National Affairs: Work Done

Last week the Senate also:

¶ Refused to enact a House rider to the $1.2 billion Labor Department and Federal Security Agency appropriations for 1946-47. The rider, which would have withdrawn the protection of the Wagner Act from thousands of U.S. packinghouse and agricultural workers, was sent to a joint Senate-House committee for further discussion.

¶Sent the $7 billion War Department appropriation and the $116 million Coast Guard appropriation to the President for signature.

¶Completed the $520 million Rivers & Harbors authorization bill, passed the $772 million flood control authorization, and sent them both to the White House.

The House:

¶Voted to return the U.S....

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