1927 CONGRESSION .A.L . REOORD~SEN ATE 1635 ernment and the public from shortage of coal ; to the Committee the passage of any legislation amending the so-called J"ohuson on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Immigration Act, which were refen-ed to the Committee on 4920. By M:r. VAILE : Petition of sundry citizens of Denver, Immigration. · Colo., favoring increase of pension to Civil War veterans, their He also presented a petition numerously signed by nath·es of widows, and dependents ; to the Committee on Invalid Pen- the Virgin Islands who ha:ve migrated to the mainland of the sions. · United States since the transfer of the islands from Danish to 4930. By 1\Ir. VINSON of Kentucky: Petition signed by vari American sovereignty, praying. that the United States "free ous residents of his district (ninth Kentucky), urging passage us from this anomalous position of being men without a country of legislation for the relief of Civil War veterans and their and enable us to assume those reciprocal relations with the widows ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. American Commonwealth which inhere in the status of citizen 4931. By Mr. WARREN: Petition of mechanics of Elizabeth ship"; and also that the United States establish a permanent City, N. C., protesting the passage of Senate bill 4688, intro form of government for the Virgin Islands in keeping with duced by Senator Wadsworth; to the Committee on Immigra American democratic ideals, which was referred to the Com tion and Naturalization. mittee on Territories and Insular Pos::;essions. 4932. By Mr. ZIHLl\lAN: Petition of citizens of Rockville, JUr. TYSON. I desire to have inserted in the RECORD three Md., urging immediate action an
coal operators of Wyoming, at Rock Springs, Wyo., protesting M.ATER~ITY A.ND INFAJS"T HYGIENE against the passage of legislation providing for Government regulation of the bituminous-coal industry, which was referred l\Ir. SHEPPARD presented a letter in the nature of a peti to the Committee on Interstate Commerce: tion from Chester II. Gray, Wa ~ hington rcpresentatiYe of the Mr. CAPPER presented a petition of sundry citizens of American Farm Bureau Federation, ' :hich was ordered to be Burlingame, Kans., praying for the prompt passage of the so printed in the RECORD, as follows : called White radio bill without amendment, which was ordered AliiERICAX FARM B UREAU FxDERATIO:S, to lie on the table. ' Waahington, D. a., January 13, 1927. Mr. WILLIS presented a petition of sundry citizens of Geneva Ron. ~!ORRIS SHEPPARD, and vicinity, in the State of Ohio, praying for the prompt pas Uuitecl States Senate, Washington, D. a. sage of legislation granting increased pensions to Civil War MY DFJAR SE:SATOR : I desire to ad>ise rou of tbe interest of the veterans and their widows, which was referred to the Com American Farm Bureau Federation in II. n. 755u, authorizing appro mittee on Pensions. priations for the fiscal years en
it all, totnl borrowings of the Flo.rida banks from the Federal reserve. Mr. WATSON. None1 except to approve our report. I will bank of this district arru>nnted to onl.y $5,000,000; and our banks have say to the Senator that we appointed a subcommittee-- on deposit with the Federal reserve bank at this writing in excess -of :1\fr. NORRIS. When does the Senator expect to ask for $18,000,000, which, with the season ahead of us, will be rapidly in action? creased, and borrowings will surely disappear. Mr. WATSON. I expected that it would be taken right away, In ail
n.LITERACY I~ !'IORTH DAKOTA 1 agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective 1\Ir. FRAZIER. . Mr. President, there is an editorial in the Houses as follows: . . . 'Vashington Post of this morning in regard to illiteraer the qnes action, having first definitely decided to disagree to the Senate tiou as to which of the two ranks higher in the matter of literacy. amendments, and then, without reconsideration, back-tracked They will have to tal•e North Dakota into the quarrel or remain in and agreed to the Senate amendments, therefore it would not the background, for it is doubtful if there is another State, no mat be necessary to bring up tlte matter in the Senate. I under ter how SIIUlll its population, able to show fewer than 2,000 white stood that the Senator from Washington entertained that view; illiterates within its borders. but I am glad to note that he has modified that view, and CALL OF THE ROLL now brings the matter before the Senate. Mr. JONES of Washington. I intend to present a con The report is, of course, debatable. I shall not take up the ference report and ask for its consideration. It is ratlter an time of the Senate, however, because at some length I have important matter, and so I suggest the absence of a quorum. expressed my entire disagreement with the bill in its present The VICE PRESIDENT. The clerk will call the roll. form. As the bill came from the House of Representatives it in The legislative clerk called tlte roll, and the following Sena volved an expenditure of some $35,000,000. As it now stands, tors answered to their names : the expenditure is more titan double that amount ; and if Ashurst George McKellar Schall Bnyard Gerry McLean Sheppard we are to take into consideration the expenditure involved in Hlngl!am Gillett McMastet• · ~hipstead the future in projects herein ' adopted, it will run into the Blease Glass McNary Shortridge hundreds of millions. _ 'Borah Golf Mayfield Smith Bratton Gooding Metcalf Bruoot As I said, when the bill was before the Senate formerly Bl'llce Gonld l\losps Steck I expressed my dissent to it. I content myself now by saying Cameron Hale Neely Stephens Capper Ilarri:; Norbeck Stewart that so far as I am concerned I find myself unable to vote Caraway Harrison Norris Swanson for the conference report ; but I am delighted to know that Couzen~:~ Hawes Nye Trammell the Senator from Washington has been examining the rul<'s, Curtis Heflin Oddie Tyson Dale Howell Overman Walsh, Mass. and has modified his position touching the necessity for action Deneen J' ohnson Pepper Walsh, l\lont. by the Senate. Dlll .Tom's, N. Uex. Phipps Warren ~fr. JONES of Washington. I simply desire to say that I Edge Jones, Wash. Pine Watson Emst Kendrick Ransdell WbP.eler have not modified my opinion, but I do not think we will have Ferris Keyes Reed, Mo. W1llis any trouble with this report. ll'ess King Reec:f, l'a. Fletcher La Follette Robinson, A.rk. Mr. KING. Mr. President, the rivers and harbors bill which Frazier Lenroot Sackett passed the Senate a few days ago I regard, I was about to say, - Mr. STEPHENS. I desire to announce the unavoidable ab as one of the most wicked bills of that character that have sence of the junior Senator from New Jersey [1\lr. EDWARDS]. ever been passed. I assent to what the able Senator from Mr. SHEPPARD. I desire to state that the Senator from Ohio has just stated as to the burdens which it will impose New York [Mr. W AnswonTH] and the Senator from Vermont upon the Government of the United States. That bill, in my [Mt·. GREENE] are engaged in the Committee on Military Af opinion, will cost the Government of the United States at fairs. least $250,000,000. . A large part of that will be expended in - The VICE PRESIDENT. Eighty-one Senators having an the coming fiscal year and the one following. swered to their names, a quorum is present. I was amazed at the number of new projects that were authorized to be investigated; but it seems, us we are advised RIVER .AJ.~D HARBOR BILL--CONFERENCE REPORT by the chairman, that each one of those projects-without due 1\lr. JONES of Washington. :Mr. President, I submit a con consideration, I am afraid-was accepted, so tllat we do not ference report, and move that the Senate proceed to its im know what the ultimate charge upon tlte Treasury will be. mediate consideration. That it will be hundreds of millions of dollars, I think, can not The VICE PRESIDENT. The report will be read. be successfully disputed. The Chief Clerk read the report, as follows: Mr. WILLIS. Mr. President-- Mr. KING. I yield. The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the Mr. ·wiLLIS. 'Vill tlte Senator permit me to remind him two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill just there, since lie is speaking of these projects, that some of (H. R. 11616) authorizing the construction, repair, and preser the projects that were adopted in these amendments were vation of certain public works on riY"ers and harbors, and for adopted in the face of the recommendations of the Army engi other purposes, having met, after full and free conference have neers. Project:-; are in this bill that have been abandoned by 1927 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE' 1{)41 action of Oongres::; after tremendous expenditures upon them; S. 4740. An act granting tbe conseut .of Congress to the St. and yet here tlley are in this bill, and they are to be put Louis-San Francisco Railwa:r Co. ,to construct, maintain, and through, and the burden placed upon the people. Whether it operate a railroad bridge across. the Warrior River; ~hall be .$250,000,000 or twice that, .nobody knows. I am -call S. 4813. An act gran~ing the consent of Congi·ess to the :Min ing attention to the fact that under tho present method of neapolis, Northfield & Sout:l;lern Railway to construct, maintuiu, com;tructing river and harbor bills the reports of the men and operate a 1;ailroad bridge across the Minnesota River ; who nr.e supposed to kllow the virtues of these projects are S. 4$3+. An act granting the consent of Congress to the high d.Lsregardcd, and projects are adopted merely because some way department of Davidson County, of the State of Tennes~ce. body wants them adopted. to construct a bridge across Cumberland River at a point nenr Mr. KIKG. I agree with what the Senator -states; and in Andersons Bluff, conne witlwut amendment the following bills of the Senate: J 1)lem to have. We can only d·efend our position there on the S. 4702. An act to extend the time for. tbe constl·uction of. a ground that we want to protect our own cittzens and their. bridge across the Kanawl!a Rive1· at Kanawba Falls, Fayette Pt:<:>pcrty, n.nd at the same. time permit the Nicar~gunn people County, W. V'a.; · to have a Government according to the will of the majority. 1642 OONGRESSION .A.L RECORD-SENATE JA..NUARY 14· The policy which has been pursued for the past few years ought to use every precaution possible to prevent war. Ours is now given as the reason for the present policy. If our is the only Nation in all the earth whose highest judicial present policy is wrong, that is no defense. Precedent is not authority has declared it to be a Christian Nation. Therefore a defense for wrong actions on the part of an individual, much this Government, above all others, should use its great influence less of a nation. To follow a wrong precedent makes that to promote peace and prevent war. precedent even more powerful for wrong policies in the future. 1.'his Government owes it to itself and to tlle people who love, When shall we come to the standard as a Nation that we support, and sustain it, to exhaust every means at its command will stop talking about precedents but will talk about justice to prevent war before it employs military force against any and fair play in the dealings of a great, powerful Nation with country. a little, helpless country like Nicaragua? 1\Ir. President, I recall that in 1916 there were certain in Mr. W .ARREN. I ask tbe Senator if he will not permit me to fluences in this country-and I am going to talk very plainly, have a message from the House laid before the Senate that because I think the people are entitled· to know the truth conferees may be appointed on an appropriation till. there were certain religious influences that sought to drive :Mr. DILL. I may say to the Senator that I have only a few President Wilson into war with Mexico. He was a candidate words more to say. I will not take much time. for reelection. Just a few days before the election, when his :Mr. WARREN. Very well. election seemed certain by an overwhelming vote, I am told that J\fr. DILL. However, I may say to the Senator that other he was approached by certain Catholics aud urged to go to war Senators have taken several hours to discu ~s this subject, and with Mexico. The President, it is said, stated that he wanted . I feel at literty to say wlmt I have in mind to say. to look into the matter and find out just what the facts were, The people of the United States, as a people, have no sym and so forth. But he was pressed for an immediate answer. pathy with a policy that proposes to say to the peoples of The election was only a few days off, aud the representatives Central America aud 1\Iexico, "You must have governments of the Catholic Church were taking advantage of that situation satisfactory to us." No such meaning can be read into the and were seeking to influence the President at that particular l\1onroe doctrine or no such meaning can be defended if anyone time to pledge himself to adopt their program for war with tries to make such an interpretation. 1\Iexico. But., thank God, President Wilson, au upstanding, full 1\Ir. l\IcKELLAR. 1\Ir. President, does the Senator think grown ..c\merican, refused to comply with their request. But there is any justification or excuse for the policy of our repre what happened to him? The political situation commenced to sentatives intriguing with certain factions in a foreign country change immediately in a number of States. Certain Wil~on like Nicaragua? supporters 'vent over to Hughes. But Wilson stood firm anu Mr. DILL. I think it is in ILLINOIS John F. Schoof to be postmaster nt Denver, Iowa, in place o:t Vernon G. Keplinger to be postmaster at Waverly; Ill., in J. F . Schoof. - Incumbent's commission expired December 28, place of V. G. Keplinger. Incumbent's commission expired 1926. . January 10, 1927. Jesse A. Barnes to be postmaster at Brooklyn, Iowa, in William F. Hemenway to be postmaster at Sycamore, Ill., in place of J. A. Barnes. Incumbent's commission expires Janu- place of W. F. Hemenway. Incumbent's commission expires ary 17, 1927. · · January 30, 1027. KANSAS Charles L. Tanner to be postmaster at Saunemin, Ill., in place Everett H. Cutbirth to be postmaster at Silver Lake, Kans., of C. L. Tanner. Incumbent's commission expires January 22, in place of C. 0. Cutbirth, deceased. 1927. Nettie M. Cox to be p~tmaster at Wellington, Kans., in Harold J. Henderson to be postmaster at Raymond, Ill., in place of N. M. Cox. Incumbent's commission expires January place of II. J. Henderson. Incumbent's commission expired 29, 1927. January 30, 1926. Rollie B. Terrill to be postmaster at Robinson, Kans., in John Lawrence, jr., to be postmaster at O'Fallon, Ill., in place place of ll. S. Bearg. Incumbent's commission expired January of John Lawrence, jr. Incumb€nt's commission expires Janu 23, 1924. ary 30, 1927. James M. Kersey to be postmaster at Parsons, Kans., in place Benjamin S. Price to be postmaster at Mount Morris, Ill., in of J. M. Kersey. Incumbent's commission expired December 4, place of B. S. Price. Incumbent's commission expires January 1926. 30, 1927. Frank H. Dieter to be postmaster at Oakhill, Kans., in place Margaret B. Heider to be postmaster at 1\finok, Ill., in place of F. H. Dieter. Incumbent's commission expires January 29, of l\L B. Heider. Incumbent's commission expires January 30, 1927. 1927. Elam Shaffstall to be postmaster at Luray, Kans., in place of John A. Dausmann to be postmaster at Lebanon, Ill., in place Elam Shaffstall. Incumbent's commission expired December 19, of J. A. Dausmann. Incumbent's commission expires January 1926. 30, 1!)27. Carl 0. Lincoln to be postmaster at Lindsborg, Kans., in place Roy F. Dusenbury to be postmaster at Kankakee, Ill., in place of C. 0. Lincoln. Incumbent's commission expires January 16, of R. F. Dusenbury. Incumbent's commission expired January 1927. 10, 1927. Gordon K. Logan to be postmaster at Kirwin, Kans., in Peter H. Conzet to be postmaster at Greenup, Ill., in place of place of G. K. Logan. Incumbent's commission expired Decem · P. H. Conzet. Incumbent's commission expires January 30, ber 8, 1926. 1927. Charles H. Browne to be postmaster at Horton, Kans., in John J. Stowe to be postmaster at Girard, Ill., in place of J. J. place of C. H. Browne. Incumbent's commission expires Stowe. Incumbent's commission expired January 9, 1027. January 16, 1927. George J. Rohweder to be postmaster at Geneseo, Ill., in place William R. Waring to be postmaster at Hope, Kans., in place of G. J. Rohweder. Incumbent's commission expired January of W. R. Waring. Incumbent's commission expires January 13, 1927. 20, 1927. John J. Lord to be postmaster at Galva, Ill., in place of J. J. Albert H. Herman to be postmaster at Hiawatha, Kans., in Lord. Incumbent's commission expires January 22, 1927. place of A. H. Herman. Incumbent's commission expired Harry S. Farmer to be postmaster at Farmer City, Ill., in December 12, 1926. . place of H. S. Farmer. Incumbent's commission expires Jan Frank H. Hanson to be postmaster at Haddam, Kans., in uary 30, 1927. place of .F. H. Hanson. Incumbent's commission expires Evelyn E. O'Brien to be postmaster at Amboy, Ill., in place of January 29, 1927. E. E. O'Brien. Incumbent's commission expires January 22, Delle Duncan to be postmaster at Esbon, Kans., in place 1927. of Delle Duncan. Incumbent's commission expired December INDIANA 8,-1!)26. Earl R. Hoyt to be postmaster at Pekin, Ind.; in place of H. C. Norman W. Nixon to be postmaster at Downs, Kans., in Littell, resigned. · place of N. W. Nixon. Incumbent's commission expired De Louis Pfefferle, jr., to be postmaster at National Military cember 8, 1926. Home, Ind., in place of J. R. Kelley, removed. William D. Hale to be postmaster at Dexter, Kans., in Orville B. Kilmer to be postmaster at Warsaw, Ind., in place place of W. D. Hale. Incumbent's commission expires · Jan of 0. B. Kilmer. Incumbent's commission expires January 30, uary 2!), 1927. 1927. Hester Goldsmith to be postmaster at Cheney, Kans., in George E. Jones to be postmaster at Peru, Ind., in place of place of Hester . Goldsmith. Incumbent's commission expires G. E. Jones. Incumbent's commission expires January 30, 1927. January 20, 1927. · Ralph W. Gaylor to be postmaster at Mishawaka, Ind., in Lewis Thomas to be postmaster nt Argonia, Kans., in place place of R. W. Gaylor. Incumbent's commission · expires Jan of Lewis Thomas. Incumbent's commission expires January uary 30, 1927. 29, 1927. Jesse E. Harvey to be postmaster at Markle, Ind., in place of Clark L. Porter to be postmaster at Blue Mound, Kans., in J. E. Harvey. Incumbent's commission expires January 31, place of C. L. Porter. Incumbent's commission expires Jan 1927. uary 29, 1927. Garrett ,V. Gossard to be postmaster at Kempton, Ind., in KENTUCKY place of G. W. Gossard. Incumbent's commission expired June Walter Creech to be postmaster at Cumberland, Ky., in 24, 1926. place of G. H. Lawrence, removed. Hattie M. Craw to be postmaster at Jonesboro, Ind., in place of H. 1\:1. Craw. Incumbent's commission expires January 30, LOUISIANA 1927. ' Noah Wise to be postmaster at Woodworth, La., in place Morton Hefner to be postmaster at Delphi, Ind., in place of of N. M. Landrum, resigned. Morton Hefner. Incumbent's commission expired September Alexander E. Harding to be postmaster at Slidell, .La., in 22, 1926. place of A. E. Harding. Incumbent's commission expires Jan Frank Lyon to be postmaster at Arcadia, Ind., in place of uary 15, 1927. Frank Lyon. Incumbent's commission expires January 30, Joe M. Henley to be postmaster at Selma, La., in place of 1927. \- S. 1\f. McCarty. Incumbent's commission expired July 1, 1926. IOWA Irma M. Perret to be p<)stmaster at Edgard, La., in place Gabriel L. Archer to be postmaster at St. Charles, Iowa, in of B. J. Jacob. Incumbent's commission expired l\larch H, place of G. L. Archer. Incumbent's commission expired Decem 1926. ber 30, 1926. Edward K. Pitman to be postmaster at Northwood, Iowa, in MAINE place of Iver Iverson. Incumbent's commission expired 1\larch Cecil E. Sadler to be postmaster at Limerick, 1\ie., in place 24, 1926. of A. A. Swasey, removed. Henry H. Gilbertson to be postmaster at Lansing," Iowa, in Michael J. Kennedy to be postmaster at Woodland, 1\Ie., in place of H. H. Gilbertson. Incumbent's commission expires place of l\1. J. Kennedy. Incumbent's commission expires Jan January 30, 1927. uary 30, 1927. Lorenzo D. Howorth to be postmaster at Dunlap, Iowa, in Jesse B. Crosby to be postmaster at Dennysville, 1\Ie., ·-in place of L. D. Howorth. Incumbent's commission expt,:es place of J. B. Crosby. Incumbent's commission expired Decem January 17, 1927. ber 4, 1926. • 1656 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENA_TE J .AJ.~U.ARY 14, MARYLAND Charles J. Kappler to be postmaster at Port Austin, Mich., Hobart B. Noll to be postmaster at Woodstock, Md., tn In place of C. J. Kappler. Incumbent's commission expires place of H. B. Noll. Incumbent's commission expires January January 30, 1927. 10, '1927. . Arthur Locke to be postmaster at Middleton, :Mich., in place E'rnest ,V. Pickett to be postmaster ·at Woodbine, Md., 1n of Arthur Locke. Incumbent's commission expired Decembel"l place of E. W. Pickett. Incumbent's commission expired De 4, 1920. . . cember 14, 1926. Carl A. Anderson to be postmaster at Menominee, Mich., in Elias N. McAlli:::;ter _to be postmaster at Vienna, Md., in place of C. A. Anderson. Incumbent's commission expil·es place of E. N. McAllister. Incumbent's c<>mmission expired January 17, 1927. December 14, 1926. Ira J. Stephens to be postmaster at 1\fendon, l\1ich., in place o~ Harry L. Feeser to be p<)Stmaster at Taneytown, 1\fd., in I. J. Stephens. Incumbent's commissiQn expires January 30, place of H. L. Feeser. Incumbent's commission expired Decem 1927. ber 14, 1926. Ernest A. Densmore to be postmaster at Mason, Mich., 1n William Melville to be postmaster at Sykesville, Md., in place of E. A. Densmore. Incumbent's commission expires place of William Melville. Incumbent's commission expired January 30, 1927. Decem her 14, 1926. Herbert E. Ward to be postmaster at Bangor, Mich., in place Milton D. Reid to be postmaster at New ·windsor, l\ld., in of H. E. Ward. Incumbent's commission expires January 30, 1927. place of M. D. Reid. Incumbent's commission e~pired December 14, 1926. MINNESOTA FJlwood L. 1\fUITay to be postmaster at Hampstead, M:d., in Gustav 0. Schlick to be postmaster at Lucan, 1\Iinn., in place place of E. L. Murray. Incumbent's commission expired De of Ida Dickerson, resigned. cember 14, 1926. Edward Odberg to be postmaster at Kettle River, Minn. George 1\1. Evans to be postmaster at Elkton, 1\Id., in place of Office became presidential July 1, 1926. G. 1\1. Evans. Incumbent's commission expired January 8, 1927. Wilson W. Wright to be postmaster at Cromwell, Minn. Thoi:nas B. Griffith to be postmaster at Cockeysville, Md., in Office became presidential July 1, 1926. place of T. B. Griffith. Incumbent's commission expires Janu Frank H. Wherland to be postmaster at Welcome, Minn., in ary 16, 1927. place of F. II. Wherland. Incumbent's commission expires H. Vincent Flook to be postmaster nt Boonsboro, Md., in place January 29, 1927. ·of H. V. Flook. Incumbent's commission expired January 4. Almer B. Nelson to be postmaster at Warren, Minn., in place 1927. of A. n. Nelson. Incumbent's commission expired December MASSACHUSETTS 4, 1026. George H. Lachman to be postmaster at Winchester, Mass., John P. Paulson to be postmaster at Two Harbors, Minn., in ,in place of G. H. Lochman. Incumbent's commission expires • place of J. P. Paulson. Incumbent's commission expired Feb- January 31, 1927. ruary 7, 1926. William K. Kaynor to be postmaster at Springfield, Mass., in 1\Iae A. Lovestrom to be postmaster at Stephen, Minn., in place of ,V. K. Kaynor. Incumbent's commission expires Janu- place of ;M. A. J;;ovestrom. Incumbent's commission expired ary 31, 1927. December 16, 1926. Robert H. Howes to be postmaster at Sonthboro Mass. in John Schmelz to be postmaster at Springfield, Minn., in place place of R. II. Howes. Incumbent's commission expires J~nu- of John Schmelz. Incumbent's commission expires January 25, ary 31, 1927. 1927. Albert P~erce to be postmaster at Salem, Mass., in place of George L. Chesley to be postmaster· at Pipestone, Minn., in Albort Pierce. Incumbent's commission expires January 31, place of G. L. Chesley. Incumbent's commission expires Jan- 1927. uary 15, 1027. . Thomas Smith to be postmaster at North Grafton Mass. 1n Kate M. Slmbert to be postmaster at Hastings, Minn., in place of Tllomas Smith. Incumbent's commission expires J~riu- place of K. l\f. Shubert. Incumbent's commission expires Jan- ary 16, 1927. uary 25, 1927. · John H. Baker to be postmaster at Marlboro, Mass. in place Edwin Mattson to be postmaster at Breckenridge, Minn., in of J. H. Baker. Incumbent's commission expires Ja~uary 16, :Place of Edwin Mattson. Incumbent's commission expired De- 1927. cember 27, 1920. Edmuml Spencer to be postmaster at Lenox, Mass., in place Henry H. Lukken to be po~tmaster. a~ Boyd, Minn., in place of Edmund Spencer. Incumbent's commission expires January of II. II. Lukken. Incumbents commlSSlon expires January 25, 24, 1927. 1027. Charles E. Goodhue to be postmaster at Ipswich, 1\Iass., in MISSISSIPPI place of C. E. Goodhue. Incumbent's commission expires Jan- Nettie Ditsworth to be postmaste~ at Lucedale, 1\Iiss., in place ua.ry 31, 1027. · of J. A. DeMonbrun, removed. Carl D. Thatcher to be postmaster at Housatonic, Mass., in place of C. D. Thatcher. Incumbent's commission expires Jan MISSOURI uary 16, 1927. Harris L. Fox to be postmaster at Willaru, Mo. Office "be- Augustus J. Formhals to be postmaster at Erving, Mass., in came presidential July 1, 1926. · · place of A. J. Formllals. Incumbent's commission expired De Prentiss H. Percifull to be postmaster at Cowgill, Mo., in cember 4, 1926. place of I. N. Parrish, resigned. - Joseph E. Herrick to be postmaster at Beverly, Mass., in FeHx J. Boesche to be postmaster at Unionville, Mo., in place· place of J. E. Herrick. Incumbent's commission e:xph·es Jan- of L. l\1. Robbins. Incumbent's commission expired I!'ebruary . nary 31, 1027. 2, 1926. . Clarence E. Deane to be postmaster at Athol, Mass., in place Harvey H. Fluhart to be postmaster a,t Stewartsville, 1\.lo., in ·of C. E. Denne. Incumbent's commission expires January 31, place of H. H. Jfluhart. Incumbent's commiss~on expired Sep 1027. tember 12, 1926. MIOHIGAN Clara S. Beck to be postmaster at Norborne, Mo., in place of William J. Putnam to be postmaster at Goodrich, Mich. C. S. Beck. Incumbent's commission expired December 8, 1926. Office became presidential July 1, 1920. Heury C. Brantley to be postmaste~ at Newtown, :\Io., in Homer L. Allard to be postmaster at Sturgis, Mich., in place place of H. C. Brantley. Incumbent's commission expireu -of H. L. Allard. Incumbent's commission expires January 30, September 2, 1926. 1927. Robert F. Stalling to be postmaster at Lexington, Mo., in Charles A . .Jordan to be postmaster at Saline, Mich., in place place of R. F. Stalling. Incumbent's commission expired Janu- of C. A. Jordan. Incumbent's commission expires January 30, ary 4, 1927. . 1927. Floyd 0. King to be postmaster at Leasburg, Mo., in plnce of . Frank B. Honsel to be postmaster at St. Louis, Mich., in F. 0. .King. Incumbent's commission expired September 22, place of ·F. B. Housel. Incumbent's commission expires Jan 1926. unry 22, 1927. Walter C. Haferkamp to be postmaster at Augusta, 1\Io., in : · Chnrles H. Dodge to be postmaster ·at Romeo, Mich., in place place of W. C. Haferl\:amp. Incumbent's commissi9n expired of C. II. Dodge. Incumbent's commission expires January 30, 1927. . . March 8, 1926, Dorr A. Rosencrans ·to be postmaster at Reed Clty, Mich., MONT.ANA. in place of D. A. Rosencrans. Incumbent's commission expires John B. Goodman to be postmaster at Gildford, Mont~ Office January 30, 1927. became presidenti~l July 1, 1926. • 1927 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 1657 Arthur C. Baker to· be postmaster at Hamilton, Mont., in Sister l\1ary M. McCue to be postmaster at Gabriels, N. Y., place of A. C. Baker. Incumbent's commission expires January in place of Sister 1\I. l\1. McCue. Incumbent's commission ex 30, 1927. pires January 25, 1927. John M. Bever to be postmaster at Bridger, Mont., in place of Wade E. Gayer to be postmaster at Fulton, N. Y., in place J. 1\1. Bever. Incumbent's commission expires January 30, 1927. , of W. E. Gayer. Incumbent's commission expires January 24, NEBRASKA 1027. Otto Dau to be postmaster at Yutan, Nebr, in place of Otto · Max J. Lahr to be postmaster at Fillmore, N. Y., in place of Dau. Incumbent's commission expires January 17, 1927. M. J. Lahr. Incumbent's conimi:ssion expires January 31, 1927. Herbert C. Wilkinson to be postmaster at 'Veeping Wa~er, NORTH CAROLINA Nebr., in place of H. C. Wilkinson. Incumbent's commissiOn Lucy B. Hofler to be postmaster at Sunbury, N. C., in place expires January 31, 1927. of J. E. Corbitt, removed. Ross L. Douglas to be postmaster at Litchfield, Nebr., in R. Jennings White to be postmaster at Conway, N. C. Office place of H. E. Mallory. Incumbent's commission expired July became presidential July 1, 1926. 18, 1926. . Anna M. Gibson to be postmaster at Gibson, N. C., in place of Elmer E . Gockley to be postmaster at Edison, Nebr., m place W. Z. Gibson. Incumbent's commission expired September 22, of E. E. Gockley. Incumbent's commission expires January 31, 1926. 1927. Joseph K. 1\lason to be postmaster at Durham, N. 0., in place Sturley T. Stevens to be postmaster at Comstock, Nebr., of J. K. Mason. Incumbent's commission expires January 25, in place of S. T. Stevens. Incumbent's commission expired De· 1927. cember 22, 1926. William R. Freshwater to be postmaster at Burlington, N. C., NEW HAMPSHIRE in pla'Ce of J. G. King. Incumbent's commission expired James R. Kill Kelley to be postmaster at Wil~on, N. H., in December 21, 1926. place of J. R. Kill Kelley. Incumbent's commission expires NORTH DAKOTA January 30, 1927. Harlie A. Cole to be postmaster at Groveton, N. H., in place _ Hazel Marking to be postmaster at Scranton, N. Dak., in of H. A. Cole. Incumbent's commission expires January 30, place of S. B. 1\Iarking, deceased. Gus W. Hokanson to be postmaster at Fort Yates, N. Dak. 1927. . Josie L. Pascoe to be postmaster at Chocorua, N. H., m place Office became presidential July 1, 192G. of J. L. Pascoe. Incumbent's commission expired March 20, Odin Stompro to be postmaster at Columbus, N.Dak., in place ofT. G. Peterson, removed. 1926. NEW JERSEY Fred E. Ackermann to be postmaster at Wishek, N. Dak., in place of F. E. Acl.:ermann. Incumbent's commission expires Richard w. Rosenbaum to be postmaster at Sea Isle City, January 25, 1927. N. J., in place of J. T. Chapman, deceased. . -. Josephine l\1. Lierboe to be postmaster at Turtle Lake, N. William R. l\iayer to be postmaster at Cresskill, N. J., m Dak., in place of A. T. Anderson. Incumbent's commi~sion place of Mary llanfmann, failed to qualify. expired November 22, 1925. Hillis K. Colkitt to be postmaster at Vincentown, N. J., in Flora Bangasser to be postmaster at Norma, N. Dak., in place of H. K. Colkitt. Incumbent's commission expired place of Flora Bangasser. Incumbent's commission expired March 13, 1926. September 22, 192G. Thomas F. Zettlemoyer to be postmaster at Sewaren, N. J., Martin H. Weber to be postmaster at New Leipzig, N. Dak., in place of T. F. Zettlemoyer. Incumbent's commission expired in place of M. H. Weber. Incumbent's commission expired December 28, 1926. May 4, 1926. Geor"'e I. Harvey to be postmaster at Palmyra, N.J., in place Marion C. Houser to be postmaster at Napoleon, N. Dak., of G. t Harvey. Incumbent's commission expires January 15, in place of 1\1. C. Houser. Incumbent's commission expires un . January 29, 1927. John Rotherham to be postmaster at Jersey City, N. J., m Burt E. Stewart to be postmaster at Minot, N. Dak., in place of John Rotherham. Incumbent's commission eXI>ires place of B. E. Stewart. Incumbent's commission expired March 2, 1927. Decem bcr 22, 1926. NEW MEXICO Helen J. Beaty to lJe postmaster at Manning, N. Dak, in Pearl B. Grady to lJe postmaster at Texico, N. 1\Iex., in place place of H. J. Beaty. Incumbent's commission expired Janu- of H. H. De Lozier. Incumbent's commission expired June 3, ary 20, 1926. . 1926. George Hummel to be postmaster at Gackle, N. Dak., in NEW YORK '[llace of George Hummel. Incumbent's commission expired William S. Finney to be postmaster at Cayuga, N. Y. OffiC!e September 22, 192G. became presidential July 1, 1926. Charles E. 'Vatkins to be postmaster at Dunseith, N. Dak., Sarah M. Todd to be postmaster at Castle Point, N. Y. Office in place of W. E. Wright. Incumbent's commission expired became presidential July 1, 1926. January 20, 1026. Henry Neddo to be postmaster at Whitehall, N. Y., in place OHIO of Henry Neddo. Incumbent's commission expires January 31, Walter W. Wiant to be postmaster at St. Paris, Ohio, 1927. in place of W. W. Wiant. Incumbent's commission expires William H. Young to be postmaster at Voorheesville, N. Y., January 29, 1927. in place of W. H. Young. Incumbent's commission expired William II. Harsha to be postmaster at Portsmouth, Ohio, in August 12, 1926. place of ,V. H. Harsha. Incumbent's commission expired Janu Thomas S. Spear to be postmaster at Sinclairville, N. Y., in ary 12, 1927. place ofT. S. Spear. Incumbent's commission expires january Allen E. Young to be postmaster at Medina, Ohio, in place of 31, 1927. . . A. E. Young. Ineumbent's commission expired December 22, . F. Wallace Doying to be postmaster at Scarboro, N. Y., m 192G. place of H. L. Parker. Incumbent's commission expired June William H. Hunt to be postmaster at Mechanicsburg, Ohio, in 17, 1926. place of W. H. Hunt. IneurnbE:mt's commission expired J..anu- Stuart W. Smyth to be postmaster at Owego, N. Y., in place ary 10, 1927. . of S. ,V. Smyth. Incumbent's commission expired January 12, Mary E. Ross to be postmaster at Lebanon, Ohio, in place of 1927. M. E. Ross. Incumbent's commission expires January 29, 1927. Chnrles A. Gaylord to be postmaster at North Tonawanda, John W. McCoy to be postmaster at Barberton, Ohio, in N. Y., in place of C. A. Gaylord. Incumbent's commission ex place of J. W. McCoy. Incumbent's commission expired De pires January 31, 1927. cember 4, 192G. Henry S. Whitney to be postmaster at Manlius, N. Y., in place of H. S. Whitney. Incumbent's commission expires Janu OKLAHOMA ary 31, 1927. Estella Sahland to be postmaster at Locust Grove, Okla., in George F. Yaple to be postmaster at Loch Sheldrake, N. Y., place of J. T. Webb, resigned. in place of G. F. Yaple. Incumbent's commission expires Janu Murray 1\I. Adams to be postmaster at Denoya, Okla., in ary 31, 1927. place of Earl Leeper, removed. George W. Van Hyning to be postmaster at Hoosick Falls, George Logsdon to be postmaster at Taloga, Okla., in place N. Y., in place of G. W. Van Hyning. Incumbent's commission of George Logsdon. Incumbent's commission expires January expired December 28, 192G. 31, 1927. 1658. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-_ S]JN~~E JANUARY 14 Thomas W. Kelly to be postmaster at Stillwater, Okla., in TEXAS place of T. W. Kelly. Incumbent's commission expireS Janu Albert E. Newman to be postmaster at Texas City, Tex., in ary 31, 1927. place of A. E. Newman. Incumbent's commission expires Janu William A. Peters to be postmaster at Sallisaw, Okla., in ary 25, 1927. place of W. A. Peters. Incumbent's commission expired Febru Edward N. Mulkey to be postmaster at Sherman, Tex., in ary 21, 1926. place of E. N. Mulkey. Incumbent's commission expires Janu Hubbard A. Babb to be postmaster at Hugo, Okla., in place ary 17, 1927. of H. A. Babb. Incumbent's commission expires January 31, Nathaniel B. Spearman to be postmaster at Mount Pleasant, 1927. Tex., in place of N. B. Spearman. Incumbent's commission Effie J. Malone to be postmaster at Harrah, Okla., in place expires January 29, 1927. of E. J. l\falone. Incumbent's commission expired December Jackson E . Brannen to be postmaster at Littlefield, Tex., in 12, 1926. place of W. J. Wade. Incumbent's commission expired March Ward Guffy to be postmaster at Cleveland, Okla., in place 23, 1926. - of Ward Guffy. Incumbent's commission expired December 20, Rufus H. Windham to be postmaster at Kirbyville, Tex., in 1926. . place of R. H . Windham. Incumbent's commission expires FENNSYLVA.NIA January 29, 1927. Maude McCracken to be postmaster at Volant, Pa., in place Adah L. Ridenhower to be postmaster at Hico, Tex., in place of J. l\f. Graham, resigned. of A. L. Ridenhower. Incumbent's commission expires Janu Floyd A. Hellyer to be postmaster at CranesvHle, Pa. Office ary 25, 1927. became presidential July 1, 1926. Stanley F. Labus to be postmaster at Falls City, Tex., in Bess L. Thomas to be postmaster at New Bethlehem, Pa., in place of S. F. Labus. Incumbent's commission expired Decem place of B. L. Thomas. Incumbent's commission expires Janu ber 22, 1926. ary 22, 1927. John A. Weyand to be postmaster at Carmine, Tex., in place Thomas J. Morgan to be postmaster at Nanticoke, Pa., in of J. A. Weyand. Incumbent's commission expired January place ofT. J. Morgan. Incumbent's commission expired Decem 12, 1927; ber 4, 1926. UTAH. William H. Young to be postmaster at McDooald, Pa., i~ Joseph B. 'Vright to be postmaster at Midvale, Utah, in place. place of. ,V. H. Young. Incumbent's commission expires Janu of J. B. Wright. Incumbent's commission expires January ary 22, 1927. 25, 1927. Daniel 1\I. Saul to be postmaster at· Kutztown, Pa., in place John A. Call to be postmaster at Bountiful, Utah, in place of D. M. Saul. Incumbent's commission expires January 22, of J. A. Oall. Incumbent's commission expires January 30, 1927. 1927. . Edward A. P. Christley to be postmaster at Ellwood City, John E. Chadwick to be postmaster at American Fork, Utah, Pa., in place of E. A. P. Christley. Incumbent's commission in place of J . E. Chadwick. Incumbent's commission expired expires January 30, 1927. December 16, 1926. Ida M. Mingle to be postmaster at Birmingham, Pa., in place Herschel E. Calderwood to be postmaster at Coalville, Utah, of I. M. Mingle. Incumbent's commission expired January 8, in place of H. E. Calderwood. Incumbent's commission expired 1927. December 16, 1926. SOUTH DAKOTA VIBGINI.A Frank E. Stephan to be postmaster at Tolstoy, S. Dak., in Eugene 0. Geary to be postmaster at Woodstock, Va., in place of P. H. Bitzer, removed. place of E. C. Geary. Incumbent's commission expires Jan Clarence I. Hougen to be postmaster at Wilmot, S. Dak., in uary 22, 1927. place of C. I. Hougen. Incumbent's commission expired Jan Campbell Slemp to be postmaster· at Wise, Va., in place of nary 9, 1927. Campbell Slemp. Incumbent's commission expired December Mathias D. Eide to be postmaster at Howard, S. Dak., in 19, 1926. place of M.. D. Eide. · Incumbent's commission expired Septem Jacob H. Furr to be postmaster at Waynesboro, Va., in place ber 22, 1926. of J. H . Furr. Incumbent's commission expired December 19, Frank Den Beste to be postmaster at Corsica, S. Dak., in 1926. place of Frank Den Beste. Incumbent's comm.ission expires Everett l\1. Berrey to be DOstmaster at Luray, Va., in place of January 29, 1927. E. M. Berrey. Incumbent's commission expires January 22, George E . Conrick to be postmaster at Chamberlain, S. Dak., 1927. in place of G. E . Conrick. Incumbent's commission expires· Gatewood L. Schumaker to be postmaster at Covington, Va., January 29, 1927. in place of G~ L. Schumaker. Incumbent's commission expires Evert D. Law to be postmaster at Bonestell, S. Dak., in place January 25, 1927. of E. D. Law. Incumbent's commission. expires January 29, John R. Yates to be postmaster at Brookneal, Va., in place 1927. of J. R. Yates. I!J.cumbent's commission expires Ja!luary 26, TENNESSEE 1927. Mrs. Reece E. Rogers to be postmaster at Pressmen's Home, James C. Beatty to be postmaster at Bluemont, Va., in place of J. E. Lewis,· Incumbent's commission expired February 14, Tenn., in place of W. 1\1. Rogers, de~eased . l\fichel K. Freeman to be postmaster at Westmoreland, Tenn., 1924. in place of M.. K. Freeman. Incumbent's commission expires W ASHINOTON January 30, 1927. Orien L. Renn to be postmaster at Touchet, Wash., in place Robert 0. Greene to be postmaster at Troy, Tenn., in place of of 0. L. Renn. Incumbent's commission expired September 20, R. 0 . Greene. Incumbent's commission expires January 16, 1926. 1927. WEST VIRGINIA ._ Simon C. Dodson to be postmaster at Sparta, Tenn., in place Curtis K. Stem to be postmaster at Weirton, W. Va., in place of S. C. Dodson. Incumbent's commission expires January 30, of C. K. Stem. Incumbent's commission expired January 9, 1927. 1927. . Charles K. Metcalf to be postmaster at National Sanatorium, Nell Bennett to be postmaster at Pickens, W. Va., m place of Tenn., in place of C. K. Metcalf. Incumbent's commission ex- A. w. Ewing. Incumbent's commission expired March ~4, 1926. pires January 16, 1927. _ Thomas C. Scott to be postmaster at Philippi, W. Va., m place John H. Wilson to be postmaster at Kingston, Tenn.:, in place of T. Sco~t. Incumbent's comm~ssion expired January 13, of J . .H. Wilson. Incumbent's commission expires January 16, c. 27 1927. b 11 i 19Claude· W. Harris to be postmaster at K1m. a , w~ Va., n Alvin M. Stout to be postmaster at Greenfield, Tenn., in place place of C. W. Harris. Incumbent's commission expired August 16, of A. M. Stout. Incumbent's commission expires January 10, 1926. . 1927. E Chase Bare to be postmaster at Alderson, W . Va., m Norman Massa to be postmaster at Cookevllle, Tenn.• in place plac'e of E. C. Bare. Incumbent's commission expires January of Norman Massa. Incumbent's commission expires January 20, 1927. 16, 1927. WISCONSIN Douglas B. Hill to be postmaster at Collierville, Tenn., in place of R. D. Wil~on. Incumbent's commission expired March LeRoy Winters to be postmaster at Twin Lakes, Wis. Office 24, 1926. became presidential July 1, 1926. 1927 CONGR.ESSION. AL RJDCORD-HOUSE. 11659 Charles R. noskie to be postmaster at Montello, Wis., in CONFIRMATIONS place of Charles Brown, deceased. Hil!coutive nomi,nat-ions 001l·fl·rmed by the Senate Jan-uary1J,, 1931 Lester C. Porter to lJe postmaster at Fontana, Wis. Office lJecnme presidential July 1, 1926. UNITED STATES ATTORNEY 1\lnthias ll~. Adler to be postmaster at 'Vaunakee, Wis., in Thomas J. Sparks to be United States attorney for the west place of l\I. F. Adler. Incumbent's commission expired Sep ern district of Kentucky. tember 22, 1926. REGISTER OF THI!: LAND OFFICE Oscar C. 'Vertheimer to be postmaster at Watertown, Wis., Albert G. Stubblefield to be register of the land office at in place of 0. C. "rertheimer. Incumbent's commission ex- Pueulo, Colo. pires 1\Iarch 2, 1927. · POSTMASTERS Benjamin Y. Hallock to be postmaster at Verona, Wis., in ILLI TOIS placE.' of J. P. l\Iatts. Incumbent's commission expired l\farch Jesse E. l\-liller, Cairo. 7, 1!)26. Orville L. Davis, Champaign. John l\1. Albers to lJe postmaster at Thiensville, Wis., in Henry ,V. Rchwartz, Dupo. place of J. l\1. AllJers. IncumlJent's commission expired Sep Hf.'nry E. Farnam, Pa wuee. temlJe.r 12, 1926. Hilary L. llae::;sly to be postmaster at Theresa, Wis., in Hobert H. Christen, Pecatonica. place of H. L. Haes::lly. Incumbent's commission expired Au MIOIIIGAN g·ust 12, 1926. Leroy l\I. Guinniss, Algonac. Alice "' fl. Clinton to lJe postmaster at Sulliv-an, Wis., in place .John J. Ellis, jr., Calumet. of A. l.\1. Clinton. Incumbent's commil:lsion expired August 12, Ida L. Sherman, Pullman. 1926. MIS~OURI Margaret E. Glassow to lJe postmaster at Schofield, Wis., in Emanuel S. LawlJaugh, St. Marys. place of l\1. E. Glassow. Incumbent's commission expired Sep- tember 22, 1!)26. . SOUTH DAKOTA Clytie Gei~er to be postmaster at Rothschild, Wis., in place Solomon Hoy, Fort Pierre. of Clytie Geiger. IncumlJent's commission expired August 12, Gunnell l\1. Gorder, Frederick. 1!)26. Benjamin R. Stone, Lead. Emile Kientz to be postmaster at Reeserille, Wis., in place of Clarence A. Carlson, Philip. Emile Kientz. IncumlJent's commis~ion expired August 14, l\fntt Flavin, Sturgis. 1926. TE~NESSEE Allen W. "Wiggin to lJe postmaster at Plymouth, Wis., in Gordon P. Hyatt, Ducktown. place of A. W. 'Viggin. IncumlJent's commission expired August Gertrude Jamison, Millington. 12, 1926. Josf.'ph l\1. Patterson, Wntertown. Alice E. Ford to lJe postmaster at Pelican Lake, Wis., in place WISCONSIN of A. E, Ford. Incumbent's commission expired August 24. Lyle H. Nolop, Alma Center. 1925. Ora C. Thompson, Argyle. Orris 0. Smith to be postmaster at Pardeeville, Wis., in place Peter E. Korb, Boyd. of 0. 0. Smith. Incumbent's commission expired August 12, Otto C. Nienas, Camp Douglas. 1!)26. Imogene Croghan, Cascade. George W. Taft to ue postmaster at Necedah, Wis., in place Edwin H. Jost, Cleveland. of G. W. Taft. Incumbent's commission expired September 22. Pnul l\Ilodzik, Cudahy. 1926. Joseph W. Jacobson, Dane. l\larinus Jensen to lJe postmaster at l\fountain, Wis., in place Annie E. Nelson, Dresser Junction. of l.\Iarinus Jensen. Incumbent's commission expired December Anna J. J ohmwn, Fairwater. 19, 1926. Gerrit J. Yredeveld, Frie::;lnnd. Earle R. Schilling to lJe postmaster at l\llnocqua, Wis., in William Kotv-i~, Hillsboro. place of E. R. Schilling. Incumbent's commis~ion expired Sep Olarence J. Fieweger, Kimberly. tember 22, 1!)26. Ethel F. Pilgrim, Menomonee Falls. 'Vinford Suits to l>e postmaster at l\ledford, ·wis., in place Edward Y. Snider, l\losinee. of Winford Suits. Incumbent's commission expired September Charles S. Brent, Oconomowoc. 15, 1926. Herman Graskamp, Oostburg. GillJert J. Grell to be postmaster at Johnson Creek, 'Vis., in Henry F. Delles, Port Washington. place of G. J. Grell. Incumbent's commission expired Aug:ust Otto A.. Olson, Star Prairie. .. 12, 1926. Louis C. Currier, Stoughton. Lewis l\f.. Smith to l>e postmaster at Jeffer~on, Wis .. in place Hall L. Brook~, Tomahawk. of L. M. Smith. IncumlJent's commi~sion expired August 12, 1926. . Andrew J. Bosch to lJe postmaster at Gratiot, Wis., in plnce WITHDRAWAL of A. J. Bosch. IncumlJent's commission expired April 7, 1926. E~Cooutive nominaf'ion wi-thd1·a-wn from the Senate January 1!,, Elsie 0. Barnes to lJe postma~ter at Frienuship, Wis., in 19Bi Illace of E. 0. Bnrnes. Incuml>f.'nt·s commission expired Sep POSTMASTER t ember 12, 1!)26. George A. Potter to he postmaster at Fort Atkinson, Wis., in WEST \IRGINIA place of G. A. Potter. Incumbent's commission expired August Hobert Paruell to l>e postmnstf.'r at Stirrat, in the State of 12, 1!)26. We~t YirginiR. Clara M. Johnson to l>e postmaster at Ettrick, Wi~ .• in place of C. l\1. Johnson. Incumbent··s commis··ion ex}lired Decemucr HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 19. 1926. Grace E. Skinner to be po~tmnster at Endeavor, \\.. is., in place FRIDAY, Jan'l.lary 14, 19'27 of Ella Gothompson. IncumlJent's commission expired l\lny 3, The Hou. e met at 12 o'elock noon, and was c.:alled to order 1!)26. lJy the Rpeaker. Grant E. Denison to be postmaster at Carrollville, Wis., in The Chaplain, nev-. James ~hera Montgomery, D. D., offered pla<:e of G. E. Denison. Incumbent's commis~ion expired July the following prayer: 26, 1926. Clarence B. Jensen to lJe postmaster at. Cambridge, 'Vis., in Father in heaven, for the lJirth of eYery day we bless Thee; place of C. B. Jensen. IncumlJenfs commission expired Decem- for every hope that makes life worth while we praise Thee. uer 19 1926. '.rl'Uly, in Thee we find our re ~'t and full security. Thy provi- Jos~ph R. Fro.-t to be postmaster at Avoca, Wis., in place oke 'an international conflict' with the Party. More, it is a forlorn thing, despised alike of capital and labor, United States. and dependent almost entirely upon si1ly official attention for public "B. Communication addressed to the so>Jet minister by the central notice of any charncter. Yet more, its feeble thought has been chiefly committee of the Mexican Federation of Labor by direction of the sev fixed upon domestic affairs. Mr. Kellogg's own statement records a enth congress of that organization. It tells him to keep his hands off rebuke to it on that account from Moscow, and also records a statement Mexico, because ' no nation bas the right to impose nor to lay down made by the Workers' Party itself, no later than last Novemher, that tor another the doctrine which must control its activities.' its " antl-imperalist work has been greatly hampered by lack of suffi " C. Resolution adopted March 6, 1926, at the seventh annual con cient comrades." vention of the Mexican Federation of Labor asking tbe diplomatic rep What of ·the results of this organization's work in Latin .America? resentative Qf Russia to • abstain from lending moral and economic sup It starts, of courRC, With capital against it, and must find its strength port to the so-called radical group, enemies of the Mexican Federation in the ranks of labor. On the question of the measure of strength it of Labor and of the Go>ernment.'" has acquired let Mr. Kellogg himself speak again. Repeatedly his own · On analysis, Secretary Kellogg•s charges agn.inRt Mexico collapse quotations from the Workers' Party's manifestoes reveal antngoni~;m to ignominiously. llis own citations prove, first, that he has no evidence that party from the Pan American Federation of Labor. And the fifth connecting the Mexican Government with the. Communist International item ot the Workers' Party program, as given by Mr. Kellogg, l)(•gins, at Moscow and, second, that even Mexican labor bas openly resisted " Expose and struggle against the so-called Pan American Federation communiRt activity. of Labor." Indeed, the very last paragraph of Mr. Kellogg's statement · reveals opposition by labor to the communists. It is a quotation from What can be the mentality of a Sec~:etary of State who will sponsor a protest by the Mexican Federation of Labor to the Russian Ambassa such balderdash as this memorandum? llere we are in the midst of dor against bis giving moral and economic support to the radical the most delicate international crisis that has al"isen since the war, group-" enemies of the Mexican Federation of Labor and of the and we find the Secretary of State engaged in slanderous insinuation Government." against a friendly Government. Could anything- be meaner, wickeder, But let us turn now from these " Bolshe>ik aims" to the impli(·ations and more clearly in violation of all fair play and decency than a per or Mr. Kellogg's argument. H e makes no defense in this statement formance like this? What crime can an official commit that is worse of our course. He simply says thut the Bolsi.Jeviks nrc oppo,.; cd io · than to ~read malicious propaganda when peace between neighboring American imperialism. :Must we, then, ride rough shod over Latin nations is at stake? There are inexcusable acts. This is an inexcus .America because a handful of Bolsllcviks preach opposition in Latin able net. This is a crime against the peace of the world. This America to our imperialism? That question ough t to arrest Americans is a crime against the honor of the United States. who care 'for principles of justice. For those Americans who may care The present dlfficnltics with Mexico can not be peaceably composed un only for protection of doUars there is another question. Is it con less the administration d esires peace. There are grounds of legitimate ceivable that this pitiable Workers' Party and its vague masters in dispute between the two Go>ernmcnts. The rights and the wrongs are Moscow, have made in the whole of their efforts one-hundredth part not wholly on either side. But there is no question at issue between of the enmity for the United States that lli. Kellogg, hysterical and Mexico and the United States which is not susceptible ultimately of irascible, has made in two months? pacific settlement by men who are determined to maintain the peace. Elaborate parade of danger that would not scare a toothless old 'l'h~ resources of civilized dealing are not exhausted. They have not woman, and false policy even from the absurd and ludicrous stanu ~;>ven been used. All that we have had so far is a debate at arm's point that the danger is a reality-that is the sum total of Secretary !Pngth between smart and suspicious bureaucrats. We have not yet Kellogg·s statement. The only possil.lle theory on w..bicb Mr. Kellogg had an Ame.rican ambassador in Mexico City who desired seriously to can be acquitted of foolishness beyond words is that he is deliberately come to a direct personal understanding with officials who are beset raising a vast bugaboo to cover State Department manipulations in on every side by the tremendous problems and the resultant hysteria Latin America for oil and other exploiting interests. And that woultl of a social revolution and a religious reformation. We have not yet be a miserable means Qf defending his intelligence. had an attempt by the President of the United States to step over and })(>yond the red tape and the confusion of the diplomats in order to come to some understanding for the orderly adjustment of the controversy. ElxnrBr.r F We have not yet invoked our treaty with Mexico, or The Hague Court, [From the New York l<:vening Post of "January 13, 1!127] or any other body designed by civilized men fot· just such disputes as 'MOSCOW .AND 'NICARAGUA this. It communistic activity in Central .Ame1·ica is to be cited in justifi We cnn not go further along the pat!:~ the State Department Is now cation of our course in Nlraragua a closer connection must be shown tafing if our purpose is to protect our honor and to be true to the between this activit;v an d the Sacasa movement than has yet been 1927 OONGRESSION AL RECOR.D-SENATE 1653 exhibited. Secretary Kellogg can not Reriously argue that a general diplomacy and arbitration fail, we feel that the people of the V'nited intention on · the _part of the Bolshevist leaders to win the United States should realize that the total estimated investment of the entire States some time, somehow, warrants our intervening in a specific .American petroleum interests in Mexico is . only about five times as difficulty in a Central American country in which the issue of Bolsbe· much as the cost of the Pershing punitive expedition to l\Iexico in vism i ::; not concerned. 1916-17, sent for the purpose of capturing one bandit, the infamous Tlle struggle uctwcen Diaz and Sacasn. bas not been depicted as a Pancho Villa, but in vain. At that time there was only one short cia. 11 between capitalism anu communism. It bas seemed to be simply casualty list; if, however, we go into Mexico now to fight the myth one of tho~e old-fashioned political rivalrirs which formerly threw a of Bolshevism, which our GoYernment seeks to create, or for the crass good many of the Central and South American countrie::; into periodical materialistic purpose of defending title to American petroleum rigilts COnYUlsiOD!~. representing an investment of less than $700,000,000, the American We have exerted our- influence to put an end to this sort of "popular people ought to know that we are embarking on a war which will goYcrnment" -in the few places in which it still flourishes, our most cost them many times the value of the property in question, which imiJortant step toward tllis ~oal l.Jeing tile sponsoring of the treaties will cost the lives of many of our American youth, which will bring which proYide thB;t rc<:.06'1lition shall be denieu to a government which upon us the hatred of all of Latin-America and tlle scorn of the comcs into power ·through a coup d'etat or reYolution, and that the civili7.1'd worlu. The United States is too big and powerful not to be leaders of such an upheaval shall be disqualified from assuming the williu~ to arbitrate its rti spute with weaker Mexico. 'l'he United States pre ~i d e ncy or the vice presidency of the nation concerned. should be too proud to hide ueh ind a smoke screen of Bolshevism ; our Solill considerations likl' thos<' which inspired these treaties-con· Congress shonld be too statesmanlike to look upon this grave matter siderations rrlating to the safety of life and property, both native and as simply a partisan iRsue. We beliPve that future history will record foreign. 8]1(] tlle fundumental welfare of Central America-are the that you, more than any other man in the Uuited States, stood in 19:!7 · only justification for interference from us. If Bolshevism is to be in the po ition to thwart a great miscarriage of justice and to save added to the re:isons for our action, it must be definitely connected onr Government from the future accusation of having acted with an witll the particular situation which im11els lls to mo1e. If the State ulterior and materialistic motive against the rigllts of small but inde· Dt>partment has ground for believing that Sacasa is being aided and pendent nations like Mexico aud Nicaragua. We believe tllat the abetted by Bolshevist money, then Bolshevism may properly be cited pres«>.nt calls upon you to take tlle lead in restoring the deplorable and as one of the hostile elements in the il.fi'air. But a mere general alarming loss of confidence tht·oughout the world which our Govern charge tliat lfoRcow is aiming at us through Mexico and Central ment is experiencing as a rE'sult of unwarranted intervention in 1'\ica· America is not only irrelevant; it ~;:uggests that we haven't any specific rngua and threats against Mexico. • • justification for our course. Chas. W. Ramsdell, professor of American history; W. E. Gettys, President Coolidge's !'pecial message put the matter about as well professor of sociology; E. T. Mil1er, professor of economics; as it can be put. We arc intcrYening in Nicaragua on recognizeu C. Perry Patterson, professor of government; J. Lloyd auu perfectly definite grounds. There our case should I.Je allowed to Mecham, associate professor or government ; Frederic Dun· rest. calf, profcssot· of medieval hiRtory; M. S. Handman, pro. One point that has promptly I.Jcen cleared np is that made in the fessor of economics ; C. W. Bucket t, professor of Latin· American history; George W. Stocking, professor of eco accn~ation that the arms with which the forces of Sacasa are fighting Diaz were shipped from New Orleans under special licenses granted by nomics; C. 'l'. Gray, professor of Education; T. W. Riker, our State Department. On its face it was incredii.Jle, but that fact professor of modern European history ; J. E. Pearce, pro· diu not nullify the need for a plain statement from Washington. The fessor of anthropology; Robert A. Law, professor of En~;· State Departm·ent's denial thnt any such licenses have been granted lish; C. A. Wiley, associate IJrofessor of economics. gives the canard it~; quietus. · E.'XECU'l'.I.VE SESSION Mr. BORAH. l\lr. President, I desire hefore moving an Mr. BORAH. I move that tlle Senate proceed to the <:on executi•e session to ask unanimom; con~ent to have inserted !:liueration of executive business. in the RECORD a telegram from the faculty, or a portion of the The motion was agreed to, and tlle Senate proceeded to the faculty, of tile University of Texas upon the Mexican situation. consWeration of executive business. After two hours and thirty I ask to ha•e it all printed except the la!:lt three lines, which five minutes spent in executive session the doors were reopeneu, are merely personal. and (at 4 o'clock and 55 minutes p. m.) the Senate adjourned The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the re until to-morrow, Saturday, January 15, 1927, at 12 o'clock quest of the Senator from Idaho? 'l'he Chair hearl!l none, anu mel'idian. it ig so ordered. The telegram referred to is, as follows : NOMINATIONS .AUSTI:'i, 'l'Ex., Jan11at"Y 1.'l, 1927. E~ccutive rwmina.tions 1·ecc ived 1Jy the Sena.te J(uwary 1", 1921 Senator \VILLLUI E. BORAH, Ghai-1-man Foreign Helatious Committee, MRMBERS oF 1-'H~ PUBLIC UTILI'l'JES oF THE DISTRW'l' oF CoLUMBIA United ~tate8 Senate, Washington, D. 0 • . Benjamin F. Adams to be a member of the Public Utilities Sm: No people in the history of western civilization has ever needed Commh;sion of the District of Columbia for a term of two years, a pro~rnm for their social nnd economic uplift more than do the commencing July 1, 1926. Mexicnn people to-day. It is the belief of the undersigned members John W. Childress to be a member of the Public Utilities of the fucnlty of the university of Texas that the Government of Commission of the District of Columbia for a· term of three Mexico is honestly endeavoring to bring about the social and economic years, commencing July 1, 1926. regeneration of its people, and that it is the plain duty of the United Blaine l\fallan to be additional counsel of the Public Utiliti{'S States to refrain from interference with this program, if it is not its Commission of the District of Columbia, to be known ns the positive duty, to assist in promoting it. Such a program as that of peoples' counsel. the Mexican Government can not, in our opinion, by the wildest stretch of the imagination be classeu as llolsbevist. C rtainly it will take CoMMISSIONER o:::;o IMMIGRATIO~ more evidence to convince us that 1\Iexico is llolshevist than bas been Anna C. M. Tillinghast. of Cambriuge, 1\lass., to be com pointed out up to the pre:;eut in the official statements that have been mh;sioner of immigration at the port of Boston, Mass. made public by the citing of a speech by one radicnl member of the PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE Mexican Congress as proof tllut the Mexican GoYernment is llolshevist is absolutely contrary to the simplest rules of evidence. The mere Dr. Albert T. Morrison to be an assistant surgeon in the fact that Bolshevists in Moscow and the United States hope to estab· Pul•lic Health Service, to take effect from date of oath. lish ilieir iueas in :Mexico and the other Latin-American States does (Tllis doctor has pas~ed the examination pre!;cribed · by law not otter any proof that the Governments of these Strltes or their and the regulations of the service.) citizens are inclineu to indorRe Bolshevism, and up to the present no REGISTER OF THE LAND OFFICE ()fficial information to that effect bas been ronde pui.Jlic in considering Jame Uoss 'Vaters, of Minnesota, to be register of the land the Mexicnn problem. ·One should take into account whether or not oflice at Ca s Lake, 1\Iinn., vice Peter l\Iichael Larson, term the :Mexicans are entitled to acquire for themseh·es in 1927 what our expit·ed. English ancestors have acquired for themsel>es since 1\Iagna Charta. UNITED STATES ATTORNEY Should the threats which we regal"d as more imaginary than real to .American property rights in l\I<.'xico, many of which were acquired Amos W. W. ·woodcock, of Maryland, to be Uniteu States from the dictorlnl government of Diaz nnu in a manner not free from attorney, district of Maryland. A reappointment, his term suspicion-should these threats blind us to the lluman elertlent of lla•ing expired. the Mexican problem? The dil'lpute between the United States and UNITED STATES MARSHALS Mexico over theRe property rJgb ts if it can not be settled by diplomacy James H. Ilammons, of Kentncky, to be United States mar sl'louhl be arbitrntecl and no resort ue made to armed aggression, an shal, eastern clistl'ict of Kentucky, vice Edwin W. Pieper, ap-· aggrel:'Rion justified •largely by the alarmist cry of Bolshevist. If pointed by court. 1654 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-S}}NATE JAJ.~U.ARY 14 Harry S. Hubbard, of Porto Rico, to be United States mar Emerson B. Herrick to be postmaster at Lodi, Calif., in place shal, district of Porto Rico. A reappointment, his term hav~ of E. B. Herrick. Incumbent's commission expires January ing expired. 31, 1927. Bert W. Miller to be postmnster at Hilts, Calif., in place APPGI~TME:XT, BY TRANSFER, IN THE REGULAR ARMY of B. W. l\liller. Incumbent's commission expires January FIELD .ARTILLERY 31, 1927. Second Lieut. Charles Owen Wiselogel, Air Corps, wi~ r:ank Henry Metzler to be postmaster at Fowler, Calif., in place from June 30, 1926. of Henry Metzler. Incumbent's commission expired Janu ary 13, 1927. PROMOO'IO~S IN THE REGULAR ARMY Edna J. l\!cGowan to be postmaster at Belmont, Calif., in VEITERIN .ARY CORPS place of E. J. 1\IcGowan. Incumbent's commission expired To be colonel December 21, 1926. Lieut. Col. Eugene John Cramer, Veterinary Corps, from COLORADO January 8, 1927. Fred E. 1\-Iaker to be postmaster at Grandlake, Colo. Office To be first licutenan.ts became presidential July 1, 1926. Second Lieut. Clayton Huddle Studebaker, F~eld Art.1llery, Jessie L. Thurston to be postmaster at Carbondale, Colo., . in from January 6, 1927. place of H. J. Schwarze!, resigned. Second Lieut. Aluert James Wick, Coast Artillery Corps, from Frank D. Aldridge to be postmaster at Wellington, Colo., January 7, 1927. in place of F. D. Aldridge. Incumbent's commission expires January 30, 1927. . PlWMOTIO:'i IN THE PHILIPPINE SCOCTB Dixon D. Pennington to be postmaster at Victor, Colo., in To be captain place of D. D. Pennington. Incumbent's commission expires First Lieut. Salvador Formoso Reyes, Philippine Scouts, from January 26, 1927. January 6, 1927. , 'Villiam D. Asbury to be postmaster at Montrose, Colo., in POSTMASTERS place of W. D. Asbury. Incumbent's commission expired .AL.AB.A MA January 4, 1927. Fred D. Perkins to be postmaster at Wetumpka, Ala., in 'ralitha B. Utterback to be postmaster at Mesa, Colo., in place of F. D. Perkins. Incumbent's commission expires Janu place of T. B. UtteriJack. Incumbent's commission expired ary 29, 1927. August 26, 1926. Addie M. Cannon to be postmaster at l\!ount Vernon, .Ala., in Gerald H. Denio to be postmaster at Eaton, Colo., in place place of A. l\1. Cannon. Incumbent's commission expired of G. H. Denio. Incumbent's commission expires January August 29, 1926. 30, 1927. Warren L. Hollingsworth to be postmaster at Lincoln, Ala., Earl E. Ewing to 1Je postmaster at Colorado Springs, Colo., in place of W. L. Hollingsworth. Incumbent's commission ex in place of E. E. Ewing. Incumbent's commission expired pires January 29, 1927. Januax·y 4, 1927. John M. Stapleton to be postmaster at Foley, Ala., in place Agnes l\f. Ward to be postmaster at Bennett, Colo., in place of J. M. Stapleton. Incumbent's commission expires January of A. l\f. Ward. IncumlJent's commission expires January 30, 29, 1927. 1927. William L. rower to be postmaster at Blountsville, Ala., in CONNEOTWUT place of W. L. Power. Incumbent's commission expires Janu William G. Mock to be postmaster at New l\Iil!ord, Conn., in ary 29, 1927. plate of K. l\1. Spencer, deceased. John L. Miller to be postmaster at Berry, Ala., in place of W. Gardiner Davis to be postmaster at Pomfret Center, Conn., .J. L. Miller. Incumbent's commission expires January 29, in place of W. G. Davis. Incwnbent's commission expired 1927. December 4, 1926. Margaret El. Stephens to be postmaster at Attalla, Ala., in DELAWARE place of M. E. Stephens. Incumbent's commission expires Janu LeRoy W. Hickman to be postmaster at ·wilmington, Del., in ary 29, 1927. place of L. W. Hickman. Incumbent's commission expires Jan Fred M. Fitts to be postmaster at Alabama City, .Ala., in place uary 30, 1927. of F. l\1. Fitts. Incumbent's commission expires January 20, FLORIDA 1927. Lillie C. Hnys to be postmaster at Abbeville, Ala., in place Elizabeth D. Barnard to be postmaster at Tampa, Fla .. in of L. C. Hays. Incumbent's commission expires January 31, place of E. D. Barnard. IncumlJent's commission expires Jan 1927. uary 26, 1927. OEORGI.A .ARIZONA pot~tmaster J('rome B. Roberts to be postmaster at Park~r, Ariz., in place Joseph C. Thames to be at Crumps Park, Gn., in of l\f. E. Brown. Incumbent's commission expired April 4, 1926. place of L.A. Jenkins, removed. 'Villiam V. Cobb to be postmaster at Smyrna, Ga., in place of .A.RKANSAS W. V. Cobb. Incumbent's commission expired April 17, 1926. Hiram S. Irwin to be postmaster at Clarendon, Ark., in place Clifton 0. Lloyd to be postmaster at Lindale, Ga., in place of of II. S. Invin. Incumbent's commission expires January 16, 0. 0. Lloyd. Incumbent's commis::;ion expired December 20, 1927. 192G. Leon E. Tennyson to be postmaster at Arkadelphia, Ark., in .Albert S. Hardy to be postmaster at Gainesville, Ga., in place place of L. E. Tennyson. Incumbent's commission expires Jan of A.. S. Hardy. Incumbent's commission expires March 3, 1927. uary 16, 1927. William C. Cl1am1Jers to be postmaster at Fort Gaines, Ga., :Monroe J. Gogue to be postma::;ter at Rector, Ark., in place in place of W. C. Chambers. Incumbent's commission expire.s <>f M. J. Goguc. IncumiJent's commission expires January 16, January 29, 1927. 1927. James A. Griffin to be postmaster at Cordele, Ga., in place of 0. John Harkey, jr., to ue postmaster at Ola, .Ark., in place J. A. Griftln. Incumbent's collllllission expired Septemher 7, of 0. J. Harkey, jr. Incumbent's commission expires January 1926. 1G. 1927. . Robert H. Ridgway to be postmaster at Canon, Ga., in plnce Dennis M. Townsend to be postmaster at l\Iena, Ark., in place of R. H. Ri