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Show POSTAL SAVINGS BANK H BILL OCCUPIES SENATE IH WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. Tho postal H savings bank hill was debated at lougth fM in the s.cnnte today; its consideration Hl will be resumed tomorrow. Ql Souator Carter asked for an agree- JM mcnt that, when tho voto on it should IjH be taken, it should be by aves aud VM noes. The request met such a vigorous jH opposition from Senators Bacon aud Bab IH linger that it was withdrawn. Son; H ntors objecting declared the manner of the vote should be determined when tho bill -was reached. Senators Bacon and Cummins present-ed present-ed amendments to the provision regit-1 regit-1 lating tho deposit of postal savings funds, and Mr. Cummins spoko iu "ex- planutinn of his suggestions, which pro- fH vided for the deposit of the money in jH commercial banks in towns and cities in which there are postal banks. JH He said that, if his plan were adopt- jH ed, local postmasters would be pre- pared at all times to. meet demands for rM the withdrawal of funds and would not IH bo compelled to get funds from "Wnsh- tM ington. Onrtcr Answers Queries. Kcspoudiug to an inquiry from Mr. IH Galltngcr. Seuator Carter snid the Phil- Bl ippiuo islands had not been included iu the bill becausu they had thoir own jH postal savings system, while Porto liico, Alaska and the Canal zone, having no VM such system, had been embraced within fH its provisions. Mr. Gallingcr still in- sistcd that in any sou era I measure ot the kind the. Philippines should be in- eluded. After extended debate Mr. Carter gave notice ' that tomorrow ho would IH ask tho senate to agree to voto on H the bill next Monday, but afterward, Continued on Page Two. jH I 'M FORESTRY SERVICE ' V;: UNDER HOT FIRE J Continued From Page .One. liiliK on reflucst of Mr. Gallinger, he con- j friHSI sonted not to do so. I ' t xUeA While expressing a purpose of oppos- ''.ftS! ing tho bill, Mr. Smith (Mich.) ad- vanced the opinion that tho moasuro should bo considered with great caro. IIo confessed that, in so far as ho had been able to give attention to tho subject, ho had been led to believe that the measuro "smacks largely of patcrnnlism," and he feared it would interfere with tho development of individuality, in-dividuality, which heretoforo had been tho gorat distinguishing feature of the United States. Not a Now Plan. Mr. Carter replied that postal savings sav-ings banks wero not an experiment, as they had been tried thoroughl' in Groat Britain and other European countries. Tho bill did not, he said, proposo to intcrforo with banking or to do more than furnish to the poor an opportunity to save their small pittances. Thoy should bo encouraged to save, ho said, but- tho government should guarantee rcpavment. . In reply, Mr. Smith declarod that Mr. Carter's reasoning sounded much liko that which accompanied tho adoption of the Oklahoma bank gunrantee law. Senator Owen, interrupting, declared that, since tho passage of tho Oklahoma law, state bank deposits had increased from $3S,000,000 to $50,000,000. Mr. Smith replied by referring to recent failures in Oklahoma, which had, he said, caused criticism of stato officials, of-ficials, who wero supposed to make supervision su-pervision of them. |