NAMED BY RAINEY TODAY
Congress Gets Back To Work With Heavy Cal-
endar Of Business
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WASHINGTON Apr. 4 – (AP) –
The house that kicked up its heels yesterday while party leaders were away was saddled today with plen- ty of business. First off, Speaker Rainey planned to appoint a committee to delve in- to charges by Dr. Wirt, Gary, Ind., educator, that members of the Roosevelt “Brain Trust” wish to paint the government red. Next he intended to select a house committee to look into charges of Nazi propaganda in America. The third move was up to Rep- resentative Jones (D-Tex). He sought to get the Bankhead com- pulsory cotton control bill to con- ference in the hope that the senate will remove some of the amend- ments it tacked on the measure. The Jones-Costigan sugar con- trol bill, also altered, then was scheduled for debate, under pro- cedure that would require a two- thirds majority vote. Representa- tives from Beet sugar producing states have decided to bark at it but vote for it. The next item on the list was the senate approved Johnson bill to bar war debt defaulters from selling securities to American investors. There was other business waiting, if the legislators could get around to it. Speaker Rainey and the party leaders were out of town yesterday and Representative Sabath (D-Ill) handled the speaker’s gavel. House |
members, apparently affected by
the warm spring day, had a good time forcing roll calls, votes, on adjournment and pushing little private bills around. |