Legislative Week

The Senate--

P: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.

P: 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.)

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

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

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

P: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.)

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

P: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.