The Legislative Week

The Senate:

P: Adopted a resolution asking the Tariff Commission to investigate the cost of making butter, domestically and abroad, with a view to increasing the tariff.

P: Passed a bill to limit the power of the Interstate Commerce Commission in fixing differing freight rates for long and short hauls.

P: Passed a House bill increasing the salaries of Congressional employes who receive less than $4,500 a year, by about 20%--to cost about $530,000 a year.

P: Adopted the conference report on the Navy Department Appropriation Bill.

P: Passed a House resolution authorizing an investigation of certain land grants made to the Northern Pacific Railway.

P: Approved an agreement between New Mexico and Colorado regarding the control of irrigation waters.

P: Passed a bill to allow the Shipping Board to use $25,000,000 derived from ship sales to install Diesel engines in various vessels.

P: Passed a bill directing that an inspection be made of the battlefields of Fredericksburg and Spottsylvania, with a view to preserving and marking historical sites.

P: Passed a bill carrying $6,850,000 for improving hospitals for War veterans.

P: Passed a bill to remove the railway surcharge on Pullman car tickets.

P: Passed a bill to make railways use all-steel express and baggage cars on express trains.

P: Adopted a resolution to investigate the nature and extent of potash deposits in the U. S., and the best methods of extracting it.

P: Passed the annual Department of Agriculture Appropriation Bill, carrying $60,000,000, in just 15 minutes. $1,000,000 was included for the acquisition of National forest lands.

P: Agreed to the conference report on the Tax Reduction Bill, 60-6.

The House:

P: Agreed to the conference reports on the Navy, Labor, State, Justice and Commerce Departments Appropriation Bills.

P: Passed a bill authorizing the War Department to dispose of certain military reservations no longer useful.

P: Considered at length the McNary-Haugen bill to create a $200,000,000 export corporation and regulate tariff rates in order to raise the price of farm products, notably wheat.

P: Agreed to the conference report on the Tax Reduction Bill, 376-9.