Legislative Week

The Senate--

P: Futilely debated the Dawes-McNary-Haugen farm relief bill all week, without getting to a vote, although the vote was always imminent.

P: Adopted a resolution declaring Senator Schall legally elected. (See "Blind Man's Huff.")

P: Adopted a resolution directing the World War Foreign Debt Commission to inquire whether any private banking interests had made or were preparing to make a loan to France. Two days later Andrew William Mellon, Chairman of the Commission, replied that he had inquired in all likely quarters and found no trace of such a loan.

P: Held memorial services for the late Senator Robert M. Lafollette, the present Senator Lafollette presiding, at the Vice-President's invitation, over a crowded chamber.

The House--

P: Passed a few minor bills and practically marked time waiting for the Senate to get ready for adjournment.