferring denied. rights, privileges, and benefits upon honorably discharged soldiers LUTZ WAHL, Thomas Purdell, late of Company D, First and Second Battalions, The Aajut_ant General. Twelfth Regiment United States Infantry, shall hereafter be held Mr. HAWLEY. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman will notice on and considered to have been honorably discharged from the military page 3 that the man himself states-- seriice of the United States as a private of said company on the Mr. BLANTON. I am talking about what your Adjutant 7th day of January, 1865 : Provided, That no bounty, pension, pay,