CONGRESS: The House Week May 28, 1928

Work Done. Last week, the U. S. Representatives:

¶ Passed the Senate Bill to permit state regulation of interstate trade in prison-made goods.

¶ Adopted the Conference report on the McNary-Haugen Farm Relief Bill.

¶ Adopted the Conference report on the Jones-White Merchant Marine Bill.

¶ Amended and passed the Senate’s Bill for U. S. operation of Muscle Shoals (see col. 3); the Bill went to House-Senate Conference.

¶ Passed the Senate Bill to give a bonus to U. S. aviators in service from 1914 to 1917.

¶ Passed a bill to extend U. S. barge service on the Mississippi; sent it to the Senate.

¶ Debated bills to reapportion congressional representation on a modern basis of population; but as usual sidetracked the issue (see p. 11).

¶ Passed a bill appropriating $99,152,885 for deficiencies occurring during the present session including $2,353,747 for U. S. Marines in Nicaragua; $50,000,000 to carry out the Alien Property Act; $6,235,000 for purchase of the Cape Cod canal; $5,000,000 for District of Columbia realty; $17,513,500 for Federal buildings throughout the land. The Bill went to the Senate. It brought the public moneys voted this session to a total of 3.3 billions exclusive of 1.38 billions in permanent appropriations. Total appropriations were 4.1 billions last year. Of the half-billion increase this year some 201 millions were in the first deficiency bill, which should have been passed last year.