13480 COXGRESSION1\L RECORD-SENATE. AUGUST 31,
By 1\fl·. LIKTHICUl\I: Petition of James A. Boone, of Balti These telegrams, 1\fr. President, merely emphasize the critical more, :MUnited States Navy; to other Senators have received similar supplications from their the Committee on Naval Affairs. respective constituencies. My purpose in occup;ving the time of Also, petition of Baltimore (Mu.) Pearl Hominy Co., favoring the Senate with the subject is to eiJJphasize the fact that five pas age of the Rainey bill, to repeal the mixed-flour law; to days before the strike order issued by the lwotherhood is to the Committee on Ways and 1\feans. take effect the railroad companies of the United States hegan Also, petition of A. Roszel Cathcart & Co., against stamp tax to place an emburgo upon the shipment of foodstuffs which are on insurance policies; to the Committee on Ways and 1\feans. embraced in tbe ~enernl orders re:;rardip~ perishable freight. Also, petition of E. H. Koester, baker, against passage of the It would seem that instead of utilizing their facilities for the Rainey bill, House bill 9409, repeal of the mixed-flour law; to concentration of foodstuffs in the communities of this country the Committee on Ways and 1\feans. for the sustenance of their people tlley are adopting the oppo Also, petition of Oriole Lodge, No. 214, of the Brothei:bood of site policy; and if this strike shaH matPrialize, and suffering Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, favoring passage of House shall come to the people of the great comnmnities of the United bill 16681, " clearance bill " ; to the Committee on Interstate States, they will not for~et that prior to the time that the and Foreign Commerce. · · strike is to take effect foodstuffs are being denied access to Also, petition of the Lord Baltimore Press, of Baltimore, 1\Id., lines of transportation for their relief. against passage of House bill14666, "design bill"; to the Com Mr. JONES. Mr. President, I have also received a large mittee on Patents. number of telegrams since the recess of yesterday, and I shall By 1\Ir. MATTHEWS: Petition of J. C. Bockrath, of Clover read one of tht!m. The telegram is from Tacoma, Wash. : dale, Ohio, against seizm·e of our mails by the British; to the TACO:UA, WAsrr., August SO, JB1G. _ Committee on Foreign Affairs. WESLEY L. JONES, United States Senate, Washington, D. 0.: Organized labo·· of tbis community urges if it comes before you for SENATE. action, that the railroad wor!i~rs be grantPd an eight-bour day at pt·ps ent wages, and demand that no legislation be enacted Imposing com THURSDAY, August 31, 1916. pulsory set·vltude even tor a day, and at no time compulsory arbitration be enacted. (Legislati~:e day ot T·ueBday, August 29, 1916.) REA LAST, Secretary Central Labor Council. The Senate reassembled at ll o'clock a. m., on the expiration of the recess. 1\Ir. President, I desire to introduce the remaincler of these Mr. GALLINGER. 1\Ir. President, I suggest the- absence of a telegrams, and ask that simply the signatures to them be printed qnm·um. in the RECORD, and that they be referred to the Committee on The VICE PRESIDENT. The Secretary will call the roll. Interstate Commerce. The Secretary called the roll, and the following Senators an The 'liCE PRESIDENT. In the absence of objection, it will swered to their names : be so ordered. Ashurst .Jom•s Pittman Smoot Telegrams from the North Yakima Trades nnd Labor Coun Chamberlain Kern PomP.rene Stone cil of Washington; from R. Loewe. secretary of the ~Ietal Clarke, Ark. Lane RPed Swanson Culberson, Martin, Va. Sbafroth Taggart Trades Council of Seattle, Wash.; from Rea Last, se<·retary of Curtis. Nelson Sheppard '.rho mas the Central Labor Council of Tacoma, Wash.; from 0. F. Dillingham Norris Simmons Underwood Wefferling, ·secretary of the .Trades Councll of Everett, Wash.; Fletcher O'Gorman Smith, Ariz. Vardaman Galllnger Oliver Smith, Ga. Wadsworth from Frank W. Cotteril1, of the Building Trades Council of Busting Overman Smith, .Md. Williams Seattle, Wash.; from Jame:-: A. Duncan, secrettu·y of the Central James Penrose Smith, S.C. Labor Council of Seattle, Wash. The VICE PRESIDENT. Thirty-nine Senators have answered 1.\lr. JONES. Mr. PresidPnt, I have also several telegrams to the roll call. There is no quorum present. The Secretary similar to the one which has just been read by the ~enntor from will call the roll of absentees: Colorado [Mr. THOMAsj, which I will not usk to hun• retul. but The Secretary called the names of the -absent Senators, and that the si~natures may be placed in the RECORD. 1 want to cull 1\lr. RA~sDELL an wered to his name when called. attention, boweVPl', to the fact that one Of them purpot•ts to rep l\Ir. STERLING and 1\lr. BRYAN entered the Chamber and an resent the sentiment of a mass meeting of the citizt--ns of my own swered to their names. town of North Yakima, Wash., in the fruit sel'tion, nnd they set Mr. RANSDELL. I wish to announce the unavoidable ab out the conditions described by the Senatot· from Colorado. I sence of my colleague [Mr. BRoussARnl on account of illness simply ask that the signatures of these telegrams be printetl in 1\fr. JONES. I desire to state that the junior Senator from the H.ECORC. Michigan [1\Ir. TowNSEND] is necessarily absent on account of The VICE PRESIDE.i~T. In the absence of objection, it will illness in his family. I will let this notice stand .for the nd. We bt>lieve that arbitration is the 'Jnly perishable freight. This Is a very serious situation for hundreds of method by which disputps bf'twt>en capital and labor can be satis growers in this valley, and means their financial ruin. We feel posi- factorily settled : any other method as suggested in the settlement of . tive you are giving this matter your usual seripns consideration and th<' prpfi!ent t•ailroa::ed In favor of the our railroads for even one day. fewJ anti woul<1 retard the industrial opportunities nnu futm·e pros GRAND Ju. ·cTIOX FnuiT GROWERS' AssociATio~. perJty of the country, as the principles of arbitration must.stand behind .1916. CONGRESSIONAL· RECORD-SENATE!
'tllem. No strategy of any 1dnd can . play any part in the decision of to the businesR of this country, nnrl I hope nml tru!';t that .this great issue without producing a national calamity. R. F. CLERC, some means may· be dE'vised wherE-by the strike will he averU'll. A.vting President tl1c Neto Orleans Board of Trade. Mr. VARDAMAN. Mr. Presitlellt, I hnve reeeivenate this morning. "-·ill be simply noted in the REconn and referred to the Com I agree with the Senator from Utah ·[Mr. SMo AmPrl _perishable goous is imperiled by the railway embargo. I ask ' can people and the Congress the horrors of the di~a:-:tE>r with which · the country is threatened to-day; and, of cour:;;e. the that the telegram be printed. in the ·REcoRD and referred t~ the · Committee on Interstate Commerce. · spirit of such conduct is 1·eprehem;ible. I think thnt the Con The V.ICE PRESIDENT. Without objection, it is .so ordered. ·gress should take action, coupled with that which the PrP~i dent has already done, looking to a postponement, if possible, The telegram is as follows : of the day of the strike. [Telegram.] 1 appreciate, as every other American citizen appreciRtes, the SACRAMENTO, CAL., A.ugt,St 30, .191B. fearful consequences of this strike. I rto not hesitate to say Hon. JAl\JJ"S D. PHELAN, U-n1ted States Senute, Washington, D. 0.: that my sympathies are entirely with the employees of the rail We '3ppt>a! to lou in behalf ·of the table-grape growers ot' this State, roads. I do not think they get a fair share of the produet of whose balanee o -crop ttunging on the vines is estimated at $5,000,000 their own 'toiJ. I want them to win and therefore I am e~pe at present market prices. The threatened strike ha.~ caused the pa(·k ing companie::. to 1 E>fn.,e the grapes not already pieked ·bet-Ruse of fear cially desirous that they will so net as not to forfeit the shipments will perish P.n route. Grapes are ripening e-very day and l sympathy which the American people have for them, and which should oe ·picked. We have no capae1ty for handling in I'Olil storagE> , is so necessary to their success in any effort .to get ju:;;tice. 1 this enormous crop, and our only relief lies by way of averting the strikP or action by Con~E.'SS that will cause GovPTnmE>nt to handle : believe if a joint resolution should be passed by the Congress . tran~portatlon. Do t'VPrythln~ you p-0s~ibly can to C'trt·umvPnt the asking that the day for the strike be postpone<] that they will impending finnncial disaster to our table-grape growers. Commg ' hearken to that a•lvice. I know these patient toilers do not as it does on top of threatened Federal tax on wine-grape growers, California's viticultural industry is indeed in sorry pllght. can you want to do anything that will bring di:':;a~ter upon the country -help US? I which would surely follow ·a strike; anu wt all t·ealize that. if STATll BOARD OF VITICULTURAL COMMISSIOKERS, the matter goes on and the strike is called, the loss of prop E. M. SHEEHAN, Secretary. erty ·and the suffering of the innocent and helples.~ will be :Mr. OLIVER. I have r-eceived a telegram from the Chicago tremendous. It will not do to permit the strike to be called Association o{ Commerce, of Illinois. As the telegram is short, until Congress and the Executive shall have exhau~ted every I ask that it be -read and referred to the ·Committee on Inter-: legitimate means possible to avert it. I think if the Oon~:,rress state Commerce. would take action this morning looking to the· adoption of a The VICE PRESIDENT Without objection, the telegram ; joint resolution, not " demanuing," as the telegram just reatl by will be read. the Clerk says, but requesting that the day for the strike be The Secretary read the telegram, as follows: postponed until this Congress, which is seriously consi•lering
CHtcAG03 ILL.1 August 30, 1916. , the question of settling amicably the difference between the Hon. GEoaom T. OLIVER, railroads and their employees, can act in the matter. thPy will United States Senate, Washington, D. 0.: hearken to that advice. Any other course or the par·t of the The Lhicago Association of Commerce urges upon the President and upon Congress that it is incoi:sistent with the ideals of our GovPrn- · employees of the railroads would be very disappointing to tlwir ment anti ~ubversive of its principles that legislation should be had in ' friends in and ont of Congress. The exigencies of the pt·esPnt the pPndlng railroad cri~is without time and opportunity for due con- · time, the unusual conditions with which the American pPople sideration. The quesUond are complex and Intricate, and, 1 while thP Congress baR -the final reRponsibUtty, 1t has not ' hith~>rto bad . are confronted, and the problems that Congress is cnlle•l U[lon eithP.r the time or opJ.oortunity to <·onsiuer them. Wheu · the ·legislation to solve, demand the purest patriotism and the highegt cmler i)Ccurs it should t.. ~ well conRidPred and fair to all Interests. ft is im- ! pos.<;iblf' anrl inconststf'nt with the dignity of Congres!'l and of the of statesmanship to treat the situation successfully. SelfiRbness American -pPople that tbt!'l should be aeeompUshed und~r the shadow of and a desire to achieve a mean personal advantage are wholly · the impending strike. We therefort' inRist that -thE' President arul the ' out of place ·at this critical moment. Co.ngreRB, jointly or acting sE>paratel~, as may be determined, demand ·that the daft: for thP penrllng strike bE> postponed for such reasonabiP l\Ir. REED. l\Ir. Presirlent. I desire to can the attention of time as may permit Congress to act freely and intelligently and· ·call · the Senate to some telegrams I have received from my home •upon the patriotism of the trainmen to accede to such demand. ; city, three or four of which I want to read in full, some I shall ThE' CHICAGO ASSOCIATION OF COMMERCE, only quote from briefty. JOHN W. O'LEARY, President. Here is one from the Townley ·Metal & Hardware Co.: 1\fr. SMOOT. Mr. President, I have received telegt~ms simi- · This proposed railroad strike is a crisis in our Nation. I beliPve this lar to the one the Senator from. Colorado [l\fr. THoMAs] has 'GovernmPnt should be big enough to forcE' arbitration. It look~ like ju..o;;t read, from all of the fruit shippers of my State. 1 have ~!~is fair to everybody. A strike would inflict great injury on every- not presented thPm to the Senate, because I took it "for granted that ·all Senators representing fruit districts had re I read a telegram from the Evans Smith Drug Co. : ceived similar telegrams In reLation to the railroads refusing .We believe legi;;latlon shoulo be immediately enacted prohibiting this to accept shipments of fruit at this time. So far as my own strike, thereby prevwtlng great loss and distress to thE> eountrv at State is concerned, I will say that mo:;;t of the fruits that ar"' large. We urge you to use your influence tn stopping this calamity. shippefl out of the 'State- of Utah go to points that It wouhl A similar telegram from the Faxon & Gallagher Drug Co. con take 10 or 12 days to reach, mo!':t of it going to Chicago and tains this statement: ·eastern points. I think It is very much better that the fruit We bPlleve leglslation should be promptly enacted prohibiting strikes growers .should understand that there is danger of a strike and lockouts-- · before the fruit could reach the point of shipment, than for And so forth, giving reasons. the railroads to receive the fruit, an11 then have it tied up· ' An excerpt from a telegram from the Adams Transfer & ·somewhere between the shipping point and the point of destina Storage Co. is as follows : tion. Liberal leftlslatlon should be promptly enactNl prohibiting strikes I, l\Ir. President, .;;o far ns the refusal of the rru1I·oads to and lockouts, thereby preventing great loss and distress. take fruit at Grand .Junction, Colo., or points in Utah is con One from the KanEjas City Fruit & Produce Dealers• Club cerned, would not at this time--there being only a few days contains this sentence : before the strike is to take place--find 'fault with the rail- Surely CongrE>ss will rise to the occasion and protect the entire coun . roads under the conditions, and if I were ·a shipper of fruit try from this injustice. I woulr to have the I;allroads -say that th~ There are other expre~ions in the telegrams, but they are all would not receive it because it could not reach its destination in a vein similar to the telegrams I have read in full. before the time set for the ·strike, rather than to accept it Here is a telegram of a little different tenor, from the Richru·ds and have it fail to reach its destination. · & Conover Hardware Co.: I recognize, Mr. President, the burdens that will be placed · .. Tn the mterest of all the people, hope you will use your best pfforts ,toward tl.tP quick enactment of some legislative men.surP which will avert ·1Jpon the fruit ·growers of every Stat-e in this · Union if the threatened railroad strike. Am sure all good Americans will ~tand as a threatened strike takes place. We all know-what it will mean. unit in backing up any effort made by Congress to prevent strike. 13482 CONGRESSIONAL ltECORD-SEN.A.TE. AUGUST :31-,
Hf're iR one from the Moore Transfer Co. : When the men put that proposition up to the managers the We believe J?Ublic InterE-sts more vital than those of railroad employf'es managers simply flec1ined it. They offe1·e<1 to arbitrate. pro and that legtslatlon should be enacted Immediately to prevent the vided not only that question was arbitrated but n great num tht'E>atened strike and eons~:>quE>nt loss to all mercantile and industrial bei' of other questions were at the sHme time arbitrated--ques lines of bt~siness as well as individual sulrerlng and inconvenience. tions that bad been for a long time settled between the men and Here is a telegram of speciai interest from C. A. Phelan, of the companies. 'l'he men repliecl that they would arbitrate Harrison, Ark. : the~e other questions, hut that they wanted the f'ight-hour clay Being intere. tE>d in railroad property of Joplin Union Depot Co. and conceded. The managements of the roa•ls respoutled thnt they Mls.'louri & Northern Arkansas Co., I want to ask that you use your could not grant the eight-hour day, because it would so in influence toward granting mlli'oacls an increase in passenger and freight ratE's In order to carry additional burden which may bE> placed on rail crease their expenses that the roads could not afford to make roads in P•:>eting demands of train and engine men for higher wages and the concession. shorter days. In that state of affairs the President of the Unitetl Stntes One ft·om the Kansas City Transfer & Storage Co. reads as undertook to exercise his influence to bring about an adjust-· follows: ment. The President. who has always taken an impartial view We urge that you bring all possible pressure upon Congress to show of these great questions, after hearing both sitles ~aid that it its band and prev~>nt the railroa1 men going out while peace negotia- seemed to him that the eight-hour day was an inevitable thing, tions can b~ at work. · that it was bound to come, and urged the manngewents to con The Smith-hlcCord-Townsend Dry Goods Co. wires as follows: cede the E:>ight-hour day, anct then urged that all the othe1· ques Union Pacific road refused to-liay to accept shipments of- nonper tions should be arbitrated, and offeretl his goocl uffiees to promote iRhabl!' merchandise • • • for points beyond Kansas. Other roads likely to follow, and by Friday a!J lines may refuse fr~ight. 8eems the creation of an arbitmtion board that would give clue and to U:i an outrage on the American people that the roads are obligePtf'tl tlw Presi encouragement? dent's proposition, ansitlent bad thf' l\1i'5souri Pacific Iron Mountain system : said to them in substanc·e und effect that if tlwre wa:;; any Respectfully urge upon you to work and vote for the inclusion of all neceRsity for an increase of rates in order to meet thf' additional railway employees In the proposed legislation to establish the eight hour day for the transportation employees. expense, as soon as that fad wns ascertained his recommenda Yours, respectfully, tion to Congress would be mude fo1· that increase. Let this SEDALIA LoCAL FEDERATIO!f, Congress uptlerstand and let the country understand thnt the W. S. SIMS, Secretary. President. occupying his great position of intluence, gave that Mr. President, in connection with these telegrams, I want to assurance to these railroad presid~nts. offer one or two observations, and I shall be exceedingly l..et the country understand, as· Congress now does wf'll un brief. derstand, that if this increase of expense should be macte un A number of the gentlemen who send t11ese telegrams seem der these conditions, the Interstate Commf'ree Cnmmif\~ion ·to think that Congress has the power to pass a law forbidding would be bound to take that inereasecl expense into eonsitl~J·a the 1·ailway trainmen to quit work. There is little to be snid tion in passing upo~ every freight rnte filed with it. and that, in addition to what the Senator from Iowa [Mr. Cm.nnNs] as far as the laws and cnstnms of the country can gh~e gunr sahl on that question yesterday. Of course, it is utterly impos anty, the railroad presidents have that gunrnnty alr·eatly. sible to pass a law that will meet this emergenl'!y if we are Every one of tbf'm absolutely knows, as <'ertainly as he can to undertake to meet it by simply enacting a statute which shall know anything th.at lies within the womb of the fuh1re, that command the men to continue fn their employments. Neither they will he granted an increase of rates if they can show t11at can such a result be accomplished by indirection. \Ve can not their income and expenses, when laid side by Ritle, warrant meet this issue in the way the authot·s of these telegrams SU<'h an lncreasf'. With thes~ facts fnirly heforP them the evidently think it can be met, namely, by passing a law com railroad presidents took the action which they knew would mantling these mf'n to stay at their posts and to perform their bring on this strike. usual duties on the railroads. But I want to call special at tention to this clnnse in a telegram which I hnvf' already reau: So far as I am concerned, I believe that it is a mistaken Heems to us an outrage on the American people that the roads a.re economic policy to work men over eight hours when thev are obliged to take this action. engaged in the dangerous and luizarduus busine. s of rniirmid tng. I believe that the interests of the traveling puhlic · de Thnt is, to refuse to receive frei~ht. 1\lr. President, is that true? Is that a correct statement of the mand that men shall not be put under the intense ·stritin that facts? I think the country ought to know who are responsible men operating trains necessarily endure mm·p than eight hours. for the present condition. ·what are the facts? Investigation bas shown that the great majority of r11ilwny ac-· The trainmen long ago asked an eight-hour day. They fur cirlents in this country have occwTed because of some lnpse of ther askemen only the men suffer the inconvenience of working overtime, dous disadvantage of Joss which will re ult from a t~·in~ up but that the great shipping public suffer, because, as these men of all its transportntion lines, the gentlemen who stand ~11on ors put it, the public ought to be entitle(} to have ~r·eight hauled for the conduct that produced tbe strike will in the entl haYe at least as fast as twelve and a half miles an hour. They cite. cause to seriously regret their action. There are a half tlm.:en in proof of the fact that it is entirely practicable to move men in .New York City who can prevent this :;;t,·il;:e, awl they freight at tllat rate of speed, the example of two or three can do it without taking any serious chnnce of ever lo.'i!H! a railroads that have voluntarily made arrangements with their ·dollar to their properties. The only thing ~1ece~sury for tht:>:u men based upon the moving of a train at least as fast as twelve . to grant is the· eight-hour t.lay-aU other questions to be arbi- and a half miles an hour. trated and settled. 1916. .CONGRESSION.A.L RECORD-SENATE. '13483
Mr. NELSON. i\Ir. President, will the Senator yield to me that transportation to be interfered with, the courts can take ·for a minute? . possession of. the railroad and run it. Railroad companies h~ve 1\Ir. REED. I yield. . . had no difficulty in getting _receivers appointed when they have l\fr. NELSON. Is there not much more involved in it than had little controversies among their stockholders. They have the mere question of eight hours? Does it not_ involve practi had no difficulty in getting receivers appointed when they had cally an increase of pay? Does it. not amount in this instance made a contract to pay somebody interest on a certain n, but I think ferently, that they be insured the eight-hour day by a penalty along with that resolution· of appeal to the men Congre~s can affixed for working the men over eight hours, namely, by pay .well turn a countenance that is not altogether amicahle and :for time and a half in lieu of straight pay for time. - smiling toward the men representing the other side of this Mr. VAHDA~IAl~. ~lr. President, I suggest to the Senator controversy, who can by complyipg with the just requests of the that my under~tanding is that the. railway employees · ha.ve .President of the United States end the possibility of this strike agi·eed to' yh~ld the time and a half pay for hours of wm·k in within the next hour. ex~ess of eight hours, if they can . get the eight-houl' day con 1\11·. V ARDAl\IAN. l\Ir. President. everything that has trans cession. The extra hours worked will be at the regular day pil·ed since. this question .came before the Senate but adus proof wages. Ami 1 think it a liberal concession, becau . ~e I huve to the correctness of the position that I announced a few mo been told by ~om~? of the members of tlle brotllerhood that they ments ago, that we need time. I am personally, nnd fn the really desired thnt the hours of labor per day be i'estricted to performance of my function as a part of this great governmental eight hours. I think eight hours is long enough for some of body, as muctl oppo.o;;e<.1 to doing an injustice to the railroad ti.e railroad men to work-the engineers, for instance, who suffer companies as I am to the men who labor to make the railroad great nervous strain while on duty. companies or their stock worth anything. I desire to be ai.Jso- ·l\Ir. REED. The Senator may be correct in that. That is not lutely just to both parties to this controversy. · . the question I am discussing. I am discussing the question of Hasty legislation at this time on this new question may be responsibility. · more hurtful than the damages which will re:.;ult from tying -Here are 450,000 employees on one ~and ; on the other hand, up the railroads. dogging the channels of c·Ol!.Jlllt>rce, antl we there are a few financiers. The financiers can avert the strike <·an not afford to uo it. We can not afford to legislate in the if they want to. Let nobody make the mh;take of thinking heat of passi~m. It would be eminently unwise tu yielu to our that it is any other influence or power than the financial power resentment, if we have any, at the stubborn and selfish conlluct that is controlling the railway presidents. of the railroad presidents who, in the event a str·ike shall be The president of one of the great railroad systems of this culled, have not anything but dollars and cents to luse. They country, who, I think, conti·ols nearly 13.000 miles of railroad, are not going to suffer for a morsel of bread. ThPy are not was a practicing lawyer of rather limited experience in my going to be denied any of the luxuries of life. Others are to city up to a few months ago. He was absolutely without any suffer-the helpless women and children ·and thost:> dPpen railroads, to ago, where a prominent manager of a large railroad system made postpone the day of the strike, I am sure they woulct do it. I the statement that in these days railroad presidents amount to think they can very well trust to Congress to do them absolute nothing more than the representativ-es and mouthpieces of New justice. I believe a majority of the American people llre iu sym York financial interests. pathy with the laboring people of this country, nnat earnestne:-:s. that we can inve~ted their money in the stocks and bonds of railroarts. I not afford at this time to deal hastily ami without due consid wa.nt them treated fairly, but I warn those gentlemen that the eration with this great problem. United States wil1 hardly look with favor upon a line of policy 1\fr. CLARKE of Arkansas. Mr. President, this morning I that permits all thP. transportation of tlle counh·y to be tied up. received the following telegram: I have aid more than I intended to say. The Senator from Lrr'l'LE ROCK, ARK .• August SO, 1916. Minne:;ota [Mr. NELSON] asked me a que:;tion as to whether JAMES P. CLARKE. we could compel the payment of certain wages, for that is really Member of Senate, WaJ~ltitt[1ton, D. 0.: the meaning of the Senator's question. Although recent de Thls is to advise you that the railroad shopmen are ne~otiatlng at present seeking the eight-hom· da.v. and we would bl" piPased to see cisions of the Supreme Court hn ve extended the power of Con the shopmen be included in any eight-hour law Congress passes affect gress to regulate interstate-commerce carriers far beyond the ing railroad men. limit that I thought would be set, I very much doubt the power E. L. KJ~G, of Congress to regulate . the wages of the men ; but I will tell President Federation Iron Mountain Shops. you a power I do not doubt. Congre. s has the inherent power, Just one word in conne<'tiun with this tt:>le~raru. It •·elutes to and the power under the Constitution, to keep the grPat lines the momentous controversy which is now pending before the of interstate commerce open. If this matter is pre~seU. to the country, which has excited so much int~?rest and so llluch con extremity, it will be discovered by the owners of these roads cern. Its importance and far-r~?uching charactPr is recognized that Congress can keep them open; that when a management by all and its complex character is rPcognized hy mHny. ~~n ·not keep its road running, legal authorities can keep it The power of Congress to establish no eight-hour day for running. . railroad operatives is a matter of very grave doubt. It hns - h~n I said yesterday, and I say now, there ought to be a plain left so by s. statute upon the books provffling that whenever it shall b~ 1\lnny States have attempted to establish nn eight-hour law. made to appear that the United States has contracts with a '~hey have been almost invariahly dedar~l im·alitl, exeept in railroad company to curry tlle mails aDr, Ky.), do t>arnestly besperh you to use your good office to promote a.n dulged. to Congress. There is a so-called hours-of-lahor statute eight-hour national .abor law for all classes of railroad work. making railroads liable for damages that occur to employees who As the country Is VPry much agitated ovPr this matter:, we hope von will are required to work more than 16 hours a day. It' challenged, give this matter due co~slderation You will notice that we D.l'e working from 10 to 12 hours p~>r day · · • · • it will be snppurted upon the propnsttion that that is so obviously · Hoplng that this wll1 meet with your approval, we remalri,1 a matter that en1langers the publtc safety that it will be sus Very respectfully, yours, tained; but there is a zone of uncertainty. there is a line that J'. l\1. WALDEN has never yet been laid down to be considered, before we shall (And many others), , be Ju;.<;tified in saying that Congress has that very wholesome PADUCAH, KY., August 31, 1916. power. Senator OLLIE JAMEs, I make that ob~ervrition in connection with the suggestions Washington, D. 0. · of my conRtituents and friends at Little Rock, Ark., who have We indorse railroad men's request for eight-hour work dny . . done me the honor to send me .this telegram. ROY HURT, President Central Labar Union, Paducah, Ky. LEAVE OF ABSENGE. 1\lr. RANSDE~L. I ask that my colleague [Mr. BnoussABn] CoVIl'iGTON, KY., August 31, 1916. Hon, OLLIE M. JAMEs, may be excused indefinitely on account of illneRs. TVashinqton, D. 0.: The VICE PRESIDENT. The Senator's coll~ague is excuRed. 'I'he Trades and Labor Assembly of Kenton and Campbell Counties, · Mr. CHILTON. .1\tr. President, I have ·word this morning Ky., insist upon the eight-hom· work day at J)l'esent compensation for fTom my colleague [Mr. GoFF) that he is ill at his home, and the railroad employees, and protest agu.inst any law imposing Involun tary servitude. therefore. can not nttenrt upon the sessions ot the Senate. I W. R. MCLINDON, ask unan~mous con..~ent that, pending his illneSs. he be excusert Secreta.t·y T1·ades and Labor assembly. from .aTtendance upon the Senate and from the operation of the order· which the Senate has heretofore entered. LOUISVILLE, KY., .titl.gflSt 31, 1916. Tl1e PRESIDI:'\G OFFICER (Mr. HusHEs in the chair). Hon. OLLIE JA!I.fES, U11ited States Senate, Washin.gton, D. C.: Without objection, it will be so ordered. After a careful perusal of the contemplated legislative program in Jd:F..SSAGE FROM THE HOUSE. tended to meet ·the present contingencies surrounding the possibilities of a Nation-wide strike, we empnaticall~ rwotest a~nst the enal'tmt"nt A messa~eftom the House of Representatives, by D. K. Hemp of any law which fosters compulsory arbitration or any other method stead,. it~ enrolling clerk. announce<] that ·the Bouse agrees to whicu would ton:e il. condition of involuntary servitude upon the work the report of the chmmittee of conference on the disagreeing m:s of this Land. Respectfully, PHIL OssMANN. votes of tlle two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to Secretary United Trades and Labor Assenlbly~ the bill (H. R. 15774) making appropriations to provide, for the expenses of the governnwnt of the District of Columbia for . LoUISVILLE, K_Y,, Augt,st Sls JE1G. the fiscal year ending .Juue 30, 1917, and for other purposes. Hon. OLLJ'E J AlfEs, The m~s ~e also announced that the HouRE" recedes from its United States Senate, Washington, D. C.: oisa.greement to the amendments of the Senate Nos. 1, 354, The legislative committee of the Kentucky State Federation of Labor unqualifiedly subsctibes to the· demands of the Brotherhoods or · tbe 355, 356, and 359 to the bill (H. R. 15774) making appropriations RailroaC: Tral ·1men and empnatically pt·otest:> against tbe enactment to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of any lnw .~bleb ~ntnils arbitr a.i:JOn by comJJU.sion, with a view to 30. 1917. impose npon the workers of this country a 'condition which smacks ot of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June and for lnvuluntacy servitude. · · other purpo~~. antl agrees to the same; recedes from its rtis JOHN SCHNEIDEit, C11airman. anooreement to the amendment of the Senat~ No. 361 ami agrees to t11e same with am{:ncbnents, in which it requeRtert the roneur LoUISVILLE,' KY., August 31, 1916. rence of tbe Senate•• nd further insists upon its disngrt>ement to Hon. OLLIE M. JAMES, · the amendments of the Senate Nos. 58 and ~08 to the bill. United States /Senate, Washington, D. C.: Realizing the enormous and apparently unn~essary loss to wWch PE'J'ITIONS AND MEMORIALS. the proposed railrc.ad strike will subject the Nation, we t•espe.ctfu.lly 1\fr. OLIVER presented petitions of the Manufacturers' Club, urge that you use yonr influence In !avor of the passage of immediate legislation to prevent strike or defer same until just settlement can be of Philadelphia, ani! of the Bourse. of Philadelphia, Pa.. pray made through arbitration. ing that the present railroad controversy be submitted to ar BUll.LEY TOBACCO Co. bitration, which were referred to the Committee on Interstate .BILLS INTRODUCED. Commerce. Bills were introduced, read the first time, and. by unanimous Mr. CHAMBERLAIN presented a memorial of sundry citizens consent. the second time, and referred as follows: of Josephine County. Oreg., remom:;trating again~t the enact By l!t1r. SMITH of Arizona : ment of legislation for the compulsory observance of Sunday A bill ( S. 6975) authorizing Anton Hiersche to select other in the District of Columbia, which was referred to the Com iand in lieu of land now owned by him, required for reclamation mittee on the District of Columbia. purposes and fm• a bird reservation ; to the Committee on Irri- lie al o presented memorials .of sundry citizens of Oregon, gation arul Reclamation of Ariu Lnnds. - · remonstrating against the stamp tax on insurance companies, By l\1r. SMITH of 1\la.ryland : which were ordered to lie on the table. A"bfil (S. 6976) granting a pension to Elizabeth Gnte::~ Perry l\1r. PHELAN presented memorials of ~undry citizens of Cali fornia, remonstrating against increasing the tax on the net • (with accompanying papers) ; to the Committee on Pensions. income of llfe insurance companies; which were ordered to lie AMENDMENTS TO ~~ICIENCY APPROPRIATION BILJ.• on the table. . Mr. WILLIAMS submitted an amendment authorizing the · He also presented a memorial of the Board of SuperviRors of Commissioner General of Immigration to increa..~e tile salary San Francisco, Cal., remon..<¢rating against the enactment of an of the Commissioner .of Immigration at New Orleans, La.. and inheritance-tax 'law, which was orderP-<1 to lie on the table. to pay the same out of the lump sum appropriate() for that pur .Mr. JAl\lES. I pre.. ent a communication :;;igneMr. SHAFROTH submitted an amendment proposing to ap The VICE PRESIDENT. The question is on the motion of propriate $150,000 for the erection of a public building for the the Senator from Maryland. -· • United States post office in the city of Durango, Colo., etc., The motion was agreed to. intended to be proposed by him to the general deficiency ap Mr. SMITH of Maryland. I ftuther move that t11e Senate propriation bill (H. R. 17645), which was referred to the Com- agree to the amendments of the House to the amendmept of the mittee on .Appropriations and ordered to be ~rinted. · · Senate ~umbered 361. The VICE PRESIDENT. The question is on the motion of THE REVE~UE. the Senator from Maryland. ~h. GALLINGER submitted an amendment intended to be The motion was agreed to. proposed by him to the bill (H. R. 16763) to increase the The VICE PRESIDENT. The bill Ls passed. 1·evenue and for other purposes, which was ordered to lie on THE REVENUE. the table and be printed. Mr. PHELAN submitted an amendment intended to be pro The Senate, as in Committee of the Whole, resumet.l the con posed by him to the bill (H. R. 16763) to increase the revenue, sideration of the bill (H. R. 16763) to increase the revenue, and and ·for other purposes, which··was ordered to lie on the table for other purposes. Mr. SIMMONS. 1\Ir. President, on yesterday, just before we and be printed. adjourned, the Senator from Kentucky [Mr. JAMES], stating WITHDRAWAL OF PAPERS-JAMES D. HARRIS. that he had to leave the city, as we all know he is obliged to do, On motion of Mr. OLIVER it was requested that the Senate should consider out of order an Ordered, That the papers accompanying the bill (S. 5809) to increase· amendment which he offered to the revenue bill. I ask that the pension of James D. Harris, Sixty-fourth Congress, be withdrawn that amendment be now taken up, so that the Senator may fill from the tiles of the Senate, no adverse report having been made his engagement. - thereon. The VICE PRESIDEN'l'. Is there objection? The Chail' DIPLOMATIC CORRESPO~DE~CE WITH BELLIGERE!\T GOVERNMENTS. hears none, and tl1e amendment -referred to will be state(l. Mr. STONE. I ask unanimous consent to submit a resolution The SECRETARY. On page 144, after section 102a, it is pro- '(S. Res. 261) to print certain documents. I merely ask for its posed to insert the following: · reference to the Committee on Printing, or, possibly, to the SEc. 103. That whenevet· during the existence of a war in which the United States is not engaged the President shall be satisfied thttt Joint Committee on Printing. there ls reasonable ground to behc:>ve that under the laws, regulations, Mr. SMOOT. No; to the Committee on Printing. or practices of any country, colony, or dc:>pendency contrary to the law Mr. STONE. The Senator from Florida [Mr. Fr.ETCHER] and and practice of nations, the importation Into their own or any other country, dependency, or colony of any article the product of the soli the Senator from Utah [Mr. SMOOT] kpow more about the de or industry of the United States and not injurious to health or morals tails. I will read the resolution-it is very brief-and then I is prevented or restricted the President is authorized and empowered, can be better advised as to where it should .be referred: withln his discretion, to prohibit or restrict duling the per1od such !!roh1bition or restriction is in force, the importation into the United Resol1'ed, That 2,000 copies of volumes No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3 of s-tates of similar ot· other articles, products of such country, depend Diplomatic Correspondence with Belligerent GovernmPnts Relating to ency, or colony ns in his opinion the pubUc interest may require; and 'Neutral Rights, Duties, a.nd Commerce, Issued by the State Department, in such ca.se he shall make proclamation stating the article or articles be printed, a,nd that 1,000 copies thereof be delivered to tae State which are prohibited from importation into the United States; and Department for distribution, and that the remainder be so distributed any person or persons who shall Import, or attempt or conspire to 1m between the Senate and House of Representatives as to divide them as port, or be concerned in importing, such article or articles- Into the nearly as may be practicable equally between individual Senators and United States contrary to the prohibition in such proclamation, ~;hall be Members of the House. llable to a fine of not less than $2,000 nor more than $50.000, or to imprisonment not to exceed two years, or both, in the discretion of the Just a word, if I may impose upon the attention of the Senate. court. '.fhe President may change, modify, revoke, or renew such I bold in my hand volumes 1, 2, and 3. The. department ad proclamation . in his discretion. · vises me that to print 2,000 copies of No. 1 originally woult.l cost 1\fr. UNDERWOOD. ~lr. President", I should like to reserve $724; of No. 2, $1,466; and of No. 3, $2,663. That is approxi the right to object for the moment in order to ask ho\v the mately a totaLof $5,000. ';rhey have been printeti by the Stute amendment comes before the Senate? Is it on the initiative Qf Department, and I am told by the offi<'er representing the ~~ the Senator from Kentucky? retary of State, who was here on yesterday to see me about it, Mr. SIMMONS. I will state to the Senator from Alabama that by using electroplates of the prints already made the cost that the Senator from Kentucky a few days ago introduced this will be very mRtertally reduced. amendment in the Senate. and it was referred to the Fiuanee I ask leave to have this resolution, with the memorandum at Committee. The amendment was cOnsidered by the majority tached, and also the copies of the three volumes of corTe pond members of j:he committee, and I was authorizet.l to accept it. ence, referred to the Committee on Printing. Mr. UNDERWOOD. 'Vas the amendment prepared by the 1\fr. · FLETCHER. Mr. President, can the Senator give any Finance Committee, or did it come from the department? rea..c;on why the department does not order the copies printed? 1\lr. Sll\IMONS. My understanding, from the statement made :Mr. STONE. I am not advised as to that. by the Senator frqm Kentucky, was that the amendment mee~s The VICE PRESIDENT. The resolution and accompanying the approval of the department. documents will be l'eferred to the Committee on Printing. l\1r. UNDERWOOD. Well, I want to say to the Senator from PRESIDENTIAL A.PPROV AL. Xorth Carolina in reference to this question, that I am not A message ·from the President of the United States, by l\ir. opposed to the amendment offered by the Senator from Ken Latta, one of his secretaries,· announced that the President had, tucky; as a matter of fact, I think it is an amendment that on August 31, 1916, approved and signed the . following joint \Yill serve a great many people in the United States. It is resolution : · an amendment that will protect a ~reat agricultural product S. J. Res.129. Joint resolution extending until April 15, 1917, in the United States a~ain~t discrimination, nnd I am glad the effective date of section 10 of the act entitled "An act to that the Secretary of State has taken the initial step toward • supplement existing laws against unlawful restraints and preparing the amendment anct submitting it. I intend to sup monopolies, and for ot11er PUl1)0Ses," approved October 15, 1914. port the amendment. I think it will be of great value to tne agriculture of the United States in protecting the shipments of . DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA A.PPROPRIATIOXS. tobacco into neutral countriE'.s against the discdminations that The VICE PRESIDENrr laid before the Senate the action of are now being made against it by the warring <'Ountries of the House of Representatives a~reeing to the report of the com Europe. I understand that the amendment relntes not only to mittee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses tobacco, but to many other products of the United States. on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 15774) - l\Ir. SMITH of Georgia. It applies to all of them. making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the gov Mr. UNDERWOOD. I am informed thut it is broad enough ernment of the District of -Columbia for the fiscal year ending to apply to all. It is a very meritorious amendment. June 30, 1917, and for other purpo es; receding from its dis I me1·eiy desire to call to the Senator's attention, howev-er, agreement to the amendments of tl1e Senate Nos. ·1, 354, 355, the fact that several days ago the Senator and .some of his 356, and 359 to the bill and agreeing to the same; receding colleagues on the committee singled · me out alone in the from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate No. 361 Senate, and criticized me for offering an amendment to this and agreeing to the game with amendments, in which it re bill. Since that time a number of other amendments have quested the concurrence of the Senate; and further insisting been offered by Senators on the floor without criticism coming upon its disagreement to the amendments of the Senate Nos. from· the Finance Committee. Those amendments have been 58 and 108 to the bill. r·ecognized, considered, and adopted. I huve no doubt tl1at Mr. SMITH of Marylant.l. I moye that the Senate recede they are good, valid amendments; but, of course, I recognize f-rom its amendments numbered 58 aml lOS. that fact-and it is a fact-that there was no binding ru1e in 13486 CONGRESSIONAL llECORD-SENATE. .AUGUST 31,
the Democratic .caucus .nga.im~t the otfertng of amendments. I I nm not making .complaint, so far as I am pel'sonally con am informed, on inquiry made of the secrPtary of the caucuR, rerned, because, as relates to my action, I am alw ys willtmg that there was no resolution passed broad enough to .esp£> t() act in what I believe is the interest of the eople a: ·represent, clnlly cover the ri~llt of the romm1ttee to Inject new matter taking the .responsibility myself and asking o one to htl:e it into thi bill. or to TP~·erse the action of the ca ncus. w.tth me. I merely want these statements to go into the RECOliD, not In I merely desire to can the attention of the Senator fro <>PPO ition to the amendment offered by the Sen11tor from 1'-en North Carolina to the fact that the action of his committee tucky at all. but to show the wi~dom of the Democratic cnueui'l ancl himself in reference to this matter, and the action of his when it assembled in not proceeding along the lines on which commlttE>e and himself in reference to the rever al .nf the caucus the Senator from North Carolin1l and one of his colleagues action relating to the munitions tax.. puts him and hi colL gues criticized me for my action. who criticized me the other day on ex-actly th arne plane Suppose, under the present circumstance.c:;;, the Democratle which I stood when I offered a minor amendment Chattging 'Boone caucus had gone so far as to prohibit the Senator from Ken figure.~ in one pHragrapb of this bill. tuch~ from offering thl~ amendment; an amendmPnt that ls I want the HECORD to show this. I thl:nk it l in the .interest germane to this bill; a.n amentlment that can probably not he Qf the- party that it should show it, bee 11 1l.lthough I Tealize paR ed as an independent bi11 at this se~sion of Congress, the anxiety of the Senator from North Carolina to get his bill with adjournment confront1ng us at every hour; an amendment through, and I am heartily desirous of aiding in the speedy that the SP<.'rt>tnry of Rtate thinks of sufficient importance to passage of the bill. and although I realize, becauRe I have oc the whole country tu bring before the Congress. cupied a similar position in another b ocJy, the tlesire of the More tm:tn that. l am certain that the Senator from North chrurman of the committee to avoid amendments to his bill so Carolina, \Yhen he take his sure, deliberate judgment of thl~ far as possible. nevertheless 'he can nut pu h that mtte to legi..late behin(l dosed doors, to the exclusion of destroying- the independence of acticm and thou::,'ht of the t>n the right of action of their colleagues on this floor. :ators who represent constituencies on this floor. ll .that ·nde l\1r. SIMMONS. l\Ir. President-- pendence is going to be destro~r eu, as ometime may be neoe - The 'VICE PRESIDE1\'"1.'. Does the Senator from Alabama sary in connection with .gi:"eat party me , then 1t an only -yield to the Senator from North Carolina? be done when every man is bound and ;the party it elf taruls l\Ir. lTh"'DEU\VOOD. I yield for a question. responsible to the country in place .of the responsibility of the 1\lr. SIMMONS. 1 thought the Senator was through. individual Senator. J\Ir. UNDEUWOOD. I am not throu"b. It is unspeakable to think that in the last analys· a legisla 1\lr. ll:~l..SON. Will the Senator from Alabama yield to me tive body would refer to a· open vidual judgment and freedom of .action in relaUon to the ·great when it takes that responsibility, an1l everybo1ly f'lhould be con tituencie.<; they represented ; and i-f the 'hour has come- .bound or everybody should be free. If a caucus proposE>!'~ to whlcb it bas not--jn the Senate of the United tat where 1egislate a!'t a eaueuR. 1t must take the party responsibility before have to legislate under gag rule and bebill(] clnsed doors, the the country; it must announc-e its legislation_nnd must stand people of the United tates :\ill repuui.ate the party taking :Rucb on it. Then the country knows -who is · responsible and wl10 a po ition. Therefore I want the RECORD no to show that :the is not. Democratic Party has uot takeu such a positicm; that-there 'is I can see that It would be wise to grant to a committee hnving no warrant for the claim that it stands for uch a po itien ; and charge of a bill the- power to make nmen(lments in minor de that it has not attempted either to gag or suppr tbe indi tails; ancl that privilege is often granted becnu e mistake~ may vidual action of Democratic Senator on the floor. of the enate. creep in; but to say that a party caucus shouhl delegate to a PROPOSED RAILROAD LEGISLATION. party· committee the right to inject new legislation into a bill, Mr. NELSON. 1\lr. President, I do not rise to ad action of the caucus 'itself, or to make important to the point raised h.v the Senator from Alahuma with respect and radic·al <:hant-.res in a bill after caucus action would he to to the merits of tl•e Democratic caucus or us to tts llmitati(m!'l, declare that. instend of having legislation by one of the great and so forth. I rise for another purpose, and that is to ay n parties in the Senate and by the membership of that great few words in behalf of a cia of men who are not heartlm thls · party, the right to think and the right to act is delegatee! to a Chamber. few men ami the remaincler of the membership of the ~enate 'l'here is a cia s of railroad men-and thPy nntnl)el' many are excludecJ from exerdRing frE>ec.lom of action and fref>dom of thousands-,Yho are entitletl to the con.~ueration of tlw Sennte thought. No party in thiR corintry could ever go to the ·people to a far greater extent than are some of the rnE>n wbo ure .L'oln and stam1 on such an outrageous perversion of free legislative ing here now under a threat and asking for legi. lation. I ef. r at1:ion affecting the interests of the American people. to the great army of section men. -switchmen. tl'lPgraph opera That was not done in this instance. I am merely here to de tors. train di. putcher!il, and .·tation agents. There is no -cl ' ot fend my party -on thi!'O que tion. I am advisetl that no sueb railroad emplo~· ees who receive lower wages and, in . orne in -action was take-n. There may have been an understantling, or ~tances, have to work longer bout·s · and I b·u. ·t tlmt in what a resolution may have been pasRed to aJJow minor details to be ever legislation shall be cnHcted grnnting r~:>lief to the men who ~mended, but there was no autb1)Tity given in that caucus to are connected with tbe operation of our railroa(l tbe ; nate reverse the action of the caucus o1· to propose new legislation will not lose sight of the ri,J!bt of the ·e men. They are renlJy by the committee or by anybody else, except that there wa no entitled to greater consideration, because they do not cowe here understanding that the caucus should be binding. It was merely with n threat. per uasive. • There wus no understanding tbut any committee Look at the poor seC'tion men! I bave often tbougb't. as l of the Senate hould have a right to legislate for the Senate. was riding on train at thE' rate of 40 or 50 mile~ 11.n bout·, ho ov instead of t11e Senate legislating for itself-atl of which was much we owe to tbe care and vigilnnee of tho ·e poor men. I do democratic, all of which was in accord with the great prin not know what they .are paid in the South. but in the North ciples of the party. the customa1·y wage • at leaAt In my pat·t of the country, are in The s~nator from Kentucky is not violating any caucus action winter ahout a dollar and a half a Consider the poor pay the station agents receive.. Did you : making appropriations to provide· for the expenses of the. gov ever look into that question? They get a small monthly salary ernment of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending at the ordinary railway station. They are compelled. in or our c?nsidera- - them offered upon the. floor of the Senate when the item to tion. These men are not here in an~ threa~ernng attitude de- i which they related was reached.. I do not think anybody. ques. manding relief, but I mos.t earl?-estly and smcerely hope that. j tioned the right of the committee,. when an amendment-was re they will receive the cons1deratw~ of the Se~ate to an equal . ferred to it after the caucus had adjourned, ~Q. give considers extent with the other class of ra1lroarl men m whose behalf _tion to that amendment and,. when it was reached upon the. legislation is being urged. ; floor· of the· Senate,. ta express the- conclusion of the· committee: I am not hostile to the laboring men. I started my- ow_n llfe , Of course,. that particula.t: amendment waS: not the subject of in the lowest dregs of poverty, and had a hard stl"uggie m my . caucus actron.. and nobody would be bound by the action of the early days. My sympaihjes have always gone out to. the labor- I committee in. re-jecting; it or in recommending it. It was a. uew ing men; and yet, I thank God,. that althou~h· I am far from : matter. being a rich man, although I was. ~rought up- ID poverty, I have' , I have been speaking of the tariff. bill. Exactly -the. same never bad any prejudice or hostility· toward the- wealthy mell! i course was pw·sued witlL refe:re11~ to; the. shipping bil1. whfch or the capitalists of this country. . . l had beerr made a , parcy matter. When an. amendment was. o-f- Let us look the· question squarely m tbe- fac~ What 18 tll~re i fered upon- thE} floor Qf. the- Senate- and not referred to the- <'om in this e-igb.t-hour- proposition? Those who are now. clamo.nng. _mittee, the cliairman of the committee, without any dissent, for it do n<>t mean tha_t. they want to work. only e~ght hrn That is not the propos1t10n, for in the· ~e-xt .~reath they sa_y · · mittee approved or that the committee disapproved. Thnt uc " We want ti:Jne and a ~If for all ext:a time. They. are q!llte-. , tion was not covered by ~aucus, and the acti-on of the commit tee witling to work extra tnne. So tlmt LS' not the trouble.. What . was merely recommendatory. and ne. Democlia:ti~ Senator 1\TTIS they want is not a limi~tion of eiglrt hours a day on then· work~ . bound by it. ~ but they want us to gtve- them tl1~ same- pay for 8. hours- tl'lat Mr. President, on tlie 29th of August the- Se.natol!' fwm Ke~a ti.ey bave been in ~he- ~~it of g~ttmg: for 10· hours; Ql"' that they j tucky [Mr. .fAMES] offeEed this amendment. It ~as refen~~ get fou what is teimetl a. run. . to the committee. The caucus had taken. no action about 1t. We know the fact tha.t on many tra.ins, especially on. passen- : The committee did not think. because the cauc-us bad taken: no ger trains. the train (•rews: make their· runs in- four· or five or · action about this matter that its hands were tied, that it coHld sL hours, and. for this service the-y get pay for a fu}l day's wo~k. . not recommend action by the Senate, ur that it conld. not recom- That. is the case not only_ with pass:nger- tra;ns, bu~ Wlth i mend nonaction by the Senate~ I d'O not think anybody llere fa.