CONGRESS: The House Week Mar. 26, 1928

Work Done. Last week, the U. S. Representatives:

¶ Amended the Senate's bill to prolong for one year the life of the Federal Radio Commission; passed it; sent it to conference, where it languished in controversy. ¶ Passed a bill authorizing an appropriation of $4,000,000 for reforestation; sent it to the Senate.

¶ Passed and sent to the Senate a bill creating a foreign service in the Department of Agriculture. ¶ Passed amid cheers and sent to the Senate the $274,000,000 Navy-building bill, authorizing 15 cruisers and one aircraft carrier, construction to be suspended by the President in case of...

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