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Show CONGRESS TAKES HOLIDAY RECESS FIVE SUPPLY BILLS PASSED BY HOUSE IN THREE WEEKS, BREAKING RECORD. Rilircad Legislation Failed to Get Much Att:ntior. National Prohibition Prohibi-tion Constitutional Amendment Reported Favorably. "Washington. Congress adjourned Friday for the Christmas holidays to reconvene January 2. In the three weeks of th 3 session the house passed five government supply measures the Ui'gent deficiency; legislative; Indian; LlB'.rict of Columbia, and diplomatic and consular appropriation bills rr.ore than ever were passed before in ti;e hrief period pending a holiday re- 006S. One of the bills, the urgent deficiency, defici-ency, has passed the senate. Railroad legislation failed to get ir.uch attention in either branch. The house commerce committee decided to await initiative action in the sen-a'e, sen-a'e, where beginning January 2, the senate commerce committee will hold hearings on the proposed railroad arbitration ar-bitration measure and the bill authorizing author-izing the president to take over the rUlroad, telephone and telegraph lines In case of military necessity. At the conclusion of the hearings, the railroad measures in some form will be pressed as amendments to the pending bill to enlarge the interstate commerce commission. Efforts to extend ex-tend for one year the Jife of the Joint crmmisslon Investigating railroad problems were checked In the house to be renewed immediately after the holidays. The senate passed the immigration bill with its literacy test provision and It now la in conference. The senate also began consideration of the District Dis-trict of Columbia prohibition bill and fixed January 9 for a vote. The national prohibition constitutional constitu-tional amendment was reported favorably favor-ably from the judiciary committee in each house. House committees also reported the Borland food investigation with a favorable fa-vorable resolution and the Susan B. Anthony constitutional amendment for woman suffrage, without recommendation. recom-mendation. Neither resolution advanced ad-vanced to consideration in the house. |