The Legislative Week

The Senate-

P: Adopted with amendments a resolution providing that a joint committee of Congress should arrange to lease Muscle Shoals (q. v.) by vote of 51 to 26. (Resolution returned to the House.)

P: Confirmed Charles W. Hunt's appointment to be a member of the Federal Trade Commission, by vote of 48 to 20.

P: Began consideration of the Gooding "long and short haul" bill, which would prevent railroads from cutting their transcontinental freight rates to compete with water-borne freight. P: Adopted a resolution for an investigation of the Tariff Commission by a special committee of five Senators (see below).

P: Passed the War Department appropriation bill. (Bill went to joint conference.)

The House-

P: Debated the District of Columbia appropriation bill.

P: Concurred in the Muscle Shoals resolution as passed by the Senate with two amendments.

P: Passed 218 to 124 the White bill, a measure creating a commission "to further the public interest of radio amateurs." (Bill went to the Senate.)