Liberal Democrats'
Broad Legislative
Program Bogs Down
Bt Congressional Quarterly
Washington-(CQ)-A lot can
-and probably - will-happen
before Congress adjourns
some weeks hence, but one
point now seems certain.
The "clear and comprehen
sive" program of legislation,
for which liberal Democrats
claim they received an over
whelming popular mandate
last November, is going no
where fast.
President Eisenhower's July
7 veto of the controversial
housing bill was simply the
latest in a series of develop
ments pointing up the fact
that the liberals, whatever
their real strength in the
country, have neither the
votes nor the influence in
Congress to put over a legis
lative program.
Such a program was-laid
down last December by the
Advisory Council of the Dem
ocratic National Committee,
and no one disputed the
Council's estimate that, with
2-to-l majorities in Senate
and House, "it should now be
possible to enact desirable
legislation that the Adminis
tration has previously de
feated."
In the event, however, it
has not proved possible. Here
is the rundown on what has
happened, or is likely to hap
pen, to these major planks
of the Advisory Council's pro
gram: . .
Urban renewal: A "signi
ficantly larger" program of
Federal grants for slum clear
ance was approved by the
Senate and the House, then
cut back by Democratic lead
ers in an effort to avoid a
threatened veto. The Presi
dent vetoed the bill anyway,
and no attempt to override
.is expected.
Aid-io-airporis: In 1958
President Eisenhower vetoed
a bill boosting Federal grants
for building airports from $63
million to $100 million a year.
This year the Senate again
passed an equally generous
measure; the House cut. this
back, but not as far -as the
President wanted. Again Dem
ocratic leaders decided , to
duck a veto, compromised on
a two-year extension of- the
program without change.
Depressed areas: After ve
toing last year a $280-miUion
program of grants and loans
to domestic areas with chronic
unemployment, the President
again asked Congress for a
$50-million program confined
to loans. The Senate respond
ed by passing almost the same
$390-million bill it had ap
proved In 1958. A S251-mil-
lion version is before the
House Rules Committee, but
there is little hope that any
area redevelopment bill can
be encated at this session. ..
Atomic power: Urged by
the Council to provide for the
"rapid development of large
scale atomic power reactor
demonstration," Congress has
already agreed to abide by
the decision of the Joint
Atomic Energy Committee to
postpone a fight on this issue
until 1960.
Aid-to-education: The Coun
cil called for Federal scholar
ships and grants for school
construction. No scholarship
program is under considera
tion; a bill carrying $4.4 bil
lion a year for four years for
school construction and teach
ers' salaries is anguishing be
fore the House Rules Commit
tee. Senate Democrats plan to
revive the President's 1957
school, construction proposal
(which he later abandoned)
but it's questionable whether
he would sign such a bill
today.
Labor reform: The Kennedy
labor reform bill, as in 1958,
has passed the Senate and is
awaiting House action. The
Democratic leadership is un
der strong pressure to get the
bill through, but it's too early
to assume success.
Civil rights: As with labor
reform, Democratic leaders
are committed to passing a
civil rights bill in 1959. But
there is little chance that Con
gress will approve the key
provision sought by liberals
the so-called Section III, giv
ing the Attorney General the
power to start civil injunc
tion suits, that was knocked
out of the Civil Rights Act
of 1957.
All in all, it's clear why
liberal Democrats, in their
mounting frustration, are
challenging the course of
moderation charted by the
two Texans who run Con
gress, Senate Majority Leader
Lyndon B. Johnson and
Speaker Sam Rayburn.
Lacking the power to over
ride vetoes, say Johnson and
Rayburn, there is no point in
courting tnem. To tne con
trary, say the liberals, vetoes
will help to define those is
sues on which the two parties
must do battle in 1960
Whoever is right, a "clear
and comprehensive Democra
tic program" is a long way
from . enactment.
(Copyright 1959,
Congressional Quarterly Inc.)
Korean Veterans
Should Apply Soon
Korean' veterans planning
to start school in the fall
under the Korean GI bill
should apply now and avoid
the rush, S. T. Brannock, con
tact representative, Veterans
Administration domiciliary,
Camp White, said yesterday.
With nearly a half-million
veterans expected to be in
training this fall, VA regional
offices through the nation
will be operating at full-speed
to handle their papers.
- Brannock advised veterans
to give plenty of thought in
advance to his goal, since the
law allows a veteran . to
change his GI course only
once.
Vocational counseling
available through the VA.
: Veterans also should be
sure the course has been GI
approved; make arrangements
for gaining admission before
filing with the VA; send ap
plication and a copy of separ
ation papers to the VA re
gional office serving his area;
and include proof of dependents.
Flu r t h e r informaiton is
available at the contact office,
Camp White.
DIES OF INJURIES
Salem (UPD- James Staggs,
31, Independence, died in a
Salem hospital Friday night
from injuries suffered .when
his car hit a telephone pole
near Independence.
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Flames Destroy
Montague Wheat
Montague, Calif. - (UPB -One
hundred acres of the best
wheat on the Earl Fiock ranch
in Little Shasta valley near
Steam Boat mountain five
miles east of here was de
stroyed by "fire Thursday
afternoon.
The wheat had been plant
ed and was being harvested
by Norman Fiock on his
father's rancji. -
More than 400 acres of the
crop were endangered by the
fire.
According to Bill Ensbury,
fire dispatcher with the Cali
fornia state department of
forestry at Yreka, the . fire
was started by a spark from a
harvester which Fiock was
operating. It broke out at 3
p.m. and was brought under
control about three hours
later. -
Two forest service borate
planes made eight trips over
the fire dumping 2,400 gallons
of borate solution on the
flames.
More than 100 men, two
bulldozers and a truck work
ed on the fire lines.
Suarfav, July 19, 195
MAIL TRIBUNE, Madfortf, On
Council Fails to Reach Decision On Retired Employees Pay Rise
The city council Thursday
night was unable to reach a
conclusion about a proposed
increase for the pay base of
nine retired city employees.
The matter demands action
by Ang. 5 and Mayor John
Snider indicated that a spec
ial meeting of the council
would be called before then.
The increase was passed by
the state legislature this year
but was left up to political
subdivisions -r -in this case
the city to accept or reject.
It calls for a raise of $2 per
month per year of service for
employees who resigned
prior to becoming eligible for
Social Security benefits. City
Manager Robert A. Duff said
that the yearly cost to. Med-
Dynamite Still
Gone in Ashland
Ashland - Several sticks of
dynamite stolen from Ashland
city property are still missing,
Ashland city police said Sat
urday. The dynamite was stolen
from a powder house south
of Lithia park, city police
said. The powder house is lo
cated in a canyon not far from
the city water filtration plant
and the entire area there is
enclosed by fence and locked
gate. "
A watchman patrols the
area throughout the 24 hours,
but thieves managed to get
by him while he was, at the
other end of the property,
police said. ;
i The dynamite was removed
from the locked shed. One
stick was found where it had
been thrown into one of the
city's water tanks at the fil
tration plant.
Police requested that the
thief throw the dynamite into
water where it would be ren
dered harmless. City Super
intendent Elmer Biegel said
that as the dynamite ages the
glycerin settles down-and the
material is more likely to ex
plode.
Railway passenger cars
have an average length of
from 75 to 85 feet. '
Portland Couple
Hurt in Plane
Bellingham-(DPD-A Portland
Ore., couple was rushed to
Saint Lukes hospital here Fri
day by a Navy helicopter after
they suffered burns in the
crash of a chartered private
plane on Blakely Island, about
30 miles southwest of here.
Four other persons were
slightly injured in the flaming
crash of the Aerial Command
er which exploded after clip
ping the treetops near tfoe
island landing strip.
Hospital authorities identi
fied the seriously injured per
sons as Mr. and Mrs. W. K.
Dallas, Portland. Their condi
tions were not immediately
known.
The other persons injured
were not 'immediately identi
fied.
Grange News
POMONA
Master Robert Bitterling
will - report on accomplish
ments of the recent state
grange session at the meeting
of Jackson County Pomona
grange Saturday, 'July, 25, at
8 p.m. in Griffin Creek
grange.
Plans for the state fair ex
hibit will be completed.
Refreshments will be fur
nished by the host group.
Salem-(DPD-The State High
way Commission has an
nounced that, after the open
ing of bids on about five mil
lion dollars of highway im
provement projects July 21,
no further bid openings will
be scheduled until the mat
ter of financing of the federal
highway system is clarified by
Congress.
Ashland Man Joins
State Police Force
Ashland-Wilfred K. Shere,
350 Tolman Creek rd., Ash
land, has accepted a position
with the state police working
out of Medford. He has re
signed his post with the Ash
land police department.
Replacing Shere will be
Laurence L: Burghart, who
previously worked with the
Ashland police department.
He was a weighmaster with
the county before returning
to the post.
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Agrees on Increase
The council agreed that the
increase should be made, but
not until next year, since no
budget funds have been al
lotted for that purpose:
If the council fails to re
ject the increase by Aug. 5,
it will go into effect automa
tically. Duff said that he was
unable to say whether the
raise could he rejected this
year and put into effect next
year. The state is waiting for
an opinion from the attorney
general, he said.
The motion to reject the
raise wa voted against by
Councilmen Robert L. Baccus,
Ward HI; R. L. Van Sickle,
Ward IH; and Al Bradford,
Ward II. Since this was the
first time it was voted on, it
required a three-fourth ma
jority to pass and the council
was deadlocked.
Major Objection
The major objection raised
to the increase was that there
was "no money in the budget
for it."
Bradford suggested that
"we owe something to the
employees." He said that since
the raise would not go into
effect until 1960, only six
months of the current budget
would be affected.
; Baccus said that, since the
attorney general's opinion
might not be known in time
to act, to reject the raise now
might permanently remove it
from possibility.
Makes Comparison "
Van Sickle asked how the
other council members could
compare "$75,000 for a swim
ming pool against two bucks
a month for an employee."
Snider said that if the vote
were tied he would vote
against the increase at the
present time. He said that at
a special meeting of the coun
cil the proposed rejection
would not require a three -quarter
majority. He said that
a special meeting would be
called and the expectation is
that the raise will be rejected
at that time.
Other action by the council
Thursday night included:
The continued public hear
ing, on rezoning from 'single
family to light industrial for
a portion of the Farr property
in the Valley Center subdivi
sion was further continued un
til the first meeting in Octo
ber. At that time it is expect
ed that the proposed trailer
court zone classification will
be in operation and the hear
ing will be concluded. Wil
liam Doernbach of 143 Mace
st asked that a decision be
reached because the matter
has "been going on for quite
some time."
Subdivision License
The possibility of a city
license for subdividers was
brought up by' Councilman
Hansen, and City Manager
Duff said the matter will be
placed before an executive
committee of the council.
Herb Partridge, 502 Whit
man place, was named to the
City Parks and Recreation
commission, replacing Mrs.
Diamond Flynn.
In other action, the council
repealed certain superseded
and obsolete ordinances; com
mended 87 city employees
who satisfactorily completed
the International City Man
agers association supervisory
training course; authorized
and improved a number of
plans and specifications for
improvement projects; and
awarded a contract for a sani
tary sewer in the South
Springbrook project.
The council also called for
a public hearing at 7:30 p.m.,
Aug. 20 for the annexation of
the Dan Patch tract south of
the Rosedale subdivision in
the north area of the city; and
heard recommendations from
the planning commission and
the parks and recreation commission.
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