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• 1924 OONGRESSIONATI RECORD-ROUSE 7373 CONFIRMATIONS POOD 0<1NT.Rot.' .um 'T'Hl!! M~TlaCT ItElq'TS A<::r llJzecutive not'NinciMm& Olntifi,rmel -&JI the Bmatt1 AJ)'l"U !8 (1e'gil Mr. SNIDLL. Mr. Speaker, I -ca.11 up a privileged repetrt ~~e ·4aJf! ~ Aptil ~), J9!t from the Committee on Ru.1~, Honse Resolution ·210. POBT!il:ABTEBS Mr. TINUHER. Mr. Sl)eaker, I make the point of order that fhe resolntlon is not prlVileged. IOWA The SP!DA.KElB.. The Chair wm hellr the gentleman briefly. Mary T. Jacobson, Blakesburg. Mr. SNELL~ 'Mr. Speaker, I think it would be well to have C~aucle M. Sullivan, Cherokee. tlre resolutlon reported. Orpba .M. Bloomer, Havelock. The SPEAKER. The Dlerk will report tbe resolution. Wilbert W. Clover., Lohrvill&. The Olerk -read as follows: • Benjamine R. Mow.ery, lllaqooketa. llesoZ~ That when the House pt'OceMs in CO"mmittee of the Whole YABEIAd~SETTS to the further consideration -of H. Jt.. 7962, entitled, "A. blll to crea•te Roland M. Baker, Boston. .and establlE!h a commission as an independent establisl*tlent of the NEBRASKA Federal Government to reg.Wate rents ot the Distr1ct 61. Commbia.," Walter G. :uanguld, Bennington. it shall be in order at &l!J' time to otf~r the fbll<>wing 1lS a substitut~ for the text of the bill : NO:&TR CA1lOLINA. " Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lleu thereof Annie L. Stant-0n, Stantonsburg. the following : oHto " ' 'I'ha t it is hereby declared that the emergency described tn Ralph B. Troyer, Continental. Title II of the food coutrol and District re11.ts act t1till exists and George F. Burford, Farmdale. coatinues in the District .of Oolumbia, and that the present housing Michael J. Meek, McDonald. and rental conditions therein requtre the further extenmon .{)'f the provisions ot ·.guch titJ.4?, TEXAS " ' Smc. 2. That Title U of the food C&»trol and the District of Arthur E. Davis, Blue Rt<lge. Columbia rents act, as am:ended, is reenacted, extended.•1Lll4 continued, Sol D. Smith, Granbury. as ·hereina.fter ame.ndoo, until the 224 day ()f May, 1926, notwith Duane B. Scarborough, Oakwood. standing the provisions of section 2 of the act .entitled "An 1rct tl> Thomas B. Higgins, Roeagan. extend for the period of two y~ars the p-rovisions ot Title II ot tile Remlig. Otoollo Lewin (Mrs.), food -control and the DistJ;kt el Columbia Pents act, a:p~roved October Clarence V. McMahan, Waoo. 22, 1919, as amended,~' app1mved· May .22, 1922. " ' SEC. 3. '!'hat subdivision (a) of section 102 of the food oo:a.tirol and the District of Columbia l"ents act, as amended by seetlon 4 of HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES such act of May 22, 1922, ls hereby· ameBded by strlldne out the figures " 19.24 " j,n said subdivision anli i.m!er.ting ill lieu there!Jf ·the Y.oN-D'AY, Apri'l ~8, 19~4 figures " 1926 n .' " Upon the offedng gf the ,subiltitute tker.e sllall be not to· e2:0eed two . The Hetuse met at 12 o'clock n@~n. 1 The Chaplain, Rev. James Shera 1\fontgomery, D. D., offered horus general debate, one-half to be cODtrolled by those 'taV01:.lng the ·1the following prayer : substltute and one-half by those opposing. At the conclnsl<>n of the general debate the substihrte shall be con Trusting in Thy ioVing pr~vidence, our heavenly Father, we sidered under the five-minute •ule, Rlld during that coBSider.ation lt seek to bring to Thee our devout expressions .o.t gratitude. Re shall be in order to offer an aime:udment to tba eubsUtute providing metn~r us, 0 Lord, and cause us to keep Thy commandmtmts for the reduction of number of C()mmissioners p.l'ovided for .1B said b~ willingly a'nd faithfully. Deflhe foT us each day the ·pathway At the hour of 4 o'clock, U: the conKllileration o~ the1 substitute fif dut:r and gtve 11s deep desire to obey its obligation. Inspire shall not have been sooner completep, the ~m.mlttee shAll vote ~ anti bless every moyement throughout our country that ~eans the substitute as am;ended, - if an1 · amendm'ents have been- ~. the advancement of the social, political, and Christian life 00: and immediate.J.y upon the concluslou of -that v-Ote the ~~mltte& shall our fellow men. O .hear us, betp us, bless. us, and forgive us, automaitlcally .rise and report the b.J.11 and any, amewl1DeJ1,ts, or ~ for Thy name's sake. Amen. substitute and any am'endments, , to .the Rouse ; and the previous The lourno.ls of 'Saturday, ·..Alp:rll 26, 1924, and Sunday., Ap!'IJ.1 question shall be considered as ordered OD the bill and amendments fpr final passage. 27, 1924, w-era read and se~rally approved, Mr. TlNCHER. Mr# Speak-er, the gt:intleman from T.exas C:itANGIN'G NAME OF THmTy;-sE~NTH STREET BETW,EE~ CHEVY [Mr. BLANTON] deserves the credit for first calling attention to CB:.l.SE CIRCLE AND RENO ROAD tlris point of order. I did ne»t ce::oo to be in the attitude of trying Mr. UNDERHILL. Mr. Speaker, I call up Senate bill 1982, to take his point of order away from him, but I thought it to change the name. of 'I'hirty~enth Street between Chevy slilould be made at the time it 'Was ;afl"eretl as a privileged :reso Chase Circle aud Reno Road, and .ask tbat it be taken from the lution. Speaker's table, an. identical House bill being on the calendar I do not think the resolution is privileged .&t all, and there are with a fBrvore.ble report. at least tWl6 deeisions of -the Speake~ -of the House clearly cover- 'I'he SPEAKER. The .gentleman from Massachusetts calls ing the question. · up for e<>ns.t~ration Senate bill 19821 an identical House bill If the Rules Committee cani Blibstitnte a bill for a bill that a being on the calendar and hav~g ·been :favorably reported.. committee has r.eported, it can take any bill on which they are ~be Clerk w.ill report the bill. asked for a rule, or whether fillrey are as~ed for a rul>e or not, The Clerk read tlle bill, as fellows : a.nd take the power away from the leg;iglative committee to eon· Be it enact-ell, et<J., 'That the Ii.a.me end street now ttnown as Thlrty sider such bills. seventh Street between 'Chase Circle and Reno Road be, and 6e The SPIDAKER. They could suggrest that the Bouse do it. Ch~vy but the committee itself am not do tt. same is h~reby, Changed to Chevy Chase Drive, 'and the surveyor ot tire Distrlet of Columbia is hereby dh-eeted to enter such change on Mr. TINCHER. I understand; but here is the point- the records of his office. The SPEAKER. The Chair w<>llld like to have the gentle man state hi:s point of order. The SPEAKER. The J;Iuestlon is on the third reading of Mr. TINCHER. · The poin.t of order is that the re.solution ls 'the bill not privileged. · The blll was ordered to be read a third time, w:as read t.he "'rhe SPEAKER. Why oot? third time, and passed. 1\ir.· TINCHER. Because the Rules Commtttee has reported· EXTENSION OF REM~ a resolution containing legislation over wliich the District Com 1 Mr. .TOST. Mr. Speaker, I aslt unanimous eonsent ro extend mittee had jurisdiction and title bill bas Dot been cml:Sider.ed bT my rema-rks 1n the REco:sD on the subject of child labor, wtth the Distl"iiet Committee. For that ma.son I believe the resol-ution · Special re-ference to the amendment tllat was passed Saturday. i1!1 not J>rivlleged. · The SPEAKER. The gentletnft.n already bas that privilege Mr. BLANTON. Will ithe gentleman yield tD me? and all Members of tbe House ha"Ve that privilege. Mr. TINCHER. Yes; I would llke to have rthe ~ntleman. from Texas present this .point of erder. : l?EADING OF RESOLUTION The SP.EAKER.. ·ne Chair wall hear tbe gentleman trom ! .l\Ir. HOWAR_D of Nebraska. Mr. Speaker, I present a resolu Texa& hrleily. \lon and ask tha,t it be read ta the House foi· its iafGrnlat1on. .Hr. BLANTON. Mr. tipeaker, I have spent quite a lot .at ldr... LONGWORTH. Mr. Speaker, I oDject. tiJ:na .leoJdlng. 11,p Ul1a ~ Tiie .:rules o.f the House. .u • 7.374 CONGRESSION AD RECORD-HOUSE· APRIL 28 the Speaker knows, prescribe the jurisdiction of every com that ls foreign to the provisions of the Lampert bill, and clearly mittee of this House. They give to the District of Columbia that is legislation and you can not get around it, Mr. Speaker. Committee jurisdiction over all matters affecting too District rt is legislation that properly belongs to another committee. It of Columbia and prescribe the limitations and jurisdiction of. goes beyond the jurisdiction that the House has conferred upon the Rules Committee. The Ohair will note that section 56 of the Committee on Rules. Mr. Speaker, if we were to permit the Rule XI prescribes that the only jurisdiction which the Com Committee on Rules to offer this as a substitute for the Lampert mittee on Rules has is on rules, joint rules, and procedure; in bill; it could come in here and _offer a substitute for every bill other words, it fixes the procedure of the House, but nowhere that comes from every committee of this House.