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Last week the House Committee on Weights and Measures heard the opponents of the Britten Bill (TIME, Feb. 22) which would require the use of metric units in place of English units in retail merchandising and in transportation...
Kelly of Pa. (manager)............................ *McMillan of S. C. (manager) Fish of N. Y. (pitcher)...........................Gallivan of Mass. (pitcher) Appleby of N. J.....................................Somers of N. Y. Hogg of Ind.........................................Lanham of Tex. Bacharach of N.J....................................Wilson of Miss. Britten of Ill.................................... .Green of Fla. Morin of Pa.......................................Tydings of Md. Gorman of Ill.......................................Chapman of Ky. Updike of Ind. Crumpacker...
...House Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures last week had its day on the legislative calendar and presented one bill, a bill to continue the life of the National Screw Thread Commission. But it did not report the Britten metric standards bill, although hearings on the bill were begun Feb. 1. Congressman Fred Albert Britten is from Chicago. He is prominent in the House on naval affairs and it was he who was given credit for bringing the next Army-Navy foot ball game to his city. Incidentally his business is building construction, and that accounts for his introducing...
Suddenly, a discordant sound impinged upon the Secretary's calm. In the House of Representatives, a member (Britten of Illinois) was rising to present a resolution calling for a conference of the "white nations bordering upon the Pacific" for unity of action against the aggression of Japan. To be sure, the House did not take the matter seriously; and several members condemned the proposition; but words once uttered go to the echo and come back. The Secretary was perturbed, beneath his calm, at the thought of that echo in Japan. He determined on a friendly action without delay...
Three resolutions were introduced in Congress, by Senator King of Utah, by Representative Britten of Illinois, by Representative J. J. Rogers of Massachusetts, calling on the Navy Department for detailed information on the strength of the Navy...