965. Also, memorial of the Legislature of State of Cali- | training given to reserve officers; to the Committee on Milifornia, relative to approval by the President of the United tary Affairs. States of a project for the completion of the John Muir: Trail under the provisions of act of Congress approved March 31, 1933; to the Committee on Rules. 966. By Mr. LAMNECK: Petition of Theodore Lindenberg, S. N. Bickerstaff, C. W. McKenzie, and 25 other citizens of the city of Columbus, Ohio, protesting against proposed! reductions in the number of officers or enlisted personnel in the United States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps, suspension of the National Guard and Reserve Officers' Training Corps training camps, suspension of Federal aid to military schools, and reduction in pay to Army, Navy, or Marine Corps Air Service flying officers; to the Committee on Appropriations. 967. By Mr. LINDSAY: Petition of Railway Express Employees, Local 808, International Brotherhood of Trainmen, New York City, concerning deficit in the Post Office Department; to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. 968. Also, petition of Whitestone Association, Local No. 1, New York City, favoring enactment of the Black-Connery 30-hour-week bill; to the Committee on Labor. 969. Also, petition of P. S. Harrison, editor Harrison's Reports, New York City, favoring the Sirovich resolution (H.Res. 95); to the Committee on Rules. 970. Also, petition of General Credit Corporation, New York City, favoring Senate bill 747 and House bill 4551; to the Committee on Banking and Currency. 971. By Mr. McFADDEN: Petition of the executive committee of North Valley County Farmers' Union, of Montana, signed by S. A. Hinerman, Mrs. R. L. Cookson, E. A. Eliason, John H. Le Corner, and W. R. Hinerman, calling for abolishment of the Federal Reserve System, that the United States issue noninterest-bearing Treasury notes, that Congress enact the Frazier farmers' farm relief bill, pay the soldiers' bonus, etc.; to the Committee on Banking and Currency. 972. Also, petition of Wyalusing Local of the Dairymen's League Cooperative Association, Inc., by Frank Rought, secretary, Sugar Run, Pa., opposing restrictions of use of motor trucks on highways, the placing of trucks under jurisdiction of Public Service Commission, classification as common carriers, and favoring reciprocal agreements with States as to licenses; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. 973. By Mr. RUDD: Petition of Railway Express Employees, Local 808, International Brotherhood of Trainmen, New York City, favoring increased postage rates sufficient to pay the cost of handling; to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. 974. Also, petition of General Credit Corporation, New York City, favoring the passage of Senate bill 747 and House bill 4551; to the Committee on Banking and Currency. 975. Also, petition of Whitestone Association, Local No. 1, New York City, favoring the passage of the Black-Connery 5-day week and 6-hour day bill (S. 158 and H.R. 4557); to the Committee on Labor. 976. By Mr. SMITH of West Virginia: Resolution of the members of the John Brawley Post, No. 20, of the American Legion, Charleston, W.Va., urging the repeal of the TysonFitzgerald bill; to the Committee on World War Veterans' Legislation. 977. By Mr. STRONG of Pennsylvania: Petition of Ansell E. McMullin Post, No. 392, American Legion, Reynoldsville, Pa., recommending that "all contracts for the carrying of mail be awarded on competitive bidding to the lowest responsible bidder "; to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. 978. By Mr. SUTPHIN: Petition of Reserve Officers' Association, Department of New Jersey, protesting against weakening of national defense and against any reduction in the number of officers in the Regular Army; to the Committee on Military Affairs. 979. By the SPEAKER: Petition of the Reserve Officers' Association of the United States, Department of New Jersey, protesting against any further weakening of the national defense, and in particular against any reduction in the number of officers in the Regular Army or in the amount of 980. Also, petition of the city of Racine, Wis., petitioning Congress to adopt a 30-hour work week measure with proper minimum-wage provisions attached without undue delay; to the Committee on Labor. 981. Also, petition of the Sixty-six Nonpareil Americans, Inc., petitioning the President of the United States, the Congress now in session, and the Governor of the State of Alabama, in their respective powers, privileges, and discre| tions, to intercede and save the lives and liberties of the nine Scottsboro boys whose fate now pends before the courts of the State of Alabama and the United States Supreme Court; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 982. Also, petition of the American Transit Association, requesting to enact into law House bill 5009; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 983. Also, petition of the city of Cambridge, Mass., condemning the persecution reported to be committed against members of the Jewish faith in Germany; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1933 The House was called to order by Mr. BULWINKLE, Speaker pro tempore. The Journal of the proceedings of yesterday was read and approved. MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE A message from the Senate by Mr. Horne, its enrolling clerk, announced that the Senate had passed without amendment a concurrent resolution of the House of the following title: H.Con.Res. 18. Concurrent resolution authorizing the Clerk of the House, in the enrollment of H.R. 3835, to strike out the word "basic " where it appears in subsection (3) of section 8. The message also announced that the Senate had agreed to the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 3835) entitled "An act to relieve the existing national economic emergency by increasing agricultural purchasing power", and recedes from its amendment numbered 83, excepted to by the House of Representatives. The message also announced that the Senate insists upon its amendments to the bill (H.R. 5081) entitled "An act to provide 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", disagreed to by the House, agrees to the conference asked by the House on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and appoints Mr. SMITH, Mr. KENDRICK, Mr. WHEELER, Mr. NORRIS, and Mr. MCNARY to be the conferees on the part of the Senate. INDEPENDENT OFFICES APPROPRIATION BILL On motion of Mr. WOODRUM, pursuant to House Resolution 128, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 5389) making appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, and offices for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1934, and for other purposes; and after some time spent therein, The SPEAKER pro tempore resumed the chair, When Mr. MCCLINTIC, Chairman, reported that the Committee, having had under consideration said bill, had come to no resolution thereon. PERMISSION TO FILE REPORT On motion of Mr. CONNERY, by unanimous consent, he was granted permission until 12 o'clock tonight to file the report (Rept. No. 124), together with the views of the minority, on the bill of the Senate (S. 158) to prevent interstate com merce in certain commodities and articles produced or manufactured in industrial activities in which persons are employed more than 5 days per week or 6 hours per day. SENATE BILLS REFERRED Bills of the Senate of the following titles were taken from the Speaker's table and under the rule referred as follows: S. 555. An act to authorize the acquisition by the United States of the land upon which the Seneca Indian School, Wyandotte, Okla., is located; to the Committee on Indian Affairs. S. 727. An act for the relief of Francis N. Dominick; to the Committee on Military Affairs. S. 1256. An act granting the consent of Congress to compacts or agreements between the States of Kansas and Missouri for the acquisition, maintenance, and operation of a toll bridge across the Missouri River near Kansas City, Kans., for the construction and maintenance of connections with established highways, for the incorporation of such bridge in the highway systems of said States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. S. 1425. An act to amend the act entitled "An act to provide relief in the existing national emergency in banking, and for other purposes ", approved March 9, 1933; to the Committee on Banking and Currency. BILLS PRESENTED TO THE PRESIDENT Mr. PARSONS, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that that committee did on this day present to the President for his approval bills of the House of the following titles: H.R. 48. An act to extend the time for completing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Kansas City, Kans.; H.R. 1596. An act to extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Pee Dee River and a bridge across the Waccamaw River, both at or near Georgetown, S.C.; H.R. 4127. An act to extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Waccamaw River near Conway, S.C.; and H.R. 4491. An act granting the consent of Congress to the board of county commissioners of Mahoning County, Ohio, to construct a free overhead viaduct across the Mahoning River at Struthers, Mahoning County, Ohio. LEAVE OF ABSENCE of the United States to the Indian pueblos herein named, under the terms of the act of June 7, 1924, and the liability of the United States to non-Indian claimants on Indian pueblo grants whose claims, extinguished under the act of June 7, 1924, have been found by the Pueblo Lands Board to have been claims in good faith; to authorize the expenditure by the Secretary of the Interior of the sums herein authorized and of sums heretofore appropriated, in conformity with the act of June 7, 1924, for the purchase of needed lands and water rights and the creation of other permanent economic improvements as contemplated by said act; to provide for the protection of the watershed within the Carson National Forest for the Pueblo de Taos Indians of New Mexico and others interested, and to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to contract relating thereto and to amend the act approved June 7, 1924, in certain respects; without amendment (Rept. No. 123). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. CONNERY: Committee on Labor. S. 158. An act to prevent interstate commerce in certain commodities and articles produced or manufactured in industrial activities in which persons are employed more than 5 days per week or 6 hours per day; with amendment (Rept. No. 124). Referred to the House Calendar. CHANGE OF REFERENCE Under clause 2 of rule XXII, committees were discharged from the consideration of the following bills, which were referred as follows: A bill (H.R. 5532) for the relief of Kittie R. Miller; Committee on Invalid Pensions discharged, and referred to the Committee on War Claims. A bill (H.R. 5546) for the relief of M. M. Twichel; Committee on Indian Affairs discharged, and referred to the Committee on Claims. PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Under clause 3 of rule XXII, public bills and resolutions were introduced and severally referred as follows: By Mr. CANNON of Missouri: A bill (H.R. 5589) granting the consent of Congress to the city of Washington, Mo., to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Missouri River at or near Washington, Mo.; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. By Mr. BLACK: A bill (H.R. 5590) to amend the Code of Laws for the District of Columbia in relation to providing assistance against old-age want; to the Committee on the By unanimous consent, leave of absence was granted to District of Columbia. Mr. Goss, for 2 days. And then, ADJOURNMENT By Mr. JENKINS (by request): A bill (H.R. 5591) to provide credit relief by authorizing the issuance of certain bonds and the issuance of additional national bank notes; to the On motion of Mr. WOODRUM, at 5 o'clock and 20 minutes Committee on Ways and Means. p.m., the House adjourned. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS H.R. 4494. Mr. PEAVEY: Committee on Indian Affairs. A bill authorizing a per capita payment of $100 to the members of the Menominee Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin from funds on deposit to their credit in the Treasury of the United States; with amendment (Rept. No. 120). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. PARKER of New York: Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. H.R. 5329. A bill creating the St. Lawrence bridge commission and authorizing said commission and its successors to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the St. Lawrence River at or near Ogdensburg, N.Y.; without amendment (Rept. No. 121). Referred to the House Calendar. Mr. STEAGALL: Committee on Banking and Currency. S. 1415. An act to amend sections 5200 and 5202 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, to remove the limitations on national banks in certain cases; without amendment (Rept. No. 122). Referred to the House Calendar. Mr. CHAVEZ: Committee on Indian Affairs. H.R. 4014. A bill to authorize appropriations to pay in part the liability By Mr. CHRISTIANSON: A bill (H.R. 5592) to amend an act approved May 14, 1926 (44 Stat. 555), entitled "An act authorizing the Chippewa Indians of Minnesota to submit claims to the Coure of Claims "; to the Committee on Indian Affairs. By Mr. RANKIN: A bill (H.R. 5593) to provide adjustedservice credit allowance to provisional commissioned officers; to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. SCHULTE: A bill (H.R. 5594) to stay foreclosure proceedings on small homes; to the Committee on Banking and Currency. By Mr. HOWARD (by departmental request): A bill (H.R. 5595) to amend section 3 of the act entitled "An act to extend the period of restriction in lands of certain members of the Five Civilized Tribes, and for other purposes ", approved May 10, 1928 (45 Stat. L. 496), as amended by the act of February 14, 1931 (46 Stat. L. 1108); to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Also, a bill (H.R. 5596) to amend the act of March 3, 1885, entitled "An act providing for allotment of lands in severalty to the Indians residing upon the Umatilla Reservation, in the State of Oregon, and granting patents therefor, and for other purposes "; to the Committee on Indian Affairs. By Mr. MOTT: A bill (H.R. 5597) to afford permanent protection to the watershed and water supply of the city of Coquille, Coos County, Oreg.; to the Committee on the of the John Muir trail under the provisions of act of ConPublic Lands. By Mr. STEAGALL: A bill (H.R. 5598) to provide for the safer and more effective use of the assets of Federal Reserve banks and of national banking associations, to regulate interbank control, to prevent the undue diversion of funds into speculative operations, to provide for the insurance of deposits in banks, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking and Currency. By Mr. MANSFIELD: Resolution (H.Res. 140) to authorize the printing of communications from the Secretary of War transmitting letters of the Chief of Engineers submitting reports on the examination and survey of certain waterways in the United States; to the Committee on Printing. By Mr. MARTIN of Colorado: Resolution (H.Res. 141) authorizing the delegates to the International Conference to work unceasingly for the remonetization of silver on the basis of 16 to 1; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Under clause 1 of rule XXII, private bills and resolutions were introduced and severally referred as follows: By Mr. ALLEN: A bill (H.R. 5599) granting an increase gress approved March 31, 1933; to the Committee on Roads. 989. Also, Joint Resolution No. 18 of the California Senate, relative to memorializing the Congress of the United States to adopt legislation protecting and fostering the rubber industry of the United States; to the Committee on Ways and Means. 990. By Mr. GIBSON: Petition of Burlington Post, No. 2, American Legion, Department of Vermont, urging adequate national defense; to the Committee on Military Affairs. 991. By Mr. HOEPPEL: Petition of the City Council of San Gabriel, Calif., protesting against the proposed reduction in personnel of the Army and Navy which will aggravate the present distressing unemployment situation; to the Committee on Military Affairs. 992. Also, petition of Leland A. Cupp Post, No. 341, of the American Legion, and American Legion Auxiliary Unit, No. 341, Pico, Calif., urging the maintenance of adequate national defense at all times, and protesting against the reduction of same for the purpose of any so-called economical program "; to the Committee on Economy. 66 993. By Mr. LINDSAY: Petition of the Independent Theatre Owners Association, Harry Brandt, president, New York of pension to Ernestine Singer; to the Committee on Invalid City, favoring the Sirovich Resolution No. 95; to the Com Pensions. By Mr. DUNCAN of Missouri: A bill (H.R. 5600) granting an increase of pension to Nannie Blades; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H.R. 5601) granting an increase of pension to Maria Berghoff; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. KLEBERG: A bill (H.R. 5602) for the relief of Rene Hooge, a minor; to the Committee on Claims. By Mr. O'BRIEN: A bill (H.R. 5603) granting a pension to Sophie M. Peterson; to the Committee on Pensions. By Mr. TRAEGER: A bill (H.R. 5604) granting an increase of pension to Mary E. Wald; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. WILCOX: A bill (H.R. 5605) authorizing Lt. Jack C. Hodgson, United States Army, to accept the decoration of the Cuban Order of Military Merit; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Also, a bill (H.R. 5606) for the relief of W. R. McLeod; to the Committee on Claims. PETITIONS, ETC. Under clause 1 of rule XXII, petitions and papers were laid on the Clerk's desk and referred as follows: 984. By Mr. BUCK: Petition of the Legislature of the State of California, urging that the President of the United States be respectfully requested to adopt the John Muir Trail as a unit in the program under Emergency Unemployment Relief Act, and cause said project, together with extensions and incidental facilities necessary to the safety and protection of the users thereof, to be completed during the current calendar year; to the Committee on Labor. 985. Also, petition of the Legislature of the State of California, memorializing the Congress of the United States to enact legislation imposing a tariff on rubber and to include in the Government supply bills a requirement that rubber purchased be grown in the United States; to the Committee on Ways and Means. 986. By Mr. COCHRAN of Missouri: Memorial of the Grand Lodge, Progressive Order of the West, St. Louis, Mo., Morris Shapiro, grand secretary, protesting against the unjust persecution of Jews in Germany, and urging action that will result in the discontinuance of discrimination against the Jews; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. 987. Also, memorial of the Baron Hirsh Lodge, No. 108, P.O.W., I Rudman, president, M. Silberman, secretary, St. Louis, Mo., protesting against the unjust persecution of Jews in Germany, and urging action by the United States with a view to the termination of the discrimination against the Jews; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. 988. By Mr. ELTSE of California: Joint Resolution No. 19 of the California Senate, relative to approval by the President of the United States of a project for the completion 996. By Mr. RUDD: Petition of Edward T. Lee, of Chicago, Ill., favoring legislation for the abolition of railroad grade crossings; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. 997. Also, petition of Harry Brandt, president Independent Theatre Owners Association of New York City, favoring the passage of the Sirovich resolution; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. 998. By Mr. WIGGLESWORTH: Petition of Massachusetts Department, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Boston, Mass., urging the repeal of Public Law No. 2, Seventy-third Congress; to the Committee on Economy. Executive and other communications, pursuant to clause 2, rule XXIV, were referred as follows: 60. A letter from the secretary of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, transmitting report of the operations of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for the first quarter of 1933, January 1 to March 31, 1933, inclusive, and for the period from the organization of the corporation on February 2, 1932, to March 31, 1933, inclusive (H.Doc. No. 34); to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. 61. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting draft of a proposed bill, the purpose of which is to enable the Treasury to afford relief to holders of nationalbank notes, Federal Reserve bank notes, and Federal Reserve notes, which may be redeemed under present law because they have been so defaced that the identity of the issuing banks cannot be ascertained; to the Committee on Banking and Currency. 62. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a draft of a proposed joint resolution to amend the Settlement of War Claims Act of 1928 for the purpose of extending for 1 additional year from March 10, 1933, the time within which American nationals who have obtained awards from the Mixed Claims Commission, United States and Germany, or from the Tripartite Claims Commission, United States, Austria, and Hungary, may make application to the Treasury for the payment of such awards; to the Committee on Ways and Means. 63. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, pursuant to section 1 of the River and Harbor Act approved January 21, 1927, a letter from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, dated April 27, 1933, submitting a report, together with accompanying papers and illustrations, containing a general plan for the improvement of Cumberland River, Ky. and Tenn., for the purposes of navigation and efficient development of its water power, the control of floods, and the needs of irrigation; to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations (H.Doc. No. 38). MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE A message from the Senate by Mr. Horne, its enrolling clerk, announced that the Senate had passed with an amendment, in which the concurrence of the House is requested, a bill of the House of the following title: H.R. 4220. An act for the protection of Government records. INDEPENDENT OFFICES APPROPRIATION BILL Culkin De Priest Dirksen Ditter Dondero Eaton James Johnson, Minn. Kahn Kelly, Pa. Kinzer Knutson Kurtz Edmonds Kvale Eltse, Calif. Lemke Englebright Luce McLean Evans Focht Foss Gibson Gilchrist Goodwin Gray Guyer Hancock, N.Y. Hartley Healey Hess Rogers, Mass. Shoemaker Simpson Sinclair Stalker Stokes Strong, Pa Sutphin Taber Taylor, Tenn. Tinkham Hoeppel Perkins On motion of Mr. WOODRUM, pursuant to House Resolution 128, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for the further consideration of the bill (H.R. 5389) making appropriations Allgood for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, and offices for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1934, and for other purposes; and after some time spent therein, The SPEAKER pro tempore resumed the chair, When Mr. MCCLINTIC, Chairman, reported that the Committee, having had under consideration said bill, pursuant to House Resolution 128, reported the bill back to the House with amendments adopted by the Committee. The previous question on the amendments and on the bill having been ordered by said resolution, Mr. HEALEY demanded a separate vote on the following amendment: Page 44, line 6, strike out "$77,273,000" and insert $85,273,000: Provided, That not to exceed $8,000,000 of this amount shall be available for all expenses and maintenance of all regional offices of the Veterans' Administration. The following remaining amendments adopted by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union were agreed to: Page 5, line 23, strike out "to" and insert of. Page 18, line 24, after "employees ", strike out the period, insert a comma, and add which number, in addition to any officers or employees who under existing law may be so appointed and compensated, may hereafter be appointed and compensated without regard to the provisions of the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and Civil Service laws. Page 46, line 15, after the colon, insert: Provided further, That the appropriations herein made for medical and hospital services under the jurisdiction of the Veterans' Administration shall be available, not to exceed $5,000, for experimental purposes to determine the value of certain types of treatment. Page 52, line 8, strike out "since" and insert after; page 52, line 9, after "commission ", insert and salaries paid accordingly shall be payment in full. Arnold Berlin Biermann Blanton Bloom Boehne Boland Brennan Brooks Buchanan Byrns Cady Caldwell Cannon, Mo. Crosby Crosser Crump Cullen Darden Dear Deen Delaney Hill, Knute Hill, Samuel B. Hoidale Howard Huddleston Hughes Treadway Watson Welch Whitley Wigglesworth Wolcott Wolfenden Wolverton Wood, Mo. Zioncheck Martin, Colo. Martin, Oreg. May Mead Meeks DeRouen Dickinson Dickstein Dies Dobbins Dockweiler Imhoff Jeffers Johnson, Okla. Johnson, Tex. Johnson, W.Va. Kee Miller Milligan Nesbit Doughton Doxey Drewry Driver Duncan, Mo. Durgan, Ind. Eagle Ellzey, Miss. Jones Keller Kelly, Ill. Kennedy, Md. Kenney Kloeb Kocialkowski Koppelmann Kramer Lambertson Norton O'Brien O'Connell O'Connor O'Malley Oliver, Ala. Oliver, N.Y. Patman Peterson Pettengill Peyser Polk Reilly Richardson Robinson Rogers, N.H. Sadowski Sanders Sandlin Schaefer Schuetz Schulte Scrugham Sears Secrest resolution (H.Res. 138): Resolved, That 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. 7, an act providing for the suspension of annual assessment work on mining claims held by location in the United States and Alaska, and all points of order against said bill are hereby waived. After general debate, which shall be confined to the bill, and shall continue not to exceed 1 hour, to be equally divided and con PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Under clause 3 of rule XXII, public bills and resolutions were introduced and severally referred as follows: By Mr. CANNON of Wisconsin: A bill (H.R. 5607) to amend an act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes,' approved September 7, 1916"; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. SABATH: A bill (H.R. 5608) to amend sections 13 and 14 of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended, with respect to rediscount powers of Federal Reserve banks; to the Com mittee on Banking and Currency. By Mr. JOHNSON of Minnesota: A bill (H.R. 5609) to authorize owners of resort property and certain retail busi ness establishments to secure from the home-loan banks loans secured by mortgages, and to authorize such banks to lend to members on the security of such mortgages; to the Committee on Banking and Currency. By Mr. MCLEOD: A bill (H.R. 5610) to extend and broaden the powers of local administration of the Commis sioners of the District of Columbia, promote the efficiency of the local government therein, and assist the Congress in trolled by the chairman and ranking minority member of dispatch of its business; to the Committee on the District of the Committee on Mines and Mining, the bill shall be read for amendment under the 5-minute rule. At the conclusion of the reading of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with such amendments as may have been adopted, and the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and the amendments thereto to final passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit. Said resolution and report were referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. HOUR OF MEETING ON TOMORROW On motion of Mr. BYRNS, by unanimous consent, Columbia. By Mr. FISH: A bill (H.R. 5611) to provide for the forfeiture of vessels, vehicles, or other means used to transport or conceal unstamped narcotic drugs, or to facilitate the purchase and sale thereof, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary. the consideration of S. 158; to the Committee on Rules. By Mr. CONNERY: Resolution (H.Res. 142) providing for By Mr. BLACK: Resolution (H.Res. 143) requesting the Secretary of State to instruct the American delegates to the World Economic Conference not to enter into any arrangements or understandings affecting Spain, Mexico, or Germany, directly or indirectly, until the Governments of these Ordered, That when the House adjourns today, it ad- three countries give assurances that all religious persecutions journ to meet at 11 o'clock a.m. on tomorrow. LEAVE OF ABSENCE By unanimous consent, leave of absence was granted to Mr. KLOEB, for May 15 and 16, 1933. And then, ADJOURNMENT On motion of Mr. WOODRUM, at 5 o'clock and 51 minutes p.m., the House adjourned to meet at 11 o'clock a.m. on tomorrow. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Under clause 2 of rule XIII, Mr. DICKSTEIN: Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. H.R. 3524. A bill to amend section 23 of the Immigration Act of February 5, 1917 (39 Stat. 874); without amendment (Rept. No. 125). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. CORNING: Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. H.R. 5394. A bill authorizing Charles V. Bossert, his heirs and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the East River between Bronx and Whitestone Landing; with amendment (Rept. No. 126). Referred to the House Calendar. Mr. DICKSTEIN: Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. House Joint Resolution 118. Joint resolution to provide for the return to the Philippine Islands of unemployed Filipinos resident in the continental United States, to authorize appropriations to accomplish that result, and for other purposes; with amendment (Rept. No. 127). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. COX: Committee on Rules. House Resolution 138. Resolution providing for the consideration of S. 7, an act providing for the suspension of annual assessment work on mining claims held by location in the United States and Alaska; without amendment (Rept. No. 128). Referred to the House Calendar. in their countries shall be ended; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. By Mr. PARKER of Georgia: Joint resolution (H.J.Res. 179) designating May 22 as National Maritime Day; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. SABATH: Joint resolution (H.J.Res. 180) to exempt admission to the second gymnastic festival of the American Sokol Union from the admission tax; 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. CANNON of Wisconsin: A bill (H.R. 5612) for the relief of William J. Graff; to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. FITZPATRICK: A bill (H.R. 5613) for the relief of the children of William Wheeler Hubbell and his wife, Elizabeth Catherine Hubbell, both deceased; to the Committee on Claims. By Mr. FOCHT: A bill (H.R. 5614) granting an increase of pension to Margaret E. Laidig; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H.R. 5615) granting a pension to William Cloyd Fisher; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. HARLAN: A bill (H.R. 5616) granting a pension to James F. Deal; to the Committee on Pensions. By Mr. KRAMER: A bill (H.R. 5617) for the relief of Harry McCollister; to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. LEA of California: A bill (H.R. 5618) granting a pension to Mary L. Burgess; to the Committee on Pensions. By Mr. MCLEOD: A bill (H.R. 5619) for the relief of Francis M. Dent; to the Committee on Claims. By Mr. MEEKS: A bill (H.R. 5620) granting a pension to Herman Samuel Coons; to the Committee on Pensions. By Mr. MERRITT: A bill (H.R. 5621) granting a pension to Emma Hodge; to the Committee on Pensions. |