The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from Pennsylvania?
There was no objection.
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
Mr. LANZETTA. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to extend my own remarks in the Record by including a statement which I made before a subcommittee of the Committee on Agriculture, which has under consideration the bill-H. R. 5326.
The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from New York?
There was no objection
Mr. GAVAGAN Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to extend my own remarks in the Record by including therein a recent speech of the Postmaster General of the United States.
The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from New York?
There was no objection.
PERMISSION TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE
Mr MICHENER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that my colleague the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. Hoffman! may address the House for 15 minutes tomorrow following the special orders already entered.
The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Michigan?
There was no objection.
THE NEUTRALITY BILL
Mr. THOMASON of Texas. Mr Speaker, I was called out of the Chamber during the roll call'on the final passage of the neutrality bill and was unable to return before the roll cull was concluded. Had I been present I would have voted “aye”, and I ask unanimous consent that the Record may disclose this fact. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Texas?
There was no objection.
Mr. McGRANERY. Mr. Speaker, my colleague the gentleman from Pennsylvania, Mr. Sacks, is still unavoidably detained. If present, he would have voted “aye” on the passage of the neutrality bill.
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
Mr WHITE of Idaho. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to include as a part of my extension of remarks certain excerpts from the report of the Monetary Commission.
The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Idaho?
There was no objection.
CONTROL OF INSECT PESTS OR PLANT DISEASES
Mr. JONES. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the Speaker’s table the joint resolution (S. J. Res. 75) making funds available for the control of incipient or emergency outbreaks of insect pests or plant diseases, including grasshoppers, Mormon crickets, and chinch bugs, insist on the House amendments, and agree to the conference asked by the Senate.
The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Texas? [After a pause.] The Chair hears none, and appoints the following conferees: Messrs. Jones, Nelson, and Hope.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
By unanimous consent, leave of absence was granted as follows: To Mr. Patrick, for Thursday and Friday, on account of official business.
To Mr. McFarlane, for Thursday and Friday, on account of official business. To Mr Curley, indefinitely, on account of illness.
ENROLLED JOINT RESOLUTION SIGNED
Mr. PARSONS, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that that committee had examined and found truly enrolled a joint resolution of the House of the following title, which was thereupon signed by the Speaker:
H. J. Res. 272. Joint resolution to authorize the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs to accept title for the United States to certain real property to, be donated by Mr. Henry Ford and wife for Veterans’ Administration facility purposes.
ADJOURNMENT
Mr. RAYBURN. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn.
The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 6 o’clock and 15 minutes p. m.) the House adjourned until tomorrow, Friday,, March 19, 1937, at 12 o’clock noon.
COMMITTEE HEARINGS
COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE
There will be a meeting of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce at 10 a. m. Friday. March 19, 1937. Business to be considered: Hearing on H. R. 185, railway-signal systems.
EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.
Under clause 2 of rule XXTV, executive communications were taken from the Speaker’s table and referred as follows:
448. A letter from the Attorney General, transmitting a proposed draft of a bill to amend the Judicial Code in respect to claims against the United States for just compensation; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
449. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937, for the Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, amounting to $2,000,000 (H. Doc. No. 170); to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
Under clause 2 of rule XIII,
Mr. ECKERT: Committee on the Territories. H. R. 5416. A bill to amend the act entitled “An act to enable the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii to authorize the issuance of certain bonds, and for other purposes”, approved August 3, 1935; .without amendment (Rept. No. 430). Referred to the House Calendar.
Mr. ROGERS of Oklahoma: Committee on Indian Affairs.
H. R. 5559. A bill to amend the last two provisos, section 26, act of Congress approved March 3, 1921 (41 Stat. L. 1225-1248); without amendment (Rept. No. 431). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
Mr. ROGERS of Oklahoma: Committee on Indian Affairs. H. R. 5550. A bill to provide for the payment of attorneys’ fees from Osage tribal funds; without amendment (Rept. No. 432.) Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
Under clause 2 of rule XIII,
Mr. ATKINSON: Committee on Claims. S. 179. An act for the relief of J. H. Richards; without amendment (Rept. No. 398). Referred to the Committee of the V/hole House.
Mr. CARLSON: Committee on Claims. H. R. 593. A bill for the relief of Albert Wheeler; with amendment (Rept. No. 399). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.
Mr. SMITH of Washington: Committee on Claims. H. R. 844. A bill for the relief of John Mack; with amendment (Rept. No. 400). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.
Mr EBERHARTER: Committee on Claims. H. R. 1084, A bill for the relief of Samuel Cripps; with amendment (Rept. No. 401). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.