The Legislative Week

The Senate:

P: Authorized an investigation (which was immediately undertaken) to discover "diploma mills" and "fraudulently made" physicians. P: Passed a bill appropriating 251,000 to reimburse Texas cattlemen for the loss of 4,300 tick-infested steers "negligently dipped" by the Department of Agriculture.

P: Passed a bill substituting electrocution for hanging as capital punishment for the District of Columbia. P: Passed a bill to prevent oil pollution of coastal waters.

P: Passed a resolution offered by Senator Reed of Missouri for investigation of general propaganda.

The House:

P: Spent several days discussing and voting on proposed changes in its rules and decided by vote of 253 to 114 to permit on petition signed by 150 members a vote on withdrawing any bill from committee.