Washington Notes.

UNITED States politics & government, 1933-1945; LEGISLATIVE bills; GREEN, William, 1870-1952; CORPORATE taxes; UNITED States legislators; UNEMPLOYMENT insurance; LABOR; AMERICAN Federation of Labor

Reports on developments in U.S. politics and government. Discussion of the five-billion-dollar works-relief bill; View of the Congressmen on the bill; Information on the social-security program regarding unemployment-insurance; Reference to the fact that William Green of the American Federation of Labor insists upon a five-percent payroll tax to carry the unemployment-insurance scheme; Recommendation that the new public-works program should adopt a scale of wages larger than the dole but less than that prevailing in private industry; Description of the defeat of the U.S. administration on the World Court proposal.