CONGRESS: The Senate Week May 6, 1929

The Senate Week

Work Done. The Senate of the U.S. last week:

¶ Debated a farm relief bill containing the export debenture plan (see p. 13).

¶ Adopted a resolution authorizing that $4,250,000 be spent to combat the Mediterranean fruit fly in Florida (see p. 13).

¶ Dehated the killing by a Washington policeman of a 21-year-old bootleg suspect. Drys applauded what Wets called "murder."

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