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
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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.
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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
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MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD.
vides criminal penalties for
embezzlement and kickbacks.
PEACE CORPS (Pub. Law
87-442; HR 107001-Authonzcs
enlargement of Peace Corps.
EDUCATIONAL TV (Pub.
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
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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
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