Work Done

The Senate: P: Killed the President's proposal to enlarge the Supreme Court by returning it to committee, by vote of 70 to 20 (see p. 11 ). P: Overrode the President's veto of a bill 1) to continue for one year the reduced 3-2% interest rate on loans made to farmers by Federal land banks, and 2) to postpone the restoration to original levels of interest on farm mortgages held by the Government. With every Republican except Senator Vandenberg, and even such economizers as Senator Glass voting for the bill, the President's veto, already overidden by the House, was rejected 71 to 19, and the bill became law. P: Unanimously passed a bill previously approved by the House to repeal Section 213 of the Economy Act of 1933 which aimed to spread work in Depression by requiring that when it became necessary to discharge Federal employes, those who had a husband or wife on the Federal payroll should be the first fired. Aside from loud claims that the law forced Government employes to live in sin; feminists ardently opposed it because 50% of those dismissed on Section 213 were women.

*Senator Barkley waged the successful fight for Franklin Roosevelt against Joe Robinson's amendment to the Relief Bill (TIME, June 28).

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