The House of Representatives approved the joint conference report on the proposal requiring the registration of aliens in the United States. The bill was sent to the Senate for approval.
The Senate, meanwhile, approved the US$50,000,000 tax bill designed to help pay for the national defence programme, This was also sent to the White House for the Presidential signature.
Also approved and sent to the White House by the Senate was the bill lifting the statutory limits om the strength of the Army Air Force and allowing the President to prohibit the sale of essential machine tools and military equipment to foreign nations. It also grants the President US$132,- 000,000 to acquire strategic war materials and allows the Secretary of War to award contracts without competitive bidding.
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