East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-03-10
.65TH CONGRESS
HAS odd RECORD
DIVIDED INTO THREE
UNIQUE SESSIONS
War Making, War Winning
and REIMBURSEMENT Phas-
es Unique.
BY L. c. MARTIN

Omitted Press staff Correspondent.
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Sixty-fifth congress is closed. i
leaves to history a record of three ses
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eoca ~ r,,al ,ot p,Ls made law Aup-
ust IN.
Tyaedin, turnpe.s call for aircraft
congress created the aircraft boare
octobar ON October & came fjna,
enactment OF tho law prohibiting trad
jng with the enemy.
Durinp this session congress appro>
priated directly and authorized con-
tracts for n total of s1S.9O1. .966.S14.
Tho whole nurpose of this first ses.
sion was TO change peaceful America
into warning America. Carrying out
is pledge OF all the country's recourc-
es. congress appropriated whatever
was asked.
BeSt-the-Kaiscr Session.
The second or. war winning session
vas occupied chiefly with increa asins
ind providing the punch to beat the
t5aiser. It's appropriations were even
nore nrodisaf. and its delegation %.
,ower even more sweeing than in the
first session.
If added Austria officially to the
list of our enemies by declaration of
var on December I. 1917
II appropriated the vast sum of
sac. 2sS, ,405. 900. Practically all wen,
. war work at home. maintaining on.
,,,,,. .hroad and helping the allies
Win loans.
~, >-ovep,ber II President Wilson
,nnourced 10 the second session that
It's work had been done-the war was
VS. ond on November 81 the war
vyi,,inr session ended.
pcodn,st Congress-.
Tho reimbursement session had heen
Ioo,kad to bv many in and out of con-
gross IN buckle down nj once to solv>
ing reconstructjon .nroblems, some OF
which were thrust with startling sud-
donnoss bafore the country because
of ,ha oruebipg and unexnectedIv early
aafaa. 80 tho central nowers
put congress annarentIv suffered
fro,, ,t, same reaction that affected
h,.i,,r- ,nd 20 n aeeraa labor II
roI.xod ,fter tho war and the read-
ipstr,ept session was n session of re.