Congress in 'recess'
camouflaged as work
WASHINGTON (UPI) — Con
gress is in recess camouflaged to
show the Senate and House hard
at work.
Behind the facade the House
plans no business, thus delaying
action on emergency tax relief for
a week, and the Senate has only a
slightly more ambitious program
with possible action on increasing
the national debt ceiling and some
committee hearings scheduled.
Congress originally planned to
take a week-long recess to celeb
rate the birth of Abraham Lincoln.
It was one of the periodic breaks
scheduled throughout the year.
But the leaders canceled the
recess. No official reason was
given but indications were that
they feared a public image back
lash if Congress took off less than
a month after the session began
and with the economy in turmoil.
Instead, the Senate and House
will officially be in session but no
action is scheduled, freeing mem
bers to leave the city.
Among the exceptions will be
the Senate Finance Committee
which will continue hearings on
the House-passed 90-day sus
pension of President Ford's oil
import levy and legislation raising
the national debt ceiling.
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Demo energy program almost ready
WASHINGTON UPI—Congressional Democrats are al
most ready to unveil their own energy program including a
proposal for discouraging gasoline consumption without rais
ing its price. Rep. Henry Reuss said Sunday.
The Milwaukee, Wis. Democrat said the task force plan is
"in the final stages of development." He would not say exactly
what the proposal would finally include, but added that the
hallmark of a successful energy program "is that the American
worker deserves and gets the gas he needs to get to and from
work” and make essential errands without paying higher
prices. He suggested a high tax on high-powered autos as one
way to discourage gasoline consumption.
Douglas may never walk again
NEW YORK UPl-Time Magazine reported Sunday,
physicians attending ailing Supreme Court Justice William
Douglas "now think it possible" that he will never walk again.
Douglas suffered some paralysis of the left side when he had a
stroke on New Year's Eve, and Time said it has learned that his
left leg “shows few signs of response ’ to treatment. In addi
tion, his left arm, although it has "responded somewhat" to
therapy, “is still not usable.” The magazine said the stroke did
not affect the 76-year-old justice s intellect and that his vision,
which was temporarily impaired, now is back to normal. It said
he has been able to work one to three hours a day for the past
two weeks on cases that were heard before he was hos
pitalized and on routine new work.
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Stockholm Communists
blast ‘hamburger culture’
STOCKHOLM (UPI) — Stock
holm Communists came out
against U S.-style hamburger
emporiums in Sweden recently,
contending they are a danger to
the working class.
“The hamburger culture is a
danger to the working people,"
said Arne Soederkvist, chairman
of the Communist group in the
Stockholm city council.
“First it ruins their health as the
food being served does rot con
tain necessary vitamins and stuff
and secondly because the people
have to eat very fast and under
pressing conditions—lots of peo
ple and noise,” he said.
“First we learned to do our
shopping very fast in supermar
kets and now we must also learn
to eat fast.”
He said if the dty council ap
peared willing to accept his sug
gestion, “I might pass my sugges
tion on to Parliament and then
suggest real alternatives or ways
to solve the hamburger problem."
Soederkvist said another
member of the Stockholm Com
munist party said, "The American
culture imperialism was spreading
food not native to Sweden.”
‘The large capital and huge pro
fits behind chains like McDonalds
and Carrolls may eventually beat
all smaller common restaurants,”
Soederkvist said. “An alternative
could be restaurants run by the
city, * ervtng non-profit food con
sisting of nutritious things.”
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