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Serial set 8556 Proceedings at the unveiling of the statue of John Ericsson in Potomac Park, Washington, D.C., under the auspices of the John Ericsson Memorial Commission. 1
Serial set 8557 Italian debt settlement. Message from the President of the United States transmitting copy of an agreement, dated November 14, 1925, executed by the Secretary of the Treasury as Chairman of the World War Foreign Debt Commission providing for the settlement of the indebtedness of the Kingdom of Italy to the United States... December 8, 1925. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
Belgian debt settlement. Message from the President of the United States transmitting copy of an agreement, dated August 18, 1925, executed pursuant to law by the Secretary of the Treasury as Chairman of the World War Foreign Debt Commission, providing for the settlement of the indebtedness of the Kingdom of Belgium to the United States... December 8, 1925. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
Rumanian debt settlement. Message from the President of the United States transmitting copy of an agreement, dated December 4, 1925, executed by the Secretary of the Treasury as Chairman of the World Foreign Debt Commission, providing for the settlement of the indebtedness of the Kingdom of Rumania to the United States... December 8, 1925. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
Czechoslovak debt settlement. Message from the President of the United States transmitting copy of an agreement dated October 13, 1925, executed by the Secretary of the Treasury as chairman of the World War Foreign Debt Commission, providing for the settlement of the indebtedness of the Czechoslovak Republic to the United States and approved pursuant to law. December 8, 1925. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
Esthonian debt settlement. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copy of an agreement, dated October 28, 1925, executed by the Secretary of the Treasury as Chairman of the World War Foreign Debt Commission, providing for the settlement of the indebtedness of the Republic of Esthonia to the United States... December 8, 1925. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
Latvian debt settlement. Message from the President of the United States transmitting copy of an agreement, dated September 24, 1925, executed by the Secretary of the Treasury as chairman of the World War Foreign Debt Commission, providing for the settlement of the indebtedness of the Republic of Latvia to the United States, and approved pursuant to law. December 8, 1925. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
Sale of condemned property. Letter from the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, a statement of the sale of certain condemned property of the Senate and the disposition of the proceeds. December 10, 1925. -- Ordered to be printed and to lie on the table.
Property report of the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate. Letter from the Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate transmitting pursuant to law a full and complete account of all property in his possession and in the Senate Office Building belonging to the United States Senate December 1, 1925. December 10, 1925. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.
Judgments of the Court of Claims. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting, pursuant to law, a statement of all judgments rendered by the Court of Claims for the year ended December 5, 1925, the amounts, the parties, and a synopsis of the nature of claims. December 10, 1925. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Ninth annual report of the Council of National Defense. Message from the President of the United States transmitting together with a letter from the Secretary of War, the ninth annual report of the Council of National Defense for the year ended June 30, 1925. December 10, 1925. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Property report of the Senate. Letter from the Assistant Disbursing Agent of the Senate submitting, in obedience to law, an account of all property, including stationery, belonging to the United States in his possession on the 7th day of December, 1925. December 10, 1925. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.
Change in the organization of the Customs Service. Message from the President of the United States transmitting a report, pursuant to law, showing a change in the organization of the Customs Service made by executive order since the last report. December 10, 1925. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
Aircraft in national defense. Message from the President of the United States transmitting the report of the board, appointed by the President of the United States on September 12, 1925, to make a study of the best means of developing and applying aircraft in national defense. December 10, 1925. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
National Forest Reservation Commission. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting, pursuant to law the report of the National Forest Reservation Commission for the year ending June 30, 1925. December 10, 1925. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and Surveys, and ordered to be printed with illustrations.
Broad River Power Co. of South Carolina. Letter from the Secretary of War submitting in response to a Senate resolution of March 17, 1925, certain information relative to the legal right of the Broad River Power Co. to build a dam across the Broad River or the Congaree River. December 14, 1925. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Protocol of the Locarno Conference. Final protocol of the Locarno Conference, 1925 and annexes together with treaties between France and Poland and France and Czechoslovakia. Presented by Mr. Walsh. December 15, 1925. -- Ordered to be printed.
Claim for death of Daniel Shaw Williamson. Message from the President of the United States transmitting report from the Secretary of State... respecting a claim for the death of Daniel Shaw Williamson, a British subject, and recommending an authorization of an appropriation for its payment. December 15, 1925. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Flood control in the Sacramento and San Joaquin River systems. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting... a letter of the Chief of Engineers... with reports of the Board of Engineers for rivers and harbors and the California Debris Commission on the control of floods in the Sacramento and San Joaquin River systems. Presented by Mr. Jones of Washington. December 16, 1925. -- Ordered to be printed with an illustration.
Claims on account of collisions with United States vessels. Message from the President of the United States transmitting report from the Secretary of State relative to claims presented by the governments of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway against the government of the United States... December 17, 1925. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Monument to Gen. Simon Bolivar. Message from the President of the United States transmitting a report from the Secretary of State recommending legislation authorizing an appropriation of $10,000 as the contribution... in the City of Panama a statue of Gen. Simon Bolivar, the South American liberator... December 21, 1925. -- Read; referred to the Committee on the Library and ordered to be printed.
Claims of certain employees of the Bethlehem Steel Co. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting information relative to an act to provide for the carrying out of the award of the National War Labor Board of July 31, 1918... January 7 (calendar day, January 11), 1926. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
International map of the world. Message from the President of the United States transmitting report of the Secretary of State recommending a request to Congress for an appropriation... toward the expenses of the Bureau for the International Map of the World... January 4, 1926. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
North Platte project, Nebraska-Wyoming. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting together with a letter from the Director of the Bureau of the Budget a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1926, amounting to $9,600, for the Bureau of Reclamation of the Interior Department to pay a judgment.. February 15, 1926. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
From Main Street to Wall Street. Article from the Atlantic Monthly for January, 1926 by William Z. Ripley. Presented by Mr. La Follette. February 16, 1926. -- Ordered to be printed.
Emergency Shipping Fund. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting together with a letter from the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, a supplemental estimate of appropriation in the sum of $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1927...March 6, 1926. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
Riverton project, Wyoming. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting together with a letter from the Acting Director of the Bureau of the Budget, a supplemental estimate of appropriation in the sum $200,000 for the Bureau of Reclamation of the Interior Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1927. February 24, 1926. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
Delaware volunteers. February 24, 1926. -- Mr. Bayard presented a copy of Senate Document No. 470, Sixty-first Congress, second session, which was referred to the Committee on Pensions, to accompany Senate Bill S. 3281, and ordered to be printed...
Federal and state military organizations. February 24, 1926. -- Mr. Bayard presented a copy of Senate Document No. 378, part 2, Sixty-first Congress, second session, which was referred to the Committee on Pensions, to accompany Senate Bill 3281, and ordered to be printed, as follows:.
Alaska fur-seal skins. Letter from the Acting Secretary of Commerce transmitting to the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, certain information called for by the Chairman in connection with Senate Resolution 89, pending before the Committee, relative to government-owned Alaska fur-seal skins. Presented by Mr. Jones of Washington. February 24, 1926. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Is farm relief possible without governmental paternalism? An article by Hon. Jonathan Bourne, Jr. Formerly United States Senator from Oregon. Presented by Mr. Moses. March 3 (calendar day, March 4), 1926. -- Ordered to be printed.
New bridge policy of the Senate Committee on Commerce with suggested forms for bridge bills. Extracts from the Congressional Record March 3 (calendar day, March 4), 1926, and March 15 (calendar day, March 18), 1926. Presented by Mr. Bingham. March 3 (calendar day, March 5), 1926. -- Ordered to be printed.
Independence of the Philippines. Mr. Willis presented the following communication from the President of the United States in reply to a letter from Hon. Manuel Roxas, Chairman of the Philippine Mission, Washington, D.C., relative to the question of the independence of the Philippines. March 3 (calendar day, March 5), 1926. -- Ordered to be printed.
Destruction of certain paid United States checks. Communication from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting draft of a bill to authorize the destruction of certain paid United States checks. January 13, 1926. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
Fiscal relations of the United States and the District of Columbia. Letter from the Comptroller General of the United States, informing the Senate that, pursuant to the provisions of the act of February 2, 1925... he had ascertained that items aggregating $819,373.83 were improperly charged by the Joint Select Committee on the District of Columbia... January 13 (calendar day, January 15), 1926. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.
World Court. Article relative to the adherence of the United States to the Permanent Court of International Justice, by Jonathan Bourne, Jr., formerly United States Senator from Oregon. Presented by Mr. Moses. January 16 (calendar day, January 18), 1926. -- Ordered to be printed.
Economic conditions of the Virgin Islands. Report on an investigation of the economic conditions of the Virgin Islands of the United States with special reference to the currency situation and the possibility of establishing an American bank. By Rufus S. Tucker. Presented by Mr. Willis. January 16 (calendar day, January 18), 1926. -- Ordered to be printed.
Yakima project, State of Washington. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1927, for the Bureau of Reclamation of the Interior Department in the sum of $2,000,000... January 16 (calendar day, January 20), 1926. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Interest payments on foreign indebtedness. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in reponse [i.e., response] to Senate Resolution 105 of January 4, 1926, transmitting a statement showing the funded indebtedness of each foreign government to the United States, total payments to be received under such settlements... January 16 (calendar day, January 25), 1926. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.
Permanent Court of International Justice. Resolution of the Senate advising and consenting to the adherence on the part of the United States to the Permanent Court of International Justice, agreed to January 16 (calendar day, January 27), 1926... Presented by Mr. Swanson. January 16 (calendar day, January 28), 1926. -- Ordered to be printed.
National Guard. Letter from the Secretary of War in response to Senate Resolution 94, of December 17, 1925, furnishing the facts in connection with the strength and cost of maintenance of the National Guard. February 1, 1926. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Investigation of Aluminum Co. of America. Letter from the Attorney General in response to Senate Resolution 110 of January 6, 1926, relative to the alleged violation by the Aluminum Co. of America of a consent decree entered against it in 1912 under the Sherman Antitrust Law. February 1, 1926. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Claims arising out of occupation of Vera Cruz, Mexico. Message from the President of the United States transmitting a report of the Secretary of State... respecting claims arising out of the occupation of Vera Cruz, Mexico, by American forces in 1914... February 1 (calendar day, February 6), 1926. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Judgments rendered against the government by United States district courts. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting together with a letter from the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, records of judgments rendered against the government by the United States district courts... February 1, (calendar day, February 8), 1926. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Clyde Steamship Co. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, together with a letter from the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, a record of a judgment rendered against the government of the United States... February 1 (calendar day, February 8), 1926. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Judgments rendered by Court of Claims. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting together with a letter from the Director of the Bureau of the Budget a list of judgments rendered by the Court of Claims, in the sum of $991,725.24, which require an appropriation for their payment. February 1 (calendar day, February 8), 1926. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Claims allowed by General Accounting Office. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting together with a letter from the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, schedules of claims amounting to $229,982.29, allowed by various divisions of the General Accounting Office... February 1 (calendar day, February 8), 1926. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Judgments of Court of Claims. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting... a list of judgments rendered by the Court of Claims, amounting to $129,783.11, arising under the War Department, which require an appropriation for their payment. February 1 (calendar day, February 8), 1926. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Estimates of appropriations for Department of Commerce. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, with a letter from the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, supplemental estimates of appropriations, in the sum of $80,000, required for the Department of Commerce... February 1 (calendar day, February 8), 1926. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Efficiency. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting... a supplemental estimate of appropriation, in the sum of $25,000 required for salaries and expenses of the Bureau of Efficiency for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1926. February 1 (calendar day, February 9), 1926. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
United States Industrial Reformatory, Chillicothe, Ohio. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting with an accompanying letter from the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, a supplemental estimate of appropriation in the sum of $37,500 required for the United States Industrial Reformatory... February 1 (calendar day, February 9), 1926. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Pay of Special Assistant Attorneys, United States courts. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting with a letter from the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, a supplemental estimate of appropriations... required for the pay of special assistant attorneys, United States courts... February 1 (calendar day, February 9), 1926. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Fires and floods in national parks. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting with a letter from the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, a supplemental estimate of appropriation, in the sum of $40,000 required for emergency reconstruction and fighting forest fires in national parks for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1926. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
General expenses, Weather Bureau of Forest Service. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting with a letter from the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, supplemental estimates of appropriations for the general expenses of the Weather Bureau and the Forest Service... February 1 (calendar day, February 9), 1926. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Payments by War Department to leather manufactures. Letter from the Comptroller General of the United States, transmitting report with reference to payments made by the War Department to certain leather manufacturers... December 16, 1925. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. February 1 (calendar day, February 9) 1926. -- Committee on Appropriations discharged and referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Century of transportation problems. Address delivered before the National Association of Railroad and Utilities Commissioners by Clyde B. Aitchison, Chairman, Interstate Commerce Commission. Presented by Mr. Overman. February 1 (calendar day, February 12), 1926. -- Ordered to be printed.
Taxes of anthracite coal mining companies. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in response to Senate Resolution No. 99 of January 5, 1926, transmitting classified data from returns filed prior to audit of the Department by concerns representing the operating companies in the anthracite field. February 2 (calendar day, February 3), 1926. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.
Education of Persian students in United States. Message from the President of the United States transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State in regard to... the sum received from the Persian government in reimbursement of expenses of the return... of the remains of the late Vice Consul Robert W. Imbrie... January 6, 1926. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Pan American Education Congress. Message from the President of the United States transmitting a report of the Secretary of State concerning participation by the government of the United States in the Pan American Educational Conference to be held at Santiago, Chile, in August, 1926... December 21, 1925. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
America Tobacco Company and the Imperial Tobacco Company. Message from the President of the United States transmitting the report of the Federal Trade Commission of its investigation of charges against the American Tobacco Company and the Imperial Tobacco Company... January 7 (calendar day, January 8), 1926. -- Read; and ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.
Reestablishment of pneumatic tube service, Boston, Mass. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Post Office Department ... for the reestablishment of pneumatic tube service in the City of Boston, Massachusetts... January 7 (calendar day, January 11), 1926. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Reductions in taxes. Statement by Mr. Simmons ranking minority member of the Committee on Finance as to the bill H.R. No. 1, Sixty-ninth Congress, first session, with an appended table of surtaxes upon certain incomes. Presented by Mr. Simmons. January 7 (calendar day, January 11), 1926. -- Ordered to be printed.
Public utilities companies. Annual reports of public utility companies of the District of Columbia transmitted pursuant to law for the year ended December 31, 1925.
Salary of the minister resident to Liberia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report by the Acting Secretary of State recommending legislation authorizing an increase in the salary of the minister resident and consul general to Liberia, together with a letter from the Director of the Bureau of the Budget. January 4, 1926. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Centennial of the Pan American Congress. Message from the President of the United States transmitting a report by the Secretary of State concerning representation by the United States in a congress to be held in the City of Panama to commemorate the centennial of the Pan American Congress... January 4, 1926. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
National Sesquicentennial Exposition. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, together with a letter from the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, a supplemental estimate of appropriation in the sum of $2,186,500 for the fiscal years 1926 and 1927, for the National Sesquicentennial Exposition... February 17, 1926. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Washington: A great teacher. Address of President Coolidge before the Department of Superintendence of the National Education Association delivered at Washington, D.C. February 22, 1926. Presented by Mr. Fess. February 23, 1926. -- Ordered to be printed.
Fixed nitrogen research work. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting together with a letter from the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, a supplemental estimate of appropriation in the sum of $185,000 for the Agricultural Department required by the Bureau of Soils to continue research work of the fixed nitrogen bureau. February 23, 1926. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
Administration of Sherman Antitrust Law. Letter from the Attorney-General transmitting in response to Senate Resolution 153, of February 22, 1926, certain data relative to cases instituted under each of the first seven sections of the Sherman Antitrust Law (act of July 2, 1890, ch. 647; 36 Stat. 209). March 11, 1926. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Auxiliary fish-cultural station, Warm Springs, Ga. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of Commerce for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1927, together with a letter from the Director of the Bureau of the Budget. March 11, 1926. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Postal receipts by classes from July 1 to December 31, 1925. Letter from the Postmaster General in response to resolution of the Senate No. 158, of March 11, 1926, transmitting an estimate of postal revenues which will be received for fiscal year 1926, with increases or decreases for several classes of matter and data respecting number of pieces, etc. March 11 (calendar day, March 12), 1926. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Third World's Poultry Congress. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying letters from the Secretary of Agriculture and the Director of the Bureau of the Budget...March 11 (calendar day, March 13), 1926. -- Read; referred to the Committee of Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Reports required of railroads and utilities companies. Letter from the chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission in response to Senate Resolution No. 100 of January 4, 1926, transmitting a report relative to the number and nature of reports required by the Interstate Commerce Commission to be made by railways and by the utilities companies of the separate states, the cost, etc. February 15, 1926. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Claims of the government of the Netherlands against the United States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of State recommending an appropriation in the sum of $1,000 to pay [Mr.] Arend Kamp and Mr. Francis Gort, subjects of the Netherlands... December 21, 1925. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
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Serial set 8558 Permanent Association of International Road Congresses. Message from the President of the United States. April 5, 1926. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Claims of Walter B. Avery and Fred S. Gichner. Letter from the Acting Secretary of Commerce recommending legislation for the settlement of claims of Walter B. Avery and Fred S. Gichner for repairs, alterations, and improvements to the buildings occupied by the Coast and Geodetic Survey in June, 1924. May 6, 1926. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Deficiency estimate for Department of Justice. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting deficiency estimates of appropriations for the Department of Justice for the fiscal years 1924 and 1925, amounting to $2,415, together with a letter from the Director of the Bureau of the Budget. June 23 (calendar day, June 29), 1926. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Serb, Croat, and Slovene debt settlement. Message from the President of the United States transmitting copy of an agreement dated May 3, 1926, executed by the Secretary of the Treasury as Chairman of the World War Foreign Debt Commission providing for the settlement of the indebtedness of the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes to the United States of America. May 3 (calendar day, May 5), 1926. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed.
Judgments rendered against the government by United States district courts. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting records of judgments rendered against the government by United States district courts... June 23 (calendar day, June 29), 1926. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Forms for bridge bills. (Substitute for Senate Document No. 76). Extracts from the Congressional Record April 30 and May 1, 1926. Presented by Mr. Bingham. May 1, 1926. -- Ordered to be printed.
Annual report of the Alien Property Custodian for the year 1925. Message from the President of the United States transmitting a communication from the Alien Property Custodian, submitting his annual report of the proceedings had under the Trading with the Enemy Act, for the year ended December 31, 1925. April 5 (calendar day, April 9), 1926. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Claim for the death of Reginald Ethelbert Myrie. Message from the President of the United States. April 5, 1926. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Claims for the death of Samuel Richardson. Message from the President of the United States. April 5, 1926. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Rights of American citizens in certain oil lands in Mexico. Message from the President of the United States transmitting from the Secretary of State. April 5 (calendar day, April 12), 1926. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Live elk from the National Bison Range. Letter from the Secretary of Agriculture in response to Senate Resolution 184 of March 31, 1926, relative to recent shipment of live elk from the National Bison Range in Montana to the State of Massachusetts. April 5 (calendar day, April 14), 1926. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Appropriations for the Departments of State, Justice, Commerce, and Labor. Mr. Jones of Washington submitted the following conference report on the bill (H.R. 9795) making appropriations for the Departments of State and Justice and for the judiciary and for the Departments of Commerce and Labor. April 5 (calendar day, April 15), 1926. -- Ordered to be printed.
American claims against Germany. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury submitted in response to Senate Resolution No. 199 of April 14, requesting certain information relative to American claims against Germany. April 15 (calendar day, April 16), 1926. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.
Glen Canyon Bridge, Canyon Dam Project and Arizona Highline Canal. Summary of the arguments made by Senator Fred T. Colter. President of the Arizona Highline Association on S. 3414 a bill providing for the building of the Glen Bridge Dams and Arizona Highline Canal; introduced in the United States Senate March 3, 1926, as a substitute for the Swing-Johnson Boulder-Black Dam and compact bill. Presented by Mr. Cameron. May 17 (calendar day, May 18), 1926. -- Ordered to be printed with illustrations.
Purchase lands for Santa Ysabel Reservation. Mr. Harreld submitted the following conference report on the Bill (H.R. 8186) to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to purchase certain lands in California to be added to the Santa Ysabel Indian Reservation and authorizing an appropriation of funds therefor. May 17 (calendar day, May 19), 1926. -- Ordered to be printed.
Addition to Morongo Indian Reservation. Mr. Harreld submitted the following conference report on the bill (S. 2702) to provide for the setting apart of certain lands in the State of California as an addition to the Morongo Indian Reservation. May 17 (calendar day, May 19), 1926. -- Ordered to be printed.
Survey of the Yazoo River, Miss. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting to the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate a letter of the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, together with a review of report on preliminary examination of the Yazoo River, Miss., by the board of engineers for rivers and harbors. Presented by Mr. Stephens. May 17 (calendar day, May 19), 1926. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Carillons. The carillon to be imported by the Park Avenue Baptist Church New York. Presented by Mr. Fletcher. May 21, 1926. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
Surplus farm products. Letter from the Secretary of Agriculture to Senator Simeon D. Fess, submitting information and charts on the handling of surplus farm products and a cooperative plan thereon. Presented by Mr. Fess. June 15, 1926. -- Ordered to be printed with illustrations.
Claims of E.A. Goldenweiser, Edith M. Furbush, and Horatio M. Pollock. Message from the President of the United States transmitting together with a letter from the Director of the Budget, a draft of a proposed bill to authorize the Comptroller General to settle and allow the claim of E.A. Goldenweiser and the claim of Edith M. Furbush and Horatio M. Pollock...June 21,1926. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Analysis of Muscle Shoals bids. Analysis by the Treasury Department of the bids of the Muscle Shoals Fertilizer Co., Muscle Shoals Power Distributing Co., Air Nitrates Corporation, and former bid by Henry Ford. Presented by Mr. Deneen. June 21, 1926. -- Ordered to be printed.
Concessions of British Government in Panama. Message from the President of the United States transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State in response to a resolution of the Senate of June 5, 1926, relative to the concessions secured by the British Government in the Republic of Panama. June 21 (calendar day, June 22), 1926. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Traffic control in the District of Columbia. Mr. Capper submitted the following conference report on the Bill (H.R. 3802) "To Amend the Act Known as the District of Columbia Traffic Act, 1925, Approved March 3, 1925, Being Public, No. 561, Sixty-eighth Congress, and for Other Purposes." June 23, 1926. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.
John W. Stockett. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of John W. Stockett against the United States. June 23 (calendar day, June 25), 1926. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
College of Scientific Price Forecasting. Letter from the Secretary of Agriculture, transmitting, in response to Senate Resolution No. 260, of June 23 (calendar day, June 25), 1926, report relative to a news item in the Chicago Tribune. June 23 (calendar day, June 26) 1926. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.
Claims allowed by the General Accounting Office. Communication from the President of the United States. June 23 (calendar day, June 29), 1926. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Judgments rendered against the government by United States district courts. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting... judgments rendered against the government by the United States district courts... June 23 (calendar day, June 29), 1926. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Judgments rendered against the government by United States district courts. Communication from the President of the United States. June 23 (calendar day, June 29), 1926. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Judgments rendered against the government by United States district courts under special acts of Congress. June 23 (calendar day, June 29), 1926. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Daniel J. Campau. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting record of a judgment... in favor of Daniel J. Campau for $2,506.79, together with a letter from the Director of the Bureau of the Budget. June 23 (calendar day, June 29), 1926. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Judgments of the Court of Claims. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting a list of judgments rendered by the Court of Claims. June 23 (calendar day, June 29), 1926. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Claims against the Government of the United States. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting communication from the Secretary of the Treasury. June 23 (calendar day, June 29), 1926. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Claims for interest on certain foreign drafts. Message from the President of the United States transmitting together with a letter from the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, a report from the Secretary of State recommending authorization by Congress of an appropriation to enable the Secretary of State to pay certain claims...March 25, 1926. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Expenditure of Muscle Shoals appropriation. Communication from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting in response to Senate Resolution No. 174, of March 15, 1926, certain information relative to the expenditure from the appropriation contained in Section 124 of the National Defense Act, approved June 3, 1916, for the development of Muscle Shoals. March 25, 1926. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and ordered to be printed.
International road exposition in Milan. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting together with a letter from the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, a report by the Secretary of State concerning a request by the Department of Agriculture...March 25 (calendar day, March 26), 1926. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Civil service retirement and disability fund. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting a communication from the Commissioner of Pensions submitting the fifth annual report of the Board of Actuaries upon the operation of the act for the retirement of employees in the classified civil service. Presented by Mr. Stanfield. March 27 (calendar day, March 30), 1926. -- Referred to the Committee on Civil Service.
Investigation of Burton K. Wheeler. Letter from the Attorney General transmitting a response to Senate Resolution No. 171, of March 25, 1926, requesting certain information relative to expenses incurred in connection with the investigation of alleged offenses by Senator Burton K. Wheeler. April 19, 1926. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Reform of federal procedure. Address delivered by Hon. Thomas J. Walsh. A Senator from the State of Montana at a meeting of the Tri-State Bar Association at Texarkana, Arkansas-Texas. April 23, 1926. Presented by Mr. Sheppard. May 3, 1926. -- Ordered to be printed.
Air Commerce Act of 1926. Mr. Bingham submitted the following conference report on Bill (S. 41) to encourage and regulate the use of aircraft in commerce, and for other purposes. May 10, 1926. -- Ordered to be printed.
Postal rates. Report of the Special Joint Subcommittee on Postal Rates submitting recommendations for a permanent schedule of postal rates pursuant to Section 217 of the Act of February 28, 1925, and Public Resolution No. 2, approved December 17, 1925. Presented by Mr. Moses. May 10 (calendar day, May 11), 1926. -- Ordered to be printed.
Economic conditions of the Virgin Islands. Supplemental report on an investigation of the economic conditions of the Virgin Islands of the United States with special reference to the currency situation and the possibility of establishing an American bank, by Rufus S. Tucker. Presented by Mr. Willis. May 10 (calendar day, May 12), 1926. -- Ordered to be printed.
Chester A. Rothwell. Message from the President of the United States returning without approval the Bill (S. 2338) authorizing the President to reappoint Chester A. Rothwell, formerly a captain of engineers, United States Army, an officer of engineers, United States Army. May 10 (calendar day, May 14), 1926. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.
Offenses against the neutrality laws. Communication from the Attorney General transmitting in response to Senate Resolution 179, agreed to April 5, 1926, information relative to pending and closed cases in the western district of Texas of violations of the neutrality laws. June 5, 1926. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.
Transfer of employees of Alien Property Custodian. Communication from the Alien Property Custodian transmitting, in response to Senate Resolution 238, agreed to June 4, 1926, certain information concerning persons paid by the Alien Property Custodian and detailed to other government office. June 5, 1926. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.
Readjustment of screen wagon contracts. Mr. Moses submitted the following conference report on the Bill (S. 1930) to authorize the Postmaster General to readjust the terms of certain screen wagon contracts, and for other purposes. June 7 (calendar day, June 8), 1926. -- Ordered to be printed.
Claims for the death of Juan Sariano. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, together with a letter from the Director of the Budget of the Bureau of the Budget, a report from the Secretary of State respecting a claim for the death of Juan Sariano... March 20 (calendar day, March 22), 1926. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
French debt settlement. Message from the President of the United States transmitting copy of an agreement dated April 29, 1926, executed by the Secretary of the Treasury as Chairman of the World War Foreign Debt Commission, providing for the settlement of the indebtedness of the French Republic to the United States of America. April 29 (calendar day, April 30), 1926. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed.
Transfer of employees of Alien Property Custodian. Letter from the Alien Property Custodian in response to Senate Resolution No. 229 of May 24, 1926, submitting a list of all persons paid by the Alien Property Custodian and detailed to other government offices during the existence of the office together with the authority for such detail. May 26 (calendar day, May 27), 1926. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.
Maternity and Infancy Act. Letter and extracts from letters commending the Maternity and Infancy Act. I. From mothers receiving its benefits. II. From physicians. III. From others observing its operations. Presented by Mr. Sheppard. May 26 (calendar day, May 28), 1926. -- Ordered to be printed.
State rights and the Jeffersonian idea. Address delivered by Hon. William G. McAdoo at the convention of the Cooperative Club International, Des Moines, Iowa, May 25, 1926. Presented by Mr. Simmons. May 26 (calendar day, May 29), 1926. -- Ordered to be printed.
Reconnaissance work on Walker River, Nev. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1927, amounting to $10,000... July 1 (calendar day, July 2), 1926. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Cooperative marketing. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1927, amounting to $150,000, together with a letter from the Director of the Bureau of the Budget. July 1 (calendar day, July 2), 1926. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Copper mining industry. Speeches of Hon. Ralph H. Cameron, a Senator from the State of Arizona, delivered in the Senate April 9 and June 26, 1926. Presented by Mr. McNary. July 1 (calendar day, July 2), 1926. -- Ordered to be printed.
Tariff statistics. Compilation made by the United States Tariff Commission relative to a number of domestic manufacturing industries as reported in the census of manufactures for 1923, including the value of the products, the cost of materials, and duties paid together with a survey of the percentage which labor cost is of total costs for materials, wages, and salaries, also a letter of explanation by Hon. Cordell Hull. Presented by Mr. Robinson of Arkansas. July 1, (calendar day, July 2), 1926. -- Ordered to be printed.
Claims conventions with Great Britain and France. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting... a report regarding the negotiation of claims conventions with Great Britain and France for the arbitration and settlement of claims of American citizens between August 1, 1914, and April 6, 1917. July 1 (calendar day, July 2), 1926. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Oil and gas mining leases upon unallotted lands within executive order Indian reservation. Message from the President of the United States returning without approval the Bill (S. 4152) to authorize oil and gas mining leases upon unallotted lands within executive order Indian reservations, and for other purposes. July 1 (calendar day, July 2), 1926. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.
Articles of impeachment presented against George W. English. United States district judge for the eastern district of Illinois.
Answer of George W. English, district judge of the United States for the eastern district of Illinois to the articles of impeachment exhibited against him by the House of Representatives of the United States.
Proposed dismissal of certain government employees. Letter from the chairman of the Personnel Classification Board transmitting, in response to Senate Resolution 239, of June 5, 1926, certain information relative to the proposed dismissal of certain government employees. June 16, 1926. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.
Loans to French government. Letter from the Chairman of the World War Foreign Debt Commission, in response to Senate Resolution No. 244 of June 9, 1926, relative to any agreement between any United States financial interest with the government of France or its representatives touching loans to be made to the French government or any representative of the French government. June 16 (calendar day, June 17), 1926. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
Report of Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors. Letter from the Chief of Engineers, in response to a letter of the Chairman of and a resolution of the Committee on Commerce dated June 14, 1926, submitting a review of its report published in Rivers and Harbors Committee Document No. 4, Sixty-ninth Congress, first session. June 16 (calendar day, June 17), 1926. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Fixing postage rates on hotel-room keys and tags. Mr. Metcalf submitted the following conference report on the Bill (H.R. 92) fixing postage rates on hotel-room keys and tags. June 28 (legislative day, June 23), 1926. -- Ordered to be printed.
Supplemental estimate for legislative establishment. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation under the legislative establishment, Architect of the Capitol, amounting to $41,503.02, together with a letter from the Director of the Bureau of the Budget. June 30, 1926. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Salaries and expenses of United States district attorneys. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of Justice, amounting to $35,500, together with a letter from the Director of the Bureau of the Budget. June 30, 1926. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Salaries, Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to transfer the sum of $5,000 from an appropriation for salaries, General Accounting Office, fiscal year 1927, to the appropriation for salaries... June 30, 1926. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
General expenses, Bureau of Entomology. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1927, amounting to $25,000, together with a letter from the Director of the Bureau of the Budget. June 30, 1926. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
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Serial set 8559 Annual report of the Public Printer for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1925. 1
Serial set 8560 Aeronautics. Eleventh annual report of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1925. 1
Serial set 8561 Report of the National Academy of Sciences, fiscal year 1924-1925. 1
Serial set 8562 Annual report of the Clerk of the House of Representatives Wm. Tyler Page giving names of statutory and contingent-fund employees of the House and their respective compensations, including clerks to members; the expenditures from the contingent fund and from certain specific appropriations; the amounts drawn from the Treasury; the stationery accounts; and unexpended balances from the year ended June 30, 1925. December 7, 1925. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 8563 Journal of the fifty-ninth national encampment, Grand Army of the Republic, Grand Rapids, Michigan, August 30 to September 4, 1925. December 7, 1925. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. 1
Serial set 8564 Fifteenth annual report of the Boy Scouts of America 1924. 1
Serial set 8565 Majority and minority reports of the Muscle Shoals Inquiry. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the majority and minority reports made by the Muscle Shoals Inquiry appointed on March 26, 1925. December 10, 1925. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. 1
Serial set 8566 Annual report of Governor General Philippine Islands, 1924. Message from the President of the United States transmitting the annual report of the Governor General of the Philippine Islands, for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1924. December 14, 1925. -- Referred to the Committee on Insular Affairs and ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 8567 Proceedings, 27th National Encampment, United Spanish War Veterans, St. Petersburg, Florida, September 27--October 1, 1925. January 6, 1926. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. 1
Serial set 8568 Twenty-fifth annual report of the governor of Porto Rico. Message from the President of the United States transmitting twenty-fifth annual report of the Governor of the Porto Rico, including the reports of the heads of the several departments of the government of Porto Rico and the auditor for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925. January 22, 1926. -- Referred to the Committee on Insular Affairs and ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 8569 Proceedings of the seventh national convention of the American Legion, Omaha, Nebraska, October 5 to 9, 1925. February 2, 1926. -- Referred to the Committee on World War Veterans' Legislation and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. 1
Serial set 8570 Origin and Evolution of the United States Flag, by R.C. Ballard Thruston, Louisville, Kentucky. February 22, 1926. -- Ordered to be printed with illustrations. 1
Serial set 8571 William Jennings Bryan. Proceedings in the House of Representatives in memory of William Jennings Bryan. March 19, 1926. 1
Serial set 8572 Proceedings of the 27th annual encampment of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, El Paso, Texas, September 19-23, 1926. 1
SERIAL SET 8573 Documents illustrative of the formation of the union of the American states. 1
Serial set 8573 Documents illustrative of the formation of the union of the American States. 1
Serial set 8574 Sixteenth annual report of the Boy Scouts of America 1925. 1