Washington. Feb. 23.
The Senate to-day passed the $250,000,000 deficiency relief and returned it to the House of Representatives for concurrence after several alterations.
The Senate deleted the House provision to refuse relief payments to aliens and rejected the Bailey amendment which would have required each locality to contribute one-fourth of the costs for work relief projects.
The Department of Labour reported here to-day that 1,300,000 nonagricultural workers had lost employment between mid-December and mid-January. The announcement said employment had dropped 2,800,000 since October. Normal seasonal employment slackening was said respon-Sible for turning down of 800.000 of the 2,800,000.—United Press.
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