On June 23 Congress left Washington for an indefinite stayperhaps even until after the November elections. The Congressmen went home in comfortable mood; they had left only one thing undonelegislation to beat the U.S. sword into a plowshare. There was plenty of time, they thought.
But by last week the war's end looked suddenly nearer. Leaders of both parties demanded that Congress stay in session this month, and scrapped over who had the idea first. Michigan's Republican Arthur Vandenberg was first in print. Said he: the German war may end quickly, and Congress has not finished its reconversion legislation. Next...
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