1D2G COITGRESSIONAL RECORD-ITOUSE 10933 .Josl:'ph l\1. E\anl'l, Mnvle Shn<le. LIEUT. COMMANDER RICHARD E. BYRD Mntil<la .I. Hotlupp, Spottlwood. Mr. WOODRU:M. 1\Ir. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent for NEW MEXICO the present consideration of a concurrent resolution, which I I .. ydia C. Harris, Mesilla rark. send to the desk. ' Effie A. J cnuiugs, ~an Jon. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Virginia u ks unani­ NEW YORK mous consent for the present consideration of a concurrent resolution, which the Clerk will report. George A. retry, Yallialla. The Clerk rend as follows: NORTII CAROLI. ·J1. House Concurrent llesolnt!on 3~ Ro-coe C. Jones, Manteo. WbPr~as Lieut. Commander Richard E. Byrd, United States Navy, OKLA.llOMA. by his dauntless courage, unerring skill, and chnracteristlo American Ben F. Ritl;e, Duncan. alertness, recently successfully completetl o. filgbt by airct•aft over tlle Hoy L. Drown, Tupelo. North Pole, thereby illstingaisbing himbelf, miLking a valuable contribu­ P~~STI.VANIA tion to polar exploration, nnd reflecting great llonor on hid country ; and GPorge '\etmilJer, Boclin. Whereas Lieutenant Commander llyr<l aml the melllbers of his pol::ll' expedition are soon to return to the United States: Now, therefore, be it Otto "·· retry, Elk Lick. '\illiam H. ..'c.:hull, llellertown. Resolved by the HottBfl of RezJrcscntativcs (the Senate collcurring), Arthur B. Winter, Jerm:rn. That a committee comJistlng of 10 meml>ers, G of whom shall be ap· George F. Klinefelter, Shrewslmry. pointed by the VIce !'resident and 5 by the Speaker, be filiPOinted to E. Howar<l Gilpin, Upland. participate as r pre enting tho Congrc;;s in the rcc~ption ot Lieut. James A. Stl<:kel, Vandergrift. Commander Richard B. Byrd and his party on tlleir return to tile Charles H. Myers, 'Yrrights\ille. United States and to extend llim and tlle meml.Jers of hls expedition the congratulations of tho people of tho United States on his succesl:>ful SOUTH CAROLIN A fU~ht over the North role. Andrew L. Dickson, Calhoun Falls. Ollie "r· Bowers, Central. The SPEAKER. Is there ol>jection to tho present con.sldera­ Loula D. O'Connor, 1\Ieggett. tlon of the r solution? There was no o!Jjection. TE~NESSEE The resolution was agreed to. John D. Elliott, Athens. ~ohn S. Wisecuner, Mohawk. MISSOURI IUVEB IMPltOVE:MENTS 1\lr. SEARS of Nebraska. Mr. peuker, I worLld Jike to ha\e Earl D. Tracy, Junction. unanimous cousent to addre s the IIouse for fiye minutes. 'nllium II. New!Jy, League City. 1\Il'. McDUFFIE. l\Ir. Speaker, reserving the right to object, VIRGINIA is the gentleman going to speak about the 1\lis 'OUri River? Grnce S. White, Ballston. Mr. SEARS of Nel>ra::;ka. I may refer to the Missouri. River, \\illiam D. Au tin, Bueno. Vista. , Judge. Charles D. Grnns, Chester. Since my friend has brought that subject to my mind, I ·will Emma B. Snow, Clover. confine myself simply and solely to the questions that relate to the Missouri River. I am not going to take up a great deal of Geor~e II. Clark, Crockett. Annie G. DnYey, Evington. your time by way of figures and broad statements or by dealing Bertha Thompson, Ferrum. with the minutia of this great que tion, but simply to lay a Mary C. Lewis, Fort Eustis. foundation for a statement I would like to haYe all of yon rend in the RECORD, the purpose being to send it to the Pre. ident Je. sle ll. Fox, Greenwood. and the Mem!Jers of tho Cabinet and the Senator while the ,V. Ingles IIarnsberger, Grottoe~. Hobert V. llichar<l on, Hampton. l'ivers and harbors !Jill is on its way over in the Senate. Winter Owens, Haymarket. I have neyer known of any question that was important to one man but what any other man would give it serious con­ Wyatt L. Martin, HillsYille. sideration. Therefore, I know that questions that relate to Je<: :e H. Skinner, Ken!Jridge. approximately 20,000,000 of people, who are related closely to 'Villiam C. Crews, Madison IIeights. the basic industry of the United State. in the greatest bread ML .ourl . Hnrmon, Melfa. basket an<l. granary of the world, will haye a keen interest for l\Iollie ll. Gettle, Rustburg. each and eYery Member of this IIouse. P. Edgar Line!Jurg, Stephens City. I think myself that the one great thing by which this f'e _..ion William R. Kindig, Stn..'lrts Draft. of Congress will bo known to the people of the great western 1\ illinm G. O'Brien, TazewelL country will be the fact that here and now at this session imme­ WASIII.. • GTON diate and active steps were commenced to seriously take up and Sylyestcr G. Buell, Arlington. complete the improvement work on this great river. It i the Charles 0. Meri<leth, Kent. same river throughout, from New Orleans up to ... .,.orth Dakota. WYOMING There are 4,400 miles of it running through the heart of thlB country of grain. and other agricultural products, but one Laurabclle llansen, Ge!Jo. where the question of rates is the most dlstl·cssing of any vluce in America. Thi~ is the river we arc thinking of hnprortng-, and we do not liOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES want it improYe<l HO that some future generation is ,g-oill"• to have the b nefits or the riYer. We want it improYed in"' au TUESDAY, June 8, 19:-!G immediate way, jnst as a good, fair business man would take it The llom;e met at 12 o'clock noon. up step by step and. complete a great and ncces ary worlt. '.fllc Chaplain, nev. James Shera Montgomery, D. D., offered My friend , tllis river has been ne~lected many yc>ars; ln the following prayer : fact, too many. It is a work the United States should hnYe taken up and. completed long ago. No other nation in all the 0 Thou, wllo giY<.'st liberally to all men, grant us the right­ world, I think, hn e>er neglected its one great waterway ns eou s de ~ ires of our hearts. Do Thou be our Teacher, whisper­ this one bus been neglected. The amount of grain and of cattle ing into our ~ouls the secrets of the best life; correct and im­ raised there and sent to the East would !Je startlli1g to you. IJrove u · tllat we may use our vowers to the noblest ends. In I presume to many of you it would apvear as an absolutely ull tbat we shall do may tllere be unity, harmony, and con­ new thing if iL magnitude was brought to your attention. The f ormity to Thy will. Give u the repose of mind that believes Secretary of Commerce of the United States ha ::aid what all tlu1 t nll thing work together for goo<l to them who love the of us haye known who ha\e given the matter any great atten­ Lord. Blc s all of us with a hunger for righteousness, for wis­ tion, and tl1at is that the people in this vnrt of tlle country dom, and for all those virtue. that lift us to the highest plano suffer under nn enormous currying charge, much greater than of ser ·ice for our beloved nepu!Jllc. In the blessed name of any other part of the country, and cyery !Ju:sllel of wheat or J osus. Amen. corn in that country carries tWs charge. The Journal of the proccc<llng::; of ycste1·<1.ay was 1·ead and l\Ir. McDUFFIE. 'Vill my friend yield? npproYcd. 1\lr. SEARS of Nebraska. Yes, indeed, Judge. CO.l.:rGRESSIO.L:r AL llECORD-IIOlJSE :.I,· . • IllH.FFIE. I do not vropose to go into the merits of l\Ir. ROWAnD. Always and fore'\"er I am hnndieai>ped by tlw i\'f!...;:-cJHri HlYer. Il may be a meritorious project. My my love for my friend, and 1 see tllat I have got to yield a~ain. c,b,k>eti~·u is mH1 was in behalf of orderly procedure. Does the [I_.augllter.] I rather think I shall yield. I would like this ~·l'ntll'mnn realize that for the present, to ~ay the least, this morning to take up the ~ubject of remedial legislation for agri­ Mi...:,;onri I iYer project bas been added to the bill in violation culture, extending the pruyer somewhat of our ~plen(lid chap­ of the .-pirit of the net of Congress of Heptemhcr, Hl22, which lain this morning, during whi<:h he prayed for repw•c of mind. forlJids the fayorable con ~i<lcratiou by any committee of the Con­ I have repo...;e of mind tlli~ morniug, but looking out through ~~·~ss of auy project U[>Oll wllich the engineers have not reporteO. the distance I apprehend that a number of my fl'ieu<.l::; have uot witlliu fh·e years? The project adopted was reported 1 years that measure of rcpo8e tllat i~ mine. ago, and we ha'\"'e no report since that time. 1\lr. COYLJ.1 Will the gentleman yield? l\lr. SEARS of .... cbrnska. I will now answer Judge MoDuFFTEl Mr. II OWARD. No; I yield to the reque~t of my leader, further. He doe~ not now claim the amendment is illegal, but Mr. TlLRON, and \Vill wait until Thur~dHy. rApl)lanse.] only irregular. 'Yhen the IIom~e speaks that f4hould , ettle it. M1'. TILSON. Mr. Spenlwr, in order that there may he no 'The Hou;.;e can not divest it.·elf of the l0gislati-re function.