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CONNECTICUT authorizing the sale of land at margin of the Rock Creek William G. 1\1ock, New Milford. and Potomac Parkway for c;onstruction of a church and pro W. Gardiner :pavis, Pomfret Center. vision for proper ingress and egress to said church building, in which the concurrence of the House is requested. JDAllO The message also announced that the Senate had agreed to George F. Gleed, Bonners Ferry. the amendment of the House of Repres·entatives to the bill Hazel M. Vickrey, Firth. ( S. 3804) granting the consent of· Congress to W. D. Com·er Samuel P. Oldham, Rexburg. and Wesley Vandercook to construct, maintain, and operate a Myron A. Corner, Wallace. bridge across the Columbia RivE>r between Longview, Wash., MAINE and Rainier, Oreg. Jesse B. Crosby, Dennysville. ENROLLED BILL SIGNED Cecil E. Sadler, Limerick. 1\Ir. CAMPBELL, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, Michael J. Kennedy, 'Voodland. reported that that committee had examined and found truly NEBRASKA enrolled Senate bill of the following title, when the Speaker Sturley T. Stevens, Comstock. signed the same : Elmer E. Gockley, Edison. S. 3804. An act granting the consent of Congress to W. D. Ross L. Douglas, Litchfield. Comer and Wesley Vandercook to construct, maintain, and Herbert C. Wilkinson, Weeping Water. operate a bridge across the Columbia River between Longview, Otto Dau, Yutan. Wash., and Rainier, Oreg. NEW HAliPSHIRE T.HE NAME OF THE DEI'l'Y IN THE CONSTITUTION Josie L. Pascoe, Chocorua. Harlie A. Cole, Groveton. The SPEAKER. Under the order of the House the gentle James R. Kill Kelley, Wilton. man from Michigan [Mr. HuDsoN] is recognized. NORTH DAKOTA 1\lr. HUDSON. !.h. Speaker and gentlemen of the House, I have asked permission to address the House this morning in Odin Stompro, Columbus. order that I may place in the RECORD a petition, together with Charles E. Watkins, Dunseith. a letter accompanying it, which is so unusual in its form and Gus. W. Hokanson, Fort Yates. matt-er that I think it ought to go into the RECORD rather than _George :aummel, Gackle. merely dropped into the basket. Constantly from the be.ginning Helen J. Beaty, Manning. has this Nation shown it dependence on God, recogmzed by Marion C. Houser, Napoleon. the founders and forefathers of this Nation, and by the men Martin H. Weber, New Leipzig, succeeding them, who have upheld and have had to do with Flora Bangasser, Norma. the Constitution of this Nation. We have recognized that we Hazel Marking, Scranton. are a Christian Nation, and while the name of the Deity does Fred E. Ackermann, ·wishek. not appear in the Constitution, nor the name of the Son, our OHIO Lord Jesus Christ, yet we are known in the world as a John W. McCoy, Barberton. Chri~tian Nation and we are a Christian Nation. We believe Mary E. Ross, Lebanon. that the Divine Architect has been the architect of this great William H. Hunt, Mechanicsburg. Nation in its founding and in its success. I a,m not sure that Allen E. Young, Medina. I am in harmony altogether with the purpose of the petition, William H. Harsha, Portsmouth. but I do believe it is of enough significance to make this ref Walter W. Wiant, St. Paris. erence to it this morning. The petition is signed by J. Clifford SOUTH OAROLIN A Mathews and 31 others, and with the letter accompanying it, reads as follows : Mortimer R. Sams, Jonesville. To the Senate and House of Representatives of. the United States in TEXAS Oongress assembled: John A. 'Veyand, Carmine. This petition respectfully sheweth- Stanley F. Labus, Falls City. 1. That in the otherwise excellent and admirable Constitution or Adah L. Ridenhower, Rico. our country we find no acknnwledgment of the God of Nations, or of Rufus H. Windham, Kirbyville. Jackson E. Brannen, Littlefield. the moral laws of His government. Nathaniel B. Spearman, Mount Pleasant. 2. That in this respect tbe Constitution is inconsistent with the many Edward N. Mulkey, Sherman. practical Christian features of our Government and with the best Albert E. Newman, Texas City. traditions of our past history. 3. That this defect encourages and teaches the false view that the WEST VIRGINIA authority of government is derived solely and ultimately from the will E. Chase Bare, Alderson. of the people and not from the will of God, contrary to. the express Claude W. Harris, Kimball. declaration of Holy Scripture : " There is no power but of God." Thomas C. Scott, Philippi. 4. That it encourages the false doctrine that civil government has Nell Bennett, Pickens. no moral or religious duties to perform, and that irreligious and even Curtis K. Stem, Weirton. immoral men may be properly and safely entrusted with its adminis tration. 5. That this defect ll:'aves the National Government and the govern HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ments of the several States free to enact laws or adopt a course of MoNDAY, Janua'l"!J 17, 1927 administration conh·ary to the express laws of the Christian religion as applicable in civil affairs. Witness the divorce laws of many The House met at 12 o'clock noon. States, and the frequent or habitual violation of the Sabbath in various ·The Chaplain, Rev. James Shera Montgomery, D. D., offered departments of the Government. Our National Constitution is, there the following prayer : fore, a virtual compact or agreement to administer our Government without reference to the moral laws o.f the Christian religion. 0 Thou whose name is above every other name and blessed 6. That the eternal Father has put the government of the world for ever more, hear the unuttered voices of our breasts and into the hands of the I.t<>rd Jesus Christ; that He is upressly de bless us with the peace that follows divine forgiveness. Bear clared to be •• King of kings and Lord of lords," and that the rl:'fusal with our infirmities and fortify us against error. Grant us of this Nation to acknowledge His authority and accept His iaw strength to dismiss the anxiety of to-morrow and make us exposes us to the chastising and destroying judgments of God. strong, urgent men of to-day. Give us the courage that con 7. That those who present this petition are unable, for these reasons, quers disappointment and the faith that draws the future near to accept this Constitution as a right fundamental law for the Nation, and claims it as its own. Throughout our land prosper the and are therefore debarrl:'d on conscientious grounds from participation good and defeat the wrong. Through Christ. Amen. in the government. We can nl:'ither take office under it ourselves nor The Journal of the proceedings of Saturday, January 15, by voting for others lay this Constitution upon them as the rule of 1927, wus read and approved. their official conduct. We pray you, therefore, to propose such an amendment to the MESSAGE FROM THE SEN ATE National Constitution as shall suitably ackno.wlt>dge Almighty God as A message from the Senate, by Mr. · Craven, its principal the source of all authority and power in civil government, the Lord cierk, announced that the Senate had passed the bill (S: 5231). J~sus Christ as the ruler of nations, and His revealed wili as of 1778 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE ~ANUARY 17 supreme authority in national affairs, and so place all Cbrlstian laws, at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republlc, to Christopher Columbus, and institutions, and usages in our Government on an undeniable legal that the several States participating in that conference be notified ll asis in the fundamental law of the land. through the usual DAVID R. FRANCIS Mr. SNELL. That is not the way we are working this _this 1\fr. RUBEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to session. Otherwise we would have them all on top every day. address the House for five minutes. 1!1r. GREEN of Iowa. That is all the explanation I can get, The SPEAKER. Is there objection? I see. There was no objection. The SPEAKER. The Clerk will call the next bill. Mr. RUBEY. Mr. Speaker, I have asked for this privilege COMPENSATION TO RETIRED WARRANT OFFICERS AND ENLISTED MEN in order to announce the death of a very distinguished Mis EMPLOYED BY THE PANAMA CANAL sourian. On Saturday last there passed to the great beyond The next business on the Consent Calendar was the bill a former Governor of the State of Missouri, Mr. David R. (H. R. 15468) to authorize payment of compensation to retired Francis. I have known Mr. Francis since he first ran for warrant officers and enlisted men employed by the Panama governor about 35 years ago. He served our State as governor Canal. with distinction. Not only did be serve the State of Missouri, The Clerk read the title of the bill. but be served the Nation. He came to Washington during the The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present considel·a administration of Grover Cleveland and served as Secretary tion of the bill? of the Interior in the President's Cabinet. Later on, during the Mr. LAGUARDIA. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to admini tration of President Wilson, he served this country as object-! object. ambassador to Russia at a time when it required a man of very The SPEAKER. Objection is heard. great ability to serve with success, and his administration as HUMAN BLOOD FOR TRANSFUSION ambassador to Russia was a success. The next business on the Consent Calendar was the bill He served the State and the country and the people at large (H. R. 12468) to pay for human blood for transfusion purposes. in other capacities. He was president of one of the greatest The Clerk read the title of the bill. expositions the country ever saw, the St. Louis Exposition. The SPEAKER. Is there objection· to the present considera CONSENT CALENDAR tion of the bill? The SPE.A.KIDR. The Consent Calendar is in order to-day. Mr. JAMES. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that The Clerk will report the first bill. the bill H. R. 16023 be considered in lieu thereof. MEMORIAL LIGHTHOUSE TO CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Michigan asks unani mous consent that the bill H. R. 16023 be considered in lieu The first business on the Consent Calendar was the House of H. R. 12468. Is there objection. [After a pause.] The concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 41) respecting the Pan Chair hears none. American conference held at Santiago de Chile in April, 1924. The Clerk read as follows : The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present considera tion of the concurrent resolution? Be it enacted, etc., That any person in the Military E sto.l.Jlishment, or There was no objection. who has been a member of the Military Establishment, who shall fur nish 'blood from his or her veins for transfusion to the velns of a The Clerk read the concurrent resolution, as follows: member or former member of the Military EstaiJlishment who is a Hou.se Concurrent Resolution 41 patient in a Government hospital, shall be entitled to be paid therefor Rcsoh:ed bV the House of RepresentatiL·es (the Senate aoncmrr,ng), such reasonable sum, not to exceed $50, as may be determined by the Tllat it is the sense of the Congress that the United States approves head of the hospital concerne!!4, to erect a memorial lighthouse made to persons in Government service for blood furnished from his or 1927 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 1779 her veins for transfusion to the veins of an officlnl patient ln a. Gov ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE FOR SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA ernment hospital are hereby authorized and validated. The next business on the Consent Calendar was the bill The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, '(S. 475) to authorize the President of the United States to was read the third time, and passed. · appoint an additional judge of the Distriet Court of the A motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed United States for the Southern District of the State of Iowa. was laid on the table. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The bill H. R. 12468 was ordered to lie on the table. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present considera INSPECTION OF BATTLE FIELDS OF BRICES CROSS ROADS AND TUPELO tion of the bill? IN MISSHlBIPPI 1\lr. GREEN of Iowa. 1\Ir. Speaker, I ask unanimous con sent that the bill be passed over without prejudice. The next business on the Consent Calendar was the · bill The SPEAKER. Is there objection? [After a pause.] The (H. R. 12640) to provide for the inspection of the battle field Chair hears none. The bill goes to the foot of the calendar. of Brices Cross Roads, Miss., and the battle field of Tupelo, or Harrisburg, l\1iss. OBSOLETE AERON AUTIC.AL EQUIPMENT The Clerk read the title of the bill. The next business on the Consent Calendar was the bill (H. R. The SPEAKER. Is thore objection to the present considera 12212) authorizing the Secretary of the Nayy to dispose of tion of this bill. obsolete aeronautical equipment to accredited schools, colleges, l\fr. SNELL. 1\Ir. Speaker, reserving the right to object, and universities. may we have the bill reported. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The SPEAKER. The Clerk will re11ort the bill. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present considera The Clerk read as follows : tion of the bill? Be it enacted, etc., 'l'hat a commission is hereby created, to be com Mr. LAGUARDIA. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, posed of the following meml.Jers, who shall be appoiuted by tpe Secre I want to ask the gentleman-! notice there is a committee tary of War: (1) A commissioned officer of the Corps of Engineers, amendment- United States Army; (2) a veteran of the Civil War, who served hon A tid pro·t'ided, That such aircraft, aircraft parts, and engines will not be ornbly in the military forces of the United States; and (3) a veteran used in actual flight. of the Civil War who served honorably in the military forces of the Confederate States of America. Mr. MAGEE of Pennsylvania. That is to be inserted. · SEc. 2. In appointing the members of the commission created by Mr. LAGUARDIA. The gentleman will support that amend- section 1 of this net the Secretary of War shall, as far as practicable, ment? · select persons familiar with the terrain of the battle field of llriceP Mr. MAGEE of Pennsylvania. Yes; it is in the bill as re- Cross Roads, Miss., and the battle field of Tupelo, or Harrisburg, M:iss., ported. and the historical events associated therewith. The SPEAKER. Is there objection? SEc. 3. It shall be the duty of the commission, acting under the There was no objection. direction of the Secretary of War, to inspect the battle field of llrlees The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the bill. Cross Roads, 1\fiss., and the oattle field of Tupelo, or Harrisburg, Miss., The Clerk read as follows: in order to ascertain. the feasibility of preserving and marking for Be it enactecl, etc., '.rhat the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is historical and professional military study such fields. The commis hereby, authorized, in his discretion, to dispose of without charge, except sion shall submit a report o! its findings and an itemized statement of for transportation and delivery, to properly accredited schools, colleges, its expenses to the Secretary of War not later than December 1, 1926. and universities for use in aeronautical courses, ru1y aircraft, aircraft SEc. 4. There is authorized to be appropriated, out of any money parts, instruments, or engines w·hich have been declared obsolete by the in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $3,000, or Navy Department. such part thereof as may be necessary, in order to carry out the pro With a committee amendment, as follows: visions of this act. At the end of line 8 insert a colon and the following: "And pto The SPEAKER. This bill requires three objections. vided, That such aircraft, aircraft parts, and engines will not 'be used l\lr. LAGUARDIA. 1\ir. Speaker, under the reservation I in actual flight." would like to ask the gentleman from Mississippi if this bill is not similar to numerous bills that have been before the House The SPEAKER. The question is on agreeing to the com which have all been merged in one ge;neral survey bill? mittee amendment. l\1r. RANKIN. I do not think so. The committee amendment was agreed to. 1\Ir. LAGUARDIA. How do they differ? The SPEAKER. T,he question is on the engrossment and l\Ir. RANKIN. They differ in this respect. This provides third reading of the bill as amended. for a commission of men who were in these battles. There are The bill as amended was ordered to be engros!::led and read a a great many people, private associations, and so forth, who want third time, was read the third time, and passed. to mark these fields. It has been about 63 years since these A motion to recom;ider the vote whereby the bill was passed battles were fought. We must depend upon the men who were was ordered to be laid on the table. in them for the information as to where and how the fights took MEMORIAL '1'0 CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS place. We want to get this survey now before these old men die, and that is the reason I have introduced this bill and Mr. DAVILA. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to ask that it be passed that we may get this survey made so extend my remarks on the bill in regard to the Statue of that ''e may have it for future reference. Christopher Columbus. 1\fr. LAGUARDIA. Can not the War Department make a The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the 1·cqnest of the surYey as it has made of similar battle fields? gentleman from Porto Rico? 1\Ir. RANKIN. In the first place, the War Department has There was no objection. not made those surveys, and I am not sure that it will make Mr. DAVILA. Mr. Speaker, the project to erect an interna them in time. The fact is, that eycry year these old men arc tional monument to the memory of Christopher Columbus is dying off rapidly, and if we wait many years they will all be so dear to the hearts of all Americans that it should appeal to gone. every Member of Congress, irrespective of section or party. An Mr. RUBEY. I see that under the terms of the bill the appropriate memorial to Columbus would be but a fitting commission has to submit a report by December 1, 1926. corollary to the enduring monuments that have been erected to The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present considera Washington and Bolivar, for the glory of those three immor tion of the bill? It requires three objections. [After a pause.] tals is inseparably entwined. Had there been no Columbus to The Chair hear'S none. blaze the way to the 'Vest, there could have been no 'Yashing The Chair will call attention of the gentleman from 1\Iis::;is ton, no Bolivar, in after times to battle for and finally triumph sippi to the fact that section 3 of this bill r'equires a report to be in the struggle for the rights of man. made on December 1, 1926. This resolution provides : Mr. RANKIN. It should be amended to December 1, 1927. That it is the sense of Congress that the United States approves· the The SPEAKER. Without objection, the amendment will be international project advocated at the Pan American Conference held agreed to. at Santiago de Chile, April, 1924, to erect a memorial lighthouse at There was no objection. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, to Christopher Columbus, and that The bill as amended was ordered to be engrossed and read the several states participating in that conference be notified through the third time, was read the third time, and passed. the usual diplomatic chanuels of the desire of the people of the United A motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill was States to pnrticlpate in this movement to honor the memory of tlt~! passed was laid on the table. great navigator and discoverer. i78.0 CONGRESSIONAL-RECORD-HOUSE JANUARY 17 In deciding upon a favorable report the Committee on Foreign under the terms of the royal decrees, was assigned as tile Affairs was impressed, among other imlorsements, with a reso sepulcher of tho Columbus -family. lution adopted at the Fifth International Conference of .Ameri About-these facts there is no dispute. The contro-rersy tilat can States held at Santiago de Chile, April 24, 1923, reading as has arrested the attention of all students of the life and accom follows: plishments of Columbus I'clate to the supposed removal of the remains from the cathedral some two and a half centuries later, Whereas a monument has not yet been ('rected in Ameriea to per and the discovery within comparatively recent times of tbe petuate the collective sentiment of gratitude, admiration, and thanks· alleged mistake made on that occasion, whereby the bones -of giving toward Christopher Columbus, discoverer of America and bene the son of Columbus were solemnly disinterred under the fnctor of humanity ; and belief that they were tile remains of the great admiral himself. Whereas the city of Santo Domingo, in ancient Espanola, now the America has recently had a somewhat similar experience with capital of the Dominican llepublic, was the scene of the glories and the the remains of her own great atlmiral, John Paul Jonc:-;, whic4 misfortunes of that illustrious -and learned man, anu therefore the afore were recovered from the neglected grave where they lay for mentioned city is iutimately associated with his history; upward of -a century in an obscure burying ground in Paris. The Fifth International Conference of American States resolves to E'feryone who has read the circumstantial details of that recov recommend to the Govcrnmt>nt of the American Republics to honor ery and the identificatiou by Ambassador fortcr knows beyond the memory of Christopher Columbus, discoverer of America, by the the shadow of a doubt that the remains of the great atlmira1, erection of a monumental lighthouse, to be called Columbus, on the who first made the American flag respected on the high seas, are coast of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, and which those that rest in the splendid sarcophagus which a grateful Rhall be built with the cooperation of the Governments and peoples of Nation has erected to the commander of the Bon Homme America and with the further cooperation of the other peoples of the Richa.rd at Annapolis. earth. Wilile proof of the disco,ery and ideuti:tlcatlon of the relics Santiago de Chile, April 24, 1923. of Columbus is as convincing and the surrounding · ch·cum Tullo U. Cestero, Dominican Republic ; J. C. VIdal Caro, Cuba~ stances are as well authenticated as in the case of Joiln raul ~lejandro Alvarado Quir61'l, Costa Rica ; Rafael M. Arizagu., Jones, yet the · details are not so well known to the American Ecuador; Pedro Cesar Dominici, Venezuela; Guillermo public. I feel warranted, therefore, in briefly outlining tile Valencia, Colombia ; CQ.rlos Cuadra Pazos, Nicaragua ; Cecilia facts. Bnstamente, El Salvador; Justino Jimenez Ar~chaga, Uru There is no controYersy ove:._· the fact that the caskets of guay; Narciso Garay, Panama; Agustin Edwards, Chile; Columbus, his . sQn, and his grandson once reposed in the Fernando Saguler, ·Argentina; S. Gurgel do Amaral, Brazil; cathedral of Santo Domingo by right of royal decree. -Just Benjamin Villaseca M., Honduras ; IIenry P. Fletcher, United ·States of America; MAximo Soto Hall, Guatemala; M: Gon where they were interred within the cathedral walls does not If dra, Paraguay; Arthur Rameau, Haiti. appear to have been clearly preserved. recorded, the entry was obliterated by the ravages of time, lost, or destroyed. It That indorsement by the representatives of the united A.meri is known that about the time of the transfer of the remains cnu Republics was a fitting consummation of the untiring and from Spain to Santo Domingo a heated controversy a rose be devoted fabors of the National Columbus Committee, which has tween the family and the Bishop of Santo Domingo as to tlle labored since October 11, 1892, the four hundredth anniversa1·y location of the tomb. The family stipulated the higher plat of the discovery of America, to further the idea of a monu form of the sanctuary, but the bishop assigned the lower plat ment worthy of Columbus's memory. form, reserving the higher for the interment of prelates. A I feel, :Mr. Speaker, that while the gratitude of both American controversy resulted, ending in an appeal to the King, who in the continents should be accorded to aU the patriotic men who have last of the royal decrees already.mentioncd ratified his previous contributed in any way to the accomplishment of this under decision in favor of the family. That was in 1540. . It is uncel· taking, that thanks are especially due to the members of the tain whether or not the remains were transported directly to National Columbus Committee, whose labors have not only Santo Domingo and interred in the incomplete cathedral after brought home to .all Americans the appropriateness .of this having been removed from the Carthusian :Monastery. Trl,ldi tribute to the great admiral, but in addition are contributing tion has it that they remained for a while after leaving the with their efforts to convince the world that the remains of monastery in Seville before being sent to Santo Domingo. We Columbus are in fact buried in the city of Santo Domingo. know from the historian, Las Casas, the friend and clic, as well as the principal eccle~iastical, civil, and military cathedral, when the vi~ils and masses for the dead were solemnly authorities, and, furtllerruore, all foreign consuls, to be present at chant£'d by the archbishop, accompanied by the commandant general of four and a half o'clock that same afternoon, when the vault and the armada, the Dominican and Franciscan friars, and the friars of its contents would be publicly and carefully examined. the Order of Mercy, together with the rest of the distinguished as In the presence of this high assemblage the stone slab was removed, seml>lage. Aftl'r thi!:i a funeral sermon wns preached by the archbishop. the uox taken out, and carefully investigated. As it bad re:sted in the On the same day, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the coffin was trans· absolutely dry vault upon two !.>ricks, it proved to be in a state ot ported to the ship with the utmost state and ceremony, with a civil, fair preservation, but dull in color and covered by a coating ot religious, and military procession, banners wrapped in mourning, oxide, the unmistakable indications of old age. The closed box was chants and responses, and discharges of artillery. The most distin· 21 centimeters, or 9 inches high, 42 centimeters, or 16% inches, long, guished persons of the several orders took turn to support the coffin. and 21 centimeters, or 9 inches, wide. Its hinged and overlappinl: The key wns taken with great formality from the hands of the arch· cover bad on its top the abbreviations : " D. de la A. per Ate," whicb bishop by the governor and given into the hands of the commander of has been interpreted to mean "Descubridor de la America. Primer the armada, to be delivered by him to the Governor of Hnbann, to be Almirante" ; that is, "Discoverer of America, first admiral." Further hPld in ueposit until the pleasure of the King should be known. '.I'he investigations disclosed that on the left side, and also on the front coffin was received on board of a brigantine called the Discovm·e1·, siile of the box, the letter " C" was rudely engraveu, while on tlltt which with all the other shipping displayed mourning signals and right side the letter "A" was found. SRlutNl the remains with the honors paid to an admiral. C. A. Letters engraved on the sides of the coffin.. Exact_size. From the ·port of San Domingo the coffin was conveyed to the Bay ~·hese letters at·e believed as standing for the initials of the words: of Ocoa and there transferred to the ship San Loren:m. It was accom " Cristoval Colon, Almi~ante." panied by a portrait of Columbus, sent from Spain by the Duke of A!ter lifting the hinged co·ver another abbreviated inscription, in Veraguas, to be suspended close by the place wheL'e the remains of his German Gothic letters, was discovered on the inside of the lid- illustrious ancestor should be deposited. " llltre y Esdo Varon The reception of the remains at Habana was, if anything, "Dn. Criztoval Colon.'' more imposing than their depat·ture from Santo Domingo. In 'fhls inscription has I.Jeen interpreted as- the capital of Cuua they remained until the close of the Span· " Illustre y Esclnrecid" Varon Don Cristoval Colon. i~ll-American War, when the Spanish forces upon evacuating that h;land again carried the relics away with imposing cere· " lllllstrious and famous Baron Christopher Columbus."' monies and depo~dted them in the cathedral at Seville. An examination of the contents of the box revealed human remains, The world did not learn that the Spaniards had prouably with tile exception of a few parts reduced to dust. Among this dust made a mistake ~ith respect to the coffin of Columuus when and mold two small iron screws and a bullet of lead were !ound. An they sailed away from Santo Domingo in 1795 until 82 ye.ars explanation of their being there no one was able to give at that later. time. In 1877 extensive rPpairs to the old cathedral at Santo At the end of tb('Be investigations a public declaration was made, In Domingo were again undertaken. The apostolic delegate and the presence of all the foreign consuls, that the real resting place the vicar of the cathedral decided to employ an experienced of the aumiral's body had been !ound and positively identified. The Cuban civil engineer to superintend the repairs. On Mny 14, Spanish consul, Sefior Jose M. de Echeverri, who was present, found 1877, while the workmen were making excavations on the no reason for suspecting the good faith of the examination, nor the epistle side of the sauctuary, a ~mall vault containing frag genuineness of the grave and remains. On the contrary, he manifested ments of a leaden case and some human bones were uncovered. his belief in that which he had seen by at once raising the claim ln The inscriptions on the caf>;ket identified it as that of Don the name of llis government for the delivery of the remains of the Luis Colon, the grandson of Columbus. Following that dis admiral, which in 1795, as now wns evident, were not transferred covery it was decided to institute a search of the entire area to Cui.Ja as intended. of the sanctuary. On Sunday, September 0, some four The news of the discovery, reported by the dltrercnt consuls to thetr months after the finding of the grandson's tomb, the workmen governments and made known by Bishop Rocco Cocchia. in a pastoral ·came upon the empty vault on the opposite side of the altar, letter (" Descubrimiento de las verdaderos restos de Cristobal Colon: from which the Spaniards had removed what they supposed Carta pastoral, Santo Domingo, 1877 "), spread rapidly and caused to ue the casket of Columbus in 17U5. The next day the work· everywhere the greatest interest. But what was regarded as glad men discovered that the space between this empty vault and tidings by all inhabitants of the Dominican Republic was received with the wall of the cathedral emitted a hollow sound, although deep anger and Indignation by the ecclesiastic authorities o! the there was no exterior evidence of another vault being there. Cathedral o! Habana and the Spanish Government. Im·estigation, however, disclosed that a somewhat 111rger vault Finding that their claim to the true relics of Columbus was endan than the one opened by the Spaniards was concealed by a rough gered, they at once accused the Bi~;hop Cocchla and the other digni stone slab and separated by a wall some G inches thick. The taries of the cathedral at Santo Domingo of being the authors of a bol1l ui~bop, the Spaniards, and Italian ~onsuls and certain other frauil, charging them with having manufactured the leaden box, filling eccle~iastical and civil authorities were at ouce notified by the it with l>oues, scratching the inscriptions thereon, digging the vault, workmen of this discovery and repaired to the cathedral to and preparing a dramatic resurrection tn.bleau, at which the foreign witllef':s further proceedings. consuls assisted either as dupes or as conscious principals in the There is perhaps no case of record where greater care was deception. taken to guard against fraud or deception thnn in this instance. To uncover this tL'ickery Consul E cheverri was ordered, in January, From the time a small part of the ~lau was hrokeu, rlisdosing 1878, to procure and forward to Spain the following items of infor-· a box within, until the identification of the casket was com· mation: pleted the bishop, top;etber \Vith the ecclesiastical and civil First. A legalized copy of the act of examination of the human authorities, safeguarded every step, so that the genuineness of remains. 1782 CONGR.ESSION AL R-ECORD-. HOUSE JANUARY 17 Second. Pllotographk reproductions of the leaden coffin, of its four are- missing. It has been said that they were probably de-· sides and of the cover. stroyed at the time Sir Francis Drake and Ws English priva-· Tllird. A certificate from tile scientific faculty •giving the state ot tee:r;s sacked the city in 1586. The more probable version, and preservation in which the said coffin was found. the one held by Tejera, is that they were removed from the Fourth. A detailed and sufficient report showing if at any time the cathedral and transferred to llabana along with the rest of the pavement of the cathedrnl at Santo Domingo had been removed. ecclesiastical and civil archives when the Spanish left the Iu compliance with this order Consul Echeverri requested a. second island in 1801. investigation of the portentious case and its contents. This investiga It is clear, at any rate, that the exact resting place of Colum. tion was made on January 2, 1878, by the Senores Don Pedro M. bus's -remains was ignored in Santo Domingo long before 1705. Pineyro, Don Mariano Socarrez, and Don Manual Duran, doctors ot No other conclusion can be arrived at after a study of the docu medicine and surgery. During the process of this moRt thorough ex mentary proof offered for the consideration of the investigator. amination the above-named gentlemen, on removing the dust of the The following statements offer a concise resume of ali the bones, which lay in tho box, found at the bottom of the case a small existing documentary proof on the matter: plate o.f silver, of quadrangular form, 87 millimeters long and 32 milli (a) Statement of Archbishop Francisco Pto in 1655. This was an meters wide. This plate had two circular holes, which coincided with order by the archbishop to the effect that "the sepulchers be covered two others which were to be seen in tllo back of the leaden box. Now in order that no irreverence or profanation be cpmmitted against them an explanation for the existence of the two little SC}.'ews, which had by the heretics, and especially do I so request w)th reference to the been found among the ruolle and astute ingenuity to prove the remains transferred to and that according to the tradition banded down by the old folks of Habana in 1705 to have been tho genuine remains of the admiral. the country and. to a chapter of the synod above refeued to, the vault Seiior !\fanual Colmeiro supplemented tllese arguments with a report to on the ·gospel side was believed to contain the bones of Admiral Chris· the Royal Academy of History of Madrid, which later on was presented topher Columbus and that on the epistle side either those of his to the King and published by the Government. Not yet satisfied the brother Bartholomew or of Columbus's son Diego, just w4ich of th,e Spanish Government iudicateu her resolution to insist on bcr claims two being uncertain. by recalllng in disgrace her representative in Santo Domingo, Don Jose (e) Letter written on March 29, 1783, by Isidoro rernlta, captain • ranuel de Echeverri, who had been present at the investigation of the general, to Don Jos~ Solano, at the request of the. French historian tomb a.t Santo Domingo and had reported favorably about the uiscovery. M. L. Moreau do Saint Mery, relating and c_onfirming the statements or Of course, the many direct and inilirect attacks on the veracity and the two canons, Don Manual SAnchez and Don Pedro Gah·ez, treasurer ~ood faith of Bishop Rocco Cocchia, r epreseniing him as an audacious and maestrescuela, respectively, of the cathedral. imposter, were rejected with great heat. Firmly maintaining tbat a mistake bad been mRdo in 1795 by Aristizabel, the bishop insisted This is the only e\idence known which coulu have served as that only those remains newly discovered were the true relics of the basis for the exhuming of the ·remains in 1795. Archbi. ·hop Christopher Columbus. The result was a hot controversy, which lasted P!o's order in 1655 advising ~pccially that the old admiL·al's for :rears and p ·oduced a flood of pamphlets and bulletins, in which tomb be covered in oruer to avoid irreverence and profanntion ~::Rch side tried its best to hold its claim aloft. on the part of the heretics tends to show that the exact lo.cn tion I think that this is a fair recital of the outstanding facts of the remains was known at that time. The precautionary attending the discovery of the remains of Columbus. The deep measures adopted by the archbiRbop were floubtless of :sn r. ~ a impres ion and enthusiasm which the discovery of the great nature as to erase any iUentifying trace in the vaults which ' man's remains produced among the Dominican people is vividly incloseu the remains. portrayed by Emillano Tejera, a distinguished Dominican This may be deduced from the letter written by ArclJbiHhop writer, in his book The Remains of Columbus in Santo Cueva y Maldonado to the King of Spain, wherein he speaks Domingo. A short quotation from this work will not be amiss. of the discovery of the remains of the ancestors of the Duke of Says Tejera after making a sketch of the events attendant on Yeragua (Columbus and his son) in 1664, while the pr~sbytei'Y. the uiscovery of the remains in 1877 : · of the cathedral was being repah'eu "without our havmg pre vious knowledge that they were here." It is evident that as The fact was e>ldcnt to all. Columbus was in Santo Domingo. early as this thel.'e existed no exterior signs on the tomb~, . in~e There was no one who doubted it. The enthusiasm bordered on frenzy; Archbishop Cucba y Maldonado hau no knowledge ot then· and if those who have left this al>ode of sorrow are permitted to rejoice existence. at what goes on here, Columbus must have felt an immense satisfac The Synod of the 5th of No\ember, 1683, tells us that OolUlll tion, equal. at least to that which he experienceu when his eyes dis bus's bones lie in a leaden casket in the presbytery ou oue side cerned the shores of America, when he saw that the recovery of his of the step before the main altar, together with those of his remains, after centuries of oblivion, moved many thousands of persons brother Don Luis, which arc on the other side, accory the inhabitants o! exact spot where the remains of tlJe admiral and hls sons lay. Santo Domingo. The Synod is wrong when it states that the remains on the In spite of the unanimity of opinion prevailing in Santo opposite siue of the altar from Columbm;'s are those of Don Domingo in regaru to the authenticity of the remaj .8 disinterred Luis, Columbus's brother. Columbus had no brother named in 1877, a controversy has raged about it for the past half Luis, nor were the remains of his brother Bartholomew interred century. No one, howe\er, who has had the privilege of visit in the presbytery. According to the decrees of Emperor Charles ing the old cathedral at Santo Domingo and of discussing the V, only Columbus and his heirs had the right to be buricwaters, the greater part of which contain gold. The trees and Before concluding my remarks I wish to avail myself of this fruits and plants are very different from those ln Juana [Cuba]. In opportunity to express my gratitude to the Dominican people this isle are many spices and large mines of gold and other metals. for their courtesy and hospitality during my short stay in the The glowing and romantic description of the island by the island recently. The Dominican Republic enjoys to-day the great admiral needs no further comment. Suffice it to say that most complete tranquillity under the administration pre!:iided the island is just as attractiYe now as in Columbus's day, its over by Gen. Horacio Vasquez, a government deserving of vrait;e virginal beauty and fragrance pre·miling in spite of the ad because of its honesty, ability, and efficiency. An era of prog \ances of civilization. ress and activity which shall redound to the great benefit of Historically the island of Santo Domingo is of great interest that island is dawning. Broad, beautiful roads arc being la~d, to the Pan American countries. It was the first portion of the aqueducts and sewerage systems are being built in the citie~. New World to be conquered, colonized, and civilized by Euro irrigation projects and similar constructive schemes to fer peans. From Hispaniola -Hernan Cortes left for the conquest tilize the soil and develop the vast agricultural resources of of Montezuma and his Mexican Empire; Pizarro went to con the island are being carried out and will be instrumental in quer the Inca realm in Peru ; Balboa to discover the great developing the wealth of the nation. With peace assured and South Sea; Ojeda to colonize the mainland at Venezuela; the inhabitants dedicated to the task of promoting their coun VelUzquez to settle Cuba; Ponce de Leon to Porto Rico; Esqui try's progress, we may expect that in the near future the vel to Jamaica. Here was, in brief, the base of operations for visitor will behold marvelous advances and will sec in this the conquistadores. Hispaniola was the center whence Span island, with its wealth of historical association and natural ish power and culture spread. Here the first college in Amer beauty, the real Jerusalem of America, as the DominicnT,l. ica was established, St. Thomas College, founded in 1497, wl'iter, M. A. Cocco, hopes when he maintains that nature and 13!) rears before Harvard College. Here the first fort, Fort history unite in designating Hispaniola as the shrine of Pan Natividad, was built, with timbers salvaged fl·om the wreclr Americans, even as Jerusalem is the shrine of Christians · nnll of the caravel Santa Maria, one of Columbus's three vessels on Mecca that of Mohammedans. his first voyage. Here the first European city in the New As a part of my remarks I want to insert in the REcono the World, Isabela, was founded in 1493, and the first mass in following quotation from Rudolf Oronau's "The Last Resting America celebrated in this city early in 1494. Indians and Place of Columbus" : Europeans fought fot' the first time on ground where later rose WHAT Two AMERICANS JURISTS SAY tP.e old city of La Vega. Here Fray Bartholomew de las It may not be out of place here to reproduce the views of two able Casas did much of his work for the relief. of the oppressed American jurists, who became interested in this peculiar question, Indians ; here the first treaty of peace between Europe and studied the same, and published their findings. John Gilmary Shea, America, a forerunner of the American Declaration of Inde-· In the M'agazlne of American History for Jam.nry, 1883, has criticized pendence, and the result of the first successful l'ebellion of the the methods of the Spanish writers to uphold the claim of Habana New "\\"~'orld against the Old, was drafted between the powerful and to impeach tl\e discovery made in Santo Domingo in 1877 by aRsail King Charles I of Spain and the interpid Indian chieftain ing the character of Bishop nocco Cocchla and presenting him as an im Enriquillo. It amounted to the abolition of Indian slavery and p<>stor. He says: "•.rhese advocates on the Spanish side adopt n RYS· a granting to the Indians of certain of those " inalienable tern which we, at a distance, and with nothing to bias us in favor rights" which ·the Jeffersonian document was to uphold so of either side, can not reco{;llize as just or sound, for at the great feryently 250 years later. bar of historical criticism both side must be held to the same rule of Here the redoubtable Sir Francis Drake held sway for nearly evidence. nut they Insist on everything being taken for grunted in a month in the rear 158G, daily burning a portion of Santo regard to the excavation of 1785, and they not only impeach all the Domingo City, until the inhabitants gathered enough money for evidence of that of 1877, but they even a ssail the good faith of all the ransom of the city. As a souvenir of his visit there is kept concerned, and fail to produce even presumptive proof. The >ault a cannon ball, fired from one of his \essels, which became found in 1795 must, according to them, be regarded as unquestionable imbedded in the roof of the cathedral, where the visitor may ancient; but that found in 1877 requires proof of its age, Seiior Prieto see it to-day. stating • my opinion is that it has not the antiquity supposed.' 'Thet·e We all know that the King of England gave Pennsylvania was no inscription of any kind with the remains taken up in 1795, to 'Villiam Penn in lieu of p11yment ·of a large debt owed to but they must be conceded to be those of Christopher Columl.Jus, while his father, Admiral Penn. Few of us, howeYer, know the those found in 1877 are false, because they have an inscription. origin of chis debt. It was due Admiral Penn for his services Those concerned in the Pxamination in 1705, we are required to be in an e-xpedition sent by Cromwell to conquer Hispaniola, in lieve, acted in perfect faith, free from all pious frauer, as soon as the project for " In l.lehalr of the SpaniRh claim it was neceRsary, in the fncc of the erection of u lofty lighthouse and tomb at Punta Tor the facts, to take bold and high ground. Hence they a1tack the recilla, .in Santo Domingo city, materializes. The lighthouse veracity and good fAith of Archbishop Cocchin, representing him as is to be 1,100 feet high-a trnly monumental structure. The an Impostor·, the perpetrator of an undacious frauu, and allege thnt project, as I ha>e previously stated, has received the support under the pious pretext o! ,contiibuting to the canonization of Colum of the Pan American Umon a11d the fifth Pan American Con bus, he R.Dd his confederates wer·e 'the authors and accomplices of a ference, held at Snntiago de Chile in 1923. At this conference pious fraud.' While Archbishop Cocchia must be here regarded as the it "\\as accorded "To recommend to tho Governments of the chief witness of certain facts, he is certainly entitled to that measure Republirs of America that they honor the memory of Chris of credibility which, upon well-known principles of human nature topher Columbus, the discoYcrer of America, by the erection and of moral philosophy, as well as upon the laws of evidence familiar of a monumental lighthouse to be known as the Columbus in e>ery court or justice, is extended to every witness. It Is not suffi lighthouse, on the coast of the city of Santo Domingo, capital cient to assail the testimony of a dignified gentleman of unquestion of th~ Dominican Republic, "\\hich lighthouse should be built able character and o! high perfional and official worth. It is neces with the cooperation of the Go>ernments and peoples of Amer sary to adduce competent eviuence to sustain such nssertionl:l. I ica, and, indeed, of all the peoples of the world," The legis· must say that the l"el)orts, documents, and general literature before -- 1927 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 1785 me give no such proofs. Nor can I find anything to sustain the petitioner, intervenor, or party, other defendants, cross petitioners, charge itself that the remains exhumed in 1877 were lacking in an intervenors, or parties, separately appearing or filing any answer or tiquity. The official and solemn declaration of all the distinguished paper in said suit or proceeding, shall pay a further fee of $2 for persons present, setting forth the facts, establish the contrary. each answer or paper so filed : And provided further, That upon a plea " With absolute impartiality I have examined the testimony and of not guilty in any criminal case .there shall be charged in the cost s voluminous writings on both sides of this controversy, and the facts the sum of $5, which, however, shall not be demanded of any such and arguments. The question is really narrowed down by the estab- defendant unless and until by order, judgment, or decree of the court _ llshed laws of evidence. The historical fact is well established, and the costs in the case are taxed and assessed against him." it is conceded by the Spanish advocates of Habana that the remains SEc. 2. That paragraph G of section 8 of the said act of February -of Columbt.B had been deposited in the sanctuary of the Cathedral of 11, 1925 {43 Stat. L. p. 8G8), be, and it is hereby, amended to read San Domingo, on the right, or gospel, side of the altar. By the rules as follows : of evidence, a . state of facts or conditions of things once established "6. For a copy of any r ecord, entry, or other paper, and the com or admitted is legally presumed to continue until a different one is parison tllereof, 15 cents for each folio of 100 words : Provided, That proved or admitted. lienee it follows that the remains of Columbus in each criminal case not provided for in section 1033 of the Revised are presumed still to repose in the Cathedral of San Domingo, unless Statutes of the United States the clerk shall furnish each defendant, · the advocates of the Cathedral of Habana can prove incontestably upon his request, a copy of any information filed or indictment returned their subsequent removal to Habana. Now, what proof is there of such agalnst him, the fees for said copy and the certificate thereto, at the a removal? The contents of a grave, containing human remains, were rates provided for by law, to be taxed as costs; but such fees shall certainly removed in 1795. But there was no leaden case, only frag not be demanded of any such defendant unless and until by order. ments of lead showing there may have been one formerly. '!"'here was j~dgment, or decree of the court the costs in the case are assessed no plate bearing a name or an inscription, and the grave was un against him." marked. There was nothing to show whose remains they were. Even the official act or document made on the occasion pointedly and sig Mr. LAGUARDIA. 1\lr. Speaker, I move to amend by strik nificantly refrains t'rom mentioning whose remains they were. ing out, on page 2, line 7, after the word "filed," the balance "The remains of the great admiral were transported about the of line 7 and all of lines 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12. year 1541 to the New World he had discovered, and buried on the The SPEAKER. The gentleman from New York offers an right-hand, or gospel side of the grand altar of the Cathedral of amendment, which the Clerk will report: San Domingo, and there they reposed unquestioned until 1795, when The Clerk read ns follows : the Spanish Government and the Duke of Veragua immediately and Amendment offered by Mr. LAGUARDIA: Page 2, line 7, after the hastily, on the t>onclusion of the treaty of Basle, and to avoid the word "filed," strike out: '1A.nd prot>ided further, That upon a plea of complications of leaving them on other than Spanish soil, undertook not guilty in any criminal case there shall be charged in the courts their removal. In the haste of the removal no other grave in that a sum of $5, which, however, shall not be demanded of any such sanctuary was thought of but that of Columbus, and the first grave defendant unless and until by order,- judgment, or decree of the court found on the gospel side was taken to be his, and the remains were the costs in the case are taxed and assessed against him." immediately removed to llabana. There was no inscription by which to identify the remains, and yet should other graves be afterwards Mr. LAGUARDIA. Will the gentleman from Pennsylvania found under the sancttaary, or should another grave be found on the be kind enough to accept the amendment? gospel side and especially under the bishop's chair, what authenticity Mr. GRAHAM. I can not accept the amendment, because could attach to the remains removed to Habana? But-still stronger it would destroy the bill. The bill is to relieve this tax from what if another grave should be found thus located, bearing equal these matters until the case is decided. It is left to the court evidences of antiquity, and containing five separate and distinct in to assess the costs. scriptions stating in unmistakable language that they were the re Mr. LAGUARDIA. The man might not be convicted. mains of Christopher Columbus 'l Yet all these were found in 1877. Mr. GRAHAM. It will not be put on him in that event. Mr. Greenleaf, in his great work on the laws of evidence, states that Mr. LAGUARDIA. It is in the discretion of the court? the evidence derived from ancient tombs and the inscriptions thereon Mr. GRAHAM. Yes; it is in the discretion of the court. stands in the very first rank of proof in the court of justice. But, Mr. LAGUARDIA. Will the gentleman state how it will see the corroborating circumstances: first, its location just where be in the case of acquittal? In that case the judge can not Columbus had been burled; second, the finding of the grave of Luis tax him with the costs? Columlms on the epistle side, just where it had been buried; third, 1\fr. GRAHAM. That is the law. You can not tax the man the finding of the empty grave of Diego Columbus, just where it had who is acquitted. been located, thus completing the identification of the grave of the Mr. LAGUARDIA. That satisfies my purpose, and I with three Columbuses ; fourth, the remnants of corroded leaden plates in draw the amendment. the grave of Diego, showing that there had also been an inscription The SPEAKER. Without objection, the amendment is with there, while the other two graves nrc . clearly identified by appropriate drawn. inscriptions of Columbus and Luis Columbus; fifth, the high and un There was no objection. impeachable character of the archbishop anu other officials making the Mr. HILL of Maryland. Mr. Speaker, I move to strike out discovery and certifying it to the world ; sixth, the witnesses called, the last word for the purpose of asking a question of the in the persons of the consuls of foreign nations, to see and certify chairman of the committee. to the whole proceeding; seventh, the absence of all proof or identi The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Maryland moves to fication of the remains removed in 1795 as those of Columbus ; eigllth, strike out the last word. the judgment of learned historians and experts in favor of San Do 1\lr. IIILT.J of Maryland. In the last section of the bill which mingo ; ninth, the current and living acquiescence of the world, as has just been read I understand the same observation which manifested by the fact that, wllen antiquarians, students, officials, his the chairman mac.le in answer to the question of the gentleman torians, or tourists start o1.1t to visit and pay homage to the lllus from New York [Mr. LAGUARDIA] applies here. If there is an trious man who discovered America, they go directly to San Domingo, acquittal in the case, these copies are uot charged up in the nnd there only." case? Mr. GRAHAM. Of course, no costs can be charged to the FEES OF CLERK'S OF DISTRICT COURTS acquitted man. l\Ir. GRAHAl\f. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to Mr. HILL of Maryland. I withdraw the pro forma amend go buck to No. 731 on the calendar, the second bill on the ment. calendar to-day. The SPEAKER. Without objection, the pro forma amend The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Pennsylvania asks ment is withdrawn. The question is on the third reading of unanimous consent to return to Senate bill 3444, Calendar No. the Senate bill. 731. Is ther~ objection? The Senate bill was. ordered to be rend a third time, was There was no objection. read the third time, and passed. The SPEAKEJR. '.rhe Clerk will report the bill. A motion to reconsider the vote whereby the bill was passed The Clerk read RS follows : was ordered to be laid on the table. Be ·it enacted, et c., That section 3 of the act of February 11, 1925 Tile SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the next bill. ( 43 Stat. L. p. 857), be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as COTTON REPORTS OF THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE follows: " SEc. 3. Upon the filing of any answer or paper joining issue, or the The next business on the Consent Calendar was the bill entering of order for trial, there shall be charged and collected by the (H. R. 15539) relating to certain cotton reports of the Secretary clerk, from the party or parties fillng any such answer or paper, for of Agriculture. services performed and to be performed by said clerk in saitl case or 'l'he title of the bill was rend. proceeding the further sum of $5 : P1"0t'ided, That after one fee, as here The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present considera inbefore provided in this section, has been paid by any defendant, cross tion of the bill2 1.786 CONGRESSIONAL RECOR.D-HOUSE JANUARY 17 l.Ir. LAGUARDIA. Reserving the right to object, I want to by a visiting representative, and if made in writi,ng shall be forwarded ask the gentleman from Texas what provision is in the bill, by registered mail, and the registry receipt of the Post Office Depart or what facilities has the department, for access in order to ment shall be accepted as evidence of such demand. Any owner, presi conform to the requirements of tile bill? dent, treasurer, secretary, director, or other officer or agent of any M:r. JONES. Section 4 provides for that. cotto!l warehouse, cotton ginnery, cotton mill, or other place or estab l\.lr. LAGUARDIA. The Secretary expresses grave doubts as lishment where cotton is stored, who, under the conditions hereinbefore to that. stated, shall refuse or willfully neglect to furnish any information 1\fr. JONES. That was before section 4 was put in. When herein provided for, or shall willfully give answers that are false, or the report was made the Secretary approved it. shall refuse to allow agents or employees of the Department of Agri Mr. LAGUARDIA. The Secretary approves a suspension culture to examine or classify any cotton in store in any such estab of the reports for certain months? lishment, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, Mr. JONES. Yes. It was the unanimous opinion in the shall be tined not less than $300 or more than $1,000, at the discretion South that it ought to be limited. of the court. l\.lr. LAGUARDIA. Is it not a fact that suspension of re SEc. 5. The Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct studies and pre· ports is to the disadvantage of the farmers, because speculators pare and publish from time to time reports on the various ·uses of cotton are in a better condition to indicate the condition of the crop of the several grades and qualities upon which reports are issued in entire than anybody else? accordance with section 3 of this act. 1\Ir. JONES. The gin reports are issued every two weeks. SEC. 6. Samples of cotton used or to be used in determining the · l\fr. LAGUARDIA. You would not suspend them? grades and qualities of cotton in accordance with section 3 of this act Mr. JONES. Oh, no. shall, under such regulations as the Postmaster General shall prescribe, Mr. SNELL. Will the gentleman from Texas explain the pass through the mails free of charge, whether deposited in the mails cost of tllis bill? by officers or employees of the Department of Agriculture or by persons l\.lr. JONES. It will be something like $300,000, according from whom sucb samples are obtained. to the Budget estimate. We llad a hurried report on this be SEC. 7. The Secretary of Agriculture may cooperate with any de fore they got through their investigation. Since then the partment or agency of tbe Government, any State, Territory, District, Senate amendments have been put on. or possession, or department, agency, or political subdivision thereof, Mr. S~"ELL. Does the gentleman approve of the passage of or any person; and shall have the power to appoint, remove, and fix: a bill involving an expenditure of $300,000 without definite the compensation of such officers and employees, not in contlict with approval? existing law, and make such expenditures · for the purchase of samples Mr. JO~"ES. There is definite approval. of cotton, for rent outside the District of Columbia, printing, telegrams, Mr. BLACK of Texas. This was approved by the Depart telephones, books of reference, periodicals, furniture, stationery, office ment of Agriculture and received the unanimous indorsement equipment, travel, and other supplies and expenses as shall be neces of the Committee on Agricultut·e, and certainly is urged by sary to the administration of this act in the District of Columbia and the cotton planters of the entire South. · elsewhere, and there are hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of Mr. SNELL. I presume that is so. I do not know that I am any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums opposed to the bill, but I do think it is wrong in principle to as may be necesHary for such purposes. pass bills of this character by unanimous consent when they SEc. 8. All laws and parts of laws in contlict herewith are hereby provide a charge on the Treasury of $300,000 or $400,000 and repealed. with hardly any explanation. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third tinie, Mr. LAGUARDIA. And it has not the full approval of the was read the third time, and passed. department? A motion to reconsider the vote whereby the bill was passed Mr. S~"ELL. I am not opposed to the bill. was laid on the table. Mr. BLACK of Texas. I hope the gentleman will not object. I think this legislation is badly needed. COMPENSATION TO RETIRED . WARRANT OFFICEllB AND ENLISTED MEN Mr. SNELL. I wonder whether the gentleman will always EMPLOYED DY THE PANAMA CANAL take that position. l\Ir. DENISON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to Mr. BLACK of Texas. I will try to do so. return to No. 743 on the calendar. That bill was called before The SPEAKER. Is there objection? I came into the Chamber. I was detained by a committee meet There was no objection. ing, and I understand the gentleman from New York [l\Ir. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: LAGUARDIA] objected. I would like to ask unanimous consent Be it enacted, etc., That, of the :.-eports issued by the Secretary of to return to that bill and see if we can not get the gentleman Agriculture pursuant to the act entitled "An act authorizing the Depart from New York to withdraw his objection. ment of Agriculture to issue semimonthly cotton-crop reports and pro The SPEAKER. The gentleman from lllinois asks unani viding for their publication simultaneously with the ginning reports of mous consent to return to Calendar No. 743. Is there objection? the Department of Commerce," approved May 3, 1924, only four shall be Mr. LAGUARDIA. I would not object to its being reconsid issued hereafter, one as of September 1, one as of October 1, one as of ered, but when the Speaker puts the question, Is there objec November 1, and one as of December 1, each of which shall state the tion? I shall object. condition and progress of the crop and the probable number of bales 1\lr. DENISON. Has the gentleman decided positively that he which will be ginned, these reports to be issued simultaneously with will object without any explanation? the cotton·ginning reports of the Bureau of the Census relating to the Mr. LAGUARDIA. I have had a full conference with the same dates, the two reports to be issued from the same place at 11 Comptroller General about this. And I am opposed to the gen a. m. of the eighth day following that to which the respective reports eral policy of allowing retireu men of the Army and Navy to relate. When such date of release falls on Sunday or a legal hollday occupy civil positions and draw double pay. the report shall be issued at 11 a. m. of the next succeeding workday. Mr. DENISON. Of course the gentleman knows that this Smc. 2. Tbe Secretary of Agriculture shall cause· to be issued a report prohibition has been remo-ved as to every other department of on or before the 10th of July of each year showing by States and in the Government by Congress, and it only applies now to the toto the number of acres of cotton in cultivation on July 1, to be Panama Canal. followed on September 1 and December 1 with an estimate of the l\1r. LAGUARDIA. .And we are going back the other way, acreage of cotton abandoned since July 1. and every time we ba>e the opportunity we .are simply going SEc. 3. It shall also be the duty of the Secretary of Agriculture, in to prevent retired men and officers of the Army and Navy from so far as practicable, to report from time to time the grades, staples, drawing a pension and also their regular pay. and qualities of the cotton in the warehouses, and his estimate of the 1\ir. DENISON. Of course, this bill only applies to a small grades, staples, and qualities of that which is being produced. number of enlisted men who are employed on the canal. SEc. 4. That for the purposes of section 3 of thi~:~ act it shall be the 1\Ir. LAGUARDIA. Of eourse, their pension is· simply sus duty of every owner, president, treasurer, secretary, director, or other pended during the time they are receiving pay from their civil officer or agent of any cotton warehouse, cotton ginnery, cotton mill, or occupations. other place or establishment where cotton Is stored, whether conducted Mr. DENISON. The gentleman knows this bill has once as a corporation, firm, limited partnership, or individual, when re passed tile House? quested by the Secretary of Agriculture, or by any special agent or other Mr. LAGUARDIA. I know that; but it is a matter of policy, employee of the Department of Agriculture, acting under the instruc I will say to the gentleman, and bas no relation to the merits tions of said Secretary, to furnish completely and correctly, to the of the cases of the e particular men. We are trying to get away best of his knowledge, all of the information concerning the grades and from having retired men and oftkers of the Army and Navy stapl~ length of cotton on hand, and when requested to permit such occupying civil positions draw both salaries. It puts every civil agent or employee of the Department of Agriculture to examine and employee at a disadvantage. · classify samples of all such cotton · on hand. The request of the Secre Mr. DENISON. Mr. Speaker, in view of the objection of the tary of Agriculture for such information may be made in writing or gentleman from New York, I will withdraw the request 192"7 CONGRESSION A:lli RECORD-HOUSE 1787
RELIEF OF CERTAIN CI'l'IZENS OF EAGLE PASS, TEX. Mr. LAGUARDIA. Oh, no; there is another one coming in. The next business on the Consent Calendar was the bill (H. Mr. SWEET. Not of this nature. R. 13778) for the relief of certain citizens of Eagle Pass, Tex. Mr. SNELL. It is the only claim of this particular char The Clerk read the title of the bill. acter that could possliJly be referred to. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present considera Mr. LAGUARDIA. But you do not specify the character of tion of the bill? the claim in your resolution and if you strike out your where There was no objection. as clauses, permit me to suggest to the gentleman from New - The Clerk read the bill, as follows: York, it would be indefinite. Mr. BEGG. Mr. Speaker, that being the case, I will ask · Be it e11acted, etc., Tbat. the Secretary of War is authorized and unanimous consent to withdraw my amendment. 13, which authorizes the acquisition of a suitable site for 1\Ir. PURNELL. So very little that it is not noticeable. the post office at Olyphant, Pa., be, and the same is hereby, amended l\lr. LAGUARDIA. It does not pay the sailors anything. as follows: 1\Ir. PURNELL. As a war measure, and bear that in mind, u Pro·t:ided, That the Secretary of the Treasury may, in his discre tile Government extended this privilege to the Army and the tion, accept a title which reserves or excepts all orelil or minerals on Navy. 'l'he Army is on tile same footing as the Navy. They the lands, with the right of mining same." haYe not manufactured, nor have they issued catalogues nor The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, u:;ed the Government frank to advertise their business, nor was read the third time, and passed. have they set up these air-tight methods of procuring business A motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed for the Army. In other words, they have lived up to the spirit was laid on the table. of the law. I call the attention of the gentleman to the origi nal act. Here is what the original act says, and I address my ISSUANCE OF PATENT TO THOBE WHO SERVED IN THE WORLD WAR remarks particularly now to the three or four gentlemen who Mr. BLANTON. l\fr. Speaker, I rise to a question of the object to the consideration of this bill. The act provides- privileges of the House, and I present a resolution. - ~hat hereafter uniforms, accouterments, and equipment shall, upon The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Texas rises to a ques the reftue:;;t or any officer of the Navy or any officer of the Marine Corps tion of the privileges of the IIouse and submits a resolution, or any officer of the Coast Guard while operating with the Navy or any whieh the Clerk will report. midshipman at the Naval Academy or cadets at the Coast Guard The Clerk read as follows : .Acnuemy, be furnished by the Government at cost, subject to such Whereas the bill S. 4480 was duly passed by the Senate, was duly restrictions and regulations as the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe. engrossed, anrl by the Senate duly messaged to the House, and was by It will be seen tlJat these may be furnished upon the request the House fully passed and the bill was duly enrolled, duly signed by of any officer, and so forth. The Army is furnishing these the Speaker, and messaged back to the Senate for the signature of the l!niforms on request. The Navy is not only not living up to the President of the Senate ; and spirit of the law but they are absolutely defying it by closing Whereas thereafter, on December 13, 1926, the Senate messaged to their contracts to tile public, sending their representatives to the House a resolution asking that the Speaker withdraw his signature solicit the business, and paying a commission therefor. Of from the enrolled bill, that the House rescind its action in passing said course, tile Navy can outsell and outbid private individuals, if engrossed bill, and that said engrossed bill be returned to the Senate, they are given the use of the Government frank, free rent, free which action could be taken in the House only by unanimous consent; telephone, and free lights, and give these representatives sole and admi8sion to these institutions where the uniforms are sold, Whereas on said day, December 13, 1926, such unanimous consent and in addition have the Treasury of the United States back was requestecl in the House and was refused, following which action of tlJem. and report thereof should have been messaged to the Senate with the Mr. LAGUARDIA. 1\Ir. Speaker, this is the first time that return of said bill to it, but said bill has remained on the Speaker's any member of the Committee on Naval .Affairs bas admitted table ever since ~cember 13, 102G : Therefore be it that the Navy Department can do any wrong. ResoZved by the 1Iottse of Representatives, That said bill be messaged l\Ir. PURNELL. I am not on the Naval Affairs Committee. back to the Senate with notice of such refusal to grant the action I am from the Committee on Agriculture, and I am trying to prayed for by the Senate. help tile farmer. Mr. BLANTON. 1\Ir. Speaker, I present this resolution with 1\Ir. KVALFJ. Is it not a fact that they get these uniforms no intent to reflect upo~ the action of the Speaker in keeping on at about 25 per cent cheaper than from a private tailor? the Speaker's table since December 13, 1926, this Senate bill l\fr. PURNELL. No; it is not. I am sorry that the chair 4480. man of the Committee on Naval Affairs is not here. lie is The SPEAKER. The gentleman is addressing himself to even more vehement ahout it than I am. the question of ·privilege? Mr. KVALE. Then why are the tailors objecting to it if l\Ir. BLANTON. Just for a few moments; I do not desire to that is not the case? take up much time. Mr. PURNELL. They are perfectly willing to meet any The SPEAKER. Would the gentleman ask unanimous con legitimate competition, but the United States Government ought, sent; the Chair is not quite ready to rule? last of all, to be the one to set up competition that is not just. 1\Ir. BLANTON. To comply with the Speaker's request, I ask I tru~t these gentlemen will withdraw their objection. [Cries unanimous consent to proceed for 10 minutes. of "Regular order!"] The SPEAKER. Is there objection? [After a pause.] The The SPEAKER. The regular order is demanded. The ques Chair bears none. tion is, Is there objection? l\!r. BLANTON. Gentlemen, this is a bill which was intl'o Mr. BLACK of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I object. duced in the Senate to protect the patent rights of our service I CO:N GRESSION AL RECORD-HOUSE JANUARY 17 men during the pentntives the f'nrolled bill These intere-sts were strong enough to influence the Senate to ( S. 4480) providing for the extension of the time limitations under pass a resolution December 13 and n~kccl, first, that the which patents w~re i15sued in the case of persons who served in the Speaker withdraw his signature from the enrolled lJill, ancl :.ll'mcd forces of the Unitrd Stutes during the World War, together then asked that we rescind our action iu paRsing tile engro:-;se(l with the engro~sed bill, with the request that the Speaker of the bill, and then that we send that engros:-:el1 bill bade to the House be authorized to rescind his action in t:;igning the enrolled bill; Senate. They say, I nnder:::tand, if we hnd iilcr its Yote on tbe passage Now, that action took tllC unanimous con!'!ent of this Hom;e. of the bill and return the engrossed bill to the Senate." 'l'hnt action requeste olution. him assume the responsibUity for this bill which the Connnittce on l\lr. DYER. Tile resolution will do what wa~ intended to be Patents bas not consillercd. done? lli. J.A.COB!:rl'F.IN. Will tlte gentleman permit nnotller question? Would Mr. BLANTON. Yes. I jnl't want to prevent this bill from it not bP enl'ller later to amend this same than it woulrl be for the bill dying an unnatural deutil on the :::;peaker '~ fuule and it!:! parlia ex-service men to get the thing through? mentary situation to he upheld by the HouF;e. !h'. llLAXTO=-<. I object. 1\Ir. SPEAKS. Mr. ~peaker, will the gentleman yield 'l 'l'he Srl~AKF.n. Objection is heard. l\lr. BLANTON. Yes. The pnrpose of this bill was to protect our soluiers in their Mr. SPEAKS. Is it nn unn!-:ual procednre for the Apeaker patent rights, while they we:~,·e far away iu "the trenches of to llo1d the bill uncler these conditions? I am in sympatily with France fighting to 8aT"e the civilization of the world. And this wilat the gentleman i~ tr_ving to do. was an attempt to kill this lJill by rescinding our action in Mr. BLA..~TON. Yes; it is uuu~ual. I can find no precedent passing it. for it. I knew a chairman of the Committee 0:1 Rules once in Mr. LA.GUAUDIA.. Arc these patents rights of the original this CongreF:s who held his hip pocket full of rules authorized illT"entors? by the Committee on RuleR to consider legislation immediately, Mr. BLANTON. Of tile original inventors. It protects their but lle let them die -with the dying Congress by holding them right when they coulcl not be here to protect them, while they in his I>Od{ct aml not calling tJ1cru up. The Speaker has the were ou the buttle fields of France. It was introduced at the right to bold thi:-; until yon clir('et him to send it back. instance of the Amedcan Legion in behalf of its men, int;l'o- Mr. DYEH. He can not do anything else. 1927 CONGRESSIONAL RECOR.D-I-IOUSE 179Il·
Air. WOODHUFF. The gentleman will remember that tlle ~Ir. LAGUARDIA. This bill is not approved by the Depart~ same memlJer of the Committee on llliles wllo huu rules in his ment of the Interior. hip po~ket was left at h'ome by his people. Mr. BLANTON. nus the gentleman objected? :Mr. BLANTON. Yes. I am not comparing our present j\Ir. LAGUARDIA. Yes. I am only oue. Speaker with that gentleman, because there is no comparison Mr. BLANTON. I object. between them. 'l'he SPEAKER. Two objections are beard. Is there an The RPEJAKER. The Speaker had no other course to take otller? than to hold the bill on tlle table, in view of the action of the 1\Ir. TAYLOR of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, wbat is this bill ·Hem." c. The Chair holds that unanimous consent is necessary about? to s by either party, notwithstanding tlle lapse of ~rr. Stevhcns, ohj<•cterl. and the request of the Senate Wal:) th';ls time or statutes of. limitation, to hear, examine, alljuUicate, and rencler deuierl. "Thereupon immediately t11e leader on the floor m judgment in any una all legal and equitable claims which the Shoshone eharge of proceeding;-;, ;\!r. Dalzell of renn~:;ylyania, offered the Tribe of Indians of the Wind Ri\'er Reservation in the State of following resolution, to wit: Wyoming may haYe against the United States arising under or growing Ot'df'I'Cd, That the Clerk !Je uirected to return to the Sennte the out of the treaty of. .July a, 18G8 {15 Stat. p, 673), or arising unu<'r enrolled bill (S. 5718) providing, etc., "ith the information that the or growing out of any subsequent treaty or agreement between said 1Io11::;c ha::; cunHidt-rctl the rcquc.st of the SP.uate and that the House Shoshone Tribe of Indians and the United States or any subsequent act vacnte the action of tbe Speaker iu sij;ning saiu enrolled bill, and thnt of Congress aff~cting said tribe, which claims have not heretofore been the unanimou::; rcm::;Pnt nece::; sary to enable such action to be taken was determined nnd ndjudicated upon th£'ir merits by tbe Court of Claims refused. or the Supreme Court of. the United States. When a :Mem!Jer attempted to interpose objection to the SEC. 2. '.rhe elnims of saiotl tribe shall be presented by petition, sub eunsideration of said oruer, the gentleman from Penn::;ylvania, ject, however, to amendment at any time. Tht! suit under this act )Ir. Dalzell, ::;aid: shall be instituted or petition filed in the Coul't of Claims witJ1in three years from the date of approval of this net. Such suit shall make the It Is ab. olntri ly uecessury as a matter of comity- Shoshone Trihe of Indians of the Wind Ui"nr Rel'lervntion in Wyoming showing that the House should net, aud ad immediately, and party pluintHI and the United Stutes party defenuant. The petitiov uo objection wu:s rai~ed, und said order was pasHcd, and the shan be Vl:'rified upon information and belief by the attornt>y or attor· Scnr~te wus thus uotified immeiliately that the House had re neys employed by said tribe to prosecute said claims under contract fused to grant its request. And I think that in this instance approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of \Ye should notify the Senate immediately that we do not ag1·ee the Interior. Letters, papers, uocumen1 , and public records, or certi to rescind our a<:tion, !Jut that we insi:;t on this bill going to fied copies thereof, bearing npon the clnims presented, may be used in tlle "White Honse for the President's sig"'lature, and not that evidence, anu the departments of Government shan give the attorney it go bad\: to the Seuate there to die in u committee. of said tribe access to any such letters, papers, documents, or public Will the Chair permit a parliamentary inquiry? records and sl•all furnish certified copies of such thereof as may he Tlle HPEAKER. Ye::;. Tl1e gentleman will state it. deemed material. Mr. BLANTON. What is to become of this bj.ll, with the SEc. 3. In 8aid suit the court shall al!Oo bear, examine, and acljudi· si;,'11nture of our Speaker to it? Is it to be held on the cate any claims which the United States may have against said tribe, i::i11caker's table until \Ye adjourn? but any pnyment including gratuities which the United States may 'l'lJc SPEAKER. 'Vhatever the House desires. have made to said tribe shall not Ol)eJ.'ate as an el:ltoppel, but mHy be Mr. BLA..."\TON. Inasmuch as the gentleman from Indiana, pleaded as an offset in emch suit. who i:-; chairman of the Committee on Patents [Mr. VESTAL], SEc. 4. If it be determined by the court that the United States, in olJjects to sending our refusal to rescind back, his objection violation of the terms and provisions of any law, treaty, or agreement, is a practical veto of the bill tllat has the Speaker's signature has appropriated or diRposed of any lands, moiH~Y. or other property to it. Will the Speaker hold the bill on the table interminably? belonging to the Indians, damages therefor shall be confined to th~ The SPEAKER The Chair has nothing else to do. value of the money, lnnus, or other property at the time of such appro Mr. BIJANTON. Well, if that is the Rituation, it is ju::;t up priation or disposal, together with interest thereon at 5 per cent per to tlJe ~oldier boys to tul~e their medicine. annum from the date thereof; and with reference to all claims which The SPEAKER. The Chair has uo power to do unything may be the subject matter of the suits herein anthorizcd, the decree of except by an order of the House. tbe court shall be in full settlement of all damages, if any, committeu l\Ir. BLAN'l'ON. 'Vonld the Speaker recognize me later in by the Government of the United Stntc.c;;, and shall annul and cancel tlle afternoon to move to suspend the rules and pass this all claim, right, antl title of the :,;aid ShoRhone Indians in and to snch re::;olution 'l · money, Janus, or other property. The SPEAKER. The Speaker has already agl'eed to recog SEC. 5. Upon finnl determination of such Ruit or suitR the Court of nize five suspension~. Claims shall have jurisuiction to fix and determine a reasonable fee, Mr. BL.\..N'.rON. Make me the sixth one. not to exceed 10 per cent of the recovery, together with all necessary Tlw SPEAKER. The Chair doubts very much whetller time and proper expenses incurred in prejJaration and prosecution of the will be giyen .. suit, to be paid 1o the attorneys employed by snid Shoshone Tribe of Mr. BLAl\Tr.rON. Thank you. IndiA.nR, and the same shall · be included in the decree and shall be The SPEAKER. 'l'he Clerk will report the next bill. paid out of any sum or sums found to be uue said trlbe. SEc. 0. The Court ot Claims shall have full authority by proper I:;HOF.lHO:\'E TRI13E OF INDIANS OF THE WIND RIVER RESERVATION IN WYOMING orders nnrl process to bring in and make parties to said suit an.r or all persons deemed by it necessary or proper to the final determination ()f The next business on the Consent Calendar was the bill the matters in controversy. - ( S. 2301) authorizing the Shoshone Tribe of Indians of the SEc. 7. A. copy of the petition in such suit shall be served upon the 'Vind Rin~ r Reservation in ·wyoming to submit claims to tho Attorney General of the United States, and he, or :-;ome attornP.y from Court of Claims. the Department of Justice to be designated by J1im, is hereby directed The title of the bill wns read. to appear and defend the interests of the United Stutes. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present considera SEC. 8. All amounts which may be found due and recovered for Rnid tion of the bill? tribe under the provisions of this act, less attorneys' fees and expcm;eR, Mr. LAGUARDIA. I object. This is not appro\00 by the shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit Secretary of tlle Interior and is in conflict with the Presi of said tribe and shall draw lntc.reRt at the rate of 4 per cent per dent's Budget program. It requires three objections to let the annum from the date of the judgment or uecree. House have notice. The SPEAKER. Is there objection? Witll a committee amendment: :ti;Ir. BLANTON. Reserving the right to object, I did not rage 3, Hno 6, after the word " suit" strike out the periou, inRert a catch the statement of the gentl1?'man from New York. colon and aud "Pt·ovlded, 1wtee~;er, That tbe United States may inter· LXVIII-113 ·'1792 OONGRESSION AL REOOR.D-HOUSE JANUARY 17 pose to such suit or action ll.ny and all pleas of defense, affirmative and The SPEA.KEU pro tempore. Is there ·objection to the pres negative, legal and equitable, which it may have thereto not· herein ent consideration of the bill? specificnlly barred by the provisions or this act." . Mr. LA~U~RDIA. ~Ir. Speaker, tllere is very serious objec The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. SNELL). The question is tion to this bill. I believe the membership ought to kuow that on agreeing to the committee amendment. s~milar prov~sions now exist in the New York laws. It will The committee amendment was agreed to. simply permit loan sharks to obtain usurious rates of interest The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the third when otherwise they would not be permitted to receive those 1·eading of the Senate bill. usurious rates of interest. It compels the small householder Tile ~enate bill was ordered to l>e read a third time, was read t? incorv<>rate in order to olJtain a second mortgage on his . the third time, and passed. little home, because these loan companies will not make a loan A motion to reconsider the vote whereby the bill was passed if. we put the provisions of this bill on tlle statute books unless was ordered to be laid on the table. the lJorrower incorporates in orrler that he may not a-van him The ~PEAKER pro tempore. The Olerk will report the next self of the usury laws. I hope there will be enough objectiou::l. bill. to prevent this bill from coming up. SECRETARY OF -THE NAVY Tlle SPEAKER pro tempore. I s there objection? Mr. LAGUARDIA, Mr. BLANTON, and Mr. BLACK of Texas The next business on the Consent Calendar was the bill objected. (H. R. 14248) to amend the provision contained in the ·act Tlle SPEAKER pro tempore. Tllree objections are J1eard. approved March 3, ·1915, providing that · the · Chief ·of ·Naval · Overations, durin~ the temporary absence of the Secretary and FORT BELKN.AP RESERV.ATION As:;;istant Secretary of the Navy, shall be next in succession to The next business on the Com;ent Calendar wns tlle bill act as Secretary of the Navy. · . . · · (S. 4533) extending to lands released from withdrawal under The Clerk read the title of the bill. tlle Carey Act the right of the State of Montana to secure in The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres- rlemnity for losses to its school grant in the Fort Belknap ent consideration of the bill? · Reservation. There was no objection. The Clerk read the title of tile bill. The Clerk read the bill, as follows : The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres Be it enacted, etc., That the provision contained in the act of ~!arch ent consideration of the lJlll 'l 3, 1015 (val. H8 , Stats. L. p. !):.!9), providing that the Chief ot Naval l\Ir. L.AGUARDIA. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to ob Operations, during the temporary absence of the Secretary and the je'ct, in the event that tllese lauds so released subseql'1ent1y are Assit>tant Secretary of the Navy, shall be next in succession to act as found to be mineral lands, are the l'ights of the Government 8ecretary of the Navy, is hereby amended to read as follows: "Duling preserved? the temporary absence of the Secretary and the Assistant Secretaries Mr. LEAVITT. They arc. This is doue under the general of tile Navy, the Chief of Naval Operations shall l>e n<'xt in succession law. to act as Secretary of the Navy." Mr. LAGUARDIA. So, in the event these lands arc discovered to be mineral lands, the regular law will lJe followed and the The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, right of the Government iu those mineral lauds are reserved? was read the third time, and passed. 1\Ir. LEA YITT.· Yes. A motion to reconsider the vote whereby the bill was passed The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection? was l.Hid on the table. · The1·e was no objection. DELIVERY OF A BELL OF A BA'ITLESHIP The Clerk read the bill, as follows: The next business on the Consent Calendar was the bill De it e.:mrotecl, etc., That the right of indemnity conferreu upon the (H. R. 10130) authorizing the Secretary of the Navy, in his State of Montana by section 7 of the act of 1\Iarch 3, 1!J21 (41 l:ltats. dli;cretion, to deliver to the president of the Rotary Club, of pp. 1355, 135!J), be, and the same is hereby, extended to embrace any Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Ind., a bell of a battle nonmineral P.ublic land in Montana, which has been or may be re~ ship that is now, or may be, in his custody. leased from segregation under section 4 of the act of .August 18, 1894 The Clerl~ read the title of the bill. (28 Stats. PP. 372, 422), to the extent that snell right ha1:1 not bern . The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there olJjection to the pres anu can not be exerrit:;ed within the limits of the Fort Belknap Reser ent consideration of the bill? vation. Mr. LAGUARDIA. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to ob S.l!:c. 2. Tila t for 60 days from and atter the d:Lte of the opening ject, this bill requires three objections. This simply establishes to · entry of lands released from segregation under said act of August the precedent of distributing Government property to private 18, 1894, the State of Montana shall have the right to select and file crganiza tions. in (he local land office or offices a list or lists of selection under this l\1r. PURNELL. Obsolete bells. act; and such list or lists shall be paramount to any other applica Mr. LAGUARDIA. You will have to dismantle all of your tion . for or claim or preference right to the land selected uy the battleships in order to supply tllcse private organizations with State. bells. The biJl was ordered to be read a third time, was read the Mr. BLANTON. Will the gentleman yield? third time, and passed. Mr. LAGUARDIA. Yes. A motion to reconsider the vote whereby the bill was passed Mr. BLANTON. Is this a "b·e-1-l" or a "b-e-1-l-e "? was laid on the table. 1\Ir. LAGUARDIA. B-e-1-l. Mr. PURNELL. The gentieman would not object if it were BRIDOE ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER AT EVANSVILLE, IND. '~ b-e-l-1-e "? The next business on the Consent Calendar was tile bill Mr. LAGUARDIA. The Navy keeps all the belles. (H. n. 15129), granting the consent of Congress to the In Tlle SPEAKER pro t empore. Is there objection? diana Bridge Co. to construct, maintain, and operate a toll There was no objection. bridge across the Ohio RiYer at Evansville, Inmn, occupy, posse-!"s, nnu use real estate and · The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is tliere objection to the pres- other property needed for the location, construction, operation, and ent consideration of the bill? maintenance of such bridge and its approaches and terminals, as are 'l"'herc was 110 objection. po~scsscd by railroad corporations for railroad purposes or by bridgo The Clerk read the bill, as follows : co rpor:1tions for bridge purposes in the State in which such real estate or other property is situated, upon making just compensation therefor, Be it ena,cted, etc., That the act entitled "An net providing acltlitional aid for the American Printing House for the Blind," approve(] .August to be ascertained and paid according to the laws of such State, and 4, 1919, is hereby amended to read · as follows: the proceeclings therefor shall be tlJe same as iu the condemnation ''That for the purpose of enabling the American Printing IIouse for. and expropriation of property in sr.·ch State. I SEc. 3. The said Indiana Brid;;e Co., its successors and assigns, is the Blind more adequately to pro\-idc books and apparatus for tlJe euu hereby authorized to fix and chHt·ge tolls for transit over such bridge, catlon of the blind there is hereby authorized to be appropriated and the rates of toll so fixed shall be the legal rates until changed annually to it, in at111ition to the permanent appropriation of $10,000 made in the act entitled 'An act to promote· the education of the b1in1l,' h~· the Secretary of War nnrler the authority contalned in the act of approved March 3, 1879, as amended, the sum of $65,000, which );Um ~arch 23, 1906. SEc. 4. After the completion of such bridge, as determined by the shall be expended in accordance witll the 1·equiremcnts of sa.id act to promote the education of the blind." ' ~ecrr.tnry of War, either the ~tate of Indiana, the State of Kentucky, nny political subdl,iston of eitht-.r of such Stutes, within or adjoining The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read n third time. whicll any part of such bridge is located, or any two or mo;re of them was rend the third time, and passed. jointly, may at any time acquire and take oYer all . right, title, and A motion to reconsider the vote whereby the bill was pasl'ed interest in t;uch bridge nnd it!'; approaebcs, and any interest in real was laid on the table. property necessary therefor, by purchase or by condemnation in Mr. BLANTON. 1\lr. Speaker, may I ask the gentleman from accordance with the laws of either of such States governing the Kentucky [Ur. THATCHER] a question? I think the gentleman acquisition of private property for public purposes by condemnation. from Kentucky deserves commendation for the amount of If at nny t1me after the expiration of 20 years after the completion propaganda he was able to get up· on behalf of the bill whicll of such bridge the same is acquired by condemnation, the amount of bas just hecn passed. I think I have received more letters in damages or compensation to be allowed shall not include good will, bellalf of that bill than I have received on any one bill during go!ng ,·alue, or prospective revenues or pro.fits, but shall l.Je limited to this session of Congress. · the sum of (1) the n~tual cost of ·constructing Auch bridge and its The letters have come from every portion of the country, approaches, less a reasonable clcduction for actual depreciation in and llow on earth the gentleman has been insh·umental in get Yalue; (2) the actual cost of acquiring such interests in real property; ting all tllesc propaganda lettei·s sent here I do not know. (3) actual financing and promotion cost, not to exceed 10 per cent of But his bill is a meritorious one, and I think lle de. erves com the sum of the cost ot constructing the bridge and its approaclles and menuation for E rights, powers, and privileges conferTed by this act is hereby granted to this work of printing books for the schools for the bliml at the Inrtlana Briuge Co., its successors aud assigns, and any corporation Fetlernl cost. began. Unfler the act of :March 3, 1879 (Stat. J;. to which or any person to whom such rights, powers, and privileges 1877-1879, vol. 20, p. 467), a permanent annual fund of $10,000 may be sold, assigned, or tt·ansferL"ed, or who slJall acquire the same was proYitled for this purpose. Tile act of 1S7ll sets forth the hy mortgage foreclosure or otherwise, is hereby authorized and em· terms and conditions under which this initial sum is to be ex powered to exercise the same as fully as though conferred herein pended; nnd these prort:-;ions fUlly apply to the additional rumnal llirnctiy npon such corporation or person. sum of $40,000 authorized in 1919; and tlley will likewiRe apply SEC. 8. 'l'he right to alter, ameno, or repeal Lhis act Is hereby to the additional annual authorization of $25,000 carried in the expressly ret;erved. penning bill. In other words, all the provisions of the act of 1879 setting forth tlle terms and condition~; under which the The committee amenum('ont wns agreed to. original annual fund of. $10,000 should be expended are :ret in· Tlw hill was ordered to be engrossed and rend a third time, full force and effect ; and the bill now before us, and which has · wus read the third time, and passed. _ just passed. the House, is in all respects subject to those pro A motion to reconsider the vote wllereby the hill was passed was laid on the table. visions. I deem it appropriate to incorporate llere the act of 187!>, as it is the basic law on the subje~t . It is as follows: AMY..RICAN PUINTING HOu~E FOR TilE BLIND Be it enacted, eto., That the sum of $2GO,OOO out of money in the The next business on the Consent Calendar was the bill (II. R. United States 'l'reasury not otherwise appropriated be, and hereby is, ]3453) to amend the net providing additional aid for the set apart ns a perpetual fund for the.. purpose of aiding the education American Printing House for the Blind. of the blind in the United States of .America, through the Americnu The Clerk read the title of the bill. l'rinting House for the B.lind. 1794 CONG-RESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE J .ANU.AUY 17 SF.c. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States is :Cor the Blind under the Treasury Department of tile Uniteition of their presidont, countersjgned by their treasurer, the semi the provisions of the further act of the General Assembly of auuual interest upon the said bonds, upon the following conditions: Kentucky of 1\Iareh 3, 1861, yet in force, all superintendents First. The income upon tile bonds thuR helrl in trust for the educa of State institutions devoted exclusively to the education tion of the blind shall be expended by the trustees of the American of the blind are ex officio members of this l.loard of trustees. Printing House each year in mRnufacturing allll furnishing embossell There is held in Louisville, Ky., where this institution is lo book!> for the LJind and tangible apparatur:~ for 1:helr instruction ; and cated, each year a meeting of all these trustees, where the thP. total amount of sucll books and apparatus so manufactured and general policies of the American Printing House for the Blind furnished by tbis income shall each year be distributed among all are formulated and the scope and plans for printing deter the -public institutions for the education of the blind in the States mined and the operation of the plant studied. The active and •.rerritories - of tlle United States and the District of Columbia, management, subject to this· general supervil:wry control, i!--1 upon the requisition of the superintendent of each, duly certified. by carried on by a board of seven trustees residing at Louisville its uoaru of trustees. The basis of such distribution shall be the and a superintendent. These seven trustees serve without total number of pupils in all the public institutions for the education compensatiqn. · of the blind, to be authenticated in such manner and as often as the Because this work started in Kentucky, and because Ken trust('eS of the said .American Printing House shall require; and each tucky founded there a plant for this kind of work, the other institution shall receive, in books and apparatus, that portion of the States joined in asking the Congress for legislation and fund::; total income of said bonds held by the Secretary of the •.rreasury enabling them to receive the benefit of the work. The cost of of th~ United States in trust for the education of the blind, as is t;;eparate plants in each State and Territory for the printing of shown by the ratio between the number of pupils in that -institution these books and the making of the required apparatus for the for the education of the blind anu the total number of pupils in all blind would have been prohibitive. Kentucky had, by her own the public institutions for the education of the b"!lnd, which ratio shall appropriations and funds, constructed and equipped a plant for be computed upon the first Monday in January of each year. such purposes, and witil Federal funds supplied therefor could Second. No part of the income from sn.ld bonds shall ue expended print enough books in the "point" system to take care of the in the erection or leasing of buHdingH. needs of all the schools for the blind in all the States and Ter Third. No profit shall be put on any books or tangible apparatus ritories and the District of Columbia. This led to the enact for the inr:~truction of the blind manufactured or furnished by the ment by Congress of the act of 1879. The printing of books trustees of said American Printing Rouse for the Blind, located in in this institution revolutionized the teaching of the blind Louisville, Ky.; an.U the price put upon each article so manufactured throughout the United States. The so-called Braille systeru or furnished shall only be its actual cost. has been modified and revised and is now employed in the prep Fourth. The Secretary of the Treasury of the United States shall aration of all these books. Practically all of the textbooks have the authority to witl.lhold the income arising from said bonds used in all of the institutions for the education of the blind in thus set apart for the education of the blind of the United States the United States, including its Territories and the District of whenever lle shall receive satisfactory proof that the trustees of said Columbia, are prepared in the American Printing House for the American Printing House for the Blind, located in Louisville, Ky., are Blind, and it is the largest printing establishment for the blind not using the income from these bonds for the benefit of the bllnd in in the entire world. tile public institutions for the education of the blind in the United. The demand in these institutions for these books grew so that States. in 1919 Congress passed the act in that year, already referred Fifth. Before any money be paid to the treasurer of the American to, authodzing an additional annual appropriation of $40,000, Printing House for the Blind by the Secretary of the Treasury of the making altogether a total of $50,000 for these purposes. Since L'nited States the treasurer of the American Printing IIouse for the 1919 Congress has been regularly appropriating $40,000 author llllnd shall execute a bond, with two approved sureties, to the amount ized by the act of 1919, and the permanent annual appropriation of $20.000, conditioned that the interest so received shall be expended of $10,000 has also been used, and there is now being expended according to this law and all amendments thereto, which shall be held this total of $50,000 for tile preparation of books for the blind by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, and shall be and the making of tangible apparatus for their use. However, renewed every two years. the work bas grown Ro greatly that it has been found that l:)ixth. The superintendents of the T':trious publlc institutions for the $50,000 for the indicated purposes is insufficient, and the Huper pducatio.n of the blind in the United States shall each, ex officio, be a intendents of t11ese institutions for the blind throughout the member of the board of trustees of the American Printing House for country have joined the adive members of the board of trus the Blind, located in the city of Louisville, Ky. teeR-of which board these superintendents are ex-officio SEc. 4. That the trustees of said Americ»n Printing House for the member:'l-in asking for an increased authorization of $25,000 Blind shall annually make to the Secretary of the Treasury of the a year carried in the peuding bill. The bill has been introduced United States a report of the items of their expenditure of the income as a rer-mlt of the unanimous judgment of these trustees and of !'la id bonds during the year preceding their report, and shall annu represents the pressing needs of all of tho State~ and Territo ally furnish him with a voucher from each public institution for the, ries and t11e District of Columbia. education of the blind, showing that the amount of books and tangible A..;; an evidence that this additional authorization is neeMr. LEAVI'l.~. I might do either. The commissioner ought With the following committee amendment: to have the authority which is given him under this bill to Page 2, line 6, after the word " park," insert the following: "to be do either according to the necessities of the case. known as the Frederick!:!burg and Spotsylvania County battle fielus Mr. LAGUARDIA. These are local agents out on the Indian memorial." reservations? · Mr. LEAVITT. Not always; sometimes they are supe1in· The committee amendment was agreed to. tendents of the districts, some in charge of handling health, :Mr. HUDSON. Mr. Speaker, I move to strike out the last some in charge of handling the educational work, and such word for the purpose of asking the gentleman from Virginia rna tters as have to do with the industrial development of the about how much land this national park will embrace? 1\fr. DLAND. As ascertained by the commission which made Indians. the investigation, and which appears on page 26 of the hearing, 1\lr. LAGUARDIA. It would be far better for the superior the total is 535 acres. It is not contemplated to take a large officer to go out and get in contact with the Indians. area in any one place. The purpose is to have a park on the l\1r. LEAVITT. In most cases the Washington official does order of the Antietam system, and taking the existing in go out there, but it is sometimes better for officials to come to trenchments and important locations· of that character with a \Vashington and get the views of the central office. minimum area of land. It will be noted that we are covering The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion four major battle fields at the present time. of the gentleman from New York to strike out the enacting l\fr. HUDSON. And it does not emtirace any historical build clause. ings that are to be kept up? The question was taken, and the motion was rejected. Mr. BLAND. Whether there are buildings there or nut? The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, Mr. HUDSON. Yes; historical buildingt:; are to be preserved, was read the third time, and passed. and perhaps rebuilt. · A motion to reconsider the vote whereby the bill was passed :llfr. DLAND. I do not think any buildings arc contemplated was laid on the table. by this at all. It will be so much as the Secretary may deem CONFEn.&ING JURISDICTION ON THE COURT OF CLAIMS necessary, and I have not in mind now any buildings that will be taken. The next business on the Consent Calendar was the bill M.r. HUDSON. So that the upkeep will be a small upkeep (S. 1857) to confer jurisdiction on the Court of Claims to of g-rounds? certify certain findings of fact, and for other purposes. Mr. BLAND. The upkeep ascertained and reported by the The Clerk rend the title to the bilL commission that made the investigation is $24,000. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The pro forma amendment 1\fr. LAGUARDIA, 1\fr. BLACK of Texas; and Mr; ·HARE will be withdrawn and the Clerk will read. objected. · The Clerk completed the reading of the bill, as follows: TO ESTABUSII A NATIONAL MILITARY PARK .AT FREDERICKSBURG, V.A. SEc. 2. The Secretary of War is hereby authorizE.'I.l to cause con The next business on the Consent Calendar was the bill demnation proceedings to be instltutE.'d in the name of the United (H. R. 9045) _to establish a national military park at and near States under the provisions of the act of August 1, 1888, entitled Fredericksburg, Va., and to mark and preserve historical points "A.n act to authorize coudemnation of lands for sites for public connected with the battles of Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania buildings, anu for other purposes" (25th Stat. L. p. 357), to acquire Court House, Wilderness, and Chancellorsville, including Salem title to the lauds, interests therein, or rights pertaining thereto within · Church, Va. the suid Fredericksburg National Military Park, hereinabove authorized to be acquired, and the United States shall be entitled to immediate The Clerk read the title to the bill. possession upon the filiug of the petition in condemnation in the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres· United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia: ent consideration of the bill? Pt·ovided-, That when the owner of such lands, intercl:lts therein, or There was no objection. rights pertaining thereto shall fix a price for the same, which in the r:rhe Clerk read as follows: opinion of the commission, hereinafter referred to, and the Secretary Be it m~actea, eto., That in order to commemorate the Cl.vil War of War, shall be reasonable, the Secretary may purchase the same battles of Fredericksburg; Spotsylvania Court House, Wilderness, and without fmther delay: Provided ftlrther, That the Secretary of War Chancellorsville, including Salem Church, all located at or near Fred is hereby authorized to accept, on behalf of the United States, dona ericksburg, Va., and to mark and preserve for historical purposes the tions of lands, interests therein, or rights pertaining thereto reqnired breastworks, earthworks, gun emplacements, walls, or other defenses or for the said Fredericksburg National Military Park: And prot:idcd shelters used by the armies in said battles, so far as the marking and further, That no public money shall be expended for title to any preservation of the same are practicable, the land herein authorized lands until a written opinion of the .Attorney General shall be bad to be acquired, or so much thereof as may be taken, and the highways in favor of the validity of title thereto. and approaches herein authorized to be constructed, are hereby de SEC. 3. The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to enter into leases clared to be a national military park whenever the title to the same with the owners of such of the lands, works, defenses, and buildings shall have been acquired by the United States, the said land so to be thereon within the said Fredicksburg National Military Park as in his acquired being the land necessary for a paTk of the plan indicated on discretion It is unnecessary to forthwith acquire title to, and such the index map sheet filed with the report of the Battle Field Commis· leases shall be on such termR and conditions as the Secretary of War sion appointed pursuant to an act entitled "An act to provide tor may prescribe, anu may contain o~tions to purchase, subject to later the inspection of the battle fields 1n and around Fredericksburg and acceptance if in the judgment of the Secretary of War it is Ul:l eco Spotsylvania Court House, Va.," approved on the 7th day of June, nomical to purchase as condemn title to the property: Pro1:ided, That 1024, said index map sheet being referred to in said report, and par the Secretary of War may enter into agreements upon such nominal ticularly in the " Combirred plan-Antietam system " described in said terms as he may prescribe, permitting tbe present owners or their report, the first of the plans mentioned in said report under the head tenants to occupy or cultivate their present holdings, upon condition ing " Combined plan-Antietam system " being the plan which is hereby that they will preserve the present breastworks, earthworks, walls, adopted, the said land herein authorized to be acquired being such defenses, shelters, buildings, and roads, and the present outlines of the land as the Secretary of War may deem necessary to establish a park battle fields, and that they will only cut trees or underbrush or disturb on the combined plan, Antietam system, above refelTed to, the particu or remove the soil m1der such regulations as the Secretary of War may lar boundaries of such land to be fixed by surveys made previous to the prescribe, and that they will assist in caring for and protecting all attempt to acquire the same, and authority is hereby given to the tablets, monuments, or such other m·tificial works as may from time to Secretary of War to acquire for the purposes of this act the land above time be erected by proper authority : Provided jurtl!cr, That if such mentioned, or so much thereof as be may deem necessary,· together with agreements to lease cover auy lands the title to which shall have been all such existing breastworks, earthworks, gun emplacemeuts, walls. acquired by the United States, the proceeds from such agreements shall defenses, shelters, or oth~r historical points as the Secretary of War be applied by the Secretary of War toward the muintenance of the park. may deem necessary, whether shown on said iudex map sheet or not, SEC. 4. The affairs of the said Fredericksburg National l\lilitar:r Park and together also with such additional land as the Secretary of War shall, subject to the supervision and direction of the Secretary· of War, may deem necessary for monuments, markers, tablets, roads, highways, be in charge of three commissioners, conAisting of Army officers, paths, approa~es, and to carry out the genera~ purposes of this act. ·civilians, or both, to be appointed by the Secretary of War, one of As title Is acquired to parts of the land herein authorized to be whom shall. be designated as chairman and another as secretary of tlle acquired, the Secretary of War may proceed with the establishment commission. ef the park upon such portions so acquired, and the rE.'maining portions SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of the commissioners, under the direction of the lands desired shall be respe~tively brought within said pa_rk as of the Secretary of War, to survey, locate, and preserve the lines of titles to said portions are severally acquired. the opposing armies in ·said battles, to open, construct, and repair such 1798 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE· JANUARY 17 roads, highways, paths, al'l.d other approaches as may be necessary to Page 3, line 25, after the word "said," strike out· the words make the historical points accessible to the public and to students of "Fredericksburg National Military Park" and insert "Fredericks said buttles and for the purposes of the pa"I"k, to ascertain and mark burg and Spottsylvania County Battle Fields Memorial." with hl ~; torica l monuments, markers, tablets, or otherwise, as the Secre Page 4, line 14, after the word "said," strike out "Fredericksburg tary of War· may determine, all breastworks, earthworks, gun emplace National l\lilitary Park " and insert " Fredericksburg and Spottsyl ments, walls, or other defenses or shelters, lines of battle, location of vania County Battle lt'ields Memorial." troops, buildings, and other historical points of interest within the Page 4, line 22, after the word "said," strike out the words " Fred park or in its vicinity, and to establish and construct such observation erickslmrg National Military Park" and insert "F"l'edericksburg and towers as the Secretary of War may deem necessary for said park, and Spottsylvania County Battle Fields Memorial." the said commission in establishing the park shall have authority, under Page 5, line 21, after the word " said," strike out " 1.1--zocdericksburg the direction of the Secretary of War, to employ such labor and services National Military Park" arid insert "Fredericksburg and Spottsyl at rates to be fixed by the Secretary of War, and to obtain such supplies vania County Battle Fields Memorial.'' and materials as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Page 7, line 1, strike out "Frcdericksbut•g National Military Park" act. and insert " Fredericksburg and Spottsylvania County Battle l!'ields SEC. 6. The commission, acting through the Secretury of War, is Memorial." authorized to receive gifts and contributions from States, Tet·ritories, P.age 7, line 5, strike out " Fredericksburg National Military Park " societies, organizations, and individuals for the said Fredericksburg and insert "Fredericksburg and Spottsylvania County Battle .B'ields National Mllitary Park: Provided, That all contributions of money Memorial." received shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States and Page 7, line 14, strike out "Fredericksburg National Military Park" credited to a fund to be designated "Fredericksburg National Military and insert "Fredericksburg and Spottsylvania County Battle .B'ields Park fund," which fund shall be applied to and expended under the Memorial." direction of the Secretary of War for carrying out the provisions of this The committee amendments were agreed to, and the bill as act. amended was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, SEc. 7. It shall be lawful for the authorities of any State having had was read the third time, and passed. troops engaged in said battles of Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania Court A motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill wus passed House, Wilderness, and Chaneellorsville, including Salem Church, or in was laid on the table. any of said battles, to enter upon the lands and approaches of the Fredericksburg National Military Park for the purposes of ascertaining BRIDGE ACROSS ST. FRANCIS RIVER-, ARK.-MO. and nr.uking the lines of battle of troops engaged therein: Provided, The next business on the Consent Calendar was the bill That before any such linl'B are permanently designated, the position of (II. R. 15011) granting the consent of Congress to the Para the lines and the proposed methods of marking them by monuments, gould-Hopkins Bridge road improvement district of Greene tablets, or otherwise, including the design and inscription for the same, County, Ark., to construct a bridge across the St. Francis shall be submitted to the Secretary of War, and shall first receive River. written approval of the Secretary, which approval shall be based upon The Clerk rend the title of the bill. formal written reports to be made to him in each case by the commis The. SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres- sioners of the park: Pt·o vided, That no discrimination shall be made ent consideration of the !Jill? against any State as to the manner of designing lines, but any grant There was no objection. made to any State by the Secretary of War may be used by any other The Clerk read the bill, as follows : State. B e U enacted, etc., Thnt the consent of Congress is hereby granted SEC. 8. It any person shall, except by permission of the Secretary of to the Paragould-Hopkins Bt·idge road improvement district of Greene War, destroy, mutilate, deface, injure, or remove any monument, column, County, .Ark., a public agency, to construct, maintain, and operate a statue, memorial structure, or work of art that shall be erected or placed bridge and approaches thereto across the St. Francis River at a upon the grounds of the park by lawful authority, or shall destroy or re point suitable to the interests of navigation and at that point on said move any fence, railing, inclosure, or other work for the protection or river where the Hopkins Bridge now spans same, at the Arkansas- ornament of said park, or any portion thereof, or shall destroy, cut, hack, 1\fissourl State line and connecting the States of Arkansas and Mis bark, break down, or otherwise injure any tree, bush, or shrubbery that souri at said point, in accordance with the provisions of the act may be growing upon said park, or shall cut down or fell or remove any entitled "An act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable timber, battle relic, tree or trees g"t"owing or being upon said park, wnters," approved March 23, 1lJOG. or bunt within the limits of the par·k, or shall remove or destroy any SEC. 2. 'l'he right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is het·eby breastworks, eathworks, walls, or other defenses or shelter or any part expressly reserved. thereof constructed by the armies formerly engaged in the battles on the lands or approaches to the park, any person so offending and found 'Vith the following committee amendments : guilty thereof before any justice of the peace of the county in which Page 1, liue 6, after the article " a," insert the wot J "free " and the offense may be committed, or any court of competent jurisdiction, in line 8, after the word " at," insert the words "or near." shnJI for each and every such offense forfeit and pay a fine, in the dh;cretion of the justice, according to the aggravation of the offense, of The committee amendments were agreed to, and the bill as not less than $G nor wore than $50, one halt for the usc of the park amended was ordered to be engrossed and reuu a third time, and the other half to the informet·, to be enforced and recovered before was read the third time, anu passed. $0Ch justice in like manner as dellts of like nature are now by law A motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed recoverable in the several counties where the offense may be committed. was laid on the table. SEC. 9. The Secretary of War, subject to the approval of the Presi MUNICIPAL BRIDGE ACROSS MISSISSIPPI RIVER .AT ST. LOUIS, MO. dent, shall have the power to make and shall make all needful rules and regulations for the care of the park, and for the establishment and The next business on the Consent Calendar was the bill marking of lines of battle and other historical features of the park. (H. R. 15012) to amend the act entitled "An act to extend the SEC. 10. Upon completion of the acquisition of the land and the work time for the completion of the municipal bridge appronches of the commission, the Secretary of War shall render a report thereon and extensions or additions thereto by the city of St. Louis, to Congress, and thereafter the park shall be placed in charge of a within the States of Illinois and Missouri," approved February superintendent at a salary to be fixed by the Secretary of War and paid 13, 1924. out of the appropriation available for the maintenance of the park. The Clerk read the title of the bill. SEC. 11. To enable the Secretary of War to begin to carry out the The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present considera· provisions of this act, including the condemnation, purchase, or lease of tion of the !Jill? the necessary lands, surveys, maps, marking the boundaries of the park, There was no objection. opening, constructing, or r epairing necessary roads, pay and expenses The Clerk read the bill, as follows : of commissioners, salaries for labor and services, traveling expenses, Be it enacted, etc., That the first section of the act entitled ".An act supplies, and materials, the sum of $50,000 is hereby authorized to be to extend the time for the completion of the municipal bridge ap appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro proaches, and extensions or additions thereto, by the city of St. Louis, priated, to remain available until expended and such additional sums within the States of Illinois and Missouri," approved February 13, are hereby authorized to be appropriated from time to time as may be 1924, is amended to read as follows : necessary for the completion of the project and for the proper mainte " That the time for the construction and completion of the municipal nance of said park. All disbursements under this act shall be annually bridge approaches, and also extensions or additions thereto, which said reported by the Secretary of War to Cong"t"ess. construction and completion was authorized by the act entitled 'An act· The following committee amendments were severally re to authorize the city of St. Louis, a corporation organized under the ported and severally agreed to : laws of the State of Missouri, to construct a bridge across the MiRsis- 1927 QONO-R.ESSIONAL- R.ECORD-HOUSE l799 sipp~ Ri\·er,' nppron!uy _in this House if it is _not pretty near time to begin to expressly reserved.". equalize the pay of some men somewhere down the line wh~ 'Vith the fol1owing committee amendments: do n.ot belong . to the _Army and NnYy. I llnve no complaint against the Army and Navy, not a bit in the world. I fight Pnge 2, line 7, strike out tbe woi·d "is" anu insert "be and the :t:ot· them when I think- they are right just as I ..fight against snme is hereby." tllem when I think they are wrong. l think it is positively a Strike Ollt all of lines 10, 11, 12, anu 13, as follows : scandal. This old bill has been kicked around Congx·ess until " SF.c. 2. Section 3 of such act approved February 1~, 192-!, is it has white hair, and yet you are going to pass it this after- . amended to reall as follows: noon. There are not three men in Congress able to discnss it " ' SEc. 3. 'l'hat the right to altci·, amend, or repeal this act is and tell whether it should pass 1·atber than to say it is to hereby exiJrl"ssly re ~:~erve d.' " equalize the pay of some retired officers. Whr-- Tlw committee a-mendments were ·agreed to and the l>ill as :Mr. GJLBERT. I can give the _best reason in tile worlu amended was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, for it. was read the thi.l·d time, and passed. Mr. BEGG. I do not want a speech in my tinle.. . , A motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed Mr. GILBERT. It is this. It is because the Supreme was laid on the table. Court of the United States llns said that we owe this rnouey, . The gentleman':; argument is a plausible argument as an origi~ P. Y CLAIMS OF .ARMY OFFICERS nul proposition, but the United States has no right to wel<.:h Mr. GRAHAM. 1\Ir. Speaker, I ask una-nimous consent to on a bargain it makes and the S~preme Court has baude<.l return to the bill ( S. 1857) to confer jurisdiction on the Court down a decision llolding that we owe this money. of Claims to certify certain findings of fact, and for other 1\Ir. BEGG. I will admit there is no. question about tlle purposes, No. 767 on the calendar. The gentleman from Texas tcclmicality of these boys iu _the!:!e sch,ools' being in tile service, [Mr. BLACK] has said to me that he :wouldwithdraw hi~:~ objec but there is a lot of. question in my mind about the kind of tion, and the gentleman from New York [Mr. LAGU.ARDI.A] motive that is back of the man who is pushing a suit and wllo has agreed to witlldraw his objection. . is not in e-rery ca~;e an official Ol.' ofticer in the Army. There The SPEAKER. · The gentleman ft•om Pennsylvania asks would neYer be n suit about th_is .kind of a claim in Congrc~s unanimous consent to return to S. 1857, No. 767 on the calendar. except that some attorney got a 20 per cen,t commission on Is there objection? every case. All of these men have retired, a lot of them have There wns no objection. passed away. They may be wonderful _officers, I am not The SPEAKER. The Clerl{ "ill report the bill. criticizing their military standing. I criticize the motives back The Clerk read the bill, as follows : · · of Congre:ss making an appropriation at the behest of some law Be '•t enacted, eto., That the Court of Clnlms shall certify to the yer who trumps up a · case. fqr tile s.ake of a 20 per . cent <:om~ proper accounting officers of the United States the ' findings of fact mission. I think it wrong, and I will not vote for it. I hav-e heretofore made for claimants in claims of officers of the United States kept it fi·om being voted on for about four years, and I feel I Army for longevity pay under the decisions of the Supreme Court of will have discharged my duty when I have stated to the men the -United States iu United States v. Morton . (vol. 112, U. S. Rcpts., present on this floor why it has not come to bat sooner. Witli p. 1) and United Stutes .v .· Watson · (vol. 1-30, U. S. Repts., p. 80), and that, l\Ir. Speaker, I am perfectly willing to have a vote. of the Court of Claims in Stewart tl. United States, YOL 34,' Court of Mr. BLACK of · Texas. 1\fr. Chairman, I desire to offer nn Claims ll<'ports, p. G53). - amenumcnt. Line 2, page 3, strike out "20" and insert "10.'~ Antl that the proper accounting officers of the United States shall l\Ir. GILBEU'.r. l\Ir. Speaker, a pfl.rliamentary inquiry. proceed to settle the claims so certified anu all other clnims for longev· . The SPEAKER. The gentleman will ~tate it. - . tty pay n.nll allowances on account' of services of officers in tlle Regular Mr. GILBERT. I just came in and I do not catch just the Army arising undPr section 15 of an net approved July 5, 1838, entitled situation before the House. . . "Au oct t-o increar:;e the present Military 'Estalllishmcnt of the United The SPJ;JAKER. The gentleman from Pennsylvania a~ked States, and for other purposes," and subsequent ·acts all'ecting longevity unanimous consent to return to thiH bill for the purpose of pay and allowances, in accortlunce with the decisions of the courts of con:siderntion, and no objection was made. · the United States In all cases in which heretofore, nam«:>ly, between Mr. GILBERT. 1\iay· I ask the gentleman from Pennsyl 1800 and 1008, such claims were uisallowed by nny accounting officer vania, it was my understanding this was to be called up undet; of the Treasury, anu no decision of a comptroller heretofore made suspension of the rules. . agninst a claimant under said section 15 shall prevent a settlement l\Ir. GRAHAl\I. Not necessarily. It ·was tq have been called under the terms of this act of any sucl1 disallowed claim. Every such up nuder suspension of t11e rules later in the (Jay, but I Rl)()ke cluim shall be payable to the claimant or to his widow or to his legal to the gentlemen objecting, l\Ir. Br...ACK of Texas and l\Ir. I.A r epresentative: Pt·ot•ldcd, Tllat no clnim hereunder shall be allowed If GuARDTA, of New York, and. they consented that I might rall it malic by anr person who is nn nssignee of such claim nor to a legal up under nnanimous consent, and if iR now before the Hon~e, representative without proof of the existence of blood relations to and I woulu like to reply_, and I tllink I have a right to nn:'lwer whom the fund would be distributerl: Pt·o.vi.ded jm·ther, That it shall on the motion to strike out the last woi·(l. be unlawful for any agent or attorney, firm of attorneys, or any person l\Ir. BLACK of Texas. I have offered an amendment. engaged heretofore or hcreRfter in preparing, presenting, or prosecuting The CHAIRl\IAN. 'l'be gentleman from Texas offers an any claim under this net to charge or receive more than 20 per c<':nt of amendment, which the Clerk will· report. nny amount ~pproprinted in satisfaction of tho claim. The Clerk read as follows : Amenllment offeretl by Mr. BLACK o.t Texas: On page 3, line 2, 1--ltril..re is in voting an adcUtional four or five yefl.rs before the The gentleman from Ohio makes some very sensible remarks nw n eve~ enlists and receives an appoint.Jp.c~t to the Milita_!y for our future guidance. Those provisions have already been 1800 · CONGR.ESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE JANUARY 17 · adopted and this matt'er will not at1se again. But we are not Mr. BEGG. I just wanted to advise the gentleman from in this matter legislating for the future, but correcting an Texas that "the gentleman from Ohio" did uot need to be error of the past. 1.'hese boys assumed a relationship to the informed by the gentleman from Texas what was coming. United States which was prescribed by certain laws. The Mr. BLANTON. 'rhe gentleman from Ohin let it come up Supreme Court has decided that the United States, by reason by unanimous consent, and it would have takeu but tilree objec of its contracts with these boys, now owes this money, and I do tions to have again kuocked it off the calendui· nfter it was so not believe that there is a man in this House who wants the called up. Surely the gentleman from Ohio could have gotten Gon ·r11mcnt of the United States to stand as an example before two others to act with him and stop tlle bill. But the gentle the citizens of the United States in refusing to pay a debt man did not see fit to do that. He gets up here and inveigh ~ wilich the Supreme Court of the United States says it owes against it, and then lets the bill be considered and pa~l'led. just simply because it has the power to do so. Mr. LAGUARDIA. This bill, it was nnnoun~ed , was to be l\!r. SNELL. About how many people does this bill affect? taken up under sm:pension of the rules of the HouRe. Mr. GILBERT. I do not know. How does that affect the Mr. BLANTON. I was just noting the ludierommes:.; of tltl' principle involved? I understand there are very few people position taken by the gentleman from Ohio. He lets it come affected. Most of them have already been paid, and theRe also up by unanimous consent, and then he gets up and inveigh::; would have been paid if it had not been for the arbitrary ruling against it when he could have stopped it. of the Comptrollet· of the Treasury. 1\Ir. Speaker, I ask leave to withdraw my motion. 1\Ir. SNELL. Can the gentlemen of tile committee inform us ? The SPEAKER. Without objection, the pro forma amend Mr. GRAHAM. A report made by tile Secretary of War, ment will be withdrawn. l\Ir. Newton D. Baker, in recommending the payment of these There was no .objection. claims, said there were about 500. I remember in connection l\lr. SNELL. Mr. Speaker, I do not know that I am oppor-;ed witil n bill to repeal n certaiu statute which allowed men in to this bill; but it seems to me that a bill of this character, the Confederate Army to be paid longevity pay, it having been which changes the policy of the Government, ought to have previously declared by an act of Congress aR illegal because some definite explanation before the House before it is passed. of their sympathies for the South, I took up the matter a s a From anything that I heard I do not know how many people matter of grace, to promote good feeling between the North will be affected or how much it will cost. I think such figures and the South, as recommended by Judge Clayton, and about should be presented to the House before a bill of such an $160,000, as I recall, was paid to men or relatives of men, important cha·r·acter iH pa s~ennsylvania mo"\'es time. · to ~m,;pcml the rules nnd pa~s Hou:e bill l1325, with amelld This bill with the arnewlments, if adopted, will effed one meuts. 'l'ltc Clerk will revort the ametulme11ts first and rend thing and that is to increase the compensation of the emplo~ees the bill ns nmeuded. under the employees' compensation net.· As originally clmftl•d, 'l'he Clerk rend as follows : the act eovered othe;r subjects, but those have been coveretl by laws separately, and are now nnueeessary. rrhe Ollly thing, .Amend thl' bill by striking out all of sections 2, 6, anti 7. tl1erefore, to do is to strike out sections 2, G, all(l 7 an a provide compensation for employees of the United States snfl'ering wee~ _ injuries wililo in the performance of tlleir duties, and for other pur When the present law was paRsed, 32 States had compensa posl•s,·• Rppro~·cd September 7, 1!)16, and acts in amendment thereof, tion acts ancl only 1 had a ma~'imum hi,gber than the Federal is amended to read as follow-s : . act alld only 8 had a maximum higher than $12 a week. Now " REc. G. That tho monthly compensation for total disability shall :43 States ha'e compensation art!', aud of these State-s 23 ha ·e "nut lle more than ~110.06, nor less than· $58.33, unless the employee's a maximum higher. than the Federal act, ancl in 10 States the monthly pay iR less thnn $58.3ll, in whicl:\ case his monthly compensa maximum is twenty-some dolhus. I submit this as the pre- tion shnll llo tho full amount of his monthly pay. The monthly com linlinary explanation. · penl'lu1ion for partial disability shall not be more than $110.66. In Mr. McKli~OW~. Will tho gcutleman yieltl for a question? tl!e case of persons who at the time of the injury were minors or 1\Ir. GRAHAM. Yes. ·employed in a learner's capacity and who were not physically or Mr. :McKEOWN. There is one question that gives us a grent ml'ntully defective the commi:siRon shall, on any review after the deal of trouble, and that is wby the compensation goes l>eyoDfl tjme when tile monthly wage-earning capacity of such persons would $100, the amount that our solclieJ'A 1.umaUy get. That is a mat probably, but for the injury, hn>e increased, award compensation ter that is cnmling us a great deal of con~ern over here. ba~-;ed on such probable monthly wage-earnin~ capacity. The com Mr. GRAHAM. This represellts the consensus of opiniou, aud ·mission m:_ty, on any review after the time when the monthly wnge I think was unallimouRly passell in onr committee and wa:-: ::;o Nil'ning cnpncity of the disabled employee would probably, irrespective reportetl anti approved by the Board of Compensation::; and of tbe injm-y, have decreased on account of old agl', award compensa favored as n just and fair compensation. That is the only tion based on st.·ch probable monthly wage-earning capacity." explanation I lla\e to malw. • SI•JC. 2. That subdivision II of section 10 of the act entitled ":An act 1\Ir. TILSON. May I ask the g-entleman a questjon? to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffet1ng Mr. GRAHAM. Yes. injulies whilP. in the performance of their duties, and for other pur Mr. 1'ILSON. Is it not a fact that this makes the compensa posPS," is amP.nded to read as follows: tion to be paitl by the United States larger than that paill hy "(H) As used in thi,s section, the term ' child' includes stcp-chll any State of the Union. tiren, atiopted children, and posthumous children, but does not include Mr. GRAHA.l\1. Indeetl, no. Twenty-three StateR nlrf'ady married chiltiren. ThP. terms 'brother ' anti 'sister' include step bave a maximum higher than the Feoeral act. brothers and stepsistet·s, half brothers and half sistf'rs, nnd brothers l\lr. TILSON. Yes; higher than the preRent Federal aet, but n ne a higher compensation than the United rieti sii;ters. All of tbc above terms and the term 'granticbild' include States ~ill have in caRe this bill is passed? The gentleman hns only p<'rsons who at the time of the death of the deceased em1)loyce made a comparison with tlle Federal act as it stantls to-daJ-. I nrc uwler 18 years of age or over that age and incapable of self should like to ha\e his comparison as the matter will stand support. Tbc term 'parent' includes stepparents and parents by when this bill becomes a law. n1loption. The term ' widow' includes only the decctient's wife living 1\lr. GIL\HA:M. I ha\e not the figures on the entire country witb or depcudcnt for support upon him at time of his death or living except for the States having a higher maximum than the Fed apart for rca.sonAhle cause or by reason of his desertion." eral law now. The committee held hearings upon the subject Sw~. 3. That subdivision K of section 10 of the act entitled "An act and after the hearingA these :figures were adopted and appro\ed to provide compen~;ation for employees of the United States sufl'!'ring by the Compensation Board. . i11jnrks while in the performnnce of their duties, anu for other pur 1\Ir. BLACK. of Texas. Mr. Sveakcr, I do not know whether po:· ~~." is ameudctl to read as follows: there is nny opportunity to defeat in the Hom>e of Representa •· (K) In r.omputing compensation undl'r this section the montlily ti'\"es any bill that proposes to increase the pension of some pny shall, be con~;;ltiered not to l.Je more than $17Ci nor less than $87.50, body either in the civil service of the United States or in the l!ut the total monthly compeu~atlon shall not exceed the monthly pay military service. My ex)_)erience in the past leads me to believe computed as provided in section 12." tbat all opposition to such measures is futile. Ne"\'ertheless, I 18.02 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE JANU.. : \UY 17 feel that on certain occasions it is my duty to speak my hard-earned funds; whereas under the United States compensa sentiments. tion act, if a· rural letter tarrier, postal clerk, customhouse In order that we may understand just what this bill does, I employee, or any other Government employee is injured, he will state that at the present time tbe maximum compensation gets fairly liberal compensation, even under present provisions that can be paid to any civilian employee \Yho is totally dis of the act. alJled while working in the Government service is $66% per Under this bill which we are now considering thec::e compensa montb. Tllc pro>isions of this bill will increase that maximum tion benefits will be increased by 75 per cent, and every cent by 75 per cent and make it $116% per month. The employees' of it will come out of the pockets of the taxpayers and none compensation law was enacted 10 or 12 years ago, when the of it will come out of funds contributed by the Government co~t of living was much lower than it is now, and I am per employees. I am against it. fectly willing to grant there should 1Je some increase of the Mr. VAILE. Will the gentleman indulge me? The compen rates provided in the original law, but I think this bill goes sation of veterans is doubled in certain cases. entirely too far in its 1ncreases. Mr. BLACK of Texas. I lmow. I would have no objection Upon another occasion this bill was on the Consent Calendar, to a provision of that kind here. If you will write a pt•ovi• nnd I objected to its consideration, because I do not think sion that affects only a comparatively few, I would be glad tu that legislation involving this large an .increase of public funds vote for it. I do not mind stating that when some representa should come up on tbe Con::ll:'nt Calendar. The passage of tives of the employees came to see me alJout it I stated to them this bill will increase public expenditures about $700,000 that if they would have the bill amended to provide for special annually. It is my understanding that the United States cases, I would be glad to vote for it. Employees' Compensation Conuui:Ssion has ~ot asked for a : Mr. VAILE. The whole argument of the gentleman is that greater increase than 50 per cent ove.r the amounts provided in we ought not to give these men enough because other men have the original law, wbich would make the muximum $100 per not got enough. month. Even at that figure the rates would be in excess of Mr. BLACK of Texas. The argument that I am making is those provided in the employees' compensation acts of most that tl1e Congress of the United States has by affirmative vote of th~ States of the Union. said that $100 shall be pahl per month for permanent total dis Gentlemen, if you pass this bill, let me call your attention ability to disabled veterans of the 'Vorld 'Var, and for a tem to what you will be doing when you pass it. You will provide porary total disability $80 per month shall 1Je paid to such a maximum compensation to civil employees of the Go>ern veterans. That is the law of the land; it has been the law ment, such as rural carriers, Government clerk8, letter carriers, for se>eral years. Not only that, but Congress has failed to postal clerks, immigration inspect(lrs, customhouse employees, put on the retired Jist, as provided by tile Fitzgerald bill and and so on, who are totally disabled in the civil service of the the Tyson bill emergency Army officers, aud many of them who Government-you will provide a better compensation for total were totally disabled are only drawing $100 per month. Now, difmbility in such cases than you have provided for our valiant I submit that if we are going into the business of increasing men who were totally disabled on the battle fields of France. compensation above $100 we should first begin in favor of thm,;e I am aguinst such a proposition. who were totally disabled in the defense of the flag of our 1\lr. SCHAFER. Will the gentleman yield? country. [Applause.] Mr. BLACK of Texas. I yield. l'Ir. SCHAFER. Will the gentleman yield? Mr. SCHAFER. Then wily not increase the compensation Mr. BLACK of Texas. I will yield to the gentlenui.n. that you provide for those soldiers? Mr. SCHAFER. Will the gentleman vote for all- legislation 1\lr. BLACK of Texas. We have not that proposition before to increase the compensation for disabled veterans? us, and what I am contending is-- Mr. BLACK of Texas. I can answer that by saying that I Mr. SCHA:Ji,ER. The gentleman is bringing it before us as have supported most all legislation of that kind. I am not on a point of argument. the Veterans Committee, but I have been voting consistently in Mr. BLACK of Texas. Yes; not only that, but I have no support of legislation that has been brought before the House apology to make for the argument. If the gentleman is willing for the benefit of disabled ex-service men. I think this bill we to sit here and vote for a bill that will give a greater com are now considering sbould be defeated, and therefore I shall pensation to ci>ilian employees of the Government for total vote against it. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time. disability than that which is paid to a inan who was totally 'l'he SPEAKER. 'l'he question is on the motion of tbe gen disalJled on the battle fields of France, if be is willing to do . tleman from Pennsylyania to suspend the rules and pass the that, he is willing to do more tha.n I am willing to do. I have !Jill as amended. r no attack to make on rural letter carriers, postal clerks, Govern The question was taken; and on a division (demanded by ment clerks in general, and men of that kind; no attack what l\Ir. BLACK of Texas) there were--83 ayes and 27 noes. ever. They are worthy men. They do efficient service for the Mr. BLACK of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I object to the vote Go>ernment of the United States ; but I am not going to put on the ground that there is no quorum present. m:rself in the position of voting one of these civilian employees The SPEAKER Evidently there is no quorum present. a greater compensation for disability than we arc paying to The doors were closed, the Sergeant at Arms was directed the men who were disabled on the battle fields in defen~e of to bring in absent ~1em1Jers, and the Clerk called the roll. their country's flag. Other Members of the House can do that The question 'vas taken ; and there were--yeas 310, nays 20, if they wish, but I will not be among the number. answered " present " 1, not voting 102, as follows : Mr. VAILE. Will the gentleman yield? [Uoll No. 10] Mr. BLACK of Texas. Yes. YEAS-310 1\Ir. VAILE. " Thile the gentleman is emphasizing that point, Ackerman Boylan Connery Fish will he not be good enough to admit that the compensation paid Adkins Brand, Ga. Cooper, Wis. Fisher to soldiers can be considerably more than this amount when Aldrich Brand, Ohio Corning Fitzgeruld, Roy 0. such a soldier has dependents? And most of these ci>il-ser>ice Allen HriggH Coyle Fitzgerald, W. T. Allgood Brigham Cri>:!p l<'Jetcl.!et· employees will have dependents. Almon Britten Crosser lt'ort l\Ir. BLACK of Texas. Not nece~snrily. Let me call this Andresen Browne Crowtller Foss fact to tlle gentleman's attention. This hill will permit a pay Andrew Browning Crumpacker Free ment for temporary disability to a civilian employee of $116 Appleby Brumm Dalllngcr l!'reeman Arentz Buchanan Darrow French a month, and yet the gentleman well knows that the rating for Arnold Bulwinkle Davis Frothingham temporary disability in the Veteran ' Bureau is $80 a month. Aswell Burtness Dempt>ey l!'unk Mr. HUDSPETH. 'Viii the gentleman yield for a question? Auf dcr Heide Burton Denison Furlow Ayrf' S BusiJy Dickinson, Iowa. Gallivan 1\lr. BLACK of Texas. I yield to the gentleman from Texa~. Bacharach Butler Dickinson, Mo. Gambrill Mr. HUDSPETH. If I understand the bill ·correctly, this Bachmann llyrnR Dough ton Gardner, Jnd. additional pay comes out of the fund that these employees Racon Campbell Dowell Garrett, ~·ex. Bailey Cannon Drane Gasque pay in. Barbour Carpenter Drewry Gibson 1\Ir. BLACK of Texas. Not a cent of it in the world. If the Berk Caras Driver Giffor·d employees contributed the fund, I would not make any ob needy Carter, Calif. Dyer Goodwin Beers Carter, Okla. En ton Gt·aham jection. Hegg Chalmers .Edwards Green, Fla . It all comes out of the Treasury of the United States and is Berger Chapman Elliott Greenwood paid by the taxpayers and there is no contribution on the part m ack, N.Y. Chinll, N.Y. Sosnowski Wilson, La. The Clerk read as follows: LRnkford O'Connell, R. I. Speaks Wllson, Miss. Lazaro O'Connor, La.. Spearing Winter Be it enacted, etc., Tha:t from and after the approval of this act all Lea, Calif. Oldfield Sproul, Kans. Wolverton persons now on the pension roll, and alL persons hereafter granted a Leatherwood Oliver, Ala. Stalker Woodruff Lca>itt Patterson Stol.Jbs Woodyard pension, who while in the military or naval service of the United States, Lehlbach Peavey Strother Wright and in line of duty, shall have lost one hand or one toot, or have been Letts Perkins ~ullivan Wurzbach totally disabled in the same, shall receive a pension at the rate of $80 Line!Jerger Porter Summers, Wash. Yates Linthicum l'ou Sumners, Tex. per month; that all persons who in like manner shall have lost an arm Little Prall Swank at or at any point above the elbow, or a leg at or at any point above NAYS-20 the knee, or have been totally disabled in the same, shall receive a Black, Tex. Fulmer Hoch Shallenberger pension at the rate o! $90 per month. Blanton Garber Lowrey Steagall SEC. 2. That section 4788 of the Revised Statutes of the United Cox Garner, Tex. Mel!ill an Stevenson Deal Gilbert McSwain Tincher States is hereby amended to read as follows: -Every person entitled to Dominick IIarc Peery Whittington the benefits of the preceding section may, if he so elects, receive, instead ANSWERED u PRESENT ,___:1 of such limb or apparatus, the money value thereof at the following Rankin rates, namely: For artificial legs, $125 : for arms, $100 ; for feet, $100 ; NOT VOTING-102 for apparatus for resection, $100. . · Abemetlly Goluer McFadden Stephens The SPEAKER. Is a second demanded? Anthony OoldRborough McLaughlin, Ulch.Strong, Kans. Bankhead Gorman McLaughlin, Nebr. Strong, Pa. Mr. UNDERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I demand a· second. Barkley Green, Iowa :Madden Swartz Mr. ELLIOTT. Mr.· Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that Bell Hal<' Magee, Pa. Swing a seconu be considered as ordered. Bixler Hall, Inrl. Magrady Swoope Burdick Harrison :Mead Taber The SPEAKER. Is there objection? Caufield Hickey Merritt Taylor, N. J. There was no objection. Carew Hull. Morton D. MillR Taylor, W. Va. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Indiana is entitled to Celler .Tacobstein Montgomery 'l'illman -eteary Jeffers Mooney Underhill 20 minutes and the gentleman from Ohio to 20 minutes. Collin !'I Johnson. Ill. Moore, Va. Updike Mr. ELLIOTT. Mr. Speaker, this bill will apply to 1,097 Connolly, Pa. Johnson, Ind. Morin Upshaw pensioners of the United States now on the rolls. It increases Cooper, Ohio Johnson, Ky. O'Connor, N.Y. Vare Cramton Kelly Oliver, N.Y. Wainwright the pensions of the soldiers who shall have lost one hand or Cullen Kendall Parker -Wefald foot or have been totally disabled in the same by $15 a month. Curry Kiess Parks Weller They ar·e now getting $65 a montli and this bill will give them Davenport Kindreu Perlman Wt'lsh, Pa. Davey King Phillips White, Me. $80 a month. It also increases the pension of those who haYe Dickstein Kirk · Quayle Wingo • lost an arm at or any point aboye the elbow, or a leg at or Douglass Knutson Hansley Wood any point above the knee, or hnve been totally disabled in the Doyle Kunz Reed, Ark. Woodrum Frear Kurtz Sabnth Wyant same, by $15 a month. They are now getting $75 a month and l!'redericks Larsen Somers, N. Y. Zihlman this new act will giYe them $90 a month. Garrett, Tenn. Lee, Ga. Sproul, Ill. Section 2 of the bill amends section 4788 of the Revised Glynn Lindsay Stedman Statutes of the United States, which was approved June 17, So, two-thirds ha,ving voted in favor thereof, the rules were 1870, and which provides for the furnishing to these ruaimed suspended and the bill was passed. soldiers of artificial legs, arms-, feet, and apparatus for resec The result of the vote was announced as above recorded. tion. In all these cases the amount is increased $50 in order -The Clerk announced the following pairs : · to meet the condition that now exists in regard to the cost of General pairs until further notice : these various things. :!\fr. Ma dden with Mr. Garrett of TenneRsee. Mr. McSWAIN. From which committee does this report Mr. Wood with l'llr. Douglass. "")Jr. !Stephens with Mr. Steadman. come? l\Ir. Underhill with Mr. Bankhead. :Mr ELLIOTT. From the Committee on Invalid Pensions. l\1r. Mills with 1\Ir. Moore of Virginia. Mr: McSWAIN. To what class of soldiers does the uill 1\rr. Cramton with Mr. Carew. l\lr. IIall of Indiana witll Mr. Mooney. apply? l\Ir. McFadden with Mr. Tillman. l\Ir. ELLIOTT. It applies to any maimed soluier of any Mr. Connolly of Penns:-lvania with Mr. Harrlso.n. war. I think there are about four o:r five men, probaiJly, of the Mr. Merritt with Mr. Kunz. Mr. l\IcLaughlin of Michigan with Mr. Woodrum. World War-that are drawing compensation under this ad. I Mr. Morin with Mr. Lindsay. do not know why. It applies principally to sold~ers of the l\lr. Johnson of Illinois with Mr. Davey. Spanish War, the Civil War, and the Mexicau War. :!\.Ir. Strong of Pennsylvania with Mr. Mead. Mr. McSWAIN. And soluiers in the Regular Establishment? Mr. Kendall with Mr. Doyle. Mr. Anthony with Mr. Weller. 1\fr;. ELLIOTT. Yes; any soldier who was injured in this l\[r. Welsh of Pennsylvania with Mr. Cleary. way. Mr. Green o! Iowa with Mr. O'Connor of New Yo.rk. Mr. Vare with Mr. Bell. Mr. IRWIN. Are the World War veterans included in this? Mr. Phillips with 1\!r. Cullen. Mr. ELLIOTT. The World War veterans could be pensioned Mr. Swing with Mr. Parks. under this, but this does not amend the act unuer which they Mr. Taber with ~!r. Quayle. :llr. Kless with 1\Ir. llarklcy. receive compensatidn for like injuries. Their act is more Mr. Knutson with Mr. Wingo. liberal than this. 1804 CONGRESS! ON 1\._L RECORD-HOUSE JANUARY 17 1\lr. IRWIN. The blll says all soldiers on the pension rolls. struct, maintain, and operate a bridge across tlJe Mississippi Mr. ELLIOTT. They are not on the pension rolls. They are River. on the compensation rolls. The Clerk read the title of the bill. Mr. IRWIN. They would !Je excluded? The SPEAKER I~ there objection to the present considera Mr. ELLIOTT. Yes. 1\ir. Speaker, I reserve the rcma~ndcr tion of the bill? [.After a pause.] The Chair hears none. of my time. The Clerk read as follows: l\1r. UNDERWOOD. l\Ir. Speaker, I do not have any re Be it enacted, etc., That the consent of Congress is hereby gt·anted quests for time. to tile city of Quincy, State of Illinois, its successors and assigns, to The SPEAKER. The question is on the motion of the gen construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto tleman from Indiana to suspend the rules and pass the bill. across tile Missl~sippi River at a point suitable to the interests of The question was taken; and in the opinion of the Chair, tw<> na,·igation, between the city of Quincy, State of Illinois, and a point thirds having >oted in favor thereof, the rules wet·e suspended opposite in the State of Missouri, in accordance with the provisions of and. the bill was passed. the Ret entitled "An act to regulate the construction of bridges over SURVEY OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS (H. DOC. NO. 651) navigable waters," approved March 23, 1906, and subject to the con Mr. ELLIOTT. Mr. Speaker, I desire to submit a request ditions and limitations contained in tills act. for unanimous consent. On Saturday afternoon the Secretary Smc. 2. There is hereby couferred upon the city of Quincy, its su<.' of the Treasury and the Postmaster General sent to the Com cessors and assigns, all such rights and powers to enter upon lauds mittee on Public Buildings and Grounds of the House of Rep and to acquire, condemn, occupy, possess, and use real estate and resentatives a report of the survey they had made throughout other property needed for the location, construction, operation, and the country of the public buildings situation. This is a volumi maintenance of such bridge and its approaches as are possessed by nous report and contains information that almost every Mem railroad corporations for railroad purposes or by bridge corporations ber of the House and the Senate needs and wants. I ask for uridge purposes in the State in which such real estate or other unanimous consent that this report be printed as a House property is situated, upon making just compensation therefor, to be d.ocurnen t. ascertained and paid according to the laws of such State, and the pro The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Indiana asks unani ceedings therefor shall be the same as in the condemnation or expro mous consent that tlJe report recently submitted by the Secre priation of property in such State. tary of the Treasury in regard to tlJe public building situation SEC. 3. The said city of Quincy, its successors and assigns, is hereby !Je printed as a public document. Is there objection? authorized to fix and charge tolls for transit over such bridge, and There was no objection. the rates of toll so fixed shall be the legal rates until changed by the Secretary of War under the authority contained in the act of March CONSTRUCTION _\.T CERTAIN MILITABY POSTS 23, 190G. Mr. JAMES. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend tlJe rules and SEC. 4. In fixing the rates of toll to be charged for the use of pass the bill (H. R. 15547) to authorize appt Jpriations for con such bridge the same shall be so adjusted as to provide a fund suf struction at military posts, and for otlJer purposes, which I ficient to pay for the cost of maintaining, repailing, and operating send to the desk. · the bridge and its approaches, and to provide a sinking fund suf TlJe SPEAKER. The gentleman from Michigan moves to ficient to amortize the cost of such bridge and its approaches as soon suspend the rules and pass the !Jill, which the Clerk will report. as possible unuer reasonable charges, but within a period of not to The Clerk read as follows : exceed 20 years ft·om the completion thereof. After a sinking fund Be it enacted, etc., That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated sufficient to pay the cost of constructing the bridge and its approaches not to exceed $3,680,000 from the net proceeds derived from the sale shall have been provided, such bridge sbnll thereafter be maintained of surplus War Department real property, including the sale of surplus and operated free of tolls, or the rates of toll shall thereafter be bulldings, deposited in the Treasury, as authorized by the act approved so adjusted as to provide a fund of not to exceed the amount nece~J March 12, 1926 (Public, No. 45, 69th Cong.), and there is hereby au sary for the proper care, repair, maintenance, and operation of the thorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury of the bridge and its approaches. An accurate record of the cost of the l"nited States not otherwit;e appropriated, the sum of $1,400,000, the bridge and its approaches, the expenditures for operating, repairing, and total of said sums to be expended for the construction and instalhltion maintaining the same, and of the daily tolls collected shall be kept at military posts of such buildings and utililies and appurtenances and shall be available for the information of all persons interested. thereto as in the judgment of the Secretary of War may be necessary, SEc. ::>. The ri6ht to alter, amend, or repeal this act is herehy ex as follows: Schofield llarracks, hos}lital $260,000; Camp Lewis, Wash., pressly reserved. hof!pital $128,000, officers' quarters $72,000, noncommissioned officers' The !Jill was ordered to be engrossed and read the third time, quarters $30,000; Camp Devens, Mass., hospital $300,000; Fort was read the third time, and passed. Benning, Ga., !Javra<:ks $465,000, hospital $180,000 ; Fort Sam Houston, A motion to reconsider the vote by which tlJe bill was passed Tex., barracks $300,000 ; Fort Bragg, N. C., barracks $310,000, officers' was laid on the table. quarters $72,000, noncommissioned officers' quarters $45,000 ; Camp BRIDGE ACROSS THE RED RIVER AT FL'LTON, ARK. Meade, Md., barracks $300,000; Selfridge Fil'ld, Mich., officers' quar ters $72,000; Fort "'Ionmouth, N. · J., officers' quarters $72,000, non The next business on the Consent Calendar was the bill -commissioned officers' quarters, $15,000 ; Fort Sill, Okla., officers' (H. R. 15530) to extend the time for the construction of a quarters $72,000; Fort Riley, Kans., officers' quarters $72,000; March bridge across Red River at Fulton, Ark. Field, Calli., barracks $5!o0,000, officers' quarters $71>0,000 ; Kelly The Clerk read the title of the bill. Field, Tex., barracks $400,000; Brookt~ Field, Tex., barracks $521,000 : The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the pre~ent comddera Provided, That any unexpended balances or combined unexpended bal tion of the bill? [After a pause.] The Chair hears none. ances or any of the ab<;>ve amounts ~hall be available interchangeably The Clerk read as follows : for appropriation on any of the hospitals, barracl;:s, or noncommissioned Be it t·naoted, etc., That the time for beginning and completing the officerR' quarters herein authorized : And protridcd ftwther, That here construction of the bridge authorized by the " act granting the consent after no part of this appropriation or any appropr-iation hereafter made of Congress to the State Highway Commission of Arkansas to con shall be expended for the construction of quarters for officers of the struct, maintain, and operate a bridge acrot~s Ued River near Fulton, Army in the United States or its possessions, the total cost of which, At·k.," appt·oved February 4, 19!!G, itl hereby extended one year and including heating and plumbing apparatus, wiring, and fixtures, shall three years, respectively, from the date of the approval hereof. exceed in the case of an officer above the rank of captain, $14,500, and The bill was ordered to !Je engrossed and read the third of an officer of and below the rank of captain, $12,u00. time, was read tlJe third time, and passed. The SPEAKER. Is a second demanded? [After a pause.] A motion to reconsider the vote !Jy which the bill was passed No demand !Jeing made for a second, the question is on the was laid on the table. motion of the gentleman from ~1ichigan to su~pend the rules LOAN Ol!' COTS, BLANKETS, ETC., TO TilE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF and pass the !Jill. TIIE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS ENCAMPMENT 'l'he question was taken, and in the opinion of the Chair, two third!:l lJaviug voted in favor thereof, the rules were SU$pended TlJe next business on the Consent Calendar was the joint and the bill was passed. resolution (H. J. Res. 318) to authorize the Secretary or War The SPEAKER. TlJe Clerk will resume the reading of tlJe to lend tentage, cots, and blankets for the use of the Virginia !Jills on the Consent Calendar. Department of the Veterans of Foreign 'Wars at its annual encampment, June, 1927. BRIDGE ACROSS THE 1\IISSISSIPPI RIVER AT QUINCY, ILL. The Clerk read tlJe title of the joint resolution. The next business on the Consent Calendar was the bill 'l'he SPEAKIDU. Is there objection to the present considera (H. R. 10014) grantiug the consent of Congress to the city tion of the resolution! [After a pause.] The Chair hears of Quincy, State of Illinois, its successors and as~:~igns, to con- none. 1927 . CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 1805. The Clerk read as follows: Tl1e SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present considel'· Resolved, etc., That the Secretary of War be, ~nd he is hereby, author ation of tlle bill? ized to lend, at his discretion, to the Tburbert Conklin Post No. 1177 There was no objection. of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, of Purcellville, The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the bill. _Va., for use in connection with the annual encampment of the Virginia The Clerk read as follows : Department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, to Be it enacted, etc., That the Librarian of Congress is hereby author· be held at Purcellville, Va., on or about J'une 27, 28, and 29, 1927, ized and directed to have tbe index to the Federal Statutes, published 30 tents, of size and pattern available, and 100 cots and 100 blankets: in 1908 and known as the Scott and Beaman Index, revised and CX· Provided, That no expense shall be caused the United States by the tended to include the acts of Congress down to and including the acts delivery and return of said property, the same to be delivered at such of the Sixty-ninth Congress, and to have the revised index printed at time piior to the holding of the said encampment as may be agreed the Government Printing Office. -upon- by the Secretary of War and Richard D. Dear, post commanuer: SEc. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for . carr;\·ing Pr-ovided further, That the Secretary of War, before delivering said out the provisions of this act the sum of $25,000, to remain available property, shall take from said Richard D. Dear a good and sufficient until expended. bond for the safe return of said property in good order and condition, and the whole without expense to the United States. The SPEAKER. The question 1:::; on the engrossment and The joint resolution was ordered to be engrossed and read the third reading of the bill. third time, was read the third time, and passed. The bill was ordered to be engros:::;ed and read a third time, A motion to reconsider the vote by which the joint resolution was read the third time, and passed. A motion to reconsider the >ote whereby the bill was pus;-;ed was passed was laid on the table. was ordered to be laid on the table. PURCHASE OF LAND FOR CAMP MARFA, TEX. The next business on the Consent Calendar was the bill BIENNIAL INDEX TO STATE LEGISLATION (H. R. 11321) for the purchase of land for usc in connection The next business on the Com;ent Calendar was the hill with Camp Marfa, Tex. (H. R. 9174) providing for the preparation of a biennial index The Clerk read the title of the bill. to State legislation. 'l'he SPEAKIDR. Is there objection to the present considera" The title of the bill was read. tion of this . bill? The SPEAKER Is there objection to the pre-Rent considera" Mr. LAGUARDIA. l\.1r. Speaker, J,:eserving the right to ob tion of the bill? ject, I notice that the report says the lease provides for aJmual There was no objection. 1·entals until 1920, ne:;t year, for 21lh acres and until 2018 for 'l'llc SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the bill. 426~-'2 acres. Now, will this purchase the 448 acres or just the The Clerk rend as follows : 21¥2 acres? Mr. WURZBACH. It provides for 448 acres. Be it enacted, eto., That tlle Librarian of Congress is hereby author· Mr. LAGUARDIA. 'Vill the gentleman accept an amend ized and directed to prepare anu to report to Congress biennially an ment in line 6 and say not less than 448 acres, because there index to the legislation of the States of the United States enacted dur seems to be some confusion?· ing the biennium .. Mr. HUDSPETH. It is contemplated to purchase 448 acres. SEc. 2. There is hereby authorized to bo appro1)riuteu annually for But it may not be necessary to purchase the entire amount, so carrying out the provisions of this act the sum of $2Ci,OOO, to remain I suggest that the gentleman would not want to offer that available until expenueu. .amendment. ~1r. JJAGUARDIA. Mr. Speaker, I ~~ c-e by the report that it Mr. LAGUARDIA. What we \Yant to make clear -for the is anticipated that the cost of printing is defrayed by the Hflle record is that the $27,000 is not only for the 211h acres of land, of the index. 'Yhile thi:'l work sl10nld be done, there will be the lease of .which expires next ·;ear, but-- no such demand for it as to bring in the amount which the Mr. HUDSPETH. But I will say to the gentleman from printing and compiling of this index would cost, which is -New York it is to purchase 448 acres, as stated by General $25,000 a year. I do not su]lpose there will be a demancl for Cheatham in his statement. more than a thousand Cl)pjes a year. That would not be any Mr. LAGUARDIA... Tlle lease on the 42Glh acres does not thing like the amount appropriated here, whereas the report expire until 2018. If the bill makes it clear now, of <.:ourse I might gi>c that impression, that thiA is a paying proposition. -will not insist on my amendment. l\Ir. LUCE.' Ha>ing appeared in behalf of this bill beftlre :Mr. WURZBACH. The gentleman will note that this pur the Committee on the Judiciary, I may attempt to answer the chase will save $2,400 a year in rent. question, although I am not on the committee itself. The de Mr. LA.GUARDIA. That is what you stop if you got the mand for this index comes from lawyers, from writers, from 448 acres? llepartments of political science, from the large public libraries Mr. WURZBACH. Absolutely; and the Government will · over the country, from the legislative reference bureaus, from save that $2,400 a year at least. the law libraries, as well as from the libraries now maintained 1\fr. LAGUARDIA. Is this the understanding of the chair by the research departments of the large corporations. Per man of the Committee on Military Affairs? haps the gentleman from New York does not realize how large Mr. JAMES. Yes. a factor that la~t possibility is. There arc now many great Mr. HUDSPETH. M1·. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to business concerns in the country which maintain at much ex substitute the bill S. 3992, an identical bill, which is now on the · pense organizations for profiting by pertinent information of calendar. · every kind. It is undoubtedly through their support that :;uch TllC SPEAKER. The gentleman from Texas asks unanimous a publication as the United States Daily can be maintaineL1. consent to suiJstitute the bill S. 3992 for the bill II. R. 11321. 1 would not, of course, say that there is any certainty that this Is there objection? [After a pause.] The Chair hears none. · will cost the Government nothing, but the feeling of the The Clerk will report the hill. librarians of the country and of those who work in this field is The Clerk read as follows : that it is desirable to have a work of such importance doue in )Je it enacted, etc., That a. sum not to exceed $!:?7,000 is hereby au- : any case. thorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not i Mr. LAGUARDIA. I ap1werinte the great importance of the otl.Jcrwise appropriated, for the acquisition of the fee title to land in ! work, but I put the HOU$C on notice that it will probably not the vicinity of and in connection with the present military rcscrv;ttion 1 be self-sliRtaining. However, I shall not vote against the bill. at Camp Marfa, Tex., and the Secretary -of War is hereby empowered : 1\lr. BLACK of Texas. l\Jr. Speaker, will the gentleman ·anu authorized to acquire said lund either by purchase or condemna- · from l\Inssachusetts [1\lr. LuaE] give us information as to tion. whetl1er this work provided for in the bill just passed will be a duvlicate of what is to be done under the bill revising the The bill was ·ordered to be rend the tbird time, was read the statutes? If I recall correctly, when the bill recently pas:;;;ed third time, and 11aRsed. • the House authorizing a revision of the statutes it also author- · A motion to reconsider the vote by which tlle bill was passed : ized a complete index of the statutes. . was laid on the taiJle. A similar House bill (H. R. 11321) was · Mr. LUCE. 1\fr. Speaker, the gentleman from Texas is ,laid on the table. addressing his remarks to the wrong IJill, . REVISION AND PRI:NTING OF INDEX TO FEDERAL STATuTES l\Ir. BLACK of Texas. I am addressing my remarks to the The next busincAs on the Consent Calendar w~s · the : bill prior uill. (H. R. 0173) providing for the re·\ision and printing of the in· : Mr. LUCJD. I bad no share in that bill. tlex to the Federal Statutes. · Mr. BLACK of Texas. 1\lr. Speaker, can the gentleman from The Clerk read the title of the bill. l\1aine [~r .. HERSEY] give us some info_rmation on that? CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE JANUARY 17 Mr. HERSEY. There will be no duplication, I can say to • remove the same: Provid-ed furt11e1·, . That said city shalt not have the gentleman. He will rememb_er that the bill under CQnsid the right to sell or convey the land herein granted, or any part eration now is the biennial index of legislation, which could thereof, or to devote the same to .any other purpose than as herein· not possibly be of much belp to them. . before described ; and if the said land shall not be used for such The SPliJAKER. The question is on the engrossment and municipal purpose the same, or such parts thereof not so used, shall third rending of the bill. _ revert to the United States. 'l"he conditions and reservations herein Tbe bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, provided for shall be expressed in the patent. was read the third time, and pas~ed. . The SPEAKER. The question is on the engrossment. and A motion to reconsider the vote whereby the bill was passed third reading of the bill, · was ordered to be laid on the table. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the next bill. was read tbe third time, and passed. BRIDGE ACROSS ARCHER'S CREEK IN SOUTH CAROLINA A motion to reconsider the vote whereby the bill was passed The next business on the Consent Calendar was the bill was ordered to be laid on the table. (H. R. 12852) authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to accept The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the next bill. on behalf of the United States title in fee sfmple to a certain POS~FFICE SITE AT TAMAQUA, PA. strip ·of land and the construction of a bridge across Archers The next busineRs on the Consent Calendar was the bill Creek iu South Carolina. (H. R. 15016) to authorize the purchase of n post-office site at The title of the bill was read. 'l'amaqua, Pa., subject to mineral reservations. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present considera- The Clerk ·read the title of the bill. . tion of the bill? · The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present considera- There was no objection. tion of the bill? The SPEAKER. Tbe Clerk will report tbe bill. T~ere was ~o . objection. . _ , The. Clerk. read as follows : The Clerk read the bill, as _fo_llows: . , Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby author Be it enacted, etc., That in carrying· into effect existing legislation ized to accept on behalf of the United States, free from encumbrances providing for the purchase of a site and the-erection of a post-office and without cost to the United States, the title in fee simple to the butlding at Tamaqua, Pa., the Seeretary of the Treasury fs -hereby following described parcel of lanu, to be used as right of way for a authorized to accept a title subject to the reservatlo·11 of mineral rights. ·road from Jericho Point to the Marine Corps reservation on _Parris r"sland, S. C. : Starting at a point on the north bank 'of .Archers Creek, The bill wa13 oi·dered to be engrossed· and read a third · time, north 64 degrees, 29 minutes . west, 6,563 teet from monument No. 31 was read the third time, and passed. . ' at the marine barracks, Parris Island, S. C., thence ·north, 13 degrees, A motion to reconsider· the vote 'whereby the bill wns passed 40 minutes west, 4,601) feet to a point at the mean high water line was laid on the table. near Jericho Point; thence north, 87 degrees, 39 minutes east; 204 SUBTREASURY BUILDING AND SITE IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. feet to a point also at the mean high water line near Jericho Point; The next bUsiness on the Consent Calendar. was the hill thence · south, 13 degrees and 40 minute!~ east, 4,565 feet to a point (H. R. 14925) authorizing the sale of the r;,ew - sul.itreasur·y on the north bank of Archers Creek; thence s<>uth 76 degrees and 20 building and site in San Francisco, Calif. minutes west, 200 feet to the point of beginning. The ClE-rk read the title of the bill. SEc. 2. That the Secretary of the Nav-y is further authorized and The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the pre~ent considera- directed to cause to be constructed, in accordance with the· provislons tion of the bill? of the act entitled ".An act to regulate the construction of bridges over There was no objection. navigable waters," approved March 23, 1006 (34 Stat., p. 84), a steel The Clerk read the bill, as follows : bridge across .Archers Creek in Beaufort County, State of South Caro· Be it enaotecl, etc., That the Secretary of the •.rreasury be, and nc lina, to connect the Marine Corps reservation on Parris Island with is hereby, authorized and empowt>red, in his discretion, to sell the new Port Ro;ral _Island to Jericho Point, in said county, at a cost to the subtreasury building and site, San Francisco, Calif., at such time and Government of the United States not to exceed $30,000, which sum, or upon such terms as he may deem -to be to the best interests of the so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby authorized to be appro United State!'!, and to convey such property to the purchaser thereof by priated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the usual quitclaim deed ; the proceeds of said sale to be covered into uefray the expense and cost of constructing said bridge. the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 8Ec. 3. The Secretary of the Navy is further authorized to execute on behalf of the United States a 11 instruments necessary to accomplish 'l'he bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, the purposes aforesaid. was read the third time, and passed. A motion to reconsider the vote whereby the bill was passed The SPEAKER. The question is on the engrossment and was laid on the table. third reading of the bill. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time ; HELIUM GAB was read the third time, and passed. The next business on the Consent Calendar was t11e bill (H. R. A motion to reconsider the vote whereby the bill was passed 15344) to amend the act entitled "An act authorizing the con was laid on the table. servation, production, and exploitation of helium gas, a mineral The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the next bill. resource pertaining to the national defense, -and . to the develop ment of commercial aeronautics, and. for .other purposes.". GRANTING OF CER'l'AIN LANDS TO BOUNTIFUL, UTAH -'l'he Clerk read the title of the bill. The next business on the Consent Calendar was the bill The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present considera- (H. H. 13212) granting certain lands to tile city of Bountiful, tion of tbe bill? Utah, to protect the watershed of the water-supply system of There was no objection. ~:;aid city. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: The title of the bill was read. Be it etzacted, eto., That the act entitled "An act authorizing the The SPEAKER. Is tbere objection to the present considera- conservation, production, aud exploitation of helium gas, a mineral tion of the bill? resoui·ce 'pertainlJig to the national defense, and to the development There was no objection. of commercial aeronautics, and for other purposes,'' approved March 3, The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the bill. 1925, be, and it is hercl>y, amended to read as follows: . The Clerk read as follows : "SECTION 1. That !or the put:pose of producing helium with which Be it enacted, etc., That upon payment of $1.25 per acre there is to supply the needs or the- Army and Navy and other branches of the hereby granted to the city of Bountiful, Utah, and the Secretary of Federal Government, the · Secretary of Commerce is hereby authorized the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to issue patent to the to acquire land or i.Qterest in land by pur~hase, lease, or condemnation, city of Bountiful, Utah, for certain public lands for the protection where necessary, when helium _en~ not be.. Il~rchased fro.m private parties of the watershed furnishing the water for said city, the lands being at less cost, to explore for, procure, or conserve helium-bearing gas; describeu as follows : .All of section 24, township 2 north, range 1 to drill or otherwise test s~ch lands; and to construct plants, pipe east. Salt Lake meridian, and containing approximately 640 acres, lines, facilities, and accessories for .the production, storage, and re more or less. puritlcatlon of helium: Provided, That any known bellum-gas bearing SJ·~c. 2. The conveyance hereby authorized shall not include any land on the public domain not covered at the time by leases or permits lands which at the date of the issuance of patent shall be covered under the act of February 25, 1920, entitled '.An act to promote tbe by a valid existing bona fide right <>r claim initiated under the laws mining of coal, phosphate, oil, oil shale, gas, and sodium orf the public of the United States: Pt•ovided, That there shall be- reserved to the domain,' ·may · be- reserved fot• the purposes of this act; and that the · Un1ted States all on; coal, and other mineral deposits that may be United. States reserves the ownership and the right to extract, under found on the lands so granted and the right to proE~pect for, mine, and' such rules and regulations as shall be prescribed ·by · the Secretary of 1927 c-oNGRESSION... ~L RECORD-- HOUSE- tl807 the Interior, ·helium· from . all gas produced from lands so permitted, The Clerk read the bill, as follows : leased, or otherwise granted for development. . " SEC. 2. That the Bureau of Mines, acting under the direction of Be it en~ted, -etc., That t~e Secr~t~ry of .War is hereby authorized the Secretary of· Commerce, is authorized to maintain and operq.te and directed to sell the Buckeye Target Range, consisting of the east helium production and repurification plants, together with facilities half of secti_on 30 and the southeast· quarter of section 19, township and accessories thereto ; to !'tore and care for helium ; to conduct ex 1 north, range 3 ' west, Gila and Salt River base and Meridian, Ariz., ploration for and production of helium on and from the lands acquired and. to dispose o.f the proceeds _of such sale, as is prov:ided by the act or set aside under this act; to conduct experimentation and research of Congress, approved May 12, 1{)17 (40 Stat. L. p. 07), providing for - for the purpose of discovering helium supplies and improving processes the sale of target ranges acquire~ by pur<:ha~e : Provided, That said apd methods of helium production, repuri.fication, storage, and utiliza land shall be sold at public sale after such advertisement and urider tion. such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe. "SEC. 3. That all Government. plants operated by the Government The bill w.as order~d to be engr~~ed and read a third time, - or under lease or contract with it for the prouuction of helium shall be was re,ad the third time, and passed. - under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Mines: Provided, That the , A. motio:Q to reconsider . the vote wherehy the bill was P,assed Army and Navy and other branches of the Federal service requiring was laid on the table. . . · . helium may requisition it from the said bureau and make payment DONATION OF BRASS CANNON TO ·.11HE WAYNE COUNTY COUNCil. OF therefor from any applicable appropriation at" actual cost of said helium to the United States, tncludir1g all expenses connected there 'l'HE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS, DETROIT, MICH. with: Provided further, That any surplus helium produced may, until The next business on the Consent ··Calendar was the bill needed for Government use, be leased to. American citizens or ·American (H: R. 1130) imthoi'izing the Secretary of War to donate to corporations under regulations approved by the President: and pro the 'Vayue County Council of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, of '1-'ided further, That. even though no surplus exists, heliu·m may be fur Detroit, State of Michigan, two brass cannons or fle1d pieces. nished to aid scientific and commercial development upon approval of The Clerk read the titre Of the' bilL · · ·· · the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present considera- of Commerce, and under regulations approved by the President: A.1~ tion of the bill? prot•ided further; That all moneys recei-ved from the sale or leasing There was no objection. · of helium shall be credited to a helium-production account and shall -The Glerk read the bill, as follows: be and remain available for the purposes of this section; and that Be it enMted, etc., That the War Department be authorized through a~y gas belonging to the United States, after the extraction of helium its Chief of Ordnance to issue nnd donate two obsolete brass cannons, or any by-product not needed for Government. use, shall be· sold i and from the supply available for such donation, to the Wayne County the proceeds of such sales in excess of the cost of said gas or by-product Council of the Vetet'ans of Foreign Wars, General Motors Bullding, shall be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of miscellaneous Detroit, Mich. receipts. · ·' · " SEc. 4. That hereafter no · helium gas shall be exporteti from the The bill was ordered tQ be engrossed and read a third time, United States, or from its possessions, until after application for such was. read the third time, a,nd passed. exportation has been made to the Secretary of Commerce and per . A motion to reconsider the vote whereby the bill was passed mission for said exportation has been obtained from the President of was laid on the table. the United States, on the joint recommendation of the Secretary of 'l'he title was amended to rea,d as follows: "A bill authorizing War, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of Commerce. That the Secretary of War to donate to the 'Vayne County Council any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, of Detroit, State of Michigan, guilty o·r a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more two obsolete brass cannons." than $15,000 or by impl'isonment of·not more than one year, or· by both UNIVERSITY OF UTAH such fine and imprisonment, and the Federal co~rts of the United The next busineRS on the Consent Calendar was the bill S_tates are hereby granted jurisdiction to try and determine all Q.UI!s (H. R. 13050) releasing and granting to the State· of Utah arid Uons arising under this section. the Univernity of Utah any and all reversionar~· rights of the "SEC. 5. The Army and Navy may each designate an officer to co United States in and to the grounds now occupied as a campus operate with the Department of Commerce in currying out the pur by the University of Utal1. ' poses of this act, and shall have complete right of access to plants, The Clerk r'ead tlie title of the bill. data, and accounts." The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present considera- 'Vith the following committee amendments : tion of the bill?: • There was no objection. On page 3, line 17, strike out the words u..4.n4 provided" and insert The Clerk read the bill, as follows : in lieu thereof the word 11 Provided." On page 3, line 18, after the word " helium," insert the words " in Be it enacted, eto., That any and all reversionary right, title, or an amount not to exceed 5,000 cubic feet in any one year." interest which the United States no.w has in and to the land occupied by the University of Utah as a campus and more particularly described Page 3, line ~o. strike out the word " furnished " aud insert in lieu thereof the words " leased or sold.'' as follows: Commencing on the west boundary line of the Fort Douglas Military - 'l'he committee amendments ·were agreed to . . Reservation at a point where it is intersected by the north line of -The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, Fourth South Street in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, and running was read the third time, and vassed. thence north on said line 136 rods, mo.re or .less, to a point where t'he · A motion to reconsider the· vote whereby the bill was passed south line of First South Street, in said city, according to the plat was laid on the table. thereof. intersects the said boundary line ; thence running east 70 r~ 1s LONGEYITY PAY BILL rods; tllence south parallel with said west boundary line 136 rods. The SPEAKER. The House this morning passed ;what was more ·o·r less, to a point due east of the point of beginning; thence known as the longevity pay bill, a Senate bill. Without objec running west 70/~"w rods to the point of beginning, containing 60 tion, the Chair will lay on the table a similar House· bill. acres, for a site and campus fot· the University of Utah, and upon the ' 1\fr. BLACK of Texas. Mr. Speaker, there was one difference condition that such tract shall be occupied by the said university within between the House bill and the Senate bill. The Senate bill five years after the passage of this act, and perpetually thereafter ; prodded a limitation ·of 20" per cent on attorneys' fees, while the and in case it is not so occupied and useu it shall revert to the United House bill provided a limitation of- 10 per cent. I do not know States. wbether that would be a difference substantial enough to· pre Also the following-described land lying within the Fort Douglas v_ent the laying of the House bill on the table? Military Reservation and adjacent to the site of said university in the The SPEAKER. The Chair would not think so. The Chii.ir State of Utah, namely: Beginning at a point of intersection of the wast thinks it would be proper to lay the House bill on the table boundary line of Fort Douglas Reservation and north boundary line without objection. Is there· objection? of Fourth South Street of Salt Lake City, which point is 10.23 .rods There was no objection. efls1; and .192.14 rods south of the northeast corner of section 5, town ship 1 south, range 1 east, Salt Lake meridian, and which marks the B"~J CKEYE TARGET RANGE, ARIZ. southwest corner of the present campus of the University of Utah, The next busin·e·ss on the Consent Calendar was the bill and running thence south 48 rocls, · thence east 80 rods, thence north (H. R. 12797) to authorize the sale of the Buckeye Target· 184 rods to the intersection of the prolongation of the north boundary R:tnge, Ariz. . .. · · - · · · of the campus of the University of Utah, thence west 9.4 rods to the The-Clerk read the title of .the bill. northeast cornet· of the unive.rsity campus, thence south 130 rods along , The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the ..present considera the east boundary of · the campus to the southeast corner of same ; tion of the bill? thence west 70.0 rods to point of beginning; and any and all right, There was no objection. title, or interest which the ~United States may. hereafter acquire 1n or· LXVIII-114 1808 CONGRESSIONAL R.ECOR.D-HOUSE . JANUARY 17 to any of said lands herein described, or any part thereof, by virtue 1\Ir. HILL of Maryland. :Mr. Speaker, we have just passed, of the failure of the State of Utah or the University or Utah to occupy under suspension of the rules, House bill 15547, a bill to author and improve said land and maintain the same for university purposes ize appropriations for construction at military posts and for and not otherwise, or in cas~ said State of Utah or the University of other purposes. This bill authorizes the appropriation at Camp Utah should abandon said land for university purposes, be, and the Meade, 1\Id., of $300,000 for barracks. This appropriation is in same hereby are, released and granted to and >ested in the State of addition to the· $410,000 for barracks at Camp Meade, author Utah and the Uni>ersity of Utah, . and this act shall be deemed a ized and appropriated in the last session of this Congress. The conveyance in fee simple to the land herein described: Pt·ovided, That $710,000 so appropriated or authorized is to come out of the the grant of said land shall in no manner carry with it any right or permanent military posts con~truct ion fund, created by the u ·uc in or to any portion of the waters of the Red Butte Canyon Creek: Wadsworth-Hill Act, approved March 12, 1926 (Public, 45th Ana provided further, That there is reserved to the United States the GOth Cong. ) . perpetual right to maintain, alter, rebuild, and enlarge the sewer which The authorization bill which the House just passed is the runs from the Fort Douglas military post across saicl tract of land, second step in tile coordination of military posts throughout the or to construct and maintain a new sewer system across the same, United States to correspond to the present corps-area defense should it be desirable so to do. system provided by the national defense act. It is alf:lo the With the following committee amendments: second step in the Yery needed housing of the Army. On page 1, line 6, strike out all after the word " described" down Several years ago there was considerable apprehension in to and including the word "purposes" in line 17, page 3, anll insert: 1\faryland lest Camp 1\Ieade be discontinue(} as Third Corps "In the acts of Congress granting same, dated, respectively, .July mobilization and training center. I recollect very well several years ago that a delegation of business men from Baltimore 23, 1894 (28 U. S. Stat. p, 117), and May 16, 1906 (34 U. S. Stat. came to Washington upon this question. The day they arrh·ed p. 195)." Page 3, line 23, after the word "simple," strike out the words "to we were holding hearings before a joint subcommittee of the Senate and House Military Affairs Committees on the Wads the iand herein described " and insert in lieu thereof the words " of worth-Hill bill relating to Army posts and so to the future of the said land." . Camp 1\feade. I recollect I was not able to go to the meeting Page 3, Une 25, after the word " any," insert the word " interest. ·• here of the business men from Baltimore ; but while they were Page 4, line 7, after the word "be," insert the words "or become." holding such meeting, in answer to my question before the ·The committee amendments were agr~ to. subcommittee, the Secretary. of War ·stated that 'it was pro The bill was ordered to be engrossed and J.'ead a third time, posed to retain and develop Camp Meade. The situation as to was read the third time, and passed. Camp l\feade is fully set forth in the following extract from A motion to reconsider the vote whereby the bill was passed the report from the Committee on :Military Affairs, submitted was laid on the table. with the bill we have just passed, and it is as follows: BOUKDABIEB OF BLACK IIILLS .AND HABl'iE'Y FORESTS Camp !\!cade, 1\[d. (Infantry btigade station) : Three hundred thou sand dollars for barracks to bouse one battalion of Infantry. Four The next business on the Consent Calendar was the bill bunllred and ten thousand dollars was appropriated during the first '(H. R. 5991) authorizing the adjustment of the boundar~es of session of the Sixty-ninth Congress for barracks for the Seventeenth the Black Hills and Harney Forests, and for other purposes. 'l'ank Battalion of 512 men. The entire garrison is occupying tempo The Clerk read the title of the bill. rary war-time frame buildings. It is planned to provide accommoda The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present considera- tions for 2,UGG enlisted men and 152 officers. tion of the bill? The enlistell men scheduled to occupy the new barraclts at Camp There was no objection. Meauc arc now stationed at Forts Howard, Washington, and Eustis. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: War Department plans contemplate the sale of Forts Washington and Be it enacted, etc., That any lands within 5 miles of the exterior Howard, and it is therefore necessary to proceed with the construction boundaries of the Black Ilills National or Harney National Forest of the barracks at Meade in order that those posts may be vacated. At not in Government ownership, which are found by the Secretary of the. present time' the troops from these forts have to make a journey Agriculture to be chiefly valuable for national forest purposes, may be every year to Camp Meade for their own instruction and for training of o!Iercilian components or the '.rbird Corps Area, resulting in unneces or timber in the Black Hills National or Ilarncy National Forest, sary cost for transportation anll the upkeep of two separate places. under and in accordance with the provisions of the act of March 20, I call attention to this mutter not merely becam;e of my inter 1922, Public 173, and the acts amendatory thereto. . Lands conveyed est in Camp 1\Ieade, but beeau. e of the fact that the 'develop to the United Stntes under this act shall upon acceptance of title ment of Camp l\fcade means the abandonment of small and very become parts of the adjacent national forest. expensive poHts, in accordance with the recommendations of The bill was ordered to be engrossed anu reau a third time, every Chief of Staff of the Army for the past 40 years. was read the third time, nnu passe<.!. The old frontier posts that existed in different part'3 of the A motion to re<.!onsider the Yote by which the bill was passed United States are not appropriate for tile defense system nncler was laid on the table. the national defense net. Troops should be in J}osts of sufficient size to provide not only for their own txaining but for the train INTERNATIO~AL . TRADE EXIIIBITION ing of the National Guard and the Organized Reserve. Our The next business on the Consent Calendar was the bill military and naval establishments are insurance against war, (H. R. 12931) to provide for maintaining, promoting, and nnd they should be the best that we possibly can maintain. aertisiug the permanent trade exposi Mr. 1\IcSWAIN. Mr. Speaker, I ask that I be permitted to tion at New Orleans, La., inaugurated on September 15, 1925, there is extend my reninrks in the RFCORD on the l>ill n. R. 1G250, a herepy authorized to be appropriated a sum not in excess of $1GO,OOO. bill introduced by myself, to· regulate interstate and foreign Such sum when appropriated may be expended for such purposes by the commerce. corpora tiou. There was no objection. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a tbird time, Mr. l\IcSW AIN. 1\lr. ::3pealrer, under leave to extend remarks "·as read tile third time, and passed. on H. R. 16250, I append letter to me from. Mr. Alfretl Sc 11' · A motion to reconsider the vote by which tile bill was passed borough, general manager of South Carolina Cotton Growers' was laid on the table. Cooperative Association of Columbia, S. C. Hon . .Ton~ .T. MCSWAIN, CONSTRUCTION AT CERTAIN MILITARY POSTS House of Representatives, Wasll..ington, D. 0. :Mr. HILL of :Maryland. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous con DEAR CoNGRESSliAN: The board of directors of the South Carolina sent to extend my remarks on the bill (H. R. 1u547) which has Cotton Growers' Cooperative Assoclntion, at their last meeting held on ju t been passed. December 2!?, 1926, unanimously went on record requesting that each The SPEAKER. Is there objection? Senator and Congressman be requested to vote at this session of Con Th~rc was no objection. gress for a wny by which unpreventable surpluses may be taken off the 1927 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 1809 market and not permitted to depress the price of the entire crop below tllese three clements in agriculture tllat be is most concerned with the cost of production: At this time they had in mind most particularly production, marketing, and financing. tlle McNary _bill, and are entirely in favor of Hs passage at the earliest All efforts should be turned at this time to hring forward as rapidly posc:~illle moment during this session of Congress, with only such amend as possible the proper marketing, which includes botl.l tile normal ments or variations as might be made if deemed necessary, but at the supply and such surplus as he may have. same time makirig sure that if any changes are made that they be only We feel that the accomplishment of such legislation is of tl.le in so far as will not hinder in the passage at this time of this bill. utmost importance not only to agricultlll'e but to our urban people, No cooperative can afford to burden its members with the entire cost who are vitally interested in our original sources of wealth giving a and risk of borrowing money to buy a seasonal surplus and carry it reasonable profit ou the cost of production, in order that the purchas over to other years, nor can a cooperative afford to borrow money tor ing power of the one-third of our Nation may be placed where it should marketing purposes and place a charge upon all commodities to be be; -that this great agricultural people be kept peaceful and happy and handled by them over a long period of years to cover losses and costs content in order to retain in our Nation the great stabilizing influence incuned in buying and handling the surplus for the benefit of all pro that om· rural people have always been to our country in times of war ducers of a given commodity. Farm~rs would not join a cooperative and in times of peace. which bad mortgaged its future 1n any such manner. · Yours very truly, While there is need for an improvement of Government credit agen ALFRED SCARBOROUGll, cies which serve agriculture, no effective or permanent relief can be Genet·al Manager. secured- from - the _conditioru; which now depress agriculture by nove} and extraordinary credit extension, but such relief will come only INTERNATIONAL TRADE EXHIBIT through the extension and strengthening of cooperative marketing and ~'lr. O'CONNOR of Loui::;iana. Mr. Speaker I ask unanimous the establishment by appropriate legislation of agencies and methods com;ent to extend my remarks in the RECORD on the bill (II. R. for dealing effectively with the surplus problem. 12031) which has just been pns~ed. We therefore respectfully petition you to do all you can to aid in The SPEAKER. Is there objection? the pl\e:sage at this session of Congress legislation which will create a There was no objection. Federal farm board, with whose cooperation surpluses can be effectively Mr. O'CONNOR of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, the purpose of handled by cooperative agencies created by farmers and distribute the this bill is to provide the corporation known as the International cost of managing such surpluses as broadly as the resultant benefits are Trade Exhibition with funds for use in maintaining, promot d.istributed ; that is, over each marketed unit of a particular commodity ing and advertising the permanent trade ·exposition at New through an equalization fee. Orleans, La., inaugurated on September 15, 1025, and autllOriz We feel tbat production has been stressed in agriculture and that the ing an appropriation of $150,000 to secure that end. farmer has become proficient in this phase of his business, but that _I have no doubt that this corporation, through its directors, marketing which should have along with his financing been developed ~ho represent the best in the financial, commercial, social, and _contemporaneously with the production has been largely ignored, and patriotic aspects of our great and attractive city, will judici that marketing is basic to both successful or profitable production and ously, wisely, and economically expend this appropriation when to sound finance. - The result has been disastrous to the farmer, because made in accordance with the mandate of this bill. I am proud he has been taught to grow two blades of grass before he had an to have my name associateoses. These buildings Think of Columbus, De Gama, and Howe, are permanent structures, made of concrete and iron, and will And waste not their labors by slacking it now ; last for many years. Work is life's currency; you must earn wbat you are worth, This enterprise· was started last year after very considerable And send · out your comm·erce to the ends of the earth. effort on the part of the local people of New Orleans, and, due to their energy, sacrifice, and determination, the exhibition HARRISON NAROOTIO ACT proved to be a very great success. The plan now is to make The next business on the Consent Oalendar was the bill this a permanent exhibit, where space can be assigned to indus ( S. 4537) to amend the Harrison Narcotic .A.ct of December tries and business houses at reasonable fees which will meet 17, 1914, as amended, and for other purposes. all the expenses of the enterprise. It will be not only a per The Clerk read the title of the bill. manent exhibition on the part of all industries and business The SPEAKER. ·Is there objection to the present eonflidera houses, but other countries, especially Latin .A.nierica, Mexico, tion of the bill? and Central America as well. This will visualize the products There was no objection. of the respective countries, establish closer and more cordial ' The Clerk i·ead the bill, as follows : business relations, and will promote and stimulate trade, to the advantage of the countries that participate. 1 Be it enacted, etc., That the Harrison Narcotic Act of December 17, The corporation is not a private enterprise for profit, but a 1914, as amendeu, he further amended as follows : public enterprise so conducted as to pay its own way. Smc. 2. After the last sentence of section 2 add the following: "The The location of this permanent ·trade exhibition is ideal for President is further authorized and directed to issue such Executive many reasons. It is 600 miles nearer the Panama Can3J. than order as will permit those persons in the Virgin I slands of the United New York City, and there are many people in Louisiana who States lawfully entitled to sell, deal in, dispense, prescribe, anu dis speak the French language and large numbers who speak tribute the aforesaid drugs, to obtain said drugs from persons regis tered under this act within the continental United States for legitimate Spanish fluently. ')~here is a close, friendly relationship be tween t11e people of New Orleans and the people of Latin medical purposes without regard to the order forms described in this America. It is the opinion of the committee that because of section." the initial start that has been made, the success that has been 'Vith the following committee amendment: attained, the fine spb·it shown by the business men of New Strike out all of lines 3 and 4 on page 1 and insert in lieu thereof Orleans, the hearty cooperation of the people at large, the the following: " That section 2 of the narcotic act of Congress, ap potential trade possibilities which the exhibition has thus far proved December 17, 1914, as amenderl, be further amended as follows." disclosed, leads the committee to believe that Congress ought to encourage this enterprise at this time. This exhibition will The committee amendment was agreed to. furnish a clearing hoa.se for the whole people of the United The bill was ordered to be read a third time, was read the States, the industrial East as well as the. great agricultural third time, and passed. sections of the country. .A. motion to recomdder the vote by which the bill was passed The hearings disclosed that if this authorization is made for ,was laid on the table. $150,000 it will put tbe proposition upon a firm and successful The title was amended to 1·ead as follows: ".A.n act to amend foundation and tha1 no further congressional appropriation the narcotic act of Congress, approved December 17, 1914, as will be necessary nor required. The conspicuous success which amended, and for other purpo::;es." this exhibition has already attained under the leadership of MOSES STEADHAM the ablest business men in New Orleans amply fortifies this statement. The testimony before the committee is to the effect The next busiuess on the Consent Calendar was the bill iliat the exhibition is already a financial success in every way, (H. R. 1288!)) to relinquish the title of the United States to the so fur as paying its ~wn way, outside of the ncces ary funds land in the claim of l\Ioses Steadham, situate in the county of · to promote or to carry on the initial advertising and prelimi- Baldwin, State of Alabama. nary contact work. . The Clerk read the title of the bill. While a fund of $1GO,OOO for initial advertising may seem The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present conshlera- large to some, it is very small when we consider what a single tion of the bill? industry sometimes spends through the medium of posters, There was no objection. advertising in newspapers, periodicals, sales literature, ~nd The Clerk read the bill, as follows : other advertising mediums. It was the belief of the committee Be it enacted, etc., That all the right, title, and interest of the Uuiteu that if we are to meet the competition from abroad where the States in and to that certain lanu in Baluwin County, Ala., known aR countrie:; do not hesitate to send folders written in English, the Moses Steadham tract, section 50, township 2 north, range 2 east, French, Spanish, Italian, and Pcrtugese in order to promote and section 42, township 3 north, range 2 east, St. Stephens meridian, their trade that this legislation should receive favorable action. Alabama, be, and the same is hereby, released, relinquisbeu, and con After full and complete hearings and careful consideration of firmed by the United States to the equitable owners of the equltaule the merits of II. R. 12031, the committee reported favorably title thereto and to their respective heirs and assigns forever, as fully thereon and unanimously recommended that the bill do pass. and completely in every respect whatever as coulu be uone by patents No more propitious time than the present could there be for issued according to law : Provided, That this act shall amount only to the pa::;sage of this bill. If it be a sacred duty to bind the a relinquishment of any title that the United States has, or is supposed wounds, heal the lacerations, and remove the scars of conflict, to have, in and to any of saiu lands, and shall not be construed to how much greater the responsibility for removing friction, abridge, impair, injure, prejudice, or divest in any manner any valid subduing discord, vanquishing antagonism, and supplanting right, title, or interest of any person or body corporate whatever; the these evil forces with friendship, understanding, mutual for true intent of this act being to concede and abandon all right, title. bearance, and good will where there has been, and is no cause and interest of the United States to those persons, estates, firms, or cor for, strife. To accomplish this end is great, and there is no other porations who would be the true and lawful owners of said lands by rea greatness than to labor with zest and give of your best for the son of long continuous possession unuer color of title with claim of joy and the sweetness of the giving, to help folks along with ownership, or otherwise, under the laws of Alabama, including the laws hand and with song. Why, there is the real sunshine of of prescription and limitation, in the absPnce of the said interest, title, living. The International Trade Exhibition will forge links in and estate of the United States. 1927 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 1811 The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, I Marked No. 25, which marks the south corner of the land of Kealahou wn :-: read the third time, aud passed. 3 and 4 being f~rty degrees ten minutes thirty seconds four hundt·ed A · motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed and sixty-six and two-tenths feet. wu1-; ittid on the table. "H. Two hundred and thirteen degrees forty-filx minutes eight thou- sand two hundred and forty-one and two-tenths feet along the remain HAWAII NATIONAL PARK ing portions of the lands of Kealahou 3 and 4 and Pulehunui to. a con The next buf;iness on the Consent Calendar was the bill crete monument marked No. 19, the true azimuth and distance from eaid (H. R. 15821) to revise the boundary of tlle Hawaii National monument to a "K" marked on a large la"\"'a rock called Kilohana, at Park on the island of Maui in tile Territory of Hawaii. the east corner of the lands of Kealahou 3 and 4, being three hundred The Clerk read tile title of the bill. and twenty-three degrees fifty-three minutes nine hundred and forty- \ The SPEAKER. Il::l there objection to the present considera seven and three-tenths feet. tion of the bill? " 15. One hundred anu forty-three degrees fifty-three minutes six There was no objection. thousand nine hundred and five and three-tenths feet along tlle land of The Clerk read tile bill, as follows : rulehunui to a concrete monument marked No. 20. Re it enacted, eto., That the boundary of tlle Hawaii National Park " 16. One hundred and ninety-nine degrees twenty-three minutes ten on the island of Maui is hereby changed to read as follows: thousand seven hundred and twenty-six feet along the remaining por "-Beginning at a triangle on set !'tone, said mark bt>ing the Govern tion of the land of Kalialinui to the point of beginning, passing over a ment sur'"ey triangulatiou station Puu Nianiau in the lund of Kalia concrete monument marked No. 22 at a distance of six thousand four linui, anrl running by true azimuths: lmndred tllirty-six anu seven-tenths feet; including portions of the lands "1. Thrt>e hundred degrees f:l.fty-Reveu minutes thirty seconds of Kealahou 3 and 4, Pulehunui, Kalialinui, Kaupo, Nuu, Nakula, elt>vE>n thousand seven hundred and sixty-nine and three-tenths feet Kahikinui, and Papnanui, Island of Maui, and containing seventeen along the remaining portion of the land of Xalialinui to a concrete thousand oue hundred and thirty acres, more or less; and all of those monument marked ~o. 1 on spur anfet>t along same and across Koolau Gap to a concrete monument SEC. 2. 'l'hat the provisions of the act of February 27, 1020, entitled mat·ked No. 3, the· true azimuth and distance from said monument to ".An act to authorize the Governor of the Territory of llawali to acquire Government survey triangulation statiou Hanakauhi being forty-five privately owned lands and rights of way within the boundaries of the degrees fourteen minutes nine hundred and eighty-eight feet. Hawaii National Park," are hereby extended over and made applicable " 3. Two hundred and sixty-nine degrees fifty-seven minutes thirty to -the lands added to the park and included within the boundary estab seconds nine thousand and one and tllree-tenths feet along same to a lished b:r the preceding section of this act. concrete monument marked No. 7 on the southwest boundary of the land :Mr. SINNOTT. Mr. Speaker, I offer the following amend· of IIaiku. ments : "4. Three hundred and six degrees thirty-nine minutes three thou The Clerk read as follows : sand nine hundred and thirteen and four-t!'ntbs feet along the south west boundary of the land of Haiku to a cross on large flat rock Page n, line 5, strike out the words " 4 foot by 4 foot" and insert called Pohaku Palaha. in lieu thereof the words "4 inch by 4 inch." "G. '.rwo hundred and seventy-three degrt>cs seven minutes four Page 3, line 9, strike out the word " one-tenth., and insert in lieu bunrtred and forty feet along the Nahlku tract to Government survey thereof Ute word "one." triangulation station Pakihi. Page 4, line 5, strike out ·the word " anchor " annce following along summit of dividing ridge between Hnlea "arrow." kn1a- ·Crater and Kipahulu Valley to an ahu at a place called Pakihi, Page 6, line 2, insert close quotation marks after the words "more the uirect azimuth and distance being three hundred and fifty degrees or less." four minutes thirty seconds seven thousand four hundred and fourteen Page G, line u, strike out the close quotation mRrks a.t the end of and seven-tenths feet. the line. "7. Thence along Government land and following along rim of the The amendments were agreed to. auter and crest of wall of Kaupo Gap to a 4 foot by 4 foot redwood The bill as amended was ordered to be engrossed and read post, tlle direct azimuth and distance being three hundred and fifty the third time, was read the third time, and passed. six dPgrees forty-one minutes ten thousnnu eight hundred and sixty A motion to reconsider by Mr. SINNOTT was laid on the table. seven and nine-tenths feet. SUMMER CAMP FOR BOY SCOUTS "8. Flighty-six degrees one-tenth minute thirty seconds six thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven anu four-tenths feet along grant 1.'lle next busineRs on the Consent Calendar was the bill 3457, lot 1, to A. V. Marciel, and the remaining portion of the land ( S. 42G2) setting aside certain land in Douglas County, Oreg., of Nun (R. P. 8041l, L. C. A. G~39 Apnnn 2 to Kalaimoku), passing as a summer camp for boy scouts. over a cross on stone a.t Kauhaokamoa at tllree thousand four hundrert Tlie Clerk read the title of the bill. and forty-one and eight-tenths feet and passing over an iron pipe on The SPEAKER. Is there objection? west edge of the Koolau Gap at five thousand eight huudred and sev Mr. BLANTON. R~erving the right to object, I will ask enty-four feet. the gentleman from Oregon if this is a summer camp for boys " !1. One hundred and thirty-<'ight degrees fot·ty-two minutes thirty in Oregon? L..., seconds nine thoufiand five hun, township 27 south, range 2 west, seven-tenths feet. Willinmette meridian, in Douglas County,. Oreg., to the Douglas Covnty " 11. Ninety de~rees twenty-three minutes thirty seconds twelve thou Boy Scouts Council, or a duly authorized representative of such coun· saud two hundred and forty-nine and three-tenths feet along the remain· ell, as a summer camp for the boy scouts of Douglas County, Oreg. ing portion of the lands of Nakula and Kabilcinui to a concrete monu Such lease shall be without cost to the council for term of 50 years ment marked No. 15. and undet· such other terms and conditions, including provisions for " 1::!. One hundred and seventeen degrees fifty-two minutes thirty the care, removal, nnd disposition of timber by the United States, as seconds five thousand two hundreu and nine and two-tenths feet along the Secretary of the Interior deems advisable to safeguard the interests the temaining portion of the land of Kahikinui to a concrete monument of the UniteigaiJle water:;," approved re:,;olution (H. J. Res. 328) to prondc :for the expenses of dele March ::!3, 1!lOG, and subject to the conditious and limitations contained gates of the United States to the Co11gress of Military Medicine in this act. alUl Phnrmacy to be held at 'Varsaw, Poland. St:c. 2. The rigllt to altet·, nmenl:! as the that it would be a proper thing to do. Mr. Speaker, I ask President shall deem proper. unanimous consent to sub::;titute Senate bill u231, it beiug an The joint resolution -was ordered to bP.- engi·osRed and read a identical bill on the calendar. third tinte, was read tile third time, and pa:-;t;ed. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the re•1uest of tlJe g-en- A motion to reconsider the yote by whieh the joint resolution tlPman from Tennessee'/ waR pas!:led was laiu on the tnlJle. There was no objection. TlJe Clerk read the Senate bill, as follows: EIGHTH PAN AMEfiiCA~ SA~ITARY COX}.'Ell.ENCE Be it enMtedJ etc.) That the Director of PulJlic Buildings and Public The next bu1-iness on the Consent Calendar was House joiu~ Parks of the National Capital, for and in behalf of the United States resolution (H. J. Res. :330) to provide for the expensel-1 of Pl, subsistence, or pN· diem in lieu a :sum not Jess than the price paid for said lnnd by the Rock Ct·eck of subsi:-;tencc (notwithstanding the pro>i!llous of any other uct), nnll and Potomac Parkway Commission. And the Director of Pnblic Build such miscclluncous an(] other cxue11scs as the President shnll dl:'cm ings and Public Parks of the National Capital is authorized and di proper, to l>c expemleu unuer the ulrection of the Secretary of Stn te. recteil to permit the truRtees of the Church of the Pilgrims (Inc.), to conl:ltruct and utilize on tbe propet·ty acquired for the Rock Creek ·with the following committee ameudmcnt: Hnll Potomac Parkway in square 2:no a dl'ivewny for pl'Oper ncccRs to Line 6, after the word "States," insert "to be nppolnl'cd hy the anu egress from the church, thi!l driveway to be located and con- Prcsiclent." 1927 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 1813 The committee amendment was agreed to, and the joint reso-1 The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present considern- lution was ordered to IJe engrossed and read a third time, was tion of the bill? read the third time, anu passed. Mr. BOWLING. Mr. Speaker, I object. A motion to rccomdder the vote !Jy which the joint resolution The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Alabama objects. was passed was laid On the. table. . INDEMNI'rY FOR BRITISH S1'EAMSHIP "MAVISBROOK" Il\'l'ERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR 1'HE PROTEC'f:J:ON OF CIIILDHOOD The next business on the Consent Calendar was the bill ~'he next bu~iness on the Consent Calendar was House joint (S. 1730) to authorize the payment of indemnity to the Gov resolntion (H.. T. Res. 331) to provide fo..r the membership of the ernment of Great Britain on accormt of losses sustained by the United States in tbe .A.mel'ican International Office of Protection owners of the British steamship Ma'l7isbmok as a result of col- for Childhood. lision between it and the U. S. tran~port Carolinian.. Tlle Clerk read the title of tbe joint resolution. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The SPEAKER. I~ there objection to the present considera- The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present considera- tion of the joint re8olution '? tion of the bill? 'l'hcre wa::; no objf'ction. There was no objection. ~'he Clerk read the joint resolution, as follows: The Clerk read the bill, as follows: R c8olved, etc., That to enable the United States to becomo a member Be tt enacted, etc., That the Secretary ot the Treasury be, and he is of t he American International Office or Protection for Childhood at hereby, authorized and dirt'cied to pay to the Government of Grl'at Montevideo, Uruguay, tllere is hereby authorized to be appt.-opriated Britain out or any money in the Treasut·y not otherwise appropriated, the sum or $2.000 per annum for the contribution by the United States the sum or $1G,397.26, as tull indemnity tor the losses sustained by the tow11rd the support of the institution. owners or the British steamship Ma'l:iBbt·ook as a result of a collision between said steamship Jfavisbt·ook and the U. S. transport Carolinian With the following committee amendments : at or near Brest, France, on or abouf February 15, 1018. Line 4, strike out the wortls " Office of" and insert "Institute for tlH•.'' The bill was ordered to be read a t)lird time, was read the third time, and passed. Line 5, strike out tile wot~d " for" anll insert the word "of." A ruution to reconsider the vote !Jy whiclt the !Jill was passed 'l'he committee amendments were agreed to and the joint was laid on the table. re:-;olution was ortlored to be engrossed and re.ad a third time, 'fO AMEND SECTION 4900, REYISED STATUT~S was read the third time, and passed. A motion to roconsifenuant was duly notified of the in!dngeruent to call the attention of the country to the fact that snid ad and continued, after such notice, to make, usc, or vend the article so vi~ory committee i~ now a valuable wheel in the machinery of patented." building up aviation. l\Ir. JJAGUARDIA. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield? Committee amendmt•nt: 1\Ir. 1\IcSW AIN. Yes. Page 2, line 3, strike out the word and figUt·es ".lpril 1, 19~u,'' and Mr. LAGUARDIA. Th!it all being so, the gentleman can insert in lieu thereof "April 1, 1!)27." not th<.•n present any reason why we should eucumber this The amendment was agreed to. ~dentitic bour(l by udding new members to it who are not The bill us amended wa:.; ordered to be engrossed and read stientillc men. _ the third time, was ·reacl the third time, and passed. ~Ir . McSWAIN. In answer to the gentleman, the proposi tion ii4 to Ho reconstruct this hoard, if possible, as to make it A motion to reconsiuer the V'Ote lJy which the bill was passed fnuction with a liberal, vrogt·essive, generous ]JOlicy toward was laid on the table. aviation, an<.l the encouragement of iuventors and designers. PURCIIASE OF IIORBEB FOR THE MILITABY ESTABLISHMENT l\Ir. LAGUARDIA. ~'ake tbe politician::; off and put the The next busine~s on the Con~ent Calendar was the !Jill scientific men on? (H. R. 15838) to provi" The Army ration shall cousist of the following daily allowance of sioner of Patents mar exchange copies of United Stutes patent~; for those pi'o\·lsious to each person: One pou11tl and a quartt>r of salt or smoked of foreign countries. · meat, with 3 onnccs of dried or {j ounces of canueu or prcser...-ed fruit, "For copies of records made by t!Je Patent Office, excluding printed and n gills of llcans or peas, or 12 <>Unccs of tlour; or 1 ponnt1 of pre copies, 10 CE'nts per hunurcd. words. scrYcd meat, wifh 3 ounces of dried or G ounces of cnnned or preserved "For each certHrcate, 2:J cents. frnit antl 8 ounces of rice or 12 ounces of canneu vegetables, or 6 "For recording eyery assignment, agrrement, power of attorney, or ounces of desiccated vcgetaLles; together with 1 pound of biscuit, 2 other paper of 300 words or under, $1; of over 300 and under 1,000 ounces of bnttcr, 4 ounces of sugar, 2 ounces of cofl'ee or cocoa, or words, $2 ; and for each tulditional thousand words or fraction thereof, one-!Jalf ounce of tea, and 1 ounce of contlcm•ed milk or evaporated $1; for each ndditionnl patent or applicntion· lncluued <>r involved in cream ; and a weekly allowance of one-qnartcr pound of macaroni, 4 one writing, where more than one is so includetl or involved, :m cents ounces of cheese, 4 ounces of tomatoes, one-half pint of vinegar or additional. sauce, one-quarter pint of pickels, one-quarter pint of molasses, 4 "For copies of drawings, the reaso11able cost of mnking them." ounces of salt, one-half ounce of pepper, one-eighth ounce of spices, S:r:c. ~. That the provisions of section 2 hereof shall take efl'ect tllree and one-half ounce of dry mustart1. Seven pounds of lard, or a suit months after the approval of this act. alJle substitute, shall be allowed for every hundred pounds of flour it:;sucd ns bread, and such quantities· of yeast and flavoring extracts as Committee amendmentl:l : may be necessary. · Page !?, line 13, strike out all of lin~s l:l, 14, 1:J, 16, and 17. " The following sub. titution for the components of the ration may be Page 3, line 23, strike out " 3" and inser-t "2." maue when deemed necessary by the senior officer prescnt in command :. The amenUt "$7,000" and insert in lieu . thereof Be it e-nacted, etc.~ That section 4iG of the Revised Statutes be "$7,500." a mended to read as follows : "SEC. 476. There shall be in the Patent Office a Commissioner of The amendment was agreed to. Patents, one first assistant C'lioner and the assistant commissioner shnll perform such duties pertaining to his office of commissionet· as may be assigned to them, The next business on the Consent Calendar was the bill respectinl:r, from time to time by the Commissioner of Patents. All (H. R. 15051) to encourage breeding· of riding horses for Army other officers, clerks, and employees authorized by law for the office purposes. shall be appointed by the ·secretary of Commerce upon the nomination The Clerk reAd the title of the bill. of the Commissioner of Patents in nccmessenger, or laborer at bead tion bills? quarters of tactical divisions, military departments, brigades, service Mr. VINSON of Kentucky. Yes. schools, and office of the Chief of Sta.fr shall be assigned to duty in any 1\lr. BLANTON. This is to make lawful what the Com bureau of the War Department. mittee on Appropriations has been doing unlawfully in the supply bills. The SPEAKER. The question is on the engrossment arid Mr. TILSON. If the purpose is all right, the gentleman third reading of the bill. from Texas is in accord with it. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, Mr. VINSON of Kentucky. I am certain the gentleman from was read the third time, and passed. Texas would not do anything that would preclude the Gov A motion to reconsider the Yote whereby the bill was passed ernment from accepting gifts. was ordered to be laid on the table. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present consid- The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the next bill. eration of the bill? There was no objection. D~VIS SCHOOL OF FARMINGTON, UTAH The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the bill. The next business on the Consent Calendar was the bill The Clerk read as follows : (H. R. 15839) authorizing the Davis School District of Farm Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of War may, in his discretion, ington, Utah, to secure water for the use ·of the South 'Veber and under such rules and regulntious as be may prescribe, accept dona School from the water supply of the Ogden ordnance reserve tions of animals for breeding and donations of money or other prop depot. · erty to be used as prizes or awards at agricultural fairs, horse shows, The tite of the bill was reacl. and similar exhibitions, in order to encourage the breeding· of riding The SPlpAKER. ·Is there objection to the pre·sent considera- horses suitable for Army purposes. tion of the bill? There was no objection. The SPEAKER. The question is on the engrossment and The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the bill. third reading of the bill. The Clerk read as follows: The bill waR ordered to be engro~sed and read a third time, was read the third time, and pasRed. Be it enactecl, eto., That the Secretary o! War is authorized, in his A motion to reconsider the vote whereby the bill was passed discretion, to permit tbe Davis school district of Farmington, Utah, to was ordered to be laid on the table. secure water for use at the South Weber School from the water supply The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the next bill. o! the Ogden ordnance reserve depot : Provided, That the United Stntes shall incur no expense under this authority and the Secretary of War QUARTERS FOR CIVILIAN INSTR"GC'l.'ORB IN THE MILITARY ACADEMY may revoke this permission, either temporarily or permanently, at any The next business on the Consent Calendar was the bill time that the entire water supply may be needed fot· use of the Ogden (H. R. 15653) to furnish public quarters, fuel, and light to ordnance reserve depot. certain civilian instructors in the United States Military Academy. 1'he SPEAKER. The question is on the engrossment aud The title of the bill was read. third reading of the bill. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present considera The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time ; tion of the bill? wa.s read the third time, and passed. 1\Ir. LAGUARDIA. That applies to civilian instructors? A motion to reconsider the vote whereby the bill was passed Mr. JAMES. Yes. I do not know the names of the gentle was ordered to be laid on the table. men. This item has been carried for years in the appropria The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the next bill. tion bill and will be carried in the appropriation bill. Mr. LAGUAHDIA. These instructors are at present quar- I...ANDS GRANTED IN AID OF COMMON OR PUBLIO SCHOOLS tered at the posts at the expense of the Government? The next business on the· Consent Calendar was the bill Mr. JAMES. Yes. ( S. 564) confirming in States and Territories title to lands The SPEAKER. Is there objection? grunted by the United States in the aid of common or public There was no objection. schools. The SPEAKER. The Clerk will repor.t the bill. The title of the bill was read. The Clerk read as follows: The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present considera Be it enacted, etc., That the civilian instructors employed in the de tion of the bill? partments of modern languages and tactics in the United States Mili l\lr; LAGUARDIA. Reser-ving the right to object, I would tary Academy shall be entitled to public quarters, fuel, and light. like to ask the chairman of the Committee on Public Lands The SPEAKER. The question is on the third reading of the this question: In the bill have all the objectionable featureS blll. pointe~ out by the department been eliminated? The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, Mr. SINNOTT. Yes. This bill is in the exact language was read the third time, and passed. . that the Secretary submitted to the committee by letter of A motion to reconsider the vote whereby the bill was passed January 8, 1927. The Secretary's letter is set forth on page 2 of the report. This is what the Secretary agreed to, ·and also wa~ ordered to be laid on the table. The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the next bill. Judge Finney. 1\Ir. LAGUARDIA. There is no danger that by this bill we SALES COMMISSARIES OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT change the status of the lands on the oil fields in controversy? The next business on the Consent Calendar was the bill Mr. SINNOTT. No. . Everything in pending litigation is (H. R. 15661) to regulate the operation of sales commissaries excepted. and other utilities of the War Department selling services or I may add that the Secretary of the Interior is entitled to supplies. · great credit for this legislation. The Secretary in this sub The title of the bill was read. stitute, while it follows in the main the proYisions of the bill The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present considera originally reported from the Public Lands Committee of the tion of the bill? House, yet he has clarified the language, has eliminated the Mr. BLANTON. I object. school lands of Alaska, the quantity grants, and has made it The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Texas objects, and the clear that indemnity lands can not be selected from minerai bill is stricken from the calendar. The Clerk will re110rt the lands. While I do not think that under the original bill, espe next bill. cially with the amendment suggested before the Rules Commit tee, that indemnity lands could be taken where they are mineral, PROHIDITION OF CERTAIN ASSIGNM~NTS TO DUTY IN BUREAUS OF the Secretary's substitute makes this absolutely clear and certain. THE WAR DEPARTMEJ.~T This controversy over the disposition of the school lands The next business on the Consent Calendar was the bill found to be mineral has been one of many years' standing ; (H. R. 15828) to prohibit certain assignments of duty in bu· for years bills have been introduced to settle the question. renus of the War Department. It was not until Secretary Work took hold of the matter and The title of the bill was read. gave it his serious and friendly consideration did we have The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the consideration of the any prospect of settlement. I have not agreed with the Sf.C· bill? retary on everything, but I believe in giving credit where There was no objection. credit is due. To Secretary Work great credit is due for this The SPEAKE-R. The Clerk will r~port the bilL very· important piece of legislation. 1816 CONGRESSION .AL llECORD-HOUSE JANUARY 17 The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present considera tions in place there were other floating grants made for the tiuu of the bill? benefit of the State untversities and agricultural colleges ami There was no objection. other State institutions. - · The ~PEAKEU. The Clerk will report the bill as amended In recent years, howe\er, by reason of certain decisions of by the committee. the De~artment of the Interior an.d the Supl'eme Court the The Clerk read a follows : value of th~se grants was greatly reduced and a cloud placed Be it enacted, etc., 'l' hat, subject to the provisions of subsections upon the title of the school lands, which in many instances (a), (b), and (c) of this section, the several grants to the States rendered .them practically valueless. As I have explained, in of numbered sections in place for the support or in aid of common or th.e enablmg act of. my State, no reservation was made of the public schools be, and they are hereby, extended to embrace numbered mm~rals by CongTess. The decisions, to which I have referred, school sections mineral in character, unless land has been granted to undid the work of Congress by cla,iming that lands known to and/or selected by and certified or approved, to any such State or be. valuable for mineral were not included in the grants made States as indemnity or in lieu of any land so granted by numbered to the States, even though no mention was made of mineruls. sections. ~ttempts were first made to secure relief from what was (a) Tllllt the grant or numbered mineral sections under this act shall believed m1~~st de~isions in the courts, but these attempts be of the same effect as prior grants for the numbered nonmineral were unavmlmg, and for a time it looked as if very much of sections, and titles to such numbered mineral sections shall vest in the lands heretofore granted to the States would be taken from the States at the time and in the manner and be subject to all the them because of the presence, or supposed presence of min rights of adverse parties recognized by existing law in the grants of erals. It was not really necest:!ary to actually find' minerals .numbered nonmineral Rections. upon land to have them taken away from the States by the (lJ) That the additional grant made by this act is upon the express Government, but the doctrine of geological inference was in eondition that all sales, grants, deeds, or patents for any of the lands vented, by which if it could be reasonably inferred that some so granted shall be subject to and contain a reservation to the State where beneath the surface there was mineral in any of these of all the coal and other minerals in the l!\Dds so sold, granted, lands the title was clouded. In hundreds of cases actions were deeded, or patented, together with the right to prospect for, mine, and brought to take these lands from the States. Of course otll' remove the same. The co!ll and other mineral deposits in such lands States bitterly . resented this attempt. Over 1 700 cases' bud E:hall be subject to lease by the .~tate as the State legislature may di been filed by the Interior Department attacking the States' rf'Ct, the proceeds of re-ntals and royalties therefrom to be utilized title to these school lands at the beginning of 1926. fot· t-he support or in aiu of the common or public schools : Pt·ovided, To defend the cases meant a very great expense to t11e That uny lands or minerals disposed of contrary to the provisions of States. Long and vexatious litigation would have been the in this act shall be forfeited to the United States by appropriate pro entable result, with the chances very much in favor of the ceedings instituted by the Attorney General for that purpose in the States losing in the end. United States district court for the district in which the property 01~ This matter was of vital importance to the public-land States. some pa rt thereof is located. In fact, we felt that the very life blood of our common-school (c) That any lands included within the limits of exiF:ting reserva ~ystem w~s being drained away. It was no answer to say that tions of or by the United States, or specifically reserved for water 1t w~s bemg legally done. If a law works unjustly, its results power purposes, or included in any pending suit or proceedings jn are JUSt as harmful as if there were no law covering the point. the courts of the United States, or subject to or included in any valid Many of the Western States are but sparsely settled and nearly application, claim, or right initiated or held under any of the all of them have areas of arid, desolate barren and deHert existing laws of the United States, unless or until such application, wastes which are almost totally valueless'. Taxation in these claim, or right is relinquished or canceled, and all lands in the TeiTJ States is high aud would ba'\o·e been much higher bad they been tory of Alaska, are excluded from the provisions of thls Act. deprived of the mineral school lands as was contemplated. SEc. 2. Thnt nothing herein contained is intended or shall be held Thel:le States must depend largely upon the funds derived or construed to increase, diminish, or affect the rights of States untler from the sale of these lands for the maintenance of that great gra nts other than for the support of common or pulJlic schools by institution--our common-school system. It also worked a great numbered school sections in place, and this act shall not apply to injustice upon the citizens who, in good faith, made purc-hases indemnity ot· lieu selections or exchanges or the right hereafter to of these lands. The State would transfer its title in good faith. select indemnity !o1· numbered school sec:tions in place lost to the In later years subsequent development of the surrounding teni Sta te under the provisions of this or other acts, and all existing laws tory would show promise of being miueral in character and governing such grants and indemnity or lieu selections and exchanges this often after extensive and expensive exploration work bad are hereby continued in fnll force and effect. been done or perhaps, in the meantime, science had developed a new process making valuable a deposit which theretofore bad The SPEAKER. The que~tion is on agreeing to the com no value or science may conclude that certain physical condi mittee amendment. tions are now known to indicate the presence of mineml. When The committee amendment was agreed to. these circumstances would arise the title would be attacked for The SPEAKER. The question is on the third readinO' of the first time and the purchasers in good faith or the State, the bill as amended. ~ or both, would be called upon to defend a title which bad been 'I'he bill as amended was ordered to be reau a third time · in repose for many years. In some instances, it was shown was read the third time and pas~ed. ' that land which had been classified as nonmineral land by one A motion to reconsiuer the vote whereby the bill was passed branch of the Government would, years afterwards, be claimed was ordered to be laid on the table. as mineral land by another branch of the Government. The SOIIOOL LANIHHUNT MEASURE result was hopeless, endless confusion and chaos because the Mr. COLTON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent t--o States could not rely upon a classification of the Governmeut's extend my remarks. own agents nor, in fact, would the Government rely upon the The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the classification made by its agents. This was particularly true gentleman from Utah? in the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, There was no objection. Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, · Washington, Wyoming, and Mr. COLTON. 1\lr. Speaker, Congress bas recently enacted a Utah. , . Jaw of far-reaching importance, particularly ~to the public~land This condition made it absolutely imperative that Congress ~tate. I refer to the so-called school-section and land-grant should take up the situation and deal with it in some fair and measure. just way to the- Go\ernment and the various States. ~ No · problem in recent years has given the various State It was argued against the legislation that it was in effect a administrations more serious concern than the question of the new grant. I am not prepared to admit this altogether, al 1·igbts of States to the school Aections in place granted to them though I am free to state that it was an enlargement of the by the Cong1·ess of the United States under the terms of the grant in many of the States ; but even if it were an euth·ely various enabling acts. When this grant was made to my own new grant, no one will gainsay or deny the justness of it. Stnte there were no restrictions whatever upon it. It was argued that it would reduce the funds now available As To ~ exact I shall quote from the Utah enabling act : for reclamation purposes. is well known, the royalties re ceived from minerals coming into the Treasury under the Hct That upon the aumlssion of the said State into the Union, sections 2, of February, 1020, are divided as follows: Thirty-seven per cent lG, 32, and 3G in· every township of said proposed State are hereby goes to the State within which the minerals are found, 52~ gr~nted to Aaid State for the support of common schools. per cent to the reclamation fund, where it is used p1·imarily In every public-land State Congress gave from one to .four in the States which demanded the enactment of this legisla Rections in every township in aid of the schools. From the very tion. Only 10 per cent was reserved by the Government for beginning . the policy of the Federal Government bas been a administration purposes. Of course, it must be admitted that libera.l one concerning ed~cation, ~ becB:u~e in ~e million barrels of oil, at ered before that same body by Senator PHIPPS, of Colorado, on 10 per cent, $2,500,000. December 31, 1926, upon the same subject, which appears in the Total estimated royalty and sale value of public lands and CoNGRESSIONAL REOORD of January 10, at page 1334. resources, $13,697,500,000. I only insert the portion of the address pertaining to that The law just passed relipquishes to the various States the particular project. I feel that the address is a legal and very title of the United States to all lands designated in the grant, logical and fair presentation of the mattel', and of the rights of including the mineral therein found, in aid of common or public the respedive States, and I am confident thnt it fi•ankly re schools. It excepts therefrom "any lanus included within any flects the sentiment of an overwhelming majority of the people reservation for national pur:poses, included in any pending of Colorado on the subject. It reads as follo·ws: suit or proceeding in the courts of the United States or subject TUrn LAW OF I~TERSTA.TE STREAMS to valid adverse claims of third parties." There are certain other lands which are excluded from the provisions of this law. Lt>giRiation concerning interstate streams can not be judged intPlli Particularly those included within any military, Indian, or genlly without preliminary observations as to the law governing the other reservation, or specifically reserred for water-power pur use of waters of these sh·eams in the absence of interstate agreement poses. These lands will all be included within the scope and and as to the content of the Colorado River compact. purposes of the act only from and after the date of the extin Every American State has its own water law to be applied to wnter guishment of such reservation of the restoration of such land uaers within its own boundaries. In some of the States that law is to to the public domain. It will thus be seen that all existing the effect that all land ownerships contiguous to a atrenm shall be rightl3 are fully protected. entitled to a fair sha'l'e of the water, regardless of relative dates of usc. I want to note, also, that this bill is a conservation measure: In still other States the rule is that whether or not the land owner ships are contiguous to the streams is i~material and that the water The bill also requires the States to reserve and withhold unto them is to be parceled out among the users in the order of their seniority in selves all minerals of whatsoever character in any and all lands which time of use-to the oldest user the first right, to the second oldest U:ier they might transfer or sell, giving to them, however, the right to lease the second right, and so on. The former system is known · as the the minerals in the lands and to utilize the proceeds received as royal riparian system ; the latter as the appropriation or priority system. ties or rentals "for the attainment of the purposes for which the lands Under the latter system, whether the latest user obtains any water or were granted as the case may be." not, depends upon whether there is :my water left for him after first In conclusion, I want to express in behalf of the people of satisfying the needs of the older users. my State and of the great West ,-eep appreciation for all who As for the division of the waters of interstate Rtreams as between assist.ed in the working out and passage of this bill. States the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of KansaR Much credit is due the National Education Association and against Color~do, the former being fundamentally a riparian State and the State educational associations which consistentl~r and at the latter fundamentally an appropriation State, laid down as to the every opportune time took occasion to write letters and urge Arkansas the rule of " equitable division," that each State was to have the support of this legislation in every way possible. a fair portion of the water for use within its boundaries, without any The western division of the American l\Iining Congress, the conclusive regard to the relative dates of use as between the two American Mining Congress, the Chamber of Commerce of the States. In the later case of Wyoming against Colorado, a suit !Jetween United States, the National Association of Attorneys General, two States, both of which were fundamentally appropriation States, tho and the department of superintendents of the National Educa same court, while expressly commending its earlier decision in respect tion Association of the United States, all passed strong resolu to a controversy between a riparian State on the one hand and an tions favoring this bill. A number of the States sent their appropriation State on the other, declared with certain important representatives here to do everything possible in aid of the modifications as to the Laramie that the rule !Jetween two appropria legislation. 1\Iy own State sent 1\Ir. \7. Halverson Farr, one of tion States should be to the effect that the States were to share in the its deputy attorneys general who remained in Washington for waters of the interstate stream in the order of their seniority of usc. many weeks working in season and out of season for the Of the Colorado Rivet• States, six, in their water law, are funda passage of the measure. To him must be accorded a great mentally appropriation States, while the seventh, California, ' is as deal of credit for his efficient work. The Secretary of the fundamentally riparian. 'l.'rue, in California they have both riparian Interior made suggestions and he and his corps of able assist and appropriation rights. but the appropriation rights there, in legal ants finally drew the measure which was enacted into law. theory, are carved out of preexisting riparian rights. CONGRESSION.AL RECORD-HOUSE 'J.ANUABY 17 Which of the two rules would be applied by the United States Su spade until he has in his hands contracts covering delivery of irriga preme Court to a division of the waters of the Colorado. among the tion and other water and delivery of electrical energy or else of water States of the Colorado River Basin, in the absence of interstate agree privileges that others may develop the energy in a sum sufficient to ment, no one can predict with assurance sufficient to justify large capital reimburse the Government within a pei-iod of GO years for its outlay im·estment either by governmental or private enterprise. To develop with interest added. the river without court decision, which would take years to obtain, or The river is international, and Mexico is already using over 600,000 ·wjthout interstate agreement, is to build on chaos. One thing that is acre-feet for the irrigation of approximately 200,000 acres of land, certain is that any division of the water between States which fails to and in increasing the use for additional lands as rapidly as possible in take into account the future needs as well as present uses, can not the expectation that in some way or, other it will be able to establi.sh secure the approval of man's innate sense of justice. A monopoly or a claim against the United States for the retention of all the water near monopoly of the use of the water by one State or by two States thus applied. The substitution of an all-Amel'ican , canal for the as against others would be as abhorrent as any other kind of monopoly 'present international canal serving the Imperial Valley and vicinity at any time or any place. No State and no private interest will dare would have the effect of protecting the States of the Colorado River espouse a different view before the Congress of the American people. Basin against any increased uses in Mexico, and the cost of the sub However, anothel' thing that is certain is that as a matter of caution stituted canal, if Mexico will not lessen her water demands against Colorado in protecting herself against the other States should proceed the present canal, is not to be thought of in comparison with the upon the theory that the law may turn out to be "priority regardless economic gain to our own countrymen as the result of preventing in of State lipes." creased uses in Mexico. THE COLORADO RIVER COMPACT While we should continue to hope and work for the universal ratiflca· . tion of the Colorado River c mpact which the commissioners of the States The average annual natural flow of the Colorado River is something 0 negotiated under the chairmanship of Secretary Hoover, the Swing-John· like 20,500,000 acre-feet of water. Roughly speaking, the compact son bill offers to the upper States of the basin, in the meantime, the maxi divides this flow by allowing annually to the four upper Stutes of mum protection that is humanly possible short of such universal Wyoming; New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado 7,500,000 acre-feet, while ratification. In the first place, the blll assures us of the ratification of assigning to the lower three of Arizona, Nevada, and· California the compact upon at least a six-State basis, for it provides that the 8,500,000 acre-feet, and providing for a division between the same two Secretary of the Interior shall start no construction work and that the groups some years hence of the remainder of the water less whatever Goverriment shall. appropriate no waters until first as many as six of the amount, if any, should happen to be awarded to Mexico through the river States, . incl_usi_vc of . California, whose adherence is certain, shall . nie.dlllm of a treaty should one be made between Mexico and the have ratified. By that provision the upper States become protected as United States. The division provided for by the compact can not against any and all appropriations made in Nevada or California, in become effective, according to the terms of the compact, until that that through the ratification of the compact these two States agree instrument shall have been ratified by all seven of the Colorado River that there shall be exempted in favor of the upper States and as free States and by the Congress. Thus far it bas been ratified absolutely from appropriations made in the two States themselves the very quantity by five out of the seven·; the five being Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, of .water which the compact itself reserves for the upper States. Wyoming, and Colorado. What about the protection given by the bill as against water appro· The same five States have passed special statutes by which the priations in Arizona? These appropriations or uses may be considered compact wiil become operative among as few as six of the States if as of two classes: Those to be connected with the project which the six see fit to ratify it. bill authorizes and those not thus connected. There will be no such con· The States which are withholding their ratifications are California nected uses for power generation in Arizona, because the bill requires ·. and Arizona, the former chiefly because she is unwilling to ratify except the location of the power plants connected with the project to be in a in exchange for a dam which will protect from flood the 50,000 of ratifying State; in other words, in Nevada, unless Arizona should her people who live below sea level, and the latter chiefly because, ratify the compact in which event their location in the latter State before committing herself to the Colorado River compact, she wants would be immaterial. As a matter of .fact, physical conditions for power an agreement with California and Nevada dividing among the three that development are better on the Nevada s1dc of the river than on the quantity of the water of the river which tlie compact allocates to them Arizona. in their combined capacity, and an agreement on the part of Cali As for Arizona uses of water from the project for irrigation, the fornia to pay to Arizona an annual tax of $5 or $6 on every horse bill permits them, but unucrtakes, and I aru strongly inclined to believe power of electrical energy produced in Arizona and transported to successfully, to protect the upper States by exempting in their favor the California for consumption. quantity of water reserved to them by the compact itself and by direct THE BoULDER CANYO!i .:•noJECT--THE SWING-JoHNSON BILL ing the Department of the Interior, in the administration of the waters TERMS OF THE BILL of the project, to observe the terms of that instrument. When it comes to Arizona appropriations or uses of water, not If the Swing-Johnson bill, lncl~ive of the protective amendments connected with the Boulder Canyon project authorized by the bill, but which were offered by the upper States, should be passed, the Gilvern· taken from other points 01;1 the river or its tributaries generaJly, the ment, through the Secretary of the Interior, would be authorized to bill seeks to protect the upper States by limiting the gu·antity of water build, own, and operate a dam at or near Bonluer Canyon on the river that Arizona and her people, under water rights initiated hereafter, boundary between ·Arizona and Nevada, a dam suiliclent to impound may store upon or transport over Government lands, to such a quantity 20,000,000 acre-feet of water, for the purpose of "protecting the low as does not encroach upon the amount reserved to the upper States lands of California and Arizona against flood, for the irrigation of by the compact. There may be some question as. to whether such a 500,000 acres of Government and private lands in California and Ar1· limitation by. the Congress on the use of Government lands would be zona, for municipal and domestic use, and for the generation of hydro valid-we are without precedents-but the probauility is in favor of electric power. The bill authorizes also the building of an all-American the validity. At any rate, the limitation is the best that can be canal whereby to carry a portion of the impounded water into the devised short of Arizona's ratification of the compact. Imperial Valley and neighboring districts of California, the canal to serve as an enlarged substitute for the canal now supplying the valley When it co-nes to Arizona water appropriations or uses to be made hereafter and not requiring the use of Government lancls for storage and which, for a portion of its distance, crosses into Mexico. As for or transportation, the probability is that as a physical matter t here the power plant, which the bill likewise authorizes, it may be built and arc few, if any, appropriations or u'Ses of major importance that could operated either by the Government or, through contract with the Sec retary of the Interior, private enterprise may lease the water privi be made. Whether this is the probability or not, the bill under.takes leges, build, own, and operate the plant. Knowing as we do_ the to subordinate them also to the terms of the compact, although with avowed policy of the administration to keep the Government as far what legal success no one can say definitely one way or the other. 'l1:Je protection which the bill gives the upper States, as against the as possible out of business, we may feel assured that unless compelled by extraordinary circumstances, such as by the failure ot private lower States of California and Nevada, is as complete as ever an in terstate agreement with those States could make it; because, by the applicants to bid enough to permit the Government to reimburse itself, the Government is not going into the power business at Boulder insured subsequent ratification of the compact by California, for which Canyon. Uncle Sam by nature is a policeman, and not a producer. the bill opens the way, the upper States obtain that very agreement. The dam is to be the greatest in the world, yet, according to the As to Arizona, the bill gives the upper States, by stt·ong probauility, t erms of the Swing-Johnson bill, it ultimately is not to cost the people full protection against any and all Arizona water appropriations or of the United States a single cent. The total cost of the dam, canal, uses from the waters of the project itself and probably against most and power })lant, and interest during construction wo'!.ld be some· appropriations or uses of consequence not connected with the projeet. The bill gives us a whole loaf of protection from California, another where around $12G,OOO,OOO, whereof approximately $40,000,000 would be for the dam, $30,000,000 for the all-American canal, $35,000,000 from Nevada, and at least two-thirds of a loaf from Arizona. Without for the power plant, if as unlikely the power plant were to be con the bill we nre likely to lose not only the two-thirds of o. loaf lmt two structed by the Government, and the remaining $20,000,000 for in whole ones as well. terest. While the bHI provides that the initial cost of whatever the DANGIIlR FROM POWER LICENSES Govcmmeut may construct shall be advanced by the Government, yet The ideal salutton of the controversy between the upper and lower it also provides that the Secretary of the Interior shall not turn a States, which is the greatest controversy over the waters of the river, 1B27 OONGR.ESSION AL RECORD-HOUSE 1819 would be the ru tificn.tlon of the compact upon a seven-State basis. · with the other. It never bas been un-Amer!can to curb aggre-s ion, We stm may and should work for that objective, but if in doing so we even by a State, and it is not so now. either oppose or kill by intentional neglect the Swing-Johnson bill, the While the Senator believes that if the bill passes California will upper States run the risk of the resumption on the part of the Federal enter immediately into the compact on a six-StRte basis, he thinks Power Commission of the granting of power licenses on the lower river. Arizona: will stay out. It is far from certain, however, that .Arizona and in the uncertain condition of our inter!ltate law governing the use would enter the compact if the bill were not passed, anu it is certain of interstate streams, they run the possible risk, much as they may that California would stay out. Let's have a compact at least on a contend for the contrary rule, of water priorities being acquired by sL"t-State basis as again~t none at all. licensees of the commis>:iou sufficient to exhaust the entire now unused The Senator fears that, should the bill he passed, Arizona will attack flow of the river, with the con!lequent possible effect that these States its constitutional.ity in the rourti. I say, let her attack ; there are six would be required as·a matter of law to allow this water thereafter to States to defend, and the Goverl)ment as well. It is better to fight go down unused to satisfy the needH of the power plants licensed for our rights aud htke a chance in the fight than to strtnll by n.nd instead of heing permitted to use a fair part of it for irrigation, indus see them go without a fight. Does the Senator imagine that the Colo trial, municipal, domestic, and other uses in the expansion of their rado River compact itself, even it ratified by all seven States, is going economic life within their own borders. We of the upper States do not to escape challenge on constitutional grounds from some prh-ate wah•r say thnt this is the Jaw-in fact, most of us contend to the contrary user if from no other quarter? but we al>:o know that, so far as the law is concerned, the whole ques Iu opposition to the bill and in support of a contention that six tion is in doubt. In a matter so grave as the eco.nomic future of our State ratification, which the Swing-Johnson bill insures, " will pt•ob• region let us run no risks. Let us build on certainties, not upon doubts. ably have no legnl efficacy," be quoted the opinion of one Ward Ban To protective pt·ovisious inserted in the licenset1 of the Federal Power niHter given the Senate Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation Comw.lssion, in the attempt to protect the upper States, we d!ire not December 15, 1925. Of course, the eminence of the authority quoted trust, because ·DO one can peedict wlth certainty whether provisions of ·is concetled, as is also the compliment Implied by the citation. How that kind woultl ue valid or not. ever, the want of legal efficacy of six-State ratification was stated Thf! dangl:'r that the commission may resume the issuance of licenses by the opinion to exist as against Arizona and not as against the other is not fanciful. The sword of Damocles bungs over us. We do not two lower States entering into the compact. That such a compact know when it will fall. Three times now during as many years the would not of itl•elf give protection agaim~t Arizona with her out of commission, largely at the inst:mce of the uppet• States, suspended it is as clear as that it would, on the other hand, give protection against action upon one of the applications. that of James Giraud for a power Nevada and California with them in it. Obviously the protection plant on the Colorado River in Arizona near the mouth of Diamond against Arizona must be and now is found in the protectl've provi t:reelc. It did so with great reluctance on account of the heavy ex sions of the bill, _aMide from those founded on the idea. of a six-State pendittu·e which Giraud and his associates bad made already and only compact. becnuse the public intet·est of the basin as a whole seemed to require a 'rhe Senator also again quotes from the same general optnion in tlivision, if possible, of the water of the river between the two groups support of the contention that the blll probably would not protect as of States lx>fore the acquisition of auy more water priorities for power against Arizona, the quotation being, "I do not believe it (the Swing purtloses in either group. At the time of the last suspension by the Johnson bill) can be drawn so as to protect the upper States with commL,;sion, which was in October, 1025, the action was suspended upon certainty in the absence of universal ratification of the Colorado River over 20 other applications, but, according to the order of the commis compact.'' 'rbe Senator quoted correctly, but in his application failed sion itself, the suspension was only for " a reasonable time " wherein to observe the words "with certainty." Both of the specific opinions to permit the States ntrected to reach an agreement over a division quoted were ro..-pressed before the amendments protective of upper States of the U I'ICS of the river. So deeply impressed was the commission by bad been prepared or made. Those amendments now are part of the the equities of the Girand application that a companion order was bill. They nccomplislied abont all that can be accomplished without e.ntered to the effect that upon a witlldrawal of the general order of Arizona's ratification of the compact. Although these amendments may suspcn>:ion the Girantl application should be given preferred considera- not be fully accompanied by absolute "certainty" as to their validity 1iou. We may hope not, but the commission may conclude that "a rca· against Alizona, and although the protection they atrord may not be sonable time" will have expired with the Hdjournment of the coming as "certain" as it would be under a compact ratified by Arizona, the January sessions of the California and Arizona legislative sessions. validity is probaiJly enough, in our jeopardy, to justify our support of We have no assurance that it will not. the bill. When we are inclined to doubt this proposition all we have
TilE SWING-JOI:I~SO~ BILL A)ID SENATOR PHIPPS to do i~ to coutemplate the protection we shonlu have if the bill were There :ue many thing in tlte Swing-Johnson bill with which Senator not passed. The " certainty" of protection is greater under the bill than it would be without it, because under the bill we get at least l'IIIPPS is in agreement. He believes in the division of water between the two groups of States which the bill attempts to make; that the dam the protection which a six-State compact affords against California ltsf'lt' should be bullt, owned, and operated by the Government; that and Ncva:sen admits that California will ratify the compact immediately upon the their demands on the water transported in order that the Imperial passage of the bill and goes so far as to say that as a last resort Valley may have more. This is n. minor matter. The grPat thiug is which, however, he does not believe has come as yet-he might be for to build the dam for the lower States and to reserve water for the the bill. 'l'o this extent the Senator's agr·eement with the principles of upper. If the Senator wants to amend, let him amend. We should the bill is both gratifying and hopeful. In· itself, however, it blings no be satisfied so long as his insistence on the smaller thing does not water to Colorado because of his residuum of negation. Water can be go so far as, sboulu it prove unavailing, to prevent a favorable vote produced only by the pump of affirmative action. upon the greater thing in which ColorRdo is infinitely mo1·e interested. 'l'hc Senator's objections are numerous. As a present substitute for When it comes to the geueration of power at the dam, tile uill, the bill or at least as a l'reliminary to any bill of such character, be allowing the Government either to build and operate the power plants insists upon a seven-State ratification of the compact, although after itself, or, as the Federal water power act itself permits, lease the four yeut·s of waiting that much-desired objective has not been acbie>ed. water privileges to muni<'ipalities or to private corporations· witll Indeed, during that time Colorado and the other upper States have lost the same preference in favor of the municipalities as the lfeder:ll wnta~r ground and are threatened constantly by even greater losses. What power act provides, the Senator favors the elimination from the !Jill about San Carlos? What about the Laguna Dam powet· plant and the of the alternati>e of governmental ownership and operation, and Cameron !Jill authorizing it? What about the Federal Power Commis recommends a further amendment of the bill l>y putting the disposal sion licenses which are c.ver in the shadow? of water privileges for power generation under the Federal Power The Senator thinks it un-American to seek to make the Colorado Commission, which has general jurisdiction of the leasing of water IUver compact the law of the river as against Arizona unless with privileges at Government dams. lleing for private enterprise myself, the full voluntary consent of that State. I think it no-American not I see no objection, providing first, that the amendment clearly pro to defend Colorado, un-Americn.n to allow Arizoun. to bold off any vides that the power plants are to be constructed in a ratifying State longer with one hand the passage of the Swing-Johnson bill while at and that the uses of the impounded waters for power generation anti the same time graRping at water priorities against the upper States other purposes be put nuder those provisions of the bill protective of 1820 CONGRESS! ON AL RECORD-~ HOUSE JA.NUARY 17
the upper States, and if the Secretary of tile Interior ·be authorized land or for any otller purp"ose unuc:r . the guise o( . :flood protection. to rC'gulate the discharge of the water from the dam; second, that the Sin:ce, therefo-re, a dam is going to be built, anyway, let us o! the necessary arrangements be made with Secretaries Work and Hoover upper States not adopt a position of opposition but rather one of stnd the proponents of the bill, so that the bill, as thus amended In constructive aid at all times, and with a reseHation of water in our favor of the private power lndustlT, will have the snpport that insures· behalf primarily in mind. Let us build this dam · at · a · time when, in passage. This second condition is just .as essential as the first. In· doing so; we can count on a compact from Nevada and California, deed there are ,one or two other changes that might be made in !avor whether we can obtain one from Arizona or not. Let us do it while of private power. nut if in the end a choice muF:t be made between we can have their affirmative help to extend against Arizona provisions what would satisfy the pri~ate power industry on the one band and protective of the rt>servntlon of water so much nceued. As for the what yiele it before it is too late. - The Senator's address was not as clear in consistency as it might He can not be anything else than for Colorauncil, rf'presentiug over 2,000 technical men of the State, an apparent suggestion that the Swing-Johnson bill could I.Je dis t.he Colorado Association of Commercial OrganizationR, the city ot pensed with entirely and, failing a seven-Stute compact, the whole Denver, the Denver Chamber of Commerce, all of the newspapers of t.he proi.Jlem of the resen-ation of water for the upper States and of :flood city, many of the papers outside, Secretaries Work and Hoover, and control and water uses for the lower States could be worked out by most of the Colorado lliver States have come out for the bill. Let the Felleral Power Commission undet· the Federal wnter power act. us be swt>rvcd neither to the right uor to the left by consiclerations This method would not bring about a ratification of the compact on a that arc minor, but press forwaror of the upper States with one-tenth the . SCHOOL LAND TlTLF.'S A.i.~D LIOOTSLATIO:N eirectlvcness that they can be impoRed by the Congress itself. .A..ny attempt to carry out Ruch a suggestion, as compared with other pro Mr. MORRO,V. :Mr. Rpenker, I nsk unanimous con ·ent to tectl>e methods, would be but to trifle With the water future of . thiR extend my remarks in the Rt.'COIID. city and State. I protest against it and will tight it at every turn. The SPEAK1~R. I~ there ohjection to the request of tlle I, too, am for private enterprise, but I am for it in the upper States gentleman from New 1\Iexico? ~s well as in the lower. The private enterprise of farms not yet There was no ernment is not likely to build bur5iness judgment. or operate the power plant, but only a dam and the all-American The mineral being reserved to the State in the act just pal'lsed canal, lea.ying the power plants to priv-ate enterprise; but assuming that for the u::;e of schools is very proper and timely, the power plant Is to be included, the total cost would be $125,000,000. History presents to us examples of the failure of nearly an That money the Government is to get back out of revenues !rom the the States receiving the earlier grant<; for its public schools to project, and can not commence work upon the project until the revenue snye and invest the revenue in a permanent fund. The State contracts are in hand. EvP.D if those contracts should fall to ·yield of New Mexico, which I have tlte honor to represent, ha8 any expected return, Colorado's share in the loss would be about 1 per within its school lands nearly all the valunhle minerals so cl'nt of the cost of construction, or $1,250,000. What is that compared important to the Nation and which possess a great future \\'ith 1,000,000 acres of irrigated land, or any substantial part 'of it, · potential value. nt $125 per acre, or a gross annual income of $GO per acre? When The securing title by the States to the lands gt·anted In aid did the Senator ever Wl to invest a million to make a hundred of the public school::;, and the lands granted to State institutions million? You and I arc not going to be any less wise than he it we has been a long stl·uggle for the Western States admitted into can help it. the Union since the year 1845. · The Senator believes the Fees Arizona all the privileges in the way of uses of water and of Congress just pal'lsed. That is, all of the remaining public power which U gives to California or to Nevada. Welcome banos are land in all the public-land States should pass to the control of out for her at any time she may choose to enter the compact, and we all each State wherein situated and all Federal control cease con hope that she will come in. nut to wait longer is imposslule. rilysical cerning it. condJtlons tell us that the Imperial Valley with its r;o,ooo people and its Should the States secure title to the remaining prthlic lund, one hundred millions of property and adjacent Arizona lands are each. State should at once take over t11e reclamation projects menaced yearly uy :flootl. The human nature of the Congress tells us and assume the obligation to pay tlJc Goyemment the return that the Congress will be providing a dam for :flood control ROonet· or that it is entitled to therein. later. Sound business considerations tell us, as the Senator himself This will entail supervision by the States over reclamation ad>ises, that when the dam Is built the impountled waters, in order to matters within tl1C .States where such vrojccts are located. In reimburse the Government out of revenue for costs of construction, my opinion the States can in the fntnrc handle these matters shoultl be used to generate power and to water thirsty lands. Caution more satisfactorily, economically, and hcneftcially than the lferl on the part of the upper States dictates that no dam should be built, eral Government. This would be a step toward reducing tl1e even for flood purposes, without a ot"Rtification of the compact on at governing power of at least one of the departments of Govern lf!ast a six-State basis and without protective provisions against the ment in giving it an opportunity to reduce some of its bureau~. Stntc not ratifying. This will be in line with the thought so well cxprG!:ised hy ' 'l'hf'Sc uppe1· Stntes can not afford to run the risk of priorities being Representative Tno:r.us, .~f Oklahoma, in his 8J>Cech of March acquirell against them in the genCI·ation of power or tho irrigation ot 10, 1026, before this botly, as follows: 1927 CONGRESSIONAL R.ECOR,D-HOUSE 1821 "It is charged that there is being developed here in Washington A then known as the Northwestern Territory ceded their western centraTizeu bureaucratic government in which the people are losing land. North Carolina made her cession of the lands, which control. now are embraced "\-Vithin the State of Tennessee, in ·1790. '' It is charged that the centralization of the powers of Government in South Carolina ceded her land in 1787 and Georgia in 1802. Washington is destroying the sovereignty of the States, and thereby This was the beginning, as stated before, of the public domain. robbing the people of their inalienable rights to local self-government.'' This was added to by the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the The public-land States in order to maintain State govern acqu~sition of Florida in 1819, the Oregon territory in 184G, the ment need to utilize all the land within their bordm·s. The. fact cessions from Mexico in 184:8 and 1853, the purchase of Alaska tllnt nbout one-half of the entire land in my State is still prop in 1847, and Hawaii in 1898, and the later cessions from Spain erty of the United Stntes Government, and is not taxed, leaves in the Spanish-American War. 'l'he addition of these immense the State a great burden in maintaining the expenses incident bodies of land added to the public domain of the United States to State government. The lands in my opinion can be best millions of acres. Texas in coming into the Union in 1845 allministered by the State and a large reduction made in Gov retained all the vacant and unappropriated lanus within her ernment expen:;e ; this would in uo manner interfere with the borders for the State. The first grant of land began in 18t'J9 }"'orest Service. with the l\Iorril Act, which carried a grant of 20,000 acres to 1\iany writers and Members of Congress have at various times each State for each Senator and Representative in Congress. referred to the fact that the thirteen original States did not In 1862 this grant was increased one-half in the same way. recdYe grants of public land for development in the thirteen The amount that each State was granted under these acts is as follows: ori~inal States. It shall be my purpose to show the origin of A.rizona ______.______:______Acres the use of the land termed public land, and what became of 150,000 same during the origin ancl grmvth of the Nation down to the 1u0,000 present law, jnst passed by Congress. In doing this millions g~}~;?;~~~~~~~~~~~:~:~~~~:~~~~~~~~~~~~======no,ooo Idaho ------~------ 90,000 of acres that passed by private- grants to individuals are not Iowa~------ 240,000 enumerated, but that which passed by legislation in the inter Kansas------no,ooo 240,000 est of States, canal:-;, and railroad corpoi·ations is fairly ac ~jl~~~~~~a:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 1!?0,000 curately stated in my remarks. Missourl------ 330,000 The first record of the reservation of public lands was taken ~Iontana------ 90,000 Neuraska ------ !)0, 000 from the town records of Cambridge, Ma s~ .• l\Iay 3, · 1638, when Nevada------ no.ooo two-thirrls acre was reserved for public schools and col New ~rexico------lfiO, 000 leges. 'l'he school referred to was Harvard College, and the North Dakota--_...: ______.:. ___ ..:.:;.. ______~ _ _:_:;..:.. ______no. ooo · professor was Nathaniel Eaton. There was granteu to Cttm Oklahoma------ 250.000 Oregon------!)0,000 briuge for the w;;e of the college 100 acres, and to the presi South Dakota------120,000 dent of the institution 400 acres. Various other grants were Utah------ 200,000 made. In 1652, the general court granted to the college 800 Washington------ flO,OOO Wisconsin ------ 240,000 acres and in 1654 a further grant of 200 acres. In 1683, 1,000 Wyoming ------fJO,OOO acres were granted with adjoining land. In 1715, 105,793 acres obtained by Connecticut from Massa Total------3,000,000 chusetts in settlement of a boundary dispute were sold and _Then cpme a grant of scrip to the States in the following amounts: · £500 of the proceeus gfven to the college at New Haven. This Acres was followed in 1732 by au additional grant of 300 acres in Alabama------240,000 each of five townships. In 1746 the institution \Vhich later be Arkansas ______------Hiu, ooo carne Princeton University was granted a charter under the Connecticut------Delaware ______...: ______1RO,OOO name of the College of New Jersey. Six years later, original 90,000 Florida------ 90,000 location having been changed and the permanent home being Georgia------ 270, 000 chosen. the town granted to the school 10 acres for a campus Illinois------ 480, OOH 390,000 and 200 acres of woodland. Dartmouth College was originally Indiana------~------mw, ooo fouuded by Eleazor Wheelock, as an institution for the educa t~~i~~;~-~~~~~~:~~~:~~~::~~~~~~~:~~=~~~~~=====~==~:= , 210,000 tion of the Indians and nlso for missionary service among the ]daioe------ 210, 000 1771 Maryland------210,000 Indians. In the town of Hanover granted to the college 3GO,OOO 300 ncres of lnnd. The year previous the provincial govern Massachusetts------210,000 ment had given to the trustees .of the institution a township ~!~is~~£ipsblrc::::::::::~==~~~===~=~==::::=~~~~~~~~~ 150,000 of land. The title to this proved rlefective, and in 1789 com 210,000 ~~; ~~~~c~~:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: S)fiO,OOO pensation was made by a graut of 40,960 acres on the Con North Carolina------270,000 necticut River. OhiO------630,000 In 1780 Virginia granted 8,000 acres of land-she had ac 700,000 quired lands now in the present State of Kentucky-for the ~h~~~ri~~~~::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 120,000 South Caroliua ------180,000 Ptn"l10se of public schools. Three years later these lands were Tennessee------ 300,000 giveu to 'l'ransylvania Seminary. In 1784 grants of land near Texas------ 180,000 Vermont------150,000 'Villiamsburg and Jamestown were marle to William aml Mary ~00,000 University. During the period of the Revolutionary War grants ~!!:~n~~\riiiiia.:::::::::::::-=::::::-:.::::::::::::::::::-_: HiO, 000 for the support of colleges were made by the States of Ver mont and New Hampshire. In 178U a grant of 23,000 acres Total------7, 7uO, ooo was made to Dartmouth College. The Legislature of Pennsyl Grand total------10,840,000 vania in 1779 authorized a reservation of lands secured from Next came the Federal grant for public roads in Ohio and confiscated estates for the support of colleges and academies through various States, including Indiana. This continued up and a charitable institution to be known as the School of Phila until the Civil War. According to the report of the Commis sioner of the General Land Office, made in the year 1911, the delphia. which is now the Univer~:~ity of P ennsylvania. grants for highways were as follows : In 1786 Dicldnson College received a grant of 10,000 acres of land. The next year I!'ranklin College was grnnted a like Number of amount. In 178-! tlte Georgia Legislature reserved .20,000 acres certified acres of land in each county to colleges and seminaries for Time of grant Road State or patented up to 1une the purposes of learnie1g. This was the first step toward the 30, 1911 e tablh;hment of the University of Georgin. In 1785 Charleston College wns incorporated and wns vested with land. In 1789 North Carolina provided that all property thnt should Feb. 28, 1823 Miami of Lake Erie to Connecticut Ohio ______80,773. M Western Reserve. escheat to the State should be vested in trustees for the benefit Mar. 2,1827 Lake Michigan to Ohio River ______Indiana ______170,580. 24 of the university. In 1700 New York - granted se\eral large Mar. 3,1863 F~~ :l~:i;~r~r u~~bor, Mich., Michigan ____ _ 221,013.35 traGts of land for the support of Columbia College. Prior to Do ______Fort lloward, Green Bay, Wis., to Wisconsin ____ _ 302,930.96 1787 eight of the oliginal States had used their public land Michigan State line. for the maintenance of institutions called colleges. July 2, 1864 Oregon Central Military lload ______Oregon ______666,655.78 July 4,1866 Corvallis and Yaquina Bay ____ ------_____ do ______81,895.25 The question of the -public domain started with the original Willamette Valley and Cascade Moun- _____ do ______13 Colonies. The original 13 States had some dispute as to July 5,1866 861,511.86 Dallestains. Military Road ______do ______how the lands were to be disposed of. In the Articles of Con Feb. 25, 1867 Coos Bay Military Road ______do ______556,827.04 feElerntion there was a provision thnt all of the western lands Mar. 3,1869 105,240.11 shonld become the property of the United States. This origi TotaL._·------3, 047, 428. 13 nally fniled. By 178G all States claiming land in what was 1822 CONGRESSIO:N .A._L REOOI{D-IIOUSE JANUAUY 17
}'ollowin~ came grants for canals and rivers, among others the to the Government. This was followed by adill cent grant, 10 per cent of tile net proceeds from tlle sale of tionnl grants in 1822 and 1824. A. grant of land was made publi~ land within its bord.ers. The balance was distributed to Illinois connecting the IllinoiR River with Lake Mithigan. to tl1e 26 States, tile Territories of Iown, Wisconsin, nnd. In 1828 a graut was IDade to Ohio extending the Miami Canal }"lorida, and the District of Columbia, according to their "re from Dayton to Lake Erie. At the saiDe time a brrnnt of spective Ire made to the State of Ohio. The other grantees were left to d.ispuse of their shares as In 1838 the Territory of Wisconsin received a grant of land. they would. Debts due the United States were to be ofi--set In 1850 a grant was made to Indiana for the completion of before any State or Territory received its distributive share. tile ·wabash and. Erie Canal. In 1852 the Stat~ of Michigan In 1841 a grant of 500,000 acres of land to each pnhlic-lanrl received a grant of 750,000 acres for the con~truction of a canal. State for internal improyement wru; made except the State of In 186.1) a1id 18u6 400,000 acre::> were granted for building a Tennes::;ee. This was re:;tricted from Htates that had already canal from Lake Superior to Portage Lake. In 1866, 100,000 received land for this purpose, except to !Jring their total up to acres was granted for building a canal from Lake Superioi' to 500,000 acres. Nineteen State~ received this grant. :B'ive Lac La Belle. At the same time ·wisconsin was granted 200,000 States requested that they be autllorized to devote the lands acres to construct a harbor and. a canal from Green Bay to granted for internal improvements to the Rupport of common J.ake Micilig-nn. The amount of the grants for some of tlle schools, which was granted to Wisconsin and Alabama in 1848, canalH and. the date is set out here, as follows : Iowa in 1849, Nevada in 1866, Oregon in 1871. Tllis gmnting of lands heretofore to the States for internal improvements Date of grant Canal Stnte Total area· finally brought the policy of the Gov~rnment granting landA for railroad construction; and every CongrCRs for several years Mar. 2, 1827 illinois and Lake Michigan______lllinois ______3U,282. 74 dealt with this problem. In 1834 n gx·ant was IDade of prop & DO------I}n· b h a d Er' lnd'- a 1, 480, 408. 87 erty used at Harpers FelTY to the Winchester Potomac Mar. 3, 1845 , n a as n 16.------rnn ------Railroad. Then followed grants of the public domain in May 24, 1828 _____ do ______------Ohio ______---- 265,815.45 May 25,1828 Miami and Dayton ______·---.do ______4-38,301.32 Florida and Alabama. Numerous special grants followed.. May 24, 1828 Canals generaL ______----.do ______500,000.00 such as sites for depotc; and watering places. FroiD 18R9 to June 18,1828 .Milwaukee and Rock lti\'er ______Wisconsin ____ _ 138,995. !)9 1841 every session of Congress took some action toward grant .Apr. 10,1806 Green Day and Lake Michigan ______do ______200,000.00 Aug. 26, 18.'12 St. Marys &hiP------Michigan ____ _ 'i50, 000.00 ing lands to rnilroads. In 1856 the country went wild over t~a;. ~; ~~ }Portage Lake and Lake Superior Ship. _____ do ______400,000.00 granting land~ to railroads. The fi1·st grant to the Pucific Rail July 3, 11)66 Lake Superior and Lac La Belle______do ______100,000.00 road was made to the Union Pacific in 1862. This was the first of tile railroad corporations. The last railroad land grant to a TotaL------·----· ------(, 5!17, 804. 37 State was made to California in 1867. The last railroad cor poration to receive a land grant was the Texas Pacific in 1871. Many grants of public lands were made for the improvement Tlle railroad land grant of 1850 carried a donation of every of the river~. The first of this kind was received by the alternate section within 6 miles of tile l'Oad. The amouut was State of Alabama in 1828, when 400,000 acres of land were 3,840 acres for each mile of railroad, and iu case the sections given for the improvement of tile navigation of Muscle Shoals \\ithin 6 miles of the road bad been selected, permission was and. Colvert's Shoals in tlle ·Tennessee River, and also othe.r given to select within 15 miles of the road. improvements of channels in rivers. In 1863 in the grant to Kansas this was increased. to every In 1884 oue section of land was granted to Wisconsin to im alternate section within 10 miles of the road, and the range of prove the navigation of the Grant River. Two years later, in selection was increased to 20 miles. order to imvrove the navigation and connect the Fox and Wis In 1864 a grant to tlle Union Pacific, another transcontinental consin Ui'vers by a canal, three sections for each mile were road, was increased to every alternate section within 20 miles given along- the :B""ox River from its mouth to the canal and of the roarl for those parts of the road passing through the ulong the canal to the Wisconsin River. This was- provided territory, whlch amounted to 40·acres for each rod of road built. for by a sale of the lnncr in Nebraska______2. 374, ODO. 77 net proceed:; from the sale of public lands witllin its borersity ------40,000 Num· Agricultural college------40,000 State ber of Prnpose Time Reform school------ 40,000 sections Normal schoolR------80,0(10 })eaf and dumb asylum ______40,000 l'ul.Jlic buildings at capitaL------50,000 Indiana______Other euucational and cha.ritable institutions_.___ _ 170,000 4 Seat of government..______J8Hl 2 ____ .do..•.. _____ -----__ ------______1819 United l:itates penitentiary------170,000 Mississippi------ ----.do.------__ .______1819 TQtal ______Illinois. __ ------ 4 500,000 Alabama.------(1) 1\IissourL •• ------... 4 Arkansas.------10 Public== buildings== ==-= == at sent======-=of government___ ======___ 1831 Montana granted February 22, 1880: ~=____ =~g==.do ______=~=== ------___ 1836~~~~ Michigan ______5 Purpose of grant- - 5 ____ .do.... ----- __ ------183G ~chool of mines------100,000 Iowa .. _------1 Seat of government..______l~!J Agricultural college------50, 000 Florida ______5 Public buildings at seat of government______1845 ReformNormal schooL------schools __ _:______------10050,, 000 ~ Both purpo:;es·------~------1824 ~ Public buildings (rogranted in 1829).______1827 D eaf and dumb asylum------50, 000 1 Public buildings______182U Public buildlngs at capitaL______1{)0, 000 ~ Not specified ... ------____ ------18~ Seat of government______18-!!i Deer Louge PcnitcntiarY------Wisconsin ______8 Total ______, ______----5~ 10 Public buildings at seat of government______1846 California ___ ------(1) Site fer a penitentiarY------11)6.1 Publlc buildings at seat of government ______Minnesota______10 ldabo granted July 3, 18!>0 : 10 ____ _do._. __ ------._.___ 1857 l'urpose of grant- Oregon_------10 ... --do .... --. __ ----.______1850 Kansas ______10 ____ .do ...• __ .______1861 Scientific scllooL------ 100,000 Nebraska.. ______. __ .do ____ ._-----______.______1!!61 University at MoscOW------50,000 20 50 Penitentiary .• ______.______1864 •Normal schools------ 100,000 Nevada. ______----- l'euitentiary at Boise CitY------ 60, 000 20 ~ub).ic b~dings at seat of government______1864 20 emtentlary. ------. ___ ------______1864 :rnsane asylum at BlackfooL-----~------ 50,000 Other charitable, penal, educational, and reforma- Colorado .• ------50 ~u~lio b~dings at seat of government______1875 tory institutionS..------150,000 50 erutenhary _------_----- 18i5 North Dakota. ______50 Public buildings at seat of government______1889 South Dakota ______500,000 50 •.... do______1 !l Total------Montana ______. __ 50 ____ .do._ •• ------___ -----______._. 1 9 Washington.------50 _____ do ...•. ------18S9 Wyoming, granted July 10, 18{)0 : Idaho. ____ ------50 _._ ..do ....•..• ___ ------.. _----.•.••.•..•• _. 18\JO Purpose of grant- Insane asylum in Unita County ______Wyoming ___ ------50 ____ .do. __ .------______18!10 30,000 Utah_. ___ ------100 ••.•. do . _.. ------18\M renal,Carbon educational, County______and reformatory institutions in _ Oklahoma..------(i) 30,000 ••••. do __ ... ------1906 renitentiary in AILany County ______Arizona. ___ ------50 .••.. do ...• ------1910 30,000 New l\:Iexiro .•• ______50 •.••. do ••.. ------__ 1910 Fish .hatchery in Albany County______5,000 Deaf, dumb, and blind asylum in Laramie County 30,000 Poor farm in li'remont County ______: 10,000 11,620 acres. Hospital for miners disabled in mines of State___ _ 30,000 2 450 acres. Public buildings at capitaL------ 75,000 • Sec. 33 in certain Indian reservations, amounting to 274,228 acres. State charitable, educntional, penal, and reforma- This mal.:es a total of a little more than half a million acres. tory institutions------260,000 Following is n statement of the umouut aecrued aud paid Tota.l ------500, 000 on account of grants of 2, 3, and 5 per <.:ent of the uet proceeds LXVIII-115 ·1824 OONGRESSION AL RECORD-HOUSE J.A.NUARY 17 of the sales of public lands to June 30, 1910, as well as during Notwithstanding this long perio0) ------394, 237. 4u Mr. GARNER of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I aRk unanimous con lfi~~~~i~ra~~~~~~~:~~~~:~~~~~===~:::::::::::::: ::::: ~:~~~:~~~:~~ sent that my colleague [Mr. RAYBURN] be permitted to address the House for 15 minutes on next Wednesday after the reading tH:~~~;r~!======OhiO------~:~~g:gt~:~~2~251~95 of the Journal and the disposition of businef?S on the Speaker's table. ~~~g~sln-:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 3,~g~:18~:~~ Tlle BPEAKER. The gentleman from Texas asks unani Total------~--- 63, 3u6,541.01 mous consent that his colleague [Mr. H.AYBURN] be permitted to address the :House for 15 minutes on Wednesday next, nfter The school lands granted to the States, as shown by the the conclusion of the reading of the Journal and tlte disposition Land Office records, are as follows : of matters on the Speaker's table. Is there objection? States receiving section No. 1G : Acres There was no obj,ection. Alabama------ 901,725 ArRansas------ 028,057 :Mr. LAGUARDIA. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent Florida------ 1,053, 653 that on Thursday next I may be permitted to address the Illinois ------·------~ 985, 141 'House for 20 minutes. Indiana------~------ 601,04!) The SPEAKER. The gentleman from New York asks unani Iowa------978,u78 Louisiana ------798,08ri mous consent that on next Thursduy, after the reading of the 1,003,513 Journal and the disposition of matters on the Speaker's table, ~~~:~~~pi::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 838,3~!) he may be permitted to address the House for 20 minutes. Is ~li sso uri------ 1,16:!, 137 Ohio ------ 710,610 there objection? VVisconsin------058, (H9 States receiving sections Nos. 16 and 36: There was no objection. California ____ ------__ 5,610, 702 FILING OF MINORITY VIEWS ColoradO------Idaho ______3,715,5G5 3,063,271 1\Ir. SPROUL of Kansas. 1\Ir. Speaker, I ask unanimous Kansas------2,87G, 124 consent to have until to-morrow noon within wllich to file 1\Iinnesota ------ 2,060,991 miuority views on the Indian oil leasing bill. ~Iontana------ 5,102,107 Nebraska------ 2,631,155 The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Kansas asks unani Nevada------2,000,000 mous consent to have until noon to-morrow to file minority North Dakota ------2,531,200 views on the Iudian oil leasing bill. Is there objection? Oklahoma------1,413, 862 0 3,387,520 There was no objection. ~~~VVashingtonfg I5akota:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ______2,813,ull 2,488,671) ADJOURNMENT Wyoming------3,368,024 l\ir. TILSON. 1\Ir. Speaker, I move that the House do now States 1·eceiving sections Nos. 2, 16, 32, and SG: Arizona------8,035,000 adjourn. New ~~~CO------8,464,000 The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 4 o'clock aud 38 Utah------6,007,18~ minute~ ll. m.) the House adjourned until to-morrow, Tuesdny, Total------77,404,365 January 18, H)27, at 12 o'clock noon. The bill as passed h ;. . : for its purpose the quieting of title to the school sections granted to the public-land States. By the COMMITTEE HEARINGS pas.sage of tbis act contTover.sies over the title to the school 1\Ir. TIL~ON submitted tlle following tentative list of com land~ in eacll public-land State, pending from a half century mittee henrings scheduled for 'l'uesday, January 18, 1927, as in some cases down to 15 years in others, are at last reported to the floor leader lly clerks of tlle several com settled. mittees: 1927 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD--HOUSE 1825
COMMITTEE ON .API'ROPRIATIONS RE.PORTS OF COMMITTEES ON· PRIV·ATE BILLS ~"'D ( 10.30 a. m.) RESOLUTIONS District of Columbia appropriation bill. Under clause 2 of Rule XIII. COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE 1\Ir. KNUTSON: Committee on Pensions. H. R. 1638!>. A bill granting pensions and increafle of pew;:ions to certain (10 a .m.) soldiers and sailors of the Regular Army and Na-vy, and certain To amend section 10 of the plant quarantine act apprc;>ved soldiers and sailors of wars other than the Civil war, and to August 2~, .1912 (H. R. 16!7~). , .widows of such soldiers and sailors, etc.; without amendment Authonzmg an appropnation of $6,000,000 for the purchase · (Rept. No. 1782). Referred to the OoiDl.Dittee of the 'Vhole of feed and seed grain to be supplied to . farmers in the crop- Hom;e. · failure nreas of the United ~tates, sai~ amount to be expended ' Mr. UNDERHILL: Committee on Claim~. H. R. 13580. A und~r tile rules aud regulations prescnbed l>y the Secretary of bill for the relief of Agfa Raw Film Corporation; without Agri<:ulture (H. R. 15973). amendment (Rcpt. No. 1787). Referred to the Committee of COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND CURRENCY the ·whole House. ( 10.~0 a. m.) ~·o amend the Federal farm loan act (H. R. 15540). ADYERSE RJ. A resolution directing the Secretary of the Treasury to furui!;ll · To di.·cuss the method::; of appointing the meml>ers of the the House of R_cpresentntives certain information ·concerning Honnl of Education. tl1e Howell & King Brewery; ad-rerse (Rept. No. 1784). Laid COMMITTJi'E ON IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION on the table. ( 10.30 a. m.) Mr. GRAH~1: Committee on the Judiciary. H. Res. 374. A To muend the immigration act of 1924 by the repeal of the .resolution directing the Secretary of the Treasury to furnish to ua tional origin provision (H. J. Res. 250) . the House of Represeutatives certain information concerning To amend sections 11 and 12 of an act to limit the immigra 1\.I. n. lllood and L. D. 1\Iayme, and for other purposes; adverse tion of aliens into the United States, approved May 26, 1924 (Rept. No. 1785). Laid on t11e tul>le. (H. R. 12806). COMMITTEE ON MILITARY AFFAmS CHANGE OF REFERENCE (10 a.m.) ·un.der clau'se 2 of Rule XXII the ·committee on Pensi~ns was To amend the act entitled "An act for making further and discharged from the consideration of the bill (H. R. 15858)· more effectual provision for the national defense," approved granting a pension to Pricilla Hillegas, and the same was re July 3, 1!>16, as amended (H. R. 444). f~ned to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. COMMITTEE ON NAVAL AFF.A.IRB (10.30 a. m.) · · · PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS To authorize the Secretary of the Navy ' to proceed with the Under. cl!tuse 3 of Rule X...~II, public bills and resolutions construction of certain. public works (H. R. 114!>2). ~ere introduced and severally refen-ed as follows : · By lli. KNUTSON: A bill (H. R. 16:389) granting pensi9rls EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETO. and increase of pensions to. certain soldiers and sailors of the Under clause 2 of · Rules ·XXIV; executive communications Regular Army and Navy, and certa.in soldiers and sailors of "\\~ere taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows : wars other than the Civil War, and to widows of such soldiers -87.7. A communication from the President of the United aud sailors, etc.; committed to the Committee of the Whole States, transmittillg supplemental estimates of appropriations House. for the Department of tlle Interior, llureau o:f Indian Affairs By Mr. REID of Illinois: A l>ill (H. R. 16390) authorizing for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1!>27, $125,000; also pro: · preliminary examinations and sm·veys of sundry streams with posed appropriations of Indian tribal funds, .$00,288.88; in all, a view to the control of their floods, and for other purposes ; $185,28$.88 (H.; Doc. No. 649) ; to the Committee on Appro- to the Committee on Flood Control. priations and ord.ered to be printed. . By Mr. GREEN of Iowa: A bill (H. R. 16.391) to authorize · 878. A letter from the S~Cl·etary of the Interior, transmitting the Secretary of the Treasury to execute agreements of indem a copy of a letter .from the Commissioner of Pensions dated nity to the Union Trust Co., Providence, R. I., and the National January 4, 1927, together with a report of the Board of Actu Rank of Commerce, Philadelphia, Pa.; to the Committee on aries of the civil service retirement arid disability fund · ·(H. 'Vays and Means. Doc. No. 650) ; to the Committee on. the Civil Service and , By Mr. MONTAGUE: A bill (H. R. 16392) to remit tbe duty ordered to ue printed. . on a carillon of bells to be imported for the Virginia World . 8'79. A letter from .the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting 'Var Memodal, Richmond, Va.; to the Committee on Ways and reports relating specifically to the findings and awards in Means. clamage cases of tlle Indians of the Tesuque and Jemez · By M.r. D.ALLINGER: A bill (H. R. 163!>3) to amend an act Pueulos, N. Mex.; to the Committee on Indian Affairs. entitled "An act reclassifying the salaries of postmasters and employees of the Postal Service, readjusting their salaries and REPORTS OF COl\IMITTEES ON P.UBLIO BILLS · A.!\TD compensation on an equitable basis, increasing postal rates to RESOLUTIONS provide for such adjustment, and for other purposes," approved Under clause 2 of Rule.XIII. February 28, 1925; to· the Committee on the Post Office and l\fr. REID of Illinois : Committee on Flood Control. H. R. Post Roads. 163-!>0. A bill authorizing preliminary examinations and sur -By 1\Ir. ROllSION of Kentucky: A bill (H. R. 16394) to veys of sundry streams with a view to th'e control of their amend the 'Vorld War adjusted compensation act, as amended; :floods, and for other purposes; without amendment (Rept. No. to the Committee on Ways and Means. 1783) . Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the By 1\:fr. GARNER of Texas: A bill (H. R. 163!>5) g1·anting :.;tate of the Union. · the consent of Congress to the Stru.·r ColL'lty Bridge Co., State Mr. LEHLBAOH : Committee on the Civil Service. ll. R. of Texas, to construct a bridge across the Rio Grande River, at 13477. A bill to amend the act entitled "An act to amend the or near Roma, Tex.; to the Committee on Interstate and For act entitled 'An act for the retirement of employees in the eign Commerce. classified civil service, and for other purposes,' approved !\fay By Mr. REECE: A bill (H. R. 163!>6) to provide for the 22, 1!>20, and acts in amendment thereof,'' approved July 3, preservation, completion, maintenance, operation, and use of 1926, and for other purposes; with an amendment (Rept. No. the United States Muscle Shoals project for war, navigation, 1786). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the and fertilizer manufacture, electric power production, and state of the Union. other purposes, and, in connection therewith, the incorporation Mr. VINSON of Georgia: Committe·e on Naval Affairs. H. R. of the Farmers Federated Fertilizer Corporation and the lease 15830. .A. bill to authorize an increase in the limit of cost of to it of the said project; to the Committee on Military Affairs. certain naval vessels; without amendment (Rept. No. 1788). By Mr. BLANTON: A bill (·H. R. 16397) to transfer the Referred to the Committee of the Wi-lOle Honse on the state of United States park police to the Metropolitan police force of the Union. the District of Columbia, ~ confer additional functions upon 1826 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE JANUARY 17 the Metropolitan police, and to repeal the provision of law I By Mr. UPDIKE: A bill (H. R. 16428) granting an increase requiring street-railway companies to pay the salaries of cer- of pension to Anna J. Newton; to the Committee on Invalid tain policemen, and for other purposes ; to the Committee on Pensions. the Dh;trict of Columbia. Also, a bill (H. R. 1642!)) granting an increase of pension to Margaret Gerber ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS By Mr. UNDER"'\'VOOD : A bill (H. R. 16430) granting a pen sion to Josephine ·woodrum ; to tlle Committee on Invalid Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, private bills and resolutions Pensions. were introduced and severally referred as follows : By Mr. VAILE: A bill (H. R. 16431) granting a pension to By l\1r. ARNOLD : A bill (H. R. 16398) granting a pension to Julia A. Roberts ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Mary ·w. D. Perklns ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By 1\fr. BRAND of Ohio: A bill ~H . R. 16399) grunting a pen ·ion to Flossie M. Blauvelt; to the Committee on Invalid PETITIONS, ETC. Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 16400) granting a pension to Irene :l\1cGee; Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, petitions and papers were laid to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. on the Clerk's desk and referred as follows : Also, a bill (H. R. 1G401) granting an increase of pension 5051. Petition of Uncle Sam Council, CleYeland, Ohio, pro to Nancy Ellen West; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. testing against the passage of the Aswell bill, reqnir!ng the By Mr. BLOO:I\1: A bill (H. R. 16402) granting a pension registration and fingerpri11 ting of aliens; to the Committee ou to Hebecca Bristol ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Immigration and Naturalization. By Mr. BUTLER: A bill (H. R. 16403) granting an in GOG2. By 1\lr. ANDREJW: Hesolution adopted by citizens of creflse of pension to Sarah J. Hanna; to the Uommittee on Beverly, Mass., and vicinity, indorsing ·the action of the admin Invalid Pensions. istration in the matter of the preservation of American property By Mr. DAVENPORT. A bill (II. R. 16404) granting an in rights and the rights of American citizens in Mexico and Nica crease of pension to Eliza Sears ; to the Committee on Invalid ragua; to the Committee· on Foreign Affairs. Pensions. 50G3. By Mr. BRIGHAM: Memorial from the Legislo.ture of By l\fr. DEAL: A bill (H. H. 1G-!05) granting an increase of the State of Vermont, in form of a resolution, requesting that pension to Lucil1e Dodson llrown; to the Committee on the enumeration of population be_ fixed, as heretofore, in the P ensionH. early summer, due to the difficulty of obtaining correct informn By l\Ir. DRANE: A bill (H. R. 16406} granting a pension to tion in midwinter; to the Committee on the Census. William E. Drane; to the Committee on Pensions. uO!H. By Mr. BURTNESS : Petition of 99 residents of Cassel Also, a bill (H. R. 16407) granting an increase of pension ton, N. Dak., in fayor of increases in pension for veterans of to Knte S. Callender; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Civil War and their widows; to the Committee on Invalid · By Mr. DYER: A bill (H. n. 16408) granting JlD increase of Pensions. pension to George ·washington; to the Committee on Pensions. u055. Also, petition of Hon. Smith Stimmel and seven others By l\Ir. ESTBRLY: .A bill (H. R. 16409) granting an in of Fargo, N. Dak., in favor of increases in pensions for Civil crease of pension to Annie J . Peiffer ; to the Committee on War veterans and their widows; to the Committee on Invalid Invalid Pensions. Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 16410) granting an increase of pension 5056. Also, petition of 1\Irs. Lucy A. Wilson, of Lisbon, to Sarall Ann Garuet ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. N. Dak., and 21 other signers, in favor of increases in pension Also, a bill (H. R. 16411) granting an increase of pension for Civil War >eterans and their widows; to the Committee on to Rebecca Redcay ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Invalid Pensions. ' By Mr. FROTIIINGHAM: A bill (H. R. 16412) granting 5057. By Mr. BULWINKLE: Petition of 1\Ir. J . W . Beach and a pension to Emma J. Tirrell; to the Committee on Invalid other citizens of North Cm-olina, protesting the passage of Pensions. House bill 10311 ; to the Committee on the District of Columbia. By ~Mr. GARDNER of Indiana: A bill (H. R. 16413) grant 5058. By l\fr. CROWTHER: Petition of citizens of Johns ing an increase of pension to Alice Eckert ; to the Committee town, N. Y., in favol· of increases in pension for veternns of on Invalid Pensions. Civil War and their widows; to the Committee on Invalid Also, a bill (H. R. 16414) grunting an increase of pension Pensions. to Mary Rogier ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 5059. Also, petition of citizens of Schenectady, N." Y., in favor Also, a bill (H. R. 16415) granting a pension to Jacob of increases in pension for veterans of Civil War and their Sigler; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · widows ; to the Committee on In>alid Pensions. By Mr. KNUTSON : A bill (II. R. 16416) granting an in 5060. By l\Ir. DALLINGER: Petition of a public meeting crea e of pension to Clemnnia Parker; to the Committee on hel ase of pension to Charles 0. Wallace; to the Committee aliens over and above the prc~e nt quota restrictions ; to the on Pensions. Committee on Immigr ation aucl Naturali:r.ation. Also, a bill (II. R. 164.25 ) granting a pension to Eliza Vander 5065. Also, memorial of Gen. W. H. Lawton Council, No. 147, griff; to tlle Committee on Invalid Pensions. Junior Order United Alnerican l\'le<:hanics, Greenvllle, Ohio. By l\Ir. TIMBERLAKE: A bill (H. R. 16426} granting an protesting against enactment of amendment to Honse bill 6238, increal'e of pension to Elhmbeth M. Snodgrass; to the Com for the admission of aliens into the United States without mittee on I n valid Pension . rc;..,'llrd to the present quota law; t o tlle Committee oJl Immigra By l\Ir. TINCHER: A bill (H. R. 16427) granting an increase tion and Naturalization. of l) £' ll ~'~ i o n to Zulu ..i. Springer; to the Committee on Invalid 5066. By 1\fr. lJ'ROTHINGHAM: Petition signed by citizens Pensions. of Easton, Mass., favoring the passage of further legislation 1927 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-_ .SENATE 1827 proviJoplin and Webb City, Mo., urging the passage of thority of Christ qnd of the law of God in the Constitution ot legtslation favorable to soldiers of the Civil War and their the United States; to the Committee on Revision of the widows ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Laws. 5082. By Mr. MEAD : Petition of employees of Steamboat Inspection Service, of Buffalo, N. Y., on House bill 359 ; to the Committee on the Civil Service. SENATE 5083. By l\lr. O'CONNELL of New York: Petition of the TuEsDAY, Jan·uary 18, 19B7 Denver Chapter, Denver, Colo., Disabled Emergency Officers of the 'Vorld War, favoring the passage of the Tyson-Fitzgerald The Ohnplain, Rev. J. J. Muir, D. D., offered the following bill; to the Committee on Military Affairs. prayer: 5084. Also, petition of the Chamber of Commerce of the State Our heavenly Father, we come into Thy presence this morn of New York, strongly urging that the headquarters of the ing conscious of our needs. 'Vithout Thee all our problems American -Republic Line remain in New York; to the Com can not be solved favorably. We are left in the darkue. s many mittee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries. times with our conjectures and misgivings, but we come this G085. By Mr. OLDFI:illLD: Petition of citizens of Brinkley, morning with the consciousness that wisdom can he had from Ark., urging the passage of widows' pension uill (H. R. 134.GO) ; Thee. ·Help, we beseech 6f Thee, and so direct the engagements to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. of this day t1.1at Thine honor shall be magnified and good ac G08G. By 1\Ir. RAINEY : Petition of Mrs. C. R. Anderson complished. Through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. and 20 other citizens of Jerseyville, Ill., and vicinity, against passage of compulsory Sunday observance bill ; to the Com The Chief Clerk proceeded to rend the Journal of yester mittee on the Dh;trict of Columbia. day's proceedings when, on request of Mr. CuRTIS and by unani G087. Petition of M. B. Keplinger and 4.8 other citizens of mous consent, the fUI·ther reading was dispensed with and tbe Franklin, Ill., favoring passage of Civil 'Var pension bill ~arry- J ou mal was approved.