The Arvada enterprise., 1920-06-10
TWENTY THOUSAND BILLS WERa
| OFFERED DURING LAST sEs.
SION OF CONGRESS.
AWARD WAR PENSIONS
MANY IMPORTANT MEASURES
FAIL TO PASS FINAL
SESSION.
Western Newspaper Union New, Service.

Washington, June 7.-Eleven bills
and resolutions passed by Congress In
the closing days of its session. includ.
ing the water power measure and the
joint resolution repeating most of the
wartime laws and prOclamatiOns. were
killed by President Wilson through II
pocket veto" Fifty-eight measures,
including the mercllan: marine bill and
that providing for the exclusion anil
expulsion Of aliens from the United
States who are members of anarclis-
tic organizations, were approved.
The most important measures to
pass were:
The naval appropriation bill. carry.
ing $43G,OOO,OOO
The army appropriation bill, carry.
ing $304, 4,928,OOO.
The sundry navy bill, carrying
$438, 8,OOO,OOO.
The District Of Columbia bill, car
rying $1S,373,OOO.
The Industrial vocational rehabilita-
tion bill.
The diplomatic and consular apprO-
priation bin carrying $0.21S,5S.
The third deficiency bill, carrying
s5s.OOO,OOO.
The army reorganization bill.
The merchant marine BILL.
The pOstOffice pay increase bill.
A bill providing for the exclusion
and expulsion from the United States
OF aliens who are members Of anar-
chistic organizations.
An act to pension soldiers and sail
Ors of the Spanish-American war, the
Philippine insurrectiOn and the China
relief expedition.
A bill permitting gOvernment-Owned
radio stations to handle private and
press messages.
An nc. amending the trading with
the enemy net 80 AZ to permit the res-
sOraliOn Of seized property to returned
enemy aliens and to residents Of for
mer enemy countries now residents Of
new countries set up under the peace
treaty.
An act to establish wOman's bu.
reau in the Department Of Labor.
An act granting pensions and In.
crease OF pensions /" certain sailors
and soldiers OF wars other than tll,,
Civil War, and widows and dependent
relatives Of such persons.
An act authorizing enlistment In thu
federal forces Of nOn-sl,enking Englisl,
citizens and aliens.
An net regulating the immigration
Of aliens and their residence Ia the
United States.
Important measures which failed OF
passage included:
The soldier bonus bill. which wa.
passed by the House. hut which was
not taken up by the Senate.
The budget bill. which President vii
son vetoed and which tine Senate fuiletl
to pass after the House had amende,
1t to meet the Presidents objection.
The bill to regulate aud cOntrO; the
meat packing industry.
The cold storage hill.
| The bill to abolish the housing cor
pOratiOn.
Besides the Legislation passed. Con
gress also sent to the President anu
he approved sixteen supply measures
carrying total OF S?,6sS. .:sS5. .ll3. Per
mancnt appropriation bills Of a tOta
of 81. I.4aa,OOO.ODO also were passed an,
approved.
During the six months OF the session
lust ended. q total of npproxiniatel! !!
twenty thousand bills and resolutions
were introduced. The Senate npprOvec
about 3la bills and joint resolutions
and the House 31S bills aud Joint resO
lutlons. The former adopted about
30 resolutions not requiring House
action and the House adopted about
the same number not needing Senate
action.