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 Mr. MINTON (when his name was called). On this vote I have a pair with
the junior Senator from New York [Mr. Wagner]. I transfer that pair to the
junior Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. Coolidge], and will vote. I vote
"nay."
 Mr. VANDENBEBo. On this vote I have a pair with the junior Senator from
Florida [Mr. Trammell], who, if present, would vote "yea." I transfer that
pair to the Junior Senator from North Dakota [Mr. Nye], and will vote. I
vote "nay."
 The roll call was concluded.
 Mr. AUSTIN. I announce a pair between the Senator from Wyoming [Mr.
Carey] and the Senator from Alabama [Mr. Bankhead]. It present, the Sen-
ator from Wyoming would vote "nay", and the Senator from Alabama would
vote "yea."
 Mr. LEWIs. I announce that the Senator from Alabama [Mr. Bankhead], the
 Senator from Rhode Island [Mr. Gerry], the Senator from Florida [Mr. Tram-
mell], the Senator from California [Mr. McAdoo], the Senator from West
Virginia [Mr. Holt], and the Senator from Washington [Mr. Schwellenbach]
are detained from the Senate on account of illness.
 The Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. Coolidge], the Senator from Colorado
 [Mr. Costigan], the Senator from South Dakota [Mr. Bulow], the Senator from
 Washington [Mr. Bone], the Senator from Illinois [Mr. Dieterich], the Senator
 from Mississippi [Mr. Harrison], the Senator from Nevada [Mr. McCarran],
 the Senator from New York [Mr. Wagner], the Senator from South Carolina
 [Mr. Smith], the Senator from Virginia [Mr. Byrd], the Senator from Minne-
 sota [Mr. Benson], and the senior Senator from North Carolina [Mr. Bailey]
 are unavoidably detained from the Senate.
 The junior Senator from North Carolina [Mr. Reynolds] is absent on official
 business at the Department of Labor, doing some research work in connection
 with the Reynolds-Starnes bill.
 The Senator from Pennsylvania [Mr. Guffey] is detained on matters per-
 taining to the Pennsylvania flood.
 The Senator from North Carolina [Mr. Reynolds] is paired on this question
 with the Senator from Nevada [Mr. McCarran]. The Senator from California
 [Mr. McAdoo] is paired with the Senator from Rhode Island [Mr. Gerry].
 The Senator from Minnesota [Mr. Benson] is paired with the Senator from
 Virginia [Mr. Byrd], and the Senator from South Carolina [Mr. Smith] is
 paired with the Senator from Colorado [Mr. Coetigan]. If present and voting,
 the Senator from North Carolina [Mr. Reynolds], the Senator from California
 [Mr. McAdoo], the Senator from Minnesota [Mr. Benson], and the Senator
 from South Carolina [Mr. Smith] would vote "yea." The Senator from Nevada
 [Mr. McCarran], the Senator from Rhode Island [Mr. Gerry], the Senator
 from Virginia [Mr. Byrd], and the Senator from Colorado [Mr. Costigan]
 would vote "nay."
 Mr. GLASs. I have a general pair with the senior Senator from Minnesota
 [Mr. Shipatead]. I have just had word from him that I am released from
 the pair. Accordingly, I am at liberty to vote, and I vote "yea."
 The result was announced-yeas 35, nays 36, as follows:
 Yeas: Ashurst, Bachman, Barkley, Bilbo, Black, Byrnes, Caraway, Chavez.
 Clark, Connally, Fletcher, George, Glass, Hatch, Hayden, Johnson, Lewis, Logan,
 Long, McGil, McKellar, Murray, Neely, Norris, O'Mahoney, Overton, Pittman,
 Radcliffe, Robinson, Russell, Sheppard, Thomas of Oklahoma, Thomas of Utah,
 Truman, and Wheeler-35.
 Nays: Adams, Austin, Barbour, Brown, Bulkley, Burke, Capper, Copeland,
 Couzens, Davis, Dickinson, Donahey, Duffy, Frazier, Gibson, Gore, Hale, Keyes,
 King, La Follette, Lonergan, McNary, Maloney, Metcalf, Minton, Moore, Murphy,
 Norbeck, Pope, Stelwer, Townsend, Tydings, Vandenberg, Van Nuys, Walsh,
 and White-36.
 Not voting: Bailey, Bankhead, Benson, Bone, Borah, Bulow, Byrd, Carey,
 Coolidge, Costigan, Dieterich, Gerry, Guffey, Harrison, Hastings, Holt, McAdoo,
 McCarran, Nye, Reynolds, Schwellenbach, Shipstead, Smith, Trammell, and
 Wagner--2.
 So the Senate refused to reconsider the vote by which Mr. Fletcher's amend-
 ment was rejected.