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Show SENATE TO TAKE UPJH BILL WASHINGTON, April 26. With ad-opi ad-opi ion today of a provision for centralized cen-tralized re-organization of the aircraft program, the senate cleared the way for decision action tomorrow on the Overman bill with its broad authority for the president to co-ordinate gov -ernraent agencies during the war. In a brief session adjourned for sen-ators sen-ators to march in the Liberty loan parade, par-ade, the senate wrote into the bill unanimously un-animously the proposal of Senator Wadsworth of New York authorizing the president to delegate to a single executive agency or office all power and appropriations for aircraft production. pro-duction. A tacit agreement was made to vote tomorrow on decisive amendments proposing pro-posing to exempt the Interstate commerce com-merce commission, the federal reserve board and other independent bureaus. Senator Overman of North Carolina and leaders of the opposition both still confident of the result said a vote tomorrow on these amendment? and probably on final passage of the bill was probable. |