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IRepublican A. P. Leased Wirel WASHINToN. June 5-The sixty sixth congress ended it's second session hectic rush and burst of oratory customary at such events. Unless an emergency arises, it is not expected to be called back to Washington during the summer.
 The sessions end in the senate came without comment In the house, Rep resentative MOndell, Republican leader, declared congress had made a remark able record and cited several laws as constituting "a record unequalled in American history" Representative Garrett. Democrat. replied. saying con Sress had been d humiliating failure. The house did little today aside from passing the budget bill, amended to meet the objections of President Will son. The senate was unable to reach the bill and it died with the session House leaders abandoned their attempt to obtain action on the Armenia man date resolution, which was passed by the senate.
 Has Been Economic Congress The house was in Il restless mood throughout the day and efforts of many members to have taken up special bills. in which they were interested, failed. In the last half hour. the house settled down to give close attention to the address of Representative AIondeu and Representative Garrett.
 Mr. MondeII declared that this congress, in it's two sessions, had made a saving of $2y374, ,460,817. Eight appropriation bills that passed the house in the sixty fifth congress, but-fSlled in the senate fiIibuster, were reduced $940,510, 5oe. Mir. Mondei said, and the estimates submitted by the govern naent departments for the next ifs cal year were reduced by S1,433, a5o218.
 MT. MondeH praised the transporta-. tion act, the woman suffrage amend rnent. the merchant marine bill, the mineral land leasing bill, the water power act. civil service retirement measure; the Nolstead prohibition en- forcement law, the extension of the war time food control act to punish profiteering, the repeal of practically all war laws and other measures.
 Says Session Complete Failure Referring to the Republican applause which followed MT. MondelPs speech MT. Garrett said the Republican leader had spoken to "the only audience in the United States where his speech could receive applause"
 Turning to the Republican side, Mir. Garrett continued:
 You seldom paused in the midst of doing nothing except to do something Declaring that this congress had been an absolute humiliating and shameful failure" MT Garrett said no new tax laws except some bunk pop gun measures had been passed alNf that the reduction of estimates which the Republicans called, savings had been made by every congress in the last 9 years.
 The session of congress which ended today began December ].
 Important Legislation enacted during the session included:
 What 66th Congress Did
 The army reorganization bill pro- viding for a peacetime army of 297- 900 officers and men, national guard and a reserve force
 The transportation act designed to assist the railroads over the period immediately following their return to private control last March l.
 The oil leasing bill, by which thous- ands of acres of oil and mineral lands in the west and southwest are thrown open to development.
 The merchant marine bin, providing for the ultimate sale of the vast gov ernment owned merchant fleet
 The Sterling anti-sedition act and the Johnson bill providing for the de- portation and exclusion of dangerous aliens.
 The Edge bill. authorizing the for mation of corporations to finance American export trade.
 The civil service retirement bill
 The postal pay increase bill.
 Important measures which failed of passage included:
 Legislation That Failed
 The soldier bonus bill which was passed by the house last Saturday night. but which was not taken up by the senate.
 The budget bill. which President Wilson vetoed and which the senate failed to pass after the house had amended it to meet the President objection.
 The bill to regulate and control the meat packing industry.
 The cold storage bill.
 The bill to abolish the housing cor poration.
 The annual rivers and harbors sup
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