Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 154, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1916 — Congress Turns Down Million Dollar Relief Measure. [ARTICLE]

Congress Turns Down Million Dollar Relief Measure.

Conferees of the senate and house on the Hay resolution to draft national guardsmen into the federal service were unable to agree on the question of including a million dollar appropriation for dependent families of soldiers thus drafted and disagreement on the section was ordered reported to the houses. The senate conferees yielded on all other amendments, restoring th language of the resolution as it passed the house. Failure of the conferees leaves the president Vi thou t power to use the national guard for aggressive purposes outside the United States.