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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOHD. OREGON WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 22. 1962 Status of Major Bills in Congress Washington - HTC - Status of major bills in Congress: FOREIGN POLICY Trad (HR 1 1970) Would authorize President to abolish tariffs on certain goods: to re duce tariffs by 50 per cent on all other items and provide federal aid to U. S. firms and workers hurt by imports. House passed: Senate - -committee hearings complet ed. UN Bonds (HR 9982 & S 2768) Would authorize the President to lend the United Nations up to $100 million to help the world organization solve its financial crisis. Sen ate passed. House com mute approved compromise that would limit U.S. loan to total loaned by other coun tries. DEFENSE AND SPACE Satellite Communications (HR 11040) Would charter privately - owned corporation to develop, own and control satellite system to relay tele phone and telegraph messages and television. House pass ed. Senate passed with some changes. Differences to be considered by House. Fallout Shelters (HR 10262 & S 2658) Would authorize federal grants to non-profit groups for construction of ap proved public fallout shelters. No hearings scheduled on au thorization bill by Senate or House; meantime, the House has denied all shelter funds. WELFARE, EDUCATION Medical Car (HR 4222 & 5 909) Would provide par tial payment of hospitalization and nursing home costs of per sons 65 and older. Would raise Social Security tax. Sen ate killed compromise ver sion, 52-48. House commit tee opposed, but abandoned plans for showdown vote in view of Senate action. Colls Aid (HR 8900) House - passed bill would pro vide $1.5 billion over five years in construction loans and grants for collese build ings. Senate-passed bill would provide $1.5 billion in con struction losr.s, $250 mililon in building grants for junior colleges and $90 million for student scholarships. Confer ence committee negotiations on compromise stalled. Medical Education (HR 4999 6 S 1072) Would provide $755 million in federal grants over 10 years for construction of medical, dental and other health profession schools. House bill includes loans for medical students; Senate bill Includes scholarship grants. House Approved by com merce committee, stalled in rules committee. Senate Committee hearings complet ed, awaiting House action. Youth (HR 10682 &S 404) Would create new Youth Con servation Corps similar to CCC of 1930s and "Home Town Peace Corps" for vol unteer local civic projects House Approved by labor committee, stalled in rules Tuberculosis Stiff Danger, Says Docfor New York - NM - Despite progress in the fight against tuberculosis, "over 30 million individuals are currently in fected with living virulent tubercle bacilli" in the United States, Dr. James E. Perkins, of the National Tuberculosis association, reports. He told doctors attending a New York Academy of Sci ence conference that there are more than 10,000 deaths from tuberculosis and 50.000 new cases every year in the United States. INSURE SPARKLE New York-iUPIi-When pack ing for a trip, include a small plastic bottle of pre pared liquid jewelry cleaner. Use it to give your diamond ring a facial and to brighten metal in other pieces of jew Iry dulled by constant wear. MONTGOMERY WARD UT WARDS INSTALL YOUR NEW WATER HEATER . . . fASTl Jt it 52-GAUON 1 ELECTRIC I HEATER I 69" i Cu't. litOtn4- i iblf . Miv luto- i matic. Instilled 5 with.n 24 Hri, I PH. 77J-7J0I a committee. Senate Commit- j tee approved. Public Works (S 2965 & HR 10113) Administration proposed $600 million imme diate program plus $2 billion in cash with stand-by power to spend in time of recession. Senate Passed bill which boosts immediate program to $750 million, cuts stand-by program to $750 million and denies cash for it until next year. House Rules commit tee has cleared for floor ac tion $900 million immediate program containing no stand by power. Women's Wages (HR 11677 & S 2494) Would require equal pay for women for equal work within single com panies with Labor Depart ment authorized to enforce through federal courts. House Passed. Senate No hear ings scheduled. Teacher Quality (HR 11888 & 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 depen dent. House Education-la- b 0 r committee approved, stalled in rules committee. Senate Committee hearings completed. TAXES. POSTAGE Tax ReTliion (HR 10650) Provides tax credits (re ductions) ranging up to $7 for each $100 spent by businesses for income-producing equip ment, imposes 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, eliminating withholding and softening proposed expense account rules. Postal Rales (HR 7927) Would increase first class, air mail and postcard rates one cent, and raise rates for mag azine and advertising mail. House Passed. Senate Committee hearings under way. CIVIL RIGHTS Literacy Tests (S 2750 & HR 10034) Would outlaw discriminatory state literacy tests for voters and make sixth grade education proof of literacy; would apply only to federal elections. House Committee held hearings. Senate Efforts to pass aban doned after Senate twice re fused to stop Southern talka thon. Poll Taxes (S.J. Res. 29) Would amend constitution to outlaw state poll taxes or other levies as requirement for voting in federal elections. Senate Passed. House Committee approved, no ac tion in rules committee. School Segregation (HR 10056 4c HR 11707) First would withhold federal aid payments from racially-segre-gated schools crowded by chil dren of servicemen and feder al workers; second would re peal authority for aid to "sep arate but equal'' land grant colleges. House Both bills approved by education-labor committee, stalled in rules committee. Senate No hear ings scheduled. AGRICULTURE Governmant Controls (HR 11222 & S 3225) - Would re quire growers of corn, other feed grains to choose in na tional referendum between curbs on plantings to curb surpluses and sharp cut in price guarantees. Senate -passed. House - rejected. Acreag Cuts (HR 12391) Would continue for one year stopgap wheat and feed grain programs, including payments to growers of corn and other feed grains who voluntarily cut plantings to reduce sur pluses. House Passed. Sen ate Committee approved alter revamping to tighten wheat controls after 1963, pending before Senate. CITIES Commuter Transportation (HR 1158 & S 3126) Provides $500 million In federal grants to help cities and towns subsidize development of bet ter commuter trains, buses and subways. Senate Com mittee approved. House Banking committee approved, pending in rules committee. 1 Cabinet (Reorganization plan No. 1) Would create cabi net-level Department of Urban Affairs and Housing. House Killed. GOVERNMENT Wilderness (S 174 and HR 776) Would establish a na tional system for preserving wilderness areas for recrea tion purposes: could include 6.800.000 acres in 44 slates Senate Passed. House Subcommittee approved after making extensive revisions designed to mollify private in jterests. ! Drug Controls (HR 11581 land S 15521 Would revamp I federal controls over market ing of drugs. Senate Com 'mittee approved bill does not contain all strengthening amendments sought by admin istration. House Committee hearings resume this week Wir.tappinj (S 2813 At HR 10185) Would authorize federal officials to gather wiretap evidence with court approval in serious crime investigations.- with attorney general's approval in security cases. Senate Committee hearings in recess. House Subcommittee hearings in re cess. Crim (S 1655) Would permit witnesses to be grant ed immunity and compelled to testify in certain court trials involving graft, bribery and extortion. Senate Pass ed. House in committee; no hearings scheduled. Gorarnment Pay (HR 9531) Would give 1.8 million postal and civil service work ers pay hikes totaling $1.2 billion a year in two steps, ef fective July 1, 1962, and July 1, 1963; provides much high er pay increases in lower brackets than administration asked. House Committee approved. Senate Hearings completed. VETERANS Increased Compensation (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 Committee approved. Insurance Reinstate- ment (HR 12333 and S 3597) To permit veterans who served between 1940 and 1956 to buy, or reinstate, up to $10,000 in GI life insurance. Senate Passed. House Amended to limit insurance reopening to those with ser vices 0 n n e c fe d disability. Compromise talks not yet set. BILLS PASSED. SIGNED 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 market. Disclosure (Pub. Law 87 420; HR 8723) Requires de tailed financial reporting from administrators of companv and union managed pension and welfare plans, gives labor department enforcement pow ers and provides criminal pen alties for embezzlement and kickbacks. Peace Corps (Pub. Law 87- 442; HR 10700) Authorizes enlargement of Peace Corps. Educational TV (Pub. Law 87-447; S 205) Authorizes five-year, $32 million match ing grant program for non profit educational and civic groups planning to build edu cational television 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 tickets, effective Nov. 15. Extends present temporary tax rates on corporation profits, liquor, automobiles, telephone calls, etc. until July 1, 1963. National Debt (Pub. Law 87 512; HR 11990) Raises na 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; per manent limit remains 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 sets. Sugar (Pub. Law 87-535: HR 12154) Revamps and extends 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 law to give President discre tionary power to provide premium prices to foreign suppliers on additional 150, 000 tons a year. Wtlfara (Pub. Law 87-543:, HR 10606) Would revise and expand federal participa tion in state-operated public assistance programs, putting new emphasis on rehabilita tion and increasing Federal grants for relief checks for needy , aged, blind and disabled. I Foreign Aid (Pub. 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