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1923. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 1645 class other than Members of Congress be filled by the reappointment of NEBRASKA. Henry White, of the city of W;:isqington, whose term will expire Jan William E. Smith, Antioch. uary 14, 19231 and of John B. Henderson, of the city of Washington. Edward Ericksen, Boelus. whose term will expire March 1, 1923. NEW YORK. With the following committee amendment: Page 1, lines 7 and St strike out the name of John B. Henderson and Guy M. Lovell, Camillus. insert the name of Freaeric Adrian Delano. Wright B. Drumm Chatham. Benjamin W. Wellington, Corning. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres :::ituart \V. Smyth, Owego. ent consideration of the Senate joint resolution? George !<.... Hendricks, Sodus. There was no objection. Fred D. Jenkins, Webster. Mr. FESS. Mr. Speaker, there is no need of my taking any OHIO. time to discuss this joint" resolution. The terms of these two members expire next Sunday, and unless we act upon it at Ilcrbert Newhard, sr., Carey. once there might be some confusion. I ask for a vote. I might William H. Taylor, Cuyahoga Fulls. state that after the committee had reported the joint resolution William H. Harsha, Portsmouth. Mr. Henderson died, and consequently it was necessary to offer Clifford D. Calkins, Sylvania. an amendment to strike out his name and insert that of Mr. l'ENJ'\SYLVANIA. Delano. Wulter L. Brinton, Creighton. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the amend Beu G. Swick, Ellwood City. ment. TEXAS. The amendment was agreed to. Emma L. Willke, Boerne. The Senate joint resolution as amended was ordered to be .John A. Weyan<l, Carmine. engro sed and read a third time, was read the third time, and Oscar 0. A.shenhust, Lorena. passed. Hohert H. Rhodes, Waelder. The title was amended. VERMONT. 1\lr. FESS. Mr. Speaker, I ask. unanimous consent to insert in the RECORD a memorandum of the activities of Mr. Delauo, J.1..,rnnk E. Ho\.ve, Bennington. the new member. Th~ SP~AICER pro tempore. The gentleman from Ohio asks unammous consent to extend his remarks in the RECORD. Is HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. there objection? There was no objection. FmM.Y, J anu(J;ry lfd, 191J3. Tbe folJowing is the matter referred to : Frederic Adrian Delano, vice governor of the Federal Reserve Board The House met at 12 o'clock noon and was called to order by Washington, D. C. 1 the Speaker pro tempore, l\lr. CAMPBELL of Kansas. ~orn Hongkong, China, September 10, 1863, both parents beinp.' '.rhe Chaplain, Re\7. James Shera Montgomery, D. D., offered natives of Massachusetts. A. Il., Harvard, 1885. the following prayer : Began rai~way se~vice. with the ~hicago, Burlington & Quincy TI.ail" Almighty God, Thou hast been the support of the world in road Co., with engmeermg party m Colorado, 1885, and same year en~ered Aurora, I.11., sh~ps of s~me road, as apprentice machinist ; ap• ages past and Thou art our hope in years to come. Before Thee pomted temporanly actmg engrneer of tests at Aurora April 1887 • we recognize our unworthiness and confess our sins. We would placed in charge bureau of rail inspection at Chicago 'July 1' 1887 ~ assistant t? second. vice presi~ent at Chicago, April,' 1889 ; superin: that. our ways, our thoughts, and our motives were altogether tendent freigh;t termmals at Chicago, July, 1890; superintendent motive ncceptable to Thee. 0 establish our principles and may our po~er at Chicago, Febr-qary 1, 1899; general manager at Chicago, Jiyes show the tokens of our gratitude. Bless us with the sweet Chicago, Bur.lington ~ Qumcy Railroad, July 1, 1901-January 10, HW5 . .After leavrng service of Burlington, was consulting engineer to War fruits of goodness and spare us ever from reaping the bitter Department in relation to railroads in Philippine Islands : president fruits of badness. l\lold the fundamental decisions of our char Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad Co., Wabash-Pittsburgh Terminal Rail acters and always determine their direction. Comfort us day way Co., May 1, 1905-1908; first vice president Wabash Railway Co., May 1-0ctober. 5, 1905 ; president, October 5, 1905-Dccember, 1911, by day with the assurance that Thou art pleased with us. For n.nd one of receivers December, 1911-December, 1913 ; president Chicago, the sake of Jesus and the cross He bore that we might be saved. Indianapolis & Louisnlle Railway Co., December, 1913-August 10, 1914. Amen. Member Committee on I~dustrial Relations. 1912-1914 · appointed by President Taft and again by President Wilson 1914 m'ember Fed The Journal of the proceedings of yesterday was read and eral Reserve Board for six-year term, and designated as vice governor for two years; resigned June, 1918, to enter Army, where be attained approved. rank of col>0nel, Transportation Corps; honorably discharged October CAPITAL GAINS AND LOSSES. 25, 1919. Member board of overseers of Harvard College; ex-trustee University Mr. l\lILLS, from the Committee on Ways and l\feans, by or Chicago; trustee Chicago Sunday Evening Club ; vice president direction of that committee reported the bill H. R. 13770 (Rept. American Unitarian Association, 1907. 1388), a bill to amend the revenue act of 1921 in respe~t to capi Member American Society of Civil Engineers, American Institute Mining Engineers, Western Society of Engineers, American Association tal gains and losses, and for other purposes, which was ordered f~r the ~dvancement o.f Science, American Railway Association, Frank printed and referred to the Committee of the Whole House on lin Institute, International Railway Congress, Western Railway Club, the state of the Union. etc. EULOGIES. · Home, Washington, D. C. Mr. BUTLER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that INDEPENDENT OFFICES .APPROPRIATION BILL. Sunday, February 18, 1923, be set apart for addresses on the Mr. WOOD of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House life, character, and public services of the Hon. BorsE PENROSE, resolve itself into Committee of the Whole House on the , tute the Hon. PHILANDER c. KNOX, the Hon. WIT.LIAM E. CROW, late of the Union for the further consideration of the bill H. R. Senators from the State of Pennsylvania, and the Hon. CHARLES 13696, the independent offices appropriation bill. R. CoNNELL, late a Representative from the State of Pennsyl The motion was agreed to. vania. Accordingly the House resolved itself into Committee of The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Pennsyl the Whole House on the state of the Union, with Mr. McARTHUR vania asks unanimous consent that February 18, 1923, be set in the chair. apart for eulogies upon the late Senators and the Representative The Clerk read as follows : from the State of Pennsylvania. Is there objection? · TEMPORARY BUILDING (1800 VIRGINIA AVENUE). There was no objection. Salaries : For the following employees for the maintenance and BO.A.RD OF REGENTS, SMITHSONIAN I~STITUTION. protection of the bui1ding: Clerk of class 1; chief engineer, $1,400; assistant engineer, $1,000; 6 firemen, at $840 each; electrician, 1,200 ; l\lr. FESS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent for the carpenter, $1,200; general mechanic, $1,000; guards-3 sergeants at present consideration of Senate Joint Resolution 251. $930 each, 9 at $780 each ; foreman of laborers, $840; foreman or forewoman, $780; 10 laborers at $660 each; laborers and charwomen, The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Ohio asks $3,960; female laborer, ~840; in all, $34,510. unanimous consent for the present consideration of the Senate joint resolution which the Clerk will report. Mr. WOOD of Indiana. Mr. Chairman, I offer the following The Clerk read as follows. committee amendment. Senate joint resolution (S. J. Res. 251) providing for the filling of two The Clerk read as follows : vacancies that will occur on January 14, 1923, and March 1, 1923, Committee amendment: Page 27, line 19, strike out the figures respectively, in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution " $840 " after the word " laborer," and insert " $480." of the class other than Members of Congress. Mr. BLANTON. Will the gentleman state why this change Resolved, etc., That the two vacancies that will occur as herein speci fied in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution of the is made? 1646 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. JANUARY 12, Mr. WOOD of Indiana. It is simply a transposition of the The Clerk read as follows~ figures. They got an 8- in plaee of a 4. It is to correct an error. For all other expenditures authorized by the act approved September l\Ir. BLANTON. To reduce the salary? 7, 1916, as all?-endeu, and by the act approved June 5, 1920, including l\Ir. WOOD of Indiana. No; the salary is just the same. The the compensation of attorneys, officers, naval architects, special experts salary is $480, but in the printing they transposed the figures examiners, clerks, and other employees in the District of Columbia and $840. elsewhere ; and for all ot~er expenses of the board, including the rental and made it of quarters ~utslde the District of Columbia, law books, books of refer Mr. BLANTON. Does this female laborer give all of her ence, p~riod1ca~s, and actual and necessary expenses of members of the time to the Government? boar!l, its special experts, and other employees, or per diem in lieu of subs1stenc~ when allowed pursuant to section 13 of the sundry civil l\fr. WOOD of Indiana. No. appropriation act approved August l, 1914, while upon official business l\lr. BLAl.'ITON. Mr. Chairman, on that subject I want to say away from their designated posts of duty, and includin~ the investi that engaged in one line of work dqwn in the Bureau of En gat_ion of foreign discrimination against ve sels and shippers of the Umted States and for the invesigation of transportation "f immigrants graving and Printing we have nine ladies.