Status of
Washington -4UPD Statui of
major legislation:
Incem Taxes - President
Kennedy has proposed tax re
duction and revision program
that would provide net cut of
J10.4 billion in individual and
corporate taxes over three
years. House - Ways and
Means committee has partly
completed draft of compro
mise program. Senate-Awaiting
House action.
' Stock and Bond Taxes - To
retard flow of American capi
tal abroad, Kennedy has pro
posed that purchase taxes be
levied on Americans who buy
foreign stocks and bonds from
foreigners; securities of cer
tain underdeveloped countries
would be exempted. House -Ways
and Means committee
will hold hearings after com
pleting action on tax reduc
tion program. Senate - Await
ing House action.
Debt Limit - Administra
tion requested extension
through Nov. 30 of temporary
legal ceiling of $309 billion
on national debt; under per
manent law debt limit would
revert on Sept. 1 to $285 bil
lion which is more than $20
billion less than the actual
debt. House - Ways and Means
committee approved; House to
act Wednesday. Senate-Awaiting
House action.
Military Pay Administra
tion asked $1.2 billion annual
pay and benefit boost for all
lervicemen, reservists and re
tirees. House - Passed modi
fied version to cost $15 mil
lion less and providing no in
crease for 832,000 draftees
and enlistees in their first
two years of service. House
included controversial $30.5
million "recomputation" fea
ture for those retired before
1958. Senate - Armed Serv
ices . subcommittee approved
bill in form not disclosed.
Full committee and Senate
itself expected to act this
week.
Fallout Shelters - President
Kennedy wants authority to
make federal contributions to
ward construction of civil de
fense fallout shelters in
schools, hospitals and other
non-profit institutions. House
-Armed Services subcommit
tee approved limited program
in principle only; bill still to
be drafted, with outcome now
in doubt as result of civil
rights issue. Senate - Nothing
scheduled.
Foreign Aid - Administra
tion asking $4.5 billion. House
-Foreign Affairs committee
approved authorization bill
Try and Stop Mo
By BENNETT CERF
RICHARD BISSELL, on the subject of his beloved Har
vard: "Harvard has no drum-majorettes with cute pink
knees. It's swarming with adorable Radcliffe girls, all
equipped with knees, but
dreadfully preoccupied
with the pursuit of
knowledge. Whether the
competition likes it or not,
Harvard is Harvard, 327
years old and operating
en a budget of 85 million
dollars a year. There is
only one RingUng Broth
ers, no matter how many
elephants the other shows
add to their rosters. There
is only one Mount Ever
est And there is only
one Harvard."
A cute neighbor of Jack Pear's, Incidentally, decided to break
' her engagement on the very eve of the announced wedding day.
Seems her fiance had purchased a nobby convertible with ONE
seat belt.
What do you do with the time you aave?" aska an industrial
publicist and continues, "Reflect on the sad history of a few
minute-savers we know about. Al saves time skipping lunch and
other meals. He has ulcers. Jack saved time driving 80 miles
an hour in heavy traffic. He's in the pen for manslaughter.
I Harry saves time taking pills to keep him awake 16 hours a day.
He's in the hands of a psychoanalyst. Marty saved time by
making his old fuses do Instead of going to the hardware store
for more fuses. He's spending it working on a second job trying
to replace his house which burned down."
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Cong rational Bills
setting ceiling on aepropri
tiona slightly below $4.1 bil
lion. Senate - Foreign Rela
tions committee nearing final
action on bill. (Actual appro
priations to come later.)
Treaty - U. S., Russia and
Britain have initialed and
signed treaty banning nuclear
tests in air, space and under
water; ratification requires
two-thirds vote of Senate. Sen
ate - Foreign Relations com
mittee will hold public hear,
ings. House - No action re
quired. Health Insurance Presi
dent wants hospitalization
program for persons 65 and
older financed through social
security taxes. House Ways
and Means committee expect
ed to hold hearings later this
year. Senate Awaiting
House action.
Mental Health Adminis
tration wants long-range pro
gram for community mental
health centers; research on
and treatment of mental re
tardation. House Commerce
subcommittee approved $407
million program. Senate Ap
proved 10-year $848 million
program.
Medical Schools Adminis
tration asked long range con
struction aid for medical-dental
schools, loans to students.
House Passed three-year
program that would cost $236
million. Senate No hearings
yet.
College Construction - Ken
nedy originally asked for fed
eral funds to build classrooms
and laboratories as part of
larger $5.3 billion school bill;
agreed later to separate bills.
House - Education committee
approved $1.2 billion in grants
and loans for colleges, pend
ing in Rules oommittee. Sen
ate Hearings completed on
omnibus school bill.
Schools and Libraries
President wants aid contin
ued for "impacted areas" and
libraries. House Education
committee approved in sep
arate bills, with amendments
forbidding use of funds for
segregated facilities. Senate
Hearings completed on omni
bus school bill.
Vocational Schools Presi
dent asked step-up in federal
aid to vocational schools.
House Bill to increase aid in
this field from $57 million to
$180 million annually over
four years cleared by Educa
tion and Labor committee and
by Rules committee and sched
uled for House action today.
Senate Hearings completed
on omnibue bill. ;
Voting - President Kennedy
asked for controls on use of
Lowell A. lotnea
'Mr. Homeowners"
literacy tests, speedier voting
rights suits and extension of
the civil rights commission's
life for four years in his orig
inal request last winter.
House Judiciary subcommit
tee approved four-year exten
sion of civil rights commis
sion. Public Accommodations
Kennedy's main request in his
second rights message was tor
legislation outlawing segrega
tion in use of hotels, stores,
restaurants, theaters and other
public accommodations in In
terstate commerce. He also
asked for new authority to In
itiate school desegregation
suits and optional authority
to withhold federal aid to
states that practice racial dis
crimination. House-Judiciary
subcommittee hearings con
cluded. Senate Commerce
committee hearings completed
on public accommodations
feature; Judiciary committee
hearings under way on full
civil rights package.
Employment Kennedy en
dorsed fair employment prac
tices commission legislation to
bar job discrimination by
private business and labor un
ions. House Labor commit
tee has approved FEPC. Sen
ate Labor sub-committee
hearings under way.
Cotton A d m in istration
backed subsidy plan would
provide cheaper cotton for
U. S. textile mills; includes
lower support prices for large
scale growers and potential
relaxation of planting restric
tions. House Bill approved
by Agr icu 1 ture coi. ..nittee,
cleared by Rules committee,
but not yet scheduled for
floor action. Senate Hear
ings completed.
Mexican Farm Hands - 12-year-old
law permitting im
portation of Mexicans for
temporary work on American
farms expires' Dec. 31; admin
istration requested one-year
extension with new safe
guards to protect domestic
workers. House - Bill to ex
tend program two years with
out change defeated on House
floor. Senate - Expected soon
to approve one -year exten
sion. Mass Transit - Kennedy
proposed $500 million In sub
sidies to improve city rail, bus
and subway services. House -Banking
committee approved
bill, pending in Rules com
mittee. Senate - Approved
$375 million program.
Wilderness - President
wants to establish a national
program to preserve public
lands in their natural state.
Senate - Passed, with pro
vision covering 8 million
acres immediately and pos
sibly up to 35 million acres
eventually. House - No com'
mittee hearings set.
Outdoor Recreation Ken
nedy wants a special land and
water conservation fund to
finance purchase of addition
al federal and state park lands
and forests for outdoor recre
ation. House - Interior sub
committee action under way.
Senate - Hearings completed.
Depressed Areas - Kennedy
asked Congress to expand
sharply program of federal
redevelopment aid to local
industries designed to create
jobs in areas of chronically
high unemployment. Senate -Approved
additional $455 mil
lion authorization. House -Rejected,
but Banking com
mittee has approved a "sec
Pope Paul Takes
Working Vacation
Castelgandolfo, Italy -IUPD-Pope
Paul VI today began the
first day of his working vaca
tion away from the Roman
heat.
The Pope drove the 17
miles from the Vatican City
Monday to the papal summer
residence perched here on the
brink of a volcanic crater lake
in the Alban Hills.
A crowd of nearly 5,000
cheered the pontiff on his ar
rival. It was the longest trip
outside the Vatican the Pope
has taken since his election
June 21 to succeed the late
Pope John XXIII.
But it was not the first time
Pope Paul has been to Castel
gandolfo. The Pope frequented
the papal estate as a young
aide to Pope Pius XII, and
brought comfort to villagers
here when the town was hit
by allied bombardments in
World War II.
The Pope told the crowd
that greeted him nothing
pleased him more than to be
surrounded by the people and
"in this period of summer re
pose, in the beauty of nature
. . . to lilt prayers to uoa.
Banfield Freeway
Crash Kills Youth
Portland - UH) - Kit James
Carson, 18, Portland, was kill
ed and two other youths in
jured In a one-car accident on
the Banfield Freeway Mon
day afternoon.
Carson was a passenger in
an eastbound car which skid
ded out of control, overturned
and struck a tree.
Jack Crover, 17, Portland,
the driver, and Robert Kenish,
18, Portland, another Mitto,
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ond-try'' $355 million bill
Youth Employment Ken
nedy asked new $100 million
Youth Conservation Corps for
outdoor work in forests and
parks; home town youth corps
for local civic projects. House
Education committee has ap
proved, pending in Rules com
mittee. Senate - Passed.
Domestic Peace Corps -
President asking for new or
ganization of 1,000 to 5,000
skilled volunteers to carry
out work in this country simi
lar to Peace Corps projects
abroad. $5 million first year
cost. House - Education and
Labor subcommittee hearings
under way. Senate - Labor
committee approved; Senate
to act this week.
Labor Dispute - Adminis
tration requested Congress to
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House - Commerce committee
hearings concluded. .
Price-cutting - Administration-opposed
bill backed by
druggists, and other retail
groups is designed to stop re
tail price-cutting of brand
name merchandise. House -Com
merce committee ap
proved, pending in Rules
committee. Senate - No date
set for hearings to resume.
Laws Enacted
Draft - Congress granted
Kennedy's request for four
year extension of selective
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service and doctor draft.
Feed Grains - Congress ex
tended for two years tempor
ary program of paying farm
ers to hold down surplus pro
duction of corn and other feed
grains.
National Debt - To permit
government to borrow money
it needs to keep paying its
bills Congress raised legal
limit on national debt to $307
billion through June 30 and
to $309 billion during July
and August. Previous tempor
ary limit was $305 billion;
further legislation will be
needed to prevent ceiling
from dropping to $285 billion
Sept. 1.
Silver - To combat short
age of silver for coins. Con
gress g a v e administration
authority it requested to re
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place existing silver-backed
$1 bills with gold-backed $1
bills.
Women Workers - Starting
next June employers must
provide equal pay for women
workers who do the same
work as men; new law applies
to jobs covered by minimum
wage-hour law.
Taxes - Congress in re
sponse to administration re
quest extended for another
year present temporary tax
rates on corporation profits,
liquor, cigarettes, a u t o m o
biles, telephone calls and air
line tickets which had been
scheduled to drop to lower
levels July 1. (Corporation
tax rates would be permanent
ly revised downward, if Ken
nedy's tax-reduction program
is enacted.)
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