The Legislative Week

The Senate--

P: Adopted a resolution by Senator Norris requesting the Secretary of State to send to the Senate the still unrevealed correspondence between the U. S. and Mexico over the Mexican land laws.

P: Debated a resolution to have a joint committee of both Houses of Congress negotiate a lease with private parties yet unknown for Muscle Shoals, the lease to be ratified or rejected by Congress.

P: Passed the joint conference report of the first deficiency bill. (Bill went to the President.)

The House--

P: Passed the annual supply bill for the "independent offices" of the Government, carrying $509,000,000. (Bill went to the Senate.)

P: Passed the Watson-Parker bill (TIME, Jan. 18) to abolish the Railroad Labor Board and set up in its place a series of arbitration devices to settle railway labor disputes, by vote of 381 to 13. (Bill went to the Senate.)

P: Debated the appropriation bill for the Departments of State, Labor, Commerce, and Justice.