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Henderson Daily Dispatch
Henderson, Vance County, North Carolina
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The 72nd Congress adjourned on March 4 in Washington with key tasks unfinished, including two major appropriation bills left unresolved and President Hoover rejecting the Smith cotton bill and the independent offices measure, marking the failure of the farm aid program.
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Smith Cotton Bill Rejected by Hoover; Two Big Money Bills Fail
Washington, March 4.-(AP)--One brief legislative session today-- the completion of formalities-and the 72nd Congress became history, with many of the tasks it set for itself undone.
Unreconciled differences left two appropriation bills for the new Congress, scheduled to meet within the next few days. They were the $36,500,000 for the District of Columbia, and the billion dollar supply measure for independent offices, which carried funds for payment to veterans.
The District bill failed to get through and President Hoover refused to sign the independent offices measure, saying in a curt statement that it had been raised $130,900,000 over his recommendations.
The chief executive also refused to approve the Smith cotton bill. Its death signalized the almost complete failure of the lengthy program of farm aid, which the Congress outlined when
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Washington
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March 4
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two appropriation bills left unresolved; smith cotton bill rejected; independent offices measure refused due to excess funding; failure of farm aid program.
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The 72nd Congress concluded with formalities after a brief session, leaving many tasks undone including unreconciled differences on the $36,500,000 District of Columbia bill and the billion dollar independent offices supply measure for veterans; President Hoover rejected the latter for exceeding recommendations by $130,900,000 and also refused the Smith cotton bill, signaling the collapse of the farm aid initiative.