Word: prevented
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...before it must disband on Mar. 4. The House has passed three appropriation bills. The Senate has not begun consideration of even one of them. If it does not do so soon, there is bound to be a last-minute rush with the opportunity for a filibuster, which might prevent their passage. In such an event, the President would practically be forced to summon an extra session during the spring...
...political reasons, the Republicans are anxious to avoid having the President's veto overridden, because of the bad impression it would create. It was reported that there will be enough votes marshalled against the measure to prevent its being passed over the veto (two-thirds vote necessary to over-ride). The existence of the Sterling Bill, combining the pay raise with a rate raise will enable some Senators who are pledged to the former to vote against the pay bill alone, on the grounds that they prefer the Sterling Bill...
...would be used to prevent farmers from having the assistance of their children in the work...
Accordingly, the Treasury Department requested Congress for $275,000 to be used to destroy an outbreak of plague among rats reported at New Orleans. Trapping, watching, fumigating are to be resorted to to suppress the disease among the vermin and prevent any chance of its spreading to humans. Presumably Congress will accept the Treasury Department bid, although it is somewhat higher than the Pied Piper's flat rate of 1,000 guilders* an extinction...
...productive facilities still outrun our normal demand, We have apparently entered a cycle of small industrial profits and intense industrial competition. Manufacturers are now wondering whether the first three months of 1925 null witness a repetition of the preceding two years or whether a more moderate industrial program will prevent overproduction next spring...