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10 A MONDAY, JULY 23. MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON Status of Major Bills in Congress Washington-IUP1) -Status of major bills in Congress: FOREIGN POLICY Tracte (HR 11970) - would authorize President to abolish tariffs on certain goods; to reduce tariffs by 50 per cent on all other items and pro vide federal aid to U.S. firms and workers hurt by imports. House-passed; Senate-in com mittee, hearings start soon. Foreign Aid (S 2996) - Ad ministration requested author ization of $4.9 billion for year which started July 1 and $2.4 billion for Latin America for subsequent three years. Sen ate - Approved compromise that would provide $4.7 bil lion and $1.8 billion, respec tively. House - To take up compromise Tuesday. U.N. Bonds (HR 9982 & S 2768) - would authorize President to lend the United Nations up to $100 million to help the World Organization solve its financial crisis. Sen ate - passed. House - commit tee hearings under way. DEFENSE AND SPACE Satellite Com munications (HR 11040) - Would charter privately - owned corporation to develop, own and control satellite system to relay tele phone and telegraph messages and television. House-passed. Senate-committee approved, floor debate started, but laid aside temporarily. Fallout Shelters (HR 10202 ft s 2658)-Would authorize Federal grant to non-profit groups for construction of ap proved public fallout shelters. House-in committee, no hear ings scheduled. Senate - no hearings scheduled. WELFARE AND EDUCATION Medical Care (HR 4222 & S 909)-Would provide partial payment of hospitalization and nursing home costs of persons 65 and older, would raise social security tax. Senate-killed compromise ver sion. House - committee op posed, but abandoned plans for showdown vole in view of senate action. College Aid (HR 8900) -House-passed bill would pro vide $1.5 billion over five years in construction loans and grants for college build ings. Senate-passed bill would provide $1.5 billion in con struction loans, $250 million in building giants for Junior colleges and 900 million for student scholarships. Confer ence committee negotiations BILKED OF $83 MILLION Washington -' IIIPII - Post master General J. Edward Day has reported that mail fraud schemes bilked the pub lic out of more than $83 mil lion in the past year. But Day said Sunday that investiga tions by the Postal Inspection Service and Justice Depart ment resulled in 524 mail fraud convictions in fiscal 1962 a modern record and 21 per cent above the previ ous year. All Knit V Purl Suit or separates twite wonderful for little girls with plans for pnrties and outings. Young version of the knit suit mnm loves. AH knit ami purl j.-u-kct hits smart, block design panel. Pattern 7457: directions for sues 2, 4' THIRTY - FIVE C'KNTS (coins) for this pattern add 10 cents for each pattern fur Ist-elass mailing. Send to Alice Brooks, care of Medford Mai! Tribune, Needlecralt Dept., P.O. Box 1H, Old Chel sea Station, New York 11, NY Print plainly. NAMK. ADDRKSS, PATTERN Nl'M I1KH NEVER BEFORE VALUE: 20(1 designs to knit, crochet, sew, weave, embroider, quilt in our 19112 Needlecnilt Catalog. Beautiful Bulkies in a complete fashion section plus bedspreads, toys, linens, alghans. slipcover!, plus 2 free patterns. Sena 25 cents now. on compromise recessed. Medical Education (HR 4999 4c S 1072)-would provide $755 million in Federal grants over 10 years for construction of medical, dental and other health profession schools House bill includes1 loans for medical students; Senate bill includes scholarship grants House-approved by commit tee and awaiting Rules Com. mitlee clearance for floor ac tion. Senate-committee hear- ings completed, awaiting House action. Youth (HR 10BB2 & S 404) -would create new Youth Conservation Corps similar to CCC of 1930s and "Home Town Peace Corps" for volun tcer local civil projects. House -approved by committee and awaiting Rules Committee clearance. Senate-committee approved. Public Works (S 2965 & HR 10113) - Administration proposed $0C0 million im mediate program plus $2 bil lion in cash with stand-by power to spend in time of recession. Senate-passed bill which boosts immediate pro gram to $750 million, cuts stand-by program to $750 mil lion and denies cash for it until next year. House-corn mittce approved $90 million immediate program, no stand by power. ' Women's Wages (HR 11677 & S 2494) - would require equal pay for women for equal work within single com panics with Labor Depart ment authorized to enforce through federal courts. House - committee approved, floor consideration scheduled next week. Senate-no hearings set Teacher Training (HR 10145 & S 2826)-would authorize about $300 million over five years for expanded coopera tive research in teaching im provement and summer col lege courses- for grade and high school teachers. Partici pants to get $75 a week sti pend plus $15 for each de pendent. House - Committee approved, awaiting Rules Committee clearance. Senate -Committee hearings com pleted. TAXES AND POSTAGE Tax Revision (HR 10650) Providcs tax credits ranging up to $7 for each $100 spent by businesses for income-producing equipment and im poses withholding taxes on dividend and interest pay ments. House-passed. Senate -committee tentatively ap proved after eliminating with holding provision and revising lax credits. Postal Rates (HR 7927) -would increase lirst class, air mail and postcard rates one cent, and raise rates for maga zine and advertising mail. House - passed. Senate-committee hearings resume Tuesday. CIVIL RIGHTS Literacy Tests (S 2750 & HR 10034)-would outlaw dis criminatory stale literacy tests for voters and mane sixth grade education proof of literacy for voting In federal elections. Senate - efforts to pass abandoned after twice falig nto stop boutnern uukb- thon. House - committee com pleted hearings. Poll Taxes (S.J. Res. 20) would amend constitution to outlaw state pull taxes or other levies as requirement for voting in federal elections. Senate - passed. House - com mitce approved, no action in Rules Committee, discharge petition filed. School segregation (1IR 10050 & HR 11559) - first would withhold federal aid payments from racially-segregated schools crowded by children of servicemen and federal workers; second would repeal authority for aid to "separate hut equal" land grant colleges. House committee approved both. Senate - no hearings sched uled. AGRICULTURE Government controls (HR 11J22 and S3225) - would re quire glowers of corn, other feed grains to choose in na tional referendum between curbs on plantings to curt) surpluses and sharp cut in price guarantees. Senate -passed. House rejected Acreage cuts (HR 122tifl) -would continue for one year stopgap wheat and feed grain programs, including payments to growers ot corn and other feed grains who voluntarily cut plantings to reduce sur pluses. House passed. Senate expected to consider soon. CITIES (' o n I I n u e transportation (HR 115B and S 3r2i - pro vides $5(10 million in federal grants to help cities and towns subsidize development of better commuter trains, buses and subways. Senate Committee action expected this week. House Committee approved, awaiting rules com mittee clearance. Cabinet (Reorganization Plan No, It - would create cabinet-level ricparlinenl n( urban aftuirs and housing Hone killed GOVERNMENT Wilderness (S 174) would establish a national system for preserving wildernesses for recreation purposes, could include 6 8 million acres in 44 states. Senate - passed. House -in subcommittee, hearings completed. Wiretap (S 2813 & HR 10185) - would authorize fed eral officials to gather wire tap evidence with court-approval in'scrious crime inves tigations, with attorney gen eral's approval in security cases. Senate-committee hear ings in recess. House - sub committee hearings in recess. Crime (S 1655) - would per mit witnesses to be granted immunity and compelled to testify in certain court trials involving graft, bribery and extortion. Senate - passed. House-in committee; no hear ings yet. Government pay (HR 10480) -would raise government sal aries $1 billion a year with increases spread over three year period. House-committee completed hearings, now con sidering action. Senate-committee hearings under way, VETERANS Increased compe n s a t i o n (HR 10743)-would give cost of living increases averaging 9.4 per cent to veterans drawing compensation for injuries or ailments resulting from mili tary service. House - passed. Senate - in finance commit tee, no hearings set. AWAITING SIGNATURE Welfare (HR 106061-would revise and expand federal participation in state-operated public assistance programs, putting new emphasis on re habilitation and increasing federal grants for relief checks. SIGNED BY PRESIDENT Retraining (Pub. Law 87 415; S 1991) - a three year, $435 million federal program of retraining subsistence al lowances for workers whose jobs have disappeared because of automation or relocation and pilot program of training for youths entering job mar ket. Disclosure (Pub. Law 87 420; HR 8723) - requires de tailed financial reporting from administrators of com pany and union managed pen sion and welfare plans. Gives labor department enforcement powers and provides criminal penalties for embezzlement and kickbacks. Peace Corps (Pub. Law 87 442; HR 10700) - authorizes enlargement of Peace Corps. Educational television (Pub. Law 87-447; S 205) -authorizes five-year, $32 mil lion matching grant program for non-profit educational and civic groups planning to build educational television sta tions. Tax cut (Pub. Law 87-508; HR 11879) - repeals 10 per cent tax on railroad, bus and water travel and cuts tax to 5 per cent on airline tickets, effective Nov. 15; extends present temporary tax rates on corporation profits, liq uor, automobiles, telephone calls, etc., until July 1, 1963. National debt (Pub. Law 87-512; HR 11990) - raises na- I tional debt limit to a record high $308 billion through next March 31; fixes it at $305 billion April 1 to June 24, at $300 billion June 25 30; permanent limit remains at S28S billion. Television sets (Pub. Law 87-529; HR 8031) - authorizes federal communications com mission to require manufac turers to make only 82-chan-nel sets. Sugar (Pub.' Law 87-535; HR 12154) - revamps and ex tends sugar controls, giving domestic growers bigger mar keting quotas and eliminating about one-half of the subsidies paid foreign growers. Sugar (Pub. Law 87-539; HR 8050) - amends new sugar r mium prices to foreign sup law to give president discre- pliers on additional 150.000 tionary power to provide pre- tons a year. YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE! All Persons interested in the opening of Church of the Christian end Missionary Alliance in the Med ford area are cordially invited to attend the Initial Planning Meeting to be held Tuesday, 7:30 P.M., July 24 at Y.M.C.A. Social Hall-522'W. 6th, Medford. You are invited to become acquainted with the Christ-centered message and the world-wide Mission ary outreach of this God-honored fellowship. 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