I The News-Review, Roseburg, Ort. Wed., Aug. 10, 1949
Annual Tilt Between Policy
Makers, Appropriation Bill
Groups Opened In Congress
By CLARKE BEACH
WASHINGTON Each year the
foreign aid bills reopen the old
war between the policy commit
tees of Congress and the appro
priation! committee!. Each year
the hearing! and debate! on the
authorization bill seem to be re
peated when the appropriation
bill comes up. It look! like a re
run of the same old feature, and
the ordinary reader probably
feeli like saying "this ii where
I came In." Why does Congress
have to cover the same ground
twice?
The theory sounds pretty good.
First the general merits of a
measure are considered. The spe
cialists on foreign affairs work
the matter over thoroughly In
committee. Then Congress
passes an authorization bill. On
Anrll 4 of this year, for exam
pie, It decided to carry on ECA
for another year and to provide
almost $6,000,000,000 for the
work.
Next the appropriation bill for
the same program comes up. The
appropriations committees iook
Into the matter and decide what
the government can afford to
spend, taking into consideration
all the otner aemanqs on ine u.o.
Treasury. Under certain circum
stances they can Increase, reduce
or withhold entirely the amount
authorized In the original bill,
The trouble starts when the ap
propriations committees decide
to review the merits of the meas
ure. The rules of both houses say
they cannot legislate but can only
appropriate. But In the ECA bill
last year and this year they tho-
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roughly rehashed the arguments
on the substance of the ECA pro
gram. And In tnelr proposed ap
propriations they made a variety
of stipulations about how the
money should be spent.
Most of the debate on the ECA
appropriation bills hinged on the
contentions oi foreign policy s-c-alists
In the House and Senate
that the appropriators were try
ing to be policy makers. Funda
mental issues of ECA policy were
Involved in some of the stipula
tions of the appropriations com
mittees. Typical was the propov
al of Sen. McClellan ID.-Ark.
that $1,500,000,000 of this year's
ECA funds be earmarked for the
purchase of U.S. farm products
classed as surplus.
Encroachment Resented
There is growing resentment In
both the Senate and House
against such alleged encroach
ment by the appropriations com
mittees. Many senators and rep
resentatives feel that once Con
gress haa decided that there shall
be a program of a certain type
there is no necessity for the leg
islative machine to cover the
same ground again.
The same thing happened last
year. The ECA authorization bill
was passed on April 2, 1946, after
about six months of work on the
measure. But Rep. John Taber
(R.-N.Y.), then chairman of the
House Appropriations Commit
tee, expressed doubt of the wis
dom of the measure. Largely
through his efforts the entire
matter was debated for the sec
ond time. The ECA appropriation
hill was not passed until June 20,
1918 about two and one -half
months later.
Foreign aid bills are not the
only ones that have to pass a
double array of legislative hur
dles, although they have been the
most conspicuous. The dual con
sideration of many controversial
measures Is .becoming more and
more common. The result is that
the appropriations committees,
and particularly their chairmen
acquire more and more power,
Once the House rose in its
wrath and cut the appropriations
committee down to size. In 18H5
the committee chairman had ac
quired so much authority that he,
rather than the speaker, was the
man to be consulted If a member
of his projects. Any time he chose
he could thrust a privileged ap-
wished to get the floor for one
proprlation bill upon the floor
and block action on any other
measure.
In that year the House split
the appropriations group Into
eight separale committees. They
were not combined Into one com-
miltee again until 1921, when the
Budget and Accounting Act was
passed. It was felt then that there
was a need for one committee to
deal with appropriations taking
a broad view or all nscai re-
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Bean Harvest Ups July Employment In Douglas County
The employment picture In
Douglas county brightened per
ceptibly during July as the bean
harvest began. The hot weather
ripened the beans a little faster
than usual and provided employ
ment for several hundred per
sons. It is expected that the n
vest will not be complete for two
or three weeks.
The Oregon State Employment
service summarize! conditions ai
follows:
Weather conditions have had
the same effect on the pear crop
and picking is expected to start
about the 10th of August. This
season generally lasts from ten
to fifteen days.
An estimate of total unemploy
ment for the area Indicated
approximately 962 persons to be
without work. This ii an increase
of 500 per cent over one year ago.
The larger mill! In the area
are accumulating good-sized cold
decks of log! that will enable
them to operate throughout the
winter regardless of the weather
condition! In the woods. It is be
lieved that little logging will oe
done after the fall rains start.
The outlook for the balance of
the year may be considered to be
fair until October or November.
Several sawmills have closed
temporarily, but It Is generally
conceded that they will resume
normal operations after the shut
down period. The unskilled work
en are experiencing difficulty In
securing work; but a few open
ing! are available for men with
experience In skilled classifications.
The American black bear has
disappeared from most of the
plains states.
Barricaded Man Dies
In Batrit With Officers
CAMPBELLS VILLE. Ky.. Aug.
10. (Jp)A man who barricaded
himself in his home and shot it
out with officers wai found dead
in the house here Tuesday.
Sheriff John VV. Moss said the
body of Inman Turner, about
55, wai found on a stairway of
the two-story frame house lo
cated at the edge of this Taylor
county community.
The trouble started late Mon
day, Sheriff Moss said, when po
lice Chief Marcus Antle and City
Attorney George Bertram at
tempted to serve a warrant on
Turner as a result of a fight at
his home earlier in which one
man was badly beaten. None of
the officers, returning Turner's
fire, was hit.
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Communists Spend Heavily
To Gain Influence In U. S.
Labor Circles, Inquiry Told
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WASHINGTON. Aug. 10. Ill
A self-described former Commu
nist party executive told the
Mouse un-American activities
committee Tuesday that the Com
munist party has spent laiL'e
sums trying to gain influence in
the American labor movement
The witness identified himself
as Joseph Ziick Kornfeder of De.
troit. He said he was a graduate
ot the lenin scnool ot Moscow
and. among other Jobs, was
one time a member of the central
committee of the Communist
party of the United States.
He was a member of the Com.
munist party from 1919 to 1934,
he said.
He was called as the committee
began hearings on alleged Com
munist infiltration of the CIO
United Klectrical Workers union
In the Pittsburgh area. Louis J.
Kussell, senior Investigator for
the committee, said the investi
gation concerns Local HOI of the
United Klectrical Workers at the
Westinghouse plant in Pittsburgh.
Kussell said the first Investiga
tion of the union was made in
19-16.
Russ Nixon. Washington repre
sentative of the union, contended
in a statement to newsmen, how
ever that the hearing was hasti
ly called and was aimed at influ
encing the elections of Aug. H
when Local G01 will select dele
gates to next month's annual con
vention of the CIO klectrical
Workers.
The statement added that "we
members have nothing hut con
tempt for the accusation that
they and their union are spies,
traitors and sahoteuers."
Kornfeder, who said he also at
one time was representative of
the Communist International in
Columbia and Venebuela, did not
menllon the electrical workers In
his 21 page statement but gave
a detailed description of what he
said are the Infiltration methods
of the Communist party.
He said he knew from personal
knowledge that the labor union
activities department of the Com
munist party at Moscow "had
charge of all the strike strategy
to be followed by unions control
led by the Communist parly."
"I was consulted on some of
these subsidies on activities In
the United Slates," he said, "and
nulrements of the government.
Now. many members feel, the
balance of power is once again
getting Into the hands of the men
who hold the purse strings.
know that the activities In the
maritime field, in the mining
field, and activities amongst rail
road brotherhoods received spe
cial consideration. In all of these
fields subsidies were continuous.''
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comedy, "Skimpy in the Navy.''
In three weeks of shooting, the
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