Invested and/or the amount of business done by corporations engaged in interstate commerce within the taxing
States; limiting the power to levy such taxes to the value
of property and capital or value of capital stock owned
or employed and/or business done by such corporations
within the taxing States; and preventing double taxation; to
the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. PIERCE: A bill (H. R. 5760) to amend the Social Security Act with respect to the meaning of the term “agricultural labor”; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. FISH: A bill (H. R. 5761) to restrict the importation of cotton, wool, and rayon, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. BLAND: A bill (H. R. 5762) to authorize the President of the United States to lend or give World War relics and other property at Fort Eustis, Va., to the American Legion Museum at Newport News, Va.; to the Committee on Military Affairs.
By Mr. McCLELLAN: A bill (H. R. 5763) to provide for the extension of the boundaries of the Hot Springs National Park, in the State of Arkansas, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Public Lands.
By Mr. BOYLAN of New York: Joint resolution (H. J. Res. 284) authorizing the President of the United States of America to proclaim the 13th day of April of each year Thomas Jefferson’s Birthday; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. SIROVICH: Joint resolution (H. J. Res. 285) authorizing the erection in Washington, D. C., of a monument in memory of Col. Robert Ingersoll; to the Committee on the Library.
By Mr. FISH: Joint resolution (H. J. Res. 286) providing for an amendment to the Constitution; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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 Maryland, memorializing the President and the Congress of the United States to act promptly and favorably on the proposals submitted by the President for improving the judiciary branch of the Government; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
Under clause 1 of rule XXII, private bills and resolutions were introduced and severally referred as follows:
By Mr. BREWSTER: A bill (H. R. 5764) granting a pension to Abbie S. Smith; to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 5166) granting an increase of pension to Sarah E. Packard; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. CLARK of Idaho: A bill (H. R. 5766) for the relief of Charles E. La Vatta; to the Committee on Claims.
By Mr. FITZPATRICK: A bill (H. R. 5767) for the relief of Eugenio Soldo; to the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization.
By Mr. GARRETT: A bill (H. R. 5768) for the relief of A. B. Chambers and in behalf of Mary Louise Chambers, a minor; to the Committee on Claims.
By Mr. HIGGINS: A bill (H. R. 5769) authorizing the Secretary of War to award a Distinguished Service Cross to Daniel Foley; to the Committee on Military Affairs.
By Mrs. JENCKES of Indiana: A bill (H. R. 5770) granting a pension to Rose Grubbs; to the Committee on Pensions.
By Mr. LUECKE of Michigan: A bill (H. R. 5771) granting an increase of pension to Helen A. Halsted; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.
By Mr. PATRICK: A bill (H. R. 5772) granting a pension to Charlotte Dean; to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 5773) granting a pension to Mollie G. Tomlinson; to the Committee on Pensions.
Also, a bill (H. R. 5774) for the relief of Jack Page; to the Committee on Military Affairs.
By Mr. REED of New York: A bill (H. R. 5775) granting an increase of pension to Susie F. Rowe; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.
Also, a bill (H. R. 5776) granting an increase of pension to Eva E. Franklin; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.
By Mr. SHANLEY: A bill (H. R. 5777) for the relief of Capt. Francis H. S. McKeon; to the Committee on Claims.
By Mr. WELCH: A bill (H. R. 5778) to confer jurisdiction on the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of C. A. Blume against the United States; to the Committee on Claims.
PETITIONS, ETC.
Under clause 1 of rule XXII, petitions and papers were laid on the Clerk’s desk and referred as follows:
1189. By Mr. ASHBROOK: Petitions of Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Cullison and Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Stewart, Roscoe, Ohio, protesting against any law that would disturb or abridge the religious rights and privileges of all our people; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
1190. By Mr. BIERMANN: Memorial of the farmers of Winneshiek County, Iowa, favoring the continuance of the present agricultural-conservation program; to the Committee on Agriculture.
1191. By Mr. CRAWFORD: Petition of residents of Saginaw, Mich., opposing the plan of the President to increase the number of Justices of the Supreme Court and thereby control the judicial powers; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
1192. Also, petition of residents of St. Johns, Mich., opposing any plan to prohibit the use of the mails for distribution of Christian periodicals; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
1193. By Mr. CURLEY: Resolution of the Railroad Employees’ National Pension Association, supporting the President’s plan for judicial reorganization; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
1194. Also, resolutions of the International Association of Bridge, Structural, and Ornamental Iron Workers, supporting the President’s recommendations for judicial reform embodied in his message to the Congress of February 5, 1937; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
1195. Also, resolutions of the American Labor Party, urging enactment of the President’s plan to reorganize tho judiciary; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
1196. Also, resolution of the Central Trades and Labor Council of Greater New York and Vicinity, endorsing the President's plan for judicial reform; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
1197. By Mr. DIXON: Memorial of the Ohio Senate, memorializing Congress to support the recommendations of Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, with reference to the Federal judiciary; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
1198. By Mr. FISH: Petition of 71 citizens and residents of Middletown, Orange County, N. Y., opposing the President’s proposal to pack and control the Supreme Court; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
1199. By Mr. FITZPATRICK: Petition of the American Labor Party of New York State, urging the support of the President’s gallant, courageous, and practical endeavors for judicial reform; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
1200. Also, petition of the Railroad Employee’s National Pension Association, endorsing the President’s program with relation to the United States Supreme Court; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
1201. By Mr. KEOGH: Petition of the Detroit Federation of Teachers, Local 231, Detroit, Mich., concerning the Harrison-Black-Fletcher bill for Federal aid to schools, with amendments; to the Committee on Education.
1202. Also, petition of the United Association of Railroad Veterans, concerning the Pettengill bill (H. R. 1668) covering repeal of long-and-short-haul clause of the Interstate Commerce Act; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
1203. By Mr. KINZER: Petitions of A. L. Halteman and others, of West Chester, Pa., opposing the President’s Supreme Court proposal; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
1204. Also, petitions of the citizens of Lancaster and Chester Counties, urging Congress to enact the old-age pen-
