The Legislative Week

The Senate: P: Adopted the conference report on the Treasury-Post Office appropriation bill carrying $763,000,000. (Went to House.)

P: Debated ratification of the Isle of Pines Treaty negotiated more than 20 years ago, which would formally acknowledge Cuba's sovereignty over that Island.

P: Adopted the majority report of the Public Lands Committee condemning the leasing of naval oil reserves to Messrs. Sinclair and Doheny, first having defeated the less drastic minority report.

P: Passed the Naval Appropriations Bill carrying $290,000,000, having defeated an amendment to provide for increasing gun elevation on older battleships, and having approved an amendment asking the President to call an international conference for further limitation of armaments. (Went to conference.)

P: Adopted a resolution calling on Secretary of State Hughes to furnish the Senate a copy of the Paris reparations agreement signed a fortnight ago (TIME, Jan. 26).

P: Confirmed the nomination of Edgar A . Bancroft (already serving at Tokyo) to be Ambassador to Japan.

P: Ratified treaties with Santo Domingo confirming the recent evacuation by American troops and the manner of refunding the Dominican debt of $25,000,000.

P: Heard Senator Borah champion the U. S. policy of foieign debt collections. (See Page 3.)

P: Passed a bill to authorize the coinage of special half dollars to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Bennington, Vt. (Went to House.)

The House:

P: Passed a bill appropriating $1,250,000 for a new embassy and consulate to house U. S. representatives in Tokyo. (Went to Senate.)

P: Passed a bill to give men who served on the battleship Maine at the time of 'her sinking at Havana, and to their dependents, the same pension benefits as to Spanish War veterans. (Went to Senate.)

P: Adopted a resolution directing the Secretary of War to restore the Robert E. Lee Mansion in Arlington Cemetery as nearly as possible to its pre-Civil War state. (Went to Senate.)

P: Passed a bill to provide $950,000 toward the completion of the U. S. topographical survey. (Went to Senate.)

P: Passed a bill creating a commission to select and sell such models from the Patent Office as are not likely to be of historical value. Care of old models has cost the Government about $200,000 in the last 30 years. (Went to Senate.)

P: Passed a bill to promote the production and encourage the conservation of helium gas. (Went to Senate.)