THE CONGRESS: Clock

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...

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