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1919. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- SENATE. 2907 By :Mr. WALSH: A bill (H. R. 7619) granting an increase of SENATE. pension to John Edmund on; to the Committee on Invalid Pen sions. MoNDAY, July B1, 1919. Also, a bill (H. R. 7620) granting a pension to Deborah B. Lincoln ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. The Chaplain, ReY. Forrest J. Prettyman, D. D., offered the By Mr. ZIHLMAN: A bill (H. R. 7621) granting a pension following prayer : to Martha J. Sutherland; to the Committee on Invalid Pen Almighty God, we come reverently before Thee and take Thy sions. name upon our lips with godly fear. Thou art the eternal, the By 1\lr. RODENBERG: Resolution (H. Res. 182) to provide uncreated God. Thou dost preside over the destinies of the for the compen ation of W. Ray Loomis; to the Committee on world. Thou has revealed Thy law to men. We pray for wis Accounts. dom that will enable us to see the force and truth and power of Thy law. W~ pray for grace that we may love Thy law and keep Thy commandments. Guide us, we pray· Thee, this PETITIONS, ETC. day by 'Thy spirit, ever present with us in the discharge of the Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, petitions and papers were laid duties of this office and in the fear of God. For Christ's sake. on •the Clerk's desk and referred as follows: Amen. By the SPEAKER: Petition of sundry citizens of Florence, The Secretary proceeded to read the Journal of the proceed 1\fass., for the repeal of the so-called daylight-saving law; to ings of Friday last, when, on request of 1\Ir. CURTIS and by the Committee on Agriculture. unanimous consent, the further reading was dispensed with and By l\Ir. BABKA: Petition of citizens of Clevelnncl, Ohio, the Journal was approved. urging repeal of tax on candies, ice cream, and soda-fountain CAllLEGR.;\.M FROM THE BRAZILIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS. foods and drink ; to the Committee on Ways and Means. The VICE PRESIDENT. The Chair lays before the Senate By Mr. BEE : Petition by citizens of San Antonio, Tex., for a cablegram addressed to the President of the Senate, which will the repeal of the luxury tax on sodas, soft drinks, and ice be read. cream; to the Committee on Ways and Means. The cablegram was read and referred to the Comffiittee on By 1\Ir. CAREW: Petition of Central Bureau of Extension Foreign Relations, as follows : Table Manufacturers, by ·1\1. Wulpi, secretary, urging the [Telegram-Rio de Janeiro.] retention of zone ad•ances; to the Committee on the Post PRESIDE!'<T OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAb Office and Post Roads. Washington, . C.: By Mr. EMERSON: Petition of sundry citizens of Cleveland, I have the honor to inform your excellency that the Brazilian Na tional Congress at its se sion of the lOth instant resolved, by unanimous Ohio, asking repeal of tax on ice cream and soft drinks ; to vote, to enter in its journal a vote of profound gratefuln ss to the the Committee on ·ways and Means. Paruament, Government, and people of the United States of America Also, petition of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen in for the honors with which they received and distinguished Senator Epitacio Passon, Brazilian ambassador to the p~ace conference, on his favor of league of nations; to the Committee on Foreign recent visit to your great Republic, which honors the congress accepts Affairs. as further and convincing proof of the good relations of friendship that bind the two sister Republics. I extend to your excellency my assur By Mr. ESCH : Petition of •the Chamber of Commerce of the ances of high consideration. city of Milwaukee, Wis., urging the passage of House bill A . AZEREDO, 5516 for the transfer of United States Coast Guard from the President of the Nationat Congress. Treasury Department to the Navy; to the Committee on Inter CONSTRUCTION OF HIGHW~YS (S. DOC. NO. li5) . state and Foreign Commerce. The VI CE PRESIDENT. The Chair lays before the Senate a Also, petition of the Carpenters' Union, No. 1143, of La communication from the Acting Secretary of Agriculture, trans Crosse, 'Vis., urging 2.75 per cent beer and protesting against mitting, in response to a resolution of the 1st instant, certain in· war-time prohibition; to the Committee on the Judiciary. formation relative to the quantity and description of war mate Also, petition of the Central Bureau of Extension T1ble rial, equipment, supplies, and so forth, which will be required Manufacturers, of Chicago, TIL, for ·the retention of the zone for the uue and impro•ement of highways. The communication ad•ances; to the Committee on Ways and Means. will lie on the table for the present until the Senator fro-m Utah lly l\1r. FULLER of Illinois : Petition of Thompson & Taylor [1\Ir. KING], who submitted the resolution of inquiry, states what Spice Co., of Chicago, Ill., favoring provision in the prohibition action he wishes taken with regard to it. enforcement act to permit the legitimate manufacture of flavor - Mr. KING subsequently said : .M:r. President, I ask that the : ing extracts for food purposes; to the Committee on the Judi communication laid before the Senate this morning by the Chair ciary. and ordered to lie on the table be printed in the REcoRD and By l\fr .. JAMES: Petition of sundry citizens of Crystal Falls, also as a document. il\1ich., .urging repeal of tax on sodas, ice cream, and soft drinks; The VICE PRESIDENT. Without objection, it is so ordered. to the Committee on Ways and Means. The communication is as follows: By Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Islan·d: Resolution of Padriac DEPARTME!'i"T OF AGRICU LTlmE. Pearse Branch, Friends of Irish Freedom, of Woonsocket, R. t, To the Senate: Pursuant to Senate resolution 108 I have the honor to report as requesting investigation of propaganda directed against and follows: intended to undermine American institutions, to break down It is observed that the resolution directs the Secretary of AgJ:iculture American policies, and to involve the United States in purely " to report to the Senate the quantity and description of war ma.terial ; European affairs in which the United States has no interest ; t!quipment, and supplies, particularly the number and description of cars, trucks, and tractors, which will be r equired for the use and to the Committee on Rules. improvement of highways, and which wer e authorized t o be distributed By l\lr. LUFKIN : Petition of the Barbers' Union, No. 375, among the highway departments of the several States t o be used on the o-f Gloucester, 1\lass., in favor of a league of nations; to the roads constructed in whole or in part by Federal aid as pr ovided by sec tion 7 of the act entitled 'An act making appropriations for the service Committee on Foreign Affairs. of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920, By l\1r. MONAHAN of Wisconsin: Resolution adopted by the and for -other purposes,' approved February 28, 1919." Highway construction and improvement under the original Federal board of directors of Milwaukee (Wis.) Chamber of Commerce aid road act, approved July 11, 1916, as amended by the above--men iJuly 15, approving transfer of United States Coast Guard from tioned act, approved February 28, 1919, cover s a J? eriod of several the Treasury Department to the Navy, as proposed in House years, and this department does not know wha t the final requirements of each State highway department will be. The Senate i3, of course, bill 5516; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Com aware thllt during the war highway construction moved s-lowly on ac ' rn erce. count of shortage in labor and the control of building ma t erial <for war purposes. It has only been recently that the several Sta te highway By Mr. O'CONNELL: Petition of the New York Business departments have been able to begin active oper a tions on their respec Publishers' Association, of New York City, protesting against tive new programs, which can not be compared in importance and size repeal of daylight-saving law; to the Committee on Agrtcul wit h the work which was done during any preceding year. The depart ture. ment regrets, therefore, that it can not state accurately w hat the fi nal requirements of the respective Sta te highway departments will be a nd By 1\Ir. ROWAN: Petition of the Federal Employees' Union, can only report to you what is being done by the department pursuant . No. 49, of Lea-venworth, Kans., urging the passing of the to section 7 of the above-mentioned act approved li'ebn1ar y 28, 1919, which is as follows : Lehllmch retirement bill; to the Committee on Labor. "SEC. 7. That the Secretary of War be, aDtl h e is hereby , a uthor ized, By Mr. SNELL: Petition of sundry citizens of Port Henry, in his discretion, to transfer to the Secretary of Agriculture all avail N. Y., favoring the repeal of tax on sodas, soft drinks, and ice able war material, equipmept, and supplies not needed for. the purposes of the War Department but suitable for use in the improv'ement of high cream; to the Committee on Ways and Means. ways, and that the same be distributed among the highway departments Also, petition of sundry citizens of Newman, N. Y., protesting of the several States to be used on roads construct <><} in whole or in against the tax on sodas, soft drinks, and ice cream; to the part by Federal nid, such distribution to b ~> ~ npon a value basis of distribution the same as provided by the l<'e<leral aid r oad act ap Committee on 'Vays and 1\leans.