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a copy of all of the protests and objections, if any, that were filed with the said Reconstruction Finance Corporation in opposition to the said application of the said Camelback Water Conservation District for a loan.

PROTESTS AGAINST LOAN TO VERDE RIVER IRRIGATION AND POWER DISTRICT

Mr. Ashurst, by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolution (S. Res. 357), which was referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency:

Whereas the Verde River Irrigation and Power District,

organized under the laws of the State of Arizona, made application to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for a loan; and

Whereas the loan thus applied for by the said Verde River Irrigation and Power District has been refused by the said Reconstruction Finance Corporation: Therefore be it

Resolved, That the said Reconstruction Finance Corporation is hereby respectfully directed to transmit to the Senate a copy of all of the protests and objections, if any, that were filled with the said Reconstruction Finance Corporation in opposition to the said application of the said Verde River Irrigation and Power District for a loan.

EMPLOYEES AND SALARIES IN VARIOUS GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES Mr. Shipstead submitted a resolution (S. Res. 358); and having been modified by him to read as follows:

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Federal Farm Loan Board is requested to furnish the Senate, on or before March 1, or as soon thereafter as possible, but not later than March 15, 1933, with a report showing the total number of employees at the end of each fiscal year since its establishment and on February 1, 1933; the aggregate salaries paid to employees of the board in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1933, and estimated to be paid to them in the current fiscal year and in the fiscal year 1933-34; the total number of employees of the Federal land banks on December 31, 1931, and February 1, 1933; the aggregate salaries paid in 1932 to employees, full or part time, of the Federal land banks; the total number of employees of the joint-stock land banks on December 31, 1931, and February 1, 1933; the aggregate salaries paid in 1932 to employees, full or part time, of the joint-stock land banks; the total number of employees of the intermediate-credit banks on December 31, 1931, and February 1, 1932; and the aggregate salaries paid in 1932 to employees, part or full time, of the intermediate-credit banks; and the positions and names of the employees receiving more than $2,000 per year on February 15, 1933.

SEC. 2. The secretary of the Federal Farm Board is requested to furnish the Senate, on or before March 1, or as soon thereafter as possible, but not later than March 15, 1933, with a report showing the total number of employees at the end of each fiscal year since its establishment, and on February 1, 1933; the aggregate salaries paid to employees of the board in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932, and estimated to be paid to them in the current fiscal year, and in the fiscal year 1933-34; the total number of employees in the grain and cotton stabilization corporations, and in any other corporations formed under the provisions of the agricultural marketing act of 1929, on December 31, 1931, and February 1, 1933; and the aggregate salaries paid by each of said corporations to its employees, part or full time, in 1932, and the positions and the names of the employees receiving more than $2,000 per year on February 15, 1933.

SEC. 3. The Secretary of Agriculture is requested to furnish the Senate, on or before March 1, or as soon thereafter as possible, but not later than March 15, 1933, with a report showing the total number of employees on January 1, 1933, and on February 15, 1933, in the seed loan office; the aggregate salaries paid to employees of the seed loan office in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932, and estimated to be paid to them in the current fiscal year, and in the fiscal year 1933-34; the total number of employees in the crop production loan office on January 1, 1933, and on February 15, 1933; the aggregate salaries paid to employees of the crop production loan office in the fiscal year ending

June 30, 1932, and estimated to be paid to them in the current fiscal year and in the fiscal year 1933-34; the total number of employees in the agricultural credit corporations. and in any other corporations set up under the Reconstruction Finance Corporation act of 1932, as amended, on January 1, 1933, and on February 15, 1933; and the aggregate salaries paid to employees of said corporation or said corporations in 1932, and estimated to be paid to them in 1933, and the positions and the names of the employees re

ceiving more than $2,000 per year on February 15, 1933. Ordered, That the resolution, as modified, lie over one day under the rule.

VAN CAMP SEA FOOD CO. (INC.) AND LINDLEY NURSERIES (INC.) The Vice President laid before the Senate the amendment heretofore received from the House of Representatives for concurrence to each of the following bills of the Senate: S. 220. An act authorizing adjustment of the claim of the Van Camp Sea Food Co. (Inc.); and

S. 3438. An act authorizing adjustment of the claim of Lindley Nurseries (Inc.).

The Senate proceeded to consider the said amendments; and,

On motion by Mr. White,

Resolved, That the Senate agree thereto. Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives thereof.

MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Haltigan, one of its clerks:

Mr. President: The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed five enrolled bills, viz, S. 188, S. 222, S. 1586, S. 4339, and H. R. 11461, I am directed to bring the same to the Senate for the signature of its President.

ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED

Mr. Vandenberg, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that they had examined and found truly enrolled the following bills:

S. 188. An act for the relief of Tampico Marine Iron Works;

S. 222. An act authorizing adjustment of the claim of B. F. Hart;

S. 1586. An act for the relief of the estate of Peter Paul Franzel, deceased;

S. 4339. An act repealing certain provisions of the act of June 21, 1906, as amended, relating to the sale and encumbrance of lands of Kickapoo and affiliated Indians of Oklahoma; and

H. R. 11461. An act for the relief of C. N. Hildreth, jr.

The Vice President thereupon signed the same and they were delivered to the committee to be presented to the President of the United States.

APPROPRIATIONS FOR WAR DEPARTMENT

The Senate resumed the consideration of its unfinished business, viz, the bill (H. R. 14199) making appropriations for the military and nonmilitary activities of the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1934, and for other purposes.

On motion by Mr. Couzens, pursuant to notice heretofore given, to suspend paragraph 4 of Rule XVI for the purpose of proposing to the bill an amendment to provide for the housing, feeding, and clothing of unemployed persons at military posts of the United States,

Pending debate,

Mr. Couzens raised a question as to the presence of a quorum;

Whereupon

The Vice President directed the roll to be called;
When

Eighty-five Senators answered to their names, as follows: Ashurst, Austin, Bailey, Bankhead, Barbour, Barkley, Bingham, Blaine, Borah, Bratton, Brookhart, Bulkley, Bulow, Byrnes, Capper, Caraway, Clark, Connally, Coolidge, Copeland, Costigan, Couzens, Cutting, Dale, Davis, Dickinson, Dill, Fess, Fletcher, Frazier, George, Glass, Glenn, Golds

borough, Gore, Grammer, Hale, Harrison, Hastings, Hatfield, Hayden, Hull, Johnson, Kean, Kendrick, Keyes, King, La Follette, Lewis, Logan, McKellar, McNary, Moses, Neely, Norris, Nye, Oddie, Patterson, Pittman, Reed, Reynolds, Robinson of Arkansas, Robinson of Indiana, Russell, Schuyler, Sheppard, Shipstead, Shortridge, Smith, Smoot, Steiwer, Stephens, Swanson, Thomas of Idaho, Thomas of Oklahoma, Townsend, Trammell, Tydings, Vandenberg, Wagner, Walcott, Walsh of Massachusetts, Walsh of Montana, Watson, and White.

A quorum being present, Pending further debate,

Mr. Robinson of Arkansas raised a question as to the presence of a quorum;

Whereupon

The Vice President directed the roll to be called;
When

Eighty-five Senators answered to their names, as follows: Ashurst, Austin, Bailey, Bankhead, Barbour, Barkley, Bingham, Blaine, Borah, Bratton, Brookhart, Bulkley, Bulow, Byrnes, Capper, Caraway, Clark, Connally, Coolidge, Copeland, Costigan, Couzens, Cutting, Dale, Davis, Dickinson, Dill, Fess, Fletcher, Frazier, George, Glass, Glenn, Goldsborough, Gore, Grammer, Hale, Harrison, Hastings, Hatfield, Hayden, Hull, Johnson, Kean, Kendrick, Keyes, King, La Follette, Lewis, Logan, McKellar, McNary, Moses, Neely, Norris, Nye, Oddie, Patterson, Pittman, Reed, Reynolds, Robinson of Arkansas, Robinson of Indiana, Russell, Schuyler, Sheppard, Shipstead, Shortridge, Smith, Smoot, Steiwer, Stephens, Swanson, Thomas of Idaho, Thomas of Oklahoma, Townsend, Trammell, Tydings, Vandenberg, Wagner, Walcott, Walsh of Massachusetts, Walsh of Montana, Watson, and White.

A quorum being present,

AMENDMENT OF NATIONAL PROHIBITION AMENDMENT On motion by Mr. Blaine that the Senate proceed to the consideration of the joint resolution (S. J. Res. 211) proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States,

RECESS

On motion by Mr. McNary, at 5 o'clock and 33 minutes p. m.,

The Senate took a recess until 12 o'clock m. to-morrow. AT 12 O'CLOCK M. (CALENDAR DAY, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1933) The Vice President called the Senate to order.

MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

A message from the House of Representatives by Mr. Chaffee, one of its clerks:

Mr. President: The House of Representatives has passed, each without amendment, the following bills and joint resolution of the Senate:

S. 4673. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the trustees of the Female Orphan Asylum in Georgetown, and the Washington City Orphan Asylum in the District of Columbia," approved May 24, 1828, as amended by act of June 23, 1874;

S. 4694. An act to amend section 812 of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia;

S. 5289. An act to authorize the Commissioners of the Dis

trict of Columbia to reappoint George N. Nicholson in the police department of said District; and

S. J. Res. 248. Joint resolution to amend the joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution to authorize the merger of street-railway corporations operating in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes," approved January 14, 1933. The House has passed the joint resolution (S. J. Res. 223) establishing the United States Georgia Bicentennial Com

The further consideration of the motion of Mr. Couzens mission, and for other purposes, with an amendment, in was temporarily laid aside.

The bill was further amended on the motion of Mr. Couzens by incorporating on page 60, after line 11, an appropriation of $22,000,000 for the establishment of citizens' military training camps for boys; when

Mr. Couzens withdrew his motion to suspend paragraph 4 of Rule XVI.

On motion by Mr. Couzens, and by unanimous consent, The vote agreeing to the foregoing amendment proposed by him was subsequently reconsidered; and having been amended on his motion, the amendment as amended, was agreed to.

which it requests the concurrence of the Senate.

The House has passed the following bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:

H. R. 6292. An act to prevent professional prize fighting and to authorize amateur boxing in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes;

H. R. 11504. An act authorizing the sale of certain Government property in the District of Columbia;

H. R. 12595. An act to amend the teachers' salary act of the District of Columbia, approved June 4, 1924, as amended, in relation to establishing the Wilson and Miner Teachers Colleges on a basis comparable with recognized standards On motion by Mr. Brookhart to further amend the bill by for accredited institutions of like kind; to raising the trade inserting on page 61, after line 6, the following:

National Board for Promotion of Rifle Practice, Army National Matches

For the national matches and other competitions and the Small Arms Firing School, in accordance with the provisions of the act approved May 29, 1928 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 32, secs. 181a, 181b), $450,000.

Mr. Reed raised a question of order, viz, that the amendment proposed a new item of appropriation and was in violation of paragraph 1 of Rule XVI.

The Presiding Officer (Mr. Moses in the chair) overruled the point of order, holding that the amendment proposed to carry out the provisions of an act approved May 28, 1928. After debate,

The amendment proposed by Mr. Brookhart was disagreed to. The bill was further amended on the motion of Mr. Schuyler.

Ordered, That the amendments be engrossed and the bill read a third time.

The said bill, as amended, was read the third time.
Resolved, That it pass.

Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives in the amendments.

On motion by Mr. Reed, and by unanimous consent, Ordered, That the bill be printed showing the Senate amendments numbered.

or vocational schools to the level of junior high schools, and for other purposes;

H. R. 13378. An act to amend sections 416 and 417 of the Revised Statutes relating to the District of Columbia;

H. R. 13750. An act to regulate the bringing of actions for damages against the District of Columbia, and for other purposes;

H. R. 13853. An act to authorize the merger of The Georgetown Gaslight Co. with and into Washington Gas Light Co., and for other purposes;

H. R. 14204. An act to amend section 653 of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia;

H. R. 14340. An act authorizing the sale of certain property no longer required for public purposes in the District of Columbia; and

H. R. 14392. An act to authorize the payment of taxes and assessments on family dwelling houses in the District of Columbia in quarterly installments, and for other purposes.

THE JOURNAL

On motion by Mr. Fess, and by unanimous consent, The Journal of the proceedings of the calendar day of yesterday was approved.

QUESTION OF QUORUM

Mr. Fess raised a question as to the presence of a quorum; Whereupon

The Vice President directed the roll to be called;

When

A resolution of the Senate favoring the housing and feedEighty-seven Senators answered to their names, as fol- ing at Army posts of unemployed young men between the ages of 18 and 35 years;

lows:

Ashurst, Austin, Bailey, Bankhead, Barbour, Barkley, Bingham, Black, Blaine, Borah, Bratton, Brookhart, Bulkley, Bulow, Byrnes, Capper, Caraway, Clark, Connally, Coolidge, Copeland, Costigan, Couzens, Cutting, Dale, Davis, Dickinson, Dill, Fess, Fletcher, Frazier, George, Glass, Glenn, Gore, Grammer, Hale, Harrison, Hastings, Hatfield, Hayden, Hebert, Hull, Johnson, Kean, Kendrick, Keyes, King, La Follette, Lewis, Logan, McGill, McKellar, McNary, Moses, Neely, Norbeck, Norris, Nye, Oddie, Patterson, Pittman, Reed, Reynolds, Robinson of Arkansas, Robinson of Indiana, Russell, Schuyler, Sheppard, Shipstead, Shortridge, Smith, Smoot, Steiwer, Stephens, Swanson, Thomas of Idaho, Thomas of Oklahoma, Townsend, Trammell, Tydings, Vandenberg, Wagner, Walcott, Walsh of Massachusetts, Watson, and White.

A quorum being present,

HOUSE BILLS REFERRED

The bills this day received from the House of Representatives for concurrence were severally read the first and second times by unanimous consent.

Ordered, That the bills H. R. 6292, H. R. 11504, H. R. 13853, and H. R. 14392 be referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia; and that the bills H. R. 12595, H. R. 13378, H. R. 13750, H. R. 14204, and H. R. 14340 be placed on the Calendar.

UNITED STATES GEORGIA BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION

The Vice President laid before the Senate the amendment this day received from the House of Representatives for concurrence to the joint resolution (S. J. Res. 223) establishing the United States Georgia Bicentennial Commission, and for other purposes.

On motion by Mr. George,

Resolved, That the Senate disagree to the amendment of the House of Representatives to the said joint resolution, and ask a conference with the House on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon.

A resolution of the House of Representatives memorializing Congress to repeal the packers and stockyards act in so far as it authorizes or permits Federal authorities to fix charges for stockyard services at public stockyards as defined in said act; and

A resolution of the House of Representatives remonstrating against the continuance of the 1 cent per gallon Federal tax on gasoline.

Ordered, That they lie on the table.

Mr. Grammer presented a copy of a statement issued by the Secretary of Commerce relative to importations from countries with depreciated currency values; which was referred to the Committee on Finance.

Mr. Tydings presented a petition of citizens of the State of Maryland praying the revaluation of the gold ounce, correction of financial abuses, a 6-hour workday and 5-day workweek, and the replacement of war bonds bearing interest with new currency; which was referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency.

Mr. Harrison presented a resolution adopted by the Newton-Neshoba National Farm Loan Association favoring loans at low interest rates to pay taxes, and the refinancing at low interest rates of unpaid balances on farm loans, past due installments, and delinquent taxes; which was referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency.

Memorials remonstrating against the repeal of the eighteenth amendment to the Constitution or the modification of the national prohibition act were presented, as follows:

By Mr. George: Memorials of citizens of the State of Georgia.

By Mr. Hale: Memorials of citizens of Cliff Island and Corinna, in the State of Maine.

Ordered, That they lie on the table.

Mr. Smith presented a concurrent resolution of the Legislature of the State of South Carolina indorsing the bill introduced by him proposing to curtail the production of cotton for the year 1933 by a governmental pool of 3,500,000

Ordered, That the conferees on the part of the Senate be bales of cotton controlled by the Federal Farm Board or appointed by the Vice President; and

The Vice President appointed Mr. Fess, Mr. Bingham, and Mr. McKellar.

Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives thereof.

PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS

The Vice President laid before the Senate a joint memorial of the Legislature of the State of Idaho favoring the amendment of sections 5 and 8 of the Idaho admission act so as to permit mineral leases on public lands to be made for a term not exceeding 20 years and to permit the further exchange and consolidation of State and Federal lands within the State; which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands and Surveys.

Mr. Bratton presented a memorial of the House of Representatives of the State of New Mexico favoring an investigation and the enactment of legislation to prevent the abuse of stock driveways by owners of stock being grazed under herd and flock; which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands and Surveys.

Mr. Kendrick presented a joint resolution of the Legislature of the State of Wyoming requesting the President of the United States to direct the Department of Justice to make an investigation for the purpose of determining whether the recent reductions in the posted price of crude oil produced in the Sale Creek field, Natrona County, Wyo., and in the Texas, Mid-Continent, and Rocky Mountain fields, resulted from action in violation of the antitrust laws, and to ascertain whether there is any violation of the revenue laws of the United States; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. Norris presented the following resolutions of the House of Representatives and Senate of the State of Nebraska:

governmental agencies; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry.

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

Mr. Ashurst, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 6456) to amend section 98 of the Judicial Code, as amended, reported it without amendment and submitted a report (No. 1218) thereon.

The Senate proceeded, by unanimous consent, to consider the said bill; and no amendment being made, Ordered, That it pass to a third reading. The said bill was read the third time. Resolved, That it pass.

Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives thereof.

Mr. Frazier (for Mr. Schall), by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (S. 5219) to provide funds for cooperation with the Minnesota State Board of Control in the extension of the Minnesota State Sanatorium at Ah-Gwah-Ching, Minn., reported it without amendment and submitted a report (No. 1219) thereon.

Mr. Wagner, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Banking and Currency, to whom was referred the bill (S. 5609) to amend the emergency relief and construction act of 1932, reported it with amendments and submitted a report (No. 1222) thereon.

Mr. Nye, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Public Lands and Surveys, to whom was referred the joint resolution (S. J. Res. 253) authorizing the Attorney General, with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Navy, to release claims of the United States upon certain assets of the Pan American Petroleum Co. and the Richfield Oil Co. of California and others in connection with collections upon a

certain judgment in favor of the United States against the Pan American Petroleum Co. heretofore duly entered, reported it with an amendment and submitted a report (No. 1223) thereon.

Mr. Fletcher, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Banking and Currency, to whom was referred the bill (S. 5337) to amend the Federal farm loan act, as amended, to permit loans for additional purposes, to extend the powers of Federal land banks in the making of direct loans, to authorize upon certain terms the reamortization of loans by Federal and joint-stock land banks, and for other purposes, reported it with amendments and submitted a report (No. 1221) thereon.

Mr. Bingham, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Territories and Insular Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (S. 5408) relating to the revolving fund established by the joint resolution of December 21, 1928, for the relief of Puerto Rico, reported it without amendment and submitted a report (No. 1224) thereon.

Mr. Bingham, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Territories and Insular Affairs, to whom was referred the joint resolution (S. J. Res. 183) to amend a joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution for the relief of Porto Rico, approved December 21, 1928," as amended by the second deficiency act, fiscal year 1929, approved March 4, 1929, reported it with amendments and submitted a report (No. 1225) thereon.

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTION

Bills and a joint resolution were introduced by unanimous consent, severally read the first and second times, and referred as follows:

By Mr. Hayden:

A bill (S. 5637) for the establishment, development, and administration of the Boulder Canyon National Reservation, and the development and administration of the Boulder Canyon Project Federal Reservation, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Public Lands and Surveys. By Mr. Hale:

A bill (S. 5638) for the relief of Thomas A. Sears (with accompanying papers); to the Committee on Naval Affairs. By Mr. Blaine:

A bill (S. 5640) to liquidate, finance, and refinance agricultural indebtedness, and to encourage and promote agriculture, commerce, and industry, through the Federal farmloan system and the Federal reserve banking system, and creating a board of agriculture to supervise the same; to the Committee on Banking and Currency.

By Mr. McNary:

A joint resolution (S. J. Res. 254) extending to the whaling industry certain benefits granted under section 11 of the merchant marine act, 1920; to the Committee on Commerce.

POSTPONEMENT OF FORECLOSURE OF FARM MORTGAGES

Mr. Hull and Mr. Walcott, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (S. 5639) providing for loans or advances by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for the purpose of securing the postponement of the foreclosure of farm mortgages for a period of two years, and for other purposes, which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency.

Mr. Hull (for himself and Mr. Walcott), by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Banking and Currency, to whom was referred the foregoing bill, subsequently reported it without amendment and submitted a report (No. 1220) thereon.

EMPLOYEES AND SALARIES IN GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES

On motion by Mr. Shipstead, and by unanimous

consent,

The Senate proceeded to consider the resolution (S. Res. 358) requesting certain information concerning employees and salaries under the jurisdiction of the Federal Farm Loan Board, the Federal Farm Board, and the Secretary of Agriculture, as modified, and

Resolved, That the Senate agree thereto.

AMENDMENT OF NATIONAL PROHIBITION AMENDMENT The Senate resumed the consideration of the motion of Mr. Blaine that the Senate proceed to the consideration of the joint resolution (S. J. Res. 211) proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States (amending the national prohibition amendment).

Pending debate,

APPROPRIATIONS FOR INTERIOR DEPARTMENT

Mr. Smoot submitted the following conference report: The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 13710) making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1934, and for other purposes, having met, after full and free conference have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows:

That the Senate recede from its amendments numbered 6, 9, 25, and 26.

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendments of the Senate numbered 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, and 46, and agree to the

same.

Amendment numbered 1: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 1, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the matter stricken out by said amendment insert (with the exception of attorneys); and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 5: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 5, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the sum proposed insert $355,000; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 16: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 16, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the matter inserted by said amendment insert the following: Provided further, That the unexpended balance of the appropriation contained in the Interior Department appropriation act, fiscal year 1932, for the construction and equipment of the Albuquerque Sanatorium, and employees' quarters, New Mexico, and not to exceed $300,000 of the unexpended balance of the appropriation for the Sioux Sanatorium and employees' quarters, South Dakota, contained in the same act, are hereby continued available for the same purposes until June 30, 1934; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 28: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 28, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the sum proposed insert $110,000; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 29: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 29, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the sum proposed insert $210,000; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 31: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 31, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the sum proposed insert $1,992,500; and the Senate agree to the same.

REED SMOOT,
TASKER L. ODDIE,
GERALD P. NYE,

KENNETH MCKELLAR,
JOHN B. KENDRICK,

Managers on the part of the Senate.
EDWARD T. TAYLOR,
W. W. HASTINGS,
FRANK MURPHY,
BURTON L. FRENCH,

Managers on the part of the House,

On motion by Mr. Smoot,

The Senate proceeded to consider the said report; and
Resolved, That the Senate agree thereto.

We, the undersigned Senators, hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the motion of the Senator from Wisconsin [Mr. BLAINE] that the Senate proceed to the consider

Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Repre- ation of the joint resolution (S. J. Res. 211) proposing an sentatives thereof.

ENROLLED BILLS PRESENTED

Mr. Vandenberg, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that they this day presented to the President of the United States the following enrolled bills:

S. 188. An act for the relief of Tampico Marine Iron Works;

S. 222. An act authorizing adjustment of the claim of B. F. Hart;

S. 1586. An act for the relief of the estate of Peter Paul Franzel, deceased; and

S. 4339. An act repealing certain provisions of the act of June 21, 1906, as amended, relating to the sale and encumbrance of lands of Kickapoo and affiliated Indians of Oklahoma.

AMENDMENT OF NATIONAL PROHIBITION AMENDMENT The Senate resumed the consideration of Mr. Blaine's motion that the Senate proceed to the consideration of the joint resolution (S. J. Res. 211) proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States (amending the national prohibition amendment).

Pending debate,

On motion by Mr. McNary, and by unanimous consent, Ordered, That when the Senate concludes its business to-day it take a recess until 11 o'clock a. m. to-morrow. Pending further debate,

amendment to the Constitution of the United States:
Hiram Bingham.
Carter Glass.

F. C. Walcott.

W. Warren Barbour.
Tasker L. Oddie.
Hamilton F. Kean.
James F. Byrnes.
Bennett C. Clark.

John B. Kendrick.

Key Pittman.
Warren R. Austin.
Wallace H. White, jr.
A. H. Vandenberg.
Robert F. Wagner.
John J. Blaine.
Frederick Hale.

Pending further debate on Mr. Blaine's motion,

On motion by Mr. McNary, and by unanimous consent, Ordered, That at the hour of 1 o'clock p. m. on to-morrow the Senate proceed to vote on the said motion.

On motion by Mr. McNary, and by unanimous consent, Ordered, That the hour for the convening of the Senate on to-morrow be changed to 12 o'clock meridian.

On motion by Mr. McNary, at 10 o'clock and 2 minutes p. m.,

The Senate, pursuant to the foregoing order, took a recess until 12 o'clock m. to-morrow.

AT 12 O'CLOCK M. (CALENDAR DAY, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
15, 1933)

The Vice President called the Senate to order.
MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

A message from the House of Representatives by Mr.

On motion by Mr. Tydings to lay Mr. Blaine's motion on Haltigan, one of its clerks: the table,

Mr. Vandenberg raised a question as to the presence of a quorum;

Whereupon

Mr. President: The House of Representatives has agreed to the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 7518) to amend an act entitled "An act extending certain privileges of canal employees to other officials on the Canal Zone and

The President pro tempore directed the roll to be called; authorizing the President to make rules and regulations When

Seventy-one Senators answered to their names, as follows: Austin, Bailey, Bankhead, Barbour, Barkley, Bingham, Black, Blaine, Bratton, Brookhart, Bulow, Byrnes, Capper, Clark, Connally, Coolidge, Copeland, Costigan, Couzens, Dale, Davis, Dickinson, Dill, Fess, Frazier, George, Glass, Gore, Hale, Harrison, Hatfield, Hayden, Hebert, Kean, Kendrick, King, La Follette, Lewis, McGill, McKellar, McNary, Moses, Neely, Norbeck, Norris, Nye, Oddie, Pittman, Reed, Reynolds, Robinson of Arkansas, Robinson of Indiana, Russell, Schuyler, Sheppard, Shipstead, Shortridge, Smith, Smoot, Steiwer, Swanson, Thomas of Oklahoma, Townsend, Trammell, Tydings, Vandenberg, Wagner, Walcott, Walsh of Massachusetts, Watson, and White.

A quorum being present,

affecting health, sanitation, quarantine, taxation, public roads, self-propelled vehicles, and police powers on the Canal Zone, and for other purposes, including provision as to certain fees, money orders, and interest deposits," approved August 21, 1916.

The House has agreed to the amendments of the Senate to each of the following bills of the House:

H. R. 7519. An act to amend the penal code of the Canal Zone;

H. R. 7520. An act to amend the Code of Criminal Procedure for the Canal Zone;

H. R. 7521. An act to provide a new Code of Civil Procedure for the Canal Zone and to repeal the existing Code of Civil Procedure; and

H. R. 7522. An act to provide a new civil code for the

On the question of agreeing to the motion of Mr. Tydings Canal Zone and to repeal the existing civil code. to lay Mr. Blaine's motion on the table,

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The House insists upon its amendments to the bill (S. 88) to authorize the Postmaster General to investigate the conditions of the lease of the post-office garage in Boston, Mass., and to readjust the terms thereof, disagreed to by the Senate; it agrees to the conference asked by the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon and has appointed Mr. Haines, Mr. Patterson, and Mr. Foss. The Speaker of the House having signed five enrolled bills, viz, S. 220, S. 3438, S. 4673, S. 4694, and S. 5289, and an enrolled joint resolution, viz, S. J. Res. 248, I am di

Black, Brookhart, Bulow, Capper, Clark, Connally, Costigan,
Couzens, Dale, Dickinson, Dill, George, Glass, Gore, Hatfield,
McGill, Neely, Norris, Nye, Reynolds, Robinson of Indiana,
Russell, Sheppard, Smith, Smoot, Stephens, Thomas of Ok-rected to bring the same to the Senate for the signature
lahoma, and Vandenberg.

Senators who voted in the negative are

Austin, Bailey, Bankhead, Barbour, Barkley, Bingham,
Blaine, Bratton, Byrnes, Coolidge, Hale, Harrison, Hayden,
Hebert, Hull, Kean, Kendrick, King, La Follette, Lewis, Mc-
Kellar, McNary, Moses, Norbeck, Oddie, Pittman, Reed,
Robinson of Arkansas, Schuyler, Shipstead, Shortridge,
Steiwer, Townsend, Trammell, Wagner, Walcott, Walsh of
Massachusetts, Watson, and White.

So the motion of Mr. Tydings was not agreed to.
Pending an address by Mr. Sheppard,

Mr. Bingham submitted the following motion, which was read by the Secretary:

of its President.

ENROLLED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTION SIGNED

Mr. Vandenberg, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that they had examined and found truly enrolled the following bills and joint resolution:

S. 220. An act authorizing adjustment of the claim of the Van Camp Sea Food Co. (Inc.);

S. 3438. An act authorizing adjustment of the claim of Lindley Nurseries (Inc.);

S. 4673. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the trustees of the Female Orphan Asylum in Georgetown and the Washington City Orphan Asylum in the

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