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 Illinois [Mr. Dieterich], the Senator from Georgia [Mr. George], and the Sena-
 tor from Connecticut [Mr. Lonergan] are detained in important committee
 meetings.
 The Senator from Washington [Mr. Bone], the Senator from Ohio [Mr.
 Donahey], the Senator from Oklahoma [Mr. Gore], the Senator from Illinois
 [Mr. Lewis], the Senator from Kentucky [Mr. Logan], the Senator from New
 Jersey [Mr. Moore], the Senator from Maryland [Mr. Tydings], and the Senator
 from Indiana [Mr. Van Nuys] are unavoidably detained.
 Mr. Faumm My colleague the Junior Senator from North Dakota [Mr. Nye]
 is necessarily absent. If present, he would vote "yea."
 Mr. DAvis. I have a general pair with the junior Senator from Kentucky
 [Mr. Logan], who, I understand, If present, would vote as I am about to vote.
 I vote "yea."
 The result was announced-yeas 58, nays 19, as follows:
 Yeas: Adams, Bachman, Barkley, Benson, Bilbo, Black, Brown, Bulkley,
 Bulow, Byrnes, Caraway, Chaves, Connally; Copeland, Davis, Duty, Fletcher,
 Frazier, Gibson, Guffey, Hale, Hayden, Johnson, Keyes, La Follette, Loftin,
 Long, McAdoo, McGill, MeKellar, McNary, Maloney, Minton, Murray, Neely,
 O'Mahoney, Overton, Pittman, Pope, Radcliffe, Reynolds, Robinson, Russell,
 Schwellenbach, Sheppard, Steiwer, Thomas of Oklahoma, Thomas of Utah,
 Truman, Wagner, Walah, Wheeler, and White.-58.
 Nays: Austin, Barbour, Borah, Burke, Byrd, Capper, Carey, Clark, Counens,
 Gerry, Glass, Hastings, Holt, King, Murphy, Norris, Shipstead, Townsend, and
 Vandenberg.-19.
 Not voting: Ashurst, Bailey, Bankhead, Bone, Coolidge, Costigan, Dickinson,
 Dieterich, Donahey, George, Gore, Harrison, Hatch, Lewis, Logan, Lonergan,
 McCarran, Metcalf, Moore, Norbeck, Nye, Smith, Tydings, and Van Nuys.-24.
 So the decision of the Chair was sustained.
 Mr. C.AK. Mr. President, by the vote just taken the Senate has to all intents
 and purposes repealed rule XVI and thrown open the door to any sort of legis-
 lation on a general appropriation bill. In other words, the Senate has complete
 Jurisdiction to construe its rules In any way it pleases. However, it certainly
 seems, in view of the action just taken by the Senate, that the argument of the
 Senator from Arkansas against the point of order of the Senator from Colorado
 is entirely sound, and therefore the point of order of the Senator from Colorado
 ought to be overruled, because if the committee amendment proposing legislation
 is not subject to a point of order, then clearly the amendment offered by the
 Senator from Arkansas, or any other amendment on any other legislative sub-
 ject, is not subject to a point of order under the recent ruling of the Senate.
 The Vxcm PzammrmT. The Chair understands from the Parliamentarian that
 the question before the Senate is, Is the amendment of the Senator from
 Arkansas to the committee amendment germane to the committee amendment?
 Mr. CL&x. The Senator from Colorado, as I understood, made two points of
 order. The first point of order, unless the Senator has withdrawn it-and if he
 withdrew it I failed to hear him do so-was that the amendment was legislation
 on a general appropriation bill and in contravention of rule XVI. His second
 point of order was that the amendment was not germane to the committee
 amendment.
 The VIcn PmmIDNT. The Senate has Just voted on the question whether or
 not the amendment proposed by the Appropriations Committee to the bill is in
 order. The Senate decided, by a vote of 53 to 19, that it was in order. The
 question now is whether or not the amendment offered by the Senator from
 Arkansas to the committee amendment is germane to the amendment held by
 the Senate to be in order. The Chair understands that that is the parliamentary
 situation.
 Mr. CLAK. Mr. President, I desire again to call the attention of the Chair to
 the fact that the first point of order made by the Senator from Colorado against
 the amendment of the Senator from Arkansas was that it amounted to general
 legislation on an appropriation bill. His second point of order was that the
 amendment was not germane The mere submission of the question of ger-
 maneness, which under the rules of the Senate must be submitted to the Senate,
 does not dispose of the first point of order made by the Senator from Colorado;
 and I am now inquiring whether the Senator from Colorado adheres to the first
 point of order?
 Mr. AnAMsY Mr. President, my point of order Is based upon two grounds:
 First, that the amendment of the Senator from Arkansas constitutes general
legislation, in that it provides for the creation of boards, describes their powers