JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS THIRD AND FOURTH SESSIONS BEGUN AND HELD AT THE CITY OF THIRD SESSION, NOVEMBER 20, 1922 IN THE ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTES. CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES. Begun and held at the Capitol, in the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the twentieth day of November, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and twenty-two, being the Third Session of the SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS, held under the Constitution of the Government of the United States, and in the one hundred and forty-seventh year of the Independence of said States. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1922. On which day, being the date fixed by the proclamation of the President of the United States of the 9th day of November, 1922, for the meeting of Congress, which proclamation is in the words following, to wit: PRESIDENT'S PROCLAMATION. Whereas public interests require that the Congress of the United States should be convened in extra session at 12 o'clock noon on the 20th day of November, 1922, to receive such communication as may be made by the Executive: Now, therefore, I, Warren G. Harding, President of the United States, do hereby proclaim and declare that an extraordinary occasion requires the Congress of the United States to convene in extra session at the Capitol in the city of Washington on the 20th day of November, 1922, at 12 o'clock noon, of which all persons who shall at that time be entitled to act as Members thereof are hereby required to take notice. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington this 9th day of November, in the year of our Lord 1922, and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and forty-seventh. Frank Clark. Frank Park. Burton L. French. Martin B. Madden. John S. Benham. William F. Kopp. Daniel R. Anthony, jr. David H. Kincheloe. James O'Connor. Carroll L. Beedy. T. Alan Goldsborough. Allen T. Treadway. Earl C. Michener. On motion of Mr. Mann, by unanimous consent, Mrs. Winnifred Mason Huck, a Member elect at large from the State of Illinois, was permitted to take the oath of office, her certificate of election not having been received by the Clerk of the House. On motion of Mr. Greene of Massachusetts, by unanimous consent, Charles L. Gifford, a Member elect from the sixteenth district of the State of Massachusetts, was permitted to take the oath of office, his certificate of election not having been received by the Clerk of the House. Whereupon, said Members elect, together with those Members elect whose certificates of election were duly filed with the Clerk, presented themselves at the bar of the House and took the oath of office prescribed by law, namely: Clarence W. Turner, from the seventh district of the State of Tennessee. A. R. Humphrey, from the sixth district of the State of Nebraska. James H. MacLafferty, from the sixth district of the State of California. Charles L. Abernethy, from the third district of the State of North Carolina. ORGANIZATION RESOLUTIONS. Mr. Mondell submitted the following resolution (H. Res. 440), which was considered and agreed to: Resolved, That a committee of three Members be appointed by the Speaker on the part of the House of Representatives to join with the committee on the part of the Senate to notify the President of the United States that a quorum of each House is assembled and that Congress is ready to receive any communication that he may be pleased to make. Thereupon the Speaker announced the appointment of Mr. Mondell, Mr. Madden, and Mr. Garrett of Tennessee as members of said committee on the part of the House. Ordered, That the Clerk notify the Senate thereof. Mr. Madden submitted the following resolution (H. Res. 441), which was considered and agreed to: Resolved, That the Clerk of the House inform the Senate that a quorum of the House of Representatives has appeared and that the House is ready to proceed with business. Mr. Campbell of Kansas submitted the following resolution (H. Res. 442), which was considered and agreed to: · Resolved, That until otherwise ordered the hour of daily meeting of the House of Representatives shall be 12 o'clock meridian. LEAVE OF ABSENCE. By unanimous consent, leave of absence was granted- To Mr. Byrns of Tennessee, indefinitely; To Mr. Weaver, indefinitely; To Mr. Burton, for three days; To Mr. Humphreys of Mississippi, indefinitely; To Mr. Osborne, indefinitely; To Mr. Denison, for 10 days; To Mr. Steenerson, indefinitely; To Mr. Gallivan, indefinitely; To Mr. McFadden, for five days; To Mr. Dunbar, indefinitely; To Mr. Williams of Texas, indefinitely; To Mr. Drane, indefinitely; To Mr. Jacoway, for one week; and EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS. A letter from the Public Printer, transmitting statement of travel performed by officers and employees of the Government Printing Office during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1922; to the Committee on Appropriations. A letter from the Public Printer, transmitting the average number of employees of the Government Printing Office receiving increased compensation during the first four months of the fiscal year 1923; to the Committee on Appropriations. A letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a draft of a bill to provide for the immediate needs of enlisted men upon discharge from the naval service for the good of the service; to the Committee on Naval Affairs. A letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a draft of a proposed bill to grant leave of absence to officers and employees of the United States or of the District of Columbia when ordered to duty with the United States Naval Reserve Forces or the United States Marine Corps Reserve; to the Committee on Naval Affairs. A letter from the Second Assistant Secretary of Labor, transmitting list of useless papers to be disposed of; to the Committee on Disposition of Useless Executive Papers. A letter from the Secretary of Commerce, transmitting a detailed statement concerning the publications issued by the Department of Commerce during the fiscal year 1922; to the Committee on Printing. A letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting request for the immediate passage of H. R. 8980, for the relief of Prospero Monterroso; to the Committee on Claims. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of the American National Red Cross for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1922; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. A letter from the Acting Postmaster General, transmitting a statement showing the post offices where it was necessary to employ clerical assistance at a higher rate than $1,200 a year and the amount authorized at each office; to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. A letter from the Public Printer, transmitting statement showing the purchases, exchanges, and repairs of typewriting machines in the Government Printing Office from July 1, 1921, to June 30, 1922; to the Committee on Appropriations. A letter from the Second Assistant Secretary of Labor, transmitting detailed statement of the expenditures from the appropriations "Contingent expenses, Department of Labor, 1920," for the period from November 16, 1921, to June 30, 1922; “Contingent expenses, Department of Labor, 1921," for the period from November 16, 1921, to November 15, 1922; "Contingent expenses, Department of Labor, 1922," for the period from November 16, 1921, to November 15, 1922; and Contingent expenses, Department of Labor, 1923," for the period from July 1, 1922, to November 15, 1922; to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Labor. DEATH OF MEMBERS ANNOUNCED. 66 Mr. Crisp announced the death of Hon. Thomas E. Watson, late a Senator from the State of Georgia, and submitted the following resolution (H. Res. 443): Resolved, That the House has heard with profound sorrow of the death of the Hon. Thomas E. Watson, a Senator of the United States from the State of Georgia. Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Senate and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased Senator. When said resolution was considered and unanimously agreed to. Mr. Butler announced the death of Hon. Charles R. Connell, late a Representative from the State of Pennsylvania, and mitted the following resolution (H. Res. 444): And then, ADJOURNMENT. On motion of Mr. Mondell, and as a further mark of respect to the deceased Senator and Members of the House of Representatives, at 12 o'clock and 48 minutes p. m., the House adjourned. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS. Mr. Focht: Committee on the District of Columbia. H. R. 12172. A bill to regulate pawnbrokers and their business in the District of Columbia; without amendment (Rept. No. 1256). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House of the state of the Union. PUBLIC BILLS, RESOLUTIONS, AND MEMORIALS. Under clause 3 of Rule XXII, bills, resolutions, and memorials were introduced and severally referred as follows: By Mr. Hill: A bill (H. R. 12815) to pay adjusted compensation in three years in cash to veterans of the World War, to provide money to pay such adjusted compensation, to amend the revenue act of 1921, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. Britten: A bill (H. R. 12816) to provide adjusted compensation for veterans of the World War through a tax on the manufacture, importation, and sale of beer and light wines, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. Greene of Massachusetts: A bill (H. R. 12817) to · amend and supplement the merchant marine act, 1920, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries. By Mr. Curry: A bill (H. R. 12818) providing for the adjustment of claims against the Government railroad in the Territory of Alaska; to the Committee on the Territories. By Mr. Kahn: A bill (H. R. 12819) to amend the grade percentages of enlisted men as prescribed in section 4b of the national defense act, as amended; to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 12820) to prohibit the unauthorized wearing, manufacture, or sale of medals and badges awarded by the War Department; to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. Wurzbach: A bill (H. R. 12821) making provisions for the improvement of the channel from Aransas Pass to Corpus Christi, Tex.; to the Committee on Appropriations. By Mr. Parks of Arkansas: A bill (H. R. 12822) to enlarge and improve the post-office building at Camden, Ark.; to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. By Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania: A bill (H. R. 12823) to provide for the establishment of motor-truck mail routes to facilitate the collection and delivery of food products; to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. By Mr. McLaughlin of Nebraska: A bill (H. R. 12824) to amend the act of Congress approved July 17, 1916, known as the Federal farm loan act; to the Committee on Banking and Currency. By Mr. Jones of Texas: A bill (H. R. 12825) amending section 1322 of the revenue act of 1921; to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. Rogers: A bill (H. R. 12826) authorizing the President to declare an embargo on coal; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Also, a bill (H. R. 12827) declaring an embargo on anthracite sub-coal; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. By Mr. Morin: A bill (H. R. 12828) to create a department of physical training at the United States Military Academy; to the Committee on Military Affairs. Resolved, That the House has heard with profound sorrow of the death of Hon. Charles R. Connell, a Representative from the State of Pennsylvania. Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Senate and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased. When said resolution was considered and unanimously agreed to. Mr. Kahn announced the death of Hon. John I. Nolan, late a Representative from the State of California, and submitted the following resolution (H. Res. 445): Resolved, That the House has heard with profound sorrow of the death of Hon. John I. Nolan, a Representative from the State of California. Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Senate and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased. When said resolution was considered and unanimously agreed to. By Mr. Williams of Illinois: A bill (H. R. 12829) for the purchase of a site and for the erection of a post-office building at Eldorado, Ill.; to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. By Mr. Madden: A bill (H. R. 12830) to forbid the payment of claims by the United States Shipping Board and/or the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation unless such claims are filed within a certain time; to the Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries. By Mr. Swing: A bill (H. R. 12831) to authorize the construction of a railroad bridge across the Colorado River near Yuma, Ariz.; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Com merce. By Mr. Madden: Joint resolution (H. J. Res. 388) to repeal an appropriation for payment of claims for damages to and loss of private property included in the deficiency act approved September 22, 1922; to the Committee on Appropriations. |