Veto Likely For New Trade Pact In 1946 Context
Washington reports Congress sent President Truman a trade agreements bill he may veto. The House passed the measure by voice vote and the Senate approved 68 to 10 amid protests it would harm the foreign trade program. The bill revives the Trade Agreements Act for one year and sets a four month notification and hearing process with the tariff commission before any tariff agreement.
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Gertrude Atherton Dies at 90 in West
Noted author Gertrude Atherton, 90, died at Stanford Hospital after several weeks of illness. A prolific writer, she suffered a stroke on May 27 and had published about a book a year since her 1892 debut The Doomswoman. Her best known novel is Black Oxen of 1923 on artificial rejuvenation.
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