1933 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 503 By Mr. HUDDLESTON: A bill (H.R. 3615) for the relief The Chief Clerk called the roll, and the following Sen­ of Alexander Collins; to the Committee on Claims. ators answered to their names: By Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania: A bill (H.R. 3616) for Adams Couzens La Follette Robinson, Ark. the relief of Walter A. Zinkham; to the Committee on Ashurst Dale Lewis Robinson, Ind. Austin Dickinson Logan Russell Claims. Bachman Dieterich Lonergan Sheppard Also, a bill (H.R. 3617) for the relief of H. Bluestone; Bailey Dill Long Smith Bankhead Duffy McCarran Steiwer to the Committee on Claims. Barbour Fess McGill Stephens Also, a bill (H.R. 3618) granting a pension to Gertrude Barkley Fletcher McKellar Thomas, Okla. A. Foley; to the Committee on Pensions. Black - Frazier McNary Thomas,. Utah Bone George Metcalf Townsend Also, a bill <H.R. 3619) granting a pension to James H. Borah Goldsborough Murphy Trammell Riffle; to the Committee on Pensions. Bratton Gore Neely Tydings Also, a bill (H.R. 3620) granting a pension to William B. Brown Hale N:orbeck Vandenberg Bulkley Harrison Norris VanNuys Kuhn; to the Committee on Pensions. Bulow Hastings Nye Wagner Also, a bill (H.R. 3621) for the relief of John L. Friel; Byrd Hatfield Overton Walcott Capper Hayden Patterson Walsh to the Committee on Claims. Caraway Hebert Pittman Wheeler Also, a bill (H.R. 3622) for the relief of L. A. Levin; to Clark Johnson Pope White Connally Kean Reed the Committee on Claims. Copeland Keyes Reynolds Also, a bill <H.R. 3623) for the relief of Walter P. King; to the Committee on Claims. Mr. NEELY. I desire to announce that the Senator from Also, a bill <H.R. 3624) for the relief of T. W. Mallonee; Colorado [Mr. CosTIGAN] is necessarily detained from the to the Committee on Claims. Senate by illness. I will let this announcement stand for Also, a bill (H.R. 3625) for the relief of Charlotte Lamby; the day. to the Committee on Claims. Mr. BANKHEAD. I wish to announce that the junior Also, a bill (H.R. 3626) for the relief of John M. Ruskai; Senator from South Carolina [Mr. BYRNEs] is detained from to the Committee on Military Affairs. the Senate by illness. I ask that this announcement may Also, a bill <H.R. 3627) for the relief of Alexander Miller; stand for the day. to the Committee on Military Affairs. Mr. LEWIS. I announce to the Senate that the junior Also, a bill <H.R. 3628) for the relief of L. D. Tracy; to Senator from California [Mr. McADoo] is detained by a the Committee on C}a.ims. slight illness. This announcement I ask may stand for the Also, a bill <H.R. 3629) for the relief of Forrest D. Stout·; day. to the Committee on Claims. I also desire to announce that the Senator from Wyoming Also, a bill (H.R. 3630) for the relief of the estate of [Mr. KENDRICK] is necessarily detained from the Senate. Benjamin Braznell; to the Committee on Claims. This announcement likewise may stand for the day. Also, a bill (H.R. 3631) granting a pension to Ida L. I also announce that the Senator from Virginia [Mr. Updegraff; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. GLASS] is detained by illness. This announcement also may · Also, a bill (H.R. 3632) for the relief of Mary S. Neel; to stand for the day. the Committee on Claims. Mr. WALSH. I wish to announce that my colleague the Also, a bill (H.R. 3633) for the relief of John Buchanan; junior Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. CooLIDGE] is de­ to the Committee on Military Affairs. tained on account of a death in his family. I will allow By Mr. KOCIALKOWSKI: A bill (H.R. 3634) to correct this announcement to stand for the day. the naval record of Walter C. Schalk; to the Committee on Mr. REED. My colleague the junior Senator from Penn­ Naval Affairs. sylvania [Mr. DAVIS] is necessarily detained from the Sen­ By Mr. LUDLOW: A bill (H.R. 3635) for the relief of ate by reason of illness. James J. Laughlin; to the Committee on Claims. Mr. HEBERT. I desire to announce that the Senator By Mr. MARTIN of Massachusetts: A bill (H.R. 3636) for from Wyoming [Mr. CAREY] is detained from the Senate, the relief of Thelma Lucy Rounds; to the Committee on having been in attendance upon the funeral of the late . Claims. Senator Howell, of Nebraska . Also, a bill (H.R. 3637) for the relief of Edward Theroult, I also wish to announce that the senior Senator from alias Frank Gamashe; to the Committee on Military Af­ Minnesota [Mr. SHIPSTEADJ and the junior Senator from fairs. Minnesota [Mr. ScHALL] are necessarily absent. Also, a bill (H.R. 3638) for the relief of Ernest F. Walker, The VICE PRESIDENT. Eighty-two Senators having alias George R. Walker; to the Committee on Military answered to their names, a quorum is present. Affairs. SENATOR FROM MONTANA Also, a bill (H.R. 3639) for the relief of Manuel Fer­ Mr. WHEELER presented the credentials of JoHN EDWARD reira; to the Committee on Claims. ERICKSON, appointed a Senator from the State of Montana Also, a bill <H.R. 3640) for the relief of Esther Fountain; to fill the vacancy existing in the office by reason of the to the Committee on Claims. death of Thomas J. Walsh, which were ordered to be placed on file, and they were read, as follows: PETITIONS, ETC. In the name and by the authority of the State of Montana, to all to whom these presents shall come, greeting: Under clause 1 of rule XXII, Kn?w ye that I, F. H. Cooney, Governor of the State of Montana, 69. Mr. LOZIER presented a petition of numerous citizens reposmg special faith and confidence in JoHN EDWARD ERICKSON, of Linn County, Mo., urging the passage of the Frazier farm dO hereby appoint the said JOHN EDWARD ERICKSON United States mortgage refinance bill, which was referred to the Commit­ Senator from the State of Montana, and by virtue of the power vested in me by the Constitution and in pursuance of the laws tee on Ways and Means. I do hereby commission him, the said JOHN EDWARD ERICKSON, to be United States Senator from the State of Montana, hereby authorizing and empowering him to execute and discharge all and SENATE singular the duties appertaining to said office and to enjoy all the privileges and immunities thereof, filling the vacancy now THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1933 existing in said office by reason of the death of Thomas J. Walsh. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and <Legislative day of Monday, Mar. 13, 1933) caused the great seal of the State of Montana to be affixed at Helena, Mont., the 13th day of March A.D. 1933, and in the one The Senate met at 12 o'clock meridian, on the expiration hundred and fifty-seventh year of the independence of the United of the recess. States of America. Mr. ROBINSON of Arkansas. Mr. President, I suggest F. H; COONEY. the absence of a quorum. By the governor: (SEAL) SAM w. MITCHELL, The VICE PRESIDENT. The clerk will call the roll. Secretary of State. 504 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE MARCH 16 nDERAL GAME RESERVES IN NORTH DAKOTA By Mr. CAPPER: Mr. FRAZIER presented the following concurrent resolu- A Joint resolution <S.J.Res. 25) proposing an amendment tion of the Legislature of the state of North Dakota, which to the Constitution of the United States relative to taxes on was referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry: certain incomes; to the Committee on the Judiciary. House Concurrent Resolution 12 (Representative Louls Endres) HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON PATENTS A resolution providing for the establishment of Federal game preserves on or near the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, and Mr. WAGNER submitted the following resolution (S.Res. on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation near Fort Yates 31), which was referred · to the Committee to Audit• and Be it resolved by the HO'USe of Representatives of the State of Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate: North Dakota (the senate concurring)- . Resolved, That the Committee on Patents, or any subcommittee Whereas there are at the present time thousands of acres of thereof, is authorized, during the Seventy-third Congress, to send land in North Dakota which are not adapted to agricultural for persons, books, and papers, to administer oaths, and to employ purposes, and which have little or no commercial value; and a stenographer, at a cost not exceeding 25 cents per hundred Whereas deer, antelope, and other game animals are steadily words, to report such hearings as may be had on any subject decreasing in numbers due to the fact that they are not given before said committee, the expense thereof to be paid out of the sutncient protection; and contingent fund of the Senate; and that the committee, or any Whereas the people of North Dakota are interested in the subcommittee thereof, may sit during any session or recess of preservation and perpetuation of these forms of native wild life: the Senate. Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-third TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT OP MAIL CARRIERS Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota (the senate Mr. McKELLAR submitted the following resolution concurring), Tha.t we hereby request the present Congress to pass the legislation necessary for the acquisition of land for Federal <S.Res. 32), which was referred to the Committee to Audit game reserves in North Dakota, and for the maintenance of such and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate: reserves on or near the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation and on Resolved, That the Sergeant at Arms hereby is authorized and the Standing Rock Indian Reservantion near Fort Yates.