CONGRESS: The Senate Week Jun. 16, 1930

Work Done. The Senate of the U. S. last week:

¶ Passed a bill to amend the Pure Food and Drug Act by requiring canned foods below a certain grade to be distinctively labeled, again rejecting theTydings amendment to prohibit insertion of deadly poi- sons in industrial alcohol. ¶ Passed a bill to establish a division of (criminal) identification & information in the Department of Justice. ¶ Passed a bill to create a Bureau of Narcotics in the Treasury Department. ¶ Adopted a joint resolution making July 5 (Saturday) a legal...

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