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lie was for yean1 the foremost figure in the dominant po­ [Roll No.1) litical party "Of Mas achnsetts, and in recent years h~ was, if ALABAMA not indeed the foremost figure, one of the foremost figures in John McDuffie. Miles C. Allgood. the Congress of the . Lister Hill. Edward B. Almon. Henry B. Steagall. George Huddleston. When death came he was the majority party leader in this Wllliam B. Bowling. Chamber, the senior Senator in years of continuous service, W.illiam B. Bankhead. and one of the ablest and best known, nationally and inter­ A111ZONA nationally, of any Member of the . Carl Hayden Truly an exalted position has been made vacant by his death. .A.BK AN SA S The life of one of ,!he great leaders and statesmen of our day William J. Driver. Otis Wingo. William A. Oldfield. J. B. Reed. in America has .en{led. .John N. Tillman. This, however, is not the .()CCftSion to undertake to review Tilman B. Parke. tlle career of this statesman and scholar. At the proper time CALiliX>RNIA. Clarence F. Lea. Henry E. Barbour. I shall ask the Senate to set .aside a day upon which proper John E. Raker. Arthur M. Free. tribute may be paid to his memory. Charles F. Curry. Walter F. Lineberger. I now submit the resoluti-on which I send to the desk, and Mae E. Nolan. . John D. Frederlcks. af:k unanimous consent for its immediate consideration. James H. MacLalferty. Philip D. Swing. The resolution ( S. Res. 264} was read, considered by -unani­ COLORADO mous consent, and unanimously agreed to, a · follows : William N. Vaile. Guy U. Hardy. Charles B. Timberlake. Edward T. Taylor. R csolr ed, That the Senate has heard with deep regret and pro­ CONNECTICUT found sorrow the announcement of the death of the Hon. HENRY E. Hart Fenn. John Q. Tilson. CABOT LODGE, late a Senator ft·om :l.he State of Massachusetts. Richard P. Freeman. Resolv ed, That the Secretary communicate these resolutions to the DELAWARE House of Representatives .and transmit a copy thereof to the family William H. Boyce of the deceased. FLORIDA ~DJ{JURNMENT Herbert J. Drane. Jobn H. Smithwick. Mr. WALSH of Massachusetts. M1·. President, as a further GEORGIA mark of re ·pect -to the memory of our three deceased colleagues, R. Lee l\loore. Gordon Lee. Frank Park. Charles H. Brand. Senator LonGE, of 1\lassaehusetts, Senator BRA.:.-nEGEE, of Con­ harle R. Crisp. Carl ,.inson. necticut, and Senator CoLT, of Rhode Island, I move that the William C. Wright. William C. Lankford. Senate do now adjourn. William D. Upshaw. William W. Larsen. Tlle motion was unanimously agreed to; and (at 12 o'clock IDAHO and 21 minutes p. m.) the Senate adjourned until to-morrow, Burton L. French. Addison T. Smith. Tue:;;day, December 2, 1924, at 12 o'elock meridian. ILLINOIS Morton D. II-n1l. William E. IIull. Elliott W. Sproul. Frank H. Funk. Thomas A. Doyle. William P. Holaday. Adolph J. Sabatb. Allen F. Moore. IIOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES l\1. Alfred Michaelson. Henry T. Rainey. Stanley IT. Kunz. J. Earl 1\Iajor. ~ioNDAY, Decetnbe'r 1, 19B4 Fred A. Britten. William W. Arnold. Carl R. Chindblom. Thomas S. Williams. This being the day fi1.:ed by the Constitution for tile annual !f rank R. Reid. Edward E. Denison. Charles E. J;'ulier. Richard Yates. meeting of the Congress of the United States, the Ilouse of Edward J. King. Henry H. Hath bone. Repre entatives of the Sixty-eighth Congre s met in its Hall JXDIAN.A at 12 o'clock noon for its second session and ~as called to William E. ·wilson. .\ lbert H. Ye tal. Ol'Cler by the Speaker, lion. FREDERICK 11. GILLET'!', a llepTe­ Arthur II. Greenwood. Fr('d S. Purnell. Frank Gardner. William R. Wood. scntative from the State of Massachusetts. Harry C. Canfield. l:;amuel E. Cook. The Cll.aplain, Rev. James Shera Montgomery, D. D., offered Elvet·ett Sanders. Louis W. Fairfi,eld. the following prayer : Richard N. Elli-ott. Andrew J. Hickey. Merrill Moores. Almighty Go~ Thy mercy is from ev-el"lasting to everlasting IOWA and Thy goodness endureth fr.om generation to generation. "-e William F. Kopp. C. Willism Ramseyer. wait upon Thee at the threshold of this Congress. We offer Hu1-ry E. Hull. Cassius C. Dowell. T. J. B. Robinson. William R. Green. Thee tl1e expressions of our grateful hearts for Thy pro-vi­ Cyrenus Cole. William D. Boies. dential care, for the fruitage of field and orchard, and for KANSAS tlle peace and prosperity of our land. "Bless and be gracious Daniel R. Anthony, jr. James G. Str<>ng. and merciful unto our President and his household ; the W. H. Sproul. Hays B. White. Speaker, the Members, the officers, and the pages, and all Homer lloch. J. N. Tincher. who serve. 0 Lord, our Lord, th~se days, so momentous, Thy Alben W. Barkley. Arthur B. Rouse. do Tllou make· us strong by the sense of strength, wise David H. Kincheloe. Joseph W. :Morris. by the sense .of Thy wisdom and good by the sense of Thy Hobert Y. Thomas, jr. Ralph Gilbert. goodness. In the solution of all problems 0 let the in"SJ)ira­ Ben Johnson. Fred M. Vinson. tion of Thy truth never fail us. Suffer not our hearts to Maurice H. Thatcher. John !f· Robsion. J:anguisll, nor our souls to fear, but undismayed may :we always LOUISIA.."A James O'Connor. Riley J. Wilson. seek to do our whol-e duty to our country and to the institu­ J. Zach Spearing. Ladislas Lazaro. tions which were founded to perpetuate our :qational great­ Whitmell P. Martin. James B. Aswell. ne . Come, Heavenly Father of us all, and manifest Thy John N. Sandlin. fa-vor in the form of enlightened understanding and thus shall MAINE Can·oll L. Beedy. John El. Nelson. great contentment, equal justice, and deeper righteousness Wallace H. White, jr. Ira G. Hersey. bless every section an~ comfort every fireside. Day by day MARYL.A.:II"D with sweet, obedient, and unmurmuring toil may we do our T. Alan Goldsborough. J. Charles Linthicum. whole duty. Millard E. 'l'ydings. Frederick N. Zihlman. We breathe to Thee, 0 God, "Thy will be done.'" There John Philip Hill. are those of us who have passed beyond the veil that hides MA.SSACHGSETTS mortality from immortality. Some dear ones are looking out Allen •r. Treadway. F rederick W. Dallinger. Frederick H. Gillett. Charles L. UnderhilL upon the world to-day with saddened hearts and wondering Calvin D. Paige. James A. Gallivan. eyes. Come, blessed Lord, unta them and give them great :5amuel El. Winslow. Robert Luce. A. Piatt Andrew. Louis A. Frothingham. peace. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. William P. Connery, jr. Charles L. Gi.ffm·d. OALL -QF THE 'ROLL 1111CHIGAN Robert II. Clancy. Louis C. Cramton. The SPEAKER. The Clerk will call the roll of Members Earl C. Michener. Bird J. Vincent. by States. Arthur B. Williams. James C. McLaughlin. The roll was called and the following Meml>ers .answer~d John C. Ketcham. Roy 0. Woodruff. Carl E. Mapes. l•'rank D. &ott. to their names : Grant l\1. lludson. W. Frank James. 6 ·co.r:rGRESSION AL RECORD-ROUSE DECE1\IBER 1

MINKESOTA SOUTH CAIWLIN.A : . James F. Byrnes. William F. Stevenson. . 0. J. Kvale. Fred H. Dominick. Allard H. Gasque. Charles R. Davis. Oscar J. Larson. John J. McSwain. Hampton P. IJ'ulr.ner. Oscar E. Keller. Knud Wefald. SOUTH DAKOTA Walter H. Newton. Charles A. Christopherson. William Williamson. MISSISSIPPI Royal C. Johnson. John E. Rankin. Ro~s A. Collins. TENNESSEE Bill G. Lowrey. T. Webbee Wilson. William Y. llumphreys. Percy E. Quin. B. Carroll Reece. Joseph W. Byrns. Jeff Busby. James W. Collier. .T. Will Taylor. W. C. Salmon. S. D. McReynolds. Gordon Browning. MISSOURI Cordell Hull. Finis J . Garre~t. Ralph F. Lo.zier. Samuel C. Major. Ewin L. Davis. Hubert F. Fisher. Jacob L. Milligan. Clarence Cannon. TEXAS Charles L. Faust. Cleveland A. Newton. Henry L. J ost. Harry B. Hawes. Eugene Black. James P. Buchanan. C. C. Dickin on. Leonidas C. Dyer. John C. Box. Tom Connally. MOKTA 'A Morgan G. Sanders. Fritz G. Lanham. Sam Rn;rbn.rn. Harry M. Wurzbach. John M. Evans. Scott Leavitt. Hatton ·w. Sumners. John N. Garner. NEBRASKA Luther A. Johnson. C. B. Hudspeth. Thomas L. Blanton. John II. Morehead. Melvin 0. McLaughlin. Clay Stone Briggs. Willi G: Sears. Robert G. Simmons. Daniel E. Garrett. Marvin Jones. Joseph J. Mansfield. Edgar Howard. UTAH NEVADA Elmer 0. Leatherwood Charles L. Richards TER~IONT NEW HAIIIPSHJRE Frederick G. F:!_~etwood. Ernest W. Gibson. Edward H. Wason TIRGINIA.. NDW JERSEY Schuyler Otis Bland. Thomas W. Harrison. Francis F. Patterson, jr. Randolph Perkins. Joseph T . Deal. R. Walton M;oore. Isaac Bacharach. George N. Seger. Andrew J. Montague. Henry St. George Tucker. Elmer ll. Gerau. l<'rank J. McNulty. Clifton A. Woodrum. Charles Browne. Daniel F. Minahan. WASHJNG'.fON Ernest R. Ackerman. Prederick R . Lehlbuch. •John F. Miller. John W. Summers. "EW MEXICO Lindley H. Hadley. Sam B. Hill. Albert Johnson. John Morrow. WEST VIRGI:NIA Benjamin L . Ilosenbloom. George W. Johnson. Robert L. Bacon. Royal H. Weller. R. E. L. Allen. J. Alfred '.raylor. John J. Kindred. Anthony J. GrUlin. Stuart F. Reed. George W. Lind ay. Benjamin L. Fairchild. WISCOXSI:N Tllomas H. Cullen. J. Mayhew Wainwright. Loring 1\1. Black, jr. James S. Parker. Henry Allen Cooper·. Joseph D. Beck. Charles I. Stengle. . Edward Voigt. Edward E. Browne. John F. Quayle; Bertrand H. Snell. John 1\I. ·elson. George J. Schneider. John C. Schafer. James A. Frear. William E. Cleary. ., Thaddeus C. S\-reet. I!ubert H. Peavey. David J. O'Connell. John D. Clarke. -Yictor L. Berger. . W.alter W. Magee. Florian Lampert. Anning S. Prall. . WYOi'>IING Samuel Diclcstein. Gale H. Stalker·. Charles E . Winter. Christopher D. Sullivan. .1\Ieyer Jacobstein. The SPEAKER. Three hundred and seTenty Members have Nathan D. Perlman. Archie D. Sanders. John J. Boylan. S. Wallace Demp ey. an ~-ered to their names. A quorum is present. Members John J. O'Connor. Clarence MacGregor. elect "ho de ·ire to take the oath of office will come for"\Tard. John F. Carew. James :U. !\lead. The follo"ing Members appeared before the bar of the House . Daniel A. Reed. Fiorello H. LaGuardia. and took the oath of office prescribed by law: NORTH CAROLIKA U. S. GUYER, from the second district of Kansas. John H. Kerr. William C. IInmmer. STEPHE~ ,V. GawmiLL, from the fifth district of Maryland. Charles L. Ahernethy. Robert L. Doughton. RoBERT LEACH, from the fifteenth district of MasRachusetts. Edward W. Pou. Alfred L. Bulwinkle. Charles l\1. Stedman. Zebulon Weaver. Trro:'.rAs HALL, from the second district of North Dakota. llomer L. Lyon. NOTIFICATION TO TilE PRESIDE T NORTH DAKOTA 1\-Ir. LONGWORTH. 1\lr. Speaker, I offer the following reso­ Olger B. Burtness. James H. Sinclair. lution. OHIO The Clerk read as follows: Nicholas Longworth. Martin L. Davey. A. E. B. Stephens. C. Ellis Moore. House Resolution 356 John L. Cable. John McSweene:v. Re olr:ed, That a committee of three l\Icmbers be appointed on the Charles J. Thompson. William M. Morgan. Charles Braud. Frank Murphy. part of the House to join the committee appointed by the Senate to wait R. Clint Cole. John G. Cooper. upon the President and inform him that a quorum of the two Houses Israel M. Foster. Charles A. Mooney. has assembled and that Congress is ready to receive any communication Mel! G. Underwood. Robert Crosser. John C. Speaks. Theodore E. Burton. that he may be pleased to make. James T. Begg. The resolution was agreed to. OKLAHOMA The SPEAKER appointed the following committee: Mr. E. B. Howard. F. B. Swank. Charles D. Carter. Elmer Thomas. Lo::-;-awoRTH, 1\lr. GREEX, and Mr. GARRETT of Tennessee. Tom D. McKeown. M. C. Garber. RESIGNATIO~ OF A MEMBER OREGON The SPEAKER laid before the House the following communi­ Willis C. Hawley. Elton Watkins. cation: Nicholas J. Sinnott. AUGUST 28, 1924. PEXNSYLVANIA The CLERK, ITOUSE OF REPRESEXTATilES, Frank C. Sites. William S. Vare. Washington, D. 0. Harry C. Ransley. George )!. Wer·tz. George W. Edmonds. J. Banks KUl'tz. DEAR Srn: Quite a long time ago I forwarded a fo1·mal resignation George A. Welsh. Samuel F. Glatfelter. of my seat in Congress to Gov. R. A. Nestos, Bismarck, N. Dak., to George P. Darrow. William I. Swc•ope. Thomas S. Butl;:- r. Samuel A. Kendall. take efl'ect on September 2, .1!>24. Henry W. Watson. Henry W. Temple. Yours, respectfully, William W. Griest. Thomas W. Phillips, jr. GEORGE M. YOUNG. Laurence H. Watres. Nathan L. Strong. John J. Casey. Ha.."ris J. Bixler. MESSAGE FROU THE SEN ATE George F. Brumm. Milton W. ShreYe. William M. Croll. Everett Kent. A me sage from the Senate, by Mr. CraTen, one of its clerks, Louis T. Mclfadden. Adam l\1. Wyant. announced that the Senate had passed without amendment the Edgar R. Kle s. M. Clyde Kelly. Herbert W. Cummings. James M. Magee. bill of the following title: Edward M. Beers. Guy E. Campbell. H. R. 3537. An act for the relief of L. A. Scott. llHODE ISLAND The message also announced that the Senate had passed the Richard S. Aldrich. Jeremiah E. O'Connell. following resolutions: , 1924 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 7·

Senate Resolution 259 and the House of Representatives :for appropriate exercises in com­ Resol·ved, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives memoration of the life, character, and public service of the late Wood­ that a quorum of the Senate is assembled and that the Senate is ready row Wilson, former President of the United States. to proceed to business. That a joint committee, to consist of five Senators and seven Mem­ bers of the House of Representatives, to be appointed by . the Presi­ Senate Resolution 260 dent pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Resolved, That a committee consisting ()f two Senators be appointed Representatives, respectively, shall be named, with full power to to join such committee as may be appointed by the House of Repre­ make all arrangements and pub-lish a suitable program for the joint sentatives to wait upon the President of the United States and inform session of Congress herein. authorized, and to issue the invitations him that a quorum of each House is assembled, and tllat the Congress hereinafter mentioned. is ready to receive any communication he may be pleased to make. That invitations shall be extended to the President of the United Senate Resolution 262 States, the members of the Cabinet, the Chief Justice and Associate Resolved, That the Senate has heard with deep regret and profound Justices of the Supreme Court of the United StateB.t and such other sorrow the announcement of the OOa.th o! the Bon. LEBARON B. COLT, invitations shall be issued as to the said committee shall seem best. late a Senator from the State of Rhode Island. That all expenses incurred by the committee in the execution of the Resolved, That the Secretary communicate these resolutions to the provisions of this resolution shall be paid, one-half from the contin­ Bouse of Representatives and transmit a copy thereof to the :family gent fund ot the Senate and one-half from the contingent fund of the of the deceased. House of Representatives. Senate Resolution 263 The SPEAKER. The question is on agreeing to the House Resolved, That the Senate has heard with deep regret and profound concurrent resolution. sorrow the announcement of the death of the Bon. FaA.NK B. BRANDE­ The concurrent resolution was agreed to. GEE, late a Senator from the State of Connecticut. THE LATE REPRESENTATIVE EDWARD C. LITTLE Resolved, That the Secretary communicate these resolutions to the Mr. ANTHONY. Mr. Speaker, it becomes my painful duty House of Representatives and transmit a copy th&eof to the family to announce the death of my late colleague, Mr. EDWARD C. of the deceased. LITTLE, on .Tune 27 last. At a later date I shall ask that a Sepate Resolution 264 clay be set aside for appropriate memorial services upon his Resolved, That the Senate has heard with deep regret and profound life, eha:racter, and public services. Meanwhile I offer the sorrow the announcement of the death of the Bon. HENRY CABOT following resolution, which I send to the desk and ask to have LoDGE, late a Senator from the State of Massachusetts. read. Resolved, That the Secretary communicate these resolutions to the The Clerk read as follows: House of Representatives and transmit a copy thereof to the family House Resolution 359 • of the deceased... Resolved, That the House has heard with profound sorrow of the NOTIFICATION TO THE SENATE death of Hon. EDWARD CAr.J:PBELL LITTLE, a Repx-esentative from the Mr. GREEN. Mr. Speaker, I offer the following resolution, State of Ka.IISas. · Re~tolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the which I send to the desk and ask to have read. Senate and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased. The Clerk read as follows: The SPEAKER. The question is on agreeiiig to the resolu­ Kouse Resolution 357 tion. Resolved, That the Clerk of the House inform the Senate. that a The resolution was agreed to. quorum of the House of Representatives has appeared and that the House is ready to pro(!eed to business. THE LATE REPRESENTATIVE SYD~EY E. MUDD Mr. ZIHLMAN. Mr. Speaker, it is with a profound sense of The SPEAKER. The question is on agreeing to the resolu­ personal sorrow that I rise to announce the death of my late tion. colleague, Hon. SYDNEY E. l\Iuno, of l\laryland, who died Octo­ The resolution was agreed to. ber 11, of this year, in his thirty-ninth year. At a subsequent HOUR OF DAILY MEETl!'iG date I shall ask that a day be set aside for the pronouncement of eulogies upon his life, character, and public services. 1\iea.n­ Mr. SNELL. Mr. Speaker, I offer the following resolution, while I offer the following resolution, which I send to the which I send to the desk and ask to have read. desk and ask to have read. · The Clerk read as follows : The Clerk read as follows: Bouse Resolution 358 Bouse Resolution 360 Resolved, That until otherwise ordered, the hour of daily meeting Resolved, That the House has heard with profound sorrow of the of the House of Representatives shall be 12 o'cloek meridian. death of Hon. S"YDNEY E. MuDD, late a Representative from the State The SPEAKER. The question is on agreeing to the resolu­ of Maryland. tion. Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Sen­ The resolution was agreed to. ate and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased. LEAVES OF ABSENCE The SPEAKER. The question is on agreeing to the resolu­ tion. By unanimous consent, leave of absence was granted as The resolution was agreed to. follows: To Mr. DREWRY, for two days, on account of sickness. THE LATE REPRESENTATIVE WILLIAM S. GREENE To Mr. OLIVER of Alabama, at the request of Mr. BowLING, Mr. WINSLOW. Mr. ·speaker, during the recess of Con­ on account of illness. gress the Hon. WILLIAM S. GREENE, a Member of the House To Mr. CoRNING, for an indefinite period, on account of from the State of Massachusetts, died. In due time I shall illness. ask that a date be set aside for public memorial services in his To Mr. CoLTON, for five days, on account of important busi­ honor by this body. Meanwhile I offer the following reso­ ness. lution, which I send to the desk and ask to have read. To Mr. KAHN, indefinitely, on account of illness. The Clerk read as follows: To Mr. McCLINTIC, at the request of Mr. McKEOWN on ac- House Resolution 3G1, count of illness. ' Resolt'ed, 'l'hat the Ilouse has heard witb profound sorrow of the MEMORJ;AL SERVICES FOR THE LATE WOODROW WILSO:N, .A FORMER death o:t Hon. WILLIAM STEDM.L.'< GREE.NE, a Representative from the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES State of Mas,achusetts. Resol~:ed, That the Clerk communicate tbese resol~tions to the Senate Mr. GARRETT of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, I ask tmanimous and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased. consent for the present consideration of the following House concurrent resolution, which I send to the desk and ask to The SPEAKER. The question is on agreeing to the resoln· have read. tion. The Clerk r·ead as follows : The resolution was agreed to. House Concurrent Resolution 30 THE LATE SE.N.ATOU LEBAnOX B. COLT Resolved,. by the House of Representatives (the Senate- concurring), Mr. ALDRICH. Mr. Spe.:'"l.ker, it is with a \ery deep sorrow That Monday, the 15th day of December, 1924, be set aside as the that I announce the death of Hon. LEBARON B. CoLT, late a. Sen­ day upon which there shall be held a joint session of the Senate ator from the State of Rhod.c ls~nm.l, . on tbe 18tl1 day of ·8 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE DECEJ\IBER 1

.August, 1924. I offer the following resolution, which I send to fiscal year ended June 30, 1924; to the Committee on Military the desk and ask to have read. Affairs. . . ~he Clerk read as follows: 560. .A letter from the Acting Secretary of Commerce trans­ House Resolution 362 mitting part 2 of the Annual Report of the Commissi~ner of Resolved, That the House bas heard with profound sorrow of the Lighthou es for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1924, containing death of the lion. LEBAnON BRADFORD COLT, late a Senator of the United a list of ~urchases made by private contract or in the open States from the State of Rhode I land. market, With the reasons for such method of purchases, during Resol1;ed, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the the fiscal year 1924, of materials and supplies for the use of the Senate and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased Lighthouse Service; to the Committee on Interstate and For­ .Senator. eign Commerce . 561. A. letter from the Acting Secretary of Commerce trans­ The SPEAKER. The question is on agreeing to the resolu­ mitting a detailed statement concerning the publication; issued tion. by the Department of Commerce during the fiscal year 1924 · to 'l'he resolution was agreed to. the Committee on Printing. . ' THE LA'l'E SENATOR FJU.NK B. BRANDEGEE . 562. A. letter from the Acting Secretary of Labor, tran mit­ Mr. TILSON. l\Ir. Speaker. it is with a sen e of deep sorrow ting statement of travel performed by officers and employees that I announce to the House the death of the l-Ion. FRANK B. of the Department of Labor during the fiscal year ended June BRA"-nEGEE, late a Senator of the United States from the State 30, 1924, in conformity with section 4 of the act approved May of Connecticut, who died on the 13th of October, 1924. I offer 22, 1908 (Stat. 224) ; to the Committee on Appropriations~ the following re ·olution, which I send to the desk and ask to 563. A letter from the chairman of the United States Ship­ have read. ping Board, transmitting statement of travel performed by The Clerk read as follows: officers ana employees of the United States Shipping Board during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1924; to the Committee Ilou e Resolution 303 on Appropriations. · R es olved, That the Ilouse bas heard with profound sorrow of the 564. ~ ~etter from the Clerk of the House of Representative , death of the Hon. FRANK BOSWORTH BIUNDEGEEJ, a Senator of the transmitting li t of reports to be made to Congres by public united States from the State of Connecticut. officers during the Sixty-eighth Congress (H. Doc. No. 462) ; R esolv ed, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Sen­ to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed, with ate and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased Senator. papers. The SPEAKER. The question is on agreeing to the resolu­ 565 . .A letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives. tion. transmitting annual report, giving names of statutory and The re olution ~s agreed to. contingent-fund employees of the House and their respective compensations, including clerks to Members; the ex.'I>enditures THE LATE SEX ATOR HENRY CABOT LODGE from the contingent fund and from certain specific appropria­ 1\lr. TRIDA.DW A.Y. l\Ir. Rpeaker, it is ·with a sense of very tions; the amounts drawn from the Treasury; the stationery great sorrow that I announce the death of the l-Ion. HEt\T&Y accounts; and unexpended balances for the· year ended June CABOT LoDGE, late a Senator from the State of Massachusetts. 30, 1924 (H. Doc. No. 399) ; to the Committee on .Accounts and I offer the following resolution, which I send to the desk. ordered to be printed, with papers. The Clerk read as follows : 566. A letter from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institu­ Ilouse Resolution 364 tion, transmitting a report of Government publications i ued Rcsolred, That the House bas heard with profound sorrow of the during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1924, showing the aggre­ dt>ath of the Hon. HENRY CABOT LoDGE, a Senator of the United States gate number of publication , the cost of paper and printing, from the State of Mas achusetts. the cost of preparation of each publication, and the number of Resolr;ecl, That the Clerk communicate these re olutions to the each which was distributed during the fiscal year; to the Senate and transmit a· copy thereof to the family of the deceased Committee on Printing. 567. A. letter from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institu­ Senator. tion, transmitting information regarding purchases of type­ The SPEAKER. The question is on agreeing to the resolu­ writers in which exchanges were made in part payment by the tion. Government branche under the direction of the Institution The resolution was agreed to. during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1924; to the Committee on ADJOURNMENT Appropriations. Mr. LO ~GWORTH. Mr. Speaker, as a further mark of re­ 568. A letter from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Insti­ spect to the memory of the decea ·ed Member of the House tution, transmitting statement showing in detail what officer and Senate, I move that the House do now adjourn. and employees of the branches of the Government ervice The motion was agreed to; and accordingly (at 12 o'clock under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution have and 55 minutes p. m.) the House adjourned until to-morrow, traveled on official business from Wa hington to points out"ide Tuesday, December 2, 1924, at 12 o'clock noon. of the District of Columbia during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1924; to the Committee on Appropriation . 569. A. letter from the Director of the United States Botanic EXECUTIVE COUl\1UNICA.TIONS, ETC. Garden, transmitting certain information required by section 4, Cnder clause 2 of Rule XXIV, executive communications were act of 1\lay 22, 1908, relative to travel from Washington, D. C., taken from the Speaker's table and ref~rred as follows: in connection with official business of -the office of the United 556. A. letter from the Acting Secretary of Commerce, trans­ States Botanic Garden during the ·fiscal year 1924; to the Com­ mitting a complete et of General Rules and Regulations pre­ mittee on the Library. ' cribed by the board of supervi ing inspectors, Steamboat­ 570. A. letter from the Secretary of ·war, tran mitting a Inspection Service, at the meeting of January, 1924, which comprehensive plan for neces ary permanent con truction at regulations have been appro\ed by the Secretary of Commerce ; military posts, including Camp Lewis, in t.Pe State of Wash­ to the Committee on the Merchant l\Iarine and Fisheries. ington, based on using funds received from the sale of surplus 557. A letter from the Secretary of ·war, transmitting War Department real estate, and for the sale of such property annual report of the American National Red Cross; to the Com­ now owned by the War Department that is no longer needed mittee on l\lilitary Affairs. for military purposes; to the Committee on Military Affairs. 558. A. letter from "the secretary of the United States Civil 571. A letter from the chairman of the Interstate Commerce Service Commission, transmitting a statement showing the Commission, transmitting copies of the final valuations of typewriters, adding machines, and other similar labor- aving properties of 20 carriers subject to the provisions of section devices exchanged in part payment for new machines during 192 of the interstate commerce act; to the Committee on Inter­ the fi cal year Hl24, as required by section 5 of the deficiency state and Foreign Commerce. act approved March 4, 1915 ; to the Committee on Appropria­ 572. A. letter from the chairman of the Interstate Commerce tions. Commission, transmitting statement showing the make, model, 5!>9. A letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting and serial number of each machine exchanged during the report of The Adjutant Gener.al of the Army relative to the fiscal year 1924, the period of its use, the allowance therefor, financial and other affairs of the United States Disciplinary and the article, make, and model thereof, and price, including Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., the Pacific branch exchange value paid for each article procured through such thereof situated on Alcatraz Island, Calif., and the .Atlantic exchange, in compliance with the provisions of section 5 of the branch on Governors Island, N. Y., together with reports from act appro_yeq l\:larch 4, 1915; to the Co!D.!!!ittee on Approptia­ the commandants of the barrf!cks !!!!d !ts b!~nches, ~ll, for th~ ~top~. 1924 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 9

573. A letter from the chairman of the Interstate Commerce 588. A letter from the Comptroller of the Currency, transmit­ Commission, transmitting a statement showing in detail the ting annual report of the Comptroller of the Curren.cy, covering tra •el expense of all officials and employees (other than spe­ activities of the Currency Bureau for the year ended October cial agents, inspectors, or employees who in the -4ischarge of 31, 1924; to the Committee on Banking and Currency. their regular duties are required to constantly travel) who 589. A letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting an­ ha-ve traveled on official business from Washington to points nual report of operations of the Postal Savings System for the outside the District of Columbia during the fiscal year ended fiscal year ended June 30, 1924, of the Post Office Department June 30, 1924; to the Committee on Appropriations. (H. Doc. No. 464) ; to the Committee on the Post Office and Post 574. A letter from the chairman of the Interstate Commerce Roads and ordered to be printed. Commission, h·ansmitting statement showing the employment 590. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmit­ under appropriation for the valuation of carriers for the fiscal ting a report in detail giving the number of the various pub­ year ended June 30, 1924, the names of all ~ersons employed, lications issued by the Treasury Department during the fiscal alphabetically arranged, the State from which each was ap­ year e~ded June 30, 1924; to the Committee on Printing. pointed, the rate of compensation paid to each, together with 591. A letter from the Acting Postmaster General transmit­ a full itemized statement showing how the moneys appropri­ ting statement showing the post offices where clerical' assistance ated for the fiscal years 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, at a higher rate than $1,200 a year was authorized, payable 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, and 1924 have been expended; to from the appropriation for "Unusual conditions," for the fiscal the Committee on Appropriations. year 1924; to the Committee on Ap:propriations. 575. A letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting 592. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a a statement showing in detail what officers and employees of draft of proposed legislation to authorize the removal of the the Navy Department tra'leled on official business from Wash­ gates and gateposts at the head of West Executi•e A>enue in ington to points outside of the District of Columbia during the the District of Columbia; to the Committee on Public Bu'ild­ fiscal year ended June 30, 1924, with destination or destinations ings and Ground-s. of such travel, business, or work on which same was made, . 593. A letter from the Acting Secretary of Labor, transmit­ and the amount of reimbursement for tra•eling expenses in ting report of expenditures from the appropriation contingent expenses, Department of Labor, for the fiscal years 1922, 1923, each case; to the Committee on Appropriatio~. 576. A letter from the acting president of the Board of 1924, and 1925; to the Committee on Expenditures in the De­ Commissioners of the District of Columbia, transmitting a partment of Labor. 594. A letter from the Secretary of the United States Ci•il report of the official operations of the government of the Dis­ Service Commission, transmitting a statement showing in de­ trict of Columbia for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1924; to tail what officers or employees of the commission have tra v­ the Committee on the District of Columbia. eled on official busine.<>s from ·washington to points outside of 577. A letter from the Acting Postmaster General, trans­ the District of Columbia during the fiscal year ended June 30, mitting report of a special contract between the Post Office 1924, the destination of such tra•el, the business on account Department and the Den-ver & Salt Lake Railroad for carry­ of which the h·a •el was performed, and the total expense ing the mails on its road on route No. 114773 between Denver charged the United States in each case; to the Committee on and Craig, Colo. ; to the Committee on Expenditures in the Appropriations. Post Office Department. 595. A letter from the Librarian of the Library of Congress, 578. A letter from the chairman of Federal Trade Commis­ transmitting a statement showing in detail what officers or sion, transmitting report of the Federal Trade Commission employees of the Library of Congress have traveled on official on cooperation in foreign countries ; to the Committee on In- busines from 'Vashington to points outside of the District of terstate and Foreign Commerce. _ Columbia during the fiscal year 1924, gi>ing in each case the 579. A letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting full title of the official, the destination or destinations of such statements showing exchanges made during the fiscal year traYel, the business or work on account of ''hich the same ended June 30, 1924, of typewriters, adding machines, and was made, and the total expenses to the United States charged other similar labor-sa\ing devices by the Navy Department in each case ; to the Committee on Appropriations. and Na\al Establishments, including the United States Marine 596. ~-\. letter from the Librarian of the Library of Congress, Corps; to the Committee on Appropriations. tran mitting a report giving the aggregate number of publica­ 580., A letter from the chairman of the United States Ship­ tions issued by the Library of Congress proper during the ping Board, transmitting the Eighth Annual Report of the United fiscal :rear 1923-24, the-cost of paper used, the cost of printing, States Shipping Board, covering the period June 30 1923 to the cost of preparation, and the number distributed ; to the and including June 30, 1924 ; to the Committee on the 'Merchant Committee on Printing. Marine and Fisheries. 581. A letter from the Secretary of the Federal Trade Com­ mission, transmitting a statement showing the number of type­ REPORTS OF COl\11\liTTEES ON PUBLIC BILLS AND writers, adding machines, and other similar labor-saving de­ RESOLUTIONS vices exchanged by the Federal Trade Commission during the Under clause 2 of Rule XIII, fiscal year ended June 30, 1924; to the Committee on Appro­ Mr. YATES: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 64"91. A priations. bill to provide for the appointment of an additional judge of 582. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report tile District Court of the United States for the Western Dis­ of the expenditure of $128,742.80 out of the sum of $150,000 trict of New York; without amendment (Rept. No. 1031). Re­ · inclucled in the Army appropriation act for the fiscal year 192-:1: ferred to the Committee of tile Whole House on the state of for the encouragement of the breeding of riding horses suitable the Union. for military service ; to the Committee on Appropriations. 583. A letter from the ~ecretary of War, transmitting report covering the number and cost of publications issued and dis- PUBLIC BILLS, RESOLUTIO~S, AND MEMORIALS tributed by the Panama Canal during the fiscal year ended Under clause 3 of Rule XXII, bills, resolutions, and memo- June 30, 1924; to the Committee on Printing. rials were introduced and severally referred as follows: 584. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a let- By Mr. JOHNSON of Washington: A biU (H. R. 9803) to ter from The Adjutant General of the Army submitting report amend the immigration act of 1917, and for- other pt!\~poses; of documents received and distributed during the fiscal year to the Committee on Immigration and NatlU'alization. e•ded June 30, 1924; to the Committee on Printing. By Mr. CRISP: A bill (II. R. 9804) to amend an act en- 585. A letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmittino- titled "An act to create a commission authorized lmder certain report covering the disposal of surplus property in the posse; conditions to refund or convert obligations of foreign govern­ sion of the War Department within the United States during ments held by the United States of America, and for other the period from November 15, 1923, to No>ember 15 1924 purposes," approYed February 9, 1922, as amended February inclusive; to the Committee on Expenditures in th~ Wa~ 28, 1923; to the Committee on Ways and Means. Department. By 1\lr. CHINDBLO~I: A bill (ll. R. 9805) to amend sec- 586. A letter from the Secretary of.the Interior, transmitting tion 257 of the re-venue act of 1924; to the Committee on Ways report covering all operations, including receipts and disburse- and Means. ments, requir~d by a p~o\ision of~~ war minerals relief act; By Mr. FAIRCHILD: A bill (H. R. 9806) to repeal sub- to the Comm1ttee on l\1mes and l\fmmg. di nsion (b) of section 257 of the re>enue act of 1924 · to the 587. A letter from the Architect of the Capitol, transmitting Committee on Ways and Means. ' annual report of the Architect of the Capitol for the fiscal year By 1\lr. FULLER: A bill (H. R. 9807) relating to pensions ende? J~e ~0, 1924 (H. Doc. No. 463) ; to the Committee on of the Civil War, and granting pensions and increase of pen­ rublic Bmldmgs and Grounds and Ol'dered to be printed. 1sions in certain cases i to the Committee on ln\alid Pensions. ,.

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By Mr. GIFFORD: A bill (H. R. 9808) to remit the duty on State of Dllnois, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge a carillon of bells imported for St. Stephens Church, Cohasset, and approaches thereto across Rock River ; to the Committee 1\fa. s. ; to the Committee on Ways and Means. on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. By Mr. GRIEST: A bill (H. R. 9809) to amend section 409, By Mr. WATSON: A bill (H. R. 9828) for the purchase of a Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to fines, penal­ site and the erection of a public building at Ardmore, Pa. ; ties, forfeitures, and liabilities in the Postal Service ; to the to the Oommiti;ee on Public Buildings and Grounds. Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. .. By Mr. PERLMAN: Joint resolution (H. J. Res. 296) pro­ By Mr. HAWES: A bill (H. R. 9810) to repeal an act en­ viding for the admi ion of certain ali€118 as nonquota immi­ titled "An act to define, regulate, and puni h trading with grants; to the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. the enemy, and for other purposes," approved October 6, 1917, By Mr. JOHNS'ON af Washington: Joint resolution (H. J. as amended; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Com­ Res. 297) directing the Public Printer to furnish, upon appli­ merce. cation, to each Senator elect, each Representative elect, and By Mr. HOWARD of Oklahoma: A bill (H. R. 9811) . to each Delegate elect a copy of each issue of the CoNGRESSIOK.\L amend section 101 of an act entitled "An act to codify, revise, RECORD and indexes ; to the Committee on Printing. and amend the laws relating to the judiciary," approved March By Mr. WRIGHT: Joint resolution {H. J. Res. 298) author­ 3, 1911; ta the Committee on the Judiciary. izing the appointment of a commission to consider proposals By Mr. KINDRED: A bill (H. R. 9812) to declare Lincoln's for and to negotiate for the lease and sale of 1\.Iuscle Shoals, birthday a legal holiday; to the Committee on the District of etc. ; to the Committee on Military Affairs. Columbia. By Mr. LAGUARDIA: Resolution (H. Res. 365) requesting By Mr. K.~.~UTSON: A bill (H. R. 9813) to amend an ~ct the Secretary of the Treasury to furnish to the Hou!!e certain entitled "An act to provide revenue, to regulate commerce ~th information regarding Robert J. Owens, a prohibition agent; foreign countries, to eneourage the industries of the Umted to the Committee on the Judiciary. . States, and for other purposes," approved September 21, 1922; By Mr. WOODRUFF: Resolution (H. Res. 3G6) reque ting to the Committee on Ways and Means. the President of the United States to direct the different By Mr. O'CONNELL of New York: A bill (H. R. 9814) agencies of the Government to refrain from directly or in­ granting annual and sick leave to postal employees ; to the directly engaging the responsibility of the Government of t11e Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. United States to supervise the fulfillment of financial arrange­ By Mr. PERLMAN: A bill (H. R. 9815) to amend the immi­ ments between citizens of the United States and sovereign gration act of 1924; to the Committee on Immigration and foreign governments or political subdivisions thereof, and for Naturalization. other purposes ; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. By Mr. RAKER: A bill (H. R. 9816) to amend the act of June 29, 1906 (34 Stat. L. pt. 1, p. 596), as amended in sections By l\fr. PATTERSON: Resolution (H. Res. 3G7) to pay 16, 17, and 19 by the act of Congress approved March 4, 1909 $600 to John T. Kelly for extra services rendered during the (35 Stat. L. pt. 1, p. 830) ; by the act of Congress approved Sixty-eighth Congress; to the Committee on Accounts. March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. L. pt. 1, p. 736), creating the Depart­ By Mr. MAcGREGOR (by request): Resolution (ll. Res. ment of Labor ; by the act of Congress approved 1\fay 9, 1918 368) to propose a substitute for the League of Nations and (Pub. No. 144, 65th Cong., 2d sess.) ; and by the act of Con­ the Permanent Court; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. gre s approved September 22, 1922 ( U. S. Stats. pt. 1, ch. 411, By the SPEAKER (by request): Memorial of the Legislatm·e p. 1021, 67th Cong., 2d sess.) ; to the Committee on Immigra­ of the State of Maryland recommending to the Congress of tion and Naturalization. the United States that appropriate action be taken to make By Mr. WATKINS: A bill (H. R. 9817) to provide for the the Star-Spangled Banner the national anthem of the United deportation of certain undesirable aliens, and for other pur­ States; to the Commit-tee on the Judiciary. poses; to the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization: Also (by request), memorial of the Legislature of the State By Mr. WATSON: A bill (H. R. 9818) to amend section of Maryland reque ting the repeal of all laws which authorize 257 of the revenue act of 1924; to the Committee on Ways anq appropriations to the several States in the form of Federal Means. aid on the condition that the States make similar appropria­ By Mr. WEFALD: A bill (H. R. 9819) providing for a per tions and to abolish all office , boards, and bureaus created capita payment of $100 to each enrolled member of the Chip­ to administer or supervise such appropriations; to the Com­ pewa Tribe of from the funds standing to their mittee on the Judiciary. credit in the Treasury of the United States; to the Committee Also (by request), memorial of the Legislature of the State on Indian Affairs. . of Marsland relating to Federal legislation for regulating and By Mr. 'VILSON of Louif:iana: A bill (H. R. 9820) granting controlling the sale of farm and vegetable seeds ; to the Com­ the consent of Congress to the Louisiana Highway Commission mittee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. to construct maintain, and operate a bridge across the Bayou Also (by request), memorial of the Legislature of the State Bartholome~ at or near each of the following-named points in of Maryland requesting Congress to modify the immigration Morehouse Parish, La.: Vester Ferry, War Ferry, and Zachery laws; to the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. Ferry · to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Also (by request), memorial of the Legislature of the Terri­ Also' a bill (H. R. 9821) granting the consent of Congress tory of Alaska urging the passage of a law granting all per­ to the' Louisiana Highway Commission to construct, maintain, sons who served in the United States Army during the World and operate a bridge across the Ouachita River at or near War 160 acres of land in Alaska; to the Committee on the Monroe, La. ; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Public Lands. Commerce. By Mr. GIFFORD: A bill (H. R. 9822) to authorize the PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Secretary of the Treasury to sell the old post-office building in the city of New Bedford, Mass. ; to the Committee on Public Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, private bills and resolutions Buildings and Grounds. were introduced and severally referred as follows : By Mr. LAMPERT: A bill {H. R. 9823) providing for the By Mr. ALDRICH: A bill (H. R. 9829) granting a pension extension of the post office and public building at Manitowoc, to Mary J. Randall; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Wis. ; to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. Also, a bill (H. R. 9830) granting a pension to Edward P. By Mr. SANDERS of Texas: A bill (H. R. 9824) for the Coan; to the Committee on Pensions. erection of a public building at Winnsboro, Wood County, By Mr. AYRES: A bill (H. R. 9831) granting an increa e of Tex. ; to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. pension to Anna E. Crawford; to the Committee on Invalid By 1\!r. QUIN: A bill (H. R. 9825) granting the consent of Pensions. Congress to the Great Southern Lumber Co., a corporation of Also, a bill (H. R. 9832) granting a pension to Carrie A. the State of Pennsylvania, doing business in the State of Carringer ; to the Committee on Pensions. Mississippi, to construct a railroad bridge across Pearl River Also, a bill (H. R. 9833) granting an inc1·ease of pension to at approximately 1% miles north of Georgetown, ~fiss. ; to the Mary J. Redinger ; to the Committee on Invalid Pen ·ions. Comtnittee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Also, a bill (H. R. 9834) granting an increase of pensio~ to By Mr. ALDRICH: A bill (H. R. 9826) providing for the Mary N. Moody ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. purchase of a site and the erection <>f a public building at Also, a bill (H. R. 9835) granting an increa. e of pension to Cranston, R. I. ; to the Committee on Public Buildings and Marian Breeze ; to the Committee on Invalid Pension·. Grounds. AI o, a bill (H. R. 9836) granting an increase of pen ion to By Mr. FULLER: A bill (H. R. 9827) granting the consent Helen M. Farley ; to the Committee .on Invalid Pensions. of Congress to the county of Winnebago, the town of Rock­ By 1\.fr. BACHARACH: A bill (H. R. ·9837) to provide for an ford, and the city of Rockford, in the said eounty, in the examination and survey of Cold Spring Inlet for the purpose of '· . 1924 CONGRESSION .A.L RECORD- HOUSE 11 determining the cause of the erosion of the beach; to the Com­ By Mr. FOSTER: A bill (H. R. 9876) granting a pension mittee on Rivers and Harbors. to Elizabeth Pugh ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By l\Ir. BECK: A bill (H. R. 9838) granting an increase of Also, a · bill (H. R. 9877) granting a pension to Horace G. pension to Millard A. Hammond ; to the Committee on. Pen- Sherman ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. sions. • Also, a bill (H. R. 9878) granting an increase of pension to' Also, a bill (H. R. 9839) granting a pension to Inez L. Hox­ Phebe Goldsberry; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. sie ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 9879) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 9840) granting a pension to Inez L. Hox­ Jane E. Davis; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. sie ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Also, a bill (H. R. 9880) granting an increase of pension to By Mr. BRIGGS: A bill (H. R. 9841) to authorize a survey of Bartlett Sharp ; to the Committee on Pensions. Texas City Channel, Tex., and for other purposes; to the Com­ Also, a bill (H. R. 9881) granting an increase of pension to mittee on Ri'vers and Harbors. Lydia L. Willcox; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 9842) to authorize a survey of Galveston Also, a bill (H. R. 9882) granting an increase of pension to Channel, Tex., and for other purposes; to the Committee on John W. Hughes; to the Committee on Pensions. Ri>ers and Harbors. Also, a bill (H. R. 9883) granting a pension to Frank · By Mr. BURDICK: A bill (H. R. 9843) granting an increase Butcher ; to the Committee on Pensions. of pension to Margaret C. Cooper ; to the Committee on Pen­ Also, a bill (H. R. 9884) granting an increase of pension to sions. Nancy 0. Vale; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 9844) granting an increase of pension to . By Mr. FREDERICKS: A bill (H. R. 9885) granting a pen­ Josephine M. Hayes; to the Committee on Pensions. SIOn to Mary E. Taylor; to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 9845) granting a pen. ion to Harriet G. Also, a bill (H. R. 9886) granting a pension to Madison M. Albro; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Burnett; to the Committee on Pensions. . By Mr. BUTLER: A bill (H. R. 98-!6) for the relief of AI o, a bill (H. R. 9887) granting a pension to Nora Ong; to Francis Kelly; to the Committee on Naval Affairs. the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. COLE of Iowa: A bill (H. R. 9847) granting an in­ Also, a bill (H. R. 988 ) granting a pension to Elizabeth J . crea e of pension to l\Iary A. Crane; to the Committee on Hibler ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. In>alid Pensions. By Mr. FULLER: A bill (H. R. 9889) granting an increase Also, a bill (H. R. 9848) granting a pension to Jennie Hall; of pension to Ellen B. Thomas ; to the Committee on Invalid to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Pensions. By Mr. DOWELL: A bill (H. R. 9849) granting a pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 9890) granting an increase of pension to 1\lary Hague ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Lucelia l\1. Strunk; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 9850) granting a pension to Eliza Seaman; Also, a bill (H. R. 9891) granting an increase of pension to to the Committee on ln>alid Pensions. Mildred Renwick ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 9851) granting a pension to Julia A. Wood­ Also, a bill (H. R. 9892) granting an increase of pension to ard; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Nellie Chalmers; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 9852) granting a pension to Susan Roe; Al. o, a bill (H. R. 9893) ·granting an increase of pension to to the Committee on Pensions. Lydia A. Fowler; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 9853) granting a pension to Sarah J. Also, a bill (H. R. 9894) granting a pension to Christina West; to the Committee on In>alid Pensions. Ma:A.-worthy ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. DYER: A bill (H. R. 9 54) granting an increase of Also, a bill (H. R. 9 !)5) granting a pension to Cora Ford ; pension to Rose Moten ; to the Committee on In>alid Pensions. to tbe Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. FAUST: A bill (H. R. 9855) for the relief of Bruce By Mr. GARDNER of Indiana: A bill (H. R. 9896) granting Brothers Grain Co.; to the Committee on Claims. an increase of pension to Louise l\1. Johnson; to the Committee Also, a bill (H. R. 9856) granting a pension to Susan A. on In>alid Pensions. Bankston; to the Committee on Pension . Also, a bill (H. R. 9897) granti~g an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 9857) granting a pension to Morris R. Harriet A. Craig; to the Committee on InYalid Pensions. Tidrick ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 989 ) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 9858) granting a pension to Julia Moomaw; Angeline Hollowell; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 9899) grantin~ a pension to James R. Also, a bill (H. R. 98;>9) granting an increase of pension to l\Ia ton ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Mary E. Whitford ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 9900) granting a pension to William Also, a bill (H. R. 9860) granting a pension to Apdrew w. Reynolds ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Nash; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 9901) granting a pension to Oscar Also, a bill (H. R. 9861) granting an increase of pension to Mitchell ; to the Committee on Pensions. Clara A. Loomis ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 9!)02) granting a pension to Sarah F. Al o, a bill (H. R. 9862) granting a pension to Ellen Carr ; Esarey ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. GIBSON: A bill (H. R. 9903) granting an increase Also, a bill (II. R. 9863) granting a pension to Martha M. of pension to Emma L. Knapp; to the Committee on Invalid Lane; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 9864) for the relief of Thomas W. Goldin; Also, a bill (H. R. 9D04) granting an increase of pension to to the Committee on Military Affairs. Jo ephine H. Green; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. FITZGERALD: A bill (H. R. 9863) granting an in­ Also, a bill (H. R. 9905) granting an increase of pension to crease of pension to Herman Bertman ; to the Committee on Azzaline l\1. Bogle; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 9906) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 9866) granting a pension to John M. Ste­ Emily H. Barden ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. phens ; to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 9907) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 9867) granting an increase of pension to Weston A. Pattee; to the Committee on Pensions. Blanche Bunger ; to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 9908) granting an increase of pension to Al o, a bill (H. R. 9868) granting a pension to John G. De Abbie J. Pierson; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Camp; to the Committee on Pensions. By l\lr. GIFFORD: A bill (H. R. 9909) providing for the Also, a bill (H. n. 9869) granting a pension to Henry E. examination and suney of the shore at West Chop, Marthas Ra >en craft ; to the Committee on Pensions. Vineyard, l\iass. ; to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Also, a bill (H. R. 9870) granting a pension to Lewis Corf. By Mr. GREEN : A bill (H. R. 9910) granting an increase of man ; to the Committee on Pensions. pension to Anna Harden; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 9871) granting a pension to William B. By Mr. HADLEY: A bill (H. R. 9911) granting an increase Da >ies ; to the Committee on Pensions. of pension to Harriet N. Jones; to the Committee on Invalid Also, a bill (H. R. 9872) granting a pension to James Burke· Pensions. to the Committee on Pensions. . ' Also, a bill (H. R. 9912) granting a pension to Melinda J. Also, a bill (H. R. 9873) granting-a pension to Patrick Bros­ Miller ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. nan; to the Committee on Pensions. By l\lr. HERSEY: A bill (H. R. 9913) granting a pension. to Also, a bill (H. R. 9874) granting a pension to Harry E. Elizabeth Russell; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Thompson ; to tbe Committee on Pensions. By Mr. JOHNSON of Washington: A bill (H. R. 9914) for Also, a bill (H. R. 9875) granting a pension to George w. the relief of Edith L. Bickford; to the Committee on Foreign Salisbury ; to the Committee on Pensions. Affairs. ,

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Also, a. bill (H. R. 9915) granting a pension to Sadie ID. By Mr. O'OONNELL of New York: A bill (H. R. '9954) for Hag-erman; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the relief of Anna Balch; to the Committee on World War Also, a bill (H. R. 9916) ~anting a pension to Anna Z. Stew­ "Veterans' Legislation. art; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also~ a hill (H. R. 9955) for the relief of Joseph L. Keresey i · Also, a bill (H. R. 9917) granting a ·peilBion to Lena Thack- to the Committee on Claims. eray ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . By Mr. OLDFIELD: A bill (H. R. 9056) granting an in· Also, a bill (H. R. 9918) granting an increase of pens1on to crease of pension to Fredonia Gentry; to the Committee -on Seth S. Crosby ; to the Committee on Pensions. Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 9919) granting an increase of pension to ~o. a bill (H. R. 9957) granting a pension to Charle W. Joseph H. Masters ; to the Committee on Pensions. Ferrell; to the Committee on Pensions. By Mr. KENDALL : A bill (H. R. 9920) granting a pension Also, a bill (H. R. 9958) granting an increase of pension to Harriet Beisel ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to Clarence E. Maynard; to the Committee on Pension . Also, a bill (H. R. 9921) granting .a pension to Virginia A. Also, a bill (H. R. 9959) granting an increase of pension Harris ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to Henry L. Weissner; to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 9922) granting a pension to Eliza J. Wei­ Also, a bill (H. R. 9960) granting a pension to Deborah A. mer ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Baker ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By l\Ir. KNUTSON: A bill (H. R. 9923) granting an increase By Mr. PATTERSON: A bill (H. R. 9961) granting an in· of pension to Euphemia Brady; to the Committee on Invalid crease of pension to Susan B. Allen; to the Committee on In­ Pensions. valid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 9924) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 9962) granting- an increase of pensi-on to Dorothy Bacon; to the Committee on Invalid Pen. ions. Annie Ireland ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By l\Ir. LAMPERT : A bill (H. R. 9925) granting a pension Also, a bill (H. R. 9963) granting an increase of pension to to Eliza E. Eaton; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Sarah E. Patterson ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 9926) granting a pension to Flora A. Also, a bill (H. R. 99G4) granting an increase of pension to Nichols ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Sarah E. Williams ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 9927) granting a pension to Bertha M. Also, a bill (H. R. 9965) granting an increase of pension ro Park· to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Margaret C. Todd; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Al~ a bill (H. R. 9928) granting a pension to Charles J. AlSo, a bill (H. R. 9966) granting an inerea e of pension to Hunte; ; to the Committee on Pensions. Susanna D. Tyler; to the Committee on Invali, -a bill (H. R. 9982) granting a pension to John Rob­ Also a bill (H. R. 9945) granting a pension to Leonard erts ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Merica'l ; to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 9983) granting a pension to Willie T. Also a blll (H. R. 9946) granting a pension to Harry E. Smith ; to the Committee on Pensions. Pangb~rn ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. AJ o, a bill (H. R. 9984) granting a pension to Bige Hub­ Also, a bill (H. R. 9947) granting a pension to Ella E. bard; to the Committee on Pensi-ons. Lamphier; to the Committee on Invalid ~ensions. By Mr. SNELL: A bill (H. R 9985) g·ranting a penl.:on to Also a bill (H. R. 9948) for the relief of Henry C. Ober, Ellen Jane Putraw; to the Committee on Invalid Pe-nsions. alias Harry G. Thompson, alias Harry McKinney; to tlle Com­ Also, a bill (H. R. 9986) granting a pension to James mittee on Naval Affairs. McDonald ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 9949) to correct the military record of "By Mr. STRONG {)f Kansas: A bill (H. R. 9987) granting John Dewitt Manin; to the Committee on Military Affairs. an increase of pension to Permelia I. Winters; to the Com­ Also, a bill ( H. R. 9950) correcting the ·military record of mittee on Invalid Pensions. William J. Wilson, alias John W. Wilson; to the Committee Also, a bill (H. R. 9988) for the payment of claims for on Military Affairs. damages to and loss of property, personal injuries, and for By l\lr. MICHENER: A bill (H. R. 9951) granting a pen­ other purposes incident to the operation of ~ Army; to the sion to Sanford S. See ; to the Committee on Pen ions. Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 9952) granting a pension to Margaret J. By Mr. SWOOPE: A bill (H. R. 9989) granting a pen ion Posey; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. t-o Joseph Alters; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a l>ill (H. R. 9953) granting a pen ion to Lucy l\-1. Also, a bill (H: R. 9990) granting a pen. ion to Frank 'Va~r; to the C-ommittee on Invali-d Pensions. Peasley; to tlle Committee on Invalid Pensions. -·

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Also, a bill (H. R. 9991) granting a pension to Sadie A. 3038. .Also (by request), petition of Bradford Baptist Asso­ I\olf; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ciation, Canton, Pa., urging the repeal of that part of the By Mr. TAYLOR of Colorado: A bill (H. R. 9992) granting immigration law that discriminates again.~t the Japanese an increase of pension to Earl Boice ; to the Committee {)n people; to the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. Pensions. 3039. Also (by· request), petition of John F. Matthews, urg. By Mr. TINCHER: A bill (H. R. 9993) granting a pension to ing the enactment into law of either H. R. 2719 or S. 1535; Mary E. Walp; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 9994) granting an increase of pension to 3040. Also (by Tequest), petitions of Garfield Post, No. 25, Mary E. Buckmaster ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. G. A. R., Wichita, Kans., and Wilde Post, No. 25, G. A. R., Also, a bill (H. R. 9995) granting a pension to Sarah A. Chester, Pa., eoncerning the Stone Mountain Confederate Moss; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Monumental Assoeiation and the 50-cent memorial coins au­ Also, a bill (H. R. 9996) granting a pension to Sarah Bendle; thorized by Co~o-ress; to thB Committee on Coinage, Weights, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. and Measures. By Mr. VINCENT of Michigan: A bill (H. R. 9997) grant­ 3041. Also (by request), petition of the council of the Ameri­ ing a pension t() Harry E. Galusha; to the Committee on In­ can Institute of Consulting Engineers, opposing the enactment valid Pensions. into law of the Bowell-Barkley bill; to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 9998) granting a pension to Hattie L. Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Cowles; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 3042. Also (by I'equest), petition of Lyon Post, No. 8, G. A. R., Also, a bill (H. R. 9999) granting a pension to James R. Oakland, Calif., urging the repeal of the law authorizing the Hinds; to the Committee on Pensions. issue of 5,000,000 memorial pieces, the profits from the sale of By l\11'. VINSON of -Georgia: A bill (H. R. 10000) granting this issue to be turned over to the Stone 1\lountain Monumental a pension to Eugene A. Rentz; to the Committee on Pensions. AssOciation, of Atlanta, Ga. ; to the Committee on Coinage, Also, a bill (H. R. 10001) granting an increase of pension to Weights, and Measures. Robert L. Hester ; to the Committee on Pensions. 3043. Also (by request), petition of members of the Central .Also, a bill (H. R. 10002) granting an increase of pension to Christian Church of Flint, Mich., favoring action by the Pre8i­ William H. Cole ; to the Committee on Pensions. dent and Congress to' appoint a day to be known as defense By Mr. WATSON: A bill (H. R. 10003) granting an increase day ; to the Committee on Military Affairs. of pension to Virginia S. Lewis; to the Committee on Invalid 3044. By Mr. KINDRED : Petition of the Exchange Club of Pensions. Jamaica, urging the enactment of the game refuge public shoot­ Also, a bill (H. R. 10.004) gr.anting an increase of pension to ing ground bill; to the Committee on Agriculture. Allen F. l\fcAfee; to the Committee on Pensions. 3045. By Mr. MAcGREGOR: Petition of officers and mem­ By 1\lr. WELSH: A bill (H. R. 10005) granting a pension to bers of Seyburn-Liscum Camp, No. 12, U. S. W. V., Department Eugene Promie ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. of New York, indorsing the provisions of Senate bill 1898; w Also, a bill (H. R. 10006) for the relief of Ernestine Mc­ the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Bride; to the Committee on Claims. 3046. .Also, petition of the American Federation of LaboT, By Mr. WILLIAMS of Michigan: A bill (H. R. 10007) urging Congress to enact into law Senate bill189S; to the Com­ granting a pension to George A. Newton; to the Committee on mittee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Pensions. .3047. By Mr. O'CONNELL of New York: Petition of the Also, a bill (H. R. 10008) granting a pension to Mary Jane American Federation of Labor, urging the Congress to speedily Bates; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. enact Senate bill 1898, the postal salary increase bill; to th4l' Also, a bill (H. R. 10009) granting an increase of pension Committee on th~ Post Office and Post Roads. to Emily F. DuBois ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 3048. Also, petition of the N~w York State League o! Sav~ Also, a bill (ll. R. 10010) granting a pension to Emma Jane ings and Loan Associati()ns, urging the United States Depart­ Whipple; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ment of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, to make an inter­ By l\lr. WILLIAMS of Illin{)is ~ A bill (H. R. 10011) grant­ censal survey covering building and loan associations in the ing a pension to Mary J. Fisher; to the Committee on Invalid United States and the Congress to make the necessary appro­ Pensions. priation to make the survey; to the Committee on the Census. Also, a bill (H. R. 10012) granting a pension to Clara Nich­ 3049. Also, petition from J. D. Rising, vice president of the ols; to the. Committee on Invalid Pensions. National Park Bank of New York, favoring the change of nam~ By Mr. WOOD: A bill {H. R. 10013) granting an increase of Mount Rainier (in Washington) to Mount Tacoma; to the of pension to Mary N. Hoagland; to the Committee on Invalid Committee on the Public Lands. Pensions. 3050. Also, petition of the Flatbusb ChRmber of Commerce, Also, a bill (H. R. 10014) granting an increase of pension to Brooklyn. N. Y., favoring the repeal of section 257 (b) of the Eliza J. Chenoweth; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. revenue act of 192-!; to the Committee on Ways and Means. Also, a bill (H. R. 10015) granting an increase of pension to Nancy Jakes; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 10016) granting an increase of pension SENATE to Maria Kienle; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. WURZBACH: A bill (H. R. 10017) granting an in­ TUESDAY, De-ceml;er 93, 1924 crease of pension to Thomas I . Kitzmiller; to the Committee on Pensions. The Chaplain, Rev. J. J. Muir, D. D., offered the following Also, a bill (H. R. 10018) granting an increase of pension prayer: to Louis Roth ; to the Committee on Pensions. Our Father, through the many years Thou hast proven ALso, a bill (H. R. 10019) granting a pension to Mary K. Thyself to be a father. Thou hast borne with us under many Stegle ; to the Committee on Pensions. distressing circumstances and Thou art always ready to hear the cry of the humble and contrite heart. Grant that this moment it may be not lip service but the yearning of souls after PETITIONS, ETC. Thee for Thy guidance, for Thy strength, for every inspiration Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, petitions and papers were laid that will help in the performance of known duty. Hear us on the Clerk's desk and referred as follows: and be with us constantly till life's work is done. Tluough 3035. By the SPEAKER (by request) : Petition of River­ Christ our Lord we ask it. Amen. side Post, No. 118, G. A. R., Riverside, Calif., concerning the WooDBRIDGE N. FERRis, a Senator from the State of lllichigan, Stone Mountain Confederate Association and the 50-cent me­ appeared in his seat to-day. morial coins authorized by Congress; to the Committee on The reading clerk proceeded to read the Journal of yester­ Coinage, ·weights, and Measures. day's proceedings when, on request of Mr. CURTIS and by 3036. Also (by request), petition of executive committee of unanimous consen~ the further reading was dispensed with the La Salle County, Ill., Farm Bureau, favoring legislation and the Journal was approved. that will prevent the continued use by the city of Chic.ago of the Illinois River for sewage purposes .; to the Committee on MESSAGE FROM '!'HE HOUSE Rivers and Harbors. A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. 3037. Also (by request), petition of John A. Stewart, New Chaffee, one of its clerks. announced that the House had passed Yo1·k City. ~- Y., favoring the passage of the Washington a resolution (H. Res. 357) informing the Senate that a quorum ~ommemoration bill; to the Committee on Industrial Arts and of the House of Representatives had appeared and that th~ Expositions. House was ready to proceed to business.