Working days left: 38. Essential bills to enact if a special session is to be avoided: 11. Essential bills enacted last week: 0.
House Work Done. The House of Representatives last week:
¶ Passed a bill appropriating $446,024,000 for the War Department after rejecting (271-to-59) a proposal to refuse Army aid to civilian schools or colleges where military training is compulsory; sent it to the Senate.
¶ Passed (185-to-34) a bill providing for automatic copyright before publication of literary, musical or artistic compositions and extending the copyright period to 50 years after the author's...