THE CONGRESS: Work Done, Mar. 11, 1940

Last week the Senate:

> Easily beat back an attempt by Massachusetts' Henry Cabot Lodge to strike out a $17,500 salary appropriation for Laurence Steinhardt, U. S. Ambassador to Russia, as a reflection of national resentment against Russia.

> Confirmed President Roosevelt's reappointment of Carroll Miller (Pa.) as a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission, the President's nomination of James J. McEntee (N. J.) to be director of CCC.

Last week the House:

> Observed with admiration a rubberstamp spelling out the forceful legend: "Hell No!" as designed and used by Ohio's Representative James Seccombe in...

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