Awakening

If a drowsy member of the 74th Congress had on Jan. 3 lain down to nap on a cloakroom sofa, and if by some miracle he had slept until last week, he would, on awaking, have had no reason to believe that he had taken more than three winks.

For the sum total of the legislation passed by Congress during those eleven weeks was substantially nothing. But last week the lethargic 74th Congress suddenly came to life, with the following results:

The House ditched (207-to-204) a bill by Kentucky's Vinson for the Treasury to raise money catch-as-catch-can to pay off the Soldiers' Bonus, passed (318-to-90) and sent to the Senate a bill by Texas' Patman to pay off the Bonus in greenbacks.

The Senate, with Huey Long absent in Louisiana, passed (68-to-16) the $4,800,000,000 work relief bill, sent it back to the House.

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