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Status of Congressional Bills
Washington (BPD Status
of major legislation:
Income Taxti - President
Kennedy has proposed tax re
duction and revision program
that would provide net cut of
$10.4 billion in individual
and corporate taxes over
three years. House - Ways
and Means committee has
partly completed draft of
compromise program. Senate
-Awaiting House action.
Stock and Bond Taxes-To
retard flow of American cap
ital 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-Passed. Senate
Awaiting hearings.
Military Pay - Administra
tion asked $1.2 billion annual
pay and benefit boost for all
servicemen, 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 in
eluded controversial $30.5
million "recomputation" fea
ture for those retired before
1998. . Senate-Passed bill to
taling about $5 million more
than House. Broadened eligi
bility in House bill to include
all lieutenants, ensigns, ser
geants and technicians, wheth
er in first two years of serv
ice or not. Retirement recom
putation also included. Com
promise between House and
Senate measures expected to
be worked out in conference
committee this week.
Fallout Shelters - President
Kennedy wants authority to
make federal contributions to
ward construction of civil de
i e n s e fallout shelters in
schools, hospitals and other
non-profit institutions. House
-Armed Services subcommit
tee expected to approve bill
today. Senate-Nothing sched
uled. Foreign Aid - Administra
tion asking $4.5 billion. House
- Foreign Affairs committee
approved authorization bill
setting ceiling on appropria
tions 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 signed treaty
banning nuclear tests in air,
space and underwater; rati
fication requires two - thirds
vote of Senate. Senate-Foreign
Relations committee be
gan public hearings Monday.
House-No action required.
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-Approved
10-year $848 million
program.
Medical Schooli - Adminis
tration asked long range con
struction aid for medical-den.
tal schools, loans to students.
House-Passed three-year pro
gram 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,
to be considered on House
floor this week. Senate-Hear
ings completed on omnibus
school bill.
Schools and Libraries -
President wants aid continued
for "impacted areas" and li'
braries. House - Education
committee approved in sepa
rate 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-Passed bill to increase
aid in this field from $57 mil
lion to $180 million annually
over tour years, senate -
Hearings completed on omni
bus bill.
Voting - President Kennedy
asked for controls on use of
literacy tests, speedier voting
rights suits and extension of
the Civil Rights commission's
life for four years in his
original request last winter.
House - Judiciary subcommit
tee finished open hearings on
this request, starts closed-door
consideration this week. Sen
ate - Judiciary subcommittee
approved four-year extension
of Civil Rights commission.
Public Accommodations -
Kennedy's main request in his
second rights message was for
legislation outlawing segrega
tion in use of hotels, stores,
restaurants, theaters and oth
er public accommodations in
interstate commerce. He also
asked for new authority to
initiate school desegregation
suits and optional authority
to withhold federal aid to
states that practice racial dis
crimination. House-Judiciary
subcommittee public hearings
concluded, starts closed-door
consideration this week. Sen
ate - Commerce committee
hearings completed on public
accommodations feature; Ju
diciary committee hearings
under way on full civil rights
package.
Employment - Kennedy en-
d o r s e d Fair Employment
Practices commission legisla
tion to bar job discrimination
by private businesses and la
bor unions. House-Labor com
mittee has approved FEPC.
Senate - Labor subcommittee
hearings under way.
Cotton A d m i nistration
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 Agriculture committee,
cleared by Rules committee,
but not yet scheduled for floor
action. Senate Hearings com
pleted.
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 to
vote this week.
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 commit
tee. Senate Approved Sd7o
million program.
Wilderness - President
wants to establish a national
program to preserve public
lands in their natural state.
Senate Passed, with provi
sion covering 8 million acres
immediately and possibly up
to 35 million acres eventual
ly. House No committee
hearings set'.
Outdoor Recreation - Ken
nedy wants a special land and
water conservation fund to
finance purchase of additional
federal and state park lands
and forests for outdoor reo
reation. 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
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industries designed to create
jobs in areas of chronically
high unemployment. Senate
Approved additional $455 mil
lion authorization. House-Rejected,
but Banking commit
tee has approved a "second
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 civil projects. House
Education committee has
approved, pending in Rules
committee. 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 similar
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
assign to Interstate Com
merce commission task of re
solving dispute over "work
rules" which has threatened
a nation-wide railroad strike.
Senate Commerce commit
tee completed hearings on ad
ministration bill, meets this
week to consider action.
House Commerce committee
hearings concluded. -
Price-Cutting - Administra
tion-opposed bill backed by
druggists, and other retail
groups is designed to stop re
tail price-cutting ol Drana-
name mercnanaise. nouse
Commerce committee approv
ed, pending in Rules commit
tee. Senate No date set for
hearings to resume.
Laws Enacted
Draft Congress grantees
Kennedy's request for four
year extension of selective
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 Dim 10 permit
government to borrow money
1. neri in Keen paying
hills Congress raised legal
isnit nn national deoi to aui
billion through June 30 and
to 309 billion during July
and August. Previous tempor
ary limit was $305 billion;
f.,-thr legislation will be
n.orirri1 to prevent ceiling
from dropping to $285 bil
lion Sept. 1.
i silver To combat snort-
age of silver for coins, Con
gress gave aaminisuawv"
thority it requested to replace
existing silver-backed $1 bills
with gold-backea i d"-
Women Workers Starting
next June employers must
provide equal pay for women
workers who do the same
work as men; new law ap
plies to jobs covered by mini
mum wage-hour law.
Taxes Congress in re
sponse to administration re
quest extended for another
year present temoprary tax
rates on corporation profits,
liquor, cigarettes, automo
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.)
HAITI CASE STUDIED
Washington - IUPB - The
Council of the Organization
of American States will de
cide whether there will be an
on - the - spot investigation
of Haiti's charges that the
Dominican Republic aided
rebels, against the Franceis
Duvalier regime.
Small Worlds
Around Us
By LYNN M. WATKINS
(Reahttt ana' Tritme
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Safe Bet That Cockroaches
Will Be Around After Man
Back in the 17th century
folks believed that a sure
cure for warts was to force a
cockroach to bite them. This
was about the only practical
use that man has ever devised
for this insect. Too bad it
wouldn't work.
Funny too, that we can t
find any reason for this in
sect's presence. Perhaps we
have never applied ourselves
to the problem, for the roach
has been present a very long
time. He has been here, there,
and everywhere. They've
been around long enough to
become our most hated insect.
The cockroach predated the
dinosaurus by several million
years. They were so numer
ous 200 million years ago
that today's scientists often
refer to the Devonian period
as the "age of the cockroaches."
Five Inches Long
At that time they were all
five inches in length and so
plentiful in the great forests
they left their bodies in coal
deposits that were being laid
at : the time. Fossilized re
mains now dug from coal
mines reveal cockroaches so
well preserved that their ex
act species can be identified.
One geological period fol
lowed another, leisurely, al
most tirelessly, for millions
of years, during which time
the dinosaurs passed from the
scene and primitive mammals
developed (the elephant and
the meat eaters).
Number of Cycles
Increases in State
Salem-IUFD-Motorcycle reg
istrations went up nearly 61
per cent in Oregon last year,
but their accident involve
ment rate has more than dou
bled, the State Motor Vehicles
department has noted.
Vern L. Hill, director of
motor vehicles, said most of
the increase in registrations
appeared to be due to light
weight two-wheelers, rather
than the traditional heavy
motorcycle.;
Statistics for the first four
months of this year indicate
that the number of two-wheel
vehicles of all types involved
in traffic accidents increased
114 per cent over the same
period a year ago. There were
92 accidents for the 1962 pe
riod, and 197 for the same
period this year.
Then, about a million years
ago, the cave man appeared
and the cockroach was there,
ready to move into the cave
with the near-human. The
cave man had his hands full
with the roaches; the insects
nibbled on his toe and finger
nails.
Elimination HopelesaT .
So, with a background like
that and a long lasting tenden
cy to hang on in the face of
all obstacles, our desire for
the complete elimination of
the cockroach is just about
hopeless. In fact, they may
outlast us. Instead of a beetle,
which a well known entomol
ogist has said would probably
be the very last living thing
on the face of this earth, the
chances are it will be a cock
roach. They would seem to
have the stamina for just such
a contingency.
Like it or not, we have
them with us. So let's see how
they accomplish the survival
and continuation of their spe
cies.
First, the cockroach is very
active. They do not have to
creep, srawl, wriggle or hop,
they just run and fast. They
hide in the daytime and move
around only at night. They
are not at all selective In their
food requirements. They will
eat anything that is edible
and when other food is absent
they will eat each other.
Immune to Infections
The female of the species
called the "German roach"
will deposit her eggs in a
tough envelope and carry the
envelope around with her un
til she finds the right place to
attach it, with adhesive saliva
from her mouth, to a wall, or
some other secluded place.
The females of other species
must also deposit their dozen
or so eggs in an envelope, but
they attach the capsule wher
ever they happen to be at the
time.
The so-called "American
cockroach" is about an inch
long and a light red in color.
The Oriental roach may be
two inches in length, and will
be dark brown. They migrat
ed over to America from Asia,
and now live in old buildings,
The cockroach has a weak
heart, incapable of forcing
blood to the tin end of the
long antennae, so it has aux
lliary hearts, or tiny puisn
organs in its head, to gi
the blood an extra push
cockroaches are not bothered
by disease or virus infections
See what we are up against?
Personnel Changes
Noted at College
Ashland - Personnel chang
es for the coming academic
year at Southern Oregon col
lege have been announced by
Dr. Elmo N. Stevenson, presi
dent. Dr. Wayne Hood, recently
appointed director of admis
sions, will continue on a half
time basis with the science
mathematics division, and
James Armson, assistant pro
fessor of psychology, will
serve as coordinator of men's
activities along with teaching
psychology courses.
Mrs. Mary Christlieb will
serve as assistant dean of
women, and has been promot
ed from instructor to assistant
professor of business.
Dr. Loy Prickett, head of
the business department, has
been promoted from associate
professor to professor of bust-
Mail Fraud Trial
Set in Pendleton
Portland - (UPII - Trial of
seven Chicago and Los An
geles area men on mail fraud
charges in connection with
promotion of the Lake Valley
subdivision in eastern Oregon
has been set for Nov. 25 in
Pendleton.
Federal Judge John F. Kil
kenny set the new date fol
lowing arguments on motions
by the defendants to dismiss
a 17-count indictment on the
ground it was vague and un
certain. The judge took the
arguments under advisement.
The court agreed to try the
case in the Pendleton district
fter attorneys for the seven
defendants indicated they
would prefer it there.
The indictment was return
ed last May 31.
FAIR DRAWS 169.41$
Gresham -(UPI)- A crowd of
13,219 persons saw the final
day of the Multnomah County
Fair Saturday. The 10 - day
event drew 169,418.
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ness; Mrs. Dorothea Bushnell,
associate professor of educa
tion, has been transferred
from the Lincoln school to
the education department at
SOC; Esther Oehring will be
on leave of absence for grad
uate study at the University
of Chicago; and Martin Elle
has been promoted from as
sistant professor to associate
professor of psychology and
named director of ' guidance
services in place of Dr. Har
old Cloer, who will concen
trate more on classroom teach
ing.
Other personnel changes in
clude: Dr. Clifford Miller, as
sociate professor to professor
of history; Dr. Frederick
Trost, associate professor to
professor of sociology; Dr,
William McKlnney, granted
leave to Wisconsin State col
lege at Stevens Point, Wis.,
for teaching; Douglas Legg,
instructor to assistant profes
sor of history; Dr. Floyd Tay
lor, leave continued to work
with the National Bureau of
Standards at Boulder, Colo.
Dr. Marvin Coffey has been
promoted from assistant pro
fessor to associate professor
of biology; Dr. Franklin Stur-
ges, granted sabbatical leave
for post-doctoral work at Cor
nell university, New York;
Russell Whitehead, leave
granted for doctoral study at
Oregon State university; Mrs.
Marythea Grebner, instructor
to assistant professor of Eng
lish; Dr. Herbert Cecil, head
of the music department, from
associate professor to profes
sor of music; Dr. Theodore
Schopf, director of athletics,
and Dr. Alexander Petersen,
head of the physical education
and health department from
associate professors to profes
sors of physical education and
health; Dr. Glenn T. Mat
thews, assistant professor to
associate professor of music,
and Helene Robinson will be
on leave to do graduate study
at the University of Southern
California.
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