The Senate:
¶ Passed (67-to-2) a bill that would make the Civilian Conservation Corps a permanent organization and reduce the annual salary of Director Robert Fechner from $12,000 to $10,000, after voting down the bill passed by the House last fortnight that would extend the CCC for only two more years. Sent it to a Senate-House conference committee.
¶ Passed without a roll call the bill extending until Dec. 31, 1941 the authority of the Government to make soil conservation payments direct to farmers instead of allocating the funds for administration by individual...
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