Work Done

The Senate:

P:Passed (75-10-5) a bill making illegal labor contracts which prohibit an employe from joining a union and specifying that Federal courts must hold public hearings before issuing injunctions in labor disputes; sent it to the House.

P:Passed a bill providing that defendants may waive Federal grand jury indictment.

P:Adopted a resolution to investigate all stock exchanges (see p. 30).

P:Received a bill from New York's Wagner which would make retirement insurance, shared equally by employe and employer, compulsory on U. S. railroads.

Committees of the Senate:

P: Decided that there had been no election for U. S. Senator in Alabama in 1930, declared vacant the seat of John H. Bankhead.

P: Voted to report a bill appropriating $500,000 the first year and $1,000,000 for each succeeding year to promote rural maternity and infant health work.

The House:

P:Received from the Ways & Means Committee a tax bill to raise $1,096,000,000 Chief item: a 2.25% manufacturer's sales levy.

P:Adopted (344-10-2) a joint resolution giving 40,000,000 bu. of Farm Board wheat through the Red Cross to the needy, sent it to the President.

P:Passed the Treasury and Post Office supply bills after cutting the total appropriation to $1,059,000,000.

Committees of the House:

P:Reported a bill by South Carolina's Hare to grant autonomy to the Philippines five years after the establishment of Philippine self-rule.

P:Cut nearly $55,000,000 from the independent offices supply bill, chiefly from the Veteran's Bureau, Farm Board, Interstate Commerce Commission.

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