Work Done

The Senate:

P:Passed the First Deficiency Appropriation bill after amending it (51-to-26) so as to give a joint Congressional committee power to review treasury tax refunds over $5,000.

P:Swore in Richard Brevard Russell Jr. as Senator from Georgia.

P:Received from President Hoover a special message requesting larger powers to control arms exports.

P:Received from Vermont's Austin a bill granting a $5,000 per year pension to Widow Calvin Coolidge.*

P:Deadlocked on the Glass Banking bill as the result of a persistent filibuster by Louisiana's Long, Oklahoma's Thomas (see below).

The House:

P:Passed (203-to-151) the Domestic Allotment farm relief bill; sent it to the Senate (see col. 3).

P:Repassed (274-to-94) over a Presidential veto the Philippine Independence bill; sent it to the Senate (see p. 16).

P:Debated the War Department appropriation bill.

*Calvin Coolidge's 23-word will, filed last week, left "all my estate, both real and personal to my wife." Its value was estimated at $250,000 and up.

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