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6894 CONGRESSIONAL .RECORD-_ HOUSE APRIL 22 Senate Resolution No. 210, offered by the Senator from In Albel't: Sidney Johnston Stovall, jr., to be first lieutenant, diana [l\:lr. w ATSON]. Cavalry. Mr. CURTIS. If the Senator who submitted that resolution Donald Carson Hardin to be first lieutenant, Infantry. so desires. Wayne Cliffton Zimmerman to be first lieutenant, Infantry. Mr. ROBINSON. Yes; I made it conditional for the rea John Thomas Keeley to be first lieutenant, Infantry. sons I have already stated; so that if the author of Senate Oo;nelius Emmett O'Connor to be second lieutenant, Air Resolution No. 210, the Senator from Indiana [Mr. WATSON], Service. · · desires to proceed to the consideration of his resolution, the Richard Briggs Evans to be second lieutenant, Cavalry. Senate shall do so at once upon the conclusion of the consid George Leftwich Wertenbaker to be lieutenant colon"el, Coast eration of the resolution of the Senator from New Mexico [Mr. Artillery Oorps. JONES]. Raymond Marsh to be major, Field Artillery. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The modification will be Walter Buford to be captain, Cavalry. included in the request. As so modified, is there objection? Joseph Oonrad Odell to be first lieutenant, Infantry. Mr. JONES of Washington. Mr. President, I have not had Josiah Toney Dalbey to be first lieutenant, Infantry. an opportunity to examine the resolution of the Senator from Logan Osburn Shutt to be first lieutenant, Infantry. · New Mexico. Does it do anything except authorize the com· John Albert Chambers to be second lieutenant, Corps of Engi mittee to employ counsel? neers. Mr. ROBINSON. To employ counsel, experts, and account· Franklin Mitchell to be second lieutenant, Ordnance Depart- ants. ment. l\fr. JONES of Washington. It covers nothing but that? Frank Ourtis Mellon to be captain, Field Artillery. Mr. ROBINSON. It covers nothing but that subject. Auby Oasey St~ickland to be first lieutenant, Air Servlce. Mr. JONES of Washington. May I ask the Senator if his Hugo Peoples Rush to be second lieutenant, Air Service. proposal for unanimous consent contemplates the disposition POSTMASTERS of the resolution on that day? l\lr. RODINSON. No; it contemplates a final disposition of ILLINOIS both resolutions under the conditions that I have stated, but it Annette G. Ferguson, Annawan. does not limit the time in which the Senate may act upon them. George W. Fritz, Durand. l\lr. JONES of Washington. Might not that interfere with Mary Slocum, Franklin Park. the consideration of appropriation bills and other measures Fred W. Newman, Grand Ridge. of considerable importance? I think the resolution ought to be Rose C. Auth, Rankin. disposed of that afternoon. John Van Antwerp, Sparland. l\Ir. ROBINSON. I have no objection if an agreement to IOWA that effect may be reached. It would suit me very much better. Melvin V. Smith, Akron. Mr. CURTIS. We can not enter into that kind of an agree Oella T. Green, Mystic. ment for the final disposition of the resolution without a quorum being called. NORTH CAROLINA l\lr. ROBINSON. 'l'hnt ls why I put the request in the form Christopher C. Snead, Laurel Hill. ·I ham statEd. Herbert 0. Sink, Sanatorium. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection to the OKLAHOMA request of the Senator from Arkansas? William T. Bratton, Guymon. Mr. JONES of Washington. If other Senators have con sidered the situation and the proposal is agreeable to them, TENNESSEE I shall not interpose an objection. I think, however, the reso William J. O'Oallaghan, Nashville. lutions ought to be disposed of on the afternoon of the day Rufus N. McOaslin, Dickson. tbe:r are taken up, as I do not believe their consideration ought William R. Williams, Bells. to proceed indefinitely. Retha Fortner, Oumberland Gap. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection? The James F. Toney, jr., Erwin. Chair hears none, and it is so ordered. Alice L. Needham, Trimble. INDIANS OF NISQUALLY RESERVATION, WASH. WEST VIRGINIA The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid· before the Senate the Michael H. Duncan, Orumpler. amendments of the House of Representatives to the bill WYOMING ( S. 1704) for the relief of the dispossessed allotted Indians in Edna M. Booth, Sunrise. the Nisqually Reservation, Wash., which were on page 1, line 3, after the word " hereby" to insert " authorized to be,,; ou page 2, line 5, after the word "hereby,,, to insert "author ized to be " ; and on page 2, line 6, to strike out the words HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES " shall be immediately available and." . TUESD,AY, April ~13, 1924 l\lr.. JONES of Washington. I move that the Senate concur in the amendments of the House of Representatives. The House met at 12 o'clock noon. · The motion was agreed to. The Rev. Joseph Dawson, pastor of the Trinity Methodist Church, Washington, D. 0., offered the following prayer: EXECUTIVE SESSION Mr. OURTIS. I move that the Senate proceed to the consid Our Heavenly Father, we thank Thee for all Thy goodness eration of executive business. to us~ for the way Thou hast led us as individuals and as a The motion was agreed to, and the Senate proceeded to the Nation. We ask for Thy guidance to continue. We pray that consideration of executive business. After 15 minutes spent in wisdom may be given us at all times and under all circum executive session the doors were reopened, and (at 5 o'clock stances that we may follow in the right path and do that which and 40 minutes p. m.) the Senate took a recess until to-morrow, will enrich the world and bring us into closer fellowship with Wednesday, April 23, 1924, at 10 o'clock a. m. Thee. We pray Thee to give wisdom to our President, to his Oabinet, ·to the Houses of Oongress, and to all who seek to uplift and enrich the world morally anct_ materially. We ask OONFIRMATIONS it in the name of Jesus Ohrist our Lord. Amen. Ea:ecittive nominations confirmed by the Senate Ap'ril 22 ( legis The Journal of the proceedings of yesterday was read and lative day of April 21), 1924 approved. JUDGE OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER-MAKE IT OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM Robert E. l\Iattingly to be judge of the municipal court. Mr. CELLER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to ex PROMOTIONS IN THE ARMY tend my remarks in the RECORD on the subject of a bill pending Jack Hayes to be colonel, Quartermaster Corps. to make the Star-Spangled- Banner the national anthem. Frank Geere to be lieutenant colonel, Coast Artillery Oorps. These remarks were made before the Judiciary Oommittee and John Hobert Wallace to be major, Field Artillery. also over the radio. Truman Wike Allen to be captain, Air Service. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from New York asks unnni Charles Humphrey ·swick to be captain, Corps of Engineers. mous consent to extend his remarks in the RECORD in the man Victor Leander Oleson to be captain, Field Artillery. ner indicated. Is there objection? Hnrold Allen Brown to be first lieutenant, Infantry. There was no objection. 1924 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 6895 . l\fr. CELLEU. Mr. Speaker, on December 10 1923 I intr<r For that reason I, in my resolution, do not go as far as Mr. LINTHI· duced the following joint resolution as House J~int Resolution cuM does in his bill. He has made this a regular bill, to be passed by 69, proposing the adoption of the Star-Spangled Banner as the both I,:ouses and signed by the President. But I think that this propo national anthem: sition does not rise to the dignity of a statute or a bill. Whereas the Star-Spangled Banner for Dl'Ore than a century of use I think that it must take an inferior course in this sense. My idea. was to simply g?.t the National Legislature to approve this song, with bas become deeply enshrined in our hearts as the anthem of our coun try; and the President's signature, and for that reason I made my proposition in the form of a House joint resolution. Whereas tradition and history have always associated the melody and words of this immortal song wfth heroic deeds and patriotic endeavor; I think there is a great deal of precedent for it, with all due respect and to Mr. LINTHICUM, who introduced the bill. I find in the manual that Whereas both the Army and Navy have adopted it as their anthem i there is quite a distinction, as you all know, between a bill, a concur and rent resolution, and a joint resolution. But we find this very clear Whereas on occasions certain musical conductors have been guilty language with reference to a Ilouse joint resolution : of refusing to play it : Therefore be it " They are used for what may be called the incidental, unusu~l, or ResoZved, etc., That ·the Star-Spangled Banner be adopted and au inferior purposes of legislation, as extending the national thanks thorized as the national antheJlll of the United States of America, and to individuals, the invitation to Lafayette to visit America, the that recognition be given to it as such on all appropriate occasions. welcome to Kossuth, or notice to a foreign government of an abro gation of a treaty, or the correction of an error in an existing act I offered the resolution at the request of the American Legion 1 of the legislature." New York State Department. My colleague, Mr. LINTHICUM of Maryland, has likewise introduced a measure for this pur: In other words, instead of making this a bill, like a bill for an appro priation, or something akin to that, we simply go on record, if we adopt pose, namely (H.