CONGRESS: The Legislative Week May 5, 1924

The Senate: ¶ Passed a bill appropriating $1,500,000 to, aid in the eradication of the foot and mouth disease in California (previously passed by the House). ¶ Adopted a joint resolution changing the name of Mount Ranier (Wash.) to Mount Tacoma.

¶Passed, after extended consideration, the Soldier Bonus Bill, with only slight variations from the form in which it had been passed by the House (see Page 3).

¶Debated the tax reduction bill. ¶ Paused in its labor for five minutes in honor of the late Charles F. Murphy, whose death was announced (see Page 5).

¶Adopted without debate a resolution directing the President pro tempore to issue a warrant for the arrest of Mai S. Daugherty (brother of the ex-Attorney General) and bring him before the Senate to answer questions in relation to the Daugherty investigation.

The House:

¶Passed a Senate bill increasing the pensions of Civil War, Mexican War, Indian Wars veterans, an’d the widows of veterans of 1812.¶ Passed a resolution authorizing a joint Congressional Committee to investigate land grants to the Northern Pacific Railroad Co. ¶ Considered the Department of Agriculture appropriation bill and passed it carrying $57,000,000, but without a provision for free seeds to be distributed by Congressmen.

¶Passed a bill appropriating $2,000,000 for the protection of forest lands, reforestation and extension of national forests.

¶Adopted a resolution for a Constitutional Amendment giving Congress power to regulate the labor of persons under 18 years of age (see below).