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Because economy in any form is a bitter draft to the average Congressman, he and a majority of his fellows were determined to make legislative hash out of this measure. A special rule ("the damndest rule we ever got," according to Chairman Pou of the Rules Committee) was introduced to limit debate and amendments and thus hold the rider intact. But the House swept the "gag rule" aside and in a state of revolt reminiscent of the Sales Tax fight, plunged headlong into the redrafting of the economy bill on the floor. There was no predominant leader of this latest...
...crusty little Senator had been fighting a winter-long battle to frame legislation to curb speculation on Federal Reserve credit. The first draft of his bill sent bankers flocking to Washington to condemn it as deflationary. The second draft drew sharp criticism from the Federal Reserve Board itself. Senator Glass charged that there was a bankers' conspiracy afoot to kill his bill. The third draft which went favorably to the Senate floor last week constituted a series of changes and compromises to make the measure generally acceptable to the financial fraternity...
Studiously avoiding "radicalism," the International Labor Organisation works under a provision of the Treaty of Versailles (Part XIII). Each participating nation sends four delegates, two representing its Government and the other two Labor and Capital. Recommendations passed by the Conference are of course nonbinding, but it may also adopt draft conventions and these the 55 member nations are bound to submit to their parliaments for adherence or rejection. None of the 31 draft conventions adopted by sessions of the Conference thus far has been ratified unanimously, but 30 of these 31 conventions have been adopted by one or more nations...
...Dublin office the President was trying to draft a white-hot Irish reply to the damp reminder he received fortnight ago from Secretary for the Dominions James Henry ("Jim") Thomas that His Majesty's Government "stands on" the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921 and stickles for the oath and the annuities...
...Dublin sorely harassed President de Valera, made uneasy by the unexpected pressure of men far away on opposite sides of the earth, put aside his first defiant draft reply to Mother Britain, called in leading Irish lawyers, anxiously fussed over their suggested drafts and redrafts...