sideration and action by Congress on Senate bill No. 158, | and Congress that appropriate action be taken to place in providing for establishment of 5-day 30-hour week; to the Committee on Labor. 664. By Mr. JOHNSON of Texas: Petition of George L. Roxburgh, president, and H. F. Borg, secretary, of the Corsicana (Tex.) branch of the Letter Carriers' Association, favoring President's 30-year compulsory-retirement measure; to the Committee on Appropriations. 665. By Mr. LINDSAY: Petition of Newport Chamber of Commerce, Newport, R.I., urging continuance of the Newport Naval Training Station; to the Committee on Naval Affairs. 666. Also, petition of Madison Square Cooperative Association, Jackson Heights, New York City, favoring amended or optional 30-year retirement bill; to the Committee on Appropriations. 667. Also, petition of United States Customs Inspectors Association, port of New York, J. V. Treacy, president, opposing the retirement service bill; to the Committee on Appropriations. 668. Also, petition of Leo I. Cashin, of Brooklyn, N.Y., opposing Senate bill 158, the Black bill; to the Committee on Labor. 669. Also, petition of National Converters Institute, of Chicago, Ill., concerning the administration labor bill; to the Committee on Labor. 670. Also, petition of F. E. Compton & Co., New York City, opposing House bill 3769, the Reilly bill; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. 671. Also, petition of Greyling Realty Corporation, New York City, favoring certain amendments to the Federal Home Loan Bank Act; to the Committee on Banking and Currency. 672. Also, petition of Boyertown Burial Casket Co., New York City, opposing the 30-hour labor bill; to the Committee on Labor. 673. Also, petition of Rossman Bros. & Messner, Inc., importers and converters of fabrics, New York City, opposing House bill 3769, the Reilly bill; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. 674. Also, petition of New York Board of Trade, Inc., New York City, concerning House bill 3769; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. 675. Also, petition of the Power Authority of the State of New York, New York City, concerning House Joint Resolution 157; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. 676. Also, petition of J. R. Edwards & Co., investment securities, Cincinnati, Ohio, concerning the new securities act; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. 677. By Mr. LOZIER: Petition of Theodore Bazan Post, No. 6, of the American Legion, of Moberly, Mo., commending President Roosevelt for his fearless leadership, and approving the action of the President and the Congress in meeting the present national emergency; to the Committee on Ways and Means. 678. By Mr. LUNDEEN: Petition of the Legislature of the State of Minnesota, urging Congress to pass legislation providing relief to hard-pressed counties and drainage districts on account of drainage bond indebtedness at the earliest possible time; to the Committee on Appropriations. 679. Also, petition of the American Legion, Railway Mail Post, No. 23, St. Paul, Minn., favoring the placing of postmasters in first-, second-, and third-class post offices under civil-service rules; to the Committee on the Civil Service. 680. Also, petition of the city of Eveleth, Minn., approving President Roosevelt's reforestation project, and asking that through said project employment be given to many of the unemployed of the community of Eveleth; to the Committee on Labor. 681. Also, petition of Minneapolis Bearcat Post, No. 504, American Legion, urging an investigation of Reconstruction Finance Corporation loans to the Pennsylvania Railroad; to the Committee on Banking and Currency. 682. Also, petition of the State Legislature of the State of Minnesota, memorializing the President of the United States the hands of a judicial tribunal the determination of damages suffered by owners of property bordering the Lake of the Woods, and to authorize the Department of Justice to compromise and adjust the valid claims arising out of the fluctuation of the level of said lake; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 683. Also, petition of American citizens in meeting held March 27, 1933, at Temple Israel in Minneapolis, Minn., urging that the State Department of the United States Government be asked to use its good offices to convey to the German Government the grave concern felt by a large number of American citizens regarding the treatment of the Jews in Germany; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. 684. Also, petition of Currency Study Club, of Willmar, Minn., urging the passage of the Wheeler bill for the remonetization of silver, the Rankin bill for stabilizing the purchasing power of the dollar, the Patman bill for payment of the soldiers' bonus, and the Frazier bill for the refinancing of farm mortgages; to the Committee on Banking and Currency. 685. Also, petition of Minneapolis Bearcat Post, No. 504, the American Legion, urging an increase in the postal rates on newspapers, magazines, and periodicals, so as to wipe out the deficit of the Post Office Department; to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. 686. By Mr. MCFARLANE: Petition of the Legislature of the State of Texas, requesting the Federal Government, either at the end of the present emergency act levying a Federal tax on gasoline or by June 1, 1934, to abandon this field of taxation and leave the same entirely to the States and their subdivisions; to the Committee on Ways and Means. 687. Also, petition of the Legislature of the State of Texas, urging upon the Congress of the United States the passage of the necessary legislation authorizing the construction of an additional storage reservoir upon the Rio Grande River at or near the line between the State of Colorado and New Mexico, and the construction of a drain for the purpose of augmenting the water supply in the Rio Grande River; to the Committee on Flood Control. 688. By Mr. RUDD: Petition of the Greyling Realty Corporation, New York City, favoring the pasasge of the Federal home loan bill, to include homes valued not in excess of $25,000; to the Committee on Banking and Currency. 689. Also, petition of the New York Board of Trade, Inc., New York City, opposing the passage of House bill 3759, which will limit or restrict the United States courts in the selection of receivers to natural persons; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 690. Also, petition of National Converters Institute, Chicago, Ill., opposing the passage of the 30-hour work-week legislation; to the Committee on Labor. 691. Also, petition of Rossman Bros. & Messner, Inc., New York City, opposing the passage of the Reilly bill, H.R. 3769; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. 692. Also, petition of F. E. Compton & Co., New York City, opposing the passage of the Reilly bill, H.R. 3769; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. 693. Also, petition of Boyertown Burial Casket Co., New York City, with reference to the 30-hour work week and the exemption of the casket industry; to the Committee on Labor. 694. Also, petition of J. R. Edwards & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, favoring certain amendments to the proposed securities act; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. 695. Also, petition of Madison Square Cooperative Association, Jackson Heights, Long Island, N.Y., favoring optional retirement of Federal employees; to the Committee on Appropriations. 696. By Mr. SNELL: Petition of National Motorship Corporation against bills H.R. 3348 and 4599; to the Committee on Merchant Marine, Radio, and Fisheries. 697. By Mr. SUTPHIN: Petition of George P. Vanderveer Post, No. 129, American Legion, Toms River, N.J., urging continuance of the lighter-than-air service in the Navy as well as the continued operation of the Lakehurst Naval Air Station; to the Committee on Naval Affairs. 698. By Mr. TRAEGER: Petition of the Assembly and Senate of the State of California, dated April 4, 1933, urging enactment of a moratorium on foreclosures of real-property mortgages and on sales under deeds of trusts on real property; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 699. Also, petition of the Assembly and Senate of the State of California, dated April 11, 1933, urging adoption of legislation with reference to manufacture of arms, munitions, and implements of war; to the Committee on Military Affairs. 700. By Mr. TURNER: Petition of the Houston County Court, Houston County, Erin, Tenn.; to the Committee on Ways and Means. 701. By Mr. WITHROW: Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Wisconsin, memorializing the Postmaster General to issue a series of special stamps in commemoration of the three-hundredth anniversary of the white man's discovery of Wisconsin; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 702. By the SPEAKER: Petition of the Committee of the Farmers' Educational and Cooperative Union of America and the Holiday Association, urging that Senate bill 457 be substituted for title II, agricultural credits, of House bill 3835; to the Committee on Agriculture. TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1933 The House was called to order by the Speaker. The Journal of the proceedings of yesterday was read and approved. COMMUNICATIONS An executive communication, pursuant to clause 2, rule XXIV, was referred as follows: 28. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation pertaining to the legislative establishment, House of Representatives, for the fiscal year 1933, in the sum of $1,200, was taken from the Speaker's table and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE for the common defense; to aid interstate commerce by navigation; to provide flood control; to promote the general welfare by creating the Tennessee Valley Authority; to operate the Muscle Shoals properties; and to encourage agricultural, industrial, and economic development, pending and unfinished in the House on yesterday, a motion to recommit having been made. Mr. MCSWAIN withdrew his reservation of a point of order on the motion to recommit said bill. On motion of Mr. McSwAIN, the previous question was ordered on the motion to recommit. The question being put, Will the House recommit said bill? 68 327 It was decided in the negative, The yeas and nays being demanded and ordered by one fifth of the Members present, A message from the Senate by Mr. Horne, its enrolling clerk, announced that the Senate had passed without Bailey amendment a joint resolution of the House of the following title: H.J.Res. 135. Joint resolution to amend section 2 of the act approved February 4, 1933, to provide for loans to farmers for crop production and harvesting during the year 1933, and for other purposes. Bakewell Beam Beedy Beiter Berlin Black Blanchard Bland Bloom Boehne Boland Bolton Boylan Brennan Briggs Britten Brown, Mich. Brumm Brunner Buck Crosby Cross Crowe Crowther Crump Culkin Cullen Cummings Darrow Dear Deen Dingell Dobbins Goodwin Green Greenwood Gregory Griswold Guyer Haines Hamilton Hancock, N.Y. Hancock, N.C. Harlan Healey Higgins Hoeppel Hoidale Hollister Holmes Huddleston Douglass Bulwinkle Drewry Larrabee Lea, Calif. Lehr Luce McClintic McDuffie McGrath McGugin McKeown McLean McLeod McMillan McReynolds McSwain Major Maloney, Conn. Maloney, La. Mansfield Mapes Marshall Martin, Mass. Martin, Oreg. May Mead Merritt Millard Thereupon the Speaker announced that 389 Members had answered to their names, a quorum. On motion of Mr. BYRNS, further proceedings under the call were dispensed with. The doors were opened. MUSCLE SHOALS Pursuant to House Resolution 111, the House proceeded to the further consideration of the bill (H.R. 5081) to provide Carley Carter, Calif. Carter, Wyo. Cary Castellow Cavicchia Chapman Chavez Church Claiborne Clark, N.C. Clarke, N.Y. Cochran, Mo. Cochran, Pa. Coffin Colden Eltse, Calif. Evans Jenkins Johnson, Okla. Johnson, Tex. Johnson, W.Va. Jones Faddis Farley Fernandez Fish Kahn Kee Miller Milligan Mitchell Montet Muldowney Murdock O'Brien O'Connor Oliver, Ala. Oliver, N.Y. Owen Palmisano Parker, Ga. Parker, N.Y. Parks Parsons Fitzgibbons Flannagan Lanham Lanzetta Larrabee Lea, Calif. Lee, Mo. Lehr Lemke Lesinski Lewis, Colo. Lewis, Md. Peavey Pettengill Peyser Pierce Ragon Ramspeck Robinson Buck Bulwinkle Burke, Nebr. Busby Byrns Cady Foulkes Caldwell Frear Lloyd Lozier Carpenter, Kans. Gavagan Ludlow Carpenter, Nebr. Gilchrist Lundeen Cartwright Gillespie McClintic Castellow Goldsborough McCormack Chapman Chase Chavez Connery Cooper, Tenn. Corning Cox Cravens Crosby Cross Crosser Crowe Crump Granfield Griffin Hamilton Hancock, N.C. Harter Hastings Healey Henney Hildebrandt Hill, Ala. Hill, Knute Hill, Sam B. Hoeppel Hoidale Howard Huddleston McCarthy McSwain Maloney, Conn. Mead Meeks Miller Milligan Mitchell Monaghan Montet Moran Morehead On motion of Mr. STEAGALL, by unanimous consent, Ordered, That the bill (H.R. 5240) to provide emergency relief with respect to home-mortgage indebtedness, to refinance home mortgages, to extend relief to the owners of homes occupied by them and who are unable to amortize their debt elsewhere, to amend the Federal Home Loan Bank Act, to increase the market for obligations of the United States, and for other purposes, shall be in order for consideration on tomorrow. PAY OF NAVAL ACADEMY GRADUATES On motion of Mr. VINSON of Georgia, by unanimous consent, the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union was discharged from the further consideration of the bill (H.R. 5012) to amend existing law in order to obviate the payment of one year process sea pay to surplus graduates of the Naval Academy. When said bill was considered and read twice. Mr. SHANNON submitted the following amendment: Page 1, line 10, after " discharge ", insert Provided further, That this act shall take effect July 1, 1936. After debate, The question being put, Will the House agree to said amendment? On a division there appeared-yeas 64, nays 106. So, the amendment was not agreed to. divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Public Lands, the The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, resolution shall be read for amendment under the 5-minute and was read a third time by title. The question then being put, Will the House pass said bill? On a division there appeared-yeas 123, nays 47. So, the bill was passed. rule. At the conclusion of the reading of the resolution for amendment, the Committee shall rise and report the resolution to the House with such amendments as may have been adopted, and the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the resolution and the amendments thereto to final passage, without intervening motion, except one motion to recommit. A motion by Mr. VINSON, of Georgia, to reconsider the vote whereby said bill was passed was, on his motion and by unanimous consent, laid on the table. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Calendar and ordered to be printed. Senate in said bill. Said resolution and report were referred to the House ST. LAWRENCE WATERWAY On motion of Mr. BYRNS, by unanimous consent, the Com Mr. O'CONNOR, by direction of the Committee on Rules, mittee on the Public Lands was granted permission until called up the following resolution (H.Res. 112): Resolved, That immediately upon the adoption of this resolution the House shall proceed to the consideration of House Joint Resolution 157, and all points of order against said joint resolution shall be considered as waived. That after general debate, which shall be confined to the joint resolution and shall continue not to exceed 1 hour, to be equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the joint resolution to final passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit. When said resolution was considered. After debate, Mr. O'CONNOR moved the previous question on the resolution to its adoption or rejection. The question being put, Will the House order the previous question? On a division there appeared-yeas 53, nays 22. So, the previous question was ordered, and under the operation thereof the resolution was agreed to. Pursuant to the foregoing resolution, the House proceeded to the consideration of the joint resolution (H.J.Res. 157) providing for the use of the water of the St. Lawrence River for the generation of power by the State of New York under and in accordance with the provisions of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Deep Waterway Treaty between the United States and Canada. When said joint resolution was read twice. The joint resolution was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was read a third time by title. Mr. PARKER of New York moved to recommit the bill to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, with instructions to that committee to report the joint resolution back to the House forthwith with the following amendment: At the end of the joint resolution insert Provided, That the passage of this resolution shall be in no way construed as an expression of the attitude of the House as to the merits of the proposed treaty between the United States and Canada. Pending further consideration of said joint resolution, CLAIMS OF PAN AMERICAN PETROLEUM CO. AND RICHFIELD OIL CO. OF CALIFORNIA Mr. O'CONNOR, by direction of the Committee on Rules, under clause 45, rule XI, reported (Rept. No. 53) the following resolution (H.Res. 119): Resolved, That immediately upon the adoption of this resolution, it shall be in order to move that the House resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for the consideration of S.J.Res. 13, a resolution "Authorizing the Attorney General, with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Navy, to release claims of the United States upon certain assets of the Pan American Petroleum Co. and the Richfield Oil Co. of California and others in connection with collections upon a certain judgment in favor of the United States against the Pan American Petroleum Co. heretofore duly entered." After general debate, which shall be confined to the resolution and shall continue not to exceed 1 hour, to be equally midnight tonight to file the report (Rept. No. 54) on the joint resolution of the Senate (S.J.Res. 13) authorizing the Attorney General, with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Navy, to release claims of the United States upon certain assets of the Pan American Petroleum Co. and the Richfield Oil Co. of California and others in connection with collections upon a certain judgment in favor of the United States against the Pan American Petroleum Co. heretofore duly entered. LEAVE OF ABSENCE By unanimous consent, leave of absence was granted- To Mr. BROWNING, for 2 weeks; To Mr. PERKINS, for 2 weeks; To Mr. RUDD, for the balance of the week; To Mr. SISSON, for today; To Mr. TAYLOR of Tennessee, for 4 days; and ADJOURNMENT On motion of Mr. RAYBURN, at 4 o'clock and 12 minutes p.m., the House adjourned. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Under clause 2 of rule XIII, Mr. DICKSTEIN: Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. H.R. 3519. A bill to exempt from the quota parents of citizens of the United States, and for other purposes; with amendment (Rept. No. 52). Referred to the House Calendar. Mr. O'CONNOR: Committee on Rules. House Resolution 119. Resolution providing for the consideration of Senate Joint Resolution 13, a joint resolution authorizing the Attorney General, with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Navy, to release claims of the United States upon certain assets of the Pan American Petroleum Co. and the Richfield Oil Co. of California and others in connection with collections upon a certain judgment in favor of the United States against the Pan American Petroleum Co. heretofore duly entered; without amendment (Rept. No. 53). Referred to the House Calendar. Mr. FULLER: Committee on the Public Lands. Senate Joint Resolution 13. Joint resolution authorizing the Attorney General, with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Navy, to release claims of the United States upon certain assets of the Pan American Petroleum Co. and the Richfield Oil Co. of California and others in connection with collections upon a certain judgment in favor of the United States against the Pan American Petroleum Co. heretofore duly entered; without amendment (Rept. No. 54). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. STEAGALL: Committee on Banking and Currency. H.R. 5240. A bill to provide emergency relief with respect to home-mortgage indebtedness, to refinance home mortgages, to extend relief to the owners of homes occupied by them and who are unable to amortize their debt elsewhere, to amend the Federal Home Loan Bank Act, to increase the market for obligations of the United States, and for other CHANGE OF REFERENCE Under clause 2 of rule XXII, the Committee on Pensions was discharged from the consideration of the bill (H.R. 5067) granting an increase of pension to Fidelia L. Mitchell, and the same was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Under clause 3 of rule XXII, public bills and resolutions were introduced and severally referred as follows: By Mr. LEWIS of Maryland: A bill (H.R. 5232) giving the protection of the law to the worker's right to work and to a just share of the employment available; forming trade associations to stabilize business and to provide unemployment insurance, etc.; and imposing certain excise taxes, with the continued efficient maintenance of supervision of oil, gas, coal, and nonmetallic minerals operations by the mineral leasing division of the United States Geological Survey; to the Committee on the Public Lands. Also, memorial of the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii, memorializing Congress to authorize $4,000,000 to be expended by the highway engineer upon plans and specifications approved by the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States; to the Committee on Banking and Currency. Also, memorial of the Legislature of the State of California, memorializing Congress to adopt legislation with reference to manufacture of arms, munitions, and imple ments of war; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Also, memorial of the Legislature of the State of California, memorializing Congress to enact a moratorium on deeds of trust in real property; to the Committee on Bankforeclosures of real-property mortgages and on sales under ing and Currency. memorializing Congress to increase national currency; to the Also, memorial of the Legislature of the State of Arizona, Committee on Banking and Currency. privilege drawback; to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. BUCK: A bill (H.R. 5235) amending the Shipping By Mr. MORAN: A bill (H.R. 5236) for the conservation of By Mr. TRUAX: A bill (H.R. 5237) to amend an act entitled "An act to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States", approved July 1, 1898, and acts amendatory theretof and supplementary thereto, approved March 3, 1933, to restore confidence and prevent revolution by farmers and home owners by providing for a suspension of real-estate foreclosures for a period of 1 year; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. CELLER: A bill (H.R. 5238) to amend an act entitled "An act to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States", approved July 1, 1898, and acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto; to the Committee on the Judiciary. waiian birth as prima facie evidence of the fact as set forth in such certificates of birth in the Territory of Hawaii; to ment of Labor of the United States, of certificates of Ha the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Under clause 1 of rule XXII, private bills and resolutions were introduced and severally referred as follows: By Mr. BLACK: A bill (H.R. 5241) to authorize the settlement, allowance, and payment of certain claims, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H.R. 5242) for the relief of William C. Campbell; to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H.R. 5243) to provide for the reimbursement of Guilermo Medine, hydrographic surveyor, for the value of personal effects lost in the capsizing of a Navy whaleboat off Galera Island, Gulf of Panama; to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H.R. 5244) authorizing adjustment of the claim of the Wilmot Castle Co.; to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H.R. 5245) to authorize the settlement of individual claims of military personnel for damages to and loss of private property incident to the training, practice, operation, or maintenance of the Army; to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H.R. 5246) for the relief of L. E. Geary; to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H.R. 5247) authorizing adjustment of the claim of the Adelphia Bank & Trust Co. of Philadelphia; to the Committee on Claims. By Mr. BRUNNER: A bill (H.R. 5248) for the relief of Walter C. Morris; to the Committee on Claims. By Mr. WHITE: A bill (H.R. 5239) to extend the provi- Lands. By Mr. STEAGALL: A bill (H.R. 5240) to provide emergency relief with respect to home-mortgage indebtedness, to refinance home mortgages, to extend relief to the owners of homes occupied by them and who are unable to amortize their debt elsewhere, to amend the Federal Home Loan Bank Act, to increase the market for obligations of the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. By Mr. O'CONNOR: Resolution (H.Res. 119) providing for the consideration of Senate Joint Resolution 13; to the Committee on Rules. By Mr. DIES: Joint resolution (H.J.Res. 163) to abolish judicial district; to the Committee on the Judiciary. MEMORIALS By Mr. CANNON of Wisconsin: A bill (H.R. 5249) for the Under clause 3 of rule XXII, memorials were presented a pension to Golda Stump Darr; to the Committee on and referred as follows: By the SPEAKER: Memorial memorializing the Congress of the United States to include adequate appropriations for Pensions. By Mr. SHANNON: A bill (H.R. 5257) granting a pension to Mattie Harris; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, |