THE CONGRESS: Work Done, May 10, 1937

The Senate: ¶Passed (41 to 15) the Neutrality Bill which had just been rushed through the House by a unanimous vote, sent it to the President (see p. 15).

The House:

¶Passed the Neutrality Bill, sent it to the Senate.

¶Passed (231 to 113) a bill which would repeal the clause of the Revenue Act of 1936 under which salaries of officers & employes of corporations in excess of $15,000 per annum were made public by the Treasury Department, sent it to the Senate.

¶Passed the Army Appropriation Bill which provides for 1938 military expenditures totalling $416,413,382, a peacetime record. Sent it to the Senate.¶Passed bills providing appropriations of $700 each for gold medals to be presented to Actor George M. Cohan, for his Wartime pepsong Over There, and Explorer Lincoln Ellsworth for his explorations, sent them to the Senate.