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 bank holiday in the District of Columbia for this year only. ¶ Passed a bill amending the Federal Farm Loan Act to provide for loans by intermediate credit banks to financing institutions on bills payable, and to reduce the minimum maturity of loans, advances, discounts.