Work Done

The Senate:

P: Adopted a resolution authorizing the expenditure of $450.000 for the expenses of the U. S. delegation to the General Disarmament Conference at Geneva; sent it to the House.

P: Passed a bill increasing the capitalization of Federal Land Banks by $125,000,000, of which an amendment earmarked $25,000.000 to cover delinquent farm mortgages; sent it to the House for concurrence.

P: Adopted a resolution by Michigan's Couzens to investigate advertising by radio.

P: Received a report from the committee on Agriculture and Forestry recommending an investigation of Farm Board activities.

P: Adopted a resolution authorizing the Committee on Library to buy a $2,500 portrait of Calvin Coolidge for the White House.

P: Adopted a resolution by Tennessee's McKellar to investigate air mail and ocean mail contracts. C. Adopted a resolution by Maryland's Tydings authorizing the Comptroller General to reopen and adjust the claim of the city of Baltimore to $171,000 which the city raised and spent for fortifications during the Civil War.

The House:

P: Passed (335-10-55) a bill creating a Reconstruction Finance Corp. (see p. 11), sent it to the Senate for concurrence.

P: Received from Pennsylvania's Beck a resolution proposing State legalization of liquor and selected by House Wets for a test of their strength.

P: Received from Iowa's Haugen a proposal to amend the Grain Futures Act by limiting short selling on grain exchanges.

P: Received from Pennsylvania's Kelly a bill proposing to permit the bituminous coal industry to form marketing pools, fix prices under Federal supervision--a suggestion made last autumn at the Third International Conference on Bituminous Coal in Pittsburgh (TIME, Nov. 30).

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