the Quota Law, has caused untold hardship in the separation of families and deprives citizens and permanent residents of the United States of the comfort and society of those bound to them by close family ties; and

Whereas, It is to the best interests of the United States to unite the families of citizens and permanent residents; and

Whereas, There is pending in the House of Representatives a bill, H. R. 5, introduced by Representative Nathan D. Perlman of New York, which provides that the Immigration Act of 1924 be amended so that the wives, husbands, unmarried minor children and parents of citizens of the United States and of permanent residents who have declared their intention to become citizens of the United States may be admitted as non-quota immigrants.

Be it Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That Congress be memorialized and urged to pass said legislation.

Be it further Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to the Secretary of the Senate and the House of Representatives and to each Member of Congress from the State of New York.

Ordered, That said resolution be referred to the committee on finance.

Mr. Knight offered a resolution, in the words following:

Resolved, That a committee of eleven be appointed to report to the Senate a plan for the reorganization of the State government, pursuant to the provisions of article five of the Constitution, as amended by vote of the people November third, nineteen hundred and twenty-five, and for the appropriate assignment of all civil, administrative and executive functions of the State government to the several departments provided in section two of said article. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said resolution, and it was decided in the affirmative.

Mr. Knight offered a resolution, in the words following: Resolved, That a committee of eleven be appointed to report to the Senate a plan of legislative reapportionment.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said resolution, and it was decided in the affirmative.

Mr. Downing offered a resolution, in the words following: Whereas, There is general dissatisfaction with the excessively high and unjustified telephone charges and unsatisfactory service; and

Whereas, The New York Telephone Company has pending before the Public Service Commission an application for increased telephone rates; and

Whereas, The use of the telephone has come to be a vital essention in the daily lives of all classes of people and absolutely indispensable in business; and

Whereas, The service of the city of New York has for a long time been deteriorating and is the cause of much unnecessary annoyance, irritation and consumption of time of the public; and

Whereas, The introduction of the dial system has brought in a devise which makes telephoning complicated and difficult, especially to the aged, the sick and to persons who have not been favored with the school training necessary for a satisfactory manipulation of the dial; and

Whereas, The telephone company through the consent of the Public Service Commission is now permitted to charge on a monthly minimum basis notwithstanding that none or a few of the number of calls allowed for the month have been used and that excess calls for any given period are charged notwithstanding the unused calls for any other month; and

Whereas, The customers have been burdened with additional charges for the installation of the dial on each and every extension in addition to the normal charge for extensions; and

Whereas, The New York Telephone Company as the instrument of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, its parent, is extorting wantonly excessive rates for its own benefit and more particularly that of its parent, the American Telephone and Telegraph Company; and

Whereas, The unjustified so-called contract relationships between the American Telephone and Telegraph Company and the New York Telephone Company, huge sums of money are annually expended for the enrichment of the parent company; and

Whereas, The Public Service Commission has authorized the payment of $2.00 per annum for the use of each and every telephone station in service in the State of New York to the parent company, the American Telephone and Telegraph Company which allowance is excessive, and has allowed millions of dollars annually to the telephone company for the further accumulation of a depreciation reserve to an already heavy and swollen reserve; and

Whereas, The cost of maintenance per station has increased substantially with no justification for such increase; and

Whereas, The unsatisfactory service and excessive charges of the telephone company not only weight down very heavily upon commerce, manufacture and industry, generally, but have added to the cost of production and to the high cost of living and has now become a public menace and scandal.

Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That a joint legislative committee is hereby created to consist of three Senators, to be designated by the Temporary President of the Senate, and four members of the Assembly, to be designated by the Speaker of the Assembly, to investigate into the matter of telephone rates and service in the State of New York and into the contractural relations existing between the New York Telephone Company and the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, and the New York Telephone Company and the Western Electric Company, so far as they may effect rates or service; that such committee may sit within or without the city of Albany, may subpoena and compel the attendance of witnesses and generally have and possess all of [SENATE JOURNAL]

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the powers of a legislative committee, and report to the Legislature not later than February 1, 1927.

Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the expenses of such committee, not exceeding $25,000, be paid out of the legislative contingent fund in the manner provided by law.

Ordered, That said resolution be referred to the committee on finance.

Mr. Downing offered a resolution, in the words following:

Whereas, The United States of America has, through its honesty of purpose and the energy and unswerving loyalty of its citizens, become the greatest nation on the globe; and

Whereas, Many of our greatest citizens were foreign born; and Whereas, The Congress of the United States had recently enacted legislation regulating immigration, preventing the union of thousands of families, imposing privation and suffering on wives and children abroad and apart from their declarent husbands and fathers, while at the same time it subjects the husbands and fathers in this country to all the dangers and hardships of life without the love and companionship of their families, a state of affairs in direct opposition to the best interests of society; therefore, be it

Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the Legislature of the State of New York do hereby memorialize the Congress of the United States to enact such modification of the immigration laws as to admit to this country the wife and children of any person who has regularly declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States; and be it further

Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to the Clerk of the United States Senate and to the Clerk of the House of Representatives and to each Senator and Representative in Congress from this State.

Ordered, That said resolution be referred to the committee on finance.

Mr. Downing offered a resolution, in the words following:

Whereas, There is now in the Congress a bill providing for the finger printing and registration of aliens, which, if enacted into law, would be retrogressive, and contrary to the traditions of this nation; therefore, be it

Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the Legislature of the State of New York do hereby memoralize the Congress of the United States to prevent the passage of such a bill on the ground that it is un-American in principle and introduces into American life the discredited Russian and Prussian imperial system of espionage; and be it

Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to the Clerk of the United States Senate and to the Clerk of the House of Representatives and to each Senator and Representative in Congress from this State.

Ordered. That said resolution be referred to the committee on finance.

Mr. Knight offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That the rules of the Senate be amended in the following particulars:

Rule 7. Following the list of standing committees to consist of sixteen members each, insert the following: To consist of thirteen members; "Codes," and in the list of committees to consist of eleven members of each, strike out the word "Codes."

In the 4th paragraph of Rule 16, strike out the word duplicate and insert the word "triplicate," so that said provision will read as follows: "Every bill introduced by a Senator shall be in triplicate, and shall have endorsed thereon a statement of its title, with his name."

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said resolution, and it was decided in the affirmative, as follows:

The President presented the report of Superintendent of Banks, which was laid upon the table and ordered printed.

(See Document.)

Also, the report of Transit Commission, which was laid upon the table and ordered printed.

(See Document.)

Also, the report of Public Service Commission, which was laid. upon the table and ordered printed.

(See Document.)

Mr. Knight moved that the Senate do now adjourn.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree

to said motion, and it was decided in the affirmative.

Whereupon, the Senate adjourned.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1926

The Senate met pursuant to adjournment.

Prayer by Rev. Thomas J. Burke.

The journal of Monday, January 11th, was read and approved.

Mr. Antin introduced a bill (Int. No. 75) entitled "An act to amend the State Charities Law, in relation to regulating public solicitation for a charitable or similar purpose in public places," which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read the second time, and referred to the committee on general laws.

Mr. Walsh introduced a bill (Int. No. 76) entitled "An act to amend chapter nine hundred and twelve of the Laws of nineteen hundred and twenty, entitled 'An act allowing and regulating boxing, sparring and wrestling matches, and establishing a State athletic commission, and making an appropriation therefor,' in relation to broadcasting reports of contests," which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read the second time, and referred to the committee on the judiciary.

Mr. Webb introduced a bill (Int. No. 77) entitled "An act to amend chapter two hundred and twenty-eight of the Laws of nineteen hundred and twenty-five, entitled 'An act to create a commission to investigate and report upon the suburban passenger transportation problem of the city of New York and its environs and making an appropriation therefor,' in relation to the time for such commission to make its report,' which was read for the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read the second time, and referred to the committee on finance.

Also, a bill (Int. No. 78) entitled "An act to amend chapter nine hundred of the Laws of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, entitled 'An act to provide for the construction of a highway bridge across the Hudson river at Poughkeepsie, between the counties of Dutchess and Ulster, and for the construction of approaches thereto, and making an appropriation therefor,' in relation to the construction of certain retaining walls in connection with such work," which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read the second time, and referred to the committee on finance.

Also, a bill (Int. No. 79) entitled "An act creating a commission to consider and investigate the desirability of an additional bridge for vehicular traffic over the Hudson river between the cities of Poughkeepsie and Albany, and making an appropriation for the expenses of such commission," which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read the second time, and referred to the committee on finance.

Mr. Nicoll introduced a bill (Int. No. 80) entitled "An act to amend the Tax Law, in relation to the income tax," which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read the