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Show Solons Tackle Final Three Major Hems Farm Bill, Arms Aid, FPC Nomination Await Action Today WASHINGTON, Oct It flpwte and bouse conferees ettled aa aatry dlspoto m extra rank for senatorial office of-fice staffs Wednesday aad agreed oa the money Mil, ls-rlndlnr ls-rlndlnr funds for the SUM.- gram. " w a rhinoton, o ui a (INS) The house Wednesday approved aad sent to the senate sen-ate the eompromlss farm Mil providing farm pries sop ports at M of parity for ISM, WASHINGTON, Oct 19 (UP) Congress tackled three major Items of unfinished business Wsdnesday In expectation of ending end-ing Wednesday night They were: The compromise farm price support bill, which the house and senate were expected to approve In that order; senate confirmation con-firmation of Mon C Wallgren to the federal power commission, and final action en a senate-approved 11,620,000.000 appropriations bill, which includes the administration's administra-tion's foreign anna aid program. With adjournment only hours away, a number of Democratic members of congress paid farewell fare-well calls on President Truman and praised the achievements of the gist congress. Speaker gam Rayburn ' told a news conference that this congress compiled "aa amaxing record on both the domestic and foreign fronts." Republicans have a different dif-ferent opinion. They call this the "eighty-worst" congress. The last big obatacls to adjourn, ment was overcome Tuesday when house and senate conferees, hopelessly hope-lessly deadlocked as lata aa Mon- and brought forth a eompromlss farm bill. Since it was supported by all the conferees, it was not expected to draw much opposition when put before the house and senate Wednssdsy. Ths senate sidestepped another barrier to adjournment Tuesday when it put over until next year ths conference committee report on the "basing point" bill to permit per-mit manufacturers to absorb freight costs. Extended debate on the measure hsd been stalling other bills. " As congress drove toward adjournment ad-journment other action included: Minimum Wage Both house and senate approved a conference report on a bill raising the national na-tional minimum wage from 40 to 76 cents an hour and making minor changes In wage-hour law Sea Page X, Comma t Solons Hurry To Quit Today Continued from Page On provisions dealing with administration adminis-tration and coverage. Government Pay The senate approved conference reports, already al-ready adopted by the house, providing pro-viding nearly J2SO.000.000 in annual an-nual salary increases for more than 1,300.000 postal and civil service employes of the government. govern-ment. Rural Telephones Both house and senate approved a conference report on legislation authorizing the rural electrification administration adminis-tration to make loans to extend rural telephone service. Nominations President Truman Tru-man nominated Wallgren, his old friend in the senate and former governor of Washington, for the vacancy on the federal power com. mission and former Sen. James M. Mead of New York for a seat on the federal trade commission. Both were approved unanimously by the commerce committee, and the senate was expected to follow suit The armed services committee had killed a previous appointment of Wallgren to head the national security se-curity resources board. Appropriations The house and senate both approved the 15.500.-000,000 15.500.-000,000 armed services appropriation appropria-tion bill, long deadlocked in a conference con-ference committee, with funds for passed'and returned to the house Tuesday a 11,620.000.000 supplemental supple-mental appropriations bill eontaia ing funds for the foreign military 1 aid program. |