Monday, May. 19, 1930
The Senate Week
Work Done: The Senate of the U. S. last week:
P: Adopted a resolution to survey the Federal Reserve banking system, chain & branch banking, carrying speculative securities, issuing call loans to brokers for speculation.
P: Rejected (41 to 39) the nomination to the Supreme Court of Judge John Johnston Parker (see p. 14).
P: Passed the $456,695,864 Army appropriation bill.
P: Returned the Tariff Bill to conference insisting on its own amendments (TIME, May 12).
P: Adopted a joint resolution inviting "States of the Union and foreign countries" to an international petroleum exhibition at Tulsa, Okla. in October.
P: Passed a bill increasing the pension of Mrs. Philip Henry Sheridan (see p. 13).
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