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A resolution of the Building Trades Council, of Lawrence, Mass., praying the passage of an amendment granting the right of suffrage to women; to the Committee on Woman Suffrage. A resolution of the Central Labor Union of Worcester, Mass., remonstrating against nation-wide prohibition; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

A petition of citizens of Cambridge, Brighton, and Lawrence, Mass., praying Congress to assist Ireland to establish an independent government; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Memorials of State legislatures and petitions praying Congress to aid in establishing a league of nations were presented as follows:

By Mr. Myers: A memorial of the Legislature of the State of Montana.

By Mr. La Follette: A memorial of the Legislature of the State of Wisconsin.

By Mr. Smith of Arizona: A memorial of the Legislature of the State of Arizona.

By Mr. Gronna: A memorial of the Legislature of the State of North Dakota.

By Mr. Wadsworth: A petition of citizens of Plattsburg, N. Y. By Mr. Lodge: A resolution of the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and petitions of citizens of Lynn, Andover, and Lexington, Mass.

By Mr. Warren: Petitions of citizens of Rock Springs and Bosler, Wyo.

By Mr. McLean: Several petitions of citizens of the State of Connecticut.

Ordered, That they be referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Petitions praying the passage of legislation providing for the continuance of Government ownership and operation of railroads were presented as follows:

By Mr. Wadsworth: Petitions of citizens of New York, N. Y. By Mr. Smith of Arizona: A petition of the Arizona Cattle Growers' Association.

By Mr. Warren: Petitions of citizens of Sheridan and Crosby, Wyo.

Ordered, That they be referred to the Committee on Interstate Commerce.

Petitions praying the repeal of the so-called daylight-saving law were presented, as follows:

By Mr. McLean: A petition of citizens of Farmington, Conn. By Mr. Sterling: A petition of citizens of South Dakota. By Mr. Wadsworth: A petition of citizens of Jamestown, N. Y. Ordered, That they be referred to the Committee on Interstate Commerce.

COVENANT OF LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

Mr. Pittman presented a copy of the covenant of the league of nations in its original form, together with the address of the President of the United States in the presentation thereof, also a copy of the amended form of the covenant, together with the address of the President in presenting the same; which were ordered to be printed.

BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS.

Bills and joint resolutions were introduced, read the first and second times by unanimous consent, and referred as follows: By Mr. Pittman:

A bill (S. 1)) authorizing the cutting of timber for mining purposes by corporations organized in one State and conducting mining operations in another;

A bill (S. 2) for the relief of settlers and town-site occupants of certain lands in the Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation, Nev.; and

A bill (S. 3) to authorize exploration for and disposition of coal,, phosphate, sodium, oil, oil shale, or gas on the public domain; to the Committee on Public Lands.

A bill (S. 4) to remove the charge of desertion from the military record of David D. Sharp; and

A bill (S. 5) to remove the charge of desertion from the military record of David H. Hartson; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

A bill (S. 6) to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey title to certain lands in the State of Nevada; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

A bill (S. 7) to regulate the interstate use of automobiles and all self-propelled vehicles which use the public highways in interstate commerce; to the Committee on Interstate Commerce. A bill (S. 8) to provide for the application of the reclamation law to irrigation districts; and

A bill (S. 9) to encourage the reclamation of certain arid lands in the State of Nevada, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands. A bill (S. 10) for the relief of J. I. Earl; and

A bill (S. 11) for the relief of John B. O'Sullivan; to the Committee on Claims.

A bill (S. 12) prohibiting the interment of the body of any person in the cemetery known as the Cemetery of the White's Tabernacle No. 39 of the Ancient Order of Sons and Daughters, Brethren and Sisters of Moses, in the District of Columbia; to the Committee on the District of Columbia.

A bill (S. 13) granting an increase of pension to Daniel Callahan; to the Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Pomerene:

A bill (S. 14) authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver to the State of Ohio the cannon, machine guns, and other military equipment captured by the Thirty-seventh Division, American Expeditionary Forces; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. Smith of Georgia :

A bill (S. 15) to create a department of education, to appro│priate money for the conduct of said department, to appropriate money to encourage the States in the promotion and support of education, and for other purposes;

A bill (S. 16) to establish engineer experiment stations in the States and Territories in connection with institutions of higher technical education, for the promotion of engineering and industrial research as a measure of industrial, commercial, military, and naval progress and preparedness in times of peace or war; A bill (S. 17) to promote the education of native illiterates, of persons unable to understand and use the English language, and other resident persons of foreign birth; to provide for cooperation with the States in the education of such persons in the English language, the fundamental principles of government and citizenship, the elements of knowledge pertaining to selfsupport and home making, and in such other work as will assist in preparing such illiterates and foreign-born persons for successful living and intelligent American citizenship; and

A bill (S. 18) to provide for the promotion of vocational rehabilitation of persons disabled in industry or otherwise and their return to civil employment; to the Committee on Education and Labor.

By Mr. Myers:

A bill (S. 19) to amend an act entitled "An act to amend sections 2291 and 2297 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to homesteads "; and

A bill (S. 20) to provide for the payment for certain lands within the former Flathead Indian Reservation in the State of Montana; to the Committee on Public Lands.

A bill (S. 21) to provide for the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon at Anaconda, in the State of Montana; and

A bill (S. 22) providing for the enlargement of the Federal building at Missoula, Mont.; to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds:

A bill (S. 23) for the relief of George A. Robertson:

A bill (S. 24) for the relief of F. A. Carnal and Ada Lewis;
A bill (S. 25) for the relief of Benjamine O. Kerlee;
A bill (S. 26) for the relief of G. W. Kates; and

A bill (S. 27) for the relief of Joseph C. Cosley; to the Com mittee on Claims.

By Mr. King:

A bill (S. 28) to provide for the deportation of certain aliens from the United States; and

A bill (S. 29) to establish in the Department of Labor a bureau of citizenship and Americanization for the Americanization of naturalized citizens; amend section 4 of the act approved June 29, 1906, entitled "An act to establish a Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization and to provide a uniform rule for the naturalization of aliens throughout the United States, and for other purposes;" to the Committee on Immigration.

A bill (S. 30) to establish within the Department of the Treasury a bureau for the regulation and supervision of the export of savings from the United States; to the Committee on Banking and Currency.

A bill (S. 31) to repeal the act approved March 1, 1913, entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to regulate commerce,' approved February 4, 1887, and all acts amendatory thereof, by providing for a valuation of the several classes of property of carriers subject thereto and securing information concerning their stocks, bonds, and other securities;" to the Committee on Interstate Commerce.

A bill (S. 32) for the relief of John Gray; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

A bill (S. 33) to prohibit and punish certain characteristic acts of Bolshevism in the United States; and

A bill (S. 34) to amend the act entitled "An act to punish acts of interference with the foreign relations, the neutrality, and the foreign commerce of the United States, to punish espionage,

and better to enforce the criminal laws of the United States, and for other purposes," approved June 15, 1917, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

A bill (S. 35) to provide for the survey of a national highway connecting certain national monuments in the States of Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico;

A bill (S. 36) to repeal the act of Congress approved February 1, 1905, and to transfer national forests from the Department of Agriculture to the Department of the Interior, and for other purposes;

ties for violation, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Interstate Commerce.

A bill (S. 63) for the retirement of employees in the classified civil service; to the Committee on Civil Service and Retrenchment.

By Mr. Chamberlain :

A bill (S. 64) to establish military justice; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

A bill (S. 65) granting a pension to Lydia A. Tromblee; and
A bill (S. 66) granting a pension to Joseph B. Doan (with ac-

A bill (S. 37) to establish a branch of the Interior Depart-companying papers); to the Committee on Pensions.
ment in the Western States and to transfer to such branch cer-
tain bureaus and offices of the Interior Department; and

By Mr. Thomas:

A bill (S. 67) to provide for the creation of Federal railroad

A bill (S. 38) to establish the Zion National Park in the State companies, to establish a more effective supervision of railroads of Utah; to the Committee on Public Lands.

A bill (S. 39) for the relief of H. G. Godfrey;

A bill (S. 40) for the relief of Frank Harrigan; and

A bill (S. 41) for the relief of Franklin A. Swenson; to the Committee on Claims.

A bill (S. 42) for the relief of Emma Kiener;

A bill (S. 43) to cede unreserved public lands to the several States;

A bill (S. 44) to prevent the withdrawal of mineral lands of the United States from entry and occupancy under the laws of the United States;

A bill (S. 45) providing for cooperation between the United States and State governments in the rural settlement of soldiers, sailors, and marines, and to promote the reclamation of lands, and for other purposes;

A bill (S. 46) for the protection of the water supply of the town of Sunnyside, Utah;

A bill (S. 47) to amend sections 2325 and 2326 of the Revised Statutes prescribing the method of obtaining patent to mining claims;

A bill (S. 48) for the relief of purchasers from the State of Utah of lands in sections 2, 16, 32, and 36 in said State; and

A bill (S. 49) to authorize the exchange of certain lands within the Wasatch National Forest, Utah; to the Committee on Public Lands.

A bill (S. 50) providing for a reclamation project on Green and Grand Rivers, in the State of Utah;

A bill (S. 51) providing for a reclamation project on Price River, Utah; and

in the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Interstate Commerce.

A bill (S. 68) granting an increase of pension to Albert N. Raymond (with accompanying paper); to the Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Smith of Arizona:

A bill (S. 69) to punish aliens in the United States for conspiracy against the Government, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

A bill (S. 70) providing for the construction of a dam across the Gila River, at or near San Carlos, in the State of Arizona; to the Committee on Commerce.

A bill (S. 71) for the erection of a public building in the city of Tucson, Ariz.; to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.

A bill (S. 72) for the relief of settlers on Baca Float Grant No. 3, in the State of Arizona; and

A bill (S. 73) granting a right of way over public lands for certain purposes; to the Committee on Public Lands.

A bill (S. 74) authorizing the Secretary of War, in his discretion, to deliver to the city of Nogales, in the State of Arizona, one cannon, with carriage, captured in the war with Germany, together with a suitable number of shells;

A bill (S. 75) authorizing the Secretary of War, in his discretion, to deliver to the city of Douglas, in the State of Arizona, one cannon, with carriage, captured in the war with Germany, together with a suitable number of shells; and

A bill (S. 76) authorizing the Secretary of War, in his discretion, to deliver to the city of Tucson, in the State of Arizona, one cannon, with carriage, captured in the war with Germany, together with a suitable number of shells; to the Committee on

A bill (S. 52) providing for a reclamation project on the
Strawberry River, Duchesne County, Utah, to be known as the
Castle Peak reclamation project; to the Committee on Irriga-Military Affairs.
tion and Reclamation of Arid Lands.

A bill (S. 53) to pension the survivors of certain Indian wars and disturbances in Utah Territory from 1849 to 1869, inclusive, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Fletcher:

A bill (S. 54) to further protect interstate and foreign commerce against bribery and other corrupt trade practices; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

A bill (S. 55) to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to adjust disputes or claims by entrymen, selectors, grantees, and patentees of the United States against the United States and between each other arising from faulty surveys in townships 36, 37, and 38 south, ranges 29 and 30 east, Tallahassee meridian, in the State of Florida, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Public Lands.

By Mr. Trammell:

A bill (S. 56) providing for additional compensation to persons serving in the military and naval forces of the United States during the war with the German Empire; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. McKellar:

A bill (S. 57) regulating trials by jury; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

A bill (S. 58) relating to discharges of certain soldiers and sailors who served in the war with Germany; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

A bill (S. 59) to amend an act entitled "An act relating to navigation of vessels, bills of lading, and to certain obligations. duties, and rights in connection with the carriage of property," approved February 13, 1893;

A bill (S. 77) for the relief of Mrs. W. P. Miller (with accompanying papers); to the Committee on Claims.

A bill (S. 78) granting an increase of pension to Carrier Thompson; and

A bill (S. 79) granting an increase of pension to James F. Duncan; to the Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. La Follette:

A bill (S. 80) to repeal an act entitled "An act to save day. light and to provide standard time for the United States"; to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry.

A bill (S. 81) to repeal section 3 of Title I and Title XII of Public 24 and Public 150, Sixty-fifth Congress; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

A bill (S. 82) granting an increase of pension to Henry L. Bannow;

A bill (S. 83) granting an increase of pension to Charles F. Hahn;

A bill (S. 84) granting a pension to Susan E. Richardson;

A bill (S. 85) granting a pension to John Daley; and

A bill (S. 86) granting a pension to Alphonso L. Armstrong; to the Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Gronna:

A bill (S. 87) granting a pension to Emil Moellendorf;

A bill (S. 88) granting an increase of pension to Thomas Harrison;

A bill (S. 89) granting an increase of pension to Frank C. Myrick;

A bill (S. 90) granting a pension to Daniel Stahler;

A bill (S. 91) granting a pension to August Wohlgemuth;

A bill (S. 92) granting an increase of pension to Rosetta

A bill (S. 60) authorizing the Director General of Railroads Waldref; and to establish a system of mileage books;

A bill (S. 61) regulating shipments of freight to foreign ports and prohibiting discrimination in the receipt and shipment of such freight; and

A bill (S. 62) to prohibit interstate shipments or transportation of certain food products, to define and to prohibit transportation and sale of adulterated or misbranded food products, to regulate traffic therein, to define and regulate cold storage, to regulate dealing in cold-storage food products, and to fix penal

A bill (S. 93) granting a pension to John M. Johnson; to the Committee on Pensions.

A bill (S. 94) relating to the use and occupation of lands of the United States for the development of water power, and for other purposes;

A bill (S. 95) to provide for the disposal of coal and coal lands; A bill (S. 96) granting to the State of North Dakota 50,000 acres of land to aid in the maintenance of a normal school at Dickinson, N. Dak.;

A bill (S. 97) to provide for the classification of the public lands of the United States;

A bill (S. 98) relating to additional entries on lands subject to entry under the enlarged-homestead act;

A bill (S. 99) to authorize the disposal of phosphate, oil, asphaltum, or natural gas; and

A bill (S. 100) revoking authority to lease Sibley Island, in the Missouri River, to the city of Bismarck, N. Dak.; to the Committee on Public Lands,

A bill (S. 101) to provide for the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon at Crosby, N. Dak.; to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.

A bill (S. 102) providing for the admission to the mails as second-class matter of publications issued by certain public institutions and boards; to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads.

A bill (S. 103) to prohibit selling of intoxicating beverages in the Territory of Hawaii; to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico.

A bill (S. 104) to establish a fish-cultural station in the State of North Dakota; to the Committee on Fisheries.

A bill (S. 105) for the promotion of engineering and industrial research; to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. A bill (S. 106) to amend section 10 of the act entitled "An act to establish a Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization and to provide for a uniform rule for the naturalization of aliens throughout the United States," approved June 29, 1906; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

A bill (S. 107) making it unlawful for any Member of Congress to serve on or solicit funds for any political committee, club, or organization; and

A bill (S. 108) to limit campaign contributions and expenditures and to provide for publicity thereof; to the Committee on Privileges and Elections.

A bill (S. 109) to aid navigation and control floods on the boundary waters of Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota; to the Committee on Commerce.

A bill (S. 110) for the relief of Rodger Caplette;

A bill (S. 111) for the relief of Bonnar Borzie and his minor children, Helen, Joseph, Rosalie, and Mary; and

A bill (S. 112) relating to the disposal of coal and mineral deposits in Indian lands; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

A bill (S. 113) providing for a reduced rate for the transportation of laborers when traveling on the railroads of the United States under the direction and control of the United States Department of Labor;

A bill (S. 114) to amend section 1 of an act entitled "An act to regulate commerce," approved February 4, 1887, as heretofore amended; and

A bill (S. 115) for the prevention of cruelty to animals transported in interstate commerce; to the Committee on Interstate Commerce.

A bill (S. 116) granting additional pay to officers, enlisted men, and others serving in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard;

A bill (S. 125) to establish an Indian boarding school at or near the city of Rolla, in the State of North Dakota; and

A bill (S. 126) conferring jurisdiction on the Court of Claims to permit the Yankton and Cuthead Bands of Sioux Indians to intervene in the action of the Sisseton and Wahpeton Bands of | Sioux Indians against the United States (Docket No. 33731), and to hear, determine, and render judgment in said action in claims of Yankton and Cuthead Bands of Sioux Indians against the United States; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

A bill (S. 127) authorizing the Secretary of War to donate to Richland County, N. Dak., three brass cannons, with carriages;

A bill (S. 128) for the relief of Isaac J. Reese;

A bill (S. 129) to correct the military record of A. M. Weller; and

A bill (S. 130) for the relief of John H. Fesenmeyer, alias John Wills; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

A bill (S. 131) to provide that petty officers, noncommissioned officers, and enlisted men of the United States Navy and Marine Corps on the retired list who had creditable Civil War service shall receive the rank or rating and the pay of the next higher enlisted grade; to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

A bill (S. 132) for the relief of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co., the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co., and the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.; to the Committee on Claims.

A bill (S. 133) to establish a fish-cultural station in the State of North Dakota;

A bill (S. 134) to establish a fish hatchery on Strawberry Lake in North Dakota;

A bill (S. 135) to establish a fish-cultural station on the upper Des Lacs Lake in North Dakota; and

A bill (S. 136) to establish a fish hatchery on Spiritwood Lake in North Dakota; to the Committee on Fisheries.

A bill (S. 137) granting an increase of pension to Mary E. Lincoln;

A bill (S. 138) granting a pension to Etta Warner;
A bill (S. 139) granting a pension to Mary Steele;

A bill (S. 140) granting a pension to Elizabeth C. Curtis;
A bill (S. 141) granting a pension to William H. Turner;

A bill (S. 142) granting a pension to William Shoemaker;

A bill (S. 143) granting a pension to James Kenyon;

A bill (S. 144) granting an increase of pension to Walter J. Shelley;

A bill (S. 145) granting an increase of pension to Henry J. Porter;

A bill (S. 146) granting an increase of pension to E. G. Thompson;

A bill (S. 147) granting a pension to John R. Beebe (with accompanying papers); and

A bill (S. 148) granting an increase of pension to Jacob B. Eakman (with accompanying papers); to the Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Dillingham:

A bill (S. 149) for the retirement of public-school teachers of Columbia.

A bill (S. 117) for the relief of Louis Blanchette, alias Lewis in the District of Columbia; to the Committee on the District Blanchard, alias Louis White;

A bili (S. 118) for the relief of Wiley W. Houston; and A bill (S. 119) to correct the military record of John M. Rock; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. Kellogg:

A bill (S. 120) to repeal chapter 154 of the act of the second session of the Sixty-fifth Congress, being the joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution to authorize the President in time of war to supervise or take possession and assume control of any telegraph, telephone, marine cable, or radio system or systems or any part thereof, and to operate the same in any manner as may be needful or desirable for the duration of the war and to provide just compensation thereof." approved July 16, 1918; to the Committee on Interstate Commerce.

A bill (S. 150) to admit osteopathic physicians to examinations for commissions in the medical branch of the Army of the United States, and to provide for their official status, rank, and pay, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. Townsend :

A bill (S. 151) to create in the War Department and the Navy Department, respectively, a roll designated as the "Civil War volunteer officers' retired list," to authorize placing thereon with retired pay certain surviving officers who served in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps of the United States in the Civil War, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. Jones of Washington:

A bill (S. 152) to create a Federal power commission and to define its powers and duties, provide for the improvement of navigation, for the development of water power, for the use of lands of the United States in relation thereto, and for other purposes; and

A bill (S. 153) relating to the sale, charter, and operation of merchant ships owned by the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce.

A bill (S. 154) providing for the establishment of a radio station on Unga Island, Alaska; to the Committee on Naval Affairs. A bill (S. 155) for the relief of volunteer officers and soldiers who served in the Philippine Islands beyond the period of their enlistment; to the Committee on Military Affairs,

A bill (S. 156) defining sedition and providing a punishment therefor; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

A bill (S. 157) authorizing the Indian tribes and individual Indians, or any of them, residing in the State of Washington and west of the summit of the Cascade Mountains to submit to the Court of Claims certain claims growing out of treaties and otherwise; and

A bill (S. 158) authorizing the leasing of the lands embraced within the Hoh Indian Reservation in the State of Washington; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

A bill (S. 159) to expel and exclude from the United States aliens who, to escape military service, have withdrawn their declaration of intention to become citizens; to the Committee on Immigration.

A bill (S. 160) providing for the investigation of certain lands in the State of Washington with a view to their reclamation; A bill (S. 161) providing for the investigation of arid and desert lands in the State of Washington with a view to their reclamation;

States and to enable the people of North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Washington to form constitutions and State governments, and to be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States, and to make donations of public lands to such States;

A bill (S. 185) granting to the county of Custer, State of Montana, certain land in said county for use as a fairground; A bill (S. 186) for the relief of Torger Olson;

A bill (S. 187) granting additional rights to settlers on reclamation projects; and

A bill (S. 188) authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to permit the leasing of certain coal lands in Wyoming; to the Committee on Public Lands.

A bill (S. 189) to increase the limit of cost for the Federal building and site therefor at Billings, Mont., and to authorize the provision of quarters for United States courts in said building;

A bill (S. 190) to provide for the erection of a public building at Glasgow, Mont.; and

A bill (S. 191) to enlarge, extend, remodel, etc., public build

A bill (S. 162) providing for the investigation of certain lands in central Washington with a view to their reclamation;ing at Helena, Mont.; to the Committee on Public Buildings and and Grounds.

A bill (S. 163) relating to the reclamation of arid, semiarid, swamp, and overflow lands through district organizations, and authorizing Government aid therefor; to the Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands.

A bill (S. 192 ) authorizing the Crow Tribe of Indians residing in the State of Montana to submit claims to the Court of Claims;

A bill (S. 193) to cancel the allotment of Little Bear, deceased

A bill (S. 164) to authorize the establishment of a fisheries Indian of the Crow Reservation, Mont.; experiment station on the coast of Washington; and

A bill (S. 194) to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to

A bill (S. 165) to establish a fish-cultural station in the State prorate tribal funds of Indians; and of Washington; to the Committee on Fisheries.

By Mr. Kenyon:

A bill (S. 166) to amend an act entitled "An act to authorize the establishment of a Bureau of War Risk Insurance in the Treasury Department," approved September 2, 1914, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.

A bill (S. 167) to create a Federal Industrial Relations Conimission; and

A bill (S. 168) to create a commission to investigate and report to Congress a plan on the questions involved in the financing of house construction and home ownership and Federal aid therefor; to the Committee on Education and Labor.

By Mr. Calder:

A bill (S. 169) for the retirement of certain naval officers; to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

A bill (S. 170) to amend section 25 of the act of December 23, 1913, known as the Federal reserve act, as amended by the act of September 7, 1916; to the Committee on Banking and Currency.

A bill (S. 171) changing the name of the Panama Canal to the Roosevelt Canal; to the Committee on Interoceanic Canals. A bill (S. 172) to regulate the personnel of the Coast Guard; to the Committee on Commerce.

A bill (S. 173) to repeal section 904 of the revenue act of 1918, approved February 24, 1919; to the Committee on Finance. A bill (S. 174) for the relief of Emma H. Ridley;

A bill (S. 175) for the relief of Kny-Scheerer Corporation; and

A bill (S. 176) for the relief of John M. Francis; to the Committee on Claims.

A bill (S. 177) granting an extension of patent to Ida H. Fischer, sole legatee of Max H. Fischer, deceased; to the Committee on Patents.

A bill (S. 178) granting a pension to Michael J. C. Dedeyn; to the Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Curtis:

A bill (S. 179) providing for lump-sum payments to the beneficiary of insurance under the war-risk insurance act of September 2, 1914, as amended, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.

By Mr. Lodge:

A bill (S. 195) for the opening and settlement of a part of the Crow Indian Reservation in the State of Montana; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

A bill (S. 196) for the relief of Thomas W. Williams;

A bill (S. 197) for the relief of Edward T. Moran;

A bill (S. 198) for the relief of Levi B. Rouse;

A bill (S. 199) to correct the military record of William McCormick;

A bill (S. 200) for the relief of James W. Nugent; and

A bill (S. 201) providing for the conveyance to the State of Montana of Fort William Henry Harrison Military Reservation for educational and other purposes; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

A bill (S. 202) providing for an additional judge for the district of Montana;

A bill (S. 203) to amend an act entitled "An act to amend section 3 of the act of Congress of May 1, 1888, and extend the provisions of section 2301 of the Revised Statutes of the United States to certain lands in the State of Montana embraced within the provisions of said act, and for other purposes";

A bill (S. 204) amending section 140 of the act approved March 4, 1909, entitled “An act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States":

A bill (S. 205) to enlarge the jurisdiction of the municipal court of the District of Columbia, and to regulate appeals from the judgments of said court, and for other purposes; and

A bill (S. 206) concerning actions on account of death or personal injury within places under the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

A bill (S. 207) authorizing the conveyance of certain land to the city of Miles City, State of Montana, for park purposes; to the Committee on Public Lands.

A bill (S. 208) for the relief of Lars T. Rykken;

A bill (S. 209) for the relief of John T. Eaton;
A bill (S. 210) for the relief of J. D. Savage;
A bill (S. 211) for the relief of John E. Woods;

A bill (S. 212) for the relief of Benjamin Musselman;
A bill (S. 213) for the relief of H. Frank Adkins;
A bill (S. 214) for the relief of Patrick Rafferty;

A bill (S. 215) to reimburse Hill County, State of Montana, for money expended for the support of the Rocky Boy Band of

A bill (S. 180) to incorporate Near East Relief; to the Com- Chippewa Indians; mittee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. Walsh of Montana:

A bill (S. 181) to encourage and promote the mining of coal, phosphate, oil, gas, and sodium on the public domain; to the Committee on Public Lands.

A bill (S. 182) to reimburse the county of Lewis and Clark, State of Montana, for expenses incurred by it for the construction of a public highway through the Helena National Forest; to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry.

A bill (S. 183) providing additional time for the payment of purchase money under homestead entries of lands within the former Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Mont.;

A bill (S. 184) to amend an act approved February 22, 1889, entitled "An act to provide for the division of Dakota into two

A bill (S. 216) for the relief of Grace Brewster-Arnold, administratrix of the estate of George W. Brewster, deceased; A bill (S. 217) for the relief of John T. Eaton;

A bill (S. 218) for the relief of Harry Scott; and

A bill (S. 219) for the relief of Kate Canniff; to the Committee on Claims.

A bill (S. 220) to amend an act entitled "An act to regulate the construction of dams across navigable waters," approved June 21, 1906, as amended by the act approved June 23, 1910, and to provide for the improvement and development of waterways for the uses of interstate and foreign commerce; to the Committee on Interstate Commerce.

A bill (S. 221) granting a pension to Mary E. King;
A bill (S. 222) granting a pension to Justus W. King;

A bill (S. 223) granting a pension to James Farrell;
A bill (S. 224) granting a pension to Mary E. Hover;

A bill (S. 225) granting a pension to Kathryn C. Sterling;

A bill (S. 226) granting an increase of pension to Joseph W.
Culbertson; and

A bill (S. 257) for the relief of certain officers in the Army of

the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on

Claims.

A bill (S. 258) granting a pension to John S. Hope;

A bill (S. 259) granting a pension to A. G. Hamilton, alias

A bill (S. 227) granting a pension to Thomas Ryan; to the Garland Hammond;

Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Robinson: