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Show HOUSING BILL PASSES IN THE U. S. SENATE VfcASHINGTOK, Mav 1. The housing bill, appropriating Si50.000.000 for the lease, construction or requisition of quarters for war workers, was passed late today by the senate, with many modifications in the form It was passed by the house. It now goes to conference. For nearly two weeks the measure 'has ben under debate from time to tlmev its opponents attacking the housing plan as ;i So.'iMllstii' experiment. To meet this objection, the senate today adopted an amendment bv Senator Urandegee of Connecticut, providing that property acquired ac-quired by the government shall be sold as soon as possible after the war. |