·. atnngrtssinnal itcnrd. PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION.

SENATE. Ma1·yland-John Walter Smith and Joseph I. France. Massachusetts-Henry Cabot Lodge and David I. Walsh. ~fo:NDAY, Decembe1·1; 1919. 11Hchigan-Charles E. Townsend aml Truman H. ~ewberry. THOMAS n. :MARSHALL, of Indiana, Vice President of the 1lfinnesota-Knute Nelson and Frank B. Kellogg. United State. , called the Senate to order at 12 o'clock meridian. Mississippi-John Sharp Williams and Pat Harrison. Rev. Ulysses Grant \Yarren, D. D., of Syracuse, N. Y., offered Missouri-James A. Reed and Selden P. Spencer. tile following prayer : .Montana-Henry L. Myers and Thomas J. \Valsh. Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, again we ha\e assem­ Nebraska-Gilbert 1\1. Hitchcock and George W. ~ Torris. bled in the council of our Nation for the purpose of carrying Ne-1:ada-Key Pittman and Charles B. Henderson. forward its mighty program in the affairs of mankind. We New Hampshire-George H. Moses and Henry\V. Keyes. pray that Thou wilt guide us with the wisdom with which Thou New Jersey-Joseph S .. Frelinghuysen and Walter E. Edge. hast always presided over the affairs of Thy children. Bless New Mexico-Albert B. Fall and Andrieus A. Jones. us ,·vith the integrity of Abraham, the 'visdom of Solomon, the ·sew York-James W. \Vadsworth, jr., and William M. Calder. spirit of the Master, as we approach these great problems in North Carolina-F. 1\1. Simmons and LeeS. 0Yerman. this age of reconstruction. May we be guided by the divine North Dakota-Porter J. McCumber and. A le J. Gronna. light from on high, and may the principles of social justice, Ohio-Atlee Pomerene and Warren G. Harding. political freedom, and universal brotherhood be the trinity of Oklalwma-Thoma P. Gore :mel Robert L. Owen. worship on the altar of which these Member may pay homage Oregon-George E. Chamberlain and Charles L. 1\Ic..."'\ary. to Him who is King of Kings and Lord of Lords. We pray Pennsyl7:ania-Boies Penrose and Philander C. Knox:. Thee to bless the Chief Executi\e of this Nation and every Rltode Island-LeBaron B. Colt and Peter G. Gerry. man and woman unto whose hands has been committed an South Carolina-El1ison D. Smith and Nathaniel B. Dial. office of trust in a representative form of government. Guide South Dakota-Thomas Sterling and Edwin S. Johnson. us and save us finally through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. Tennessee-John K. Shields and Kenneth McKellar. The VICE PRESIDENT. Senators, the day and the hour Texas-Charles A. Culber ~ on and 1\lorris Sheppard. provided by the Constitution of the United States and the laws Utah-Reed Smoot and William H. King. enacted thereunder for the regular annual as embling in ses­ Vermont-William P. Dillingham and Carroll S. Page. sion of the Congress of the United States having arrived, t11e Virginia-Claude A. Swanson. Secretary of the Senate will call the roll of Sen a tors to ascer­ lVashington-\Vesley L. Jones and Miles Poindexter. tain if there be a constitutional number present to enable the West Yirginia-Howard Sutherland and David Elkins. Senate to transact business. Wisconsin-Robert l\1. La Fo11ette and Irvine L. Lenroot. The Secretary called the roll, and the follo,ving Senators an­ Wyoming-Francis E. Warren and John B. Kendrick. swered to their names : NOTIFICATIO TO THE PRESIDENT . . Ashurst Fletcher McKellar Rmoot Mr. LODGE submitted the following resolution (S. Res. 235) 'Ball France .Moses Spencer Bankhead Frelinghuysen .Myers Stanley which was read, considered by unanimous consent, and Beckham Gay Nelson Stt>rling ugreect to: Rorah Gerry Newberry Sutherland I~c~ol1:c(l, That a. committee consisting of two Senators be appointed Brandegee Hale Norris Rwan"'on to JOU~ such comm1ttee as may be appointed by the House of Repre­ Calder Harris Nug-ent Thomas sentatives to notify the President of the United States that a quorum Capper Hitchcock Owen 'l'owns(md Chamberlain .T ohn on, Calif. Page Wadsworth of each .Hot~se is assembled and that Congress is ready to receive any Colt Johnson, S.Dak. Phipps Walsh, Mont. commumcat10n be may be pleased to make. Culberson Jones, Wash. Pittman n'arren The VICE PHESIDEXT appointed Mr. LODGE and Mr. HITCH­ Cummins Kellogg PomPrene Watson COCI{ as the committee on the part of the Senate. Curtis Keyes lleeu Williams Dial King Sheppard NOTIFICATION TO THE HOUSE. Edge La Follette Rimmons Elkins Lodge Smith, Gn. l\Ir. LODGE submitted the following J:esolution (S. Res. 236), Mr. CURTIS. I was requested to announce the absence of which was read, considered by unanimous consent, and the Senator from Iowa [l\1r. KENYO~] on account of illness. 1 agreed to: I was also requested to announce the absence of the Senator Resolved, That the Secretary iLform the llouse of Representatives from Illinois [1\Ir. SHETIMAN] on account of illness. that a quorum of_ the Senate is assembled and that the Senate is ready The VICE PRESIDENT. Sixty-one Senator have answered to prot·eed to busmess. to the roll call. There is a constitutional quorum of Senators HOUR OF MEETING. present. l\fr. LODGE submitted the following resolution (S. Res. 237) LIST OF SENATORS. which was read, considered by unanimous consent, and The list of Senators by States is as follow : agreed to: Alal>anta-Jolm H. Bankhead anLouisiana-Joseph E. Ransdell and. Edward James Gay. fuat the Senate will see its way dear to give its undivided con­ Maine-Bert ~I. Fernald and Frederick Hale. sideration to thut measure until we shall have concluded it. 3 - 4 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. DECEJ\1BER 1'

l\Ir. TROl\lAS. l\1r. President, I do not think there is any­ and the Senator fro:tn Pennsyh'11nia [l\1r. PENROSE] are absent thing but precedent, ·which sometimes. i " better honored in the on account of illne "'. breach than in the obsen-ance," to ju tify an adjournment until I have been requested to announce the following pairs: to-morrow. The present session of the Senate has an enormous The Senator from Illinois [l\Ir. McCoRMICK] with the Sena­ doct.et before it. E\ery day hould count, e'"ery day must tor from Nevada. [l\1r. Hs~DERSO.N] ; count, if we are to transact any considerable percentage of the The Senator from New Mexico [Mr. FALL] with the Senator business confronting us. Personally, therefore, I prote t against f1·om "\\~yoming (l\lr. KENDRICK] ; the proposed adjournment. The Senator from Ohio [Mr. HAnDING] with the Senator from l\1r. CUMl\1INS. Under the circumstances I do not want to Alabama (l\Ir. UNDERWOOD]; and do anything that could be pos ibly construed as disrespectful to The Senator from Vermont [Mr. DILLINGHAM] with the Sen­ the President, and it is only becau e I felt that a disregard of ator from ~laryland [1\fr. SMITH]. a custom of many years might be construed as disrespect to the 1r. GAY. I desire to announce that my colleague the senior President that I aid what I ha.ve. Senator ·from Loui. iana [Mr. RANSDELL] is necessarily absent M:z·. CURTIS. Mr. President, I wish to ugge t to the Sen­ from the Senate. ator from Iowa that the railroad bill i now the unfin' hed Mr. GERRY. I wish to announce that the Senator from Mis­ business, and the1·efore the1·e could be no disrespect to the Presi­ issippi [Mr. HAnrJSON], the Senator from Nevada (1\lr. dent if we went on trith the unfinished bu ines . I hope the IlE~"DERSON], the Senator from New Mexico [Mr. Jom:s], the Senate will remain in ession for that purpo e. Senator from Wyoming [Mr. KENDRICK], the Senator from l\Ir. THOMAS. I wi h to add, Mr. Pi·esident, if I may, that A.rkan as [Mr. KrnnY], the Senator from North Carolina [Mr. ina mudl as we hn"Ve had a long extra e ion of Congress, OVER~IAN], and the Senator from California [1\lr. PHELAN] are while this i the fir t regular ses: ion, it does not find us in necessarily absent from the Senate. the position '·hich the Senate would occupy if there had been I wi h al o to announce that the senior Senator from Arkan­ no nch e:\.'i:ra session. I think if there had been no extra as [l\Ir. Rom~soN], the Senator from Tennessee [1\lr. SHIELDs], session it would be perfectly proper-perhaps the proprieties the Senator from Oklahoma [l\Ir. GORE], the Senator from ~ronld require--that we should adjourn until we heard from the Arizona [1\fr. SMITH], the Senator from Delaware [Mr. WoL· Pre ident. Under the pr-e ent circumstanc I do not see that coTT], and the enator from l\la achu etts [l\Ir. WALSH] are any ad Gay Myers Smith, Ga. tember with \"ecy little beWnd us to show for our work. BE!{'kbam Gerry Nelson Smoot l\lt. CUMMfNS. :Mr. President, I wi h to ay, in addition Borah Ilnle Newberry Spencer to what I haye already said, that I am quite ready to go on Brandegee Harris Norris Stanley Calder Hitchcocl\ Page Swanson at this or any o-ther moment at which the Senate will be will­ Chamberlain .Johnson, Calif. Phipps Townsend ing to take up the bUl ; and if the Senate feels that it should Colt King Pittman Walsh, Mont. not adjourn until a later hour in the afternoon, it will be Culber on La l•'ollette Pomerene Warren entirely ngl'eeable to me. Dial Lodge Reed Watson NAY8-12'. Cummins 1\lr. LODGE. I made the motion to adjourn in ncc01·dancc Fletcher 'Kellogg Sutherlantt with, I think, tl:Je unbroken cu&1:om to take a recess or adjourn cnrtl FrelinJrhuy en Keyes Thotnas on the first day of the ·e-ssion until the c'Ommittee appointed to Edge Jone , Wa ·h. Nugent 'Wnd worth notify the Pre ident that Congress was ready to do busine s and NOT VOTING-39. receive any communication he might be pleased to make had Capper Jone , N.Mex. New Smith Ariz. Dillingham Kendrick Overman Smith, Md. performed its duty. The House, of course, joins with us in that Fall Kenyon Owen Smith, . C. action. The President is ill I should be extremely sorry, per­ Fernald Kirby Penrose Sterling sonnlly, if anything were done which could be construed into Gore Knox Phelan Trammell Gronna Lenroot Poindexter Underwood any disrespect to him. For that reason I made the motion. If Harding McCormick Ransdell Walsh, Ms. the Senate sees fit to vote the motion down, of course I shall Hanison lcCumber Robinson Wil1iams bow ta the will of the Senate. Henderson McLean Sht>rman Wolcott The VICE PRESIDENT. TM Chair understood tliat the Sen· Johnson, S. Dak. McNary Shields ator withheld the motion. Does he make it now? So the motion was agreed to; and (at 12 o'clock and 22 min­ l\Ir. LODGE. I make the motion. utes p. m.) the Senate adjourned until to-morrow, Tuesday. The VICE PRESIDlill\TT. The question is on the motion of the December 2, 1919, at 12 o'clock meridian. Senator from Massachusetts that the Senate adjourn. l\1r. THOl\IAS. I ask for the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered, and the Secretary proceeded to call the roll. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. l\lr. JOHNSON of South Dakota (when his name was called). ~IoNDAY, December 1, 1919. I have a pair with the Senator from Maine [Mr. FERNALD]. In his ab ence I ,~·ithhold my vote. If permitted to vote, I should This being the day fixed by the Constitution of the United vote "nay." States for the annual meeting of the Oon~re · of the United :\Ir. STERLING (when his name was called). I have a State , the House of Repre entative of the • ixty-sixth Con­ gen ral pair with the enior Senntor from South Carolina [l\Ir. "Tess, having been duly organized at the extra ses ion begin­ SMITH]. In his ab ence I withhold my vote. ning l\Iay 19 last, met in its Hall at 12 o'clock m. for the first l\Ir. WILLIAMS (when his name was called). I have a pair regular session, and was called to order by the Speaker, llon. witll the senior Senator from Penn ylvania [l\.Ir. PENROSE] and FREDERICK H. GILLETT, a Repre entative from the State of am, therefore, compelled to withhold my vote. If 1 were at Massachusetts. liberty to yote. I should vote" yea." The Chaplain, Rev. Henry N. Couden, D. D., offered the fol- Tlle roll call was concluded. lowing prayer : Mr. l\IYEH.S. I understand that the Senator from Connec- Father Almighty_, in the swift flight of time Thou hast ticut [l\Ir. McLEAN], with whom I have a pair, has not voted. brought us to the beginning of the first regular se sion of the I transfer my pair \Yith that Senator to the Senator from l\lis- Sixty-sixth Congress. sis5';ippi [l\Ir. HARRISON] and vote "s·ea." The past has gone save for the results which have been woven ~Ir. CHAMBERLAIN (after having voted tn the affirmative). into the tissues of our Republic. The future loom lru·"'e before I ha-ve a general pair with the junior Senator from Pennsyl- it, questions of great moment must be solved, hence our hearts vanin [Mr. Kxox]. I transfer my pai.r to the Senator from turn to Thee for guidance. Ke · lierlco [l\Ir. Jo~Es] a.nd allow my vote to stand. Imbue the Speaker of this House and each Representative . II". WATSO~ (after having voted in the affirmative). I have with wisdom, strength, courage, fortituclef that they may thi~1k a~ - ne1'al pair with th senior Senator.from Delaware [:Ur. WoL- deeply, act nobly, do justly, and meet tile task before them co ~rl. I tran fer my pair to my colleague the junior Senator with courageous heart and leave behind them a record worthy from Indinna [Mr. NEw] and permit my Yote to stand. of American tate. men, and thu add solidity strength, aml 1\1r. CURTI . I desire to announce that the Senator from • greater -achievements to our Government; and all prai e wo will Iowa [Mr. KE~YON], the Senator from Illinois (Mr. SHER~UN], 1 ascribe to Thee, in the name and spirit of the Master. Amen. . =

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CALL QF THE 'ROLt. 'EV4DA. Tbe Toll was CI.lTI d by States, anu the :tlollowi:ng Members -an­ Charles R. Evans. s,vered to: their names : Jl.~ HAMPSHIRE. Sherman E. Burroughs. A.L~.A)IA. Fl"P(l L. Blackmon. William R. Olivl'r. NEW J£1\S»Y. J. Thomas Heflii:. 'Willi:::.m 13. Bankhead. William J. Browning. Amos H. Radcliffe. Isaac Bacharach. Cornelius A. McGlcnnon. ARIZOXA. Elijah C. Hutchinson. Daniel F. Minahan. Carl Hayden. Ernest R. Ackerman. Frederick R. Lehlbach. John R. Ramsey. ARKANSAS. NEW YORK. William A. OlMreld. Otis Wingo. John N. Tillman. Frederick C. Hicks. Thomas F. Smith.. Ohas. Pope Caldwell. Herbel't .C. P€11. CALIFORNIA. John Macerate. Isaac Siegel. Clarence F. Lea. Charles H. Ra-ndall. Thomas H. Cullen. .James V. Ganly. • John E. Raket. William Kettner. John B. Johnston. James W. Husted. Charle F . .CmTy. J.ames P. Ma..her. Jildmun<.l Platt. COLORADO. W1111am E. Cleary. Rollin B. Sanford. William N. Vaile. Guy U. Hardy. David J. O'Connell. Frank Crowther. Ch:ul B. 'l'im~erl ~. Edward T. Taylor. Reuben L. Haskell. Bertrand H. Snell. Daniel J. Riordan. Luther W. Mott. CO •. •a:CT'ICUT. Henry M. Goltl!og}t>. Walter W, Mage('. .A ;!lliltille' Lonergnn. James P. Glynn. Christopher D. Sullivan• Alanson B. Houglrton. John Q .. Tilson. Fiorello H. LaGnard:ia. Clare-nce MacGregor. DELAWA"IU!l. Peter J. D~olin~. Daniel A. Rood. Caleb R. Layton. NORTH gg. William W. Larsen. Benjamin F. Welty. William A. Ashbrook. IDAHO. "imeon D. Fess. 'Charles .A.. Mo&ney. ~saac R. ~'berwood. J obcn J. Babka. Bnrton L. French. Aadison T. Smith. Israel l\f. Foster. Henry I. Emel"SOD. lLLI;';OIS. Edwin D. Ricketts. Martin B. Madst. Willis .J. Hulings. IOWA. Patrick McLane. Stephen G. Porter. John J. Casey. M. Clyde Kelly. Charles A. KP'Ylnedy. Horace M. TO'IVUel". .Artlror G. Dewalt. Guy E. Campbell . 1· an·y E. IIu:ll.. William R. Green. Louis T. Mc!FD.dden• Thomas S.. Crago. .Jam W. Good. Edgar R. Kiess. KANSAS. Anderson H. Walters. RHODE rSLAND. Euward C. Little. J. N. Tincher,. Philip P. Campbell. W.altt!l' R. Sttness. Eli:!\;NJ CKY. SOUTH CAROLIN~. Da:v.id H. Kincheloe. James C. Cantrill. RichaTd S. Wbnlcy. William F. Stevenson.. Rotx-rt Y. Thomas, jr. William J. Field J.ru:nes F. nyJ.'"Ifes. Plillip H. soon. A- B. Rouse. Fred ll. Domipiok. Edwa.rd C. M!mn. LO Is:IANA. Samuel J_ Nicbolls. John '1'. Wutkins. Ladislas Lazaro. SOUTU DAKOTA. Riley J~ Wilson. . James B. Aswell. Charles A. Christopherson. Harry L. Gantly. MAINE. Royal c. J olmso.n. !l'E •. NE"SSEE • ·wallace H. White, jr. .Ira G. II~rsey. John A. Peters. Sam R. Sells. Lem11el P. Padgett. MARYLAND. John .A. Moon. Thetns W. Sims. Cordell Hull. Finis J. Garrett. Charles P. Coady. Frederick N. Ztblm:rn. Hubert F. Fisher. J. Charles Linthicum. Elwin L. Davis. MASSACHUSET'IS. Joseph W. Byrns. TEX"..I:S. Pet-& F. Tague. Allen T. Treadw:~y. John C. Box. Fritz G. Lanham. Frederick H. Gillett. George llolden Tinkham. Lucian W. Parrish. Calvin D. Paige. James A. Gallivun. Sam Rayburn. Robert Lnce. James P. Buchanan. .John N. Garner. Willfrtr-d W. Lufkin. Thomas L. 13lantOD. Michael F. Phelan. W2lliam S. Greene. Tom Connally. Freclerick W. Dallinger. Joseph Walsh. UTAH. MICIIIGA..N. Milton H. Wt>tling. Jam~ H. Mays. Frank E. Doremus. Patrick IL Kelle:v. '\

HAWAII. CALENDAB FOR UNANIMOUS CONSENT. J. Kuhio Kalanianaole. The SPEAKER. This is Monday, Unanimous Consent Calen­ PHILlPPIXE ISLA:-JDS. dar day. The Clerk will call the first bill upon the calendar. Jaime C. De Veyra. Teodoro R. Yangco. HOliESTEAD ENTRIES WITHIN THE FORMER FORT PECK I 'DIAN PORTO RICO. RESERVATION, l\IONT. Felix Cordo>a Davila. The first business in order on the Calendar for Unanimous The SPEAKER The Clerk reports U.e presence of 269 1\Iem­ Consent was the bill (S. 183) providing additional time for the bers, more than a quorum. payment of purchase money under homestead entries of lands MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE. \Yithin the former Fort Peck Indian Reservation, l\Iont. A message from the Senate, by l\Ir. Sanderson, Secretary of The Clerk read the title of the bill. the Senate, announced that the Senate had passed the follow­ The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the immediate consid­ ing resolutions: eration of the bill? Resolt•ed, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives Mr. WALSH. l\fr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, this that a quorum of the Senate is assembled and that the Senate is ready bill was passed over on one or two previous calls of the calendar. to proceed to business. l\Ir. EVAl~S of 1\Iontana. Twice at my request. Also: l\lr. WALSH. I should like a little additional information, Resolved, That a committee consisting of two Senators be appointed if somebody is in a position to giYe it, in additi-on to that which to join such committee as may be appointed by the House of Repre­ is contained in the report, as to why this Fort Peck Indian sentatives to notify the President of the United States that a quorum of each House is assembled and that Congress is ready to receive any Reservation should be treated a little differently in respect to communication he may be pleased to make. the time for the payment of the purchase money? And that in compliance with the foregoing resolution the Vice l\Ir. EVAl~S of Montana. l\Ir. Speaker, the situation is this: President had appointed as said committee Mr. LonGE and l\Ir. The Fort Peck Indian Reservation is a strip of territory in HITCHCOCK. northern Montana opened five or six years ago to homestead NOTIFICATION TO THE SENATE. entry and under the appraised Yalue of the land, ranging, as I understand, from $2 to $10. In other words, the homesteader l\Ir. GOOD. 1\fr. Speaker, I offer the following resolution. complies with the homestead law and pays for the land in addi­ The Clerk read as follows: tion and t11e payments go to the Indians. Now, for three years Resolved, That the Clerk of the House inform the ~enate that a they have had an unprecedented drought there and the people quorum of the House of Representatives bas appeared and that the have simply not been able to make their payments and com­ House is ready to proceed with business. ply with the conditions of the homestead law, and thi pro­ The resolution was agreed to. vides for an extension of time in which to make their payments, NOTIFICATION TO THE PRESIDENT. the people paying interest in advance on their payments for a l\lr. l\10NDELL. l\Ir. Speaker, I present the following reso- period of two years. lution and ask for its immediate consideration. ~lr. WALSH. Of course, the gentleman appreciates that The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the resolution. Montana is not the only State in the Union that is subject to The Clerk read as follows: droughts, and why pass a special law for special conditions? Resolved, That a committee of three Members be appointed by the I did not understand that when we legislated in reference to Speaker on the part of the House of Representatives to join with the the payment ·of purchase price on these reservations for home­ committee on the part of the Senate to notify the President of the steads that we were taking into consideration the weather. United States that a quorum of each House is assembled and that Congress is ready to receive any communication that be may be pleased It seems to me if these people have been unfortunate enouo-h to make. to locate on reservations where they haye unfavorable weather The question, was taken, and the resolution was agreed to. conditions, they ought to try to make the best of it without The SPEAKER. The Chair appoints the gentleman from coming in here and asking Congress to follow the weather. Wyoming [Mr. l\IoNDELL], the gentleman from Iowa [Mr. Goon], l\1r. EVANS of Montana. Well, I think in a way the gentle­ and the gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. KITCHIN]. man is right, and I would not be captious about the matter, but I recall three or four years ago there was a bad fire in Massa­ MESSAGE FROM THE SEN ATE. chusetts and Congress appropriated money to take care of the A message from the Senate, by Mr. Dudley, its enrolling people up there for the time being. clerk, announced that the Senate had agreed to the report of l\Ir. WALSH. Yes; and the gentleman will recollect that the the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the Massachusetts people appropriated a great deal more than they two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill . (H. R. asked from the Federal Congress. There is nothing here to 9821) to amend an act entitled "An act relating to the Metro­ show whether the State has been asked to do anything or any politan police of the District of Columbia," approved February other agency except to say that the weather has preYented them 28. 1901, and for other purposes. from farming this reservation and making money enough to The message also announced that the Senate had passed make their payments. without amendment the following resolution: 1\!r. EVA..'N'S of Montana. It so happens it doe . If thes~ Resolved by the Hott8e of Representatives (the Senate concurring), people were homesteaders pure and simple it would be different, That the time within which the Joint Select Committee on the Pilgrim Ter<'entenary shall report is hereby further extended to January 10, but they are paying the Indians for the land also. The e people 1920. are paying for it in ad•ance by giving a two years' exten ·ion of DAILY HOUR OF MEETING. time. 1\Ir. CAMPBELL of Kansas. l\1r. Speaker, I offer a resolu- 1\Ir. WALSH. If I understand the gentleman correctly, unlPS!J tiori and ask for its immediate consideration. these people are given relief what they have there will bP. lost? The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the resolution. Mr. EVANS of Montana. They will have lost all the improve­ The Clerk read as follows : ments of their land and lost everything becau. e they siml)ly can not remain there and live. They can not live upon that R<>solvea, That until otherwise ordered the hour of daily meeting of the House of Representatives shall be 12 o'clock meridian. barren territory without relief, and they would haYe to go away The question was taken, and the resolution was agreed to. and abandon their homesteads. l\Ir. FRENCH. May I suggest that a similar case was acted LEAVE OF ABSENCE. favorably upon in northern Idaho just a few years ago, anu then Bv unanimous consent, leave of absence was granted as fol­ ·another thing we should bear in mind is that the money that lows: these settlers pay does not go to the GoYernment, but goe' to the To l\1r. BRIGGS, for one week, on account of important busi­ Indians. It belongs to the Indian!', and, more than that-- ness. 1.\lr. WALSH. Of course, the Indians have no money any­ To l\fr. STRONG of Kansas, for one week, on account of impor- where. tant business. l\lr. FRE:NCH. This will be held in trust for the Indians by To Mr. HocH, for one week, on account of important business. the Goyernment, and they will receiYe a higher rate of interest To Mr. McKEOWN, for three days, on account of illness. from the farmers than would be allowed to them from the Gov­ To l\1r. GRIFFIN, on account of illness. ernment for the trust fund. I think it is to the interest of the To Mr. NoLA!'i, indefinitely, on account of important business. Indians that the extension be made as much as to the settlers. l\1r. ·wooD of Indiana. 1\fr. Speaker, I would like to ask in- Mr. 'V.A.LSH . Financially? definite leave of absence on behalf of my colleague, Mr. FAIR­ l\lr. FRENCH. Yes. FIELD, on account of illness. l\Ir. HASTINGS. 'Vill the gentleman permit me to ask why There was no objection. it is this bill went to the Committee on the Public Lanus instead

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of to the Committee on Indian Affairs, if the Indians are inter- 1\Ir. EVAL~S of Montana. Yes i I wowd be willing to accept ested in this money? such an amendment. lUr. EV~·s of Montana. I can not say why it went there. It 1\Ir. CRAMTON. Or something of that kind 'r ~eems to have come from the Committee on Public Lands of the Mr. EVANS of l\Iontana. I am perfectly sure it is the inten~ Senate and went to the Collllllittee on the Public Lands of the tion of the authors of the bill to provide that the interest shall House. be paid tn adv-ance. No extension is made until interest is paid. Mr. II. .::\STL.'GS. If these are publie lands and the Indians Mr. CRAMTON. TI1e language is quite different. I think are interested in them, it occurs to me that this bill when it from the reading of the language of the bill tbat the gentleman e.true from the Senate should have been referred to the Commit- will admit it reads like the depnrtmcnt drew it. That is just tee on Indinn Affairs rather than to the Committee on the the worst thing I cnn say about it, because t])e.y turn out bad Public Lands. pieces of legislation uDwn there. But I would much prefer such Mr. EVANS of Montana. I know that a similar bill pas...<::ed the an amendment. IE too gentleman is agt-eeable to it I will not Senate last ses ·on and went to the Public Lands. Committee. object to the considerati()U of the bill. and w-as favorably reported in the House_ Mr. "'WALSH. Mr. Speaker, further reserTing the right to Mr. HASTINGS. Does this bill provide for payment of in· object, what is the necessity for enacting legislation based upon terest to the Indians? a need arising out of drought conditions there which will ren- Mr. EV.A....~S of Montana. Th~ money i paid into the hands der similar legislation in the future unneeessarr? In line 16, of the Government and is placetl to the credit of the Indians, page 2, the bill says that " any payments so extendecl may there~ bern.use it was originally Indian land. after be- extenued for a period of one year in flke manner." It 1.\Ir. BL~-TO~J· If the gentleman will permit. I want to asl{ seems t(} me this opens wi

l'tlr. BANKHEAD. l\1r. Speaker, I demand the regular oruer. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from :Uichigan asks unani­ The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Alabama demands the mous consent to modify his amendment so as to make it six regular order. Is there objection to the immediate consideration months instead of three months. Is there objection? of this bill? [After a pause.] The Chair hears none. This bill .Mr. CURRY of Calif_ornia. 1\Ir. Speaker, I object. This is is on the Union Calendar. a Senate bill, and it passed the Senate, and I object to any l\1r. EVANS of Montana. l\Ir. Speaker, I ask that the bill be amendment-- considered in the House as in Committee of the Whole House 1\Ir. CRAMTON. I will ask, then, that the amendment be on the state of the Union. defeated, and I will offer a different amendment. TJ1e SPEAKER. Is there objedion? [After a pause.] The The SPEAKER. The question is on agreeing to the amend­ Chair henrs none. The Clerk will report the bill. ment. The Clerk read as follows: ·The question was taken, and the amendment was rejected. Be it enacted, etc, That any person who bas made homestead entry Mr. CRAMTON. Mr. Speaker, I offer the same amendment under the provisions of the act of Congress approved May 30, 1908 (35 changing the 90 days to 6 months. Stat. L., 558), entitled "An act for the survey and allotment of lands now embraced within the limits of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the amendment. in the State of Montana, and the sale and disposal of all the surplus The Clerk read as follows: lands after allotment," may obtain an extension of time for one year Page 2, lines 9 and 10, amend by striking out the words "within from the anniversary of the date of entry last preceding the passage of such time as may be prescribed for that purpose by the Secretary of this act within which to pay the one-half of the installment then due or the Interior : Provided/' and insert in lieu thereof the following : such part of any preceding installment, where payment bas not yet been "Provided, That in order to secure such extension application therefor made and where an extension of time therefor is not authorized by the must be made within six months from the time this act takes effect act of Congress approved March 2, 1917 (39 Stat. L., 994), by paying and the said interest shall be tendered with the application: Provided interest at the 1·ate of 5 per cent per annum on the sums to be extended further., from the maturity of the unpaid installments to the expiration of the period of extension, the interest to be paid to the receiver of the land Mr. CRAMTON. Mr. Speaker, in connection wjth this amend­ office for the district in which the lands are situated, within such time ment I only want to say that I have no interest in the matter, as may be prescribed for that purpose by the Secretary of the Interior : Provided, That the one-half of any installment which becomes due but it would seem to me desirable that this should be put in a within one year from the passage of this act and for which an extension depnite form. When the bill came before the House and before ot time for payment is n

ments that aTe now past due, and it stipulates the payment of the Secretary gives them an extension of time from the 1st of interest, and so forth, aml then goes on to say that that interest, November, running then until the next November. Then later which it ha been discussing in the first part of page 2, shall be the proviso in line 16 follows, that such payments having paid " within such time as may be prescribed for that purpose been extendecl, they may be ertennts now past due." passes, within one year's time. They will need a further exten­ The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the amendment as sion. Nobody will be injured by the Go,vernment granting them it will read when modified. the further extension of time. The Indians will not get any The Clerk read as follows: more money by taking this land away from the e home teaders Strike out, on line 9 and 10, page 2, the words " within sur:h time and giving it to somebody else. The Government will not bene­ as may be prescribed for that purpose by tile Secretm·y of tlw lntt>rior : Provided," and insert in lieu tbert'Of up,-ovicled, That in order to sPcure fit by tak'ing the land away from these homesteaders. The such extension for payments now past due application t herefo.r must interest of everybody is conserved ami benefited by hating these be made within 90 days from the time this act take. effect, and tbe people keep these lands, if it be possible to do so. said interest shall be tendered with the applicntlon: P1·or:ided turther.v Now, this bill, which W1\S drawn two years ago, authorizes, The SPEAKER. The que tion is on agreeing to the amend- in the first instance, the extension of one year. "That is direct. ment as modified. . The gentleman from Michigan [l\Ir. CRA.AITO~]. who is very The question. was taken, and the amenument was rejected. careful about these land bills and who deserves commendation Mr. WALSH. l\lr. Speaker, I move to strike out the language :tor his care concerning them, offers an amendment which will on page 2, llnes 16 and 17. require appllcation for the extension to be a.ccompanied by the The SPE~t\KER. The Oletk will report the am<>nument offered interest and to be presented within six months of the passage by the gentleman from l\la.ssachu etts. ot the act. That will not authorize an extension next year. The Clerk read as follow : The Secretary is only-authorized to grant an extension for one Amendment offered by M.r. W AL H : Page 2, "b£>ginning iVith line lG, year at a time, and if, under the amendment of the gentleman :;:trike out the words : from Michigan, a man makes an application now for extension "Pr·ovidf'fl further, That any p:1yments so extPnd£'d may th r after and pays his interest, then he can not get a turtheT extension, be extended for a period of one year lin like manner." because he can not make his application anti pay the interest Mr. 'VALSH. Mr. Speaker, this bill was introduced to co\er for the next extension within sL-...: months ftom the passage of an emergency a,rising out of dr<>ught conditions in this pm·ticu­ the act. Nor do I see any occasion for Congress endeavoring to lar section of Montana. 'l"'l1e language here would permit fur­ specify exactly when the interest shall be paid. The legislation ther extensions, not because of drought or emergency conditions is to give these men an opportunity to extend their rights upon of slmilnr nature but for any reason '"hatever, and you are these lands if they pay 5 per cent interc t. They make the writing perm~ment legi Iation v.ith reference to the time of application and the Secretary determines when they shall pay payment for thls particular Fort Peck Indian Re ervation and ·the interest. I do not see why we should undertake to say giving them the prlvile.ge of having their time extended, which 'just when .they will pay it. One man may be able ~o 11ay it request was based upon drought condi ions, and giving them to-day and another man may be able to borrow money and pay the privilege of having the time extended for any reason what­ it six months from now. ever. To that ex:tetit you are giving them preference and r1ghts l't!r. GARD. Will the gentleman }ielu! not po essed by other homesteader in other sections who may 1\fr. MANN of Tilinois. I yield. ha-ve perfectly good reasons for asking for an extension of time. - Mr. GARD. Is not the provision which tl1e gentleman has re­ They may not have experienced drought, but they may ha-ve hae not in the last three years grown enough on these home­ because of the drought, it might have been done by so framing steads to feed their families? the language as to permit the extension because of drought con­ l\Ir. WALSH. That is true. I have listened to the testi­ ditions and the repetition of drought conditions which occa­ mony, and if we are to legislate in this manner let us turn this sioned the default in pa:rments. If it is unwise, as the gentle­ matter over to the Weather Bureau, so that when they have a man from ·wyoming states, to extend the time generally by a drought payments will be made easy, and when they have a good generallaY'i', I think it unwise to pick out one particular reserva­ season the terms of payment will be made harsh. tion because of a drought in that State and say that you can 1\lr. SUMMERS of 'Vashington. This is a >ery serious mat-. have an extension of one year on making such a showing as the ter. This is a life-and-death matter with these people. This is public official may require, and say to other reservations that not a joke for the homesteader. we can not extend your time because we are not authorized to Mr. WALSH. Will the gentleman answer me and say why extend the time of payll.!ent. Therefore I submit that this does we should treat these people any different because they have not affect the remedial effect of the legislation at all by strik­ had a drought-and we are going to remedy that situation­ ing out this language. \Ve permit them to take care of these why we should open the door to further extentions of time, not settlers who have made default of payment because of the on account of drought conditions, but for any cause which they severe drought, and if you strike out the language I have indi­ may present to the Secretary? . cated you simply say that Congress does not desire to embark Mr. SUMMERS of 'Vashington. That would be discretionary on a policy of extension in the future for any reason that the with the Secretary. settlers may set up. 1\Ir. WALSH. Then why yield him the power to do it? If he 1\Ir. l\1~ of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I hope the amendment of is not going to do it, why pass the law? This was a special bill the gentleman from Massachusetts will not be agreed to. It introduced in the Senate and passed there, based upon the fact would practically destroy the bill. After all, we are loaning, it that this drought had overtaken these settlers. 'Ve are all is said, a great many million dollars to people o>er in Europe willing to pass this legislation to remedy that situation, but you who need assistance. ·we are every day being asked to con­ are going far beyond that. You are granting this authority to tribute funds for the purpose of putting up buildings, restoring extend the time for periods of one year, without limit, in such villages and farms in territory ·whi~h was devastated over there. a manner as to make unnecessary any future legislation with Now, here is a proposition to permit some man or woman who reference to the extension of the time of payment. If you are went into the dry territory of the country and endeavored to going to grant that privilege of extension to the Fort Peck establish a home, under a homestead claim, for which they paid, Indian Ueservation on account of the drought and not on account or were to pay, but who met with conditions of nature beyond of any other misfortune which this is particularly intended to belief almost at the tinw. Here is a proposition for the Govern­ cover why not write a general law? ment to do what? To give them the land, to build them homes, Mr: 1\fONDELL. Will the gentleman yield? to buy stock for them? Not at all. Not to give them anything 1.\.lr. WALSH. Yes. except time, and that for money; not to give them anything Mr. 1\IONDELL. l\Ir. Speaker, there is no doubt about a very but an extension of time of payment, with 5 per cent interest. trying situation in Montana, and I presume that under the cir­ There is nothing very w·icked about it. Why, this morning I cumstances we are fully justified in extending the time of pay­ received a check from a man to pay last year's interest upon a ments on the Fort Peck Ueser>ation for another year. They mortgage on property which I sold to him 10 or 13 years ago, had a drought last summer, the most severe in all the history of the mortgage being due probably 10 years ago. I am glad to that section. In answer to the suggestion of the gentleman from extend the time personally from year to year, although the Massachusetts, I want to say that whatever the House may interest has ne>er been kept up to date, and , the1:e never has do-- been tl1e maximum interest charged as allowed by the contract The SPEAKER. The time of the gentleman from Massachu­ or by law. setts has expired. Why should the Government of the United States, seeking to Mr. 1\.IONDELL. 1\Ir. Speaker, I ask that the time of the gen- help these people and people its territory, be meaner than the tleman from Massachusetts may be extended five minutes. individual would be? I claim no special grace for my leniency; The SPEAKER. Is there objection? it is common practice. It is what everybody knows. Give There was no objection. these people endeavoring to settle the dry West under adverse Mr. 1\.IONDELL. I want to say that whatever the House may conditions-and most of them will fail probably at the best­ do in regard to this bill I should certainly regret to have the give them every opportunity at least which the Government can policy proposed extended generally, and for this reason, that afford. [Applause.] under this extraordinary policy we might develop a situation l\ir. TAYLOR of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the where very great areas of land would be permanently reserved gentleman from Illinois [1\lr. MANN] on behalf of the 'Vest in from the payment of taxes. So long as the title to these lands general, and especially on behalf of the struggling homesteaders remains in the Government-and it will remain in the Gov­ throughout the Western States, for his magnificent, eloquent, ernment until the payments are all made, I assume, although splendid, and just appeal for the settlers on the public domain. there is nothing in the bill to guard that-a condition may easily I want to say further that if this House during the past 10 or 15 be created in which there would be a very considerable area of years had exhibited the same spirit of generosity, humanity, pa­ country in which there would never be any taxes paid. triotism, fair dealing, and ordinary common sense and common Just how gentlemen expect they are going to be able to main­ justice toward the western people that is indicated by the re­ tain schools, build roads, and care for the institutions of the marks just delivered by the gentleman from Illinois we would Government under these conditions I do not know. In the have twice as many inhabitants in the 'Vestern States as country to which this law applies 5 per cent is a very low rate we have to-day. It has been because of this harsh and utterly of interest. The average settler pays nearer 10 per cent on unwarranted policy shown here to-day; this critical and micro­ his ordinary loans. If he can secure a delay of payment indefi­ scopic examination, picayunish interference, and narrow-minded, nitely of the sums due on his land and pay only 5 per cent begrudging statesmanship toward the development of our coun­ interest on the deferred payments, and thereby avoid the pay­ try; this constant harrassing of everybody who tries to get a ment of taxes, he will continue that condition just as long as home upon the public domain or who tries to open up or improve it is possible to do it. This kind of legislation. may be satis­ any of the resources on the public domain ; it is very largely factory to the gentleman from Montana. I am somewhat sur­ because of that policy, so-called conservation, that hostile man­ prised that the Committee on Public Lands has indorsed it. To ner of treatment by Congress and the Interior Department and me it seems the worst sort of legislation in connection with a the Agricultural Department, that the West has not been settled situation like this, if it is to be followed generally or exten­ up the way it ought to have been and is not now being developed sively, because it would create a condition under which we as it should. When a man goes on the public domain to-day to would have areas which never ·could be self-supporting, because make a home on the character of land that is now left open to 2 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. DECEJ\IBER 1,

-settlement b hft:S gnt to we:xr out his life on that piece of groand properly a -cai.endar for the con:sideratim1 of bills to which there to lllulre u. home that ill . apport hi elf and family. is litt'le or no "O]>:position and where no new principles of legis­ It is a fight of a generation, with nearly EW-erything agruinst la ti'Oll are laid down, and r am. su1:e tl:ra.i tb:.e Committe on him. He na- to heroically br~we and ·endu:re a thou._ancl hard­ the Put>lic Lands has a.'S much .c.oiTSidera.tion in: this Hau ~. if not ships, privations, ancl heartbrealdng disn:ppoint:ments that none more consideration, than any committee that comes before it. of 'YOU g ntlemen from the old r States can ever r-ealize or What I imtnediately rose for was to ay t'hat it ·eems to me that appreciate, and what inducement is there for a new settler to the legal aspect of this amendment 'Which i · proposed by the go aut when he reftds the records of Oongress, rea' of our tma.Ilimoillt'Consent da;ys in this House for the ture of this bill. I think this is uu emergency bill, and an emer­ past 10 F"eal'S, and sees the nagging, picayunish critic-ism and ag­ gerrcy does- not mean that every time a parti:C'Illitr condition gr.avatin"' ~""tl'uction of ev rything that i-s bsolutely and im­ ensts that t!he iaw mu. t be rene-wed, ther-ef..ore the emergency perativ-ely necessrrry fo1· the d. \elopment of t.hnt country? applies to this particular bilL Thi. is terriio~....- in the Fort 'Vhat is the sense or reason or e:xeuse for this !lttitade? Why Peck Indian Reser>ation which i-s intended to be covered by should the We be ])enalized this way? Who can blame peopill legislation so that- an emergency might be met. Now, what is for being skeptical and hesita:ting ni)out geing out there to tcy the- emergency! As the gentlenum from Illinoi said, this bill t>O make n heme and coo vor to develop that country -and .has been pending here for two ye-ars or more. It may be that people up the ..,.reat West, when a large per cent of Congress, who an emergency will exist next" year. It d0es exist this yenr lle­ knew nothin"' wha~-er about the public-land le,...lslati~n or the cause of the fairlure of crop conditions. It mar be so unfortu- conditions that obtain mrt there, nt·e constantly obstructing . nate that th£ emergency mn.y exist nert yerur, but U is n . ary and pr~·en.ti:ong -every jut appeal they Jllltke? I have ~at here that tllis second p-ro,'iso extending payment .for a period of one every hour constantly on every nanimous-consent Monday after year thereafter hould be contained therein-; otha"Wise w are 1\ionday foT nearly 11 sears-- trying, \ctth the other west~t'n met with the neces~ity of brin:g[ng this ill back agaii.l in pr.ac­ Members, to obtain imperative l~'"islation for om_· 'CountL-y, tically the same fo:crn. in six months, o1· I t:.1:ran six: months, r:aen:sures so plain and self-evid-ently just that no one, it would f-or tlle purpose of Congr ss meeting_ the emergency. seem, could htlxe the heart to bjeet to them, matters in which Nmv., tbls biil applies, I am told, to about ... peaple out there tbe~e was no pGlities and "for which all the we tern 1\'Iember.s who nr sn·uggling along with thi develo:pment of Indian l nv people \Tho are. there em'leu\'oring_ to :make homesteads same time to get a htmle- in r sponse to the noblest instinct .of for them. lve.. Ana I trnst the amendment of tile ~tl man the human 1-.n:ce, tlmt of tcyin_g to build a home foo; himself and fuom l\fassach11setts fl\!'r. W .ALSH 1 will not be a.dojlltecl. his famiJy? If there e¥er was a class oi people on earth that The S:PEAKER pro Jtempor (Mr-. TlLSo ) . T11~ que. ti n is deserve the good will and kind consideration of Oongl'e."ls, H on agreeing to the am ndme-TI!t 0f tbe gent!leman from !iaR~achn· is the public-lr..nd settlers of the arid \Ve~t. And yPt they setts (Mr. WALSH]. aJways get this petty, narrow, lla..rping, carping, pi ·:~.yunis-11., The question was taken, anti the amendment ,Tru:; rejected; harn- sing, technical disputes and dissection, and drastic and The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will .read. impractical restl'ictions of all these western bills whene"er we The Cle-rk r ebnll be anythin"' towa:rd d~eloping that coontcy. It does seem to me, deposited in the Troo ury t{) the credft of t'li Fort Peclt l:nclliul , 1Jl:t ii there is '311Y -on sentiment or habit in Congress that ou{;ht .·ame as moneys Tealized from the. sale of. 'the lands. to be condemned, it is this most 'l.IDjust and unkind spirit of Ml·. WALSH. :Ur. Spet .:. T., . I mo-v.e 'to strike out fl;e last distrust and incredulity and cruel infliction of untold aml use­ w.ord. '.ess hardship upon the e poor people simply becalL-'3e they can It i p1ea.sing to know tlurt the gentlemnn trorn Colorndo [1\fr. oot help them. elves. We- of the w·est ha~e <>'Ot oaly about 8 TAYWR] has joined hands with the distingui bell gentleman from per cent of the membership on the floor of this House. If we I.Uinois [l\lr. 1\[A rn] in furthering th !k age of this so-ca-lled only had the membership in number t-o compel fair treatment, emergency legislation. I suppose some l\Iemb ~ who seek to we would not haw all this naO'ging that w.e are compelled to keep informed on t.1te p:JS a"'c of. leghtlation in t House <7oght endure in order to get tlrrough a iew little bills on the Unani­ to feel utterly crushed a±. tbe 1~·i 1rutiv . ·coMing of the gentl~ mous Consent Calendar. Under the rules of the llou e, prac7 man from Colorado. But, Mr. p~al.;:.er, the attitude of these tkally spea!Qn~ the only w y we ever can get our bills consid­ same western :Members, comprising about 8 per cent of the mem­ ered is on tWs cnlendar. Ev ry one of these bills on this cal­ bership of the H . in . eeking oo :furtlHn· legio:rlation for the enda-r· ought to be passed, and passed within an. hom; and witfr. benefit Q'f anrs wh mnke out objections, unless some one "·ho knows abeut the conditions up a re.Qpecta.b1e portion of tbe .P6PUlattlon of the~ e tntes, is knows some reaso:m· for objecting to or amending- them. No not such ::t"fl to wa1Tttnt l\lembers in civ~rrg th Commttt on western Memoer ever sets himself u~ as the Eq>eci.al guardian of the Public Lan{ls free- . ·ope :in reporting l :~i.J"llntion. They the whole conntry or ~f any portion of it that he knows no-thing c e in he-re mffil lllw, if t110 e- of us upon committ-ees t<> bav,e reporis broug.bt in here f voring \.\-ho aa:e not members of the Committee on t11e Public Lands, projects which the departm nt, in many instance·, are very tho. e who come from State. ''here public land are no longer bitterly opposed to. a -.ailable, if we are to it here and tul.:e eYerytbing which the I want t-G assur.e the gentleman from Colorado, as far as I Committee on the Public Lunds prescribes, then we are d.ue to am 11er omtlly cm1cerued, that I hav-e neve£ attempted to indulge swallow ome awful doses and I think it is enth·ely to th~ in mJ~T nagging or a..ny picayunish criticism or a.n? petty politics credit of the membershi,p of tbls House and tllO. e Members who upon ru1y of the c Ineasures, nnd he knows wen that I have d0 not come from tho public-.lall(,l States to t.:'l.k au inteTe t in voted for a. great m:my of them. But I do belie'\'e that it is these things, 'becanse tll Calendm.: for Unanimous Con ent is wi.thin the provin~e o~ a.ny single 1\iemb.er o.f tl1is Il<>n e, whether 1919. CONGRESSION L R.ECORD-HOUSE. 13 he come. from u public-lnnu State or the more thickly settled about the Committee on the Public Lands bringing in any policy portion of the country, to ask questions about any bill, par­ t.hat would tend to anything in the nature of a "leasing policy, ticularly when it i sought to put it through here by tl.IUl.ni­ or anything of that kind. nut does not the gentleman know mous consent, unu that he is entitled to a reply if people are able just as well as I do that it is the ambition and the earnest hope to ""h·e the information, and that unless somebody indulges in of every mon in the West to obtain a patent just as soon us he ob~tructiYe tactics it come. "·lth ruther poor grace from the can? gentleman from Colorado, ·who is an expert upon the. .e matters Mr. l\10... TDELL. I think that is generally the case vdth the and wlw know tilese things right off the bat, to indulge in right kind of settler.:. • eeohling rnther than seekin~ to gi\e information. Ur. TAYLOR of Colorado. Is it not generally so? l'.Iany of us woulu like to know what these measures mean or l\Ir. 1\lONDELL. E\ery man ;who so del ires "·ill question this what the eff ct of them is going to beJ and I think we are legi 'l tion, which would authorize lli neighbor, after be had entitled to an answer. But I have not seen upon this measure paid the sums due and received hi!': patent ::md began to pay an~· naggin"' or micro copic, picayunish criticism, or anything of tux s-"ould authorize hi neighbor to c cave the payment of that sort. I offered an amendment, which I thinl· ought to be tax indefinitely by appealing to the Secretary and by paying ad0pted, and I think without that amendment having been tile small sum of 5 per cent of the balance due on lli lund. This adopted we pass legislation general in scope as applied to this is the :first legislation I can recall in which we hO:\e ontem~ particular reserv:1Uon, and giYing them a preference that is not plnteu a system under which public lands, Indian or otherwise, gin'n to the other reservations under similar conditions. can be held indefinitely 'vithout patenting, and t11erefore without ~·ow, the .,..eP..tleman from Ohio [~1r. G.\RD] has called atten­ the payment of tax: s, ille only r quirement being that the tion to the fact that the Committee on Public Land · has sev­ settler shall pay annually !3 per cent on a nominal purcha e eral measures upon the calendar. It al~ays ha , and it neces­ price. sarilv must ha\e. But· I think the gentleman from Colorado l\Ir. HICKS. l\Ir. Speaker, a point of order. [Mr.~ TAYLOR] will seek to impart information when gE>ntlemen The SPEAKER pr tempor . The gentleman will stnte it. art. e to offer amendment or ask questions which they try to l\Ir. HICKS. l\Iy point of order is that "·e are eli cu, ·in:; make intelligent-and omctime it i difficult to make questions the bill when the time has come to -vote on the bill. The g ntle­ intelligent to some gentlemen here--that they are entitl d to a man did not asl\: unanimous consent, and therefore he is out ref'pectful answer, and not have a statement made a a. st..'lte­ of order. ment of fact here on the floor, glorifying the poor homesteader­ The SPEAKER rn·o tempore. The gentleman hall already and he i entitlefl to all the glory he can get-but condemning yielded the floor. The previous que tion had not heen ordered; the man "llo i eeking to get information in order that he may anote intelligently. the right to tli:cm·'S it. The question is on the p:1ssage of the There ha\c been mea ure that have gone through the House bill. by unanimous con ent, relating not <>nly to public-land matters The question "as taken, anu tile penker announc ll that the but to other matter , that Members have lived to regret that aye. seemed to have it. they ering Indian House from tile East "hould give som attention to the c public­ land~·, a ~· tem under which, if th Seer tary of the Interior land bills, but that more of us houli s <>n ·public l:1nd~, and I am surpri ed that he the gentleman from l\Iassachu etts [:."\lr. W .AL H] lla. ~ugge. t d, favors this legislation. I shall expect that there ·will follow i that we MClllbers from the Eastern Stat. s r novic: · in this legi lation in the course of time a bill .authorizing the these mutters, while gentlemen like i.ll.e gentleman from Colorado is. unnce of rmtent~ without full pa.JIDent, 11.nd following that [Mr. TAYLOR] arc experts. As for mys lf, I have tried to 1 arn ome further legislation relieving ultimately from any payment: . omeLhing of the ·e matters, but my e!Cort has been a.lmo~>i a It L a dun~rous roau we huve entered upon under this legis­ total fnllur , and I hall come to the point where I had de ir .<.l lation, whether we shall go further in the direction I have to put my faith in the ju

of t11e Interior Tl<'pnrtment, hecau;~e it ha~ !Jeeome apparent ~Ir. RAKER The committee took up ca<.:h amenhnll conHtruct llUitablc• and a pei·· haY securecl or triecl to ~ecurc title to the rmblk lnnd, and that manent Rcbool building ther!'on, antl con:;;truct nnile roads, is pro"f'idcu for in umeuumeut .. ·o. 3. the Interior, that nd true." Does the gpntlenwn ~ay that is a typogmphlcal error? to tho. e suits Hll(l n'. ·t this lund probably in 1he htuH.ls of th('se 1\Ir. RAKER. The ~u~ge~tion was made anl~AKEit pro tempore. The gentl(lnlfin from California ::\lr. ~I.A.1y~ of Illinois. I c.lo not know what t~e intention ask.· unanimom; ('On:-;cnt that the uill remain and go to the foot was, but the intention of the report was to mnke pPople whl:\ of tlle calt•wlar. rend it lJelieYc that the committee hall adopted tile recommcrula· ::\fr. CHA:\ITO. ·. ne~cn-ing the right to ohjcct, I feel that tion · of the :ccretary of Agriculture-- suflicient time ought to elapse . o that when the bill comes up 1\lr. IL\.KER. Tot nt all. The rer)ort ..ays: ngain th Hou:e muy !Je in a mood to give it consideration, and The Committee on the ruhlic r..ansted :\lr. ~·DEll. 0. ·. l\h·. Speaker, reserving the right to object, that they be left out of the bill. I want to call the attention of the "'entleman from California ~lr. HAKEll. The Hecretary refers to the rC'ser.Ycd laml. who wrote the report on thi bill to the fact that on page 5 it Public reserved lnnds and forest reserves nrc different. indicates tl1e given to the c-hool district is entirely in the hands of the bill for enactment be made uppllcable only to unrrscrvcd publlc land. school C bN•n mi:o;taken, !Jut not lie elim1nntecl from the provi. ions or the bill, and that there should I do not believe I am now. uc no po ·iulc objections to the l>uiltling or schoolhouses with the nec- 1' sary playgrounu, recreation park, etc., in connection therewith in a 1\Ir. GOLDFOGLE. 1\Ir. ~peaker, n varlium ntary inquiry. forest re ervc. ::\Ir. GA.RD. Mr. Speaker, a purliamentnry inquiry. :Ur. RAKER That i · a mi._pl'int. 1\Ir. l\IA.NN of Illinois. Anybody can demand the regular • Ir.• L rN of IllinoiR. ·when nt ~o. 2. HllJlrt>henHion. TI. ' (]ue:-

l'.lr. GARD. 1\Ir. SpC'aker, a parliame11tary inquicy. upon it. The lJill was also referred to the- • cretary· of Agri­ The Sl!I~ArEr pro tempore. The gentleman will state it. culture, who macle· a report upon it. The 'e<'retnry of the rn: Mr. GARD. :'lly impre, ::;ion was that the gentleman from terior reporte-sixtecnth qua.rtPr . ection of pubHc lands not ro ~rv d for pul.Jlic u e, other than n fore:t re~;erve. revort ·crve, not otherwise reserved for lHr. l\L-\1\N of Illinois. I will read tbe ..;tutemC'nt again. The -pulJllc u c. ecretary of llie Interior, on page 3 of the report, under c liminateu from the provhdons o! the bill.. Jand to lJe ~elected by a school district, fenced. in for a play- , :,.rronnd, :m1l get Hub. tantial schoolhou s and outbuil­ ,generation \Vill have n.n opportunity to have all tho lJeautie"' of port. It i · clear, distinct, and positive that tlle commltlee rec­ nnh1r surround tllem instead of being humpere<.l and tied. There ommends, as to• the S ·retary of Agricultnr s report, that can be no question about it. Another question is the ecretury they-forest-reserve lands-should not be eliminated from tlle ::::nys that he has granted. runny permits for school purposes1 but bill. they nre only temporary un<.l they are subject to his revocation. 1\Ir. _.\;._ ·nEH.SOX 'Vhy does the committ . y, then, that Now, if that is the fnct, it is a fact there can not b any olJjection they are of the ~arne opinion, and use the lnnguao-e "of the .-ame to permitting thi

vi::-ion of t11c SC'cretary of Afn:i<:ulture's report, bccnuse we thool Ortiug the .AgTi<:ultural Department by cutting that pro: ~Ir. TAYLOH. of Colornste not ldll a goo11 hill because Mr. l\IA ... •... - of IIUnois. ~ow, then, having ~iven them t\vo one proYision in it is objectionable to somclloal a mnrch on the forest re:;;ervcs anernment grant a title to 1\Ir. l\L\... of Illinois. I do not know about that. ' l\Ir. TAYLOlt of Colorado. They might without any justifica­ the land. The ecretary of Agriculture has alrt•fHly ~mnted several permits of this kind for sites for schoolhouse , I under­ tion lle accused of Yul"ious things, but no on<' \voule because there was no other place und they could l\11·. 1\L\. ·N of Illinois. Well, they will beg somebody for the only get a permit. money. LLnuhhter.] l\fr. for Mr. MAN~ of Illinois. But the committee and tlle Secretary TAYLOH. of Colorado. No one should blame people of Agriculture are not of the same opinion? trying to build sehoolhouses wherCY<'r then! are any children, l\Ir. TAYLOR of Colorado. Not on this point. and fortunately there ar<' children ever~·where where there are l\Ir. l\IA1-N of Illinoi . I mean on this point. any 11eople all throu~h tlw mountain.'. TlH're can be no olJjcc­ l\Ir. TAYLOR of Colorado. No. The committee thought that tion to authorizing the Hecretary to grant a title to ::t ~mull ina~much as the Secretary several times had gi\·en a permit for piece of public land for a schoolhouse. But the only que tion schoolhou!';e that showed that there were places where a school­ was as to whether or not we shonltl have a school Rite of 10 house could be advantageously located in a forest reserve, and ::teres of worthless ground on the for<.'st rc.·erv{', and 've oke

Mr. BLA1.TON. I reserve the right to object, 1\lr. Speaker. l\ft·. f4L -xoTT. Adverse rights would be a homestead appli4 The SPEAKEJt pro tempore. Is there objection? cation ll<>retofore allo,ver tbaL some l,fl 1 acrt>~ nre enterable under the 320-acre enlnrged­ lu•r . nggestion is g-ootl :md shoulll be acted upon. At least it homesteacl law aiHl 480 ncres are embraced in the suspended . ·hould l>e thoroughly consi distinguh;hed yet been cla!-;sifieLl under said net. \ Voulll these reservations be I!oor leader on the other .ide [Mr. Mo:-\DELL], as indicated in the incltHled in prior auYerse rights? })ub1ic pre. s, that we were g9ing to uegin the proces." of retrench­ l\fr. SIN1.0TT. If any applications had not been alloweu by mt>nt. This measure provlues a director at $4,000 a year, and au the Recretary of the Interior, it would not he n )Jrior aDct to tlte consideration of this bill? l\lr. SIXXOTT. The r port of the Department of Agriculture • Ir. BLA... ·To~ T. I 'Ytts Fuggesting the propriety-­ . tnte~ that only nbout 12 acres of this lnnu is su::;ceptible of ::\Ir. BA... TKHBAD. I demand the regular order. cultinltion. The rest is wild, broken, anll contn.ins some timber Mr. BLANTON. If thQ gentleman demands the regular oruer, which is suitable for forer..;t purposes. The Secretary of Agri­ which stops all di cussion, I object. culture stated that the main object for taking this land is the The SPEAKER. Tb(' gentleman from TPxas objects. The l"!)ringR, to be u~ed in connection with tlle grazing on the forest Clerk will report the next one. resf>rve. 1\Ir. TIA~ 'KHE.\D. I untlerstooout 10 or 1~ was tlH' l.Jill (H. R. !)!)2) for tlte con~truction of a bridge aero!'{:,; nC"re~ . tiH' Su"qnehanna River nt Laceyville, \Vyorning County, Pa. The Clerk read 1he bill, ns follows: The title of the bill was read. A l>ill (II. R. :348) to !.Hld C<'rtain lan quPstion wn~ taken; and on a Ote The next bill on the 'alcndar for T.Jnanimoul'; Consent was whereby the bill was pas~ed was laid on the table. the l.Jill (H. It. 3-18) to adll certain lund to the Ocboco National Fore~t, Oreg-. CLAIMS OF l'ii01I:X TRinE 01<' I~DL\::s'R. The Clerk 1·end the title to the bill. The next lm~iness on the Calendar for Unanimons ConR('nt The SPE..AKEH. pro ~em pore.. Is the~e o_bjection? . / was the hill ( S. 1018) authorizing the ~ioux Tribe of Indians to ~Ir. GATID. He:;:ervmg- the r1ght to ObJeCt, I a k that those ubmit claims to the Court of Claims. who have charge of the bill or muue the report advise us as to The Clerk read the title to the bill. the 11ec· ~sitv for the inclusion of this land in the Ochoco ... -u- The PEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection? tionul Fores't of Oregon. :Mr. GAnD. He~·Prving the right to object, the lJill authorizes ~Ir. SL -.~. TOTT. l\Ir. Speaker, one of the muin reasons is thut the Sioux Tribe of Indians to submit claims to tlte Court of ilie land in que tion has upon it some springs which command a Claims. Is there anyone representing the bill or anyone from ;:;ruzing area of ~ome C,OOO acr('S in tltis Ochoco National Forest. the Committee on Indian Affairs to explain the contents of the A further reason is that about 1,200 acre.· of the land is prac- bill? It seems to be n comprehensive statcment of a new pro­ ticnlly n part of the forest re crve no"·· for the reason that that cedure, an<;;t re ·enes from escaping and preventing other loose stocl.: 1\Ir. DYER \Youln<1ar? from encronching on the fore. t reserves. The SPEAKEH. pro tempore. 'l'he hair does not ~o mH1Pl'• :\Jr. GAUD. What iR mennt by the e~-pres ion in line 5, page stand. l, of this bill,'' subject to all prior >ali(} nuvcrse rights"? \Vhat ~Ir. DYER Mr. St1('Hker, I a. k to modify the n'qnPs ~ for n

l\Ir. EV.A.~S of Ioutana. I accept that suggestion. porated in the present bill, but it was received too late to re­ Tlle SPE£\.I"ER pro tempore. Is there objection to tlle request ceive the Speaker's attention before adjournment. ns mollified? 1\Ir. WALSH. In view of llic gentleman's repre:-cntations, There was 110 objection. Mr. Speaker, I will withdraw the reservation of the right to Rl(;HTS OF WAY THROUGH PUDLIC L :\NDS. object. 1\Ir. GA.n.D. 1\Ir. Speaker, further re erving the right to The next hn~incss in order on the Calendar for Unanimous object, I want to direct the attention of the gentleman from Consent 'nt the bill (II. R. 2D4G) to amend acts to permit the Idaho to this language in line 2 of the bill, as to what, in his use of rights of war through the public lands for tramroads, opinion, is the difference between "permits or casements," and canaL', and rei'ervoirs, and for other purposes. whether there is any advantage in retaining the word "respec­ The Clerk rrad the title of the bill. tively" as asked to be inserted by the ecretary of the Interior Tlle SPEA.KEH. pro tempore. Is there objection to llie present on page 2 of the report in which it states that the bill be consitlcration of the bill? amended so a to authorjze the Secretary of the Interior to Mr. WALSH. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, I grant "permits or easements, respectively, embracing not to would like to ask the ~entleman who made the report on this exceed 5 acres," nnd so forth. Is 'there any difference in the bill what is tlle nee ·sity for setting aside such a large amount application that this should be macle not to c:xceecl 5 acres in of 1nml for suc·h pu.rposes? what is called a permit and what is called nn easement? M L'. S:\HTII of Iun ho. It only proposes to set aside five .Ir. liiTH of Idaho. No; they are practically synonymous acres. These canal attendants use horses in connection with terms. A permit is simply an easement, a revocable authority their work, anti it is necessary that they have a space of ground to usc tile lund. in which to feed and exercLe them and to erect a house and Mr. GA.RD. .A permit may permit the u. of the land, the barn and other outbuildings and upon which to store hay. entire use of the lan acres? unct public lnuds. about. The SPBA.KElt 1)1'0 tempore. Is there objection to tlH' con­ ::\Ir. ·w .ALf:;H. Thi.· al o t1ermits the erection of dwellings sideration of tbe bill'? [After a pause.] The hair hears none. nnd other builwng.·. Where are tho;~e buildings located now? The bill is on the Union Calendar. l\Ir. S~IITH of I

Interior, to be used for the erection thereon of dwelllngs or other The question was taken, and the Speaker pro tempore an.. buildings or corrals for the convenience of those engaged in the care nounced that the ayes seemed to have it. and management of th~ works provided for by said acts. Mr. BLANTON. Mr. Speaker, I ask for a di-rision. :Mr. GARD. Mr. Speaker, I offer the following amendment, The House divided ; and there were-ayes 38, noes 0. page 2, line 3, strike out the words" permits or." So the bill was passed. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Ohio On motion of Mr. SMITH of Idaho, a motion to reconsider the offers an amendment which the Clerk will report. vote by which the bill was passed was laid on the table. The Clerk read as follows : The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the next Amendment by Mr. GAnD : Page 2, line 3, strike out the words bill. " permits or." WATER Sl.IPPLY ON RECLAMATION PROJECTS. l\fr. SMITH of Idaho. l\lr. Speaker, as the gentleman from Ohio seems to be nnrious to follow the recommendations of the The next business on the Calendar for Unanimous Consent Secretary of the Interior in matters of legislation of this was the bill (S. 796) for furnishing water supply for miscel­ character, I suggest that the Secretary use the term "grants, laneous purposes in connection with reclamation projects. permits, or easements,'' and it seems to me that unless there is The title of the bill was read. some good reason for opposing the recommendation of the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection'! Secretary of the Interior in the matter-- Mr: 'VALSH. I object. 1\fr. GARD. I am not following the Secretary of the Interior The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Massa­ or anybody else. I am asking a question of the gentleman, chusetts objects. who I suspect kno"s all about these public-land bills. I am Mr. TAYLOR of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous con­ sure that he knows more than I do, because he is from a State sent that the bill go to the foot of the calendar. where he bas grown familiar with them. The bill itself is an The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Colorado act to permit the use of the right of way through public lands asks unanimous consent that the bill go to the foot of the calen­ for tramroads, canals, and reservoirs, and so forth, and it dar. Is there objection? refers all along to rights of way, and an easement in the ordi­ There was no objection. nary acceptation of legal phrases is recognized as a right of The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the next way, while a permit may be an absolute grant to use the land, bill. . not for access or not for a particular purpose or any purpose TRANSFER OF EMPLOYEES IN CL...o\SSIFIED CIVIL SERVICE. at all. The word "permit" is so broad that I suggest, in the The next business on the Calendar for. Unanimous Consent interest of the real meaning of the legislation, which is an act was the bill (H. R. 7404) to repeal section 7 of the act of Oc­ to grant tile use of the right of way through public lands, it be tober 7, 1917, entitled "An act making appropriations to supply confined to the right of way, if that is what it means. urgent deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year en

re still available. Does the gentleman think we ought to, - With the full owing committee amendments--: permit, and by passing this legislation even encourag-e, these Page 1, ~ '6, afte.r th.e woro "may," insert the words "with the transfers in lieu of promotions? approval of the Secretary of the Interior." Page 1, line 7 after the word "forest," insert a comma and i:he Mr. SMITH of Idaho. We should encourag-e 'transfers wllere word " Idaho " followed1 .by a comma. it is shown that the public service would be ~benefited. Page 2, line ~8 change the period, after the word " meridian," to a l\lr. BANKHEAD. Mr. Speaker, i[ demand the regu1ar order. semicolon and add : "Provided, That all lands embraced in any JawfuJ application or entry pending at the date ot the approval of this act be 1\fr. 'WALSH. I object, 1Ur. Speaker. and the same are hereby, excluded from the•provisions of this act." ' The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Massaebu- · setts objects, and the Clerk will report the next bill. The committee amendments were agreed to. · 1\1r. GARD. l\fr. Speaker, I offer the following n.mendment ADDITIONS TO THE CARIBOU NATIONAL FOREST. at the end of line 5, page 1--: Add the words " or Tegulation for The next business on the Calendar for Unanimous Consent improvem-ent in l:he grazing thereon." was the bill (H. R. 4311) to authorize the addition of certain 'The 'Clerk -:read as follows: land to the Caribou National Forest. Ama1dment offered by Mr. GAnn: Page 1, lin-e -5 at the end of the The title of the bill was read. ~~e~~~.rt "the words "or regu.Im:ion f.or D.nprovement of the grazing The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection ·to the con- The amendment was agreed to. ~iperty in New Haven, Conn. -stream supply. The Cle-rk read the title of the :bill. 1\Ir. GARD. Can I interrupt the gentleman a moment'? The SPEAKER. Is there objection? 1\Ir. SMITH of .Idaho. Yes. . . Mr. CONNALLY. Reserving the right to object, may I ask 1\Ir. GARD. I ·notice in the letter 'Of Mr. Ousley, the Acting •.the gentleman wllat is .the trouble with tlle contract tbat it Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, A:hat :he suggests needs adjusting? that the vresent bill should be amended by adding at the end of. 1\Ir~ ANDREWS of Nebraska. Mr. Speaker, I _yield to the 'line 5, on page 1, the words"' or .regulation and improvement ' gentleman from Connecticut ll\lr. T:rr.soN]. of tne grazing .thereon." Mr. TILSON. Mr. Speaker, .as shown in the report accom- Mr. SMITH of Idaho. There 1s no 'Objection to the .amend- . parrying this bill fil€d ~ bY tbe gentleman from Nebraska {Mr. ment; but it is not re-ally nece-ssary, because :after the land is ANDREWS], Congress authorized in 1..910 the construction of n once taken into the national forest grazing is regUlated by the new Federal building 1n New Ha-ven. In .February, 1917, the ·department. . new building was so nearly completed that it was believed to 1\Ir. ANDERSON. The trouble ,with that is that the Becre- : ~ be in the interest of the United States to make a contract .of tary could not embrace within the forest reserve, under this . sale of the old property. At that time lt appeared that the new autho1ization, lands that might be contiguous and desirab1e , building would be ready for occupancy within -n year. In filet, from the standpoint of grazing for ·regulation, because the 'Ian- it was thought that there would be no di.ffieulty in finishing guage is not broad enough to co.ver in .the reservation grazing the new .building in lime to give possession of fhe old :property land. within a year. Mr. GARD. Does the g-entleman think that this language A contract of sale wirs made by which an advance cash pay- should be added, " or regulation and improvement of the graz- ment was to be .made and the balance in yearly installments, ing thereon"? ·with interest on the installments~ but bear in mlnd that delivery Mr. ..ANDERSON. 1 think so. of possession was expected to be .made within one year. Mr. Sl\llTH of Idaho. .I will a.cce_pt the amendment. The war came to us in April, :1917. Soon thereafter, wlth Mr. GARD. Is there a proposition .:to mnend fhe bill in any the consent of the Treasury Department, worli: wrrs suspeniled other way! 1 on the new building, so that it w.as n{)t completed .and .ready l\:Ir. SMITH of Idaho. "No; except as shown in the bill. The for occupancy until August, ~91.9. Therefore delivery of pus- committee amendments are printed in italics. session of the old property could not be made in March, 1918, 1\!r. GARD. The .gentleman has no objection to ·the -amend- as it was origl.n.any expected by both the purchasers and the ment I have suggested .being adopted? ' Government. Therefore there is a loss ill interest on the 1\lr. SMITH of Idall.o. No. · advance payment for almost a year and a half, besides interest The SPEANER. Is there objection to the consideration of paid by purchasers on deferred installments. It might be the bill? .stated the other way around, too--the loss of the use of -the There was no objection. property by the purchasers for a year and a balf. "The Secre- 1\fr. SMITH of Idaho. Mr. Speaker, _I ask unanimous consent tary of the Treasury very properly proposes to measure that t.hat tile bill he considered in the House as in Committee of the use by the interest, and the purchasers are entirely willing. Whole. There seems to be entire agreement between .the Secretary of The SPEAKER-. Is there objection~ the Treasury and the purchasers as to what will be a frur ad· There was no objection. justment of the contract. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: Mr. CONNALLY. In other words, the Government will not Be it enacted, etc., That any lands within 'the following-described lose anything except to offset the rent against the interest. areas, found by the Secretary of Agriculture to be chiefly valuable for Mr. TILSON. The gentleman is correct. It would be done the production or tlmbe1.· or the protection of stream flow, may be by private -parties without nny difficulty, but it seems that the included within and made a part of the Caribou National Forest by proc­ lamatiou of the President, said lands to be thereafter subject to all laws Government can not do it without additional legislation. The affecting national forests: Sections 26 and 27, township 9 south, range 46 sole purpose of this bill is to authorize the Secr·etary of the east, Boise meridian ; northwest quarter of s~ction 1, all of section 2, east Treasury to make a fair and equitable adjustment of a contract half of section 12, all of seetions 1..3, 23, 24, 25, 26, 35, and g6, town­ which bas become unfair and inequitable by reason of ctrcum· ship 10 south, range 45 east, Boise meridian ; all of sections 6 7 18 lU, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, so, 31, 32, 33, .34, and 35, township 10 stances over which the purchasers, at any rate, had no control. south, range 46 east, Boise meridian, -unsu~yed; all of sections J. 2 , Mr. CONNALLY. I do not make any objection. 11, 12, ~3 • .14, ~ast half of section 23, all of 24, 25, and 36, township' 1i 1\fr. GARD. Reserving -the Tight to object, how much is the .south, range 45 eas-t, Boise meridian; all of unsurveyed township 11 south, range 46 east, Boise meridian; all of section 36, township 12 amount of interest involved? south, range 45 east, Boise meridian ; all of sections 2, 3, 4, 5 6., 7 8 1\-Ir. TILSON. As shown in the report, $25,519.29. 9, 16, l..7 l.-.1~. ~9, 2.0 •. 21, 21l, 80, 3~. 32, of township 12 ~south, range 1\fr. GARD. That is what is described as the net credit to the 46 e:tst, J:SOlSe mendlil.Il, partly unsurve~-ed; all of sections 5 and 6, and no1·th half of section 7, and north half of section 8, .township 13 :purchaser's · account? · · south, range 46 east, Boise meridian. Mr. TILSON. Yes. 1919. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 21

Mr. (}ARD. The possession of the building was given t'O the 'The SPEAKER. Objection is heard. purchas<."r on August 12, 1919. 'Vllen was U proposed to be :Mr. TAYLOR of Oolora.do. \\~ill the gentleman permit it to given under the agrreruent. go to the foot of the ealendn.r? Mr. TILSON. The contract was made February 27., 1917, and The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the Tequest of the gen­ it was e.xpecteu that possession would be delivered on March 21, tleman from Colorado? [After .a pause.] The Chair heuxs none. 1918, as I now recall the dates. The war came on and. disar­ S.A.I.AlUES OF uNITED STATES M.An:SHAL AND OTHERS IN LOUISIANA.. ranged matters. The next business in order on the Calendar foT Unanimous Mr. GARD. Does thi.;; Teadjustment meet with the approval Consent was the bill (S. 597) providing for an increase of sal­ of the Secretary of t'he 'Treasury? ary for the United States marshal .and district attorney for the l\Ir. TILSON. It do ~. The gentleman will not.e in the western d.istrlct and for tlle United States district attorney for report that Se<:retary Glass sends a letter and recommends this the eastern district of Louisi.aru:t. as a fair adjustment of the contract. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present considera­ The SPEAKER. Is there <>bjection? tion of the bill? Mr. Al\TDERSON. Mr. Speaker, I object. There was no objection. Mr. WATKINS. Will the gentleman please .reserve his objec­ Mr. ANDREWS of NebraSka. l\Ir. Speaker, I ask unanimous tion? consent that the bill be considered in the House in Committee as 1\Ir. A~'DERSON. l think not; I am going to object in any of the Whole. -event. The SPEAKER. Is there objection :to the request of the gen- 1\Ir, W .ATKINS. I will be glad of .an opportunity to explrun tleman from Nebraska? the reason -wny it should be considered. There was no objection. TOO SPEAKER. Objjection is heard. The Clerk read the bill, as fo1lows : Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby au­ .ADDITIONS TO -oo.n as expected. :t.ha.t -u-ere revested in the United States pursuant to the de­ cision -of the Supreme Oourt of the United States in the case The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, of the Oregun & California Ra:ilron.d Co. against the United ancl was reaf the possession of the Uniten. The SPEAKER. Is there objection'? [.Aiter a pause.] The The amount transferred in comparison to the total grant is Chair hears none. not large; something like 8,400 acres. CONFERRING CITIZEXSHIP "CPON IXOIA;);S, ETC. Mr. GARD. Is it intended to use this additional for.est resen-e The next busine s in order on the Calendar for Urnmimous for the new water supply for Oregon City, Dallas, Corvallis, and Consent was the bill (H. R. 288) for lbe purpose of conferring Ashland? citizenship upon Indians, segregation of In<'linn tribal property, Mr. HAWLEY. Thee four towns have ah·eady consh·ucted and for other purposes. their pipe lines to the localities where these lands lie. They are The Clerk rend the title of the bill. part of the are-as .from which they are now deriving their water The SPE.A.IillR. Is there objection to tile r-resent consldera­ supply. Hon of the l>ill? Mr. GARD. What relation do these lands reveste.d in the United States have to the water supply of those four towns? 1\lr. WALSH. Mr. Speaker, at the request of th~ 'gentleman from Oklahoma [Mr. CAnTER] I -ask unanimous consent that this :Mr. HAWLEY. The towns are already getting their water in bill may be passed without prejudiee. pa.Tt from these lands. The pipe lines run -out to -other lands just adjoining. ll these lands are re erred they wnl, with The SPEAKER. Is th re objection? [A.f 1: a pause.] The Chair hears none. others now used by ilie cities, make an area whieh will be probably sufficient to provide the necessru.·y water supplies the HO:llESTE..ill E:.VTRY OF P"GiilLIC ll:'\DS FOR ~O.RS. year around. The n~t busines in ot·U.er on the Calendar for Unanimous Mr. G.A..RD. Is there at this time a failure of the water upply Oonsent was the bill (S. l'i~9) permitting minors of the ag-e -of of those cities? 1 years or O"\""eor to lllilke homestead entry upon the public lands Mr. H.A \\.LEY. '.I'lle city of Corv:alUs had to limit its citizens of too United States. in the domestic use -of w.atet· for the last tw~ seasons, and they The 01.-erk read ihe title -of the bilL could not be u ed for irrigation purposes at all during part 'l'he SPEAKER. Is there objection to the prese:ut -considera­ of the summer E.-easons. tion of this bill? Jllr_ GARD. There w·.as a bill before the House, I recall. 1\ir. WALSH. Mr. Speaker, I objed. providing for th-e relief of Corvallis.

/ 22 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. DECEl\IBER l ' 1\Ir. HAWLEY. This is the same bill, with the addition of the pursuant to the decision of the Supreme Court of the United town of Ashland, which was before the last Congress. States in the case of the Oregon & California Railroad Co. v. Mr. GARD. 'Vas not a bill providing for a water supply for The United States, and for other pmposes." Corvallis passed by the Congress? On motion of Mr. HAWLEY, a motion to reconsider the vote Mr. HAWLEY. No; it did not pass. A bill relating to the by which the bill was passed was laid on the tabll'. water supply of McMinnville was passed by the House, but not for the cities named in this bill. There has never been any FEDERAL OFFICE BUILDING AT ST. LOVIS, :uo. relief granted to them. The next business on the Calendar for Unanimous Consent The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present considera­ was the bill (H. n. 484) to provide for the erection of a Fed· tion of the bill? [After a pause.] The Chair hears none. eral office building on the site acquired for the Subtreasury in Mr. HAWLEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that St. Louis, 1\Io. the bill be considered in the House as in the Committee of the The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the consideration of Whole House on the state of the Union. the bill? The SPEAKER. Is there objection? [After a pause.] The 1\Ir. W ALSII. Reserving the right to object-­ Chair hears none? Mr. GARD. I object. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. DYER. Does the gentleman from Ohio [l\Ir. GAI:D] in­ Be it enacted, etc., That such portions of the lands hereinafter de­ tend to object finally after any statement is made that may scribed us shall be deemed necessary by the Secretary of the Interior clear up any doubt? and the Secretary of Agriculture for the conservation and _protection of GARD. .The reason I object is that I do not see any sub· the water supplies of the cities of Oregon City, Dallas, Corvallis, and .M:. Ashland, Oreg., and which are witl).in the limits of the grant by the miSSIOn to the Treasury Department for any recommendation United States to the Oregon & California Railroad Cb., that were as to the proposed measure. revested in the United States pursuant to the decision of the Supreme 1\Ir. DYER. That has been done. Will the gentleman with­ Court of the United States in the case of the Oregon & California Rail­ road Co. v. The United States (238 U. S. Stats., p. 393), and an act hold his objection? of Congress approved June ~. 1916, be, and the same are hereby, re­ Mr. BLANTON. 1\Ir. Speaker, if ·we are going to waste any served and set aside as parts of the Oregon, Siuslaw, and Crater time on it, I object. National Forests, as follows: As part of the Oregon National Forest, south and east of the Mr. ANDREWS of Nebraska. I hope the gentleman will re· Willamette meridian, Oregon: serve his objection. I want to offer an explanation in regard Township 5 south, range 4 east, section 1, all ; section 11, all ; to it. section 13, all; section 15, north half southeast quarter, southwest quarter and north half; section 23, all; section 25, all; township 4 l\1r. BLANTON. Are we not withdrawing the Subtreasuries south, range 5 east, section 19, all; section 27, northeast quarter; rather than extending them? I thought the policy of our Gov. section 29, northwest quarter northwest quarter; south half northwest ernment was to draw them in. quarter ; and south half northeast quarter ; section 31, all : section 35, east half, for the protection of the water supply of Oregon City, Oreg. 1\Ir. Al'fDREWS of Nebraska. This does draw in. If the As part of the Siuslaw National Forest, south and west of the gentleman will reserve his objection and let me explain-- Willamette meridian, Oregon : 1\!r. BLANTON. I think there are as many as seven men on Township 7 south, range 6 west, section 21, northeast quarter south­ east quarter, west half southeast quarter, and southwest quarter; sec­ the floor who will object, and what is the use of wasting time? tion 29, northeast quarter and south one-half; section 33, north half Mr. ANDREWS of Nebraska. I thillk they will not object northeast quarter, northwest quarter and southeast quarter, for the when they see that there is no appropriation required, and when protection of the water supply of Dallas, Oreg. Township 12 south, range 7 west, section 15, south half southwest we are obliged now to furnish space at $28,000 a year. quarter, northwest quarter southwest quarter, and southwest quarter 1\Ir. BLANTON. l\Ir. Speaker, in order to save time, I object. southeast quarter ; section 21, southeast quarter and north half; section 23, southwest quarter northwest quarter, and west half southwest ABMY MEDICAL SUPPLIES FOR AMERICAN RED CROSS. quarter; section 27, all; section 35, north half, for the protection of the The next business on the Calendar for Unanimous Consent water supply of Corvallis, Oreg. As part of the Crater National Forest, south and east of the was House joint resolution 176, providing for placing certain Willamette meridian in Oregon : surplus Army medical supplies at the disposal of the American Township 39 south, range 1 east, section 19, east one-half; section 21, Red Cross. east one-half of west one-half and east one-half, for the protection of the water supply of Ashland, Oreg. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the consideration of SEc. 2. That when the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, the joint resolution? finds that merchantable timber may be sold from the above-described Mr. WALSH. l\Ir. Speaker, I shall have to object. lands without detriment to the purity of or depletion of the water supply, said Forest Service is hereby authorized to sell and dispose of to the REP.dYMENT OF COM:YISSIO:-lS, ETC., UNDER PUBLIC-LAND LAWS. highl:'st bidder such merchantable timber on the lands added to said national forests by section 1 hereof in accordance with the regulations The next business on the Calendar for Unanimous Consent of the Secretary of Agriculture for the national forests and the entire was the bill (S. 2129) to amend an act approved March 26, 190S, proceeds of any sale thereof shall be deposited in the Treasury of the entitled "An act to provide for the repayment of certain com­ United States in a special fund designated as "The Oregon and Cali­ fornia land-grant fund," referred to in section 10 of the said act of missions, excess payments, and purchase moneys paid under June 9, 1916, and be disposed of in the manner therein designated : the public-land laws." Provided, That in the event any of said lands are eliminated from said forests as not necessary for the purposes for which this reservation is 1\Ir. GARD. Mr. Speaker, I object. made tbey shall be dispose(} of in the manner provided for by said act 1\lr. SINNOTT. 'Vill the gentleman withhold objection for n. of June 9, 1916. moment, so that I can make a \ery brief explanation? The committee amendments were read; as follows: 1\Ir. GARD. I will. Page 2, line 8, after the word "Forests," insert "subject to all laws l\Ir. SINNOTT. Mr. Speaker, this bill was introduced at the affecting national forests." request of the Secretary of the Interior. The only change it makes in the present law is to require an applicant to file his The question was taken, and the amendment was agreed to. application within two years for a return of any excess pay­ Page 3, line 19, strike out the words " Forest Service. Department" and insert "Secretary." ment or payment on rejection of entry or proof. Sections 1 and 2 of the bill look quite formidable, but they are merely u The question was taken, and the amendment was agreed to. reenactment of the present law, with the addition of the pro­ Page 3, line 21, strike out the word " sold " and insert the word "cut." visos. Now, seCtion 1, down to line 8, on page 2-down to the proviso on that page--is the present law. And the proYiso The question was taken, and the amendment was agreed to. puts on a statute of limitations requiring the applicant to pre­ Page 3, line 22, strike out the words ·• Forest Service " and insert the word "Secretary." sent his application for a repayment within two years. At the present time he has the right under the first part of section 1 of Tlle question was taken, and tlle amendment was agreed to. this bill, which is the present law, to put in his application for Pabe 3, line 23, strike out the words "sell and." a return payment, with no time limit. They are putting in The question was taken, and the amendment was agreed to. applications in the Interior Department to-day for payments Page 3, line 24, strike out the words "to the highest bidder." that were made 30 years ago. Attorneys are gleaning o-rer the The question was taken, and the amendment was agreed to. records of the Interior Department and ascertaining what ex­ The bill as amended was ordered to be engrossed and read cess payments were made 30 and 40 years ago, anered mto _the T1·easury of the United States under any application to make any filing, there is no quorum present. location selection, entry, or proof, such purchase moneys and commis­ The SPE~U'\:EU. The gentleman from Ohio makes the point sions shall be repaid to the person who made such application, entry, or of order that there is no quorum present. proof or to his legal representatives, in all cases where such application, entry: or proof has been or shall hereafter be rejected, and neither such :Mr. B.illll. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman allow me to applicant nor his legal representatives shall have been guilty of any make a request for unanimous consent? fraud or attempted fraud in connection with such application : Pro- 1:idetZ, That such person or his legal representatives shall file a request ADJOUllN:UENT. for the repayment of such purchase moneys and commissions within two years from the rejection of such application, entry, or proof, or :llr. MO:\TDELL. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now within two years from the passage of this act as to such applications, adjourn. proofs, or entries, as have been heretofore rejected. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 3 o'clock and 58 "SEc. 2. That in all cases where it shall appear to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Interior that any person has heretofore or sha!l minutes p. m.) -the House adjourned until to-morrow, Tues

1910 (H. Doc. No. 307) ; to the Committee on the District of · 19. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting Columbia and ordered to be printed. a report showing each exchange of typewriters, adding machines, G. A letter from the president of the United States Civil Serv­ and other similar labor-saving devices during the fiscal year ice Commission, transmitting statement required by section 7, ended June 30, 1919 (H. Doc. No. 322); to the Committee on Ap­ legh>latiYe act of l\larch 1, 1919 (H. Doc. No. 308) ; to the Com­ propriations and ordered to be printed. mittee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. 20. A letter from the Acting Secretary of Labor, transmitting G. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting data rein­ statement of expenditures for the appropriation "Miscellaneous the to exchange of t;ypewriters and adding machines in part expenses, Bureau of Naturalization, 1917," dming the fiscal year payment for new machines used for the same purposes as those July 1, 1917, to June 30, 1918 (H. Doc. No. 323) ; to the Com­ exchanged by the Panama Canal for the period July 1, 1918, to mittee on Expenditures in the Department of Labor and ordere£1 June 30, 1919, such data having been furnished the Washington to be printed. office of the Panama Canal (H. Doc. No. 309) ; to the Committee 21. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. a statement of the proceeds of all sales of olU material, con­ 7. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting data demned stores, supplies, and other public property for the fiscal relatlYe to the number of employees of the Washington office of year ending June 30, 1919 (H. Doc. No. 324); to the Committee the Panama Canal receiving increased compensation at the rate on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. of .$240 per annum, and the average number by grades receiv­ 22. A letter from the supelintendent of State, 'Var, and Navy ing the same at each other rate, during the first four months of Buildings, transmitting report concerning employees of his office the present fiscal year (H. Doc. No. 3~0) ; to the Committee on receiving increase of compensation (H. Doc. No. 325) ; to the Appropriations and ordered to be printed. . Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. 8. A letter from the Public Printer, transmitting report of 23. A letter from the chairman of the Interstate Commerce the average number of employees of the Government Printing Commission, transmitting statement of labor-saving devices ex· Office to receive increased compensation at the rate of $240 per changed in part payment for new machines during the fiscal annum and the a\erage number by grades receiving the same year ending June 30, l919 (H. Doc. No. 326); to the Committee at other rates (H. Doc. No. 311) ; to the Committee on Appro­ on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. priations and ordered to be printed. 24. A letter from the chairman of the Interstate Commerce 9. A letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting de­ Commission, transmitting statement showing the travel of all tailed statement of expenditures under the contingent appro­ officials and employees (other than special agents, inspectors, or priations for the Navy Department for the fiscal year ended employees who, in the discharge of their regular duties, are re­ June 30, 1919 (H. Doc. No. 312) ; to the Committee on Expendi­ quired to constantly travel) who have traveled on official busi­ tures in the Navy Department and ordered to be printed. ness from Washington to points outside the District of Colum­ 10. A letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting bia during the fiscal year ended June 30,1919 (H. Doc. No. 327) ; tentative draft of a bill entitled "An act to provide for the reim­ to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. bursement of officers, enlisted men, and others in the naval serv­ 25. A letter from the chairman of the Interstate Commerce ice of the United States for property lost or destroyed in such Commission, transmitting a report showing the number of per­ service (H. Doc. No. 313); to the Committee on Naval Affairs sons employed by the commission who received increased com­ and ordered to be printed. pensation for the months of July, August, September, and Octo­ 11. A letter from: the president of the United States Civil ber, 1919 (H. Doc. No. 328) ; to the Committee ou Appropriations Service Commission, transmitting a statement showing the type­ and ordered to be printed. writers, adding machines, and other labor-saving devices ex­ 26. A letter from the chairman of the Interstate Commerce changed in part payment for new machines during the fiscal year Commission, transmitting a statement of moneys appropriated 1919 (H. Doc. No. 314); to the Committee on Appropriations .for the valuation of carriers, and expenditures thereunder, to and ordered to be printed. December 1, 1919, for the fiscal years 1913 to 1919, inclusive (H. Doc. No. 329) ; to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered 12. A letter from the Acting Secretary of 'Var, transmitting to be printed. statement showing in detail what officers and employees of the 27. A letter from the Secretary of the Trea ury, transmitting 'Var Department have traveled on official business from Wash­ a. combined statement of the receipts and disbursements, bal­ ington to points outside of the District of Columbia during the ances, etc., of the Government during the fiscal year ended June fi Ctll year ended June 30, 1919 (H. Doc. No. 315) ; to the Com­ 30, 1919 (H. Doc. No. 330); to the Committee on Appropriations mittee on Expenditures in the War Department and ordered to and ordered to be printed. be printed. 28. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting 13. A letter from ·the Assistant Secretary of Labor, transmit­ a deficiency estimate of appropriations required by the United ting detailed statement of the expenditures made from the ap­ States Public Health Service for urgent emergency expenditures propriation "Contingent expenses, Department of Labor, 1917," (H. Doc. No. 331) ; to the Committee on Appropriations and from November 8, 1918, to October 31, 1919 (H. Doc. No. 316); ordered to be printed. to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Labor 29. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting and ordered to be printed. a supplemental estimate of appropriation required for postage 14. A letter from the Acting Secl·etary of Labor, transmitting for the Treasury Department, fiscal year 1920, additional to the statement shovdng number of arrests and causes therefor, the sum provided in the legislative appropriation act of l\Iarch 1, numuer of deportations effected and the causes therefor, the 1919 (H. Doc. No. 332); to the Committee on Appropriations number of cases in which deportation was defeated, and the and ordered to be printed. causes or grounds upon which deportation proceedings were un­ 30. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmiitin .~ dertaken (H. Doc. No. 317) ; to the Committee on Immigration a communication from the Surgeon General, Public Ilealth and Naturalization and ordered to be printed. Service, submitting a report of expenditures from the appro­ 13. A letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting state­ priation "Preventing the spread of epidemic diseases" (H. Doc. ment of allowances authorized during the fiscal year 1919 pay­ No. 333) ; to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury able from the appropriation for unusual conditions (H. Doc. No. Department and ordered to be printed. 318) ; to the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office De­ 31. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting partment and ordered to be printed. a communication from the Acting Secretary of War, furnishing 1G. A letter from the Acting Chairman of the United States statement of all moneys arising from proceeds of public prop­ Tariff Commission, transmitting a copy of the third annual re­ erty received by the War Department during the fiscal yea-r port of the Unite

34. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting on official business from Washington to points outside of the Dis­ a deficiency estimate of an appropriation required by the United trict of Columbia (H. Doc. No. 352) ; to the Committee on Ex­ States Public Health Service for an expenditure during the penditures in the Post Office Department and ordered to be period from February 1 to July 1, 1920 (H. Doc. No. 337) ; to printed. the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. 50. A letter from the Secretary of Agriculture, transmitting 35. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statement of refund to depositors on account of excess deposits, a communication from the Surgeon General, Public Health Ser\­ National Forest fund, fiscal year 1919 (H. Doc. No. 353) ; to ice, submitting a paragraph of legislation for inclusion in the the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. next deficiency bill to be reported to Congress (H. Doc. No. 338) ; 51. A letter from the Secretary of Agriculture, transmitting a to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. statement showing for the fu·st four months of current fiscal 36. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting year the average number of employees in the Department of a d e fici~ncy estimate of appropriation req_uired by the Public Agriculture receiving increased compensation at the rate of Health Service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920 (H. Doc. $240 per annum, and the average number by grades receiving No. 339) ; to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be the same at each other rate (H. Doc. No. 354) ; to the Commit­ printed. · · tee on Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture and or­ 37. A letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting re­ dered to be printed. quireu information regarding typewriting machines purchased 52. A letter from the Secretary of Agriculture, transmitting and exchanged by the Post Office Department during the period statement showing sums paid from the appropriations of the from July 1, 1918, to June 30, 1919 (H. Doc. No. 340) ; to the Bureau of Chemistry during the fiscal year 1919 for the com­ Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. pensation of, or payment of expenses of, officers or other persons 3S. A letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting state­ employed by State, county, or municipal governments (H. Doc. ment of the appropriations, expenditures, and balances unex­ No. 355); to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department pended on account of the Postal Service for the fiscal year ended of Agriculture and ordered to be printed. June 30, 1919 (H. Doc. No. 341) ; to the Committee on Expendi­ 53. A letter from the Secretary of Agriculture, transmitting tures in the Post Office Department and ordered to be printed. detailed report showing names of persons employed, their des­ 39. A letter from the Public Printer, transmitting statement ignations, rates of pay, etc., in the Bureau of Animal Industry, of typewriting machines purchased, exchanged, and repaired for the suppression of contagious diseases of domestic animals CO\ering the period from July 1, 1918, to June 30, 1919 (H. Doc. during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1919 (H. Doc. No. 356) ; to No. 342) ; to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Agricul­ be printed. ture and ordered to be piinted. 40. A letter from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 54. A letter from the Secretary of Agriculture, transmitting transmitting International Exchanges, Smithsonian Institution, statement of activities and expenditures in the department per­ 1919 (H. Doc. No. 343) ; to the Committee on Appropriations and taining to the public health (H. Doc. No. 357) ; to the Com- ordered to be printed. mittee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. . 41. A letter from the Attorney General, transmitting report 55. A letter from the Secretary of Agriculture, transmitting sho\\ing the average number of employees receiving the in­ detailed statement showing places, quantity, and price of seeds creased compensation at the rate of $240 per annum and the purchased and the dates of purchase, 191!) (H. Doc. No. 358) ; to average number by grades receiving the same at each other the Committee qn Expenditures in the Department of Agricul­ rate (H. Doc. No. 344) ; to the Committee on Appropriations ture and ordered to be printed. nnd ordered to be printed. 56. A letter from the Secretary of Agriculture, transmitting 42. A letter from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, annual report of appropriations under the Federal aid road act transmitting information regarding typewriting machines in for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1919 (H. Doc. No. 359) ; to which exchanges were made in part payment by the Government the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Agricul­ during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1919 (H. Doc. No. 345) ; ture and ordered to be printed. to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printeu. 57. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting 43. A letter from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, statement from the various offices and bureaus of the Treasury transmitting statement of travel on official business for Smith­ Department showing what officers and employees performed sonian branches during fiscal year ended June 30, 1919 (H. Doc. travel on official business from Washington to points outside the No. 346) ; to the Committee on A:avropriations and ordered to be District of Columbia, fiscal year ended June 30, 1919 (H. Doc. printed. No. 360) ; to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury 44. A letter from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Department and ordered to be printed. - transmitting list of the employees who received the increased 58. A letter from the assistant clerk, United States Court compensation at the rate of $240 per annum, and the average of Claims, transmitting statement of all judgments rendered number, by grades, who received the same at each other rate by the Court of Claims for the year ended November 29, 1919 (H. Doc. No. 347); to the Committee on Appropriations and (H. Doc. No. 361); to the Committee on Claims and ordered ordered to be printed. to be printed. · 45. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting 59. A letter from the Secretary of Agriculture, transmitting communication from the Surgeon General, Public Health Serv­ statement of expenditures of the Department of Agriculture ice, submitting a statement of the activities of the Public Health for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1919 (H. Doc. No. 362) ; to Service for the fiscal year 1919, and of expenditures therefor the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Agricul­ (H. Doc. No. 348) ; to the Committee on Expenditures in the ture and ordered to be printed. Treasury Department and ordered to be printed. 60. A letter from the Secretary of Agriculture, transmitting 46. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting detailed report showing the publications received and dis· estimates of receipts of Indian tribal funds, expenditures rec­ tributed by the Department of Agriculture during the fiscal ommended therefrom by the Secretary of the Interior for the year ended June 30, J919 (H. Doc. No. 363); to the CommitteH benefit of Indians, and estimates of the amounts required to be on Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture and orderetJ expended under treaty stipulations and agreements, fiscal year to be printed. ending June 30, 1921 (H. Doc. No. 349); to the Committee on 61. A letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. report to Congress of claims adjusted under act of Congress 4T. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting approved March 2, 1919 (H. Doc. No. 364); to the Committee statement, as prepared by the Secretary of Agriculture, of num­ on Expenditures in the War Department and ordered to be ber of persons employed in meat inspection, salary per diem, printed. contingent expenses, etc., for the fiscal year ending June 30, 62. A letter from the Board of :Managers of the National 1910 (H. Doc. No. 350) ; to the Committee on Expenditures in Home for Disable

PUBLIC BILLS, RESOLTJTIONS, .ll.""D 1\IE]lORIA.LS. By Mr. CRAMTON: A bill (H. R. 10756) granting a pension Under cllluse 3 of Rule XXII, bills, resolutions, a.OO memorials to Frank H. Howell; to .the Committee on Pensions. were introduced and severally referred as follows: By Mr. DEW.ALT: A bill (H. R. 10757) granting a pen ion -to By Mr. KELLEY of Michigan; A JJill (H. R. 10736) defining George Bireh; to the Committee on Pensions. the crime of criminal syndicalism and prescribing punishment Also, a bill (H. R. 10758) granting a pension to Sarah E. therefor; to pron) for the relief of of the mails for the promotion of criminal syndicalism ; nnd for Lizzie Askel ; to the Committee on Claims. other pur11oses; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. HULINGS: A bill (H. R. 10760) granting an increase of pension to .Joseph A. Kashner; to the Committee on Invalid By ~lr. SABA'l'H: A bill (H. R. 10737) prohibiting the ma.­ Pensions. nipuln.tion of the prices of the necessaries of life; to the Com­ mittee on the Jru:liciury. By .Mr. HULL of Iowa: A bill (H. R. 10761) for the relief By M1._ KELLY of Pennsylvania: A bill (H. R. 10738) to pro­ of Oliver Lewis; to the Committee on filitary Affairs. AI~, bill (R R. 10762) for the relief of Robert W. Vail; ~i

By l\Ir. TAGUE: A bill (H. R. 10794) granting an increase of By 1\fr. CULLEN: Petition of Tara Club, of Brooklyn, N. Y., p~nsion to Murray V. Livingstone; to the Committee on Invalid favoring rejection of the league of nations as now framed; to Pensions. the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 10795) granting a pension to James J. Bar­ Also, petition of sundry citizens of New York, favoring six: ratt; to the CoiUmittee on Pensions. months' pay for soldiers and sailors who participated in the Also, a bill (H. R. 10796) granting a pension to George World War; to the Committee on Military Affairs. J. 1\Ialloy; to the Committee on Pensions. Also, petition of Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, indorsing By :Mr. TOWNER: A bill (H. n. 10797) granting an increase the principle of the Edge bill; to the Committee on Banking and of pension to John Sowers; to the Committee on Invalid Pen­ Currency. sions. By Mr. CURRY of California: Resolutions of the Sacramento By 1\Ir. WARD: A. bill (H. n.. 10798) grunting a pension to Isa­ Valley Development Association, urging the maintenance of belle Monroe; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. viticultural equipment stations in California to ascertain what, Also, a bill (H. n. 10799) granting an increase of pension to if anything, can be done with wine grapes other than the manu­ Elizabeth Beach; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. facture of wine; to the Committee on Agriculture. By l\lr. WILLIAMS: A bill (H. R. 10800) granting a pension Also, petition of Colona Parlor, No. 212, Native Daughters of to Mary F. Green; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Golden West, of Sacramento, Calif., opposing oriental immi­ Also, a bill (H. R. 10801) granting a pension to :Mary Phillips; gration; to the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, resolutions of Sacramento (Calif.) Post, No. 61, Ameri­ By 1\Jr. WILSON of Illinois; A bill (H. R. 10802) granting a can Legion, against oriental, Japanese, and "picture brides" pension to Louisa J. V. Vaughn; to the Committee on Invalid immigration; to the Committee on Immigration and Naturaliza­ Pensions. tion. By l\Ir. DARROW: Resolutions of Post 390, American Legion, PETITIONS, ETC. Philadelphia, Pa., favoring legislation for the establishment of Vnder clause 1 of Hule X..~II. petitions ancl papers were laid branch offices of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance; also to on the Clerk's desk and referred as follows: authorize tile Government to lend service men $4,000 for the By the SPEAKER (by request): Petition of American Jewish purchase of homes; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Veterans' League of Pennsylvania, urging Congress to use the Commerce. great moral influence of the United States of America in behalf By Mr. DYER: Petition of Missouri Aeronautical Society of of their unfortunate brethren of certain European countries, St. Louis, l\lo., voicing sentiments regarding Senate bill 2693; and more especially of Uluaine; to bring about a cessation of to the Committee on Military Affairs. maltreatment, redress, and justice and punishment of the guilty, Also, petition of Hebrew Veterans of the Wars of the Repub­ so that the great principle of freedom and democracy they so lie, protesting against treatment being received by the Jewish freely offered and gave their lives for may be truly vindicated; population in Ukraine; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Also, petition of National Federation of Postal Clerks, Local Also, petition of members of the Jewish Community of Spring- No. 8; Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, Local No. 18, field, Mass., entreating and requesting the United States Gov- of St. Louis, Mo.; Glass Bottle Blowers' Association, of St. - ernment that it may use its good offices and intercede in behalf Louis; National Association of Letter Carriers, Branch 243; of the Jews in Ukraine, that it may investigate the conditions Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers, Local existing there and subsequently censure the chief offenders be- No.6; St. Louis Label Trades Section; Railway Express Drivers, fore the tribunal of public opinion; to the Committee on Foreign Chauffeurs, and Helpers; St. Louis Bookbinders' Union No. 18, Affairs. all of St. Louis, Mo., opposing legislation and propaganda against Also (by request), petition of pastor and congregation of the the use of tobacco; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Trinitarian Congregational Church 6f Northfield, Mass., urging Also, petition of Overall, Shirt, and White Goods Workers, support of the Williams resolution; to the Committee on Foreign Local 238, United Garment ·workers of America, of St. Louis, Affairs. . Mo., opposing Cummins antistrike bill; to the Committee on Also (by request), petition of Rotary Club, Nowata, Okla., Interstate and Foreign Commerce. petitioning Congress to grant to all American Indians i'ull rights By Mr. FULLER of Illinois: Resolutions adopted by the sur­ of American citizenship and the abolishment of the Indian Bu- viving Federal soldiers of Dekalb County, Tenn., for an increase reau; to the Committee on Indian Affairs. of Civil War pensions; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . Also (by request), petition of members of Plymouth Brother- Also, petition of American citizens of Lithuanian origin of hood, of Worcester, Mass., respectfully but earnestly urging Chicago, Ill., for recognition by the United States of the inde­ Congress to immediate action in extending to Armenia the lead- pendence of Lithuania; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. ership of our American Government; to the Committee on For- Also, petition of the Black & White Lime Co., of Quincy, Ill., eign Affairs. for the loan or sale of Army equipment to the Boy Scouts of Also (by request), petition of Woodstock Presbyterian Church, America; to the Committee on Military Affairs. of Kew York City, urging Congress to amend the preamble of the Also, petition of the Western Central Association of Stove national Constitution to read, in substance, as follows: We, the Manufacturers, opposing Government ownership of railroads; to people of the United States, devoutly recognizing the authority the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. and law of Jesus Christ, the Savior and King of nations, and Also, petition of United Mine Workers of America, District No. desiring to form a more perfect Union, establish justice, insure 17, Charleston, W. Va., asking appointment of a Federal com­ domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defense, promote mission to investigate conditions in southern \Vest Virginia; to the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to our- the Committee on Labor. selves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitu- Also, petition of the Illinois Valley Manufacturers' Club, for tion for the United States of America; to the Committee on the the adoption of the metric system of weights and measures; to Judiciary. the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures. By Mr. BEGG: Petition of Perry Post, No. 83, American Le- Also, petition of the Rockford Real Estate Board, of Illinois, gion, of Erie County, Ohio, urging enactment of laws curbing favoring House bill 8080; to the Committee on Ways and Means. the activities of organizations and individuals which are un- By 1\lr. GREENE of Massachusetts: Petition of Jewish resi­ American and seek to destroy the fundamentals of this Nation; dents of Fall River, Mass., protesting against the treatment to the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. being received by the Jewish population of Ukraine; to the Cqm- By Mr. CRAMTON: Memorial of the board of supervisors of mittee on Foreign Affairs. tl1e c:onnty of Tuscola, Mich., for a tariff of 4 cents per pound By 1\Jr. KENDALL (by request) : Petition of Somerset Post, upon Japanese or Manchurian beans; to the Committee on Ways No. 181, American Legion, Somerset, Pa., urging legislation and l\leans. which will deny the right of citizenship to all persons who are Also, petitions of Hugh J. Clark and 25 other farmers, of the members of organizations requiring their members to refrain township of Dwight, Huron County, and of William D. Gamblyn from military service; to the Committee·on the Judiciary. and 186 other farmers, of the township of Meade, Huron County, By l\lr. O'CONNELL: Petition of the district executive boarWest Virginia in the part known as the Gu~-an field; to the War for passage of the Fuller pension bill; to the Committee on Committee on Labor. Invalid. Pensions. Also, petition of Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, indorsing Also, memorial of Ninth Division of Railway Mail Association, the Edge bill; to the Committee on Banking and Currency. for increase of salary for railway mail clerks; to the Committee Also, petition of International Association of Railroad Su­ on the Post Office and Post Roads. · pervisors of Mechanics, opposing the Esch bill and also the Cum- 28 CONGRESSIO J.A_L REOO.RD-SENATE. DECE}.fBER 2,

mi.Ds "bill to the Committee on Interstate :mil .Foreign Com- Also, ·:peti_iion of Pennsj1v::rnin Stat~ R u_ rnti_o:n of Labo:, -~- meree. ' ~esting agru.nst jp~ge at the Cummms btll w1~ll the antistrike Also, petition of Alabama State ¥ederation of Lab?!', opposing clause; to t.h~ Committee on I~terstate aml For~1gn Comm~ce. the ·Cummins bill the Esch-Pomerene bill .and urgmg support Also, peb:hon of ·Pennsylvamn State Federation of Lal>or, pro­ of the Sims ·bill, No. 10367; to th-e Committee on .Interstate and · testing ag~inst the arr:st of Hindus a?min,r to tJ~is eotmtry; to Foreign Commeree. . the Comnnttee on Intel state and Fore.1gn GonDllel ce. A1so, petition ·of Metal Polisher ' Local Union No. G, of Chi- cago, IlL, m·ging Congress io grant a complete amnesty . to all political ami indu trial prisoners convicted under the espiOnage act and the repeal of all such laws a.s interfere with the moral SENATE. exercise of the American liberties guaranteed under the Con­ stitution; to til" Committee on the Judiciary . TUESD1\Y, December fJ, 1910. .Also, petition of Hebrew · eterans of the Wars of the Repub­ lic, condemning the atrocities inflicted on the Jewi-sh peoples jn The Cha:p}ain, lllev. •Forrest :J. Prettyma11, D. D., offered the Ukraine ; to the Committee ·on Foreign Affairs. following 1Jl'flYer : Also, l}etition of members of the Tara Club~ of Brooklyn, N. Y., Almighty God, Thy servants ba:ve been called t-ogether in the congratulming the United States Senate on its action with the Senate to give dh·ection to the public policy of this great Nation. peace treo:ty, ,becal.J:Se it 'tends to guarantee-the territor~l integ­ The prob1ems that confront us chaTienge the wisest statesman­ rity to Great .Brit .in at the ~se of Americn's ove.re~gnty; to ship of all the ages. · The world is in the remaking. 'The forces the Committee on Foreign Affairs. of civilization lie :plastic in our hands. We pau e at the begin­ AI o, petition of citizens of the Commonwealth of Massachu­ ning of the great work committed to our hand · to in;-oke the set a sembled in Tremont Temple and Fanenil Hall, Boston, divine blessing. Lord God of Hosts, be witll us yet, lest we for­ on armistice day, No-vember ll, 19-19, urging relief to the :Suffer- get ; lest we forget. May wis<1om preside over our couu<=;iL~. . ing pe-qples of Uu Ria ; to 'the Committee on Foreign .Affairs. , l\lay brotherly love prentil. May tbe unity of purpose and sputt l\1, o,a>ctition of ,the real estate board af New Yor~ City, urg- of this lbady be to us the ·prophecy of the successful issue of .our ing -support of .House bill 8080; to the Committee on Ways and 1 great spiritual enterprise. ..For Christ's sake. Amen. Means. OsCAR W. UNDERWOOD, a Senator :fron1 the State of Alabama; ..Also. !petition of.Federal Retirement A ociation ?f. New York DATID .I. W ..USE, a Senator from rfhe State of Ma s.a.chusetts; City, urging the -pas. a,.,.e -of the Lehlbaeh bill, .Pronding :for -the JoSIAH 0. ·waLcoTT, a Senator :from the State of Delaware; LEE retirement of superannuated Federal emplqyees; to the Com­ S. Ov.lm:M.A~ a Sen~ tor ftom the State of North Carolina; Jas:N mittee on Reform in the Ci\il SerYice. W.:.AI:I:ER S:m.nr, a Senator from "tbe State of Maryland; and .A1so petition of Adolph Lewi:sohn, of New York City., m:ging .A.T.m:J:IT R. F.n.r:r., a .senator :from the State of ~ew .Mexico, a.p­ penreport 11PIDl alle~ed numero~s acts of VJo~encE; by THE WmTE HousE, private rruard.s and -aunmen ar;run t coal mmers and the1r WIVes TV asllington, December 1, 1919. and chil>::>dr~n; also ' lli~ -denial cr.f .civil_ and industrial rjgh~ to the emu miners by coal OIJerators 1ll thl fteld ; to the Comnnttee GENTI..EXEN : The President has asked me to thank yon for on Mines and 1\Iin.ing. the court y of your lletter ().f Deeember 1, notifying him that is Also, -petition of Brotherhood of ll~lway Carmen of ~eri_ca, a quorum of eaeh House assembled and that Congress is at Portal, :N. Dak., il.'Otesting agamst propOl ed legu;lation ready to receive any eommnnication which he 1Illly be pleaseti to make. The President will have pleasm·e in ending a mes­ against strikes, declaring that "or~aniz~? Iaoor r_efuses to. go sage in writing to the Congress to-morrow, Decem})er 2. back to the dn:ys of involuntary serntude, and m·g:mg reten~on for at least two more years of Government control, asserting Sincerely, yonr , JOSEPH 'TRllULTY, that " ·prh·a:te corporations could not l'lm tl1e ·r?ads 1'01·. one cent P. cheaper ll.nd in fact we know that corporation officul.ls to a Hoa H. c. L