458 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE FLOBIDA CANAL

 Mr. RomINSN. I announce that the Senator from Alabama [Mr. Bankhead],
 the Senator from Colorado [Mr. Costigan], the Senator from Mississippi [Mr.
 Harrison], the Senator from Nevada [Mr. McCarran], and the Senator from
 South Carolina [Mr. Smith] are detained from the Senate on account of illness.
 The Senator from Washington [Mr. Bone], the Senator from Texas [Mr.
 Connally], the Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. Coolidge], the Senator from
 Illinois [Mr. Dieterich], the Senator from Ohio [Mr. Donahey], the Senator
 from Oklahoma [Mr. Gore], the Senator from West Virginia [Mr. Holt], the
 Senator from Illinois [Mr. Lewis], the Senator from Kentucky [Mr. Logan],
 the Senator from New Jersey [Mr. Moore], the Senator from Idaho [Mr. Pope],
 the Senators from Maryland [Mr. Tydings and Mr. Radcliffe], and the Senator
 from Indiana [Mr. Van Nuys] are unavoidably detained.
 I am advised that if present the Senator from Maryland [Mr. Tydings]
 would vote "nay" on this question.
 Mr. AUSTxh. I announce the following pairs: The Senator from Pennsyl-
 vania [Mr. Davis] with the Senator from Kentucky [Mr. Logan]. If present,
 the Senator from Pennsylvania would vote "nay", and the Senator from Ken-
 tucky would vote "yea."
 The Senator from Rhode Island [Mr. Metcalf] with the Senator from West
 Virginia [Mr. Holt]. If present, the Senator from Rhode Island would vote
 "nay." I am not advised how the Senator from West Virginia would vote.
 The Senator from Minnesota [Mr. Shipstead] has a general pair with the
 Senator from South Carolina [Mr. Smith].
 The result was announced-yeas 28, nays 39, as follows:
 Yeas: Bachman, Barkley, Benson, Bilbo, Black, Brown, Caraway, Chavez,
 Fletcher, George, Guffey, Hale, Hatch, Hayden, Johnson, Loftin, Long, McAdoo,
 McKellar, Neely, Overton, Pittman, Reynolds, Robinson, Sheppard, Thomas of
 Utah, Truman, and White-28.
 Nays: Adams, Austin, Bailey, Barbour, Borah, Bulkley, Bulow, Burke, Byrd,
 Byrnes, Capper, Clark, Copeland, Couzens, Duffy, Frazier, Gerry, Gibson, Glass,
 Keyes, King, La Follette, Lonergan, McGill, McNary, Maloney, Minton, Murphy,
 Murray, Norris, O'Mahoney, Russell, Schwellenbach, Steiwer, Thomas of Okla-
 homa, Vandenberg, Wagner, Walsh, and Wheeler-39.
 Not voting: Ashurst, Bankhead, Bone, Carey, Connally, Coolidge, Costigan,
 Davis, Dickinson, Dieterich, Donahey, Gore, Harrison, Hastings, Holt, Lewis,
 Logan, McCarran, Metcalf, Moore, Norbeck, Nye, Pope, Radcliffe, Shipstead,
 Smith, Townsend, Tydings, and Van Nuys-29.
 So the branch of Mr. Robinson's amendment with respect to the Passama-
 quoddy project to the committee amendment was rejected.
 Mr. RommIsoN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the secretary
 be authorized to make the changes in the text of the amendment which are
 made necessary by the action which the Senate has Just taken.
 The VICE PRESIDET. Is there objection to the request of the Senator from
 Arkansas? The Chair hears none, and the Secretary is so authorized.
 Senator Robinson's amendment as it pertained to the Florida Canal was,
 therefore, accepted by the Senate, and that portion pertaining to the Passa-
 maquoddy project was rejected.


 DOCUMENT NO. 143 (CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, 74TH CONG, 2D SESS,
 JUNE 1, 1936), JUNE 1, 1936

 MOTION To RECONSIDER THE VOTE IN THE SENATE ADOPTING SENATOR
 RoBINSON's AMENDMENT PROVIDING FOR THE FLOBIDA CANAL

 On June 1, 1936, Senator Hastings made a motion in the Senate
to reconsider the vote by which the Senate had, on May 30, adopted
Senator Robinson's amendment to the first deficiency bill, providing
for the Florida Canal. The following is extracted from the Con-
gressional Record of June 1, 1936:
 Mr. HAaBmes. I enter a motion to reconsider the vote by which the com-
mittee amendment, as amended, beginning on page 29, line 24, and extending