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.Also, a bill (H. R. 10133) granting a pension to Sophie Atkin­ SENATE son ; to the Committee on Invalicf Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 10134) granting a pension to Albert WEDNESDAY, Decmnber 3, 19~4 Braun; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 10135) granting an increase of pension to The Chaplain, Rev. J. J. Muir, D. D., offered the following Sarah Maria McGill; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. prayer: Also, a bill (H. R. 10136) granting an increase of pension to Our Fathm·, in whom we live and move and have our being, Mary Abbie Meats ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. enable us to understand our relations to Thee as well as to Also,.a bill (H. R. 10137) granting an increase of pension to Charlotte Bredenkamp ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions! each other and to the great eountry in which we live. Grant us Thy guidance in all matters and may we be willing to follow Also, a bill (H. R. 10138) granting an increase of pension to it Amanda R. Frank ;,,to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Thy lead as we can understand and discern Thy ways for By Mr. BIXLER: Resolution (H. Res. 369) to pay salary us. We ask in Christ's name. Amen. and funeral expenses of Henry R. Thorpe, late an employee in The reading clerk proceeded to read the Journal of yester· the Doorkeeper's department of the House; to the Committee day's proceedings, when, on request of Mr. CURTIS and by unan­ on Accounts. imous consent, the further reading was dispensed with and the Journal was approved. PETITIONS, ETC. SENATOR FROM MICHIGAN Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, petitions and papers were laid The PREBIDENT pro tempore. The. Chair lays before the on the Clerk's desk and referred as follows : Senate the certificate of the election of JAMES CouzENS, a Sen· 3051. By the SPEAKER (by request): Petition of Jason ator from the State of :Michigan, which will be read. Waterman Warren, president of J. W. Warren Co., Cleveland, The reading clerk read as follows : Ohio, favoring certain amendments to the Constitution of the United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary. STATE OF lHCHIGAN CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION 3052. Also (by request), petition of First Baptist Church of We, the undersigned, State canvassers, from an examination of the Paterson, N. J., approving the purpo e of Senate bill 1898; to election returns received by the secretary of state, determine that at the Committee on the Post Office and· Post Roads. the general election held on the 4th day of November, 1924, J .DiES 3053. By Mr. CULLEN: Petition of State commission of CouzENS was duly elected United States Senator for the term ending prisons, recommending to the Federal GoYernment the erection March 4, 1925. in New York State of an institution with facilities for the In witness whereof we have hereto subscribed our names at Lansing detention of Federal prisoners, both before and after convic­ this 1st day of December, 1924. tion, whereas the increasing number of Federal prisoners Cli.AS. J. DELAND, committed to county penal institutions of New York State has Sec-retary o.f State; caused serious overcrowding in county jails and consequent FRANK ]), GANNON, violation of the laws of the State relative to the separation and State Treasut·er; cla Nsification of prisoners, as a result of which the officials in THOMAS ]), JOHNSON, charge of these institutions :find themselves in many instances Superintendent of Public Ins-truction; unable to comply with said laws because of the large number Board. of State Oanvas,sers. of Federal prisoners; to the Committee on the Judiciary. State of Michigan. D{3partment of State, ss: 3054. Also, petition of the American Federation of Labor, I hereby certify that the foregoing copy of the certtiicate of de· advocating an adequate Postal Service wage standard; to the termination of the board of State canvassers is a correct transcript o1 Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. the original of such certificate of determination on fi.Je in this offic~. 3055. Also, petition of New York State League of Savings In witness whereof I have hereto attached my signature and the and Loan Associations, urging an appropriation by Congress great seal of the State at Lansing this 1st day of December, 1924. for the purpose of an intercensal survey by the Bm·eau of the [SEAL.] CRA.s. J. DELAND. Census of building and loan associations in the United States; Secretary of State. to the Committee on the Census. 3056. Also, petition of Flatbush Chamber of Commerce, of The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The credentials will be Brooklyn, N. Y., condemning the provisions of the section of filed with the Secretar-y of the Senate. the revenue act of 1924 which pertain to publicity in connec­ Mr. CURTIS. The Senator elect from 1\1ichigan is present, tion with income tax as radical and un-American; to the Com~ and I ask that he be sworn in. mittee on Ways and Means. The !?RESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator elect will 3057. By Mr. GALLIVAl.~: Petition of American Federation present himself at the desk to take the oath of office. of Labor, urging Congress to speedily enact Senate bill 1898, l\1r. COUZENS, escorted by Mr. FERRIS, advanced to the which pro-vides for wage increases for postal workers; to the Vice President's desk and t.he oath prescribed by law was ad· Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. ministered to him. 3058. By Mr. SEGER: Petition of Mr. Daniel Meyer, jr., of Haledon N. J., and 56 residents of Paterson, Haledon, and COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS Hawtho~ne, N. J., for passage of Senate bill 1898, increasing Mr. CURTIS. I ask unanimous consent for the entering salaries of postal employees ; to the Committee on the Post of the order which I send to the desk. Office and Post Roads. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will read the 3059. Also, petition of Mr. John J. Spruce, of Paterson, N. J., order. and 53 residents of Paterson, N. J., for passage of Senate bill The reading clerk read as follows : 1898, increasing salaries of postal employees ; to the Committee 01·dered, That the following Senators are hereby relie-ved from fur· on the Post Office and Post Roads. 3060. Also, petition of :Mr. Krine Patmos, of Paterson, N. J., ther service upon the following committees : and 81 residents of Paterson, N. J., for passage of Senate bill The junior Senator from_ Idaho [Mr. GOODI< G) from the Committee 1898, increasing salaries of postal employees ; to the Committee on Claims. on the Post Office and Post Roads. The junior Senator from Vermont [Mr. DALE] from the Committee 3061. By Mr. SNELL: Petition of Council 329, L'Union St. on Education and Labor. Jean-Baptiste d'Amerique, against the passage of any legisla­ The Senator from Connecticut [Mr. McLEAN] from the Committee tion tending to establish a Fede:r.:al bureau of education ; to the on Interstate Commerce. Committee on the Judiciary. The senior Senator from Colorado [Mr. PHIPPS] from the CoiDIDit- 3062. Also, petition of St. Anthony's Society, of Ogtftinsburg, tee on Mines and Mining. • N. Y., against the passage of any legislation tending tO estab­ The senior Senator from New Jersey [Mr. EDGE] from the Commit­ lish a Federal bureau of education ; to the Committee on the tee on Fost Offices and "Post Roads. Judiciary. · The senior. Senator from Cali!ornia [Mr. JoH!'lSON] from the Com­ 3063. Also, petition of St. .John the Baptist Society, protest­ mittee on Military Affairs. ing against the creation of a Federal bureau of education and That the following Senators are hereby assigned to membership on the child labor amendment; to the Committee on the Judiciary. the following committees : 3064:. By :Mr. SWING : Petition of the Methodist Church of '.Dhe junior Senator from Colorado [Mr. "lt!EL"'l"S] to the Committee Fallbrook, Calif., urging an amendment to the preamble of the on Claims ; to the Committee on Immigration ; to the Committee on the National Constitution; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Judiciary; to the Committee on Mines and Mining. 1924 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SEN ATE 51

The junior Senator from Rhode Island [Mr. METCALF] to the Com­ December 3, 1923 (S. Doc. No. 163), which was ordered to lie mittee on Education and labor; to the Committee on the Library; to on the table and to be printed. the Committee on Naval Affairs; to the Committee on Patents. He also laid before the Senate a communication from the The Senator from Connecticut [Mr. McLEAN] to the Committee on Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, transmitting, pursuant to law, Foreign Relations. a full and complete account of all property in his possession The senior Senator from New Jersey [Mr. EDGE] to the Committee and in the Senate Office Building belonging to the United States on Foreign Relations. on December 24, 1924 ( S. Doc. No. 159). which was ordered to The junior Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. BuTT,E-B] to the Com­ lie on the table and to be printed. mittee on the Judiciary; tq the Committee on Naval Affairs; to the Committee on Patents. TREASURY DEPARTMENT REPORTS That the senior Senator .from Idaho [Mr. BoRAH ] is hereby relieved The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a com­ from further service as chairman of the Committee on Education and munication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting Labor. pursuant to law, statements of approved expenditures under That the senior Senattlr from California [Mr. JoH 'SON] is hereby the loan acts of April 24, 1917; of September 24, 1917, as relieved from further service as chairman of the Committee on Terri­ amended; and of September 24, 1917, as amended and extended, tories and Insular Possessions. which was referred to the Committee on Finance. That the following Senators are hereby appointed to be chairmen He also laid before the Senate a communication from the of the following committees : Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a The senior Senator from Colorado [Mr. PHIPPS] to be chairman of report relative to the cumulative sinking fund, which was re­ the Committee on Education and Labor. ferred to the Committee on Finance. The senior Senator from Idaho [Mr. BoRAH] to be chairman of the He also laid before the Senate a communication from the Committee on Foreign Relations. Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a The senior Senator from California [Mr. JOHNSON] to be chairman report concerning expenditures to June 30, 1924, under the of the Committee on Immigration. provisions of section 8 of the first Liberty bond act, approved The senior Senator from Iowa [Mr. CuMMINS] to be chairman of April 24, 1917, and section 10 of the second Liberty bond act, the Committee on the Judiciary. approved September 24, 1917, as amenqed, etc., which was re­ The senior Senator from Ohio [Mr. WILLIS] to be chairman of the ferred to the Committee on Finance. committee on Territories and Insular PossE.>ssions. JUDGMENTS OF THE COURT OF CBAIM.S (S. DOC. NO. 164) Tlie PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Kansas asks unanimous consent for the entering of the order. Is there The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a com­ objection? The Chair hears none, and the order is entered. munication from the chief clerk of the Com·t of Claims, trans­ Mr. ROBINSON. I ask unanimous consent for the entering mitting, pursuant to law, a statement of all judgments ren­ of an order for the following committee assignments to be dered by the Court of Claims for the year ended November 29, made, and call the attention of the Senator from Kansas 1924, the amounts, the parties, and a synopsis of the nature of thereto. claims, which was referred to the Committee on Appropria­ The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The order will be reacl. tions and ordered tq be printed. . The reading clerk read as follows : REPORT OF THE DISTRICT PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSIO~ Ordered, That the Senator from Georgia [Mr. GEORGE] be assigned The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a com­ to service on the Committee on Banking and Currency, and the Sena­ munication from the chairman of the Public Utilities Com­ tor from Arizona [Mr. AsHCRST] be assigned to service on the Com­ mission of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to mittee on Irrigation and Reclamation. law, a report of the official proceedings of the Public Utilities The PRESIDENT ·pro tempore. Without objection, the order Commission for the year ended December 31, 1923, with other is entered. information relating to the regulation and operation of public utilities in the District of Columbia, which was t·eferred to MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR THE LATE WOODROW WILSO~ the Committee on the District of Columbia. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. As · the members of the committee on the part of the Senate to arrange for the joint SALARIES IN THE VETERANS' BUREAU meeting of Congress in commemoration of the life, character, The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a com­ and public services of the late President Wilson, pro~ide

'The PRESIDENT 1pro tenwor.e. T.he Ohair lays before the .wages, rprovide ,a lHrger !market "for agricultural products, ·and Senate a message from the President .nf .the United States, iJJUt •onr countl'ly in fft ·stronger position to be able to meet the which .will be Iead. world competition in trade, than a continuing policy of econ· ~he Secretary (George A. Sanderson) read the message, as ()IDy. Of courBe, necessaT_y coots must be met, proper functions of the Government performed, and constant investments for follows: capital account and -:reproductive effort Ill1lSt be carried on by To the Congress of the U'Y!btad Slates: our various departments. But the people must know that their The present state of ·the Union! upon wbich it is cust~~ary Gov:emm.ent .is placing upon them no unnecessary burden. · for the President to report to the Oongress llilder the proVIsions · of the Constitution, is such that it may be regarded with TAXES encouragement ancl satisfaction by every American. Onr coun­ .Everyone desires a reduction of taxes, and there is ..a great try is almost unique in its ability to discharge fully ~nd .preponderance of sentiment in favor of taxation reform. "When promptly all its obligations at nome. and abr?ad; and proVI~e ~ approved the present tax law, I stated publicly that I did .for all its inhabitants an increase m material resources, m .so .in &Pite of certain provisions which I believed unwise and intellectual vigor and in moral power. The Nation holds a harmful. On.e of the most g1aring of these was the making position unsurpassed in an former human e~"'Perience. 'This public of the amounts assessed against different income-tax does not mean that we do not have any problems. It is ele­ payers. .Although that damage has now been done, I believe mentary tha.t tne increasing breadth of our experience neces­ its ~ontinuation to be detrimental to the public welfare and sarily increases -the problems of our national life. But it does .bound to decrease public ..1·evenues, s.o that it ought to be re­ mean that if we will but apply ourselves industriously and pealed. honestly, we hav.e am,ple powers with wbich to meet our prob­ .Anybody can :reduce .taxes, but it is -not so easy to stand in lems and provide for their speedy solution. I do not profess the gap and resist the passage of inc.ueasing appropriation that we can secure an era of perfection in human existence, bills which woUld make tax reduction i~possible. It will be but we can provide an era of peace and prosperity, attended very easy to measure the strength .of the attachment to re­ with freedom and justice and made more and more satisfying ·duced taxation by the _power with which increased appropria-. 'by the ministrations of the charities and humanities of life. tions are resisted. If at the close of the _present session the Our · domestic problems are for th.e most pru·t economic. We Oongress has kept ·within the Budget .which I propose to pre­ haye our enormous debt to pay, and we are paying 'it. We sent, it will then be possible to have a mode~·ate amount of· tax have the high cost of government to diminish, and we are di­ reduction and all the tax reform that the Congress may wish .minishing it. We have a heavy burden of taxation to reduce, for during the next fisca1 year. The country is now feeling .and we are reducing it. But ·while remarkable progress has the direct stimulus which came from the passage of the last been made in these directions, the work is yet far from accom­ revenue bill, and under the ·assurance of ·a reasonable system pli~hed. We still owe over $21,000,000,000, the cost of the of taxation there is every prospect of an era of prosperity of National Government is still about -$3;500,000,000, and the unprecedented proportions. 'But it woUld be idle to expect national taxes ~till amount to about 527 for each one of om· any such results unless business can continue free from excess­ inhabitants. There yet exists this enorm~ns field for the .ap- ' profits taxation and be accorded a system of surtaxes at rRtes plication of economy. , which bave for their object not the punishment of success or In my opinion the Government can do more to remedy the the discouragement of business but the production of the economic ills of the people by a system of rigid economy in greatest amount of revenue 'from large .incomes. I am con­ 1JUblic eX}lenditure than can be accomp1ished thiough any , vinced that the larger incomes of the ·country would actually other action. The costs of our national and local governments yield more revenue rto the .Government if the basis of taxation combined now stand at a ~urn close to $100 for each inhabitant ' were scientifically revised downward. 1\Ioreover the effect of of the land. A little less than one-third of this is represented the present method of this taxation is to increase the cost of 'by national expenditure, and a little more than two-thirds by 'interest on productive ente1·prise and to increase the burden local expenditure. It is an ominous fact that only the National of rent. It is altogether likely that such reduction would so Government is reducing its debt. Others are increasing theil's encourage and stimulate investment that it would firmly at about $1,000,000,000 each year. The depression that over­ establish ·OUr country 'in the economic leadership of the world. took business, the disaster experienced in agriculture, the lack WATERWAYS of employment and the terrific shrinkage in all values which Meantime our internal development should go on. Provi­ our country experienced in a most acute form in 1920, resulted sion .Bhould be made d'or -flood control of such l'ivers as the in no small measure fTom the prohibitive taxes whiCh were .Mississippi and the Colorado, and for the opening .up of our .then levied on all productive effort. The establishment ·Of a inland waterways to commerce. Consideration is due to the system of drastic economy in public expenditure, which has project of better navigation from the Great Lakes to the Gulf. enabled us to pay off about one-fifth of the national debt since IDvery effort is being made to promote an agreement with 1919, and almost cut in two the national tax burden since 1921, Canada to build the St. LaWI·ence waterway. There are pend­ has been one of the main causes in reestablishing a prosperity ing before the Congress bills for further development of the w-hich has come to include within its benefits almost every one Mississippi Basin, for the taking over of the Cape Cod Canal of our inhabitants. Economy 1·eaches everywhere. It carries a in accordance with a moral obligation which seems to have blessing to everybody. been incurred during the war, and for the improvement of 'lrhe fallacy of the claim that the costs of government ru·e harbors on both the Pacific and the Atlantic coasts. While borne by tile rich and those who make a direct contribution this last should be divested of some of its projects and we to th.e National Treasury can not be too often exposed. No must 1Jroceed .Slowly, -these bills in general have my approval. ~ystem has been devised, I do not think ·any system coUld be Such works are -productive of wealth and in· the long run tend devised, under which any person living in this country could to a reduction of the tax burden. escape being affected by the cost of our Government. It has ·a direct effect both upon the Tate and the purchasing power REC~AMATION of wages. It is felt in th-e price of those prime necessities of Our country has a well-denned policy of reclamation estab­ existence--food, clothing, fuel, and shelter. It woUld appear lished undei' statutory authority. ~his policy shoUld be con­ to be elementary that the more the Government expends the tinued and made a self-sustaining activity administered in a .more ·it must require every producer to contribute out of his manner tha-t will. meet local requirements and bring our arid production to the £Public Treasury and the less he will have lands into a profitable state of cultivation as fast as there is for his own benefit. The continuing costs of public administra­ a market for their products. Legislation is pending based on tion can be met in only one way-by the work nf the people. the report of the fact finding commission for the proper "The higher they become, the more the people must work for relief of those needing extension of time in which to meet the Government. The less they are, the more the people can -their payments on irrigated land, and for additional n.mend­ ·work for themselves. .lllents and reforms of om· reclamation laws, w.hich are all The present estimated margin between public receipts and .exceedingly important .and should be enacted at once. expenditm·es for this fiscal year is very small. _I>erhaps the AGRICULTURI!l most important wol.'lc that this session of the Congress can do is to continue a policy of economy and further reduce the No more important development has taken place in the last co ·t of government, in order that we may have a reduction of year than the beginning of a restoration of agriculture to a taxes for the ne-xt fiscal yem.·. Nothing is more likely to 'J)ro­ prosperous condition. We must --permit no division of classes duce that public confidence which is the forerunner and the .in this country, with one occupation striving to secure advan­ mainstay of prosperity, encourage and enlarge business op­ tage over another. Each must proceed under open oppor­ portunity with ample opportunity for employment at good tunities and with .a

Go"\"ernment can not successfully insure prosperity or fix p~ces veloping manufacture of nitrogen~ It may be found advan­ by legislative fiat. Every business has its risk and its times ta.geous to dispose of the right to surplus power separately of depression. It is well known that in the long run there With such reservations as will allow its gradual withdrawal will be a more even prosperity and a more satisfactory range and application to nitrogen manufacture. A subcommitee of of prices under the natural working out of economic laws the Committees on Agriculture should investigate this field than when the Government undertakes the artificial support and negotiate with prospective purchasers. If no advan­ of markets and industries. Still we can so order our affairs, tageous offer be made, the development should continue and so pr()teet our own people from ~oreign competition, so ar­ the plant should be dedicated primarily to the production of range our national finances, so adiD.inister our monetary sys­ materials for the fertilization of the soiL tem, so provide 'for the extension of credits, so improve methods of distribution, as to provide a better working ma­ BAlLW.lYS chinery for the transaction of the business of the Nation with The railways during the past year have made still further the least possible friction and loss. The Government has been progress in recuperation from the war, with large gains in eonstantly increa ing its efforts in these directions for the re­ efficiency and ability expeditiously to handle the' traffic of lief and permanent establishment of a-griculture on a sound the country. We have now passed through several period& and equal basis V\rith other business. of peak traffic without the car shortages which so frequently It is estimated that the value of the crops for this harvest in the past have brought havoc to our agriculture and in­ year may reach $13,000,000,000, which is an increase of over dustries. The condition of many of our great freight termi­ $3,000,000,000 in three years. It compares with $7,100,000,000 nals is still one of difficulty and results in imposing large in 1913, and if we make deduction from the figures of 1924 for eo_sts on the public for inward-bound freight, and on the' the comparatively decreased value of the dollar, the yield this railways for outward-bound freight. Owing to the growth year still exceeds 1913 in purchasing power by over $1,000,- of our large cities and the great increase in the volume of 000,000, and in this interval there has been no increase in the traffic, particularly in perishables, the pr-oblem is not only number of farmers. Mostly by his own effort the farmer has difficult of solution but in some cases not wholly solvable by decreased the cost of production. A marked increase in the rail way action alone. price of his products and some decrease in the price of his In my message last year I emphasized the necessity for supplies has brought him about to a parity with the rest o:L' further legislation with a view to expediting the consolida­ the Nation. The crop area of this season is estimated at tion of our railways into larger systems. The principle of 370,000,000 acres, which is a decline of 3,000,000 acres from Government control of rates and profits, now thoroughly im­ last year, and 6,000,000 acres from 1919. This has been a bedded in our governmental attitude toward natural monopo­ normal and natural application of economic laws, which has lies such as the railways, at once eliminates the need of placed agriculture on a foundation which is undeniably sotmd competition by small units as a method of rate adjustment. and beginning to be satisfactory. Competition must be preserved as a stimulus to service but A decrease in the world supply of wheat has resulted in a this will exist and can be increased under: enlarged systems.. very large increase in the price of-that commodity. The posi­ Consequently the consolidation of the railways into larger ti.on of all agricultural products indicates a better balanced units for the purpose of seeuring the substantial values to supply, but we can. not yet conclude that agriculture is recov­ the public which. will come from larger operation has been the ered from the effects of the war period or that it is perma­ ' logical conclusion of Congress in its previous enactments, and nently on a prosperous basis. The cattle industry has not yet is also supported by the best opinion in the country. Such. recovered and in some sections has been suffering from dry consolidation will assure not only a greater element of com­ weather. Every effort must be made, both by Government petition as to service but it will afford economy in operation activity and by private agencies, to restore and maintain agri­ greater stability in railway earnings, and more economicai culture to a complete normal relationship with other in­ financing. lt opens large possibilities of better egualization clustries. of rates between different classes of traffic so as to relieve It was on account of· past depression, and in spite of pre ent undue bru:dens upon agricultural products and raw materials more encouraging conditions, that I have assembled an agri­ generally, which a1·e now no.t possible without ruin to small cultural conference- made up of those who are representative units, owing to the lack of diversity of traffic. It would also of this great indu try in both its operating and economic sides. tend to equalize earnings in such fashion as to reduce th.e Everyone knows that the great need o:f the farmer is markets. importance of section 15A, at which criticism, often misap­ The country is not suffering on the side of production. Almost plied, has been directed. A smaller number of units would the entire difficulty is on the side of distribution. This reaches offer less difficulties in labor adjustments and would con­ back, of course, to unit cost.s and diversification, and many tribute much to the solution of terminal difficulties. allied subjects. It is exceedingly intricate, for our domestic The consolidations need to be carried out with due regard and foreign trade, transportation an

Hence has shown that some useful amendment could be made them the power to pursue a law-abiding existence in the social to these pro\isions. and economic life of the Nation. This is a matter of so much It would be helpful if a plan could be adopted which, while imp?rtance as to warrant the early attention of the preRent 1·etaining the practice of systematic collective bargaining, with se s1on. Further provision hould also be made for a like conciliation and voluntary arbitration of labor differences, reason, for a separate reformatory for women. ' could also pro\ide simplicity in relations and more direct local responsibility of employees and manao·er::1. But such NATIO~.AT, POLICE BUREAU legislation will not meet the requirements of the situation Representatives of the Jpternational Police Conference will unle ·s it recognizes the principle that the public has a right bring to the attention of the Congress a proposal for the estab­ to the uninterrupted service of transportation, and 1;4erefore li;Shment of a national police bureau. Such action would pro­ a right to be heard when there i

and again that this form of organization re. ults in indecision, FRB~CH SPOT, B.TION CLAIMS division of opinion and administrative functioru , which make a wholly inadequate foundation for the conduct of a great busi­ During the laRt ses. ion of the Congress legislation was in­ ne~s enterprise. The fir~t principle in securing the objective troduce<} looking to the payment of the remaining claims gen­ ::::et out by Congress in building up the American merchant erally referred to as the French spoliation claims. The Con­ marine upon the great trade routes and sub~ec1uently disposing gress has provided for the payment of many similar claims. of it into private operation can not proceed with effectivene s Tho e that remain unpaid have been long pending. Tl1e bene­ until the entire functions of the board are reQI'ganized. The ficiaries thereunder have every reason to expect payment. inuneiliate requirement is to tran. fer into the Emergency These claims have been examined by the Court of Claims and Fleet Corporation the whole re~pon ibility of operation of the their validity and amount determined. The United States fleet and other property, leavillg to the Shipping Board solely ought to pay itR debts. I recommend action by the Congre s the duty of determining certain major poli<:ie which require which will permit of the payment of these remaining claims. deliherati\e action. THE WAOE EARNEn. The procedure under section 28 of the merchant marine act Two very important policies have been adopted by this coun­ has created great difficulty and threatened friction during the try which, while extending their benefits also in other direc­ pa ·t 12 month . Its attempted application developed not only tions, have been of the utmost importance to the wage earners. ~reat opposition from exporter., particularly aH to burdens One of the ·e is the protective tariff, which enables our people that may be impo. ed upon agricultural produds, but also great to live according to a better standard and receive a better rate anxiety in the different eaports as to the effect ·upon their of compensation than any people, any time, anywhere on earth relative rate sh·nctures. This trouble will certainly recur if ever enjoyed. Thi · !'aves the American market for the prod­ action is attempted under this section. It i~ uncertain in ucts of American workmen. The other is a policy of more some of its terms and of great difficulty in interpretation. recent origin anRentation of the re­ must defend our own national integrity. . l'pective parties at the ballot box and equality of I'epre enta­ It is gratifying to report that the prog~e~s of mdustry, the tion on the various regi tration board", whereYer they exist. enormou~ increa e in individual productivity through la.bor­ TilE .J UDICIARY saving device:-:, and th~ high rate o~ wages have all combmed to furnish our people m general w1th su.ch an ab~dance not The docket of the Suprel1l.e Court is becoming congested. only of the necessaries but of th.e convemences of life that ~e At the opening term ln ·t year it ha

DEPARTMENTAL REErRGANIZATlON 1 entltled~o the most solicitous consideration on the part-of their One way ·to save public money !Would.... be to 11ass the pending fellow .citizens. They -are organized in various associations bill .for the •reorgruiization • df the ·various departments. This of 'Yhich the chief and ..most representative ,is the Amertcro{ 'J)roject has ·been -:pending for ;.some ·time, and ha.s ·had the_most Leg1on. Through its •officers the L~gion -will present to the ·careful consideration of experts ·and .:the tthorough :study of :a ·Congress nnmer.ous su_ggestions for legislatiOlicy to insure the future S'QP­ Our past adherence .to this policy, our constant refusal to ply of ·fue1 oil --and prevent the 1:hreatened drainage of naval ..maintain a military establishment that could be thought to oil-Teserves. Legislative action·is required ·to -carry on e~eri­ _menace the security , of others, our honoraole dealings with 'Jilents in oil shale reduction, as lfll'ge deposits of-this type·llave ,other nations, whether great .or small, has .left us Jn the al­ been set aside for the use of the 'Navy. most,constant enjoyment of,_peace. We have been constantly besought to '-ellgage ..in competitive It is .net necessary to -Stress the general . desire .of all .the armaments. Frequent reports will reach us of the magnitude :.People of thi.s countr;v for the ,promotion of peace. It is .tl1e Of the-military e_guipment of other nations. We shall do -well leading •princiPle of all e 1:horoughiy in the -Army and 'Navy, .in adequate i:lefense •and "treaties. \V:hile we Jdesrre 'Rlways to cooperate -and to and preparation. But I am ODposed to any policy of competi­ h~lp ·we ~re equally de:te~ed to be independent and .:free. .tion in building and maintaining !arid or sea armaments. RI.ght and 'truth .rurd ·Justice ·and humanitarian efforts will Our -country 'has definitely relinquished the oid -standard ,of have the moral su:p}lart of -this .country , all .over the -worl.d. dealing with other countries l:!Y te:cror and .:force, and is defi­ But ·we do not wiSh to ..become .involved in the ·political con­ nitely committed to the ·new standard of dealing With them troversies ·of others. .Nor is J:he co.untry disposed to become through friendship ·and understanding. This .new policy shoilld a member of I the League :of .Nations :or to -assume .the .o.bliga­ 'be constantly -kept in mind by the guiding forces of the Army 'tions 1imposed ·by· its -covenant. and 'Navy, ·by-the Congress, and by the country at large. .I be­ clNTERNATIONAL COURT lieve it holds a promise of great"bene:fit to'b.umanity. I shall America has-been one of the .foremost nations in advocatin ... resist any attempt to ITesart to the .old methods and the old tribunals 'for the .settlement of international disputes of ; Btandards. I am especially solicitous that foreign nations _justiciable character. Our representatives took a .leading -should comprehend the candor and sincerity with which we .. part in those conferences which resultei:l in the establishment haTe adopted this position. ·w rhile we propose to .maintain de­ of Irhe Hague Tribunal and J.ater in proviiling _for .a .Perma­ -'fensive and ·supplementary police forces-by land and sea, and nent Co1rrt of .International Justice. I believe it would be ·for ·to train them ·through inspections and maneuvers .upon appro- the advantage of this country and helpfUl to the stability of priate occasions in order to maintain their efi:i.ciencv I wish other .nations for us ~to adhere to the 1protocol establishing -every other nation to understand that this does nor express that court ®On the conditions -stated in the recommendation any unfriendliness or convey any hostile intent. J want the which .is _now before_the ·senate, .and fu:tther that our country armed forces of America to be considered by all peoples not as ·shall not be bound by advisory .opinions which may _be -ren­ e-nemies but as friends, ·as the contribution which is made by .dered by the court _upon _questions which we .have not volun­ ·this country for the maintenance of the _peace and security of tarily :submitted 'for .its ·judgment. This court wouia provide ' the world. a ,practical and convenient tribunal before which we co.uld go VETERANS voluntarily, but to which we could .not he _summoned for ,a determination oi justiciable .questions when they fail t~ be re­ With the .autherization ,for general hospitalization of the1 veterans of all wars _provided during the present year, the solved by diplomatic negotiations. care and treatment of those who have served their country in .DISARMAMENT CONFEBENQJD time· of peril and J:he. attitude of ·the .Government toward -uiem Many 'times I have expressed my desire to see the -work of is not now so much one of -needed legislation as one of care­ the ·w ·asbington Conrere-nce on ·Limitation of Armaments ap­ ful, -generous, 11100 humane :ad.m.inistra:tion. -It will ever ·be! propriately S'Qpplemented by further agreements f01.· a -further ;recognized that their welfare is of the first concern and always reduction and for the purpose of diminishing the menace and CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE DECE:NIBER 3

waste of the competition in preparing instruments of interna­ These are the very foundations of America. On them has tional war. It has been and is my expectation that we might been erected a government of freedom and equality, of justice hopefully appronch other g1·eat powers for further conference and mercy, of education and charity. Living under it and on this subject as soon as the carrying out of the present supporting it the people have come into great possessions on l'eparation plan · as the established and settled policy of Eu­ the material and spiritual sides of life. I want to continue in l rope has created a favorable opportunity. But on account of thls direction. I know that the Congress shares with me that 1woposals which ba'\"e already been made by other govern- desire. I want our institutions to be more and more expres­ ments for a Em.·opean conference, it will be necessary to wait sive of these principles. I want the people of all the earth to ' to see what the outcome of their actions may be. I should see in the American flag the symbol of a government which not wish to propose or have representati\eS attend, a confer­ intends no oppression at home and no aggression abroad which ence \Yhich wo1.:ld contemplate commitments opposed to the in the spirit of a common brotherhood provides assist~nce in freedom of action we Washington. secured in time of neces ity, and there exist'> besides a moral LEILA A. GRIFFIN obligation which our country can not ignore and no other counti.'y can · evade. Terms and conditions may have to con­ Mr. KEYES. Mr. President, from the Committee to Audit form to differences in the financial abilities of the countries and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, I report concerned, bnt the princi11le that each country should meet its favorably four resolutions and ask for their consideration at obligation admits of no differences and is of uni"rersal a11pli­ this time. I think there will be no opposition ~ to any of them. cation. I first report Senate Resolution 266. It is axiomatic that our country can not stand still. It The resolution (S. Res. 266) submitted yesterday by ::Ur. would seem to be perfectly plain from recent events that it is SMITH was read, considered by unanimous consent, and agreed determined to go forward. But it wants no pretenses; it wants to, as follows : no vagaries. It is detennined to advance in an orderly, soun

W .ll.SH of :Massachusetts, and it was considered by unani­ A bill ( S. 3542) granting an increase of' pension to Augusta mous consent and agreed to, as follows : Probst ; to the Committee on Pensions. By Mr. CAPPER: Resoh'ed, That the Secretary of the Senate is hereby authorized and A bill ( S. 3543) for the relief of John H. Moore (with accom­ directed to pay from the ·contingent fund of the Senate the actual panying papers) ; to the Committee on Civil Service. and necessary expenses incurred by the committee appointed by the By l\Ir. HARRISON: l>resident pro tempore in arranging for and· attending the funeral of A bill ( S. 3544) limiting the provisions of the act of August the lion. IIEr..ilY CABOT LoDGE, late a Senator from the State of Massa­ 29, 1916, relating to the retirement of captains in the Navy;· to chusetts, upon vouchers to be approved by the Committee to Audit the Committee on Na¥al Affairs. and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate. By 1\lr. ELKINS : FU~ERAL EXPENSES · ~F THE LATE SENATOR BRANDEGEE A bill ( S. 3545) granting the consent of Congress to the Mr. KEYES, from the Committee to Audit and Control the Huntington & Ohio Bridge Co. · to construct, maintain, and Contingent Expenses of the Senate, reported without amend­ operate a highway and street railway toll bridge across the ment the resolution ( S. Ues. 267), submitted yesterday by Mr·. Ohio River between the city of Huntington, W. Va., and a 1\lcLE.AN, and it was considered by unanimous consent and point opposite in the State of Ohio; to the Collllllittee on Com· merce. agreed to, as follows : By l\lr. UNDER,VOOD: Rcsol vccl, That the Secretary of the Senate is hereby authorized and A bill (S. 3546) granting a pension to Reuben Edward directed to pay from the contingent fund of the Senate the actual and Hunting; to the Committee on Pensions. necessary expenses incurred by the committee appointed by the Presi­ By Mr. W.ALSH of Montana: . uent pro tempore in arranging for and attending the funeral of the A bill ( S. 3547) granting a pension to Edward. M. Murphy; lion. FRANK B. BnANDEGEE, late a Senator from the State of Connecti­ to the Committee on Pensions. cut, upon vouchers to be approved by the Committee to Audit and Con­ A bill (S. 3548) for the relief of the heirs of Karl T. Larson, trol the Contingent Expenses of the Senate. deceased (with accompanying papers) ; to the Committee on FUXERAL EXPENSES OF THE LATE SENATOR COLT Public Lands and Surveys. By Mr. FERRIS: Mr. KEYES, from the Committee to Audit and Control the A bill ( S. 3549) for the relief of Roy A. Darling; to the Com­ Contingent Expenses of the Senate, reported without amend­ mittee on Naval Affairs. ment the resolution (S. 265) submitted yesterday by Mr. A bill (S. 3550) to correct the military record of James :M. GERRY, and it was considered by unanimous consent and agreed Patrick; to the Committee on Military· Affairs. to, as follows : A bill ( S. 3551) granting a pension to -Ada C. Lee; and Resolvetl., That the Secretary of the Senate is hereby authorized and A bill ( S. 3552) gTanting a pension to Maria L. McShea ; to directed to pay ft·om the contingent fund of the Senate the actual and the Committee on Pensions. necessary expenses incuned by the committee appointed by the Presi­ SPANISH SPRINGS IRRIG.ATIO~ PROJECT, NEVADA dent pro tempore in arranging for and attending the funeral of the Hon. LEB.UWY B. COLT, late a Senator from the State of Rhode Island, Mr. PITTMAN submitted an amendment proposing to appro­ upon vouchers to be approved by the Committee to Audit and Control priate $500,000 for continued investigations, acquisition of the Contingent Expenses of the Senate. rights of way and reservoir sites, commencement of construc­ tion, and incidental operations, for the Spanish Springs irri­ BILLS INTRODUCED gation project, Nevada, intended to be proposed by him to Bill13 were introduced, read the first time, and by unanimous House bill 10020, the Interior Department appropriation bill, consent the second time, and referred as follows : which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations and By l\lr. SMITH: ordered to be printed. A bill (S. 3530) to amend the act entitled ".An act authorizing PRINTIXG OF CERTAIN PAPERS RELATIVE TO THE ISLE OF PINES the Director of th~ Census to collect and .publiRh statistics of cotton" ; to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Mr. MOSES submitted the following resolution (S. Res. 270) By Mr. IIAURELD : which was considered by .unanimous consent and agreed to : ' A bill (S. 3531) to provide for the permanent withdrawal of Resolt:ed, That certain papers relating to the adjustment of title to certain described lands in the State of Nevada for the use and the ownership of the Isle of Pines be printed as a Senate document, benefit of the Indians of the Walker River Reservation; and A bill ( S. 3532) authorizing the Chippewa Indians of Minne- INDIAN LAWS AND TREATIES sota to submit claims to the Court of Claims ; to the Committee lir. HARRELD submitted the following resolution ( S. Res. on Indian Affairs. 271), which W!lS referred to the Oommittee on Indian Affairs: By 1\Ir. EDGE: . A bill (S. 3533) for the relief of the New York Shipbuilding Resolred, That the Committee on Indian Afl'ail·s is hereby authorized Corporation for losses incurred by reason of Government orders to have prepared for the use of the Senate a compilation of .the Jaws, agreements, Executive orders, proclamations, etc., relating to Indian in the construction of battleship No. 42~· to the Committee on Naval Affairs. aJialrs passed and proclaimed since December 1, 1913, to be known as By Mr. KORRIS : Laws and Treaties Relating to Indian Affairs, volume 4. A bill ( S. 3534) to correct the military record of Thomas C. MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE-EXROLLED B~LS SIGNED Johnson, de~eased ; to the Committee on Military Affairs. By l\lr. ODDIE : A message from the Honse of Representatives, by Mr. Halti­ A bill ( S. 3535) to authorize the acquisition of a site and gan, one of its clerks, announced that the Speaker of the Bouse erection of a Federal building at Gardnenille, Kev.; to the had signed enrolled bills of the following titles, and they were Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. thereupon signed by the President pro tempore : By 1\Ir. COPELAND : H. R. 3537. An act for the relief of L. A. Scott ; and A bill ( S. 3536) granting increase of pension for loss of hand H. R. 9559. An act making appropriations to supply defi­ or arm ; to the Committee on Pensions. ciencies in certain appropriations -for _the fiscal year ending By l\lr. ASHURST : June 30, 1924, and prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental .A. bill ( S. 3537) for the completion of the first :uesa division appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, and of the Yuma auxiliary reclamation project, Arizona, and for for other purposes. other purposes ; and P BLIC BUILDIXGS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA A bill (S. 3538) to reimburse the reclamation fund for the benefit of the Yuma Federal irrigation project, Arizona-Cali­ The PRESIDENT pro tempore (at 1 o'clock and 5 minutes fornia, and to provide funds to operate and maintain the p. m.) . Morning business is closed. Colorado River front work and levee system adjacent to the Mr. SMOOT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to Yuma project, Al'izona-California ; to the Committee on Irriga­ proceed to the consideration of the bill ( S. 2284) to provide tion and Reclamation. for the construction of certain public buildings in the Dish·ict By Mr. SPENCER: of Columbia. A bill ( S. 3539) granting an increase o{ pension to George The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection to the Smith; to the Committee on Pensions. request of the Senator from Utah? By Mr. BURSUM: Mr. UNDERWOOD. As this is a unanimous-consent re· A bill ( S. 3540) gTanting a pension to Walter D. Quinn; que t, I want it understood that it will not interfere with the A bill ( S. 3541) granting a pension to Harry J. Kendall ; and order of the Senate that takes effect at 2 o'clock. 58 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE DECEMBER 3

Mr. SMOOT. It could not1 if I wanted it to do so: Mr. SMOOT. Then, of course, it goes back to the calendar, Mr. UNDERWOOD. It might by unanimous consent. The just where it is to-day. Senator asked unanimous consent to make the bill the ~­ Mr. DILL. The reason why I ask the question iB that I ished business. i am not willing to grant that unamm~us would like to get some idea of the status of the postal sala1·y consent unless it is understood that it does not interfere Wlth bill and the veto message of the President, which has never House bill 518 being taken up at 2 o'clock. been brought up before the Senate. I do not want a bill on the The PRESIDEl\TT pro ·tempore. The Chair understands that calendar made the unfinished business, even the Muscle Shoals at 2 o'clock there will be laid before the Senate the bill to bill, that will interfere with bringing up the postal salary bill. which the Senator from .Alabama refers. Mr. SMOOT. This bill will go to the calendar in the same Mr. UNDERWOOD. Regardless of the unftnished busine~s. position it occupies to-day unless it is passed by 2 o'clock. It The PRESIDENT pro tempore. And that no change w1ll will have no standing as against any other bill upon the calen­ be made in that order unless by unanimous consent especiall;v dar, I will say to the Senator. referring to that order. The Senator from Utah asks unam­ The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection to the mous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration o! request of the Senator from Utah? Senate bill 2284. Is there objection? The1·e being no objection, the Senate, as in Committee of the Mr. ROBINSON. Mr. President~ pending the request of the Whole, proceeded to consider the bill ( S. 2284) to provide for Senator from Utah I inquire if the report by the committee the construction of certain public buildings in the District of was unanimous? Columbia, which had been reported from the Committee on Mr. SMOOT. It was unanimous. Public Buildings and Grounds with an amendment. :Mr. ROBINSON. It appears to be an effort to comp~ehen­ sively treat the subject of public buildings in the Distr1ct of Mr. SMOOT. Mr. President, I want to impress upon Sen­ Columbia. ators the necessity for the immediate adoption of a public­ Mr. SMOOT. That is the object of the bill. building program in the District of Columbia, for 1t is a matter Mr. ROBINSON. What is the total amount contemplated to of the gravest importance to the Government. The Public be expended under the bill? Buildings Commission in its reports to Congress has for years Mr. SMOOT: Within the term of 10 years it will be $50,- called attention to the hazardous and uneconomical arrange­ 000 000, $5,000,000 a year. I hope the Senators will listen to ment of the Government's housing in Washington. There are wh~t I shall have to say. 'Ve are in a critical condition here reasons by the score why this intolerable and preposterous in the District of Columbia with our records and with our em­ situation should be remedied without delay. In the :first place, there is the matter of economy. The Gov­ ployees~ and something must be done. The bill will cover what the commission believes is absolutely necessary to meet the ernment is now paying rentals in the District of Columbia serious situation that exists. amounting to $733,469.11 annually. In addition to this, there Mr. ROBINSON. I have no objection to the consideration are the maintenance and upkeep charges on these rented build­ of the bill. ings, which the Government pays and which in many ca es 1 Mr. ASHURST. Mr. President, the Senator from Utah asks as much as the rent. It is therefore safe to say that the con­ unanimous consent for the present consideration of a bill struction of public buildings and the elimination of these charges would easily effect a saving of $1,000,000 annually. which prOJJOSes ultimately to expend $5010001000 for Federal buildings in the District of ColUI?bia. I believe that such an Other great economies would result when each department i~:; appropriation is wise and econom1cally prud~nt as the Govern­ able to bring its activities together under one roof or at least in the immediate vicinity of each other. ment is paying high rents. We are forgetting, .ho~eve1·, ~hat it is now nearly 12 years since we have had a public buildmgs As the situation txists to-day, the Government is squander­ ing untold sums of money for messenger service, automobiles, 1 bill.Referring to the State of Arizona, there are severa Cl'ti es trucks, time lost by employees going from one building to the and towns in that State that have doubled their population other, delays while officials are waiting for papers, and so and doubled their postal receipts within th_e past 12 _year:s. ·forth, which in numerous instances must be secm·ed from an­ The rentals which th-e Federal Government 1s now paymg m other division or bureau located at a considerable distance. some cities ·in .A.dzona. to house ;various agencies and o.ffices of The time wasted by the public in transacting business with the the Federal Government are equivalent to interest at the rate Government on account of the widely scattered units of each of 30 per cent per annum upon such sums as would be re­ establishment is also large. quired to construct the necessary buildings. It is difficult to accurately estimate the great savings which I call attention to the bill introduced yesterday ( S. 3511) would -result from bringing together the bureaus and divisions by the senior Senator from Florida, Mr. FLETCHER, -which pro­ of each department. The Comptroller General, for instance, poses to increase the cost of construction of those certain has estinlated that a saving of 250,000 per annum could be public buildings heretofore authorized by Congress to be con­ effected in administration by having the General Accounting structed and for which appropriations were made and for Office in one building, and the Commissioner of Internal Reve­ the construction of public buildings on sites heretofore ac­ nue believes a building for that bureau would ave at least quired by the Govei'nment, and I further call attention of 15 per cent or 20 per cent in the cost of collecting taxes, be­ the Senate to pages 28, 29, 30, and 31 of the RECORD of ye~~r­ sides securing more nearly 100 per cent of the sums due. These day·s proceedings, wherein are set out the names of the c:-ties are only two instances, but savings of greater and lesser degree where sites alone or sites and buildings have been authonzed. could be similarly effected in practically every governmental Take for example, the city of Globe in Arizona; the limit establishment. of cdst of com;truction of the Federal building in that city The following table shows the number of buildings occupied Bhould be increa ed and the amount now available could be by each department and independent bureau: expended. I refer also to the cities of Prescott and Tucson, Nurnber of bz,Ua11ltl8 ocoupiea by tlepart-ment or bureau where sites were long ago acquired, but for the reason that Agriculture------46 we have had no public buildings bill for nearly 12 years it Alien Property Custodian------1 has been of course, impossible to procure the appropriations ~~I 11 ~e~;ic~~~~~lsSion:::::::::::::=::::::::::::=::::::=::: ! necessary to construct buildings in these cities. Every Mem­ Commerce------7 ber of Congress realizes that Federal buildings can, for all (The Bureau of Standards group is counted as one building.) Court of Clailns------1 practical purposes, be authorized only by a general public Court of Customs Appeals------1 buildings bill. Employees' Compensation Commission______1 Federal Boord for Vocational Education______1 No doubt many other cities and towns throughout the Federal Power Commission______1 United States are likewise in need of public buildings. If the Federal Trade Commission------2 responsible offictals of the Government really intend to re­ Commission of Fine Arts------1 trench no better items could be found than to cease paying General Accounting Offlce------·------21 the ·e ~ormously high rentals and to construct adequate public Government Printing Offlce------8 GrainInterior Corporation------______. 1 buildings. 8 Mr. International Boundary Commission______1 DILL. As I understand the Senator's request, the bill International Joint Commission______1 would become the unfinished business? Interstate Commerce Commission______2 Mr. SMOOT. No. Justice------6 Mr. DILL. With the exception of the Muscle Shoals meas­ Labor------4 ure? National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics______1 8 .1\Ir. SMOOT. I am in hopes that the bill will be passed PanamaNaVY------Canal------1 before 2 o'clock. Post Ofiice______2 (City substations not counted.) Mr. DILL. But if it does not pass before 2 o'clock? Public buildings and grounds, office of______1 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 59

Shipping Board _____ :_ __ .:. ___ .:__:..______.:. ____ .:______--______2 the housing situation of the Bureau of Internal Revenue is by State------:------2 Superintendent, State, War, and Navy Buildings------30 far the most urgent of any of the building projects. (This is a maintenance organization and necessarily oc- 1\fr. COPELAND. 1\{r. President, may I ask the Senator cupies a portion of every building under its control.) from Utah a question? Tariff Commission ------1 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Does the Senator fl·om Utah TreasurY------36 Veterans' Bureau------2 · yield to the Senator from New York? War------______------______-.-______-·---____ 14 Mr. Sl\IOOT. I yield. 1\fr. COPELAND. :Mr. President, may I interrupt the Sena­ 1\ir. COPELAND. l desire to ask the Senator from Utah, tor from Utah? are we violatin~ fire, sanitary, and health rules which the The PRESIDlliG OFFICER (Mr. SPE"KCER in the chair). Government would require the private owners of buildings Does the Senator from Utah yield to the Senator from New to observe? York? 1\lr. SMOOT. We certainly are, 1\lr. President. I know of :Mr. Sl\fOO'l\ Certainly. no private concern nor of no private individual that would Mr. COPELAl'TD. Under the plan which is proposed by the take the chance·:; which the Government of the United States Senator from Utah would each of tile \arious departments is taking to-day in theHe temporary buildings, both as to the be housed in its own buildings owned by the Government? ri._k of the live;:; of its employees anrl the destruction of rec­ 1\1r. SMOOT. Ultimately they would, but I will say to the ords of untold value that all the money in the world could Senator from New York that it will requi-re 10 :rears to bring not replace. about that very desirable situation. Not only that, 1\lr. !•resident, but there are thousands of l\lr. President, a serious factor in the situation is tllat a Government employees who are hou~ed in those lmildings. large part of the Government's office space in 'Yasllington is As chairman of the Public Buildings Commission I do not located in the temporary war-time builf Internal Revenue, Public Health Service, anu Department of Agri­ could be transferred to an archives Luilding. It has been culture. estimated that more than half a million square feet of good Building D : General Supply Committee, Bureau of the Census, and office space is titus occupied. District of Columbia Rent Commission. The construction of an archi"res huililing would have the Building E: World War Records of the War Department. immediate effect of releasing this large amount of space for Building F: Bureau of Supply of the Treasury . Department, De­ office purposes, thus relieving a great deal of congestion in partment of Agriculture, General Supply Committee, Public Ilealth some of the departments. Particularly is this true of the S('nice, Records of War Department. Treasury, Justice, Post Office, and ·war Departments, and Temporary No. 1: Examination Rooms of Civil Service Commi.<>sion, the General Accounting Office. United States Grain Corporation, Supply Division of Shipping Bo::ml, Estimating the value of fir:t-class office space conservatively National Library for the Blind. at • 1 per square foot, it is very apparent that an archives Temporary No. 2: Bureau of Valuation of Interstate Commerce buil

ticularly the Patent Office, Interstate Commerce Commission, before. If. a firm. or an. individual doing business in the United Labor, and numerous independent bureaus and offices. States should take the same position that the Government is With reference to the situation of the Patent Office, a meas­ taking in relation to rented buildings and should run the risks ure of relief has recently been provided by removing a num­ that are now being assumed by the Government, such firm or ber of activities from the Old Land Office Building and as ign­ individual would not; receive credit from institutions from ing the space thus vacated to the Patent Office. This situa­ which~ they desired to purchase goods. tion can be further relieved by turning over the entire Land Mr. DILL. 1\Ir. President-­ Office Building to. the Patent Office as soon as circumstances Mr. Sl\IOOT. I yield. will permit. Mr. DILL. For how long a period does the Senator think It can be- said without fear of successful contradiction that that this bill will take care of the public-building situation in there is scarcely a department of the Government in Washing­ the District of Columbia? ton which is adequately and satisfactorily housed, and this Mr. SMOOT. I think by the end of the 10-year period under condition of affairs is steadily going from bad to worse. Con­ the expenditure of $50,000,000 every department of the Govern­ gress is constantly passing laws creating new Federal activi­ ment can be housed, and housed comfortably, and the records ties and imposing additional duties on the ones now in exist­ of the Government can be put in a place where they may be ence, which means that the personnel and housing require­ safely kept. ments of the Government are on the increase. The seriousness Mr. DILL. The Senator, then, thinks that the bill will take of the housing situation of the Government here can hardly care of the situation for 10 years more? be exaggerated and it is of the most vital importance that im­ Mr. SMOOT. For ·a longer time than that, I am quite sure; mediate relief be provided. I have no doubt about it. Mr. President,. I ha.ve before me statistics relating to the Mr. President, I have had taken in each of the departments space occupied and the rentals paid by each department. I of which I have spoken some photographs showing the hazard­ am not going to take the time of the Senate now to read them, ous conditions under which Government property and record but I ask that they may be inserted in the RECORD as a part of are housed in these temporary buildings. I think it is wicked my remarks. for the Government to continue longer hazarding life and the -The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so safety of its records in. maintaining "these wooden shanties, if. ordered. you please, for governmental activities. The matter referred to is as follows : If Senators who want personally to observe the deplorable conditions will take th~ time to do so, I ask them to go down Statistics relati?tg to space ocoupied- and- rentals paid 011 each department and look at the temporary buildings across the road from the building where the Navy Department is now located. If they Total will do so, I say that they can not help but become advocates Govern- of razing of those buildings and erecting proper structures Total gross ment Total in which to house the Government employees and safeguard the space occu­ owned space in Total Total Department pied by space not tern- rented rent now records of the Government. entire de­ including porary space being Mr. President; I have the reports of the Public Buildings partment' tem- buildings ' . paid Commission, created under the act of March 1, 1919, for the porary buildings years 1922, 1928, and 1924. For that length of t;Qne the com­ mission has been pleading with Congress to take some action. The President of the United States is in full sympathy with Sq. feet Sq fett Sq. feet Sq.feet this program; he approves ot it. There is not a head of a Agriculture: __ ------­ 1,138, 249 430,849 156, 051 551, 349 $196,866.00 Alien Property Custodian. 17.~21 17,121. department of the Government but who says it is absolutely Bureau of Efficiency ____ _ 11,235 11,235 necessary; and as a Senator of the United States I tell the Civilsion. Service______Commis- _ Senate that another session of Congress should not be allowed 78,1H 13,735 17, 433 46, 946 16,875. 00 Commerce·. ___ ------1; 131, 775. 8 704;452 220, 5ZT 195, 404. 8 68, 000. 00 to pass without putting this program into operation. There­ Court of Claims______31,500 31,500 fore, ~Ir. President, I ask that the bill may be considered and Court of Customs Ap· passed at this time. peals_------12,822 12,822 7,000. 00 Employees' Compensa- ~Ir. COPELAND. ~fr. President, before the Senator takes tion Commission______12,254 12,254 his seat, will he not kindly give the Senate a resume of ex­ Federal Board· for Vo- cational Education_ ___ _ 38,920 38,920 actly what it will mean in money if the bill is passed-what Federal Power Commis- the immediate demand upon the Treasury will be? Let us sion. __ ------____ ------_ 6,160 6,160 ha\e it in a few words. Federal Trade Commis- Mr. SMOOT. Mr. President, for instance, we are paying sion ______------__ _ 88,728 88,728 ------Federal Traffic Board . ..• 4,060 4,060 ------to-day for rented builillngs in the District $733,469.11. Again, Commission of Fine Arts_ 840 at least a· million dollars will be saved in time and expense Oeneral'Accounting Office 425,680 Government Printing by having each department of our Government under one Office ______7f!7,115 7f!7,llii roof. The head of every department and every division has Grain Corporation______22,153 --886;894- ---22;i5a ::~~i~~::: ::~i~~~ appeared before the commission and given an estimate of rnterior------­ 915,326 • International Boundary what could! be saved in time spent if his activities were all Commission .... ------­ 2,223 2, 223 ------in one building. For instance, I have not any doubt but International Joint Com- that in the work of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue mission. __ ------1, 716 1,716 ------Interstate Commerce__ _ 244,712 68, 440 186, 272 72, 058. ()!. alone there would be millions of dollars saved. The Comp­ JusLabor.tice ..__ ------_-----______142,046 ------16,700 125,346 93,900.00 troller General testified before the committee that if his em­ 118,773 7, 719 26, 073 84, 981 24, 000. 00 plo3"ees were all together in one building; there would be National Advisory Com- mittee for Aeronautics __ 5,000 5,000 a saving of $250,000 a year there; and I could go into every Nary------923,316 923,316 840.00 department of our Government and show similar savings. I Panama CanaL ______15,000' 15,000 Post Officel ______1 791,453 791,453 want to say to the Senators here that considering the loss Public Buildings and of time and the loss of efficiency under present conditions, Grounds. ______7, 500 with the rents that are paid, if we appropriated the $50,- Shipping Board.--~---- 279,098 000,000 to-day the interest upon it would not be as much as State.... ------144,812 Superintendent State, · the loss is alone. ingsWar, 1____ and_ Navy______Build'- _ In the case of the temporary buildings and buildings that 1, 802,628 1, 149, 257 493, 901 159, 470 T ariff Commission.------25,396 25,396 we are renting in different parts of the District, we have to Treasury_____ ------2, 604,973 1, 614,121 --792._894_ --i97,ass·-- ·1o:686:oo heat and light every one of them. Some of them it is almost Veterans' Bureau.•••..•• 575,939 575, 93g impossible to keep warm in the winter, and, as I stated before, War______1, o79, 944 --i67;8M- --372;656·-- -82.·980:oo 1,620,454 in the summer it is almost impossible for ·the employees in TotaL------14,082,248.8 9, 617; 481 2, 166,596 2, 151,622. 8 733,469.11 the buildings to live on account of the heat. Mr. UNDERWOOD. Mr. President, I did not want to stop 1 Figures not given for space occupied and rentals paid by postal substations. the Senator from Utah in the middle of his sneech. I con­ 2 The supe.>inrendent's office is a maintenance organization, and all public portions cur in what he says in the main in regard to the importance of each building are assigned to his a1Jice. Miscellaneous and unclassified space 146,549 square feet. of the Government properly housing its own employees in its own buildings, and in the end I think it can be done at M:r. Sl\100T. I will say that no Senator can study these an interest rate that will be less than the rental; but there figures without wondering why action has not been taken are some things in this bill that I am not sure I app1·ove of: :1924 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 61

This bill authorizes the Public Buildings Commission, with own to-day masses the public buildings together. It brings $50,000,000 in its -purse, among other things, to buy land. It them close to the functions of the Government. says that these buildings shall be -constructed- 1 .Mr. SMOOT. As far as I am concerned, if I remain a mem­ ber of the commission, I have no idea whatever now of -pur­ On lands now owned, or wllich .may hereafter be acquired, by the chasing .any lands in addition to those we have already pur­ United "f!tates. chased. The Senator will remember that when we talked And the -commission is given the power to acquire them ' about an archives 1milding, and purchasing land at Eighteenth hereafter. There is no limitation. Street, we did not at that time own the lands that 1 have just It seems to me that we ought to ·stop buying land. We nave desccibed, which were purchased for less than a million and a a lot of land in this District. We bought it from time to time. ha1f dollars, or .the lands covered by those temporary ouildings. We do not use it. We rent it at desirable rentals to other ?dr. UNDERWOOD. _I understand that. people, and then they do not want us to take it away, and :Mr. SMOOT. Now we .have all of those lands, and in my 'the real-estate agents want to sell us some more land. This opinion no member of the commission would ever thirik of pur­ bill would be very much more satisfactory to me if the Sen­ chasing an acre of land as long as the Government has lands ator would limit these buildings to the land we have already suitable for erecting the buildings. acquired ; and I shou1d like to ask him a question in that Mr. UNDERWOOD. 'l"'hen why should we give them legisla­ connection, as be is better informed than I am. tive authority to do so? If we have plenty of lands now, we The Government now owns the tract of land lying south of will save the commission trouble and harassment if we strike Pennsylvania Avenue opposite the New Willard Hotel, between out of this bill the power to go and buy more lands. ~ifteenth and Fom-teenth Streets, and running back to the Mr. SMOOT. There may be a building that is already con­ Mall. There are three or four blocks in that tract of land -structed that we would like to build onto, and we would have bought for the purpose of erecting Government buildings. to nave adjacent lands for that purpose. 'It will not amount '1\lr. SMOOT. It will all be utilized under this bill. to much. • Mr. UNDERWOOD. Then I -understand that down near Mr. UNDERWOOD. There is a provision here in relation the Pan American Building, close to the present War and to the Government Printing Office. I have no objection to the Navy Buildings, we bought several blocks of land. main part of that provision, 'but it is limited to that building. 1\lr. SMOOT. Directly west of the Pan American Building Mr. COPELAND. What is it that the ·Senator objects to, and north of the Navy Builmng. · specifically? Mr. UNDERWOOD. Can the Senator tell me how much 1\lr. ·UNDERWOOD. .Specifically, when we have 10 or 12 land we bought there? blocks of land well situated, lying adjacent to the other public ·buildings, on which these 'buildings can be erected, I object to l\Ir. SMOOT. The independent offices ~ appropriation act, ap­ proved June 12, 1922, authorized the Commis ion in Charge of giting the eOlillilhssion the opportunity to use such portion of the State, War, and Navy .Departments Buildings to purchase $50,000,000 as they desire to go and buy other lands. We have the sites of the seven temporary buildingS west of Seventeenth this land. It is available. It was bought for .the purpose of Street and south of Pennsylvania Avenue at a limit of "$1,500,- erecting buildings, and wnat I want to ask the Senator to do 000. Seven · squares were acquired at a cost of $1,391,280.27, is to agree to an amendment striking out, on page 1, the words thus saving $108,719.73 of the original appropriation. There "or which may hereafter oe acquired." ~lr. RMOOT. 1\Ir. 'Pre ident, I see no real objection to "that, were 28 transactions inVDlved in the acquisition of these squares because if a partictilar case should arise where we would and it was necessary to Tesort to condemnation in only one have to have a -small piece of land for some particular purpose instance, all other purchases being made in the open market at we cou1d come to Congress and ask 'for it. an approximate average price of $1.90 per square foot. In i:he :\Ir. TI~-nERWOOD. Undoubtedly. ca ~ e where condemnation was resorted to, the Government was Mr. SMOOT. I have no objection to that amendment. compelled to pay $3.20 per square foot. l!r. U~DERWOOD. Then, Mr. President, I move to amend I will say to the Senator that the commis ion asked cer­ the bill on page 1, in lines 5 and 6, by -striking out, after the tain individuals here in the District to help us purchase word "owned," the words "or which may hereafter be ac- that land. We did not ask for options in the name of the quired." . Government; but wben the options were obtained in the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing names of men who were frienOly to the Government they were to the amendment offered by the Senator "from .Alabama. turned over to the Government, and the Government purchased The amendment was agreed to. them for less than a million and a half dollars. We saved Mr. UNDERWOOD. Then on page 5 I want to amend lines something like $135,000· out of the appropriation that was made 7, 8, and 9 by striking out the words " as sites :for any of .the to purchase all of that land. buildings authorized by this act " and inserting the words Mr. UNDERWOOD. I do not know the land values here, "for the site for the building described in this eection." but it seems to me the commission did very well. I know Mr. SMOOT. That aJ)plies to _the Gove:nnment ·Printing nothing about land values in the District, but it is available Office. I have no objection to that amendment. It is only property for the purposes that are contemplated. Now, with carrying out .the original thought. all that land-four blocks of land Jying adjacent to other The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing public buildings south of Pennsylvania Avenue between Fmrr­ to the amendment offered by the Senator from Alabama. teenth and Fifteenth Streets, and four or five blocks of land The amendment was agreed to. lying on the other side, near the War and Navy Building­ i\lr. FLETCHER. Mr. President, I think this is a ver_y is not 'the Seilfl.tor willing to limit the term.'3 of this bill excellent measure and that we ougnt to act UJ>On it promptly; so as to provide that these buildings shall be erected on this and as the bill is amended I · am strongly in favor of it. .I Government land, and not have everybody who wants to sell agx·ee with the position taken by the Senator 'from "Utah, that a piece of property somewhere else engaged in trying to sell we are wasting a lot of money here in paying rent when we his property to the Government and have it paid for out of this ought to go on and put up the buildings that the Government 50,000,000? needs on the land that the Government now owns, thus not 1\Ir. SMOOT. I will say to the Benator that thE'y have not only economizing-as to which we .ha.ve been _so strongly m·ged had very much influence with the commission. by the President, and very properly-but also making more Mr. Ul\TD.ERW001J. I am sure o.f that. I know the Sena­ safe the documents and records which the Government owns, tor, and I have confidence that he is not going to be amenable and promoting efficiency generally in the Government depart­ to rinfiuence of that kind; but time-s change. J: hope the Sena­ ments. I want to suggest, bowever, that there is another tor will live a thousand years, but he ma-y not; and with all matte-r which, to my mind, is of quite equal importance. this land available "for the construction of public buildings, The last public buildings bill was passed in 1913 and signed and in view of the mes. age of ·the President which has just by President Taft on March 4, 1913. Under that bill a num­ been laid before the Congress asking for economy, I think ber of sites for post offices were acquired throughout the we might -refrain from buying ·more land and be content to country. Many sites were donated to the Government; others erect these buildings on the land that we now own. were purchased at very reasonable -prices, and under that bill Mr. SMOOT. 1 want to assure the Senator that the com­ the construction of buildings in various _portions of the country, mission never would buy a foot of land in the District of in -practically all of the States, was authorized. But it was Columbia to e1•ect any kind of a building as long as they had found when the Government went to let the contracts that the land:S suitable for that purpose. prices of material had so risen -and the cost of labor had so Mr. UNDERWOOD. Of course, -that is a very great broad­ increased that the Government couHl not construct the build­ ening of the situation, because the word " suitable" might be ings authorized within the amounts of the appropriations, and construed into anything by a new commission. ·There is rivalry in a number of instances the sites have 1·emained vacant for tbe location of these buildings. The land that we hold ~d because no appropriation was made for building at aU. In a 62 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE DECEJ\fBER 3 number of instances they have been yacant because the appro­ the country. I shall offer as an amendment to this bill, as priation -was inadequate to construct the buildings. That section 7, the bill which I introduced yesterday. situation has continued now for 11 years, and Congress has Mr. SMOOT. I hope the Senator will not do that. The failed to pro\ide these buildings. The Senator from Arizona situation in my State is exactly the same as that in other [Mr. AsHURST] put his finger on the spot a few minutes ago States in this respect. I believe we have as many post offices when he referred to the condition in his State. unprovided for as there are post offices unprovided for in Ari­ Mr. SMOOT. I think the same situation exists in every zona and perhaps more. But let this bill stand on its own State in the Union. footing, and let us take the Senator's bill up at the proper 1\lr. FLETCHER. In nearly all of them. But in his State, time and pass it as a separate measure. There will have to be for instance, at Globe, the site was acquired November 14, amendments made to it. I could not let it go through without 1911, at Prescott in 1915, and at Tucson in 1914, and no build­ some amendment to cover two or three cities in my State ings ha\e yet been put up on any of those sites. The appro­ which are in exactly the same situation as those referred to in priation made in each instance was wholly inadequate. The the bill. It would not be right to take two or three out of all Senator from Arizona has said that it is costing the Govern­ the number that are in the same situation. ment for rent 30 per cent of the amount that would be re­ 1\fr. FLETCHER. No; and this does not do that. This is quired to afford the accommodations needed. what the bill provides : That situation has continued in various States, and I had in­ That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated serted in the RECORD yesterday a report from the Post Office for the objects hereinafter expressed, namely : Department showing the conditions, which appears on pages (a) For lncr(>ase in the limit of cost of construction of those cer­ 28 and 29 of the REcoRD. I also had inserted a communication tain public buildings, heretofore authorized by Congress to be con­ from the Secretary of the Treasury and one from. the Post­ structed and for which appropriations were made, referred to in master General bearing on the subject, which will be found on Senate Document No. 28, Sixty-eighth Congress, first session, $15,130,- pages 30 and 31. The Treasury Department reported on the bill 780, o.r so much thereof as may be necessary. which I introduced yesterday, which is the same bill I introduced (b) For the construction of public buildings on those certain sites, at the previous session, as follows : heretofore acquired, for the construction of which buildings no appro­ The passage of this bill would permit the construction of those priations were made, referred to in Senate Document No. 28, Sixty­ buildings authorized and limits of cost fixed under act of March 4, eighth Congress, first session, $23,557,500, o.r so much thereof as may 1913, which, on account of the increased cost of labor and materials, be necessary. can not now be erected within such limits. The completion of these There are just two objects, and the items to be covered are projects and the erection of Federal buildings 1n many places where set forth iii this document. They cover Utah, as well as every sites only have been authorized would be a substantial help in relieving other State. the congestion in the Postal Service. Mr. SMOOT. They cover part of Utah, and I think parts of other States. That measure is a different proposition entirely, The Postmaster General recites that- and I hope the Senator will not offer that as an amendment to The Postal Service is growing steadily and its requirements are this bill. I would like to bave this bill passed. difficult to meet without constant recourse to enlarged quarters, 1\Ir. FLETCHER. I hesitate to do anything that would whicn are secured on a rental basis at an expense much greater than imperil the Senator's bill, but it seems to me it is just as that which would result from Government construction and owner­ important to serve the public through the Post Office Depart­ ship. A vast sum is paid annually for these rentals. 'l'he reasons ment and to take care of the needs of that department, as in favor of some plan of Government ownership of post-office build­ shown by the report, which I have not taken the time to read ings for postal use where an economy would be realized is set forth in full, merely referring to certain extracts from it. The pres­ in detail in my letter to the J"oint Commission on Postal Service, ent condition is simply intolerable. It is a condition that was which reads as follows : recognized as far back as 1913, and has continued right down At pages 30 and 31 of the RECORD that letter is given. It ap­ to .date. Of course, the war came on and the effort to correct pears from that letter that there are at present 5,846 post offices this evil was interrupted; but that has passed now, and I wish in leased quarters and 1,119 post offices in buildings owned by the Senator would allow this amendment to go onto the l>ill. the Go\ernment. The aggregate annual rental paid for the I think it ought to go on this bill, because I believe it is just occupancy of these 5,8-!6 leased quarters is $9,262,515, but this as much in the public interest and as sound a propo ition of aggregate does not include the amount paid for quarters not public economy as is the measure proposed by the Senator from tmder lease, which, when added to the $9,262,515, makes a Utah. total annual rental bill of $11,660,056, the amount paid by the Mr. DIAL. Mr. President, may I ask the Senator if the Post Office Department for the l'ental of buildings in that amendment refers to places where the Government already senice. That does not include garages to be paid for by the owns the sites? GoT"ernment from appropriations made for the Post Office De­ l\Ir. FLETCHER. Yes; sites which have been acquired under partment. The report continues: . previous legislation. There are at present 5 Government-owned buildings actually under J\Ir. SMOOT. l\lr. President, I have no doubt but that there construction and 11 under contract for construction in· which post will be a general public buildings bill, perhaps at this session; offices will find quarters. if not, then at the next. But this is an entirely different sub­ ject. The records of the United States are involved in this The report goes on to show the earnings of the Post Office legislation, records which could not be replaced by the ex­ Department, which have doubled in the last 10 sears, and it penditure of any amount of money. It would be an impossi­ also shows that the increasing business "·an·ants the construc­ bility to replace them. I do not think the health of the post­ tion of these buildings which have been authorized. It fur­ masters throughout the country is at stake, as i the health ther states: of the employees here in the District of Columbia. Neither During the last hoUday season several cities handled heavy parcel­ are there the fire risks. post business on the sidewalks under protection of guards, but with­ I ask the Senator not to offer his bill as an amendment to out protection against the W(>ather. This increased volume of postal this bill. Let us put through a general bill rather than put business has forced the use of basements and sub-basements and has the matter on this bill, to which the commis ion has given so brought about a congestion in workrooms in some of our larger cities. much attention. I ask the Senate to pass the bill now, and I hope the Senator will not offer the amendment. That is the condition with reference to the post offices l\lr. FLETCIIER. Mr. President, I feel like asking that the throughout the country, and I submit that that needs remedy­ amenclment be submitted. I am in hearty accord with the ing just as much as does the situation here in the District Senator's bill, but I really think this is just as important to of Columbia with reference to these Government offices. The the country at large as the provision regarding these offices 1·eport goes on to show that the annual expenditure for rentals here in the District. now totals $12,248,977. Mr. SMOOT. l\lr. President, I would very much prefer to The whole matter is set out in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD haT'e the bill laid aside, because I do not want to send any­ of yesterday, and I trust Senators will read it. What I want thing over to the House over which I know there will be a to suggest now is that there should be incorporated in this conflict. If we want to have this bill enacted into legislation, bill provisions to take care of this situation, which has gone the only way to do it is to pass it in its present form, in my on and continued o>er the protest of the Post Office Depart­ opinion, and rather than accept the amendment I would prefer ment, to the neglect of the public, a situation which is grow­ to let the bill go over. I do not like to have it tied up with ing worse and worse all the while, and which calls for some other matters. · action now in order to prevent the necessity of actually 1\lr. ASHURST. 1\Ir. President, we in this body have no handling the mails on the sidewalks in different portions of right nor desire to refer to proceedings in another branch of 1924 CONGRESS! ON AL RECORD-SENATE 63.

Congress, but the Senator from Utah is too experienced a man products in time of peace, to sell to Henry Ford, or -a eorpora­ not to know that this bill will never pass the other branch of tion to be incorporated by him, nitrate plant No. 1, at Shef­ Congress unless and until there is a public buildings bill field, Ala.; nitrate plant No. 2, at Muscle Shoals, Ala.; Waco attached to it in accordance with the data submitted by the Quarry, near Russellville, Ala.; steam power plant to be located Secretary of the Treasury and printed in the RECORD yester­ .and constructed at or near Lock 11nd Dam No. 17 on the Black aay at the request of the Senator from Florida [M.r.'FLETOHER]. Warrior River, Ala., with right

(7) To exercise all the rights, powers, and privileges conferred upon number of people to be benefited by such use, as well as to cheapen it by tbi act and such additional powers as may be necessary to carry the price thereof to the consumer, the corporation is hNelJy author­ out the provisions of this act. ized to enter into agreements with the owners of existing trans­ SEc. 5. That the bu iness of said corporation shall be transacted by mission lines, or with i.be owners of transmission lines hereafter a board of directors (hereinafter called the board), consisting of three constructed, to bring about the exchange of power whenevet· the same per ons, to be appointed by the Presiuent of the United State , I.Jy anu can be acl>aniageously done. The corporation is authorized to con­ with the advice and consent of the Senate. Membf>rs of said board struct transmission lines for the purpose of giving wider distribution shall bold their offices during good behavior and shall receive a salary to the u e of the hydroelectricity developed at any of said dams, of !ji7,500 per year, payable monthly: Provided, That any member of and to enter into contracts with persons, partnerships, col'porations, said board may be removed from office at any time by a concurrent municipalities, di. tricts or States, for the joint construction and resolution of the House of Representatives and the Senate. No mem­ joint use of such transmission lines, ha\ing alw.JYs in view that ber of said board shall during his continuance in office be engaged in o-qe of the objects of this act is to give as wide a distribution as any other business, but shall give his entire time to the business of possible at the smallest practicable cost, the use of the electric said corporation. Said board shall select one of its members as presi­ current developed at any of the dams herein provi.Ced for. dent. It shall select a treasurer and as many assistant treasurers as SEC. D. The corporation is hereby authorized to complete the steam it deems proper, and such treasurer and assistant treasurers may be auxiliary plant at nitrate plant No. 2, in accordance with the corporations or banking institutions and shall give such security for original plan. the safe-keeping of the moneys of said corporation as the boaru may It shall also haye power to purchase or lease transmis.·ion lines require. owned by other parties, or to purchase ot· lease an interest in the SEc. 6. In the appointment of officials and the selection of em­ same for joint use. ployees for said corporation and in the promotion of any such em­ SEc. 10. There shall be turned over to said corporation by i..be Secre­ ployees or officials no political test or qualifications shall be per­ tary of the Treasury, the Slim of $3,472,487.25, recieved by the nited mitted or given consideration, but all such appointments aning; the railroad, together with the engines, cars, power nece. sary for such construction purposes. tools, materials, machine shops, and all accessories used in the In order to cheapen· the co t of fertilizer products as much as pos- · operation of said steam plant ; and all transmission lines connecting sible, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of Agriculture, in the opera­ said plant with nitrate plants Nos. 1 and 2 and Dam No. 2 : Pro­ tion of said nitrate plant.•, to use the most economical grade of power vided, however, That the transfer of any of the property above de­ available, and be shall not demand of the Federal power corporation scribed to said corporation shall be subject to such use of said for such purposes more than 100,000 horsepower, of which not more property by the Secretary of War as he may elect in the construc­ than 25,000 shall be ptimary power. The price charged for power S'l tion and development of the dams herein provided for. .As soon as supplied shall not exceed the lowest price for similar power at which any of the dams herein provided to be constructed by the Secretary the same is sold to any other purchaser. of War have been completed the President and the Secretary of SEc. 13. The board shall make a complete and detailed report of its War shall turn the same o>er to said corporation and thereafter operations as soon after the close of each calendar year as possilJle said property shall be in the control and under the management of to the Congress, and the Secretary o! War shall at least on<'e said corporation, and the said corporation shall manage said dams each year make a complete audit of all the accounts and of all the and keep the same in first-class condition: Provided, however, That financial operations of said corporation and shall include in his annual said corporation shall be under no obligation to repair or to main­ report to Congress a ~etailed statement thereof. tain any of the locks in said dams placed there for the purposes The principal place of business of said corporation shall be estab­ of navigation. There shall also be turned over to said corporation lished by the board at or in the vicinity of Muscle Shoals, Ala. all the real estate, including all residences and other buildings now SEc. 14. Dpon the passage of this act nitrate plants Nos. 1 and 2, owned by the United States in the ticinity of Dam No. 2. the Waco Quarry in Franklin County, Ala., the steam plant at nitrate SEC. 8. That in case all the power developed at Dams Nos. 2 plant No. 1, the railroad and the engines, cars, and other personal property necessary for the operation o! the same, together with the >and 3, or any other dam or dams constructed by the Secret~ry of real estate and residences owned by the United States at nitrate plants War under the provisions of this act and turned over to said cor­ Nos. 1 and 2 and at the sald Waco Quarry, shall be placed under the poration, can not be used to practical advantage and is not necessary control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture. The Secre­ for the manufacture of fertilizer or explosives as herein provided, the board may, in its discretion, sell any such surplus power so tary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to provide for the operation of one or both of said plants, through the Fixed Nitrogen Resea ·ch developed to any State, municipality, district, corporation, partner­ 1 Laboratory, or through such other means as be may deem advisable, ship, or person, upon sncb terms and under such conditions as the and be is hereby authorized, if in his judgment better results can be board may deem just; and in making such sale the board shall give obtained, to enter into a contract or contracts with private persons preference to States, counties, municipalities, and districts, and if or corporations for the operation, either in whole or in part, of said the sale of such surplus power is made to private individuals, cor­ nitrate plants, or other property or parts thereof and to likewise, porations, or partnerships, for distribution or resale, the board may, through the instrumentalities aforesaid, provide for experimentation, as one of the conditions of such sale, provide in the contract therefor, study, and research in any other manner that h~ may deem advisable for the regulation of tbe price at which any such individual, partner­ for the cheapening of the manufacture and sale of fertilizer or other ship, or corporation shall- charge the consumer in a resale of such products. He is hereby authorized to remodel nitrate plant No. 1 and power. It shall be the policy of said corporation in selling electric to use the same in the m~ufactnre of fertilizer or other products and energy to fix the time of such s&le for as short a term as possible in experimental work designed to cheapen the production of such and in no case for a longer term than 25 years. products. He is also authorized to add to or change nitrate plant In order to convert secondary power into primary power and No. 2 for the purpose of supplying fertilizer or other ingredients : t~ereby cheapen the by~r~~l=ct~c- po!"~.r~_ produce~~nd incr~~~~ - - ~~~ Pt·~ ~i~e~l~ !_~ou_!er;_~r~ That no change shall be made \n nitrate plant '.J LXVI-5 66 CONGRESSIONAL RE-CORD-SENATE DECEl\IBER 3

No. 2 that will interfere in any way with its use to its full capacity - Quincy Adams Gillmore, major general, New Jersey National in the manufacture of explosives to be used for war purposes, unless Guard, from November 10, 1924. and until by the experiments above provided tor it shall have been Benson Walker Hough, major genera~ Ohio National Guartl, ascertained and developed that the manufacture of explosives can bo from September 20, 1924. cheapened and improved over the method provided for by the use of .John Augustus Hulen, major general, Texas National Guard nitrate plant No. 2, and until the Secretary of War shall have deter­ from September 20, 1924. ' mined that such new improved method has been installed with sufficient Baird Hockett Markham, major general, Oklahoma National capacity to equal the present capacity of nitrate plant No. 2. Guard, from September 19, 1924. s~. 15. It is hereby declared to be one of the objects of this act Mathew Adrian Tinley, major general, Iowa National Guard to cheapen as much as possillle the cost of fertilizer and fertilizer from November 5, 1924. ' ingredients and other products helpful to agriculture, and to bring Robert Henry Tyndall, major general, Indiana National about such objects the Secretary of Agriculture shall have power to Guard, from October 29, 1924. manufa.cture fertilizer ingredients or a completed fertilizer and such other products ready fot· use, and in order to pt·event a monopoly of the To be b·rigadier generals fertilizer or other business or an undue or unreasonable enhancement Clarence Brettnn Blethen, brigadier genera.!, Washington Na­ in the price thereof he is authorized to sell such products direct to tional Guard, from September- 24-, 1924. farmers or to organizations of farmers, or to dealers in, and manu­ Ellerbe Winn Carter, brigadier general, Kentucky National facturers of fertilizer, and to likewise sell to the trade generally Guard, from September 18, 1924. fertilizers and any by-products that may be obtained in the manufac­ Abel Davis, brigadier general, Illinois National Guard, from ture of fertilizer or other products. In the sale of such products to September 19, 1924. deniers and manufacturers be shall likewise have authority to provide . William Graham Everson, brigadier general, Indiana Na­ that in the resale by the purchaser of said products to consumers tional Guard, from September- 19, 1924. thereof that no more than a reasonable profit shall be exacted. Alfred Franklin Foote-, brigadier general, 1\lassachusettn Na­ SEc. 16. In the appointment of officials and the selection of employees tional Guard, from November 17, 1924. under this act by the Secretary of A.gricu1tme or any of his suboi'di­ Frank David Henderson, brigadier genera~ Ohio National nates, such appointments and selections and all promotions shall be Guard, from September 2o-, 1924. made in accordance with the requirements of section 6 of this act, and Henry Hutchings, brigadier general, Texas National Guard - all of the provisions of said section shall apply with full force and from September 19, 1924. ' ettect to all such appointme-nts, selections, or promotions. Robert Bruce McCoy, brigadier general, Wisconsin National SEc.17. To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the Guard, from September 19, 1924. provisions of this act with reference to the cheapening and improve-­ Charles E. McPherren, brigadier general, Oklahoma National ment of fertilizer products and other products, and the manuf:tctut·e Guard, from September 19, 1924. of fertilizer, by or under the authority her.ein given to the Secretary of John Lea McQuigg, brigadier general, Ohio National Guard, Agriculture, there is hereby appropriated out of the Treasmy of the from September 19, 192:!. United States the sum of $1,500,000, available until expended, a.nd all Edward Martin, brigadier general, Pennsylvania National receipts for the sale of any such fertilizel' products 01' other products Guard, from September 19, 1924. shall be co,•ered into the Treasury of the United States as misceuineous Churchill Brown Nehard, brigadie-r general, Pennsylvania receipts and a full and detailed report of all such operations sha.Il be National Guard, from November T, 1924. made annually to Congress. Paul· Lincoln l\1itchell, brigadier general, Ohio National SEC. 18. All laws relating to embezzlement, conversion, improper Guard, from November 18, 1924. handling, redemption-, use, or di~posa.I of moneys of the United States Alva J"o.:eph Nlles, brigadier general, Oklahoma National shall apply to moneys of the corporation while in the custody of any Guard, from September- 18, 1924. officer, employee, or agent of the United States or- of the corporation. Morris Benham Payne, brigadier general, Connecticut Na­ SEC. 19- All transmission lines constructed by the Federal power cor­ tional Guard, from September 19, 1924. poration, excepting transmission lines connecting the dama herein pro­ Winfield Scott Price, brigadier general, New Jersey National vided for and other properties of the Government at Muscle Shoals, Guard, from October 29, 1924. shall be subject to taxation undev the laws of the State- whet:ein George Perry Rains, brigadier general, Texas National Guard, located. from September 19, 1924. SEC. 20. It is hereby declared to be the spirit and intention of Con­ William August Raupp, brigadier ge-neral, Missouri National gress in passing this act- Guard, from September 18, 1924. (a) Primarily to provide for the n:Ltional defense- by maintaining Willie McDaniel Rowan, brigadier general, Kansas Natiorurl ready for immediate use for war purposes nitrate plant No. 2. Guard, from September 18, 1924. (b) •.ro promote agriculture by developing cheap fertilizers- and other Louis Arthur Toombs, brigadier general, Louisiana National things of ben-efit to agriculture to the highest degt·ee. Guard, from November 6, 1924. (c) To assist in the development of electric power by the complete Robert Jesse Travis, brigadier g~neral, Georgia National storage and utilization of the waters o1l our rivers and their tributary Guard, from September 18, 1924. stre-ams in conjunction with steam and o-ther sources of fuel to- tbe end John Pearson Wood, brigadier- general, Pennsylvania Na­ that electrical energy may be carried to all citizens. tional Guard, from September 19, 1924. (d) These objects shall be cnrrted out a& nearly as possible without To be 1najor gene-ral, aux-ilfary section interference with private enterprise. George Herbert Harries, from September 16, 1924:. EXECUTIVE SESSION To be brigad·ier ge-nera. ~, med·LcaZ 8ection .Mr. CURTIS. I move that the Senate proceed to the con­ John Miller Turpin Finney, from September 24, 1924. sideration of executive business. To be b1·igadier genm·al, ordnance section The motion was agreed to, and the Senate proceeded to the John Taliaferro Thompson, from November 22, 1924. consideration of executive busine s. After five minutes spent in executive session the door were reopened. P:RoMOTIONS IN THE REGULAR. Alu!Y MEDICAL CORPS RECESS To be Zie1ttenant colo11els :Mr. CURTIS. I move that the Senate take a recess until to­ morrow at 12 o'clock noon. Maj. Howard Houghton Baily, Medical Corps, fJ.·om July 8, The motion was agreed to; and (at 2 o'clock and 30 minutes 1924. Maj. Paul Lamar Freeman, Medical Corps,. from July 8, 1924. p. m.) the Senate took a recess until to-morrow, Thursday, De­ cember 4, 1924, at 12 o'clock meridian. VETERINARY CORPS To be captains NOMINATIONS First Lieut. Kenneth Earl Buffin, from June 11, 1924. First Lieut. Robert Payne McComb, from June 22, 1924. Executi-ve no;'~inationa recei-ved b1f tJte Senate December 3, 192.-J First Lieut. William Roy Wolfe, from June 23, 1924. AP:POINTML~TS IN THE OFFICERS. RESERVE CORPS OF THE .AB.MY First Lieut~ Chauncey Edmund Cook, from June 28, 1924 To be ma,jor general& To be captains 'With 'ra.nk tram July 1, 19134 Charle White Barry, majo:r gene-ral, New York National First Lieut. Robert Patrick Knnnecke. Guard, from September 20, 1924. First Lieut. Clifford Eugene Pickering'. 1\Iilton Joseph Foreman, major general, Illinois National First Lieut. Stanley Clifford Smock. Guard, from September 20, 1924. First Lieut. Howard Newell Beeman. 1924 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE

First Lieut. Howard Mayo Savage. Chaplain Henry Russell Westcott, jr., from September 27, First Lieut. Burlin Chase Bridges. 1924. . First Lieut. l\Iott Ramsey. Chaplain Albert Floyd Vaughan, from October 2, 1924. First Lieut. Josiah Wistar Worthington. Chaplain Edgar Nathnniel Thorn, from October 3, 1924. First Lieut. Fred Chester Waters. Chaplain Jodie Gibson Stewart, from October 7, 1924. First Lieut. Homer Johnson. Chaplain Gynther $toraasli, from October 11, 1924. First Lieut. Joseph Fenton Crosby. Chaplain Commodore Robert Watkins, from October 20, l!'irst Lieut. Raymond Irvin Lovell. 1924. First Lieut. Ralph Brown Stewart. Chaplain Ivan Gochnauer Martin, from November 6, 1924. First Lieut. George · Jacob Rife. CADET APPOIXTME~TS IN THE REGULAR ARMY First I~ieut. Maximilian Siereveld, jr. First Lieut. Charles Mansur Cowherd. To be second liezt~&nants with 1·anlc (1·om Jtme 12, 1924 First Lieut. John Knox 1\IcConeghy. CORPS OF EXGIXEERS First Lieut. Sawyer Adelbert Grover. Cadet Wallace Howard Hastings. First Lieut. Charles Sears Williams. Cadet Emerson Leroy ·Cummings. First Lieut. Oness Harry Dixon, jr. Cadet Fisher Shinholt Blinn. First Lieut. John Wesley Miner. Cadet Donald Charles Hill. First Lieut. Seth C. Dildine. Cadet Reginald Langworthy Dean. First Lieut. Fred W. Shinn. Cadet Merrow Egerton Sorley. First Lieut. Philip Henry Riedel. Cadet Philip Robison Garges. First Lieut. Irby Rheuel Pollard. Cadet John Ludden Mousseau Des Islets. First Lieut. Frank Benjamin Steinkolk. Cadet Gerald Joseph Sullivan. First Lieut. Francois Hue Kari Reynolds. Cadet Arthur Gilbert Trudeau. First Lieut. Raymond Randall. Cadet Emerson Charles Itschner. First Lieut. Frank Caldwell Hershberger~ Cadet Howard Ker. To be capta-ins Cadet Herbert Davis Vogel. First Lieut. Gerald Woodward FitzGerald from July 9, 1924. Cadet Fremont Swift Thompson. First Lieut. Charles Brenton Dunphy from July 15, 1924. Cadet Emil John Peterson. First Lieut. Harry Edward Van, Tuyl from July 31, 1924. Cadet Gordon Edmund Textor. First Lieut. Louis Lathrop Shook from August 2, 1924. Cadet Clinton Frederick Robinson. Cadet Frederic Allison Henney. To be captains with t·anlc front A:ugust 3, 1924 Cadet Leonard Lawrence Bingham. First Lieut. Daniel Henry Malian. SIGNAL CORPS First Lieut. Louis Goldman Weisman. First Lieut. Everett Cooper Conant. Cadet John Henry Brewer. First Lieut. James Alexander McCallam. Cadet Victor Allen Conrad. First Lieut. Harry .John Juzek. Cadet Francis Elmer Kidwell. First Lieut. William Henry Dean. Cadet Cary Judson King, jr. First Lieut. Solon B. Renshaw. Cadet Jesse Bernard 'Veils. First Lieut. Frank H. Woodruff. Cadet John Sewell Thompson. First Lieut. Will Charles Griffin. Cadet James Stewart Willis. First Lieut. Lloyd Clifford Ewen. Cadet Czar James Dyer. First Lieut. Charles Oliver Grace. Cadet LaWI·ence Wenclall Adams. First Lieut. Edward Michael Curley. Cadet Merton Goodfellow Wallington. First Lieut. James Russell Sperry. Cadet Emil Lenzner. First Lieut. Floyd Chauncey Sager. CAVALRY First Lieut. Henry Emil Hess. Cadet John Held Riepe. First Lieut. Vincent Brown Wright. Cadet Wendell Blanchard. First Lieut. Paul Roberts King. Cadet Charles George Meehan. First Lieut. Forest Lee Holycross. Cadet Harry Jordan Theis. First Lieut. Daniel Sommer Robertson. Cadet Lawrence Russell Dewey. Cadet William Armstrong Bugher. ·· To be captains Cadet Wilbur Kincaid Noel. First Lieut. Earl Floyd Long from August 5, 1924. Cadet Andrew Allison Frierson. First Lieut. Joseph Hiriam Dornblaser from September 16, Cadet Carl William Albert Raguse. 1924. Cadet Henry Sterling Jernigan. First Lieut. George Leslie Caldwell from September 18, 1924. Cadet Frank Jay Thompson. First Lieut. Jacob Landes Hartman from September 18, 1924. Cadet Augustine Da-vis Dugan. First Lieut. John Harold Kintner from September 18, 1924. Cadet Clarence William Bennett. First Lieut. Arthur Dunlap Martin from September 18, 1924. Cadet Gordon Byrom Rogers. First Lieut. Samuel George Kielsmeier from September 21, Cadet George Curnow Claussen. .1.924. Cadet Murray Bradshaw Crandall. First Lieut. Peter Thomas Carpenter from September 22, Cadet William Joseph Reardon. 1924. Cadet George William Busbey. 1.IEDIC.AL .ADMINISTRATIVE CORPS Cadet William Louis Howarth. To be first lieutenants Cadet Cary Brown Hutchinson. Cadet Clarence Keith Darling. Second Lieut. Stanley Alling Clark from· June 24, 1924. Cadet Joe L. Lautzenheiser. Second Lieut. Francis Moore from July 24, 1924. Cadet Zachery Winfield Moores. Second Lieut. Max Verne Talbot from ~ugust 24, 1924. Cadet William Bellemere Wren. Second Lieut. Alexander Joseph Doray from October 13; 1924. Cadet Peter Cono-ver Hains, 3d. Second Lieut. Harvey Israel Rice from October 19, 1924. Cadet Harry Taylor Cavenaugh. CHAPLAIXS Cadet Bernard Warren Justice. To be chaplains with the t·ank of captain Cadet Frank Glover Trew. Chaplain Joseph Gail Garrison, from June 17, 1924:. Cadet Walter Louis Weinaug. Chaplain Faye Arnold Moon, from July 14, 1924. Cadet John Harry Stadler, jr. Chaplain Ivan Loveridge Bennett, from July 29, 1924. Cadet Laurence Knight Ladue. Chaplain Monroe Starkey Caver, from August 1, 1924. FIELD ARTILLERY Chaplain John Knox Bodel, from .A.ugust 13, 1924. Cadet George Dakin Crosby. Chaplain William Roy Bradley, from August 24, 1924. Cadet Ernest Orrin Lee. Chaplain .James Lloyd McBride, from August 26, 1924. Cadet Charles Day Palmer. Chaplain Thomas Lawrence McKenna, f1·om August 27, 1924. Cadet Samuel Vance Krauthoff. Chaplain Mylon Dickinson Merchant, from September 1, Cadet George Arthur Duerr. 1924. Cadet Raymond Thomas Beurket. Chaplain Maurice 'Villiam Reynolds, ~om September 8, Cadet John Franklin Williams. 1924. Cadet Amel Thomas Leonard. 68 COirGRESSIONAL REOORD-8ENATE DECEJ\IBER 3

Cadet Harry Van Wyk. Cadet Ralph Irvin Glasgow. Cadet Glenn Bruce McConnell. Cadet James William Alexander McNary. Cadet RaJIIloud Hendley Coombs. Cadet Harold Phineas Gard. Cadet Wellington Alexander Samouce. Cadet William Lloyd Richardson. Cadet Wil.liam Hubbard Barksdale, jr. Cadet Ovid Thomason Forman. Cadet Robert Clement Lawes. Cadet George .Wesley Palmer. Cadet Oren Wilcox Rynearson. Cadet Clark Cornelius Witman. Cadet James Thomas Loome. Cadet Ernest August Merkle. Cadet Leslie SeekeU Fletcher. Cadet Herbert Theodore Benz. Cadet Thomas Edwin Binford. Cadet Clarence Everett Rothgeb. Cadet Marcu Butler Stokes, jr. Cadet George Bernard Finnegan, ]r. Cadet Francis Marion Day. Cadet Peter Wesley Shunk. Cadet Bernard Francis Luebbermann. Cadet Emil Pasolli, jr. Cadet Jame Angus Watson, jr. Cadet Sanford Joseph Goodman. Cadet Russell Layton Mabie. Cadet Gerald Goodwin Gibbs. Cadet William John Eyerly. Cadet Frank Satchwell Lyndall, jr. Cadet George Dunbnr Pence. Cadet John Clair Smith. Cadet Lester Joseph Tacy. Cadet George Edmund Young. Cadet Charles Lanier Dasher, jr. Cadet Albert Delmar Miller. Cadet Perry William Brown. Cadet James Edward McGraw. Cadet Lindsay Patterson Caywood. Cadet Darwin Denison Martin. Cadet Vonna Fernleigh Burger. Cadet George Avery Tucker. Cadet Charles Dwelle Daniel Cadet Clarence Sterling Raymond. Cadet James Alexander Davidson, jr. Cadet John Alfred McComsey. Cadet John Gilbert Moore. Cadet Maxwell Wood T:racy. CaLlet Edward Lynn Andrews. Cadet William Lewis Johnson. Cauet James Grafton Anding. Cadet William Henry Kendall. Cadet Joseph Rogers Burrill. Cadet Francis Anthony Kreidel. INFANTBY Cadet Nathaniel Clay Cureton, jr. Cadet Otis MeCormiek. Cadet Howard Everett Kessinger. Cad~t Thomas DuVal Roberts. Cadet Walter Armin Linn. Cadet David Jerome Ellinger. Cadet Walton Gracey Procter. Cadet Francis John Clark. Cadet Eleazu Parmly, 3d. Cadet Heyward Bradford Roberts. Cadet Edward Orlando McConahay. Cadet Bruce Woodward Bidwell. Cadet William Joseph Cleary. Cadet William Howard Arnold. Cadet Oliver Malcolm Barton. Cadet Charles Trueman Lanham. Cadet Bjarne Furuholmen. Cadet Richard Warburton Stephens. Cadet Charles Pelot Summerall, jr. Cadet John Henry Haile, jr. Cadet Thomas George McCulloeh. Cadet Richard Longworth Baughman. Cadet Frederick Cruger Pyne. Cadet Ed win Henry Harrison. Cadet Louis Chadwick ]'riedersdorff. Cadet Cecil Ernest Henry. Cadet Walter Domenick Marine'l.li. Cadet Craig Alderman. Cadet Daniel Francis Healy, jr. Cadet Charles Raeburue Landon. Cadet George Hinkle Steel. Cadet George Arthur Hadsell, jr. Cadet John Philip Maher, jr. Cadet Earl l\lattice. Cadet Frank Smith Kirkpatrick. Cadet Charles Goldsmith Stevenso~ jr. C~<1et George Walter Vaughn. Cadet " Tilliam Herbert Schaefel'. Cadet Thomas Jefferson Holmes, jr. Cadet Ewing Hill France. Cadet William llarry Bertsch, jr. Cadet Edward Fearo,n Booth. Cadet William Reineman Forbes. Cadet William Hill Lamberton. Cadet Gerald Jay Reid. Cadet Haydon Lemaire Boatner. Cadet James William Clyburn. Cadet David l\larcus. Cadet Roy Deck Reynolds. Cadet James Edward Moore. Cadet David Griffith Erskine. Cadet Silas Woodson Ho ea. Cadet .Albert Newton Stubblebine. jr. Cadet Ellis Spurgeon Hopewell. Canet Robert Charles Cameron. Cadet Harold James Keeley. Cadet William Leo Coughlin. Cadet Richard Emmel Nugent. C'adet William Thaddeus Sexton. Cauet Walter Allen Buck. Cadet Robert Augustus Ellsworth. Cauet Cleland Charle Sibley. Cadet George Edmund Wroekiolf, jr. Cadet Georg~ l\lorga.n Kernan. Cadet Carroll Rigs GriffuL Cadet Francis Edwin Gillette. Cadet Charles Edward Hart. Cadet Albert Kellogg Stebbins, jr. Cadet Kenneth Negley Decker. Cadet Richru.·d Givens Prather. Cadet Thomas Allen Jennings. Cadet Douglas Byron Smith. Cadet Joseph Massaro. Cadet Robert Edward Cullen. Cadet Jame Barry Kraft. Cadet Samuel Glenn Conley. Cadet Howard Jehn John. Cadet Stephen Wilson .Ackerman. Cadet Charles Loomis Booth. Cadet Lewis Spencer Kirkpatrick. COAST ARTILLERY OORPB Cadet Charles Hunter Coates. Cadet Robert Vernon Lee. Cadet Otto Lauren Nelson, jr. Cadet Benjamin Schultz Mesick, j'r. Cadet John Curtis LaFayette Adams. Cadet Frank Lawrence Lazarus. Cadet Robert Wells Harper. Cadet Everett Chalmers Wallace. Cadet Augustus J"erome Regnier. Cadet Vernum Charles Stevens. Cadet Willard Koehler Liebel. Cadet Floyd Allen Mitchell. Cadet John Archer Stewart. Cadet Joseph Peter Shumate. Cadet Lewis Curtis Barkes. Cadet Robert Lee Miller. Cadet George Alvin Millener. Cadet John Ismert Hincke. Cadet Robert Harvey Thompson, jr. Cadet Elmer Ernest Count, jr. Cadet Russell Andrew Baker. Cadet Robert Ward Berry. Cadet Panl Cooper. Cadet Harold Peabody Tasker. Oadet Lee William Gilford. Cadet Claude Earl Moore. Cauet Ralph Pulsifer. Cadet Grayson Schmidt. Cadet Logan Carroll Berry. Cadet Leslie Earl Simon. Cadet Qnto Priee Bragan. 1924 l:' CONGRESSIONAL RECORD___:_gENATE 69

Cadet Gilbert Francis Baillie. Cadet Fred A.r ley Ingalls. Cadet Robert Joseph 1\lcBride. Cadet Herbert Theodore Sehaefel". Cadet Charles Ward Van Way, jr. Cadet Robin Bernard Pape. Cadet Harry Dillon McHugh. Cadet Clyde .Massey. Cadet Armistead Davis Mead, jr. Cadet Robert Lyle Brookings. ( Cadet Charles Harold Royce. Cadet Eugene Barber Ely. Cadet George Patrick O'Neill. Cadet George Anthony Bieber. Cadet Oswa ldo de la Rosa. Cadet Leo Douglas Vichules. Cadet Henry Coates Burgess. Cadet Vzal Girard Ent. Cadet James Edgar Macklin, 2d. Cadet North Harper. Cadet Armand Joseph Salmon. Cadet Donald Dean Rule. Cadet Frederick Raymond Keeler. Cadet James Frederick Howell, jr. • I Cadet ~dward Amedee Chazal. Cadet John Phillips Kirkendall.' Cadet Reed Graves. Cadet Joseph Aloysius Kielty.· Cadet Mark Edward Smith, jr. Cadet Robert Roy Selway, jr.

Cadet John Gillespie Hill. 1. Cadet Leslie Alfred Skinner4 Cadet Wolcott Kent Dudley. Cadet James Edwards Poore, jr.. ·cadet Andrew Suter Gamble. Cadet Washington Maekey Ives, jr. Cadet Earl Lynwood Scott. Cadet John Jacob Williams. Cadet Andrew Paul Foster, jr. Cadet Luther Stevens Smith. Cadet John Jacob Outcalt. Cadet Warfield Richardson Wood. Cadet ?,.!elvin Eugene Meister. Cadet Howard McMath Turner. Cadet Hobart Amory Murphy. Cadet Leonard Henry Rodieck. Cadet William Henry 1\!aglin. Cadet Alexander George Greig~ Cadet Camille Henry DuvaL Cadet John Lyman Hitchings. Cadet William Samuel Triplet. Cadet Kenneth Crawford Strother. Cadet George Winfered Smythe. Cadet Edward Higgins White. Cadet Jesse Thomas Traywick, jr. Cadet James Hewins, jr. Cad~t Leslie Ellis Griffith. ' Cadet Denis James Mulligan. Cadet Philip McCaffrey Kernan. Oadet Paul Albert Pickhardt. Cadet Howard Alexander Malin. Cadet William Olmstead .Eareckson. Cadet James Earl Purcell. Cadet Francis Robert Stevens. Cadet John Archer Elmore, jr. Cadet Richard Weigand B-ibson. "-"' Cadet John Wesley Ramsey, jr. Cadet George Almond Ford. Cadet Francis John Grating. Cadet Felix Marcinski. Cadet Nye Kirwan Ehvard. Cadet Rupert Davidson .Gi·aves. Cadet James Pierce Hulley. Cadet John Reynolds Hawkins. Cadet Samuel Waylllle Smithers. Cadet Ralph Emanuel Fisher. Cadet Kenneth Rector Bailey. Cadet John Harol~ Qlaybrook, jr. Cadet Lucien Francis Wells, jr. Cadet Francis William Johnson. Cadet Richard Tonkin Mitchell. Cadet Ralph Arthur Koch. Cadet Samuel Henry .Fisher. Cadet George Edward Lightcap, jr. Cadet George James Smith. Cadet Dennis Milton Moore. Cadet John O'Day Murtaugh. Cadet Charles Roger Bonnett. Cadet ·Arthur LeRoy Bump, jr. Cadet Val Evans. Cadet William John Renn, jr. Cadet Clark Horace Bailey. Cadet Irving Ballard Greene. Cadet Victor Emmanuel Phasey. Cadet Harold Currie King. Cadet Clyde Davis Eddleman. Cadet Richard Gernant Herbine. · Cadet Russell Leonard Moses. Cadet Ralph Houston Lawter. Cadet Sarratt Thaddeus Hames. Cadet Noah Mathew Brinson. Cadet Virgil Rasmuss Miller. Cadet Leighton Marion Clark. Cadet James Somers Stowell. Cadet Cornelius Walter Consland. Cadet Bertel Eric Kuniholm. Cadet Michael Henry Cleary. APPOINTMENTS l.1Y THE BRANCHES OF THE REGULAR ARMY Cadet Robert Cantrill Polsgrove. To be second lieutenants with rank frmn Jttne 14, 1924 Cadet George Edwin Penton. Corpl. William Frederick Kellotat, Infantry. . Cadet Reeve Douglas Keiler. Staff Sergt. James Goodrich Megirt, Quartermaster CGrps. Cadet George Emmert Elliott. Corpl. Floyd Fausett, Coast Artillery Corps. Cadet William Wallace Cornog, jr. Staff Sergt. William Ewing Baker, Infantry. Cadet Demas Thurlow Craw. Staff Sergt. Raleigh Raymond Hendrix, Coast· Artillery Cadet Henry Isaac Kiel. Corps. Cadet Daniel Harrison Hundley. Staff Sergt. Duane Grant Warner, Air Service. Cadet William Walrath Lloyd. To be second lieutenant~ with 1·ank from .J·u,ne 15, 1·924 Cadet Jacob Robert Moon. Cadet Thomas Harrison Allen. Howard Donald Criswell, Infantry. - Cadet Raymond Rodney Robins. Edwin Harvey .Auerbach, Ordnance Department. Cadet Ralph Parker Eaton. Robert Douglas McLeod, jr"" Chemical 'Varfare Service. Cadet Henry Dahnke. Glenn Newman, Coast Artillery Corps. Cadet Clement Hypolite Dabezies. William George Devens, Coast .Artlllery Corps. Cadet George Harvey Doane. Charl~s Edward Shepherd, Coast Artillery Corps. Cadet Walter Dewey Gillespie. Walker Wesley Holler, Coast Artillery Co.rps. -_ Cadet Robert Carlyle Andrews. Leon Clinton Hull, Coast Artillery Corps. Cadet Herbert Frank 1\lcGuire 1\fatthews. Daniel Jerome Martin, Infantry. Cadet Buford Alexander Lynch, jr. Malin Craig, jr., Field .Artillery. Cadet William James Brunner. Forrest James French, Coast Artillery Corps. Cadet Albert John Dombrowsky. Joseph Howard Gibbons, jr.., Coast Artillery Corps. Cadet Jean Dorbant Scott. William Francis Bullis, Signal Corps. Cadet Robert Walter Stika. Henry Frederick Garcia, Field Artillery. Cadet Ovid Oscar Wilson. Samuel Howard Morrow, Coast Artillery COrps. Cadet Martin Frank Hass. Norman Bl~kesley Simmonds, Qoast Artillery Corps. Cadet Edward John Hirz. Vern WalbrHlge, Ooast Artillery Corps. · Cadet Clarence William Hoeper. Win1ield Wayne Scott, Field .Artillery. Sylv.an Berliner~ Ooa.st Artillery Corps. AIR SERVICE Joris "Bliss Rasbach, Field Artillery. Cadet Albert Fox Glenn. John Berrington Stackhouse, Infantry. Cadet Earle Everard Partridge. Herman Lester Darnstaedt, Infantry.

. ·. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE DECEJ\fBER 3 l 70 '- Leonard Marion Johnson, Field Artillery. APPOINTMENTS,,. BY TRANSFER, IN THE REGULAR ABM7 Henry Kipp Vreeland, Field Artillery. THE ADJUTaNT GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT John England Catlin, Infantry. Chester Archibald Rowland, Corps of Engineers. l\Iaj. Robert Lawrence Eichelberger, Infantry, July 14, 1924, John Sterling Taylor, jr., Infantry. with rank from July 1, 1920. · Ernest Gaskins, Infantry. Capt. Joseph Nicholas Dalton, Infantry, November 11, 1924, Lollis Bernard Rutte, Infantry. with rank from October 4, 1917. Harold Jefferson Johnson, Air Service. Capt. Kenneth Bm·man Bush, Infantry, November 15, 1924, Kunez Christian Pilet, Infantry. with rank from July 1, 1920. Arthur Willink, Ordnance Department. JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT Stephen Smith Hamilton, Infantry. Capt. Adam Richmond, Infantry, September 29, 1924, with Farris Newton Latimer, Infantry. rank from July 1, 1920. Carl Joseph Crane, Air Service. John Douglas Salmon, Infantry. FI ~ANCE DEPARTMENT James Peurifoy Hill, Infantry. Lieut. Col. William Jones Kendrick, Cavah·y (detailed in William Arthur Cole, Infantry. Finance Department), September 24, 1924, with rank from Bryan Maxwell Jacobs, Air Service. July 1, 1920. Raymond Disbmann I'almer, Cavalry. Maj. Cherubusco Newton, jr., Coast Artillery Corps (detailed l\lurray Eberhart :McGowan, Infantry. in Finance Department), July 24, 1924, with rank from July George Francis Seyle, Infantry. 1, 1920. Harrison Wells Davison, Cavalry. Maj. Edward Dworak, Infantry (detailed in Finance De­ Thomas Clagett Woo(l, jr., Infantry. ·partment), September 6, 1924, with rank from September 28, George Henry Decker, Infantry. 1921. Conrad Lewis Boyle, Cavalry. CORPS OF ENGINEERS Edward Joseph O'Neill, Infantry. Second Lieut. Theodore Morrison Clarence Osborne, Coast Robert Reinbold 1\Iartin, Infantry. - Artillery Corps, June 11, 1924, with rank from June 12, 1923. John Perry \Villey, Cavalry. . Second Lieut. Ralph Arnold Tudor, Coast Artillery Corps, John Vogler ~rower, Infantry. J nne 11, 1924, with rank from June 12, 1023. Harry Donald Eckert, Cavalry. ·Second Lieut. Hebert Davidson, Field Artillery, June 25, George Ed.ward Isaacs, Infantry. ·. 1924, with rank from June 12, 1923. Harold Francis Chrh:man, Infantry. Henry Landon McCord, Infantry. O~!_)NA 'CE DEPARTMENT George Cooper Reinhardt, Corps of Engineers. Capt. Edward Aloysius l\Iurphy, Coast Artilley Corps (de­ William Crowell Saffarrans, Infantry. tailed in Ordnance Department), July 14, 1924, with rank from -• William Joseph Bradley, Cavalry. June 19, 1919. Clark Louis Ruffner, Cavalry. · Capt. Leo Joseph Dillon, Quartermaster Corps, August 9, Ridgely Gaither, jr., Infantry. 1924, with rank from July 1, 1920. John Randolph Armstrong, Air Servic~. First Lieut. Grosyenor Liebenan 'Votkyns, Infantry (de· Earl William Aldrup, Quartermaster-· Corps. tailed in Ordnance Department), November 5, 1924, wit1J Conrad Gordon Follansbee, Field Artillery. rank as prescribed by the act of June 30, 1922. John Henry Sampson, jr., Field Artillery. First Lieut. Galen Magnus Taylor, Coast Artillery Corps, George August Zeller, Ordnance De_partment. June 21, 1924, with rank from April 13, Hl24. August Edward Schanze, Infantry. Second Lieut. Myron Leedy, Coast Artillery Corps, June 21, Howard Eu~ene Engler, Cavalry. 1924, with rank from June 13, 1922. Thomas Adams Doxey, jr., Field Ar-tillery. SIG N.AL CORPS John Mason Re:Ynolds, Infantry. 'Yilliam Donald Old, Air Service. Maj. Joseph James Grace, Finance Department, September Grovener Cecil Charles, Infantry. 24, 1924, "ith rank from July 1, 1920. Anclral Bratton, Field Artillery. Maj. Laurence Watts, Coast Artillery Corps, October 27", Harold Mills JUanderbacll, Field Artillery. 1924, witll rank from July 1, 1920. Lawrence Clifton Elliutt, Air Service. Capt. Lester Joslyn Harri , Infantry ( de'tailed in Signal Harry William Coon, Air Service. Corps), June 16, 1924, with rank from l\Iay 4, 1924. James Regan, jr., Field Artillery. Second Lieut. Benjamin Stern, Air Service, September 4. George Laurence Holsinger, Field Artillery. 1924, with rank from June 12, 1923. Harold Witte Uhrbrock, Infantry. CHEMICAL WARFARE SERVIOE Elmer Tlleodore I:•mdquist, Air Service. Maj. Maurice Benjamin Willett, Coast Artillery · Corp~, Raymond Charles Lane, Infantry. September 8, 1924, with rank from July 1, 1920. David Marshall Ramsay, Air Service. Capt. l\Iaurice Eugene Barker, Coast Artillery Corps, June Sheldon Pel'ltins l\1cNlckle, lnfantry. 27, 1924, with rank from July 1, 1920. 'Viii Knox Stennis, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Norman Drysdale Gillet, Infantry, August 8, Everitte Favor Arnold, Infantry. 1924, with rank from July 1, 1920. Harold George Peter8on, Air Service. FIELD ARTILLERY Georae Frauds Schulgen, Air Service. Otto e-Paul Weyland, Air Service. Col. Joseph Sutherland Herron, Cavalry, October 18, 1924, Reotnald Roan Gillespie, Air Service. with rank from July 1, 1920. Maj. Arthur Dryhurst Budd, Infantry, November 26, 1924, Ki;Uey Jameson Gregg, Air Service. ·, George Aldridge "'hatley, A:ir 'Service. with rank from July 1, 1920. Frank Riley Loyd. Air SerVIce. . C.apt. Claude Alfred White, Infantry, October 8, 1924, with Harry William Miller, Air Seryice. . rank from July 1, 1920. Sheldon Brightwell Edwards, An· SerVIce. Capt. David Loring, jr., Infantry, August 8, 1924, with rank Clarence Steven Thor))e, Air Service. from July 1, 1920. Paul Ready Greenhalgh, Air Service. Capt. Garth Bly Haddock, Air Service, July 21, 1924, with Howard Hunt Couch, Air Service. rank from July 1, 1920. Wilfrecl Josepb Paul, Air Service. .· First Lieut. l\Iark l\Iilton Potter, Infantry, July 24, 1924, Glenn L. Davasher, Air Service. with rank from October 6, 1919. Charles Stowe Stodler, Signal Corps. First Lieut. Auston :Monroe·Wilson, jr., Coast Artillery Corps, November 4, 1924, with rank from January 17, 1923. PROMOTIONS IN THE PHILIPPINE SCOUTS Second Lieut. Charles Aloysius Hennessey, Air Service, Octo­ To be {i1·st lieutenants ber 8, 1924, with rank from June 12, 1923. Second Lieut. Edward Freeman from. September 25, 1924. Second Lieut. George Phillips Privett, Coast Artillery Col"))s, Second Lieut. James William Smith from October 4, 1924. July 21, 1924, with rank from July 3, 1923. Second Lieut. Stephen Stanley Koszewski, Air Service (ap­ To be second lieutena.nt w'itl~t 1·ank t1·onl Ju,ne 12, 1924 pointed second lieutenant of Air Service during the recess o_f Cadet Ricardo Poblete. the Senate), No;-ember 26, 1924, with rank from June 12, 1924.

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Second Lieut. Peter Sather, jr., .Air Service (appointed sec­ James McDonald to be postmaster at Winfield, Ala., in place ond lieutenant of Air Service during the recess of the Senate), of R. F. Wheeler. Incumbent's commission expired February October 25, 1924, with rank from June 12, 1924. 11, 1924. Second Lieut. Frank Faron Carpenter, jr., Air Service (ap­ Allie Wilson to be postmaster at Stevenson, Ala., in place pointed second lieutenant M Air Service during the recess of of J. M. Graham. Incumbent's commi sion expired June 5 the Senate), November 20, 1924, with rank from June 12, 1924. 1924. ' COAST ABTI4LERY CORPS Henry C. Warren to be postmaster· at Rogersville, Ala., in place of W. B. Reeder. Incumbent's commission expii·ed Feb- Capt. Adolphe St. Armant Fairbanks, Corps of Engineers, ruary 11, 1924. · July 14, 1924,. with rank from April 19, l923. Madison D. Majors to be postmaster at Georgiana, Ala., in First Lieut. John Sanderson Crawford, Infantry, November place of S. D. Fulford. Incumbent's commission expired..July- 11, 1924, with rank from July 1, 1920. 28, 1923. Second Lieut. Charles Wesley Gettys, Air Service, June· 25, James W. Snipes to be postmaster at Florala, Ala., in place 1924, with rank from June 12, 1923. of J. W. Snipes. Incumbent's commission expired June 4, 1924. Second Lieut. Morris Kelly Voedisch, Air Service, June 25, Perry W. Caraway to be postmaster at Fayette, Ala., in 1924. with rank from June 12, 1923. place of T. L. Lindsey. Incumbent's commission expired May Second Lieut. Guy Haines Stubbs, Air Service, August 15, 28, 1924. - 1924, with rank from June 12, 1923. Edward B. Beason to be postmaster at Demopolis, Ala., in Second Lieut. Ben Early Cordell, Air Service, August 16, place of L. K~ Simmons. Incumbent's commission expired 1924, with rank from July 3, 1923. April 28, 1924. INFANTRY John T. Haertel to be postmaster at Cftronelle, .Ala ..,in place Col. Russell Creamer Langdon, Adjutant General's Depart­ of J. F. Manley. Incumbent's commission expired June 4, 1924. ment, November 28, _1924, with rank from July 1, 1920. Frances A. King to be postmaster at Childersburg, Ala., in Capt. Nor man Daniel Cota, Finance Department, September place of Sophie Harris. Incumbent's commission expired June 1, 1924, with rank from September 1, 1919. 4, 1924. Second Lieut. Richard Garner Thomas, jr., Air Service ( ap­ Thalia F. Pratt to be postmaster at Carrollton, Ala., in place. pointed second lieutenant of Air Service during the recess of of J. F. Hodge. Incumbent's commission expired June 4, 1924. the Senate), September 11, 1924, with rank ~om June 12, 1924. John G. Bass to be postmaster at Birmingham, Ala., in place of R. B. Smyer. Incumbent's commission expired February 4 .AIR SERVICE 1924. , Capt. Willis Henl'y Hale, Infantry (detailed in Air Service), ALASKA November 13, 1924, with rank from November 5, 1917. Mark A. Winkler to be postmaster at Nome, Alaska in plaep APPOINTMENTS IN THE REGULAR ARMY of John Hegness, resigned. ' MEDICAL CORPS ARIZONA To be first lieutenants Lucinda White to be posttnaste1· at Dos Cabezos, Ariz. Office First Lieut. Leon Lloyd Gardner, Medical Officers' Reserve became presidential July 1, 1924. Corps, with rank from August 7, 1924. Charles C. Stemmer to be postmaster at Cottonwood Arh-;, Capt. Henry Fremont Lueking, Medical Officers' Reser:ve Office became presidential October 1, 1924. ' Corp , with rank from August 30, 1924. First Lieut. Prentice Lauri Moore, Medical Officers' Reserve ARKANSAS Corps, with rank from August 30, 1924. Estell Baynham to be postmaster at Success, Ark. Office be­ .lt,irst Lieut. John Marshall Gaines, Medical Officers' Reserve came presidential July 1, 1924. Corps, with rank from August 30, 1924. Pearl Knod to be postmaster at Gillham~ Ark. Office became First Lieut. William Charles Furr, Medical Officers' Reserve presidential July 1, 1924. Corps, with rank !rom November 10, 1924. CALIFORNIA Capt. Ray Hamilton Skaggs1 Medical Officers' Reserve Corps, Charles J. Funk to be postmaste-r at Redondo Beach, Calif., with rank from November 10, 1924. in place of E . .J. Murphy, resigneed August 29, Office became presidential October 1, 1923. 1923. Si ter M. Loreta to be postmaster at Holy Trinity, Ala. Edna M. Sheridan to be postmaster at l\Ionte Rio, Calif.; Office became presidential October 1, 1924. in plare of. E. l\:L Sherid1m. Incumbent's: commission expired Eugene B. Hanby to be postmaster at Ooai Valley, Ala. June 4, 1924. Office became presidential Apr-il 1, 1924. J'ohn E. Nolan to be postmaster at .huM~to-wn, raJi.f., in Marzette H. Bell to be postmaster at Calhoun, Ala. 6.mee plaee of .r. E. Nolan. lncomb<'ut.-s cv-~1'1'~~1i. ·~ion e~:p·:retll .Tune became presidential April 1, 1924. 4, 1924. - .72 CONGRESSIONAL · RECORD-- SEN ATE DECE~~ER 3

Charles F. Evers to be postmaster at Fortuna, Calif., in place Oscar B. Harrauff to be postmaster at Princeton, Ill., in place of C. F. Ever . Incumbent's commission expired June 41 1924. of R. L. Russell. Incumi'ent's commission expired June 5, 1924. William W. Ware to be postmaster at Fort Bragg, Calif., Alice Murray to be postmaster at Oneida, Ill., in place of 1n place of W. W. Ware. Incumbent's commission expired C. E. Lingwall. Incumbent's commissif)n expired March 9, 1924. August 15, 1923. Harry C. Smith to be postmasteP at New Windsor, Ill., in Charles l\1. Gri t to be postmaster at Co•elo, Calif., in place place of H. B. Shroyer. Incumbent's commission expired June of C. l\1. Grist. Incumbent's commission expired February 5, 1924. 11, 19~4. George E. Carl on to be postmaster at Moline, Ill., in place of Joseph C. Beard to be postmaster at Burlingame, Calif., in C. V. Gould. Incumbent's commission expired March 9, 1924. place of J. C. Beard. Incumbent's commission expired June Charles Jackson to. be postmaster at Joy, Ill., in place of 4, 19;_4. R. L. Downing. Incumbent's commission expired June 4, 1924. COI,OR.ADO John S. Redshaw to be postmaster at Granville, Ill., in place D"igbt K. Fm~tf'r to be postmaster at Paonia, Colo., in of J. K Redshaw, jr. Incumbent's commission expired August plnce of E. "E. Hufty. Incumbent's commission expired May 29, 1923. • Laurence E. Brookfelt to be postmaster at Dolton, Ill., in ~1 . 1924. CO~NECTICUT place of J. J. Wesse. Incumbent's commission expired June 5, 1924. . 1Villiam J. Beehler to be postmaster at Brookfield, Conn. John H. Bayless t9 be postmaster at Colchester, Ill., in place Ottice became pre idential October 1, 1924. of J. F. Bushmeyer. Incumbent's commission expired l\larch 9, Robert DeF. BriRtol to be pos tma ter at Guilford, Conn., 1924. in 11la ce of E. B. Sullivan. Incumbent's commi sion e~-pired Mary H. Hrdlicka to be postmaster at Cary Station, Ill., in June :1, 1!>24. place of M. H. Tirdlicka. Incumbent's commis ion expired Frank s. Merrill to be postma ter at Bristol, Conn., in March 9, 1924. place of 'V. A. Hayes. Incumuent's co~ission expired INDIANA June 5, 1924. George ·w. Fairgrie'V'e to ue postmaster at Bantam, Conn., Allie Bybee to be postmaster at Universal, Ind., in place of in place of G. Tf. Fairgrieve. Incumbent's commission expired Flo ·wnson, deceased. William l\f. Willmore to be postmaster at Vincennes, Ind., in June 5, 1924. IIAWAII place of E. G. Meyer, deceased. Lena M. Anderson to be po. tmaster at Miller, Ind. Office Arthur Y. Lloyd to be postmaster at Lahaina, Hawaii, in became presidential July 1, 1924. place of A. Y. Lloyd. Incumbent's commission expired Febru­ .John C. Chaille to be postmaster at Otwell, · Ind. Office itry 14, 1924. became presidential October 1, 1924. IDAIIO Floyd E. Sears to be postmaster at Wolcottville, Ind., in place Albert T. Moulton to be postmaster at Yictor, Idallo, in of G. W. Roy. Incumbent's commission expired June 5, 1924. place of M. H. Brinton, resigned. 1\landa Neet to be postmaster at Rosedale, Ind., in place of Flossie G. Hill to be po tmaster at Gooding, Idaho, in place W. T. Newton. Incumbent's commission expired June 5, 1924. of H. D. Cheney, resigned. Harry D. Bodenhafer to be postmaster at Kendallville, Ind., William R. Ogle to be postmaster at Glenns Ferry, Idaho, in in place of G. C. Hart. Incumbent's commission e::~..'J)ired June 5, place of C. 0. Dice, resigned. 1924. . Marie E. Roos to be po. tmaster at ·weippe, Idallo. Office Charles E. Barracks to be postmaster at Frankton, Ind., in beca me presidenU.al April 1, 1924. place of J. C. Ring. Incumbent's commission expired June 5, J.eonard B. Wehr to lle· postma ter at Star, Idaho. Office 1924. berame pre idential July 1, 1924. Frederick D. Seeley to be postmaster at Elwood, Ind., in place Arthur N. MacQuivey to be postmaster at Wendell, Idaho, in of H. P. Carpenter. Incumbents commission expired June 5, -place of C. A. l\liller. Incumbent's commi. sion e~rpired Febru­ 1924. ary 4, 1924. George P. Crabtree to be postmaster at Clay City, Ind. in TI.LI~OIS place of G. C. Luther. Incumbent's commi sion expired June 5, Rex C. Bliss to be postmaster at La Fayette, Til., in place 1924. of 0. G. Ktmckel', resigned. Alfred V. Reschar to be postmaster at Anderson, Ind., in John Gukeisen, to be postmaster at Kenilworth, Ill., in place place of J. L. Fraley. Incumbent's commission expired June 5, of \V. T. Robinson. deceased. · 1924. Frederick Rugen to be po tmaster at Glenview, Ill., in place IOWA of M. A. Grenning, resigned. P erry E. Rose to be po tmaster· at Earlham, Iowa, in place of Uufus D. Denton to be postmaster at Carthage, Ill., in place D. T. Spence, removed. of E. R. Boswell, deceased. William Stevens to oe postmaster at Templeton, Iowa. Office C'he. ter 0. Burgess to be postmaster at Sigel, Ill. Office became presidential July 1, 1924. becnme pre ·idential October 1, 1924. l\lollie Daley to be postmaster at Parnell, Iowa. Office be­ John C. Harned to be postmaster at Secor, Ill. Office be- came presidential April 1, 1924. cawe pre idential October 1, 1924. , Estella Griffin to be postmaster at 1\Iclntire, Iowa. Office William l\lcKinley to be postmaster at Ogden, Ill. Office be- became pre idential April 1, 1024. came presidential October 1, 1924. Emil Kaloupek to be postmaster at Elberon, Iowa. Office William E. Kitch to be postmaster at Niantic, Ill. Office became presidential July 1, 1924. · becnme presidential October 1, 1924. Harriet Smith to be postmaster at Bucknell, Iowa. Office Harry R. Smith to be postmaster at Manlius, Ill. Office be­ became presidential July 1, 1924. came pre.·idential October 1, 1924. Della .Douthit to be postmaster at Braddyville, Iowa. Office William H. Weathers to be postma. ter at Magnolia, Ill. became presidential October 1, 1924. Office became presidential October 1, 1924. Bernard E. Fraley to be postmaster at Albion, Iowa. Office :Eugenie Culley to be 11ostmaster at McClure, Ill. Office be­ became presidential July 1, 1924. came presidential July 1, 1924. Frank E. Lundell to be postmaster at Stratford, Iowa, in Homer W. Witter to bE' postmaster at Kingston, Ill. Office place of F. E. Lundell. Incumbent's commission expired became presidential Oct-{)ber 1, 1924. 1\farch 22, 1924. · Ida I. ShradE'r to oe postmaster Rt Humboldt, Ill. Office Arthur W. Mcisaac to be postmaster at Rockwell City, Iowa, became presidential October 1, 1924. . in place of George Ritz. Incumbent's commission expired June Charles D. Rag dale to· be postmaster at De Soto, Ill. Office G, 1924. became presidential October 1, 1924. George T. Stauffer to be postmaster at Garri on, Iowa, in Herman H. Schultz to be postmaster at Bartlett, Ill. Office place of C. F. Irons. Incumbent's commi sion expired June became presidential July 1, 1924. . .. 5, 1924. Yera 1\f. Carlson to be postmaster at Woodhull, Ill., in place Harry E. Blomgren to be postmaster at Fort Dodge, Iowa, of C. E.· Carlson. Incumbent's commission expired ·June 5, 1924. in place of F. W. Ryan. Incumllent's commis ion expired Fred Frazier to be postmaster at Viola, Ill., in pla,ce of March 22, 1924. Grove Harrison. Incumbent's commi'sion expired June 5, 1924. Earl P. Patten to be postmaster at Danbury, Iowa, in place Oral Beck to be postmaster at Stewa1·dson, Ill., in place of of E. P. Patten. Incumbent's commission expired August 5, Edward Streng. Incumbent's comfl:\isSiO!! expired JU!I:e 5, 1~24~ ~9g3._ " ·.

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· Earl E. Silver to be postmaster at Center Point, Iowa, in 1\IASSACHUSETTS place of I. T. Street. Incumbent's commission expired June 5, Ella M. Harrington to be postmaster at Jefferson, Mass. 1924. Office became presidential October 1, 1924. KANSAS William J. O'Brien to be postmaster at King ton, Mass., in Emil Dolecek to be postmaster at Holyrood, Kans., in place place of W. J. O'Brien. Incumbent's commission expiTed of L. E. Clothier, appointee declined. July 21, 1921. . Pearl M. Mickey to be postmaster at Zurich, Kans. Office Edmund Daly to be postmaster at Hingham, Mass., in place·of became presidential October 1, 1924. Edmund Daly. Incumbent's commission expired June 4, 1924. Maud Williams to be postmaster at Lenexa, Kans. Office :MICHIGAN became presidential October 1, 1924. Enos F. Halbert to be postmaster at Chapman, Kans., in Fred Alford, sr., to be postmaster at Yulcan, Mich., in place of T. J. Foley. Incumbent's commission e},.--pired June 4, place of W. J. Eva, resigned. 1924. l\1. Adele Zinger to be postmaster at Ruth, 1\Iich., in place of KENTUCKY T. G. Obor;:;ki, removed. Samuel H. McMurray to be postmaster at Stearns, Ky., ·in Willard A. Hilliker to be postmaster at Dryden, Mich., in place of 0. H. Marcum, resigned. place of C. E. Terry, resigned. Vera Baird to be postmaster at Crab Orchard, Ky., in place Ida l\I. Ludwick to be postmaster at Pewamo, Mich. Office of Mary Wilson, resigned. became presidential July 1, 1924. Rex A. O'Flynn to be postmaster at • Utica., Ky. Office be­ Noel H. Allen to be postmaster ·at Maple Rapids, l\Iich. Office came presidential July 1, 1924. became presidential July 1, 1924. Cameron F. Dunbar to be postmaster at Russell Springs, Ky. Gertrude Oyster to be postmaster at Maltby, Mich. Office became presidential April 1, 1924. Office became presidential July 1, 1924. Garrett H. Lawrence to be postmaster at Poor Fork, Ky. Herbert E. Gunn to be postmaster at Holt, l\Iich. Office be­ came presidential October 1, 1924. Office became presidential April 1, 1923. Yictor H. Sisson to be postmaster at Freeport, Mich. Office Allen E. Bell to be postmaster at Moreland, Ky. Office became presidential October 1, 1924. became presidential July 1, 1924. John W.· Aldrich to be postmaster at Falmouth, Mich. Office York Hatfield to be postmaster at McVeigh, Ky. Office became presidential October 1, 1924. became presidential July 1, 1924. Edna M. Park to be postmaster at Alden, l\Iich. Office be· Mack R. Huston to be postmaster at Lakeland, Ky. Office came presidential October 1, 1924. became presidential April 1, 1924. Willa A. Ruggles to be postmaster at Whitehall, Mich., in Lloyd F. Williams to be postmaster at Bagdad, Ky. Office place of W. A. Ruggles. Incumbent's commission expired June became presidential October 1, 1924. 4, 1924. William Rice to be postmaster at Manchester, Ky., in place Harry W. Stockman to be postmaster at 0 coda, Mich., in of J. Y. Dickinson. Incumbent's commission expired February place of J. A. Hull. Incumbent's commission expired June 4 20, 1924. ~u - , Virgil A. Matthews to be postmaster at Fordsville, Ky., in . Clinton E. Aukerman to be postmaster at Montgomery, Mich.,. place of G. G. Lanum. Incumbent's commission exph~d June m place of Elmer Bremer. Incumbent's commission expired 4, 1924. June 4, 1924. LOUISIANA. Thomas H. Berryman to be postmaster at Mohawk, Mich., in Lillie Schexnailder to be postmaster _at Sellers, La., in place of T. H. Berryman. Incumbent's commission expired place of Cecilia Block, resigned. January 26, 1924. George M. Tannehill to be po tmaster at Urania, La. Office David J. Doherty to be postmaster at Marlette, Mich., in became presidential October 1, 1924. place of Charles Hunter. Incumbent's commission expit·ed Frank G. Rieger to be postmaster at Scotlandville, La. J nne 4, 1924. Office became presidential July 1, 1924. Ernest L. Storbeck to be postmaster at Kinde, Mich., in Ophelia L. Willis to be postmaster at Pearl River, La. Office place of E. D. Ahearn. Incumbent's commission expired June became presidential July 1, 1924. 4, 1924. William C. Reynolds to be postmaster at Ida, La. Office Norman E. Weston to be postmaster at Kent City, Mich., in became presidential July 1, 1924. place of N. E. Weston. Incumbent's commission expired Estelle S. Keller to be postmaster at Collinston, La. Office October 1, 1923. became presidential July 1, 1924. Edwin W. Klump to be postmaster at Harbor Beach Mich Thomas C. Reagan, sr., to be postmaster at Winnsboro, La., in place of Harold Murphy. Incumbent's commission 'expired in place of N. D. Womble. Incumbent's commission expired June 4, 1924. · April 9, 1924. John Anderson to be postmaster at Gwinn, Mich., in place of Albert A. Th.oman to be postma~ter at Monroe, La., in place John Anderson. Incumbent's commission expired July 28 of J. T. Bryant. Incumbent's commission .expired June 4, 1923. ' 1924. . Alpheus P. Decker to be postmaster at Deckerville, Mich., Octave H. Deshotels to be postmaster at Kaplan, La., in m place of D. R. Brown. Incumbent's commission expired place of 0. H. Deshotels. Incumbent's commission expired June 4, 1924. June 4, 1924. · - Edith E. Steckler to be postmaster at Jeanerette, La., in Euphemia Hunter to be postmaster at Cass City, 1\Iich., in place of E. E. Steckler. Incumbent's commission expired place of J. M. Dodge. Incumbent's conimission expired June 5, 1924. June 4, 1924. Edna Byrd to be postmaster at Glenmora, La., in place of Oscar Keckonen to be postmaster at Calumet, Mich., in place Susie Jones. Incumbent's commission expired June 4, 1924. - of J. R. Ryan. Incumbent's commission expired September 1:~ 1922. ' 1>1AINE June L. Oliver to be postmaster at Beaverton, l\Iich., in Charles W. Abbott to be postmaster at Albion, Me. Office place of A. E. Dann. Incumbent's commission expired June 4 became presidential July 1, 1924. 1924. ' George H. Williams to be postma ·ter at Alfred, 1\Ie., in George ,V. Paton to be postmaster at Almont, Mich., in place place of G. H. Williams. Incumbent's commission expired of R. P. Hallock. Incumbent's commission expired June 4 June 5, 1924. 1924. ' MARYLAND MIN ~ESQTA Richard H. 'Villiams to be postmaster at· Midland, Md. Office became presidential October 1, 1924. Carrie B. Quinn to be postmaster at 'Veils, Minn., in place Lester S. Wheeler to be postmaste1· at Glyndon, l\Id. Office of F. M. Clark, resigned. became presidential July 1, 1924. Emil Rasmussen to be postmaster at Sleepy Eye, Minn., in Geo1·ge C. Eichelberger to be postmaster at Union Bridge, place of W. R. Hodges, removed. Mel., in place of F. J. Shriner. Incumbent's· commission expired Edward C. EllertsQn to be postmaster at Gully, 1\Iinn. Office June 4, 1924. · became presidential July 1, 1924. · . . Wilmer L. Barnes to be postmaster at Bel Air, 1\fd., in place Arnold C. Klug to be postmaster at Zumbrota, Minn., in of Vi/'. L. Barnes. Incumbent's commission expired June 4, place of M. H. Baskfield. Incumbent's commission expired 1924. June 5, 1924. 74 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE DECEMBER 3

Albert W. Knaak to be postmaster at Waterville, Mimi., in Jessie M. Patterson to be postmaster at Union, N. J. Office place of J. A. Timpane. Incumbent's commission expired June became presidential April 1, 1924. 6, 1924. Alfred Johansen to be postmaster at Smithville, N. J. Office Bennie H. Holte to be postmaster at Starbuck, Minn., in became presidential July 1, 1924. . place of B. H. Holte. Incumbent's commission expired June Sanford W. Souders to be postmaster at Riegelsville, N. J. 6, 1924. Office became presidential April1, 1924. Lorenzo J. Gault to be postmaster at St. Peter, Minn., in Walter E. Walling to be postmaster at Port Monmouth, N. J. place of H. J. E sler. Incumbent's commission expired June Office became presidential April 1, 1924. 6, ,1924. Clair MacFarland to be postmaster at l\1oru·oeville, N. J. Frank W. Hanson to be postmaster at Rush City, Minn., in Office became presidential October 1, 1924. place of J. D. Markham. Incumbent's commission expired Feb­ Hiram H. Shepherd to be postmaster at South Boundorook, ruary 18, 1924. N. J., in place of H. H. Shepherd. Incumbent's commission ex­ Mary A. Mogren to be postmaster at Ortonville, Minn., in pired June 5, 1924. place of M. A. Mogren. Incumbent's commission expired June Evan F. Benners to be postmaster at Moorestown, N. J., in 6, 1924. place of J. H. Barcklow. Incumbent's commission expired June Ernest E. :Meyer to be postmaster at Norwood, l'lfinn., in place 6, 1924. of M. I. McGuire. Incumbent's commission expired February Walter G. Barber to be postmaster at Millville, N. J., in place 28, 1924. of L. R. Hogan. Incumbent's commission expired ·January 28, Peter W. Gorrie to be posb:rulster at Morristown, Minn., in 1924. place of P. W. Gorrie. Incumbent's commission expired June 5, .Anna G. Rockhill tO be postmaster at Columbus, N. J., in 1924. place of A. G. Rockhill.. Incumbent's commission expired June James H. Pelham to be postmaster at Menahga, Minn., in 6, 1924. place of J. H. Pelham. Incumbent's commission expired June Edna Dalrymple to be postmaster at Alpha, N. J., in place of 5, 1924. Edna Dalrymple. Incumbent's commission expired April 15, · Elizabeth Doyle to be postmaster at Maple Lake, 1\linn., in 1924. place of P. B. Jude. Incumbent's commission expired July 28, NEW MEXICO 1923. Clara L. Kennedy to be postmaster at San Jon, N. Mex. Frank T. O'Gorman to be postmaster at Goodhue, Minn., in Office became presidential July 1, 1924. place of F. T. O'Gorman. Incumbent's commission expired June Mahan Wyman to be postmaster at Loving, N. Mex. Office 5, 1924. became presidential July 1, 1924. Carl A. Qvale to be postmaster at Farmington, Minn., in place Carl Seligman to be postmaster at Grant, N. Mex. Office of E. 0. Feely. Incumbent's commission expired June 5, 1924.. became presidential July 1, 1924. Nelson S. Erb to be postmaster at Faribault, Minn., in place John H, York to be postmaster at East Las Vegas, N. Mex., of John Kasper. Incumbent's commission expired June 5, 1924. in place of E. V. Long. Incumbent's commission expired Sep­ Fred E. Logelin to be postmaster at Belleplaine, Minn., in tember 6, 1922. place of A. J. Irwin. Incumbent's commission expired June 5, 1924. NEW YORK MISSOURI Loie C. Husted to be postmaster at Woodhull, N. Y., in place of M. K. Husted, removed. Horace L. Johnson to be postmaster at Winston, Mo. Office Roy M. Hackett to be postmaster at Hornell, N. Y., in place became presidential October 1, 1924. of E. J. Halbert, removed. Charles C. Stobaugh to be postmaster at Triplett, Mo. Office James Agnew to be postmaster at Lake Ronkonkoma, N. Y. became presidential October 1, 1924. Office became presidential October 1, 1924. Dana Gerster to be postmaster at Stella, Mo. Office became Edwin W. Cushman to be postmaster at Keuka Park, N. Y. presidential July 1, 1924-. Office became presidential October 1, 1924. William H. Reynolds to be postmaster at Smithton, Mo. Clarence J. Weyant to be postmaster at Fort Montgomery, Office became presidential Oct~ber 1, 1924. N. Y. Office became presidential October 1, 1924. Elizabeth E. Letton to be postmaster at Mindenmines, Mo. Richard J. Higgins to be postmaster at East Rockaway, N. Y. Office became presidential October 1, 1924. · Office became presidential July 1, 1924. Joseph Snider to be postmaster at Ludlow, Mo. Office be­ came presidential October 1, 1924. NORTH CAROLINA James R. Murray to be postmaster at Harviell, Mo. Office Frances K. Thagard to be postmaster at Pembroke, N. 0. became presidential July 1, 1924. Office became presidential July 1, 1923. Ada C. Luna to be postmaster at Gainesville, Mo. Office Ella N. Painter to be postmaster at Cullowhee, N. 0. Office became presidential October 1, 1924. became presidential April 1, 1924. Henry L. 'Vindler to be postmaster at Barnett, Mo. Office Anna M. Smith to be postmaster at West Albany, N. C. became presidential October 1, 1923. Office became presidential July 1, 1924. George T. Holybee, jr., to be postmaster at Platte City, Mo., OHIO in place of J. W. Davis. Incumbent's commission expired Au­ gust 12, 1923. Albert A. Sticksel to be postmaster at Newtown, Ohio. Office William E. Morton to be postmaster at Kansas City, Mo., in became presidential July 1, 1924. place of Baylis Steele. Incumbent's commission expired June Ethel Shoemaker to be postmaster at Mount Blancl.lard, 6, 1924. Ohio. Office became presidential October 1, 1924. Blanche M. Lauer to be postmaster at Lower Salem, Ohio. MONTANA Office became presidential October 1, 1924. Stanley A. Yergey to be postmaster at Hardin, Mont., in place Frank J. Patterson to be postmaster at Glencoe, Ohio. Office of C. E. Bowman. Incumbent's commission expired June 4, became presidential October 1, 1924. 1924. Jennie Fickes to be postmaster at Empire~ Ohio. Office be­ NEBRASKA came presidential October 1, -1924. Henry L. Nichols to be postmaster at Lebanon, Nebr. Office Millard F. Cunard to be postmaster at Edison, Ohio. Office became presidential October 1, 1924. became presidential October 1, 1924. · l\Iamie Mathews to be postmaster at Marsland, Nebr. Office John W. Keel to be postmaster at Bolivar, Ohio. Office be­ became presidential July 1, 1924. came presidential October 1, 1924. Glenn B. Rodgers to be postmaster at Washington C. H., William Mankin to be postmaster at Lisco, Nebr. Office Ohio, in place of G. B. Rodgers. Incumbent's commission ex­ became presidential January 1, 1924. pired June 4, 1924. Henry D. Grady to be postmaster at O'Neil, Nebr., in place William H. Fellmeth to be postmaster at Canal Fulton, Ohio, of M. H. McCarthy. Incumbent's commission expired June in place of P. J. Blank. Incumbent's commi ion expired June 4, 1924. 4, 1924. George W. Whitehead to be postmaster at Mason City, Nebr., Maurice M. Murray to be postmaster at Bluffton, Ohio, iu in place of W. C. Rusmisell. Incumbent's commission ex­ place of Gideon Locher. Incumbent's commission expired June pired June 4, 1924. 4, 1924. Nl!1W JERSEY OKLAHOMA James L. O'Donnell to be postmaster at Hammonton, N. J.., Charles F. Ritcheson to be postmaster at l\Iaysville, Okla., in in place of L. J. Laugham, resigned. place of P. E. High, resigned .

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1 Earl Leeper to be postmaster at Denoya, Okla., in place of Teodoro M. Lopez to be postmaster at Vega Baja, P. R., in Ada Bartels, removed. place ofT. M. Lopez. Incumbent's commission expired August Katherine Anderson to be postmaster at Ninnekah, Okla. 21, 1923. Office became presidential April 1, 1924. Arturo G. Molina to be postmaster at Juncos, P. R., in place Madge Morris to be postmaster at Lyman, OkJa. Office be~ of A. G. Molina. Incumbent's commission expired February 4, came presidential October 1, 1924. 1924. Henry A. Ravia to be postmaster at Bessie, Okla . • Office be­ RHODE ISLAND came presidential July 1, 192-l. John A. Hazard to be postmaster at Warwick, R. I. Office became presidential July 1, 1924. OREGO~ Bertha M. Brayton to be postmaster at Hope, R. I. Office Mary F. Schultz to be postmaster at West Linn, Oreg. Office became presidential October 1, 1924. became presidential July 1, 1924. SOUTH CAROLINA Frederick C. Robison to be postmaster at Taft, Oreg. Office became presidential October 1, 1924. James J. Vernon, jr., to be postmaster at Wellford, S. C. Sadie B. Jones to be postmaster at Oakridge, Oreg. Office Office became presidential July 1, 1924. became presidential October 1, ~924. Elijah Lee to be postmaster at Pacolet, S. C. Office became Emma M. C. Brashears to be postmaster at Lexington, presidential October 1, 1923. Oreg. Office became presidential October 1, 1924. l\1ark D. Batchelder to be postmaster at Frogmore, S. C. Charles W. St. Dennis to be postmaster at Lakeside, Oreg. Office became presidential January 1, 1924. Office became presidential October 1, 1924. TENNESSEE Edith Glover to be postmaster at Grand Ronde, Oreg. Office John N. Clouse to be postmaster at Monterey, Tenn., in place became presidential July 1, H>24. of J. C. Walker, removed. George C. Peterson to be postmaster at Bay City, Oreg. Carrie S. Honeycutt to be postmaster at Wartburg, Tenn. Office became presidential October 1, 1924. Office became presidential October 1, 1924. Charles 0. Hendrix to be postmaster at Alsea, Oreg. Office Prior T. Livesay to be postmaster at Sneedville, Tenn. Offic.e became presidential October 1, 1923. became presidential October 1, 1924. - Erie N. Hurd to be postmaster at Seaside, Oreg., in place Link Monday to be postmaster at Kimberlin Heights, Tenn. of F. H. Laighton. Incumbent's commission expired June 4, Office became presidential October 1, 1924. 1924. Herbert D. Miller to be postma.'3ter at Christiana, Tenn. Albert N. Johnson to be postmaster at Estacada, Oreg., in Office became presidential April 1, 1924. place of W. A. Heylman. Incumbent's commission expired June 4, 1924. TEXAS PEXNSYLVA.:.~IA Pearl B. l\fonke to be postmaster at Weinert, Tex. Office became presidential July 1, 1924. ~arry B. Henderson to be postmaster at Kittanning, P.a., in Lewis Kiser to be postmaster at Sylvester, Tex. Office became place of W. P. Parker, deceased. Clarence E. Grim to be postmaster at Windsor, Pa. Office pre ·idential October 1, 1923. became pr-esidential October 1, 1924. Robert L. Mobley to be postmaster at Santa Anna, Tex., in Annie Smith to be postmaster at Waverly, Pa. Office be­ place of R. L. 1\fobley. Incumbent's commission expired Janu­ ary 31, 1924. came presidential July 1, 1924. UTAH Emma E. Forster to be postmast~r at Wall, Pa. Office be- came presidential July 1, 1924. . ;Heber J. Sheffield, jr., to be postmaster at Kaysville, Utah, in Charles S. Mayhugh to ue postmaster at South Mountain, place of H. J. Sheffield, jr. Incumbent's commission expired Pa. Office became presidential July 1, 1923. June 4, 1924. William K. Pearce to be postma ter at Rutledge, Pa. Office VERMONT became presidential October 1, 1924. Kenneth A. Foster to be postmaster at Wolcott, Vt. Office Bertha C. Eshleman to be postmaster at Pequea, Pa. Office became presidential July 1, 1924. became presidential July 1,- 1924. Otis B. Dauchy to be postmaster at Townshend, Vt. Office William E. Rchaeffer to be postmaster at Manorville, Pa. became presidential October 1, 1924. Office became presidential October 1, 1924. Irwin Mattison to be postmaster at South Shaftsbury, Yt. Samuel L. Boyer to be postmaster at Library, Pa. Office be­ Office became presidential July 1, 1924. came presidential July 1, 1924. Ethel E. Churchill to be postmaster at Quechee, Yt. Office Ellen 1\I. Brown to be postmaster at Kelton, Pa. Office be­ became presidential October 1, 1924. came presidential October 1, 1924. William H. C. "hitcomb to be postmaster at Forest Dale, Jules C. Luyten to be po ·tmaster at Indianola, Pa. Office be­ Yt. Office became presidential July 1, 1924. came presidential October 1, 1924. Hiram E. Rowe to be postmaster at narnet, Vt. Office be­ Christian S. Clayton to be postmaster at Huntingdon Valley, came presidential April 1, 1924. Pa. Office became preRidential April 1, 1924. James 1\Iatchette to be postma ter at Hokenda1,1qua, Pa. WASHINGTON Office became presidential July 1, 1924. Audley Butler to be postmaster at Selleck, Wash. Office Jennie S. Curren to be po:tmaster at Gordon, Pa. Office be­ became presidential July 1, 1924. came presidential July 1, 1924. Bella C. Valentine to be postmaster at Satsop, ·wash. Office l\!axwell L. Byerly to be postmaster at Embreeville, Pa. became presidential July 1, 1924.. Office became pre idential July 1, 1924. Ed V. Pressentin to be postmaster at Rockport, Wash. Office Carey \V. Huff to be postmaster at DUI·ant City, Pa. Office became presidential October 1, 1924. became presidential October 1, 1924. Elizabeth l\f. White to be postmaster at l\lonitor, Wash. Sara A. Conrath to be postmaster at Dixonville, Pa. Offif'e Office became presidential April 1, 1924. became presidential October 1, "1924. William C. Hubbard to be postmaster at Klickitat, Wash. Margaret EJ. Warnock to be postmaster at Darlington, Pa. Office became presidential January 1, 1924. Office became presidential October 1, 1924. • Thurston B. Stidham to be postmaster at Doty, Wash. Office William C. Tiubb to be postmaster at Dalmatia, Pa. Office became presidential October 1, 1924. became presidential July 1, 1924. Joseph F. Fea to be postmaster at Dalkena, Wa. h. Office l\Iinnie E. Lewis to be postmaster at Covington, Pa. Office became presidential April 1, 1924.· became presidential· July 1, 1924. . Andrew J. Grant to be postmaster at Harrington. Wash., in Martin C. Flegal t,o be postmaster at Avis, Pa. Office became place of A. J. Grant. Incumbent's commission expired Feb­ presidential July 1, 1924. ruary 11, 1924. Charles H. Lapsley to be postmaster at Glassport, Pa., in WEST VIRGINIA place of C. H. Lapsley. Incumbent's commission expired Fel>- Thomas 0. Wash to be postmaster at Kayford, W. Ya. Office ruary 4, 1924. _ beca:me presidential October 1, 1924. Edward J. Fleming to be postmaster at Cochranton, Pa., in Harry F. Cunningham to be postmaster at Grant Town, place of Thomas McCobb. Incumbent's commission expired w. Ya. Office became presidential October 1, 1924. June 5, 1924. James T. Keeney to be postmaster at Eskdale, W. Ya. PORTO RICO Office became presidential October 1, 1924. Leonor G. Lucca to be postmaster at Guayanilla, P.R. Office Albert A. Drinkard to be postmaster at Elbert, W. Va. became presidential October 1, 1924._ Office became presidential July 1, 1924. .76 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE DECEJ\ffiER 3

Henry E. Crews to be postmaster at Edwight, W.Va. Office That invitations shall be extended to the President of the United became presidential October 1, 1924. States, the members of the Cabinet, the Chief Justice and .Associate Roscoe C. Damron to be postmaster at Branchland, W. Va. Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, and such other Office became presidential October 1,. 1924. inVitations shall be issued as to the said committee shall seem be t. Harry M. Slush to be postmaster at Whitesville, W. Va. That all expenses incurred by the committee in the execution of the Office became presidential October 1, 1924. provisions of tb.is resolution shall be paid, one-half !rom the contin­ James H. Reid to be postmaster at Slab Fork, W. Va. Office gent fund of the Senate and one-halt from the contingent tund of the be<'ame presidential July 1, 1924. House of Representatives. John S. Walker to be postmaster at Sharples, W. Va. Office ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED berame presidential October 1, 1924. Millard M. Mason to be postmaster at Seth, W. Va. Office :Mr. ROSENBLOOM, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, be<'ame presidential April 1, 1924. reported that they had examined and found truly emolled J. Wade Bell to be postmaster at Quinwood, W. Va. Office bills of the following titles, when the Speaker signed the same : became presidential October 1, 1924. H. R. 9559. An act malting appropriations to supply deficien­ Clifton M. Spangler to be postmaster at Peterstown, W. Va. cies in certain appropriations for the :fiscal year ending June Office became presidential October 1, 1924. 30, 1924, and prior :fiscal years, to provide supplemental appro­ Andrew B. Canterbury to be postmaster at Pax, W. Va. priations for the :fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, and for other Office became presidential Ocotber 1, 1924. purposes ; and William W. Wolfe to be postmaster at Mount Clare, W. Va. H. R. 3537. An act for the relief of L. A. Scott. Office became presidential October 1, 1924. NOTIFICATION TO THE PRESIDENT Joseph W. Thornbury to be postmaster at Man, W.Va. Office became presidential October 1, 1923. Mr. LONGWORTH and Mr. GARRETT of Tennessee ap­ Ora E. Gay to be postmaster at Libow, W. Va. Office be­ peared, and came presidential October 1, 1924. Mr. LONGWORTH said: Mr. Speaker, your committee, Blanche P. Reed to be postmaster at Clay, W. Va., in place which was appointed to join a similar committee from the of Buren Stephenson. Incumbent's commission expired Febru­ Senate to advise the President that a quorum of the two ary 11, 1924. Houses was present and ready to receive any commtmication WYOMING he desired to make, bas performed that duty. The President advised the joint committee that he wm submit in writing his ~Iaxwell L. Jourdan to be postmaster at Me~cine Bow, regular message. Wyo., in place of M.. A. Jourdan, resigned. Burton R. Jones to be postmaster at Greybull, Wyo., in MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES place of Roy Shaver, resigned. A message, in writing, from the President of the United John G .. Bruce to be postmaster at Lander, Wyo., in place of States, by Mr. Latta, one of his secretaries. F. E. Godfrey. Incumbent's commission expired June 5, 1924. The SPEAKER. The Chair lays before the House the fol- lowing message from the President of the United States. • Mr. William Tyler Page, Clerk of the House of Reprweuta­ tives, read the message from the President of the United States, IIOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES as follows: WEDNESDAY, Decernher 3, 1924 [For message, see proceedings of 'Senate, p. 52.] . The Hou e· met at 12 o'clock noon. The SPEAKER. Without objection, the message will be The Chafllain, Rev. James Shera Montgomery, D. D., offered referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the following prayer : the Union and ordered to be printed. There was no objection. 0 Lord, our Lord, holy, holy, holy is Thy name, and righteous­ ness is the habitation of Thy throne. We would cherish that THE COWLITZ TRffiE OF INDIANS greatest of gifts, the mercy of a grateful heart. We praise Mr. SNYDER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to Thee for the things that gladden and enrich our lives, for all take from the Speaker's table the bill H. R. 71, an act author­ are of Thy bounty. As Thy children, Thou dost understand us. izing the Cowlitz Tribe of Indians, residing in the State of So discipline us that our defects and excesses shall yield a Washington, to submit claims to the Court of Claims, dis­ more complete perfection and greater usefulness. Amid this agree to all the Senate amendments, and ask for a conference. sweet stillness, forgive us while we bow and have mercy upon The SPEAKER. The gentleman fi·om New York asks us '\Then we are judged in the light of Thy throne. Amen. unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table the bill The Journal of the proceedings of yesterday was read and H. R. 71, disagree to all the Senate amendments, and ask for a approved. conference. Is there objection? MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE Thc:re was no objection. The SPEAKER appointed as conferees on tbe pru·t of the A. message from the Senate, by Mr. Craven, one of its clerks, House Mr. SNYDER, Mr. D.ALLINGEn, and Mr. liAYDEN. announced that the Senate had agreed to the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two INTERIOR DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATION BILL Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. :Mr. CRAMTON. Mr. Speaker. I move that the IIou e re­ 95-59) making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain solve itself into Committee of the Whole House on the tate appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, and of the Union for the consideration of the bill (H. R. 10020) pdor fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, and for other purposes. the fiscal year ending June 30, 1926, and for other purposes; Resolved, That the Senate recedes !rom its amendments Nos. 29 and pending that motion I ask unanimous consent that the and 34. time for general debate be limited to six hours, if that is agreeable to my friend from Oklahoma, three hours to be con­ The message also announced that the Senate had concurred trolled by the gentleman from Oklahoma [Mr. CARTER] and in the following resolution : three hours by myself. IIouse Concurrent Resolution 30 Mr. CARTER. That would be satisfactory. Resolved by the House of Repre-sentatives (the Benate concurring), The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Michigan moves that That Monday, the 15th day of December, 1924, be set aside as the the House resolve itself into Committee of the Whole House day upon which there shall be held a joint session of the Senate on the state of the Union for the consideration of the Interior and the House of Representatives for appropriate exercises in com­ Department appropriation bill, and pendi.rlg that asks unani­ memoration of. the life, character, and public service of the late Wood­ mous consent that the time for general debate be limited to row Wilson, former President of the United States. six hours, three hours to be controlled by himself and three Tbat a joint committee, to consilrt of five Senators and seven Mem­ hours by the gentleman from Oklahoma [Mr. CARTER]. Is bers of the Honse of Representatives, to be appointed by the Presi-· there objection? · dent pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of There was no objection. . Representatives, respeetively, shall be named, with full power to make The motion of Mr. CRAMTON was then agreed to. all arrangements and publish a suitable program for the joint session Accordingly the House resolved itself into Committee of the of Congress herein authorized, and t"O issu~ the inVitations hereinafter Whole House on the state of the Union, with. Mr. SANDERS of mentioned. Indiana in the chair.

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