THE CONGRESS: Legislative Week: Jun. 14, 1926

The Senate—

¶Refused to apply cloture to end debate on a bill for creating migratory bird refuges. The vote was for cloture, 46 against 33, failing seven votes of the necessary two-thirds.

¶ Passed a bill to erect near tha Treasury a statue to Albert Gallatin,Secretary of the Treasury under Jefferson and Madison, Minister to France and to Great Britain. (Bill went to the House.)

¶Appropriated $10,000 for use of the committee investigating campaign expenditures in this year’s congressional elections.

¶ Adopted a resolution directing the Federal Trade Commission to investigate increased prices for gasoline and oil.

¶Adopted a resolution directing the Secretaries of State and War to report on concessions in Panama obtained by a British firm (see below).

¶Passed a bill, to cost $40,000,000 a year, for increasing Army Air Service personnel and building 1,800 new airplanes in five years. (Bill went to conference.)

¶Passed, in 16 minutes, a bill carrying $85,000,000 for the improvementof the Naval Air Service during the next five years. (Bill went to conference.)

¶Felt the breath of electric fans installed in the Senate Chamber for the first time in several years— denoting that the session is expected to last into hot weather.