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Status of Washington - ITII - Status of major bills in Congress: FOREIGN POLISY TRADE (HR 1 1970)-Would authorize President to ab clfch tariffs on certain goods; to reduce tariffs by 50 per cent on all other items and provide federal aid to U. S. firms and workers hurt by imports. House-passed; Sen ate - in committee, hearings under way. UN BONDS (HR 9982 & 2768) - Would authorize the President to lend the United Nations up to $100 million to help the world organization solve its financial crisis. Senate-passed. House - Commit tee action expected this week. DEFENSE AND SPACE SATELLTE COMMUNICA TIONS (HR) 11040) - Would charter privately - owned cor poration to develop, own and control . ..tellite system to re lay telephone and telegraph messages and television. House - passed. Senate -Approved by two committees, floor action blocked by fili buster, referred to third committee-Foreign Relations. FALLOUT SHELTERS (HR 10262 & S 26581-Would authorize federal grants to non-profit groups for con struction of approved public fallout shelters. No hearings scheduled on authorization bill by Senate or House; meantime, the House has de nied all shelter' funds. WELFARE AND EDUCATION ;' MEDICAL CARE (HR 4222 &' S 949 -Would provide partial payment of hospitali zation and nursing home costs or persons 65 and older. Would raise Social Security Up. Senate-killed compro mise version, 52-48. House -committee opposed, but aban doned plans for showdown vote in view of Senate action. COLLEGE AID (HR 8900) -House - passed bill would provide SI. 5 billion over five years in construction loans and grants for college build ings. Senate-passed bill would provide SI. 5 billion in construction loans, S250 mil lion in building grants for Junior colleges and S900 mil lion for student scholarships. Conference committee nego tiations on compromise stall ed. MEDICAL EDUCATION (HR 4!)!)fl & S 1072) - would provide S755 million in fed eral grantg over 10 years for construction of medical, den tal and other health profes sion schools. House bill in cludes loans for medical stu dents; Senate bill includes scholarship grants. House-Approved by Commerce Com mittee, stalled in Rules Com mittee. Senate - Committee hearings completed, awaiting House action. YOUTH (HR 10682 & S 404) - Would create new Youth Conservation Corps similar to CCC of 1930s and "Home Town Peace Corps" for volunteer local civic proj ects. House - Approved by Labor Committee, stalled in Rules Committee. Senate -Committee approved. PUBLIC WORKS (S 2065 ; HR 10113) - Administra tion proposed S600 million immediate program plus S2 billion in cash with standby power to spend in lime of re cession. Senate - Passed bill which boosts immediate pro gram to S"50 million, cuts standby program to S750 million and denies cash for it lint il next year. House -Rules Committee expected to clear for floor action $000 million immediate program containing no standby pow er. WOMEN'S WAGES (HR 1 1677 & S 24H4) - Would re quire equal pay for women for equal work within sin gle companies with Labor Department authorized to en force through federal courts. House - Passed. Senate - No gearings scheduled. TEACHER QUALITY (HR 1 1888 & S 2826) - Would authorize ?bout S300 million over five years for expanded cooperative research in teach ing iinnrovcmont and sum mer college courses for grade pnd hich school teachers. Participants to get $75 a work stipend plus S15 for each rirpenrient. House - Edu-ration-Labor Committee Ap proved, stalled in Rule? Com mittee. Senate - Committee h'anns completed. TAXFS AND POSTAGE TAX REVISION (HR 10650) -Provides lax credits reduc t:n:ss, ranging up to $7 for men $100 spent by businesses for i.'iconic-producins equip ment, impocs withholding taxes on dividend and inter est payments, and curbs tax deduction for expense ac counts. House - Passed. Sen ate - Committee approved bill after revising tax credits. Vliminaiing withholding and si;tening expense account r-.l '' POSTAL RATES 'HR 70271 - Would I'icrrase fir-t class, sir ma. I ai d pnicaid rates fv;r crn?. and raise rates for m, 2;i ;v and advert iing mail. H"":-e passed Senate - ennmuttee hearings under way. Major Bills in Congress CIVIL RIGHTS LITERACY TESTS (S 2750 & HR 10034) - Would out law discriminatory state lit eracy tests for voters and make sixth grade education proof of literacy; would ap ply only to federal elections. House - committee held hear ings. Senate - efforts to pass abandoned after Senate twice refused to slop Southern talk athon. POLL TAXES (S.J. RES. 29) - Would amend Constitu tion to outlaw state poll tax es or other levies as requre ment for voting in federal elections. Senate - passed. House - committee approved, no action in Rules Commit tee, discharge petition filed. SCHOOL SEGREGATION (HR 10056 & HR 11707 -First would withhold federal aid payments from racially- segregated schools crowded j by chldiren of servicemen and federal workers; second would repeal authority for aid to "separate but equal" land grant colleges. House -both bills approved by Education-Labor Committee, stalled in Rules Committee. Senate - no hearings schedul ed. AGRICULTURE GOVERNMENT CON TROLS (HR 11222 and S 3225) - Would require grow ers of corn, other feed grains to choose in national referen dum between curbs on plant ings to curb surpluses and sharp cut in price guarantees. Senate - passed. House - re jected. ACREAGE CUTS (HR 12266) - Would continue for one year stopgap wheat and feed grain programs, includ ing payments to growers of corn and other feed grains who voluntarily cut plant ings to reduce surpluses. House - passed. Senate - com mittee approved after re vamping to tighten wheat controls after 1963. CITIES COMMUTER TRANSPOR TATION (HR 11158 & S 3126) - Provides $500 mil lion in federal grants to help cities and towns subsidize de velopment of better commut er trains, buses and subways. Senate - committee approv ed. House - Banking Commit tee approved, pending in Rul es Committee. CABINET (Reorganization Plan No. 1) - Would create cabinet-level Department of Urban Affairs and Housing. House - killed. GOVERNMENT WILDERNESS (S 174) -Would establish a national system for preserving wilder nesses for recreation wilder es; could include 6,800,000 acres in 44 states. Senate -passed. House - hearings completed, subcommittee ac tion expected to start Thurs day. WIRETAPPING (S 2813 & HR 101851 - Would authorize ieueral officials to gather wiretap evidence with court approval in serious crime in vestigations, with attorney general's approval in security cases. Senate - committee hearings in recess. House -subcommittee hearings resume Thursday. CRIME (S 1655) - Would permit witnesses to be grant ed immunity and compelled to testify in certain court trails involving graft, brib ery and extortion. Senate -passed. House - in committee; no hearings scheduled. GOVERNMENT PAY (HR 9531) - Would give 1.8 mil lion postal and civil service workers pay hikes totaling $1.2 billion a year in two steps, effective July 1, 1962 and July 1, 1963; provides much higher pay increases in lower brackets than adminis tration asked. House - com mittee approved. Senate -hearings completed. VETERANS INCREASED COMPENSA TION (HR 10743) - Would give cost of living increases averaging 9.4 per cent to vet erans drawing compensation for injuries or ailments re sulting from military service. House - passed. Senate - com mittee appioved. INSURANCE PEIN STATEMENT (HR 12333) -Would permit veterans who served between 1940 and 1956 to buy, or reinstate, up to S10.000 in GI life insur I ante. House - committee ap ! proved. Floor action delayed. Senate - committee approv- jcd. I ! BRIDGE THE Money today on your sig nature only. No minimum charge, $50 costs only 70c for 2 eeks. Quick, 1'be'al, confidential. IOCAL D AN 535 t. JACKSON IIVD. Phoni; 773-7456 Dick Wibb. Mjr. 0M fnd.j 'ttl 7 SAP ! 'Ill PAY DAY MEDFOHD PASSED, SIGNED BY PRESIDENT RETRAINING (Pub. Law 87-415; S 1991) - A three year, $435 million federal program of retraining subsis tence allowances for workers whose jobs have disappeared because of automation or re location and pilot program of training for youths entering job market. DISCLOSURE (Pub. Law 87-420; HR 8723) - Requires detailed financial reporting from administrators of com pany and union managed pension and welfare plans, gives Labor Department en forcement powers and pro r,m.K 'Miwwwmwwwwi.iiiiii,i,.jiiiuiwiiiiiiui!ii. VTTT:Tr.-"-. I FINAT : "SHOES" I "SHOES" "SHOES" I "SHOES" ! i - ...... .,r ci 9 9 fe 9 9 1 r: -1 K: $w 9 9 1 ffl 9 9 -some tennis shoes- ; : w lo of summer play- Mi I "' plus lots of Jfr& I .ff!lw V ! f-'v I BfT" 1 plus many belter flats. :'v, ; f. odds and ends only in shoes in this group . . 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Law 87-447; S 205) - Author izes five-year, S32 million matching grant program for n o n-profit educational and civic groups planning to build educational televisoin stations. 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 tick ets, effective Nov. 15. Ex tends present temporary tax 23 OREGON rates on corporation profits, liquor, automobiles, tele phone calls, etc. until July 1, 1963. NATIONAL DEBT (Pub. Law 87-512; HR 11990) -- Raises national 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 re mains at $285 billion. TV SETS (Pub. Law 87-529; HR 8031) - Authorizes the Federal Communications Commission to require manu facturers to make only 82 channel set?. SUGAR (Pub. Law 87-535 HR 12154)-Revamps and ex tends sugar controls, giving domestic growers bigger mar kcting quotas and eliminating about one-half of the subsidies paid foreign growers. SUGAR (Pub. Law 87-530; HR 8050) - Amends new su gar law to give President dis cretionary power to provide premium prices to foreign suppliers on additional 150, 000 tons a vcar. WELFARE (Pub. Law 87 543; HR 10606) - Would re vise and expand federal par ticipation in state-operated public assistance programs, putting new emphasis on re habilitation and increasing federal grants for relief chocks for needy aged, blind and disabled. FOREIGN AID (Pub. Law I 87-565; S 2996) - Authorizes appropriations of $4,672,000, 000 for year which started July 1 and $1.8 billion for Humble Drilling North of Albany Albany - (ITU - Humble Oil Co. began drilling another test oil well in the Willamette Valley Monday. The Slate Department of Geology and Mineral Indus tries issued a permit Friday for the well which is located six miles northeast of Albany. The drilling site is on the Howard J. Miller farm, about three-fourths of a mile east of the freewa and is visible from the rot. Latin America for subsequent three years. Administration had requested $4.9 billion and $2.4 billion, respectively. TUtbUAT, AUUUbi' 7. I Humble recently ahandoned 1 a test well near Silverlon. A J ; test well near Lebanon being I B. BRANDT BARTELS, M.D. Physician and Surgeon ANNOUNCES THE RE-OPENING OF HIS OFFICE STANDARD INSURANCE BLDG. Suite 15 71 1 East Main Diseases of Infants, Children, Adolescents 1962 ..A drilled bv Reserve Oil Co. is now reported at 7,100-foot level. Telephone Day or Nile 779-1300 Residence 772-9492 Onen Fridav Si
