CONGRESS: The Legislative Week Feb. 18, 1924

The recesses of both Houses, in memory of Woodrow Wilson, shortened the legislative week.

The Senate:

¶ Adopted without debate a resolution renewing for the 68th Congress the authority of the Public Lands Committee to investigate every phase of the Naval Reserve Oil leases.

¶ Adopted unanimously and without debate a resolution directing the Secretary of the Interior to act immediately to recover from the Standard Oil Co. of California Sections 16 and 36 of Naval Oil Reserve No. 1.

¶ Adopted without debate a resolution of Senator La Follette authorizing the Public Lands...

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