390 SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 



H. R. 3735. (Introduced by Mr. Bacharach on May 28, 1919.) A 

 Bill to provide revenue for the Government and to establish and main- 

 tain the manufacture of chemical glassware in the United States. Be 

 it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 

 States of America in Congress assembled, That on and after the day 

 following the passage of this act there shall be levied, collected, and 

 paid upon the articles named herein when imported from any foreign 

 country into the United States or any of its possessions, except the 

 Philippine Islands and the islands of Guam and Tutuila, the rates of 

 duties herein prescribed, namely: Glasswares and porcelain wares used 

 in the sciences, and in laboratories, or selected for laboratories of chem- 

 istry, physics, bacteriology, and biology, in their application to educa- 

 tion, the industries, medicine, and the public health, including equipment 

 for metallurgy, mineralogy, and testing of materials, and other similar 

 uses, as covered by paragraphs 80 and 84 of the Tariff Act of October 

 3, 1 91 3, 60 per centum ad valorem. And such articles shall not be 

 entitled to free entry under paragraph 573 of the above-mentioned 

 act. 



H. R. 4386. (Introduced by Mr. MoTT on June 2, 1919.) A Bill 

 to provide revenue for the Government and to establish and maintain 

 the manufacture of philosophical, scientific, and laboratory apparatus 

 in the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- 

 sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. 

 That on and after the day following the passage of this act there shall 

 be levied, collected, and paid upon the articles named herein, when im- 

 ported from any foreign country into the United States or any of its 

 possessions, except the Philippine Islands and the islands of Guam and 

 Tutuila, the rates of duties which are herein prescribed, namely: Philoso- 

 phical, scientific, and laboratory apparatus, utensils, and instruments, 

 and parts thereof, finished or unfinished, 60 per centum ad valorem. 



UNION OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL WORKERS 



The following resolution was adopted by the convention of the 

 American Federation of Labor, held at Atlantic City during the week of 

 June 16-2 1 . The resolution was initiated by the (District of Columbia) 

 Union of Federal Employees, with which the scientific and technical 

 workers are now affiliated,^ and was introduced into the convention 

 jointly by the National Federation of Federal Employees and the 

 American Federation of Teachers. 



. Whereas, Scientific research and the technical application of re- 

 sults of research form a fundamental basis upon which the development 

 of our industries, manufacturing, agriculture, mining, and others 

 must rest; and 



Whereas, The productivity of industry is greatly increased by the 

 technical application of the results of scientific research in physics, 

 chemistry, biology and geology, in engineering and agriculture, and in 



1 See this Joxjrnal 9: 303. May 19, 1919- 



