Legislative Week

The Senate--

P:Rejected the McNary-Haugen Farm Relief Bill by a vote of 45 to 39; turned to other farm measures.

P:Heard rich, polished Senator Phipps of Colorado, unofficial campaign chief of the Republican cohorts, expatiate on the abundant blessings realized by the country in seven years of Republican control in Congress, setting forth this record--tax reduction, public debt shrinkage, protective tariff, prosperity, liberty bonds at par--as the platform for Republican legislators seeking re-election this fall.

P:Passed a resolution introduced by busy-buzzing Senator Caraway of Arkansas requiring Secretary of Agriculture Jardine to explain his connection with a school for grain speculators in Chicago; next day received a letter from Secretary Jardine saying he had no such connection.

P:Passed the World War Veterans Bill, heavily laden with expensive amendments. Total, $15,000,000.

The House-- P:Sent Pepper-McFadden Branch Banking Bill back to conference.

P:Noted the absence of many members who kept going over to the Senate to fight unofficially for and against rivers-and-harbors.