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Show NATIONAL LEGISLATION Not a great deal of legislation wus passed by the Republlcnn congress during tho lust two mouths of President Presi-dent Wilson's administration. Tlie President vetoed the bill to revive the War Hnunco corporation on Jnnunry 2, und congress promptly repassed iL On January 12, S7.ltiu.WA was appropriated appro-priated for enforcement of prohibition. The house decides", on Junuary 10, thut Its membership should not ts? increased. in-creased. After much debute congress set the limit of tho rcgulur army at 175.WAI men. Mr. Wilson vetoed the measure, but it wus passes! over his veto. On February 2d the President signed the Win. slow bill, making uvall-uble uvall-uble to the railroads $370.tMu,l O from the government guarantee fund. President Hunting culled congress In extra duslni) on April 11 and nearly all the rest of the year It wno busy with the tusk of redeeming the pledges of the Republican purty, with what success must lie left to Indlvldunl Judgment Among the first bills passed were emergency tariff nnd immigration immigra-tion acts; a new unuy bill rutting tlie army down to 15O,0.0; nnd the budget bill, on April 30 the senate adopted a resolution diclaring the wnr with Germany and Austria ut un end: on June 13 the house adopted a resolution resolu-tion of similar purport, und the measure meas-ure was finally passed on July 1 and slgnisl the next day by President Harding. Repented efforts to pass a soldiers' boons bill came to naught, but a soldiers' relief bureau was created cre-ated on August 2 nnd CoL C R. FitIhh wus made Its director. The housv passed both u tux revision bill and a tnrtfr bill, but the senate did not get around to the hitler. Tho tux mens tin1 was enacted Into law on November Novem-ber 21. Among other Important monsuri's passed were a bill to exempt American coastwise shipping from payment of I 'ii ii it 1 1 1 ii canal tolls; a bill for govern-metit govern-metit rej:ulat'on of the pa 'King Indus try; the ? lS.5oi .'.l shipping hoard deficiency bill ; the bllllon-dolhir farm exports credit bill ; and various picas-mi's picas-mi's relating to enforcement of tlie prohibition amendment, IncJudlni; one forbidding the manufacture nnd sale of beer as medicine. Tho extra session camu to nn end on November 2.1, and on 1 ss-cmber 5 congress met for the regular session. |