Work Done

The Senate:

P: Passed (66-to-26) over a veto a bill granting independence to the Philippine Islands (see col. 3).

P: Read a motion by Arkansas' Robinson to invoke cloture in debate on the Glass banking bill (see col. 2). P: Adopted (52-to-17) an amendment to the Glass banking bill limiting national branch banking to States which permit State branch banking. P: Heard Indiana's Robinson call France "a thorough ingrate." P: Passed a bill giving 350,000 bales of Farm Board cotton to the Red Cross. P: Passed without debate a resolution from the Foreign Relations Committee to give the President wider powers to embargo arms shipments. P: Adopted a resolution by Virginia's Glass to extend the currency expansion provision of the Glass-Steagall law one year.

P: Received from the Judiciary Committee a bill to legalize the manufacture and sale of 3.05% beer & wine.

The House:

P: Debated appropriations bills. P: Tabled (342-to-11) a second resolution by Pennsylvania's McFadden to impeach President Hoover. P: Adopted a resolution by Pennsylvania's Cochran to void President Hoover's eleven orders for Government consolidation.

P: Passed a bill by Louisiana's Wilson requiring Government departments to purchase only U. S.-made supplies; sent it to the Senate.

P: Rejected a resolution by Oklahoma's Johnson to amend the War Department supply bill so that no retired officer would be paid more than $2,400 per year. The amendment was aimed at General Pershing's $21.500 retirement pay, General Harbord's $6,000.

P: Passed a bill introduced by West Virginia's Smith to sell the Navy's arsenal at South Charleston, W. Va.; sent it to the Senate.

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