Speech #710035294

On April 15 Congress met in extraordinary session. On the following day a message from the President was read. in which the purposes for which the session was called were outlined. They included only a bill for the relief of agriculture. a revision of the tariff. the passage of the census and reapportionment bill. and the repeal or further extension of the time in which the nationalorigins provision of the immigration law should go into effect. A bill for the relief of agriculture was promptly reported. considered. and passed by the House. In the Senate quite a different bill was finally passed. including the socalled debenture plan.