1918. OONGRESS!ONAJ: -RE.dORD-ROtrSE. 10229 urer and recei\er general of ·Massachusetts, protesting against names, made and signed in the citY of Buenos Aires, in the the proposed tax on municipal bonds; to the Committee on Ways Argentine Republic, August 20, 1910, and · for other purposes ; an<l Means. · to the Committee on Patents. · By l\Ir. KAHN: Papers to accompany House bill 12913, a bill S. 4855. An act to amend an act approved April 5, 1918, for the relief of Edna R. Brady ; to the Committee on Claims. ' entitled "An act to provide further for the national security and By Mr. LINTHICUM: Petition of the Henry S. Wampole Co. defense, and for the purpose of assisting in the prosecution of and of Charles T. Kemp, protesting against the proposed $100 the war, to provide credits for industries and enterprises in the tax on brokers; also the petition of H. B. Wilcox, vice president United States necessary or contributory to the prosecution of the of the Merchants-l\Iechanics Bank of Baltimore, Md., against the war, and to supervise the issuance of securities, and for other high taxes in new revenue bill; to the Committee on Ways and purposes"; to the Committee on Banking and Currency. Means. • S. 4886. An act providing for the sale of certain lands in the By Mr. SHERWOOD: Petition of citizens of the ninth con­ original town site of Port Angeles, Wash.; to the Committee on gressional district of Ohio, against the passage of the discrim1- the Public Lands. nntory war tax on automobiles; to the Committee on Ways and REVENnJE LEGISLATION. 1\Ieans. Mr. KITCHIN. :Mr. Speaker, I move that the House resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for the further consideration of the revenue bill. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES~ The motion was agreed to. TnURSDAY, Septembe'r 1~, 19~8 .. Accordingly the House resolved itself into the Committee ot the Whole House on the state of the Union for the further con­ The House met at 11 o'clock and was called to order by the sideration of the bill H. R. 12863, with Mr. SAUNDERS of Vir· Clerk of the House. · . ginia in the chair. 'l'he CLERK. The Clerk will read a letter from the Speaker of The CHAIRMAN. The House is in Committee of the Whole .the House. · House on the state of the Union for the purpose of considering The Clerk read as follows: the bill. H. R. 12863, which the Clerk will report by title. SEPTEr.lB1i:Il. ~1, 1918. The Olerk read as follows: :Uon. SOUTH TRUIBLE, (Jlerk of the House: A bill (H. R. 12863) to provide revenue, and for other purposes. I hereby designate Hon. FINIS ;r, GARnETT, of Tennessee, as Speaker I pro tempore tor Thursday, September 1.2. Mr. KITCHIN. Mr. Chairman, would like to ask the gentle­ Yours, respectfully, CHAMP CLAnK, Speaker. man from Michigan [1\Ir. FoRDNEY] if he has anyone to go on now? The Chaplain, Rev. Henry N. Couden1 D. D., offered the follow· ing prayer: Mr. FORDNEY. I thought 1\!r. LoNDON was going to talk. Mr. KITCIDN. I am going to yield him 30 minutes. Unto Thee, 0 God~ our Heavenly Father, do we lift up. our hearts in gratitude and praise for Thy goodness .and for Thy Mr. FORDNEY. Mr. WooD of Indiana is here, and I would wonderful works unto the children ot men. just as soon go Qn, but I want somebody to hear him. Especially do we bless Thee fo.r. a Government of the people, Mr. GARRETT of Tennessee. Mr. Chairman, I make the by the people, for the people. Continue Thy favor:s .unto us, point of order there is no quorum present. The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Tennessee makes the our arms and tho e of ou.r allies .in the progress they are mak~ point that there is no quorum present and evidently there is not. ing, until a permanent peace ~hall be . established; that all 1 nations shall enjoy freeilom, Jil;lerty, justice. equal rights for all. The Clerk will call the rolL We thank Thee that two thousand eight htmdred of our The Clerk called the roll, and the fallow-ing Members failed to answer to their names : . soldiers were saved from a wat~ry grave by the ingenuity and skill of our sailors in sinking the dastardly U-boat. Anderson FairchHd, B. L. Linthicum Sanders, Ln. Anthony Fairchild, G. W. Lobeck Sanders, N. Y. Hear our prayer in His name. · Amen. Ashbrook Farr Lufkin Sanford The Journal of the proceedings of ye terday was read and ap­ Aswell Flynn Lund-een Schall pro\ed. Austin Foss · Lunn Scott, Pa. Bacharach Francis McAndrews Scully MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE. Bat:>r Frfi'nch McArthur Sears A message from the Senate, by Mr. Waldorf, its enrolling ·Barkley Fuller, m McCormick Shackleford Bell GaiJa.gher McKinley Sherley clerk, announced that the Senate had passed bills of the follow~ Blanton Gallivan McLaughlin, llich.Shouse ing titles, in which the concurrence. of the House of Representa­ Dorland Gandy Madden • Sims tives was requested : Brand Garland Maher· Slemp Britten Glass Mann Small S. 4886. An act providing for the sale of certain lands in the Browning Godwin, N. C. Mason Smith, Id ho original town site of Port Angeles, Wash.; Byrnes~~S. C. Goodall Ma:rs mith, T. F. S. 4855. An act to amend an act approved April 5, 1918, en­ Caldwell Goodwin, Ark. Meeker Snook: titled "An act to pro\ide further for the national security and candler, Miss. Graham, Pa. Miller, Wash: SteC'nerson Caraway GGrr~X·nN. J. Morin Sterling, Pa. defense, and for the purpose of assisting in the prosecution of Carew IHI Mott Stiness the war, to provide credits for industries and enterprises in the carter, Mass. Hamill Mudd Strong Cary Hamilton, N.Y. Neely Sullivan United States necessary or contributory to the prosecution of Church Harrison, Miss. Nelson Sumners the war, and to supervise the issuance of securities, and for other. Cleary Haskell Nicholls, S. C. Swift · purposes " ; and Coady Hastings Nichols, Mich. Switzer Cooper, Ohio Heaton Nolan Tague S. 4889. An act to give effect to certain provisions of the con­ Cooper, Wis. HP.lntz Oliver, Ala. Talbott vention for the protection of trade-marks and commercial names, Copley IDcks Oliwr, N. Y. Taylor, Colo. made and signed in the city of Buenos Aires, in the Argentine Costello Hood Olney Templeton Cramton Houston O'Shaunes~y Tinkham Republic, August 20, 1910, and for other purposes. Crosser Howard Ov.,rstreet Van Dyke The message also announced that the Senate had passed with­ Curry, Cal. Husted Padgett Vare out amendment bill of the following title: Dale, N. Y. Hutcbinson Paige Venable Dallinger Ireland PetPrs Vestal . H. R. 8004. An act authorizing the resurvey or retracement Darrow J'obnson, Ky. Phelan Vin on of lands heretofore returned as surveyed public lands of the Del:tney .Johnson, S.Dak. Platt Voigt United States under certain conditions. Dempsey J'ones Porter Walker Dewalt J'uul Powers Walton The message also announced that lhe Senat~ haQ. passed with Dies Kahn Price Ward amendment the bill (H. R. 11259) to provide further for the Dlllon h.eating Ra_g-sdale Wason nation..al security and defense by encouraging .the production, Donovan Kelley, 1\fich. Rainey, J'. W. Watkins Dooling Kelly, Pa.· Ramsey Watson, Va. conserving the supply, and controlling .the distribution of those Doolittle :Kennedy, R. I. Randall Weaver -o:res, metals, and minerals .which have formerly . been largely Doremus Kettner Ranh.'in Welling imported or of which there is or may be an inadequate supply, Daughton Kin:Iqc~, Pa. Reed Williams Drane · ~ Riordan Wilson, IlL had requested a conference with the House Qf Representatives Drukker Kra'fls Roberts Wllson, Tex. upon the bill and amendment, and had appointed Mr. HENDER­ Dunn KrPider Rodenberg Wingo soN, Mr. WALSH, and 1\Ir. POL."'lDEXTER as the conferees on the Dupre La Follette Rogers Winslow Eagan LaGua.rdla Rowlarul Wise part of the Senate. Ellsworth Lea, Cal. Rucker Woods, Iowa SENATE BILLS REFElmED. Emerson Lee, Ga. Ru. eU Woody:.ud Under clause 2 of Rule XXIV, Senate bills of the following Estopinal Leblbach Sabath Wright title. were taken from the Speaker's table and referred. to their ' The ~~mmittee .rose; and the Speaker pro tempore [l\Ir. GAR­ appropriate committees, us indicated below: RETT of Tennessee] ha.ving resumed the chair, Mr. SAUNDERS of S. 4889. An act to give· effect t-o certain pr.ovisi.ons of .the con­ Virginia, Chairman of the Committee of the Whole Hou~2 on vention for the protection of trade-marks and commercial the sta,te of the Union, i·eported that that committee finding 10230 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. SEPTEJ\IBER 12, itself without a quorum, under the ruie he caused the roll EXTENSION OF REl.LA.RKS. to be ca-lled, whereupon 220 Members answered to their names, a Mr. EVANS. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to ex­ quorum, and he presented the list of absentees to be entered tend my remarks in the RECORD by printing the Labor Day mes­ in the Journal. sage of the President of the United States issued on Labor Day. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The committee will resume its The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection? sitting. Mr. GILLETT. ?.?'· Chairman, reserving the right to object, The committee resumed its sitting. has not that been prmted in the RECORD? STATUS OF MEMBERS UNDER THE SELECTIVE DR.AFT. Mr. EVANS. I think not.