Legislative Week

The Senate:

P:Passed a resolution for a proposed amendment to the Constitution which would have each new Congress assemble on the first Monday in January following elections, and have the President take office on the third Monday in January following elections.

P:Agreed finally to the conference report on the Interior Department appropriation bill.

P:Adopted a resolution calling on Secretary of War Weeks for all information on the recent sales of arms to Mexico.

P:Discussed with some acrimony why it had not accomplished more legislation in this session.

The House:

P:Passed by vote of 355 to 54 a bill granting a bonus to veterans in the form of 20 year endowment insurance policies.

P:Passed a bill carrying an appropriation of $7,500,000 for the improvement of roads in National Parks.

Passed the Naval Appropriation bill calling for an expenditure of $272,000 in the next fiscal year, and added an amendment requesting the President to call an arms conference for limiting light cruisers, submarines and aircraft just as battleships were limited two years ago.

P:Passed by vote of 240 to 97 a bill approximating $10,000,000 for the purchase of foodstuffs in the United States, which are to be shipped abroad in Shipping Board vessels and fed to destitute women and children in Germany.