Word: sessions
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...most pressing and controversial items which will come before the 81st Congress is public housing. A serious problem long before the War, it remained unsolved in the last session when the Taft-Ellender-Wagner Bill failed to win approval. It is understood that two housing bills will be given to the President this week to insure prompt attention in the next session...
...well known group of housing experts with the support of virtually every type of politically active organization, makes more progressive proposals. The basic similarity in both measures, however, indicates that the question is no longer whether or not there will be public housing as in the last session, but rather what form the program will take...
When Senator Taft recommended eliminating the T-E-W Bill from the special session last summer, he virtually threw away two years of legislative struggle to get an adequate housing law through Congress. Though not entirely responsible himself, his final blow added another subject to Truman's list of accusations at the "do-nothing" Congress...
...reported on the Senate floor in April, 1947, and soon passed the Senate for the first time. It fared less well thereafter, for it was consistently kept out of the House by the Banking and Currency Committee. In spite of the efforts of Senator Tobey in the emergency summer session, the House blockade remained unbroken; Jesse Wolcott, Chairman of the House Banking Committee, Speaker Martin, Majority Leader Halleck, and Chairman Allen of the Rules Committee absolutely refused to allow its consideration...
Shortly after a brunch on Sunday morning Burton S. Dreben '49 and Jack Keesan '49 will lead a discussion on "The Role of American Zionism in the Future." In an afternoon session Gershon Asculai, from the Holy Land, and Judy Neulander will speak about immigration and education respectively. Another series of discussions in the evening will wind up the weekend meeting...