Speech #680142600

Once the organization had been perfected and the rules of procedure settled. the House proceeded to function with neatness and dispatch. It was generally agreed by the majority at the outset that every effort would be made to adjourn the Congress before the national conventions. and it was also agreed that before adjournment in addition to the necessary appropriation bills certain major pieces of legislation must be considered and acted upon. Among them were: Tax reduction. further restriction of immigration. adjusted compensation for World War veterans. liberalization of the laws for the benefit of the disabled veterans of the World War. pensions for Civil and Spanish War soldiers and their dependents. the constitutional amendment for the regulation of child labor. action upon the several offers for the development of Muscle Shoals. increased compensation for postal employes. the constitutional amendment to make taxable the income derived from the bonds of municipalities and subdivisions of States. and agricultural relief. Final action was had in the House upon all these measures. The last of the great appropriation bills. the second deficiency bill. carrying among other items $132.000.000 for the first payment under the adjusted compensation act. and some $25.000.000 for the payment of claims of the dependents of deceased veterans of tlhe World War. failed in the Senate by reason of an individual lilibuster.