Show H l. l I Congress ss Sets PeaceTime PeaceTime Peace Peace- Time Tinte Re Record ord Legislative accomplishments accomplishments' of the seventy-second seventy which adjourned last Saturday set a peacetime record Major measures passed by congress were I Created the Reconstruction Finance Finance Fi Fi- nance corporation with 2000 at its command to meet the credit needs of banks railroads railroads railroads rail rail- roads and agriculture Creation of an emergency program program pro pro- gram of und under r U the e Reconstruction Finance corporation corporation corporation corpora corpora- tion for relief loans to st states tes and municipalities Appropriation for public construction construction con con- con con- program of Authorization for the Reconstruction Reconstruction Recon Reconstruction Recon Recon- corporation to borrow v an additional l to loan on self liquidating construction construction tion work Creation of home loan boards which will take up home mortgages mortgages mortgages mort mort- gages and loans through eight to twelve home loan banks Approved the the Glass for making available almost almo t a billion dollars as as security for Is Issuing issuing is is- suing new currency Reduced appropriations more than a billion bUlion dollars from the total of the year before Set up a budget balancing taxation taxation tax tax- tax tax-I schedule to gather more I than a billion dollars in new levies and approved an an increase in the I 1 tariff on copper I Sanctioned President Hoovers Hoover's I Ifo fo foreign eign debt moratorium cutting cutting off of payment for a year I Released bushels of wheat and bales of or cotton from farm board stores to the Red Cross Voted to strengthen federal farm loan banks Came to aid of f federal reserves reserve s system stem burdened by foreign gold demands demand's and released new re reserves reserves reserves re- re serves serves by passing Glass emergency act Reduced federal expenses expenses' by more than Ulan including inc the the reduction of government sal sal- aries cries Constitution amendment to abolIsh abolish abol abol- ish lame duck session of of- congress submitted to the states Legislation to prohibit federal II injunctions in labor disputes b became became be be- came a law Bills vetoed 1 Democratic tariff bilI bill Original k ginal Wagner Garner relief IJ bill |