Work Done

Last week the Senate:

P: Voted down a proposed Constitutional amendment to grant "equality of rights under the law" to women.

P: Sent to the White House the $2.6 billion third deficiency bill, the $1.6 billion Treasury-Post Office appropriaton.

P: Rejected the President's proposal for consolidating all federal housing agencies into one bureau; approved two other Government reorganization plans.

P: Sent to Senate-House conference the House's badly mangled version of the McMahon atomic energy bill, which would: 1) establish military representation on the control commission and licensing board; 2) permit the death penalty for security violators; 3) authorize manufacture of atom bombs by the Army & Navy subject to Presidential approval.

The House:

P: Sent to the White House a $67 million appropriation for Government corporations, the $1.1 billion Labor-Federal Security appropriation.

P: Passed a Senate-approved bill authorizing a $5,000 across-the-board pay boost to all federal judges.

P: Backed up the Senate's $125 million increase for embassies abroad with a bill reorganizing the foreign service, including sweeping pay increases (for ambassadors: from $17,500 to $25,000).

P: Approved an Army request to increase its force of regular commissoned officers from 25,000 to 50,000.

P: Authorized the Post Office Department to establish an air parcel post service.

P: Agreed, under pressure from silver-bloc Senators, to raise the price of silver from 71.1-c- to 90.5-c- an ounce.

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