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quility, and promote the general welfare by limiting the Mr. LAMBETH submitted the following resolution, which production, conserving the supply, and controlling and was considered and agreed to (H.Res. 13):

Resolved, That the standing committees of the House of Representatives and the floor leaders are hereby authorized to have such printing and binding done as may be actually necessary for the transaction of their official business during the Seventy-third Congress.

WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE ELECTED

Mr. BYRNS submitted the following resolution, which was considered and agreed to (H.Res. 14):

Resolved, That the following Members be, and they are hereby, elected members of the standing Committee of the House on Ways and Means, to wit:

Robert L. Doughton, of North Carolina, chairman; Heartsill Ragon, of Arkansas; Samuel B. Hill, of Washington; Thomas H. Cullen, of New York; Christopher D. Sullivan, of New York; Morgan G. Sanders, of Texas; John W. McCormack, of Massachusetts; Clement C. Dickinson, of Missouri; David J. Lewis, of Maryland; Fred M. Vinson, of Kentucky; Jere Cooper, of Tennessee; Ashton C. Shallenberger, of Nebraska; Charles West, of Ohio; John W. Boehne, Jr., of Indiana; and James V. McClintic, of Oklahoma.

COMMUNICATIONS

An executive communication, pursuant to clause 2, rule XXIV, was referred as follows:

1. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from the Chief of Engineers, pursuant to section 1 of the River and Harbor Act of January 21, 1927, on Pigeon River, Minn., together with accompanying papers and illustrations, was taken from the Speaker's table and referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors.

RECESS

On motion of Mr. BYRNS, at 4 o'clock and 15 minutes p.m.,

the House stood in recess until the call of the Speaker, the bells to be sounded 15 minutes in advance.

AFTER RECESS-7:43 P.M.

The House was called to order by the Speaker.

FURTHER MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

A further message from the Senate by Mr. Craven, its principal clerk, announced that the Senate had passed without amendment a bill of the House of the following title: H.R. 1491. An act to provide relief in the existing national emergency in banking, and for other purposes.

ENROLLED BILL SIGNED

Mr. PARSONS, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that that committee had examined and found truly enrolled a bill of the House of the following title, which was thereupon signed by the Speaker:

H.R. 1491. An act to provide relief in the existing national emergency in banking, and for other purposes.

And then,

ADJOURNMENT

On motion of Mr. BYRNS, at 7 o'clock and 45 minutes p.m., the House adjourned.

PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

Under clause 3 of rule XXII, public bills and resolutions were introduced and severally referred as follows:

By Mr. PATMAN: A bill (H.R. 1) to provide for controlled expansion of the currency and the immediate payment to veterans of the face value of their adjusted-service certificates; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. MEAD: A bill (H.R. 2) to restore the 2-cent rate of postage on first-class mail matter; to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

By Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania: A bill (H.R. 3) to amend the Air Mail Act of February 2, 1925, as amended by the acts of June 3, 1926, May 17, 1928, and April 29, 1930, further to encourage commercial aviation; to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

By Mr. PARSONS: A bill (H.R. 4) to provide further for the national security and defense, insure domestic tran

facilitating the distribution of agricultural products, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture. By Mr. BACHARACH: A bill (H.R. 5) for the protection and control of anadromous and shore fishes and other aquatic forms of any State or Territory, and authorizing the Department of Commerce to define the seasons and regulate the manner and conditions under which they may be taken or destroyed; to the Committee on Merchant Marine, Radio, and Fisheries.

Also, a bill (H.R. 6) to increase the amount of certain loans made by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to institutions holding mortgages on homes; to the Committee on Banking and Currency.

Also, a bill (H.R. 7) to supplement and amend an act entitled "An act to codify, revise, and amend the laws relating to the judiciary" (act of March 3, 1911, ch. 231) and known as the Judicial Code, and to limit the jurisdiction of district and circuit courts in certain cases; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. BACON: A bill (H.R. 8) relating to the record of registry of certain aliens; to the Committee on Immigration

and Naturalization.

Also, a bill (H.R. 9) to provide for the regulation of common carriers by motor vehicles in the same manner as common carriers by railroad; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

Also, a bill (H.R. 10) to require contractors and subcontractors engaged on public works of the United States to give certain preferences in the employment of labor; to the Committee on Labor.

By Mr. BOLAND: A bill (H.R. 11) authorizing the erection of a memorial to Brig. Gen. Casimir Pulaski at Sa

vannah, Ga.; to the Committee on the Library.

Also, a bill (H.R. 12) to authorize the erection of a United States Veterans' Bureau hospital in Lackawanna County, Pa.; to the Committee on World War Veterans' Legislation. Also, a bill (H.R. 13) imposing an excise tax on motor busses and motor trucks operating over public highways of the United States of America as common carriers engaged in interstate commerce, providing for the assessment and collection thereof, and providing penalties for the violation of this act; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. CANNON of Missouri: A bill (H.R. 14) to require the discoloration of poisons which resemble commonly used foodstuffs; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

Also, a bill (H.R. 15) to prohibit the importation and interstate transportation of films or pictorial representation of certain crimes, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

By Mr. CARTER of Wyoming: A bill (H.R. 16) to investigate and determine the feasibility of the construction of an irrigation dam on the Bear River, Wyo.; to the Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation.

Also, a bill (H.R. 17) to provide for the application of net revenues from the operation of the Shoshone power plant, Wyoming; to the Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation. Also, a bill (H.R. 18) to provide for the storage for diversion of the waters of the North Platte River and construction of the Saratoga reclamation project; to the Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation.

Also, a bill (H.R. 19) to provide for the commemoration of the Battle of Wagon Box, in the State of Wyoming; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. McGUGIN: A bill (H.R. 20) to stabilize the buying power of money; to the Committee on Banking and Currency.

Also, a bill (H.R. 21) to raise the commodity price level to the debt-incurrence stage and to stabilize it thereafter; to the Committee on Banking and Currency.

By Mr. CARTER of Wyoming: A bill (H.R. 22) extending the time for making final proof on homesteads; to the Committee on the Public Lands.

Also, a bill (H.R. 23) amending section 1 of the act entitled "An act to provide for stock-raising homesteads, and for other purposes," approved December 29, 1916 (ch. 9, par. 1, 39 Stat. 862), and as amended February 28, 1931 (ch. 328, 46 Stat. 1454); to the Committee on the Public Lands. Also, a bill (H.R. 24) to amend section 771 (act of July 17, 1916, ch. 245, par. 12, 39 Stat. 370; act of March 4, 1923, ch. 252, Title III, par. 307, 42 Stat. 1476), United States Code, title 12, banks and banking; to the Committee on Banking and Currency.

Also, a bill (H.R. 25) to provide that advances under the Reconstruction Finance Corporation act may be made with lien on crops as adequate security; to the Committee on Banking and Currency.

Also, a bill (H.R. 26) relating to labeling petroleum and petroleum products; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

By Mr. CONNOLLY: A bill (H.R. 27) to authorize the Secretary of War to sell to the highest bidder the port of Newark Army base, giving preference to purchase to the city of Newark; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. CORNING: A bill (H.R. 28) to provide for the construction of a vessel for the Coast Guard designed for ice breaking and assistance work; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

Also, a bill (H.R. 29) authorizing the Secretary of Commerce to dispose of certain lighthouse reservations, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

By Mr. CARTER of Wyoming: A bill (H.R. 30) to provide for the commemoration of the Battle of Dull Knife in the State of Wyoming; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Also, a bill (H.R. 31) to authorize the issuance of unrestricted patents to certain public lands; to the Committee on the Public Lands.

By Mr. EVANS: A bill (H.R. 32) authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to appoint a board of three naval officers to investigate sites for the establishment of a Pacific coast branch of the United States Naval Academy; to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Also, a bill (H.R. 33) to amend an act approved August 13, 1894, entitled "An act for the protection of persons furnishing materials and labor for the construction of public works"; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Also, a bill (H.R. 34) to increase the pensions of persons who have lost the sight of both eyes in line of duty while in the military or naval service of the United States; to the Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. FITZPATRICK: A bill (H.R. 35) transferring trials of Federal officers, agents, or employees of the United States Government from Federal to State jurisdiction; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Also, a bill (H.R. 36) for the trial of Federal or State officers, agents, or employees in the Federal courts for violation of the provisions of the fourth amendment to the Constitution of the United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Also, a bill (H.R. 37) to amend an act of Congress approved March 4, 1927, as amended by the act of May 23, 1928; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. GIFFORD: A bill (H.R. 38) providing for an examination and survey of the harbor at Cuttyhunk, Mass.; to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors.

Also, a bill (H.R. 39) providing for an examination and survey of the shore at Gay Head, Mass.; to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors.

Also, a bill (H.R. 40) providing for an examination and survey of Rock Harbor, Mass.; to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors.

Also, a bill (H.R. 41) providing for an examination and survey of the shore at Manomet Point, Plymouth Harbor, Mass.; to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors.

Also, a bill (H.R. 42) for a Coast Guard station at the eastern entrance to Cape Cod Canal, Mass.; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

Also, a bill (H.R. 43) to provide for changing the time of the meeting of Congress, the beginning of the terms of Members of Congress, the time when the electoral votes shall be counted, and to provide for certain contingencies in filling the office of President, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives in Congress.

Also, a bill (H.R. 44) to liberalize the retirement law for members of the former Life Saving Service; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce;

By Mr. GUYER: A bill (H.R. 45) for the relief of officers and soldiers of the volunteer service of the United States mustered into the service for the War with Spain and who were held to service in the Philippine Islands after the ratification of the treaty of peace, April 11, 1899; to the Committee on War Claims.

Also, a bill (H.R. 46) 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.

Also, a bill (H.R. 47) to require the employment of American citizens on observation cars, club cars, and sleeping cars used by railroads in interstate commerce; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

Also, a bill (H.R. 48) to extend the time for completing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Kansas City, Kans.; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

Also, a bill (H.R. 49) to authorize the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to make loans to private colleges, universities, and institutions of higher learning, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking and Currency.

By Mr. HART: A bill (H.R. 50) to extend the benefits of the tariff to surplus agricultural products; to the Committee on Agriculture.

By Mr. MARTIN of Oregon: A bill (H.R. 51) to provide for the acquisition of certain timberlands and the sale thereof to the State of Oregon for recreational and scenic purposes; to the Committee on the Public Lands.

Also, a bill (H.R. 52) to provide for the construction of works for the development of the Columbia River and minor tributaries, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors.

Also, a bill (H.R. 53) to amend section 24 of the Judicial Code, as amended, with respect to the jurisdiction of the district courts of the United States over suits relating to orders of State administrative boards; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Also, a bill (H.R. 54) to amend section 217, as amended, of the act entitled "An act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States ", approved January 11, 1929; to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

Also, a bill (H.R. 55) to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to make a long-term contract for a supply of water to the United States naval station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Also, a bill (H.R. 56) to create a bureau of welfare of the blind in the Department of Labor, to provide for issuing of license to blind persons to operate stands in Federal buildings, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Labor.

Also, a bill (H.R. 57) to amend the first paragraph of section 5 of the act entitled "An act for the retirement of employees in the classified civil service, and for other purposes ", approved May 22, 1930, and acts in amendment thereof; to the Committee on the Civil Service.

Also, a bill (H.R. 58) to facilitate the use and occupancy of national-forest lands for purposes of residence, recreation, education, industry, and commerce; to the Committee on Agriculture.

Also, a bill (H.R. 59) providing for the reconditioning of the old Federal post office and Federal courthouse building

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in the city of Portland, Oreg.; to the Committee on Public | ing thereto, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Buildings and Grounds. Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

Also, a bill (H.R. 60) to amend the act entitled "An act to give war-time rank to retired officers and former officers of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and/or Coast Guard of the United States", approved June 21, 1930, so as to give class B officers of the Army the benefits of such act; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Also, a bill (H.R. 61) to amend the retirement laws affecting certain grades of Army officers; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Also, a bill (H.R. 62) relating to the cancellations of starroute mail contracts; to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

Also, a bill (H.R. 63) to extend the provisions of the Forest Exchange Act to lands adjacent to the national forests in the State of Oregan; to the Committee on the Public Lands.

By Mr. MCSWAIN: A bill (H.R. 64) providing for the purchase of a suitable site and the erection of a public building at Inman, S.C.; to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.

Also, a bill (H.R. 65) providing for the purchase of a suitable site and the erection of a public building at Jonesville, S.C.; to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.

Also, a bill (H.R. 66) providing for the purchase of a suitable site and the erection of a public building at Fountain Inn, S.C.; to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.

Also, a bill (H.R. 67) providing for the purchase of a suitable site and the erection of a public building at Woodruff, S.C.; to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.

Also, a bill (H.R. 68) providing for the purchase of a suitable site and the erection of a public building at Greer, S.C.; to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.

By Mr. SINCLAIR: A bill (H.R. 82) to provide for the conducting of livestock breeding, growing, and feeding experiments in connection with the Dickinson field station at Dickinson, N.Dak.; to the Committee on Agriculture.

Also, a bill (H.R. 83) authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to erect a monument as a memorial to the return from Canada, and surrender to the Government of the United States, of the Sioux Indian chiefs, Sitting Bull, Gall, Rain in the Face, and Crow King, with their several bands of followers, in 1881; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Also, a bill (H.R. 84) restoring to tribal status and allotment certain lands on Standing Rock Indian Reservation in the States of South Dakota and North Dakota; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Also, a bill (H.R. 85) to extend Federal aid to certain school districts in the State of North Dakota upon condition that the public-school buildings benefited shall be available to Indian children of Fort Berthold Indian Reservation; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Also, a bill (H.R. 86) to amend the United States Grain Standards Act; to the Committee on Agriculture.

Also, a bill (H.R. 87) to establish an honest money system where the medium of exchange will give equal benefits to every American citizen and wherein the lawful money of the Government shall be used for the benefit of all the people, to reduce the rate of interest on loans, to encourage agriculture and the ownership of homes, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking and Currency.

Also, a bill (H.R. 88) to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to adjust debts owing the United States for seed, feed, and crop-production loans; to the Committee on Agri

culture.

Also, a bill (H.R. 89) to increase the tariff duties on

Also, a bill (H.R. 69) to empower judges to grant a limited moratorium in foreclosure proceedings; to the Committee flaxseed and the oils produced therefrom; to the Committee

on the Judiciary.

Also, a bill (H.R. 70) to provide for the issuance of United States bonds in order to expand the volume of Federal reserve notes, to provide for the purchasing and coining of silver, to provide for the protection of the gold reserves of the United States, and to relieve the existing national emergency; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Also, a bill (H.R. 71) to authorize naval and Marine Corps service of Army officers to be included in computing dates of retirement; to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H.R. 72) to promote agricultural progress; to the Committee on Agriculture.

Also, a bill (H.R. 73) to aid the several States in constructing post roads; to the Committee on Roads.

Also, a bill (H.R. 74) to provide for the commemoration of the Battle of Blackstock; to the Committee on Military

Affairs.

Also, a bill (H.R. 75) to provide for the commemoration of the Battle of Musgrove's Mill; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Also, a bill (H.R. 76) to require the Secretary of War to mark the places where military organizations trained for the World War; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. MILLARD: A bill (H.R. 77) to amend the law relating to the naturalization of children of naturalized citizens; to the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization.

Also, a bill (H.R. 78) to provide for the use of nonscattering safety glass in motor vehicles owned by the United States or the District of Columbia; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

Also, a bill (H.R. 79) to prevent desecration of the flag and insignia of the United States and to provide punishment therefor; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. MILLIGAN: A bill (H.R.80) authorizing loans by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to aid in refinancing obligations of drainage districts, levee districts, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking and Currency. Also, a bill (H.R. 81) to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters and to revise the laws pertain

on Ways and Means.

Also, a bill (H.R. 90) to establish the Roosevelt national park in North Dakota; to the Committee on the Public

Lands.

Also, a bill (H.R. 91) to promote and encourage agriculture by divesting grains of their interstate character in certain cases; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

Also, a bill (H.R. 92) referring the claims of the Turtle Mountain Band or Bands of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota to the Court of Claims for adjudication and settlement; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

By Mr. SNELL: A bill (H.R. 93) to authorize the Secretary of War to sell to the Plattsburgh National Bank & Trust Co. a tract of land comprising part of the Plattsburgh Barracks Military Reservation, N.Y.; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. SUTPHIN: A bill (H.R. 94) to prohibit the deposit of refuse in navigable waters when navigation is endangered or waters are made injurious to health or seafood by such deposit, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors.

Also, a bill (H.R. 95) providing for the retirement of enlisted men of the Navy and Marine Corps who become physically incapacitated for active duty as an incident of their service; to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Also, a bill (H.R. 96) authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into a contract or contracts for the erection and completion of a plant suitable for the investigation of the Bureau of Mines in New Brunswick, N.J.; to the Committee on Mines and Mining.

Also, a bill (H.R. 97) to provide Federal aid for the construction of groins and bulkheads for coast protection; to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors.

Also, a bill (H.R. 98) to amend the act entitled "An act for the relief of soldiers who were discharged from the Army during the World War because of misrepresentation of age approved March 2, 1929; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. WATSON: A bill (H.R. 99) to authorize the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to make loans to aid in financing projects for the construction of sewerage systems or sewage-disposal works; to the Committee on Banking and Currency.

Also, a bill (H.R. 100) to prohibit the sending of unsolicited merchandise through the mails; to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

By Mr. WOLVERTON: A bill (H.R. 101) to amend the World War Veterans' Act, 1924, as amended; to the Committee on World War Veterans' Legislation.

Also, a bill (H.R. 102) to authorize the donation of obsolete Army rifles and accessories to organizations of war veterans, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Also, a bill (H. R. 103) to amend the World War Veterans' Act, 1924, as amended; to the Committee on World War | Veterans' Legislation.

By Mr. ANDREW of Massachusetts: A bill (H.R. 104) for the treatment and transportation of shipwrecked American fishermen stranded abroad; to the Committee on Merchant Marine, Radio, and Fisheries.

Also, a bill (H.R. 118) to amend section 7 of an act entitled "An act making appropriations to provide for the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, and for other purposes ", approved July 1, 1902, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the District of Columbia.

Also, a bill (H.R. 119) to establish a woman's bureau in the Metropolitan police department of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the District of Columbia.

Also, a bill (H.R. 120) amending the civil service retirement act; to the Committee on the Civil Service.

Also, a bill (H.R. 121) to amend section 7 of an act entitled "An act making appropriations to provide for the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, and for other purposes ", approved July 1, 1902, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the District of Columbia.

By Mr. GOSS: A bill (H.R. 122) to regulate the use and sale of wood alcohol; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Also, a bill (H.R. 123) to provide for placing certain educational orders to familiarize private manufacturing establishments with the production of certain ordnance, and to provide for manufacture of certain ordnance by Gov

Affairs.

By Mr. BLAND: A bill (H.R. 105) providing for loans or
advances by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
through its regional credit corporations, to farm mortgagers | ernment-owned arsenal; to the Committee on Military
to enable them to lower the rate of interest on their farm-
mortgage loans and to secure the postponement of the fore-
closure of farm mortgages for a period of two years, and
for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking and Cur-
rency.

Also, a bill (H.R. 106) to provide for the construction of a bridge over the Rappahannock River as a memorial to President Madison; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

By Mr. BLANTON: A bill (H.R. 107) to repeal the tax on bank checks; to the Committee on Ways and Means. Also, a bill (H.R. 108) to restore the 2-cent rate of postage on first-class mail matter; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Also, a bill (H.R. 109) to provide for the suspension of immigration of aliens into the United States; to the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization.

By Mr. BOYLAN: A bill (H.R. 110) authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to make an examination of certain claims of the State of Missouri; to the Committee on War Claims.

By Mr. BRITTEN: A bill (H.R. 111) for the repeal of the drastic so-called Jones 5-and-10 law; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. BUCKBEE: A bill (H.R. 112) to raise revenue, protect American labor, and assist the American farmer by providing for the use in motor fuels of alcohol manufactured from agricultural products grown upon the farm in the United States; to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. CARLEY: A bill (H.R. 113) relating to contracts for the erection or alteration of public buildings; to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.

By Mr. CROSS: A bill (H.R. 114) to restore confidence by raising commodity prices through expanding the currency by using silver to broaden the metallic monetary base while preserving the gold standard; to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures.

By Mr. EVANS: A bill (H.R. 115) prescribing regulations for carrying on the business of lighter service from any of the ports of the United States to stationary ships or barges located offshore and for the purpose of promoting the safety | of navigation; to the Committee on Merchant Marine, Radio, and Fisheries.

By Mr. GIBSON: A bill (H.R. 116) to amend the civil service retirement act; to the Committee on the Civil Service.

Also, a bill (H.R. 117) to regulate the importation of milk and cream and milk and cream products into the United States for the purpose of promoting the dairy industry of the United States and protecting the public health; to the Committee on Agriculture.

Also, a bill (H.R. 124) to require contractors on publicbuilding projects to name their subcontractors, material men, and supply men, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments.

By Mr. GRISWOLD: A bill (H.R. 125) authorizing employees of the Veterans' Administation to accept or reject quarters furnished by the Veterans' Administration; to the Committee on World War Veterans' Legislation.

By Mr. HARLAN: A bill (H.R. 126) authorizing employees of the Veterans' Administration to accept or reject quarters furnished by the Veterans' Administration; to the Committee on World War Veterans' Legislation.

Also, a bill (H.R. 127) to remove limitations on the amount of property held by benevolent, charitable, and other nonprofit corporations incorporated in the District of Columbia by private act of Congress; to the Committee on the District of Columbia.

Also, a bill (H.R. 128) to provide additional compensation to World War veterans for the loss of an eye in active service in line of duty in the World War; to the Committee on World War Veterans' Legislation.

Also, a bill (H.R. 129) to provide for the settlement of claims against the United States on account of property damage or loss, personal injury, or death; to the Committee on Claims.

Also, a bill (H.R. 130) to amend the act approved May
15, 1928, entitled "An act for the control of floods on the
| Mississippi River and its tributaries, and for other pur-
poses "; to the Committee on Flood Control.

Also, a bill (H.R. 131) to provide that certain veterans
not honorably discharged shall be admitted to Veterans'
Administration homes; to the Committee on World War
Veterans' Legislation.

Also, a bill (H.R. 132) to amend the World War Veterans'
Act, 1924, as amended; to the Committee on World War
Veterans' Legislation.

By Mr. JENKINS: A bill (H.R. 133) further restricting
immigration into the United States; to the Committee on
Immigration and Naturalization.

Also, a bill (H.R. 134) to change preferences within the quotas; to the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization.

Also, a bill (H.R. 135) to repeal the first proviso of section 24 of the Immigration Act of February 5, 1917; to the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization.

Also, a bill (H.R. 136) to make uniform the method of appointing immigration officials in charge of districts, ports, or stations; to the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization.

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Also, a bill (H.R. 137) to insure payment of bank deposits
in national banks and member banks of the Federal Reserve
System; to the Committee on Banking and Currency.

By Mr. MAY: A bill (H.R. 138) to provide for an addi-
tional district judge for the eastern and western districts of
Kentucky, and to amend section 83 of the Judicial Code, as
amended; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Also, a bill (H.R. 139) to authorize the leasing of the
Muscle Shoals property upon certain terms and conditions,
to provide for the national defense, and for the regulation
of interstate commerce, and for other purposes; to the Com-
mittee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. MCSWAIN: A bill (H.R. 140) to amend the Federal
Reserve Act; to the Committee on Banking and Currency.

By Mr. MCKEOWN: A bill (H.R. 141) to provide that no
interest shall be charged veterans on loans made on ad-
justed-service certificates, and for other purposes; to the
Committee on Ways and Means.

Also, a bill (H.R. 142) to amend the act of February 8,
1875, entitled "An act levying a tax of 10 percent per annum
on every person, firm, association, other than national-bank
associations, and every corporation State bank or State
banking association, on the amount of their own notes used
for circulation and paid out by them "; to the Committee
on Ways and Means.

Also, a bill (H.R. 143) to authorize the purchase by the
Government of American-produced silver, to provide for the
issuance of silver certificates in payment therefor, to provide
for the coinage of such silver, and for other purposes; to
the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures.

Also, a bill (H.R. 144) amending section 200, World War
Veterans' Act, 1924; to the Committee on World War Vet-
erans' Legislation.

By Mr. MCSWAIN: A bill (H.R. 145) to amend the Fed-
eral Reserve Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee
on Banking and Currency.

By Mr. O'CONNOR: A bill (H.R. 146) to amend the act
of June 18, 1929, entitled "An act to provide for the fifteenth
and subsequent decennial censuses, and to provide for
apportionment of Representatives in Congress "; to the Com-
mittee on the Census.

Also, a bill (H.R. 147) to incorporate the Big Brother and
Big Sister Federation, and for other purposes; to the Com-
mittee on the District of Columbia.

By Mr. PETTENGILL: A bill (H.R. 148) to provide for
the issuance of stamped money certificates, and for other
purpose; to the Committee on Banking and Currency.

By Mr. SPENCE: A bill (H.R. 149) to regulate the rate of
premium on bonds of officers and employees in the motor-
vehicle service of the Post Office Department; to the Com-
mittee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

By Mr. WELCH: A bill (H.R. 150) to provide for the
protection of fish by requiring reports on the location of
'canneries in Alaska and prohibiting certain salmon unlaw- |
fully caught from being brought into the United States, and
for other purposes; to the Committee on Merchant Marine,
Radio, and Fisheries.

Also, a bill (H.R. 151) to provide that the prevailing rate
of wages shall be paid to laborers and mechanics employed
in the construction of Federal-aid highways, and for other
purposes; to the Committee on Roads.

Also, a bill (H.R.152) to amend subsection (d) of section
11 of the Merchant Marine Act of June 5, 1920, as amended
by section 301 of the Merchant Marine Act of May 22, 1928;
to the Committee on Merchant Marine, Radio, and Fisheries.
Also, a bill (H.R. 153) to provide for the establishment,
operation, and maintenance of foreign-trade zones in ports
of the United States; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. WIGGLESWORTH: A bill (H.R. 154) for the pro-
tection of laborers and mechanics on public buildings or
public works of the United States; to the Committee on
Labor.

PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

Under clause 1 of rule XXII, private bills and resolutions
were introduced and severally referred as follows:

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By Mr. ANDREW of Massachusetts: A bill (H.R. 155)
granting a pension to Jennie M. Spaulding; to the Com-
mittee on Invalid Pensions.

Also, a bill (H.R. 156) for the relief of Frank O. Glover;
to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Also, a bill (H.R. 157) for preliminary examination and
survey of Plum Island and Parker Rivers, Mass.; to the
Committee on Rivers and Harbors.

Also, a bill (H.R. 158) for the relief of William H. Flem-
ing; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Also, a bill (H.R. 159) for the relief of William H. Carter;
to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Also, a bill (H.R. 160) for the relief of Joanna A. Shee-
han; to the Committee on Claims.

Also, a bill (H.R. 161) granting a pension to Annie Beals;
to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

Also, a bill (H.R. 162) granting a pension to Susie Fiedler;
to the Committee on Pensions.

Also, a bill (H.R. 163) granting an increase of pension to
Mary Elizabeth Eaton; to the Committee on Invalid Pen-
sions.

By Mr. AYRES of Kansas: A bill (H.R. 164) granting a
pension to Russell G. Cromwell; to the Committee on Pen-
sions.

Also, a bill (H.R. 165) granting a pension to Sarah Ann
Thomas; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.
Also, a bill (H.R. 166) granting a pension to Azelle V.
Crawford; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.
Also, a bill (H.R. 167) granting an increase of pension to
Mary C. Snyder; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.
Also, a bill (H.R. 168) granting an increase of pension to
Miriam A. Williams; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.
Also, a bill (H.R. 169) granting an increase of pension to
Eliza Robinson; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.
Also, a bill (H.R. 170) granting an increase of pension to
Sarah P. Scott; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.
Also, a bill (H. R. 171) granting an increase of pension to
Florence I. Huss; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.
Also, a bill (H.R. 172) granting an increase of pension to
Susan I. Queen; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.
Also, a bill (H.R. 173) granting an increase of pension to
Mathilda Danielson; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.
Also, a bill (H.R. 174) granting a pension to Martha Ella
Downing; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

Also, a bill (H.R. 175) granting an increase of pension to
Marcha Ann Corkill; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.
Also, a bill (H.R. 176) granting a pension to Hulda S.
Dick; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

Also, a bill (H.R. 177) for the relief of Lottie Bryant
Steel; to the Committee on Claims.

Also, a bill (H.R. 178) for the relief of John I. Saunders;
to the Committee on Claims.

Also, a bill (H.R. 179) for the relief of Amos F. Wester-
field; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Also, a bill (H.R. 180) for the relief of Zachara T. Ed-
wards; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. BACHARACH: A bill (H.R. 181) granting an in-
crease of pension to Jennie Wood; to the Committee on
Invalid Pensions.

Also, a bill (H.R. 182) granting an increase of pension
to Mary J. Goodwin; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.
Also, a bill (H.R. 183) granting an increase of pension to
Rachel P. Thomas; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.
Also, a bill (H.R. 184) granting an increase of pension to
Maria Stackhouse; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.
Also, a bill (H.R. 185) granting an increase of pension to
Amanda L. Dare; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.
Also, a bill (H.R. 186) granting an increase of pension to
Sarah Ayres; to the Committee on Invalid Pension.

Also, a bill (H.R. 187) granting a pension to Della Dabbs;
to the Committee on Pensions.

Also, a bill (H.R. 188) granting a pension to Mary A. M.
Lafferty; to the Committee on Pensions.

Also, a bill (H.R. 189) for the relief of the Delaware Bay
Shipbuilding Co.; to the Committee on Claims.

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