TUNGSTEN ORE

ON AGREEING TO THE COMMITTEE AMENDMENT IN PARAGRAPH 303 TO REDUCE THE DUTY ON TUNGSTEN ORE OR CONCENTRATES FROM 50 CENTS TO 45 CENTS PER POUND ON THE METALLIC TUNGSTEN CONTAINED THEREIN

[NOTE. This amendment was agreed to by a viva vocé vote, reconsidered on Mr. Simmons's request, and vote taken by yeas and nays.]

(Cong. Record, November 11, 1929; page, Daily, 5654; Permanent, 5414)

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the committee amendment on page 57, line 4.

Mr. SIMMONS and others asked for the yeas and nays, and they were ordered. The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.

Mr. BLEASE (when his name was called). I have a pair with the Senator from New Hampshire [Mr. MOSES]. Not knowing how he would vote if present, I withhold my vote.

Mr. COPELAND (when his name was called). I have a pair with the junior Senator from Illinois [Mr. GLENN]. Not knowing how he would vote, I withhold my vote.

Mr. McKELLAR (when his name was called). On this question I am paired with the senior Senator from Ohio [Mr. FESS] and withhold my vote.

Mr. OVERMAN (when his name was called). I have a general pair with the senior Senator from Wyoming [Mr. WARREN]. I transfer that pair to the junior Senator from Arizona [Mr. HAYDEN] and will vote. I vote "yea."

Mr. SACKETT (when his name was called). I have a general pair with the Senator from Missouri [Mr. HAWES] and withhold my vote. If at liberty to vote, I should vote "6 yea."

Mr. STECK (when his name was called). On this question I have a pair with the senior Senator from West Virginia [Mr. GoFF], and therefore withhold my vote. If I were at liberty to vote, I should vote "yea" and the Senator from West Virginia would vote "nay."

The roll call was concluded.

Mr. ASHURST. I wish to announce that my colleague [Mr. HAYDEN] is necessarily absent from the Chamber. He has been called to the Interior Department on a very important matter.

Mr. JONES. I have been requested to announce the following general pairs: The Senator from New Jersey [Mr. EDGE] with the Senator from South Carolina [Mr. SMITH];

The Senator from Delaware [Mr. HASTINGS] with the Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. WALSH];

The Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. GILLETT] with the Senator from Utah [Mr. KING]; and

The Senator from Indiana [Mr. WATSON] with the Senator from Arkansas [Mr. ROBINSON].

The result was announced-yeas 31, nays 31, as follows:

ON AGREEING TO THE COMMITTEE AMENDMENT STRIKING OUT PARAGRAPH 403, WHICH AS CHANGED BY MR. JONES'S AMENDMENT PROVIDED A DUTY ON SHINGLES OF WOOD OF 10 PER CENT AD VALOREM

[NOTE. The House text placed a duty of 25 per cent ad valorem on them, which was reduced to 10 per cent by Mr. Jones' amendment, and the committee amendment would strike out all protection and leave them on the free list.]

(Cong. Record, November 13, 1929; page, Daily, 5759; Permanent, 5509)

The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there objection? The Chair hears none, and it is so ordered. The clerk will report the first amendment.

The LEGISLATIVE CLERK. On page 118, line 9, the committee proposes to strike out paragraph 403, as follows:

PAR. 403. Shingles of wood, 25 per cent ad valorem.

The VICE PRESIDENT. The question is on the amendment of the Senator from Washington to the amendment of the committee. [Putting the question.] The noes seem to have it.

Mr. JONES. I ask for a division.

On a division, the amendment to the amendment was agreed to.

The VICE PRESIDENT. Eighty-one senators have answered to their names. A quorum is present. The question is on agreeing to the committee amendment, on page 118, line 9, to strike out paragraph 403, relating to a tariff on shingles.

Mr. JONES. Mr. President, I am going to propose an amendment to the text of the bill if I may do so. I desire to strike out "25" and insert "10," if it is the proper way to perfect the text of the paragraph first.

The VICE PRESIDENT. The amendment is in order.

Mr. JONES. Then I move to strike out "25" and insert "10." I shall not take time to discuss my amendment.

The VICE PRESIDENT. That is corerct. The question is to strike out the whole of paragraph 403 as amended.

Mr. GLASS. It is to strike out, and those who vote "yea" vote to keep shingles on the free list?

The VICE PRESIDENT.

That is correct.

Mr. DILL. Mr. President, will the Chair state in language we can understand, because of the parliamentary mix-up, that a vote " yea " strikes out all of the tariff and leaves shingles on the free list, while a vote "nay" grants a 10 per cent ad valorem rate?

The VICE PRESIDENT. The Senator is correct. The clerk will call the roll.

The Chief Clerk proceeded to call the roll.

Mr. EDGE (when his name was called). I have a general pair with the senior Senator from South Carolina [Mr. SMITH]. I transfer that pair to the senior Senator from Delaware [Mr. HASTINGS] and vote "nay."

Mr. OVERMAN (when his name was called). I have a general pair with the senior Senator from Wyoming [Mr. WARREN]. He not being present, I with

hold my vote.

The roll call was concluded.

Mr. FESS. I desire to annonuce the following general pairs:

The Senator from Kansas [Mr. ALLEN] with the Senator from Utah [Mr. KING];

The Senator from Indiana [Mr. WATSON] with the Senator from Arkansas [Mr. ROBINSON];

The Senator from Nevada [Mr. ODDIE] with the Senator from Virginia [Mr. SWANSON]; and

The Senator from Maine [Mr. GOULD] with the Senator from Arkansas [Mr. CARAWAY].

I wish also to state that my colleague the junior Senator from Ohio [Mr. MCCULLOCH] is necessarily detained from the Senate.

Mr. SHEPPARD. I desire to announce that the Senator from Arkansas [Mr. CARAWAY], the Senator from Mississippi [Mr. STEPHENS], the Senator from Virginia [Mr. SWANSON], and the Senator from Georgia [Mr. GEORGE], are absent because of official business.

I also desire to state that the Senator from Utah [Mr. KING] is absent or account of illness.

The result was announced-yeas 49, nays 29, as follows:

So the committee amendment as amended was agreed to.

WATCH MOVEMENTS

MR. BARKLEY'S SUBSTITUTE FOR PARAGRAPH 367, RESTORING THE RATES AND CLASSIFICATIONS AS TO WATCH MOVEMENTS CONTAINED IN THE ACT OF 1922. THE HOUSE PROVISIONS AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE COMMITTEE INCREASED THE EXISTING RATES IN SEVERAL INSTANCES AS TO PARTS OF MOVEMENTS

Mr. BARKLEY'S substitute was as follows:

Watch movements, whether imported in cases or otherwise, assembled or knocked down, if having less than seven jewels, 75 cents each; having seven and not more than eleven jewels, $1.25 each; having more than eleven and not more than fifteen jewels, $2 each; having more than fifteen and not more than seventeen jewels, unadjusted, $2.75 each;

having seventeen jewels and adjusted to temperature, $3.50 each; having seventeen jewels and adjusted to three positions, $4.75 each; having seventeen jewels and adjusted to five positions, $6.50 each; having more than seventeen jewels adjusted or unadjusted, $10.75 each; watchcases and parts of watches, chronometers, box or ship, and parts thereof, 45 per cent ad valorem; all jewels for use in the manufacture of watches, clocks, meters, or compasses 10 per cent ad valorem; enameled dials for watches or other instruments 3 cents per dial and 45 per cent ad valorem: Provided, That all watch and clock dials, whether attached to movements or not, when imported shall have indelibly painted or printed thereon the name of the country of origin, and that all watch movements and plates, assembled or knocked down, and cases shall have the name of the manufacturer or purchaser and the country of manufacture cut, engraved, or die sunk conspicuously and indelibly on the plate of the movement and the inside of the case, respectively, and the movement and plates shall also have marked thereon by one of the methods indicated the number of jewels and adjustments, said numbers to be expressed both in words and in Arabic numerals, and if the movement is not adjusted, the word "unadjusted" shall be marked thereon by one of the methods indicated, and none of the aforesaid articles shall be delivered to the importer unless marked in exact conformity to this direction: Provided further, That only the number of the jewels which serve a mechanical purpose as frictional bearings shall be marked as herein provided.

(Cong. Record, November 13, 1929; page, Daily, 5773; Permanent, 5524)

Mr. BARKLEY. I desire at this time to offer the amendment to paragraph 367, which I had printed a day or two ago.

Mr. SMOOT. I want to ask the Senator from Kentucky a question in order that Senators may know precisely what the Senator's amendment is. As I understand, the Senator from Kentucky now offers an amendment as a substitute for paragraph 367, which is precisely the existing law.

Mr. BARKLEY. The amendment which I offer is a substitute for the Senate committee provision, in the nature of a reenactment of paragraph 367 of the present law.

The VICE PRESIDENT. Seventy-six Senators having answered to their names, a quorum is present. The yeas and nays have been ordered on the amendment offered by the Senator from Kentucky. The clerk will call the roll. Mr. DENEEN. Mr. President, may the question be again stated? A number of Senators do not understand the question.

The VICE PRESIDENT. The question is on the amendment offered by the Senator from Kentucky [Mr. BARKLEY].

The Chief Clerk proceeded to call the roll.

Mr. EDGE (when his name was called). On this question I have a pair with the senior Senator from South Carolina [Mr. SMITH]. I transfer that pair to the senior Senator from Delaware [Mr. HASTINGS] and vote nay.”

Mr. OVERMAN (when his name was called). I have a general pair with the senior Senator from Wyoming [Mr. WARREN]. I transfer that pair to the junior Senator from South Carolina [Mr. BLEASE] and vote "yea."

Mr. PHIPPS (when his name was called). On this vote I have a pair with the Senator from Georgia [Mr. GEORGE], which I transfer to the junior Senator from Nevada [Mr. ODDIE], and vote "nay."

The roll call was concluded.

Mr. BINGHAM (after having voted in the negative). Mr. President, has the junior Senator from Virginia [Mr. GLASS] voted?

The VICE PRESIDENT. He has not.

Mr. BINGHAM. I have a general pair with the junior Senator from Virginia. I transfer that pair to the junior Senator from Maine [Mr. GOULD] and will allow my vote to stand.

Mr. HAYDEN. I desire to announce that the senior Senator from Arizona [Mr. ASHURST] is detained on public business. If present, he would vote "yea." Mr. FESS. I desire to announce the following general pairs:

The Senator from Kansas [Mr. ALLEN] with the Senator from Utah [Mr. KING];

The Senator from Indiana [Mr. WATSON] with the Senator from Arkansas [Mr. ROBINSON];

The Senator from Vermont [Mr. DALE] with the Senator from Washington [Mr. DILL];

The Senator from Ohio [Mr. McCULLOCH] with the Senator from Nevada [Mr. PITTMAN]; and

The Senator from Colorado [Mr. WATERMAN] with the Senator from Arizona [Mr. ASHURST].

The result was announced-yeas 51, nays 24, as follows:

MR. WALSH'S (OF MASSACHUSETTS) MOTION TO STRIKE OUT PARAGRAPH 402 AS AMENDED, WHICH PROVIDED A DUTY OF 15 PER CENT AD VALOREM ON MAPLE (EXCEPT JAPANESE MAPLE), BIRCH, AND BEECH FLOORING. THE EFFECT OF THE MOTION CARRIED THIS FLOORING TO THE FREE LIST. THE HOUSE PROVISION AFFORDED THE SAME PROTECTION TO LUMBER OF BIRCH, BEECH, AND MAPLE, AND THE SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENT LIMITED THE PROTECTION TO FLOORING ALONE

(Cong. Record, November 14, 1929; page, Daily, 5800; Permanent, 5543) The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will state the pending amendment. The LEGISLATIVE CLERK. On page 118, line 4, the Committee on Finance proposes to strike out "402. Maple (except Japanese maple) and birch: Boards, planks, deals, laths, ceiling, flooring, and other lumber and timber (except logs)" and insert "401. Maple (except Japanese maple), birch, and beech: Flooring," so as to read:

PAR. 401. Maple (except Japanese maple), birch, and beech: Flooring, 15 per cent ad valorem.

Mr. WALSH of Massachusetts. I now move to strike out all of paragraph 402 as amended.

Mr. HALE. On that I ask for a division.