FTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE The Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce will resume hearings on 8. 0, train limit bill, on or after March 15.

COMMITTEE ON PATENTS

The subcommittee to consider H. R. 9041, on trade-marks, will hold hearings in the caucus room of the House Office Building at 10:15 a. m., each morning of March 15, 16, 17, and 18, Chairman Lanxam presiding.

XECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC. Under clause 2 of rule XXIV, executive communications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows: 1111. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the draft of a bill to authorize attendance of Philippine Army personnel at service schools of the United States Army; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

1112. A letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting the draft of a bill relating to restrictions of Osage property acquired by descent or devise; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

1113. A letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting a copy of resolutions passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John; to the Committee on Insular Affairs.

1114. A letter from the Attorney General of the United States, transmitting the draft of a bill to change the manner of appointment of probation officers; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

1115. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939, for the War Department, for maintenance of the office of the United States High Commissioner to the Philippine Islands, amounting to $16,500, of which amount $2,100 is made immediately available (H. Doc. No. 534); to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.

1116. A letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a draft of a bill to provide for the retirement, rank, and pay of chiefs of naval operations, Chiefs of Bureau of the Navy Department, the Judge Advocates General of the Navy, and the major generals commandant of the Marine Corps; to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Mr. WOOD: Committee on War Claims. H. R. 3043. A bill for the relief of Margaret Redmond; with amendment (Rept. No. 1907). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. WOOD: Committee on War Claims. H. R. 8365. A bill for the relief of the stockholders of the North Mississippi Oil Mills of Holly Springs, Miss.; with amendment (Rept. No. 1908). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. KENNEDY of Maryland: Committee on Claims. H. R. 9767. A bill for the relief of sundry claimants, and for other purposes; with amendment (Rept. No. 1910). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

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

By Mr. LAMBERTSON: A bill (H. R. 9757) to relinquish jurisdiction to the State of Kansas to prosecute Indians or others for offenses committed on Indian reservations; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

By Mr. GRIFFITH: A bill (H. R. 9758) to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to acquire, by condemnation or otherwise, such land in the city of Ponchatoula, Tangipahos Parish, La., as may be necessary for the location of a postoffice building in said city, and also to construct a suitable building thereon, and making an appropriation therefor, to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.

By Mr. SCHULTE: A bill (H. R. 9759) to provide for the punishment of assault with a dangerous weapon in the District of Columbia; to the Committee on the District of Columbia.

By Mr. MAY (by request): A bill (H. R. 9760) to amend the act of March 2, 1899, as amended, to authorize the Secretary of War to permit allotments from the pay of military personnel and permanent civilian employees under certain conditions; to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. MOTT: A bill (H. R. 9761) to exempt from the tax on admissions certain fees collected in the national parks and monuments; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. MCCLELLAN: A bill (H. R. 9762) to establish the Hot Springs division of the western judicial district of Arkansas; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. CASE of South Dakota: A bill (H. R. 9763) to provide for the punishment of persons transporting stolen animals in interstate commerce, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. ANDREWS: A bill (H. R. 9764) to authorize an appropriation for reconstruction at Fort Niagara, N. Y., to replace loss by fire; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. CALDWELL: A bill (H. R. 9765) to authorize the purchase and distribution of products of the fishing industry; to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.

By Mr. REES of Kansas: A bill (H. R. 9766) to prohibit the movement in interstate commerce of adulterated and misbranded food, drugs, devices, and cosmetics, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

By Mr. HILL: A bill (H. R. 9768) authorizing the o struction of flood-control works on Mill Creek for the protection of life and property in the city of Walla Walla, Wash., and vicinity; to the Committee on Flood Control.

By Mr. LAMNECK: Resolution (H. Res. 431) authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to furnish the House of Representatives with certain information, with regard to those who may be affected by H. R. 9682; to the Committee an Ways and Means

MEMORIALS

Under clause 3 of rule XXII, memorials were presented and referred as follows:

By the SPEAKER: Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Massachusetts, memorializing the Congress of the United States and the United States Tariff Commission in favor of excluding boots, shoes, leather, leatherboard, textiles, and wool and fur felt hats and hat bodies from ang reciprocal-trade agreements; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Also, memorial of the Legislature of the State of Massachusetts, memorializing the Congress of the United States in favor of the continuation of Works Progress Administration projects; to the Committee on Appropriations.

Also, memorial of the Legislature of the State of Kansas, memorializing the President and the Congress of the United States to consider their House Concurrent Resolution No. 6,