Word: recessed
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Waiting for the Senate's weekend recess, newsmen heard a crackling noise from the main corridor of the Senate wing. The old English Minton floor tiles, laid in the 1850s and now irreplaceable, had begun to heave upward. They buckled into a ridge 20 feet long. Capitol architects guessed the cause was a sudden change of temperature. Reporters happily accepted the theory that someone had opened a door from the Senate chamber and let out a blast...
...doldrums of a warm June week, G.O.P. leaders made one decision. They would not adjourn Congress sine die on July 31. Instead they would recess until next January, with the provision that Congress could be recalled by either the majority or minority leadership. Republicans felt they could not leave the country in sole charge of Harry Truman. They wanted to be ready to rush up like a bucket brigade any time next fall if fire broke...
...aroused violent opposition, chiefly from educators and clergymen, and the President, forced to compromise, appointed a committee of distinguished civilians to study UMT and make recommendations. Now, as the committee prepares to report, advocates of the measure hope at least to squeeze it through the House before the July recess...
Including both Yardlings and men from the Houses, the group will assume its powers immediately after the Spring recess. It will operate as a unit until the Jubilee Weekend, now tentatively set for the early part...
Librarians cited the brevity of the vacation as the main reason why reserve books will not circulate freely, also stressing that many students plan to remain here over recess. They were dubious that demands for books to take home for study would prove very heavy...