On motion of Mr. BYRNS, at 2 o'clock and 5 minutes p.m., the House adjourned until Wednesday next. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Mr. RAMSPECK: Committee on Labor. H.R. 3905. A bill for the relief of unemployment through the performance of useful public work, and for other purposes; with amendment (Rept. No. 13). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS This Executive order consolidates in one agency-the Farm Credit Administration-the functions of all present Federal organizations which deal primarily with agricultural credit, namely, the Federal Farm Board, the Federal Farm Loan Board, the functions of the Secretary of Agriculture | were introduced and severally referred as follows: with regard to loans in aid of agriculture, and those of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation pertaining to the management of regional agricultural credit corporations. The functions of the Federal Farm Board with regard to further stabilization operations are abolished by the order. Under clause 3 of rule XXII, public bills and resolutions A better coordination of the agencies involved in our agricultural credit system will produce a more uniform program for agricultural credits and will result in substantial economies. A saving of more than $2,000,000 is the immediate effect of this order. Further substantial savings are anticipated. Important as are the foregoing, of greater and controlling importance is the maintenance of the long-standing policy of the Federal Government to maintain and strengthen a sound and permanent system of cooperative agricultural credit, subject to Federal supervision and operated on the basis of providing the maximum of security to present and prospective investors in bonds and debentures resting on farm mortgages or other agricultural securities-all for the purpose of meeting the credit needs of agriculture at minimum cost. FRANKLIN D. ROOSVELT. THE WHITE HOUSE, March 27, 1933. The message, together with the accompanying papers, was referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed (H.Doc. No. 7). ADJOURNMENT OVER On motion of Mr. BYRNS, by unanimous consent, Ordered, That when the House adjourns today it adjourn to meet on Wednesday next. FARM MORTGAGE DEBTS The SPEAKER laid before the House the following communication, which was read: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Washington, D.C., March 27, 1933. The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Washington, D.C. SIR: Pursuant to the request made under House Resolution No. 69, Seventy-third Congress, I am transmitting herewith report based on the study made by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics pertaining to farm mortgage debts and the refinancing thereof. Sincerely yours, H. A. WALLACE. By Mr. DIRKSEN: A bill (H.R. 4215) to impose a tax upon the sale of certain motor fuel; to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. CHRISTIANSON: A bill (H.R. 4216) to amend the provisions of the Revenue Act of 1932 relating to the tax on gasoline, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. BLOOM: A bill (H.R. 4217) to amend the naturalization laws in respect of residence requirements, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. Also, a bill (H.R. 4218) to give certain civil-service employees of the War Department credit, under the Retirement Act of May 22, 1920, and such act as amended, for service rendered as telephone operators between March 1, 1918, and August 15, 1925, inclusive; to the Committee on the Civil Service. Also, a bill (H.R. 4219) to amend the naturalization laws in respect of residence requirements, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. By Mr. SUMNERS of Texas: A bill (H.R. 4220) for the protection of Government records; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. BRUNNER: A bill (H.R. 4221) authorizing appropriation of funds for construction of a Federal highway from Fort Tilden, N.Y., to the border of Connecticut; to the Committee on Roads. By Mr. RAYBURN: A bill (H.R. 4222) to amend section 5 of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended, relating to the consolidation and acquisition of control of carriers by railroad, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. By Mr. WEIDEMAN: A bill (H.R. 4223) to clarify the provisions of the immigration law relating to exclusion and deportation of certain aliens who have criminal records, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. By Mr. HAINES: A bill (H.R. 4224) to authorize the Postmaster General to hire vehicles from postal employees; to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. By Mr. STRONG of Pennsylvania: A bill (H.R. 4225) granting the consent of Congress to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Allegheny River at or near Parkers Landing in the county of Armstrong, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign | tive to the labelling of foreign-made goods; to the CommitCommerce. By Mr. KNUTSON: A bill (H.R. 4226) providing for the withdrawal and sale of vacant agricultural and pine lands in Lake of the Woods County to the State of Minnesota as a game preserve; to the Committee on the Public Lands. By Mr. SAM B. HILL: A bill (H.R. 4227) to provide that the tax upon electrical energy shall be paid by the vendor; to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. SABATH: A bill (H.R. 4228) to amend the Emergency Relief and Construction Act of 1932; to the Committee on Banking and Currency. By Mr. MOTT: A bill (H.R. 4229) authorizing the Secretary of War to cause a preliminary examination and survey to be made of Seaside Harbor, Oreg.; to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. By Mr. BRUNNER: A bill (H.R. 4230) to amend the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to provide for the making of loans by the banks to home owners; to the Committee on Banking and Currency. By Mr. KELLER: A bill (H.R. 4231) to provide for a retirement system for railroad and transportation employees, to provide unemployment relief, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. By Mr. GLOVER: A bill (H.R. 4232) to regulate interstate commerce; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. By Mr. CONDON: A bill (H.R. 4233) to restore the 2-cent postage rate on certain mail matter; to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. BANKHEAD: A bill (H.R. 4234) to provide for the redistribution of the overbalance of population in industrial centers by aiding in the purchase of subsistence farms, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture. By Mr. IMHOFF: A bill (H.R. 4235) to provide for State ownership and operation free of charge of certain interstate bridges; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Com merce. By Mr. BRUNNER: Resolution (H.Res. 75) requesting the Department of State to call on the German Government to cease denying the fundamental and inalienable rights of those who may be resident in Germany; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. By Mr. SABATH: Joint resolution (H.J.Res. 122) requesting and authorizing the President and Attorney General to issue orders dismissing all pending cases and orders of injunction arising under the Volstead Act; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. BLOOM: Joint resolution (H.J.Res. 123) authorizing the Postmaster General to make a just and equitable compensation for the past use in the Postal Service of a certain invention and device for the postmarking of mail packages and for the more permanent cancelation of postage stamps during the time the said device was in use by the Post Office Department, not exceeding or going beyond the life of the letters patent thereon; to the Committee on Claims. Also, concurrent resolution (H.Con.Res. 9) authorizing the acceptance of the gift of a stone tablet bearing the conjoined escutcheons of the Washington and Standish families to be placed in the Capitol; to the Committee on the Library. By Mr. DIRKSEN: Concurrent resolution (H.Con.Res. 10) requesting the President to pardon all persons now suffering imprisonment under sentence for violation of the National Prohibition Act; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. SIROVICH: Concurrent resolution (H.Con.Res. 11) to request assurance of the German Government for absolute equality of rights for its racial and religious minorities; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. MEMORIALS Under clause 3 of rule XXII, memorials were presented and referred as follows: Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Massachusetts, memorializing Congress for the passage of legislation rela tee on Banking and Currency. Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Maine, memorializing Congress to provide for a wider use of granite in Federal construction; to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Wisconsin, memorializing Congress to issue $13,000,000,000 in currency to finance necessary public works and to make loans to farmers and to liquidate frozen assets; to the Committee on Banking and Currency. Memorial of the Legislature of the State of New York, memorializing Congress to enact appropriate legislation to prohibit the appointment of banking institutions as receivers; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Memorial of the Legislature of the State of West Virginia, memorializing Congress to pass a bill for the refinancing of farm mortgages; to the Committee on Banking and Cur rency. Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Kansas, memorializing Congress to pass the Farmers' Farm Relief Act; to the Committee on Agriculture. Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Nevada, memorializing Congress to increase the tariff on copper; to the Committee on Ways and Means. Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Utah, memorializing Congress to appoint a committee to investigate the administration and control by the Bureau of Biological Survey of the Bear River Migrating Bird Refuge; to the Committee on Rules. Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Arizona, relative to providing for the retention of veterans' benefits; to the Committee on World War Veterans' Legislation. Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Arizona, relative to foreign-trade and commerce; to the Committee on Ways and Means. Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Arizona, relative to the allotment of lands in the Colorado River Indian Reservation and the reclamation of the said lands; to the Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation. Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Arizona, protesting the extension of certain Federal reserved areas within Arizona; to the Committee on the Public Lands. Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Arizona, memorializing Congress relative to the Grand Canyon National Game Preserve; to the Committee on Agriculture. Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Arizona, memorializing Congress to consider legislation requiring the blending of ethyl alcohol with petroleum fuels used in internal-combustion engines; to the Committee on Ways and Means. PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Under clause 1 of rule XXII, private bills and resolutions were introduced and severally referred as follows: By Mr. ADAMS: A bill (H.R. 4236) granting an increase of pension to Mary A. Quillen; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H.R. 4237) granting an increase of pension to Ella Slaughter; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H.R. 4238) granting an increase of pension to Emma M. Carrow; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H.R. 4239) granting an increase of pension to Maggie A. Lauderbough; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H.R. 4240) granting a pension to Margaret Robinson; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. ALLEN: A bill (H.R. 4241) for the relief of Bernard V. Wolfe; to the Committee on Claims. By Mr. BANKHEAD: A bill (H.R. 4242) granting a pension to Sarah B. Cordell; to the Committee on Pensions. By Mr. BEEDY: A bill (H.R. 4243) for the relief of Charles R. Daggett; to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. BLACK: A bill (H.R. 4244) for the relief of the Washington Post Co.; to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H.R. 4245) for the relief of Laurence R. Lennon; to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H.R. 4278) granting an increase of pension to Margaret E. Cowan; to the Committee on Invalid Pen Also, a bill (H.R. 4246) for the relief of Roland Morgan; sions. to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H.R. 4279) granting a pension to Mary J. Also, a bill (H.R. 4247) for the relief of Henrietta Jacobs; Kimball; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H.R. 4280) granting an increase of pension Also, a bill (H.R. 4248) for the relief of Fred J. Byers; to Cynthia Spicknall; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H.R. 4249) for the relief of Great American Indemnity Co. of New York; to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H.R. 4250) granting a pension to Hugh Brennan; to the Committee on Pensions. By Mr. BLOOM: A bill (H.R. 4251) to authorize the presentation of a Distinguished Service Cross to Ralph Ellsworth Ladue; to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H.R. 4252) to extend the benefits of the Employees' Compensation Act of September 7, 1916, to Mary Elizabeth O'Brien, a former employee of the United States Veterans' Bureau; to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H.R. 4253) for the relief of Laura Goldwater; to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H.R. 4254) granting an increase of pension to Martha J. Constant; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. CROWE: A bill (H.R. 4281) granting a pension to George E. Hilgert; to the Committee on World War Veterans' Legislation. Also, a bill (H.R. 4282) for the relief of Oscar L. McCallen; to the Committee on Claims. By Mr. DOCKWEILER: A bill (H.R. 4283) granting a pension to Mary S. Spink; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H.R. 4284) granting a pension to Mar Rapaport; to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H.R. 4285) granting a pension to William H. Neff; to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H.R. 4286) to extend certain letters patent to the heirs of Oscar Morath; to the Committee on Patents. Also, a bill (H.R. 4287) for the relief of William Cavanaugh; to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H.R. 4288) for the relief of Walter E. Sharon; Also, a bill (H.R. 4255) for the relief of Eugene McGirr to the Committee on Naval Affairs. and Rose McGirr; to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H.R. 4256) for the relief of John Fleckstein; to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H.R. 4257) for the relief of Bernard Knopp; to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H.R. 4258) for the relief of Flora Yost (Klinawski); to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H.R. 4259) for the relief of Edward N. Sonnenberg; to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H.R. 4260) for the relief of Harry Solomon; to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H.R. 4261) for the relief of Ernest Jacober, deceased; to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Also, a bill (H.R. 4262) for the relief of George C. Randall; to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Also, a bill (H.R. 4289) for the relief of Webster Berry; to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H.R. 4290) for the relief of Herman W. Bensel; to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H.R. 4291) for the relief of Robert Edward Doherty; to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Also, a bill (H.R. 4292) to establish a military record for Daniel P. Tafe; to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. DUNCAN of Missouri: A bill (H.R. 4293) granting a pension to Ida Adason; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. FREAR: A bill (H.R. 4294) granting a pension to Edwin H. Tarbox; to the Committee on Pensions. By Mr. IMHOFF: A bill (H.R. 4295) for the relief of John Also, a bill (H.R. 4263) for the relief of Alexander Gil-Ralston; to the Committee on Military Affairs. christ, Jr.; to the Committee on the Civil Service. Also, a bill (H.R. 4264) for the relief of Ludwig Bahnweg; to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H.R. 4265) for the relief of the heirs of the late Frank J. Simmons; to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H.R. 4266) for the relief of David Schwartz; to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Also, a bill (H.R. 4267) for the relief of Helen Rauch; to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H.R. 4268) for the relief of Joe Setton; to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H.R. 4269) for the relief of Edward J. Devine; to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H.R. 4270) for the relief of Max Rauch; to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H.R. 4271) for the relief of William Cunningham; to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H.R. 4272) for the relief of Annie Moran; to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H.R. 4296) for the relief of James Harriman; to the Committee on Claims. By Mr. KOPPLEMANN: A bill (H.R. 4297) granting a pension to James H. Devlin; to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H.R. 4298) for the relief of John Neuhs; to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. MOTT: A bill (H.R. 4299) for the relief of John Hampshire; to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H.R. 4300) for the relief of Alex Silvola; to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H.R. 4301) for the relief of Jack Mattson; to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H.R. 4302) to authorize the purchase by the city of McMinnville, Oreg., of certain tracts of public lands and certain tracts revested in the United States under the act of June 9, 1916 (39 Stat. 218); to the Committee on the Public Lands. Also, a bill (H.R. 4303) to afford permanent protection to Also, a bill (H.R. 4273) for the adjudication and deter- Also, a bill (H.R. 4274) for the relief of Charles A. Brown; to the Committee on Claims. By Mr. BUCKBEE: A bill (H.R. 4275) granting an increase of pension to Reikjel Knutson; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. PARKER of Georgia: A bill (H.R. 4305) granting a pension to Oliver H. Davis; to the Committee on Pensions. By Mr. SCRUGHAM: A bill (H.R. 4306) for the relief of Leonard Gaskins; to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Also, a bill (H.R. 4307) for the relief of George D. Sanders; to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. SPENCE: A bill (H.R. 4308) for the relief of Also, a bill (H.R. 4276) granting a pension to Martha Helen Niehaus; to the Committee on Claims. Weiss; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. CARPENTER of Nebraska: A bill (H.R. 4277) granting an increase of pension to Susan A. Westbrook; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. STRONG of Pennsylvania: A bill (H. R. 4309) authorizing the President of the United States to present the distinguished-service cross to Samson Goldstein; to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. WIGGLESWORTH: A bill (H.R. 4310) for the relief of Alvarado Mason; to the Committee on Naval Affairs. PETITIONS, ETC. Under clause 1 of rule XXII, petitions and papers were laid on the Clerk's desk and referred as follows: ment of State, use its best diplomatic efforts in an attempt to persuade the German Government to desist from any further outrages and persecutions; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. banking institutions being appointed receivers; to the Com mittee on the Judiciary. 182. Also, petition of the Legislature of the State of New 169. By Mr. BOYLAN: Resolution adopted by the Bank-York, urging the enactment of legislation preventing the ing Board of the State of New York at a meeting held in New York on March 23, 1933, as follows: "Resolved, That this board memorialize Congress to incorporate in any new legislation with respect to branch banking adequate safeguards against this evil: And further resolved, That it is the sense of the board that such legislation should provide that no national bank or branch thereof shall be established in any community served by a State bank or trust company without the approval of the State authorities, etc."; to the Committee on Banking and Currency. 170. Also, resolution adopted by the Banking Board of the State of New York at a meeting held in New York on March 23, 1933, as follows: "Resolved, That we favor the requirement, as soon as practicable, of compulsory membership in the Federal reserve system of all banks and trust companies of this State "; to the Committee on Banking and Currency. 171. Also, resolution adopted by the Senate of the State of New York, urging the Government of the United States, through its Department of State, to use its best diplomatic efforts in an attempt to persuade the German Government to desist from any further outrages and persecutions against the Jews in Germany; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. 172. Also, resolution adopted by the Senate of the State of New York, calling on the Congress of the United States to speedily enact appropriate legislation to prohibit to monopoly in the appointment of receivers and other court officers by the Federal district judges in the southern district of New York be discontinued; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 173. By Mr. DELANEY: Petition of Banking Board of the State of New York, urging that Congress in any new legislation with respect to branch banking incorporate adequate safeguards against the overestablishment and the competitive establishment as between Federal and State authorities of unit banks; to the Committee on Banking and Currency. 174. By Mr. FITZPATRICK: Petition of the Legislature of the State of New York, relative to the appointment of re ceivers and other court officers by the Federal district judges in the southern district of New York; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 175. Also, petition of the Pequot Democratic Club of the City of Yonkers, N.Y., protesting against the inhuman treatment of those of the Jewish faith residing in Germany; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. 176. Also, petition of the Legislature of the State of New York, protesting against the inhuman treatment of those of the Jewish faith residing in Germany; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. 177. Also, petition of the Criterion Club, Jewish Community Center of Yonkers, N.Y., protesting against the inhuman treatment of those of the Jewish faith residing in Germany; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. 178. By Mr. KELLER: Resolutions pertaining to equality in regulation of all commercial carriers, equality in subsidization of all commercial carriers, and equality in taxation of all commercial carriers; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. 179. Also, petition by Women's Railroad Prosperity Club, of Jackson County, in Murphysboro, Ill., pertaining to equality in regulation of all commercial carriers, equality in subsidization of all commercial carriers, and equality in taxation of all commercial carriers; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. 180. By Mr. KENNEDY of New York: Petition of the Banking Board of the State of New York, urging uniformity in banking practices; to the Committee on Banking and Currency. 183. By Mr. KOPPLEMANN: Petition of Hartford District Council, Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, condemning the practice of discharging veterans and keeping nonveterans on the State, city, or town pay rolls; to the Committee on World War Veterans' Legislation. 184. Also, petition of Common Council of the City of New Britain, urging that in the enforcement of the Revenue Act of 1932 no obligation should be imposed upon any State or Columbia, or on the officers or employees of the aforesaid; Territory or political subdivision thereof, or the District of to the Committee on Ways and Means. 185. Also, petition of the Hartford District Council, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States and its auxiliaries, favoring a 4 percent tax on hoarded wealth and enactment of legislation to the end that taxes claimed as due by the Government shall rest in the Federal Treasury; to the Committee on Ways and Means. 186. By Mr. LAMBERTSON: Petitions of 80 citizens of Trego County and 20 citizens of Nemaha County, Kans., refinancing of farm loans; to the Committee on Ways and urging the passage of the Frazier bill providing for the Means. 189. Also, petition of Colonial Works, Inc., manufacturers of paints and varnishes, Brooklyn, N.Y., favoring the passage of House bill 235; to the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments. Albany, favoring professional legal employment in bankruptcy proceedings; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 191. Also, petition of the Senate of the State of New York, Albany, protesting against persecution of Jews in Germany; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. 190. Also, petition of the Senate of the State of New York, 192. Also, petition of the Thirty-seventh Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon, favoring removal of Federal gasoline tax; to the Committee on Ways and Means. 193. By Mr. RUDD: Petition of Ladies Catholic Benevolent Association, Troy, N.Y., opposing the passage of the McLeod-Norris bill, and favoring the passage of the Wilcox municipal debt financing bill, designated as House bill 3083; to the Committee on Banking and Currency. 194. Also, petition of Joseph A. Broderik, superintendent of banks, State of New York, favoring compulsory membership in the Federal Reserve System of all banks and trust companies; to the Committee on Banking and Currency. 195. Also, petition of the Legislature of the State of New York, with reference to the appointment of receivers in State banking institutions in bankruptcy proceedings; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 196. Also, petition of the Legislature of the State of Oregon, opposing the Federal gasoline tax; to the Committee on Ways and Means. 197. By Mr. SWEENEY: Petition of the Young American Hebrew Association, of Cleveland, protesting the anti-Jew acts in Germany; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. 198. By Mr. WELCH: Petition of the California State Senate, Joint Resolution No. 8, relative to memorializing 181. Also, a petition of the Legislature of the State of New Congress and the legislatures of the several States of the York, requesting that the United States, through its Depart-Union to cooperate in the program for a belated recognition of the people of the United States of the services rendered the Nation by volunteers who fought the War with Spain, the Philippine Insurrection, and the China Relief Expedition; to the Committee on Pensions. 199. Also, petition of the California State Senate, Joint Resolution No. 17, relative to stimulation of interest in the development of gold mining; to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures. 200. By the SPEAKER: Petition of the Banking Board of the State of New York, urging uniformity in banking practices; to the Committee on Banking and Currency. 201. Also, petition of the State Bar of California, urging Congress to provide for the appointment of a fourth judge for the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 202. Also, petition of the Board of Commissioners of Camden, N.J., requesting national legislation to enable municipalities to refinance debts at lower rates of interest, to deal with holders of city bonds with a view of cutting the interest thereon, and to permit cities to borrow from a governmental agency at rates of interest lower than existing rates; to the Committee on Banking and Currency. 203. Also, petition of Edmond C. Fletcher, requesting that the House of Representatives prefer articles of impeachment against Hon. Fenton Whitlock Booth, Chief Justice of the Court of Claims of the United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1933 The House was called to order by the Speaker. The Journal of the proceedings of Monday, March 27, 1933, was read and approved. COMMUNICATIONS | REFORESTATION AND UNEMPLOYMENT On motion of Mr. RAMSPECK, by unanimous consent, Ordered, That the bill of the Senate (S. 598) for the relief of unemployment through the performance of useful public work, and for other purposes, be in order for consideration in lieu of the bill H.R. 3905, a similar House bill, which was made a special order of business for today. Whereupon Mr. RAMSPECK moved that the House resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for the consideration of said Senate bill. Pending which, On motion of Mr. RAMSPECK, by unanimous consent, Ordered, That the time for general debate be limited to 3 hours, be equally divided, be confined to the bill, and be controlled by Mr. RAMSPECK and Mr. WELCH. The motion that the House resolve itself into the Committee was then agreed to. Accordingly, The House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for the consideration of said bill; and after some time spent therein, The SPEAKER resumed the chair, When Mr. LOZIER, Chairman, reported that the Committee, having had under consideration said bill, had come to no resolution thereon. Then, RECESS On motion of Mr. BYRNS, at 5 o'clock and 42 minutes p.m., the House stood in recess for 10 minutes. AFTER RECESS-5:52 P.M. The House was called to order by the Speaker. REFORESTATION AND UNEMPLOYMENT Mr. BANKHEAD, by direction of the Committee on Rules, An executive communication, pursuant to clause 2, rule under clause 45, rule XI, reported (Rept. No. 20) the followXXIV, was referred as follows: 11. A letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a letter from the Secretary General of the International Parliamentary Conference on Commerce, extending to the Congress of the United States an invitation to be represented at the eighteenth plenary assembly of the above-mentioned organization which is to take place in the capitol at Rome beginning April 19, 1933 (H.Doc. No. 11)), was taken from the Speaker's table, referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT A message in writing from the President of the United States was communicated to the House by Mr. Latta, one of his secretaries. MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE A message from the Senate by Mr. Horne, its enrolling clerk, announced that the Senate had passed without amendment a joint resolution of the House of the following title: H.J.Res. 121. Joint resolution to provide for the acceptance of sums donated for the construction of a swimming exercise tank for the use of the President. The message also announced that the Senate had passed a bill of the following title, in which the concurrence of the House is requested: S. 598. An act for the relief of unemployment through the performance of useful public work, and for other purposes. IRENE NICHOLSON LINDER Mr. WARREN, by direction of the Committee on Accounts, under clause 45, rule XI, reported (Rept. No. 14) the following resolution (H.Res. 68): Resolved, That there shall be paid out of the contingent fund of the House to Irene Nicholson Linder, mother of Heath Linder, late an employee of the House, an amount equal to 6 months' compensation, and an additional amount, not exceeding $250, to defray funeral expenses of the said Heath Linder. When said resolution was considered and agreed to. ing resolution (H.Res. 85): Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to offer as an amendment in Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to the bill S. 598 the following language: 44 SEC. 4. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act, there is hereby authorized to be expended, under the direction of the President, out of any unobligated moneys heretofore appropriated for public works (except for projects on which actual construction has been commenced or may be commenced within 90 days, and except maintenance funds for river and harbor improvements already allocated), such sums as may be necessary; and an amount equal to the amount so expended is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the same purposes for which such moneys were originally appropriated." All points of order against said amendment shall be considered as waived in the House and in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. SNELL raised the question of consideration. Will the House consider said resolution? On a division there appeared-yeas 189, nays 71. So, two thirds having voted in favor thereof, the House decided to consider said resolution. The resolution was then considered. On motion of Mr. BANKHEAD, the previous question was ordered on the resolution to its adoption or rejection, and under the operation thereof the resolution was agreed to. Thereupon, on motion of Mr. RAMSPECK, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for the further consideration of the bill of the Senate (S. 598) for the relief of unemployment through the performance of useful public work, and for other purposes; and after some time spent therein, The SPEAKER resumed the chair, When Mr. LOZIER, Chairman, reported that the Committee, having had under consideration said bill, had directed him to report the bill back to the House with amendments, |