¶Adopted the conference report on the Postal Pay and Rate Increase Bill, 370 to 8. (Went to Senate.) ¶ Passed a Deficiency Appropriation Bill carrying among other items, $57,600 for an investigation of diseases communicable through oysters and other shellfish and $125,000 to pay informers who gave tips to Customs men which enable them to catch smugglers of jewelry and other valuables.* An amendment was attached on the floor to increase the salary of the President's Secretary from $7,500 to $10,000. Representative Sanders of Indiana, who was to become the President's Secretary on Mar. 4, was...
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