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. ~ 3180 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-- SENATE. l\f RCH 1 - ' canals between the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River, SENATE. opposing the St. Lawrence project; to the Committee on Inter state and Foreign Commerce. WEDl\TESDAY, MaTch 1, 19~~. 4342. Also, resolution of Allegheny Lodge, No. 339, Benevo lent an& Protective Ordel"' of Elks, urging the manufacture (Legislative day ot Tl!U?·sday, Feb1·uary 23, 1922.) and sale of light wines and beer; to the Committee on the The Senate met in open executive session at 12 o'clock merid Judiciary. ian, on the expiration of the reces . 4343. By l\fr. FULLER: Petition of F. E. Longmire, farm IRRIGATIO~ OF IMPERIAL VALLEY, CALIF. adviser, Grundy County, and Earl Price, farm adviser, Kendall County, Ill., protesting against any form of sales tax; to the The VICE PRESIDENT. As in legislative session, the Chair Committee on Ways and Means. lays before the Senate a communication from the Secretary of 4344. Also, petition of C. B. Chadwick, president of the the Interior, transmitting, pw·suant to law, a report of tudies Bankers' Supply Co., fa>oring the enactment of a bill permitting made of the Imperial Valley, Calif., and related ubjects with the use of C. 0. D. postage permits; to the Committee on the respect to irrigation from the Colorado River, with the recom mendations of the Secretary relative tl1ereto, which, with the Po~t Office and Post Roads. 4345. Also, resolutions of Local Lodge, No. 650, of the Inter accompanying papers and documents, will be referred to the national Association of .Machinists, of Streator, TIL, favoring Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation. modification of the prohibition law to permit manufacture PETITIO:NS AND MEMORIALS, and sale of light wines and ·beer; to the Committee on the As in legislative session, Judiciary. • The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate re olutions 434l>. By Mr. GALLIVAN : Petition of the Hou e of Repre adopted by the Tri-State A sociatlon of Credit Men at El Paso, sentatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, urging .that Tex., l!'ebruary 22, 1922, favoring the appointment of a commis the U. S. S. Lexington, now under construction at the Fore sion to adjust pending questions- between the United States and River plant of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, · be Mexico, which were referred to the Committee on Foreign converted into an aircraft carrier, and that the construction on Relations. said cruiser be resumed without delay; to the Committee on Mr. LODGE presented a telegram in the nature of a petition Naval Affairs. from Hon. Percival P. Baxter, governor of .:.\Iaine, praying for 4347. Also, petition of Harvard University, of Cambridge, the prompt ratification without reservations of the treaties pre .Mass., and the College of Liberal Arts of Bo ton University, pared by the Co!lference on Limitation of Armament, which Boston, Mass., protesting against proposed increases in duty on wa ordered to he on the table. scientific instruments and books in foreign languages; to the ::\fr. ODDIE pr~sented resolutions adopted by the Nevada Committee on Ways and l\Ieans. State Sheep Commission, of Reno, Nev., favoring inclu ion in the 4348. By Mr. GREENE-of Massachusetts : Petition of A. B. proposed reclassification of the Federal civil ·ervice of the field Cummings and others of Attleboro, l\Iass., urging the passage service of the executive branch of the Government, which were of an adequate tariff law based upon American valuations; to refeiTed to the Committee on Civil Service. the Committee on Ways and Means. M1·. POMEREj_\TE presented a resolution adopted by the 43-:!9. By 1\Ir. KAHN: Resolution by Vallejo Lodge, No. 252, Italian-American Citizens Club, of Stark County Ohio favor International Association of Machinists, urging that all Gov ing the making of October 12 a legal holiday to' be kn'-own as ernment work be done in Government plants wherever possible; Columbus Day, which 'vas referred to the Committee on the to the Committee on Appropriations. Judiciary. 4350. By Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania: Petition of McKees :::Ur. C.o\.PPER presented a petition of Jewell Po t N·o. 72 port Council, Junior Order of American Mechanics, favoring the American Legion, of Jewell City, Kans., praying for the enact~ passage of the Sterling-Towner bill; to the Committee on Educa ment of the so-called soldier ' bonus bill, which was referred to tion. the Commlttee on Finance. 4351. Also, resolution of Hill Top Memorial Post, American Mr. LADD presented the petition of J. E. Backlin and 14 Legion, favoring the passage of the adjusted-compensation bill; others of Oakes, N. Dak., praying for the enactment of legisla to the Committee on 'Vays and Means. tion reviving the Government Grain Corporation o a to stabi 4352. Also, 1·esolutions of women graduates .of the University lize prices of certain farm products, which was referred to the of Pittsburgh, favoring women representatiYes in the diplomatic Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. service; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. l\1r. FLETCHER presented a petition of sundry citizen~ of 4353. By Mr. KISSEL: Petition of Harold J. Botton, of St. Augustine, Fla., remonstrating against the enactment of Brooklyn, N. Y., opposing proposed tax on dealings in securities ; legislation providing for compulsory Sunday ob. ervance in the to the Committee on Ways and 1\Ieans. Di trict of Columbia, which was referred to the Committee on 4354. Also, petition of the Fighting Fow'teenth Infantry, Post the Di trict of Columbia. No. 546, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Brooklyn, N. Y., w·ging the l\lr. WILLIS presented a resolution adopted by officers of the early passage of the adjusted-compensation bill; to the Com O.hio Federation of ·women's Club , favoring ratification of the mittee on Ways and Means. treaties prepared by the Conference on Limitation of Arma 4355. Also, petition of S. B. Lynd, of New York City, N. Y., ment, which was ordere(l to lie on the table. opposing the passage of a bonus bill; to the Committee on Ways He also presented a petition of sundry emp lo3·ees of the anti Means. _Guernseyware Co.; of Cambridge, Ohio, praying for the prompt pa -=:age of an adequate tariff law based upon American valua 4356. Also, petition of F. E. !dell, Esq., of New York City, tions, which was referred to the Committee on E'inance. N. Y., opp~sing the pas age of a bonus bill at the present time; Mr. McLEA...'l' presented a r~solution adopted at a meeting of to the Committee on Ways and Means. the Fairfield County Organization, the American Legion, Con 435i. Also, petition of the State commissioner of highways, necticut Department, of Bridgeport, Conn., favoring the prompt Albany, N. Y., opposing a Federal tax on gasoline; to the Com passage of the so-called fourfold soldier ' adjusted corupeusation mitt~e on Ways and Means. bill, which was referred to the Committee on Finance. 4~58. By Mr. PERKINS: Petition of Radio Clubs of New He also presented resolutions adopted by tbe Connecticut Jer ·ey, setting forth certain grievances in the matter of radio Chamber of Commerce at Hartford, Conn., prote ting again t rights; to the Com,mittee on the Merchant Marine and Fish the proposed transfer of the Forest Service from the Depart eries. ment of Agriculture to another department and against pro 4359. By Mr. RIDDICK: Petition of farmers of Valley posed water-power deve-lopment in certain national parks which County, 1\Iont., indorsing House bill 9952; to the Committee on were referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Fot·~stry. Agritul ture. He aJ_ o presented a re olu tion adopted by the N w I~ngland 4360. Also, petition of citizens of Whitefish. Mont., indo1"'sing A ociation of :llarketing Officials, of Ston·st Conn., prote ting the Towner-Sterling bill; to the Committee on Education. against the proposed tran fer of the Bureau of 1\Iarkets and 4361.. Also, petition of citizens of Scobey, Mont., indorsing the Crop Estimates from the Department of Agriculture to the De Towner-Sterling bill; to the Committee on Education. partment of Commerce, which was referred to the Committee on. 4362. By Mr. W AltD of North Carolina: Petition of the North Agriculture and Forestry. Carolina Farmers' Bureau, protesting against any proposal to He also presented the petition of member of Mount Aetna. place a general sales or turnover tax on the common people of Commandery, No. 473, the Knights of Malta, of Hartford, Conn., the United States for the purpose of raising re-venue necessary favoring the enactment of legislation creating a department ot to pay the proposed soldier bonus; to the Committee on Ways edu,cation, which was referred to the Committee on Education and Means. and Labor. 1922. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 3181_ ' He also presented a resolution adopted by members ot Mc S·. J. Res.137. Joint resolution transferring to the custody of Swiney Council, American Association for the Recognition of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution certain 1·elics now the Irish Republic, of Bridgeport, Conn., protesting against the in the possession of the- Department of State. continued detention of political prisoners by the Government of 0n· Ma.reh 1. 1922..: the United States, which was referred to the Committee on· the S. 2072. An act to authorize the Secretary of War to make J u.diciary.. and receive conveyances effecting an exchange of title to the He also presented the petition of Dr. Isaac W. Reed, pasto1: ot railroad rights of way at Camp Henry Knox, Ky., and for other the Grace Baptist Church, of Waterbury, Conn., praying for the purposes; passage of the so-called Dyer antilynching bill, which was- re S.