1926 CONGRESS! ON AL RECORD-SEN_~Tij 7241 ing, Pa. ; Lodge No. 259, S. N. P. J., Meadowlands, Pa; and PETITIONS Lodge No. 90, S. N. P. J., Hackett, Pa., protesting against en­ Mr. ROBINSON of .Arkansas presented resolutions adopted actment of bill providing for registration of aliens in the United by The Original Club, of Little Rock, Ark., urging support of States ; to the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. the eighteenth amendment, with no modification, and indorsing 1725 . .Also, petition of Canonsburg Council, No. 303, Junior the Cramton bill providing for selection of prohibition officers United Order of .American Mechanics, Cannonsburg, Pa., pro­ through the civil service, which were referred to the Com- testing against the enactment of the Wadsworth-Perlman bill; mittee on the Judiciary. · to the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. Mr. WILLIS presented a resolution adopted by the Scandi­ 1726. By Mr. WEFALD: Petition of 37 citizens of Clear­ navian Fraternity of America in convention assembled at De­ brook, Minn., urging the passage of House bills 71 and 7479, troit, Mich., favoring an appropriate governmental recognition two bills aiming to safeguard and conserve the black bass and of Leif Erickson as the discoverer of the New World, which migratory wild fowl of .America; to the Committee on Agricul­ was referred to the Committee on the Library. ture. 1727. Also, petition of 322 citizens of Ottertail County, Minn., CENTENNIAL OF CONGRESS OF P .AN AM.A urging the passage of House bills 71 and 7479, two bills aiming Mr. ERNST. I submit and ask to have referred to the Com­ to safeguard and conserve the black bass and migratory wild mittee on the Library and printed in the RECORD a resolution fowl of America ; to the Committee on Agriculture. passed by the Kentucky State Senate providing for the partici­ 1728. Also, petition of 104 citizens of Crookston, Minn., urg­ pation of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the celebration ing the passage of House bill 7479, the bill to establish migra­ commemorating the centennial of the Congress of Panama, the tory bird refuges and public shooting grounds as a step toward first Pan-American conference ever held. the conservation of our wild life; to the Committee on Agri­ There. being no objection, the resolution was referred to the culture. Committee on the Library and ordered to be printed in the 1729. By Mr. WATSON: Resolution passed by the Harold D. RECORD, as follows : Speakman Post, No. 356, American Legion, Narberth, Pa., fa­ Senate Resolution No. 19, providing for the participation of the Com­ voring certain legislation of interest to the service men of the monwealth of Kentucky in the celebration commemorating the centen­ World War; to the Committee on World War Veterans' Legis­ nial of the Congress of Panama, the first Pan-American conference lation. ever held, memorializing the President and Congress of the Uniteu States to appropriate funds for the purchase and erection of a SENATE statue of the Hon. Henry Clay at Caracas, Venezuela, in connection with said celebration, and authorizing the Governor of Kentucky I \; SATURDAY, April 10, 19£6 to appoint commissioners to represent Kentucky at the centennial l exercises of the Pan-American Congress to be held at Panama, Re­ (Legi-8latwe day of Morula1/, .April 5, 1926) public of Panama, and in the city of Caracas, Venezuela The Senate reassembled at 12 o'clock meridian, on the expi­ Whereas the centennial of the Congress of Panama, the first Pan­ ration of the recess. American conference ever held, will be celebrated in the city of Mr. JONES of Washington. Mr. President, I suggest the Panama, Repub~c of Panama, on or atxlut June 22, 1926, and suitable absence of a quorum. exercises appertaining to the event will also be conducted at about the . The VICE PRESIDENT. The clerk will call the roll. same time in the city of Caracas, Venezuela; and The legislative clerk called the roll, and the following Sena­ Whereas in view of the fact that Henry Clay, of Kentucky, when a tors answered to their names : Member of the National Congress and Speaker of the National House of Ashurst Fernald King Reed, Mo. Representatives, acted a leading and influential part in assisting the Bayard Ferris La Follette Reed, Pa. Bingham Fess Lenroot Robinson, Ark. Republics of South America to secure their independence and was cor­ Blea e Fletcher McKellar Sackett dially supported in all of these activities by the people and government Borah Frazier McLean Sheppard of Kentucky, which :first of all the States of the American Union mani­ Bratton George McMaster Shipstead - Broussard Gillett McNary Shortridge fested a.n interest in the liberation of South America, the General As­ Bruce Glass Mayfield Simmons sembly of Kentucky, more than 100 years ago, having entertained a Butler Goff Metcalf Smith number of resolutions favoring the struggle of the South American Cameron Gooding Moses Smoot Capper Greene Neely Stanfield countries to achieve their independence, and in the year 1821 having Caraway Hale Norris Stephens adopted resolutions expressing its sympatbly with the cause of South Copeland Harreld Nye Swanson American independence and commending in the highest terms the efforts Couzens Harris Oddle Trammell Cummins Harrison Overman 'l.'yson of the Kentucky Members of Congrese in that behalf; and Dale Hefiin Pepper Wadsworth Whereas the Hon. Charles S. Todd, a Kentuckian, was the first fullY Dill Johnson Phipps Walsh Edge Jones, N.Mex. Pine Warren accredited diplomatic representative to Greater Colombia, and bearer Edwards Jones, Wash. Pittman Williams of President Monroe's message acknowledging the independence of the Erruot Kendrick Ransdell Willis South American Republics ; and the Hon. Richard Clough Anderson, jr., Mr. PHIPPS. I desire to announce that my colleague the likewise a Kentuckia.n, was the first minister plenipotentiary and envoy junior Senator from Colorado [Mr. MEANS] is ab ent on ac­ extraordinary of the united States to any South American Republic, count of illness. · I will allow this notice to stand for the day. and was also one of the envoys extraordinary of the United States to Mr. JONES of Washington. I wish to announce t_hat the the First Panama Congress ; and senior Senator from Kansas [Mr. CURTIS] is necessarily absent Whereas in the year 1921 the Republic of Venezuela presented to the and will be absent the rest of the afternoon. American ·people a statue of Gen. Simon Bolivar, the great liberator of Mr. WALSH. I wish to announce that my colleague the South America, and at the same time that this statue was unveiled in junior Senator from Montana [1\!r. WHEELER] is detained from the city of New York a delegation from Venezuela placed a wreath on the Senate by illness. the tomb of Henry Clay at Lexington, Ky.; and The VICE PRESIDENT. Eighty Senators having answered Whereas in grateful recognition ol the services rendered by him to to their names, a quorum is present. Venezuela and her sister states of South Ameriea the city of Caracas, SE.'VATOR FROM IOWA the capital of Venezuela, bas named one of the principal squares of said city, the Plaza Henry Clay, and dedicated same to Mr. Clay's Mr. GOFF. Mr. President, I wish to announce that on memory; and Monday, at 1.2 o'clock, or as soon thereafter as I can obtain the floor, I shall address the Senate on the Steck-Brookhart con­ Whereas the people of Venezuela and other South America.n countries have always cherished a feeling of admiration and gratitude for Henry test. Clay and the people of Kentucky because of their early, earnest, and Mr. REED of Missouri. Mr. President, I have been protracted efforts to promote the cause of liberty in South America: detained from the Chamber a great deal during the week on Therefore, be it account of an investigation in which I have been participating and have been unable to take part in the debate as I desired. R~olved bJI the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Ken­ I wish to announce now that on Monday, immediately follow­ tucky (both Senate and House concut·rtng), That the President and Congress of the United States be, and they are, requested to appro· ing the argument of the Senator from West Virginia [:Mr. prlate a sum sufficient to purchase nnd erect in Caracas, Venezuela, a GoFF], if I am permitted by the Senate, I shall ask the privi­ lege of addressing the Senate on the pending question. suitable statue of Henry Clay, to be presented on behalf of the people of the United States to the people of Venezuela, and, with that end in INDEBTEDNESS OF ITALY TO THE UNITED STATES view, that this memorial be transmitted, through our Senators and Mr. McKELLAR. Mr. P~esident, ~ desire to give notice that Representatives in Congress, to the President of the National Congress ; .on Tuesday next, after the morning hour, or as soon thereafter and be 1t further as I can get the floor, I shall make some remarks on the Resol-ved, That in the event action conformable to this resolution is Italian debt settlement. taken by Congre~s and such an appropriation is made the Common· .7242 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE APRIL 10 wealth of Kentucky shall participate in the approaching centennial MISSISSIPPI RIVER SURVEY celellration to be held in the states of Panama and Venezuela in com­ Mr. RANSDELL. From the Committee on Commerce I re­ \ memoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the Congress of \ port back favorably without amendment the bill (H. R. 9957) l Panama, the first Pan-American conference, and in order that Ken­ authorizing a survey for the control of exwss flood waters tucky may be fittingly represented at said celebration the Governor of of the Mississippi River below Point Breeze in Louisiana and Kentucky be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to appoint a on the Atchafalaya Outlet by the construction and mainte­ commission, to consist of five members, all of whom shall be citizens nance of controlled and regulated spillway or spillways, and and residents of Kentucky, and any three of whom may act to attend for other purposes, and I submit a report (No.