The Archive · 1937

Bill Unlikely This Session

Washington, July 20.

Seven more Senators most of whom had previously not announced their stand, have joined the movement commit the Presidents to re it dietary-reform to the Senate Jediciary Commit it was announced to-day by Senator Edward R Burke, Democrat of Nebraska.

The action virtually ended consideration of the bill during the present session of Congress:

Earlier it was learned that a group of Democrats had proposed a new judiciary reorganization programme io the White House. requiring a two-thirds majority of tne Supreme Court personnel to invalidate an act of Congress.

The legizlatio: ould be accom: panied by a resolution for a con: stitutional amendment providing the same two-thirds majority, which ould be designee to protect the legislation if the Supreme Court held that Congress itself was powerless to restrict the Court to two-thirds opinions Meanwhile, opponents of the measure as proposed by President Roosevelt agreed to a parliamentary truce, and the Senate was adjourned until noon on Thursday, delaying consideration of the judiciary bill until Friday—United Press,

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