(JONGRESSION AL ~;ECORD-HOUSE 4925 Louis Buchwald, of West Virginia, to Be United States Mar EXROLLED BILLS SIG:-;-ED Shal, Northern District of West Virginia
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1926 (JONGRESSION AL ~;ECORD-HOUSE 4925 Louis Buchwald, of West Virginia, to be United States mar EXROLLED BILLS SIG:-;-ED shal, northern district of West Virginia. (A reappointment, his l\lr. CAMPBELL, from the Committee on- Enrolled Bills, term having expired.) reported that the committee had examined and found truly enrolled bills of the following titles, when the Speaker signed CONFIRMATIOXS the same: E:cecutive rwminati01UJ con{inned by the Senate March 3, 1926 S. 2784. An act granting the consent of Congress to the PosTl.IASTERs Louisiana Highway Commission to construct, maintain, and CONNECTICUT operate a bridge across the Black River at or near Jonesville, La.; · Heleu 0. Gatchell, Andover. S. 1305. An act granting the consent of Congress to the high Samuel II. Kellogg, Colchester. way commissioner of the town of Elgin, Kane County Ill, Samuel E. Louden, Riverside. to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across th~ Fox DELAWARE River; and W. Bateman Cullen, Clayton. s~ 2785. An act granting the consent of Congress to the H.AWAII Louisiana Highway Commi~ion to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Ouachita River at or near Harri J. Frank Woolley, Honolulu. sonburg, La. ILLINOIS APPROPRIATIOXS FOR DEPARTMENTS OF STATE, JUSTICE, JUDICIARY, Henry C. Norcross, Carlyle. COMMERCE, AND LABOR Harry Pensinger, Cerro Gordo. Hamil E. Veach, Clayton. Mr. SHREVE. Mr. Speaker. I move that the House resolve ·Charles 0. Anderson, Creal Springs. itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of C~arles L. Smith, Cutler. the Union for the further consideration of the bill (H. R. Edgar C. Seik, Grafton. 9795) making appropriations for the Departments of State and John R. Mcintire, Grand Chain. Justice and for the Judiciary, and for the Departments of John E. Crowley, Highwood. Commerce and Labor for the fiscal year ending June 30, 192i. William E. Erfert, jr., Lansing. and for other purposes. Delta C. Lowe, :Mason City. The motion was ag1·eed to. Arthur J. :Mollman, Millstadt. Accordingly the House resolved itself into the Committee of MICHIGAN the Whole Honse on the state of the Union for the further con sideration of the bill H. R. 9795, with Mr. TINCHER in the McKinley A. ·watson, Alto. chair. Jay B. Deutsch, Big Bay. The Clerk read the title of the bill. William :M. Ho1"ey, Rosebush. Mr. SHREVE. Mr. Chairman, I yield 40 minutes to the Lydia A. McElhinney, Snover. gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. ACKERAIAN]. Willard L. Claver, Zeeland. Mr. ACKERMAN. Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen of NEW JERSEY the committee, in the preparation of the bill now under con John D. Seals, Kenvil. sideration the subcommittee considered the items strictly upon PENNSYLVANIA their merits. 'l'homas B. Conrad, Lilly. We had plenty to do in examining the various details and in WISCONSIN this connection our experienced, resourceful, and capable chair man [Mr. SHREVE] and the ranking member of the minority Giles H. Putnam, New London . [~Ir. OLIVER], who was most con ervative, thoughtful and painstaking, are de erving of the thanks of the entire cduntry for theh' untiring efforts. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES These two gentlemen brought to bear on all the questions WED~ESDAY, March 3,1926 put before the subcommittee their wide experience in dealing with departmental appropriations, to the end that there should The House met at 12 o'clock noon. be less time consumed and fewer controversial questions in The Chaplain, Rev. James Shera Montgomery, D. D., offered this bill than in any other measure which has or will come the following prayer : before us this session. God is Love, and He is changeless. 0 could we understand When we stop to consider the wide field of governmental and the height, the · depth, and the stretch of its holy meaning! personal activities covered in this bill it is a very material The zone of Thy Fatherhood in its sympathies, capacities, contribution to a constructive program of legislation which ha'3 provisions, and invitations is as wide as the races of men. All as its motive economy and tax reduction. glory and honor and majesty be unto Thy name, 0 Lord most I appreciate that tax-reduction measures are not generally high. Spare us froi;D. life's sorest loss, namely, a loving and a con idered as coming from the Committee on Appropriations, believing heart. Give us a realization that the noblest motive but there can be no question that nnles that committee hn.s economy and tax reduction in mind in its consideration of ap is the public good. Bless us with convictions that take risk~ and for which criticisms ha1"e no fears. Dismiss from us mere propriations, the work of the Committee on Ways and :lleans prudence and calculation, and may we willingly be bound by would be very differently done. such purposes which mean difficulty, pain, and labor to the This bill appropriates for the Departments of State, Justice, full measure of our strength. Bless all of us with comrade Commerce, and Labor. Upon its enactment into law they will ship, refreshment, a.nd peace, and keep the light in the window be able to function for the next fiscal year beginning July 1. The hearings in its over 1,000 pages explain fully the purposes ~ntil the )ast. Through Christ our Saviour. Amen. and reasons for the items making up the sum total for these Tile Journal of the proceedings of yesterday was read and different departmE>nts. approyed. Having had experience in business activities before coming E~RdLLED BILLS PRESENTED TO THE PRESIDENT FOR HIS APPROV .AL to the House of Representatives, I am especially interested in ·m:r. CAMPBELL, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills. the testimony of the officials of the Department of Commerce reported that this day they had presented to the President of and the State Department. In using the word "commercial" the United States, for his approval, the following· bills: I apply it in its broadest meaning. Many of the activities I H. R. 4576. An act for the relief of James A. Hughes; and classify under this head do not in any sense deal in dollars and H. R. 8722. An act making appropriations to supply urgent cents, but their results are so closely related with those that deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending do, therefore no other cl~sification is possible. June 30, 1926, and prior fiscal years, to provide urgent supple Take, for instance, the work of the Coast and Geodetic Sur mental appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1926, vey, the Bureau of Navigation, the Bureau of Standards, and and June 30, 1927, and for other purposes. the Bureau of Lightho"!)ses. Their work is not strictly commer- cial in the term of dollars and cents, but it is a most impor SENATE BILL ·REFERRED tant factor to those whose activities deal in ru·ticles of trade Senate bill of the following title was taken from the Speaker's and commodities of all kinds. table and referred to its appropriate committee as indicated The charting of little known waters and coast lines, sound below: ings of water depth, gauging and measuring tide movements S. 3071. An act concerning the application of certain provi and other elements entering into making navigation safer is sion of section 21 of the Federal highway act of November 9, the highly technical and scientific work of the Coast and Geo 1921; to the Committee on Roads. detic Survey. The men engaged in this work must possess 4926 _CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE !lARcH 3 something more than a mere lure for exploration in strange stations to stay within their wave-length band and consequently makes lands and seas, or love of the great outdoors. They must be it possible for more stations to operate simultaneously. skilled in the science of engineering and map making, must be The bureau has built an automatic brake lining testing equipment physically fit and inured to the solitude and lonesomeness of which has been the key to the rapid and enormous improvement in noncommunication with civilization for long periods at a time. quality. In fact, the average quality on the market bas been improved May I call the attention of the members of the committee about seventeen!old. '.fhls has resulted in probably hundreds of thou to what the Director of the Coast and Geodetic Survey,. Col. sands of dollars saving to the Government, and for the country at large E. Lester Jones, has to say about the wonderful tide-predicting amounts to about $50,000,000 annually. machine that is housed in the building on New Jersey Avenue Through the chief coordinator the bureau has coordinated the Gov.., and which has for many years performed the work of a small ernment telephone service in the District with a reduced expenditure army of employees. He says : of about $100,000 annually without Impairing the efficiency. The bureau bas ·developed an automatic battery testing apparatus Early in the summer of every year the Coast and Geodetic Survey and written specifications for batteries. Since this standard was de issues tide tables and current tables for the use of the Navy and veloped the life of dry batteries bas more than doubled. Not only has merchant marine. These tables give for the tide, advance predictions the Government saved tens of thousands of dollars on its batteries, of the time and height of each high apd low water for the whole of but the country at large bas benefited many times as much. the following year at 84 of the principal ports of the wot·Id.