Senate Sends Loan Bill To White House Washington, Mar. 1.
The Senate yesterday approved the House amendments to the bill increasing the Export-Import Bank's funds by US$100,000,000 to enable the bank to make loans to China and Finland. The bill was sent to the White House for President Roosevelt's signature yesterday afternoon.
The only Congressional action on the bill was completed when Senator Prentiss M. Brown, Democrat of Michigan and author of the measure, moved for concurrence with the House amendments. This was done by a unanimous vote of the Senate.
One amendment to the bill lifted restrictions on the type of merchandise to be purchased Ift" the United States with the credits issued by the Export-Import Bank,
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