Monday, Sep. 23, 1929

The Senate Week

Work Done. Last week the Senate of the U.S.:

P:Adopted by vote of 51 to 27 a resolution authorizing its Finance Committee to call upon the Treasury Department for the income tax reports of corporations--in order to use the information in tariff debates.

P: Adopted by vote of 41 to 34 an agreement to postpone until Dec. 3 the final vote on unseating Senator Vare of Pennsylvania.

P: Confirmed the nomination of Theodore Roosevelt Jr., to be Governor of Porto Rico, of John Work Garrett to be Ambassador to Italy, of Gerrit John Diekema and George Thomas Summerlin to be Ministers to the Netherlands and to Venezuela, respectively.

P:Began debate on its great opus, the Tariff Bill.