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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Passed an amendment to the Deficiency Bill (for refunds of improperly collected taxes) prohibiting any payment of tax refund in excess of $50,000 without the O. K. of the Comptroller General. The point: to make it harder for "the rich" to get refunds, as Comptroller General McCarl is notoriously swamped with work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONGRESS: The Legislative Week Feb. 7, 1927 | 2/7/1927 | See Source »

...Passed the Deficiency Bill after a political debate in which Democrats charged the Republican party with being servile to the rich. Senator Couzens, Republican foe of Secretary Mellon, charged "fraud and crookedness" in the internal revenue bureau. Democrats, ruled out of order by Vice President Dawes, called for tax reduction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONGRESS: The Legislative Week Feb. 7, 1927 | 2/7/1927 | See Source »

...Passed pension bill for Civil War relicts, increasing some pensions. (Bill went to the Senate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONGRESS: The Legislative Week Feb. 7, 1927 | 2/7/1927 | See Source »

...Adopted conference report on White-Dill (radio) Bill. (Bill went to the Senate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONGRESS: The Legislative Week Feb. 7, 1927 | 2/7/1927 | See Source »

...Bill Lutz has a master's affection for the shells which he makes in the workshop in the Weld Boathouse across the river. "I'm turning out three craft this year," he said. "Two new 'lights' took to the water this fall, and the Number 15 model will be ready in the spring. I usually only make two shells a year. A good boat will last about 16 years. Then sometimes we give them to Prep schools before they are that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Veteran Harvard Boat Builder Relates Achievements of Last 30 Years--Fashioned First Cedar Shell in America | 2/2/1927 | See Source »

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