Many Legislative
Issues Wait Action
Of 86th Congress
Washington With only 10
weeks to go before the Demo
cratic convention, the 86th
Congress is up to its ears in
unfinished business.
Since the legislators recon
vened on Jan. 6, only two bills
of general interest have
reached the President's desk.
The first - a measure almost
doubling Federal aid to cities
for building sewage disposal
plants - he vetoed. The sec
ond, signed April 8, cut the
cabaret tax from 20 to 10 per
cent, effective May 1.
This puny record of accom
plishment may be traced, in
large part, to the civil rights
debate, which paralyzed the
Senate for eight weeks. That
logjam was cleared April 8
when the Senate passed a
modest voting-rights bill
which is expected to win
speedy House concurrence.
Lying dead ahead, however,
are most of the other top leg
islative Issues of 1960. Here
is the outlook:
Schools - House Democrats
expect to pass a school-construction
bill carrying grants
of $325 million a year for
three year. A good bit smaller
than one passed by the Sen
ate, the bill is still bigger than
anything the President is pre
pared to accept.
Housing - Another Demo
cratic special, boosting Fed
eral mortgage-purchase funds
by $1 billion, has been clear
ed for early House action. The
Senate may agree; the Presi
dent certainly won't.
Health of Aged - Democrats
are determined to push
through some form of health
insurance for old folks, under
the social security system if
possible. The President is just
as adamantly opposed. Where
this one will wind up no one
knows.
Depressed Areas Another
veto almost certainly awaits
a Democratic package of loans
and grants for the nation's
depressed areas. Passed by the
Senate in 1959, the bill Is ex
pected to reach the House
floor before long.
Minimum Wage - Demo
crats are still hoping to boost
the minimum wage to $1.25
per hour and to extend cov
erage to several million ad
ditional workers. Although
the administration has been
cold to a raise in the mini
mum, this is one "issue" bill
that might be signed.
The fate of these Democratic-sponsored
measures isn't
the only thing to be decided
before Congress adjourns.
hopefully by the Fourth of
July. The President is also in
trouble with a number of his
major legislative requests.
Defense - Congress is cer
tain to reshuffle the $41-bil-lion
defense budget, possibly
adding up to $1 billon for an
airborne alert, Polaris subs,
more ballistic missiles, etc.
Without the power to veto
separate items in appropria
tion bills (which Congress
won t grant), the President
will sign. He doesn't have to
spend the extra money, how
ever.
Foreign Aid - Cutting the
President's foreign aid re
quest has become an annual
sporting event on Capitol Hill.
This year he is asking for $4.2
billion: estimates of the cut to
be inflicted range up to $1
billion.
Interest Ceiling So far,
Democrats have refused to
budge in their refusal to raise
the interest ceiling on long
term Government bonds. Cur
rent odds are against any ac
tion before adjournment, bar
ring a big jump in market in
terest rates.
Postal Rates Democrats
have also turned a deaf ear
to the President's plea for a
$500 million increase in postal
ra'tes. Some increase may be
granted if Congress votes to
raise the pay of postal work
ers, but that now seems improbable.
Taxes - Several of the
President's tax requests, in
cluding one for a half-cent
increase in the gas tax, are all
but dead for this session. Con
gress will again postpone a
scheduled reduction in the
corporate Income and certain
excise tax rates, but is likely
to allow cuts in telephone and
transportation taxes to take
effect.
Farm Policy - The long
deadlock between the Presi-
V o?. & r ,j i -St
X-RAY PICTURE OF SUN Scientists of the Naval Re
search Laboratory have succeeded in obtaining the first x-ray
pictures of the sun, using an Aerobee-Hi rocket to carry the
cameras above the atmosphere. The photo shows the sun
rimmed by a bright x-ray halo and several Intense spots of
bright x-ray emission distributed over the disc. Because
x-rays cannot be focused by lenses, a pithole camera was
used. The picture was released in conjunction with the
National Academy of Sciences meeting at Washington, D.C.
(UPI Telephoto)
MAMIE BYPASSES SUMMIT
Washington-CPU-Mrs. Eisen
hower will not accompany the
President to the Paris sum
mit meeting next month, but
she still hopes to go to Russia
with him in June. Associate
White House Press Secretary
Mrs. Anne Wheaton, answer
ing press inquires, said Wed
nesday the First Lady planned
to visit her ailing mother,
Mrs. John S. Doud in Denver
on her 82nd birthday. May 13.
Washington-lUPI-The House
has passed 214-163, a bil
lion dollar Democratic hous
ing bill after defeating a Re
publican attempt to scuttle it
with a civil rights amendment.
dent and Congress over farm
price supports shows a sign
of breaking up. Whether the
two can get together on a
satisfactory wheat bill in the
next few weeks seems doubt
ful. (Copyright I960,
Congressional Quarterly Inc.)
Sprays Cleared for
Use on Fruit Trees
Iron chelates and other nu
tritional sprays have been
cleared for use on fruit trees
by the food and drug adminis
tration, according to County
Horticulturist Clifford B.
Cordy.
Cordy said trees should be
sprayed in the early leafing
out period for the best benefit
and the spray should not be
mixed with other sprays.
Trees which show a definite
yellowing due to the lack of
iron should be sprayed, he
said.
The spray should be mixed
three pounds of the chemical
per acre with as low a gallon-
age as practical to encourage
rapid drying, Cordy stressed.
The rapid drying is necessary.
he said, to reduce any pos:
sible damage to a minimum.
CBS News Will Bring Olympic Games Story To Televiewers
New York - CBS News, in
unique international tele
vision venture, will team up
with RAI, the Italian state
network, to bring American
viewers the full story of the
1960 Olympic Games this
summer in Rome.
Sig Mickelson, president of
CBS News, revealed plans for
the coverage today as Wil
liam C. MacPhail, director of
sports. Producer Pete Molnar
and other sports department
and technical operations per
sonnel left for Rome for de
tailed planning activities.
Mickelson said that Olym
pic coverage for the CBS
Television network, which
has exclusive American tele
vision rights to the Games,
will be under the full control
of an on-the-spot ChS News
production team headed by
MacPhail, and will be de
signed specifically for Amer
ican audiences. CBS News has
assigned personnel totalling
Jackson School to
Present Program
The band, chorus and or
chestra of Jackson school will
present a program at the Jack
son school auditorium Tues
day, May 3, at 7:30 p.m.
The band, under the direc
tion of Steve Whipple, will
play five numbers. Bonita
Denyer will play a cornet
solo, and a trombone solo
will be played by Donald
Wicker. A trumpet trio will
be presented by Bonita Den
yer, John Pruitt and Mike
Pursel.
The chorus, under the di
rection of Mrs. Margaret
Nesheim, will sing eight num
bers. The girls' sextet, "The
Harmonaires," Karen Spaf
ford, Katie Cook, Lydia Or
gain, Peggy Singler, Karen
Murray and Barbara Kadin,
will sing "Whatever Will Be
Will Be," and the boys' quar
tet, "The Four Jacks," com
posed of Patrick Kilby, David
Doolen, John Pruitt and Har
old VanSickle, will sing "Till
We Meet Again" and "You
Tell Me Your Dreams."
Mrs. Ronald Bartlett will
direct the Jackson school or
chestra in two numbers.
The program is open to the
public.
50 for the Olympic program
ming.
The CBS Television net
work has scheduled 20'j
hours of Olympic program
ming, much of it in prime
evening time. The Olympic
Games begin on Aug. 26 and
close on Sept. 12.
Throush the use of video
tape and jet transport, many
of the events will be brought
to American audiences on a
same-day basis. Coverage se
lected by the CBS News team
will be relayed to the Rome
airport, recorded on video
tape and rushed aboard U.S.
bound jets. As an alternate
route, a video tape mobile
unit will be assigned to Oily
Airport in Paris, and mater
ial relayed to that point over
international lines for record
ing and shipment.
A mobile transmission unit
will be installed at New
York's Idlewild Airport, per
mitting the "feeding" of pro-
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Friday, April 29, 1960 - A
gram material to the CBS
Television Network directly possibilities of same-day re
on arrival, thus increasing the I ports.
World Refugee
Bureau Formed
Portland - A speakers' bu
reau has been organized by
the Oregon Committee for !
World Refugees to spotlight j
the plight of the millions of i
homeless through out the
world. j
"The purpose of our organi
zation is to tell our fellow
Oregonians about these wan- i
derers who have been forced I
to leave their homelands and
are now refugees asking only
for life and freedom, Don
Willner, speakers' bureau
chairman, said.
Besides providing excellent
speakers, the committee can
supply a 14-minute film which
will help to point up the need
of refugees throughout the
world, Willner said.
President Eisenhower and
the heads of 52 other nations
joined in setting aside July 1,
1959, to June 30, 1960, as
World Refugee Year. The
Oregon Committee was form
ed to assist in this program,
with Multnomah County Cir
cuit Judge Arno M. Denecke
as chairman.
Anyone wishing to engage
the speaker or book the film
may write lo uregon ujmmn
tee for World Refugees, Room
665 County Court House,
Portland, or telephone CA
7-8441, Ext. 572.
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