j.l93l CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 5255 _ 9924. Also, petition of St. Hilaire <Minn.) Cooperati:ve Mr. SHEPPARD.· My colleague the jUnior Senator from ~ Creamery ·Association, protesting against ruling of Commis­ -Texas [Mr. CoNNALLY] is detained on account of illness. sioner Burnet on palm oil for use in oleomargarine and This announcement may stand for the day. strongly supporting the Brigham bill, H. R. 15934; to the The VICE PRESIDENT. Eighty-seven Senators have an­ Committee on Agriculture. , swered to their names. A quorum is present. 9925. Also, petition of Clearbrook (Minn.) Cooperative SPECIAL ROADWAY AND CURB ASSESSMENTS Creamery, opposing Burnet ruling on palm oil used in manu­ Mr. BINGHAM. Mr. President, I am in the unfortunate facture of oleomargarine, and favoring the passage of the position of having to ex?lM-in that I g~t a bill passed last Brigham bill, H. R. 15934, to tax yellow oleomargarine 10 night by a statement whiCn I made which was not correct. cents a pound; to the Committee on Agriculture. I had been misinformed at the time. I desire to give anyone 9926. Also, petition of Wilmington Cooperative Creamery, who wishes to object to the bill an opportuntiy to ask unani­ Caledonia, Minn., urging enactment of Brigham palm oil mous consent for a reconsideration of the vote by which the bill, H. R. 15934; to the Committee on·Agriculture. bill was passed and that it may go back to the calendar. 9927. By Mr. SPARKS: Petition of Woman's Home Mis­ The bill is known as the Borland bill in the District of sionary Society, of Stockton, Kans., favoring the Federal Columbia. I stated when the matter first came up that I supervision of motion pictures as provided in the G~ant had been informed by the commissioners, at whose request Hudson motion picture bill, H. R. 9986; to the Committee I was acting, that the measure had passed the House an~ on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. had been reported unanimously by the District of Columbia 9928. Also, petition of the Congregational Women's Mis­ Committee of the Senate. sionary Society of Osborne, Kans., favoring the Federal su­ Mr. ROBINSON of Arkansas. Mr. President, there is so pervision of motion pictures as provided in the Gra~t Hud­ much confusion in the Chamber we could not hear the Sen­ son motion picture bill, H. R. 9986; to the Committee on ator's statement. To what bill is the Senator referring? ' Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Mr. BINGHAM. If the Senator will turn to page 5206 9929. Also, petition of Spring Creek Woman's Christian of the RECORD he will find the bill there set forth. It is Temperance Union, of Phillipsburg, Kans., favoring the the bill (H. R. 14049) to provide for special assessments for Federal supervision of the motion pictures as provided in the paving of roadways and the laying of curbs and gutters. the Grant Hudson motion picture bill, H. R. 9986; to the I was requested by the corporation counsel and the Com­ Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. missioners of the District of Columbia yesterday to endeavor 9930. By Mr. SINCLAIR: Petition of 38 citizens of Crosby, to get it passed in order to clear up a situation which has 38 citizens of Noonan, and 38 citizens of Williston, N. Dak., made it impossible to use the money which has been appro­ favoring immediate cash payment of adjusted-compensation priated for the purpose of paving and for the laying of certificates; to the Committee on Ways and Means. curbs and gutters. I was told by them, and I stated to the 9931. By Mr. STONE: Petition of Junior Order United Senate when the debate first began, t~at the bill had passed American Mechanics, Lincoln Lee Council, No. 2, urging the House and had been reported out of the Senate Com­ Representatives in the Congress to support any and all mittee on the District of Columbia by a unanimous vote and measures looking to the closing of the doors to immigra­ was on the calendar. tion for at least two years; to the Committee on Immigra­ I endeavored to get the provision attached to the District tion and Naturalization. of Columbia appropriation bill, but stated that a point of order might lie against it. The point of order was made, SENATE and I then desisted. I then looked on the calendar to find the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Dis­ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1931 trict of Columbia with regard to the matter in order to find (Legislative day of Tuesday, February 17, 1931) out whether there was a chance to get it passed on the call of the calendar and I could not find it on the calendar. The Senate met at 12 o'clock meridian, on the expiration of the recess. I went to the desk, where the clerks were very busy en­ Mr. BINGH.Al.\.f obtained the floor. deavoring to get through the calendar, as we did last night, Mr. FESS. Mr. President, will the Senator yield to enable and asked where that particular Senate bill was. They me to suggest the absence of a quorum? informed me that the bill had been passed a few days ago, The VICE PRESIDENT. Does the Senator from Connect­ and that was why it was not on the calendar. The mistake icut yield for that purpose? on their part was a natural one in the confusion. They did I Mr. BINGHAM. I yield. not recollect what had happened. I then took their word The VICE PRESIDENT. The clerk will call the roll. for it that it had been passed and so stated to the Senate. The legislative clerk called the roll, and the following Sen­ The Senator from Wisconsin [Mr. BLAINE] very kindly . ators answered to their names: called mY attention to the fact that the House bill was on the calendar. Thereupon I got the floor and asked that the ~~:es; g~~~~: t:~~~yette ~~~~r~:e House bill be passed, and I stated to several Senators that Bingham Glass McKellar Smith in view of the fact that a similar bill had already passed Black Glenn McNary Smoot the Senate there was no reason to object to it, and they did Bl 1n Goff Metcalf Steiwer Bo~a; Goldsborough Morrison stephens not object, and it did pass the Senate. After the Senate had Bratton Gould Morrow Swanson taken a recess last evening I was informed by one of the BrookhartBrock HHalarrets MNoorsbeesck Thomas, IdahoOkla. Official Reporters that I was mistaken in my statement that Broussard Harrison Norris Townsend the bill had passed the Senate and that it had been dis- Bulkley Hastings Nye Trammell placed by the House bill. Therefore I was guilty of mislead- ,g:~f!~Y ~;~~ld ~~~~dge ~~~~berg ing the Senate in informing it that the bill had passed the Carey Hayden Patterson Wagner Senate. Couzens Hebert Phipps Walcott Mr. ROBINSON of Arkansas. Mr. President-- I~~!tng ~~~~11 ;:ft~an ;:i:~: :~~- The VICE PRESIDENT. Does the Senator from Connect- , Davis Johnson Ransdell Waterman icut yield to the Senator from Arkansas? D111 Jones Reed Watson Mr. BINGHAM. Certainly. ! Fess Kean Robinson, Ark. Wheeler 1 Fletcher Kendrick Robinson, Ind. Williamson Mr. ROBINSON of Arkansas. Had either bill, the Senate 1 Frazier King Sheppard bill or the House bill, been reported out by the Senate Com- : Mr. GLENN. I desire to announce that my colleague the mittee on the District of Columbia? · senior Senator from Illinois [Mr. DENEEN] was absent from Mr. BINGHAM. The Senate Committee on the District the Senate yesterday on account of illness and that he is of Columbia had unanimo~sly re?ommended the pa~sage of I detained at home on that account to-day. I the bill, and the Senate bill which had been unammously 5256 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE FEBRUARY 18. recommended by the committee had been ori the calendar to the attention of the Senate, since the entire bill, as I but had been taken off the calendar when the House bill understand it, will be in conference, may I ask him in con .. came over, and the House bill was substituted fm· it. ference to change the words" eastern Samoa" to "American Mr. BLAINE. Mr. President-- Samoa," which is the proper official designation? ' The VICE PRESIDENT. Does the Senator from Connect­ Mr. COUZENS. I shall be very glad to bring that matter icut yield to the Senator from Wisconsin? before the conference. Mr. BINGHAM. I yield. Mr. BINGHAM. I thank the Senator. Mr. BLAINE. The only statement the Senator made last night which was incorrect wa that the Senate bill had EXECUTIVE MESSAGES passed. That is the only statement the Senator made which Messages in writing from the President of the United was incorrect. The District Committee recommended the States were communicated to the Senate by Mr. Latta, one passage of the Senate bill. The unanimous opinion of those of his secretaries. who had charge of that bill was to have the House bill sub- MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE stituted for the Senate bill. The House bill was on the A message from the House of Representatives by Mr. calendar when the Senator from Connecticut got unanimous Haltigan, one of its clerks, announced that the House had ·consent for its consideration and it was passed. agreed to the 1·eport of the committee of conference on the Mr. ROBINSON of Arkansas. Was the Senate bill unani- disagTeeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments mously reported by the Senate committee? of the Senate to the bill CH.