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Magiiuson Proposes Two Sections for Congress
( Editor's nolo: The charge
frequently Is made (hat Con
greit handle! its money
chores in wasteful, slip-shod
fashion. But not much has
been done about it. Now Sen.
Warren G. Magnuson believes
he has an answer. He wants
to split Congress' work year
into two parts one devoted to
legislation and one to appro
priations. He explain his
plan below).
By SENATOR
WARREN G. MAGNUSON
Written for United Press
International
New savings must be found
by Congress if mounting inter
national and domestic needs
are to be trimmed intelligently
to a size which can be met.
This means that more atten
tion must be given our Federal
budget.
Because Congress may re
main in session longer we don't
expect to recess this year until
November or December
doesn't mean necessarily that
more time is being spent study
ing budgets. Spending programs
take their turn on the priority
calendar with the rail crisis,
civil rights implementation, and
tax cut legislation.
Seen At Glance
Large individual areas of
spending can be seen at a
glance. Of this year's projected
$98.8 billion budget, about
billion is for defense, space and
international programs. If you
also subtract amounts set aside
to care for our veterans and
service the debt incurred in
three active wars and the cold
war, then only $21 billion re-
Piu! r I
SEN. WARREN
Proposes Two
mains to cover an oiner ex
penses of national government
Actually, wnat nappens wun
budget now? Individual agen
cies have a full year to prepare
nd marshal facts to support
their spending arguments. Only
then docs Congress get tne pro
posed spending figures.
Under tne Mouse interpreta
tion of the Constitution, these
budgets now have gone to the
House and remain mere until
the House is ready to send them
. MAGNUSON
-Part Sessions
General Education
Advised by Glenn
For Local Student
What makes a little girl with
big brown eyes and a freckled
nose and other strictly feminine
characteristics want to be an
astronaut?
Bobbi Jo Mcckor doesn't
know. Bui she wants to be one.
That's why she wrote a Idler
to John H. Glenn Jr., LI. Col.
USMC, NASA astronaut. She
got an answer and this is what
it said:
"What I am suggesting to you
Is that you strive for a good,
broad, general education! that
you remain interested in every
subject avaiiablo to you; that
you maintain an intense curio
sity in everything you do; and
thus be prepared to contribute
to whatever field of endeavor
best suits your talents."
Advice on Schooling
The letter said many other
things, but this was the advice
' given in answer to Bobbi Jo's
inquiry as to what she should
take in school this year to pre
pare her for her chosen career
of astronaut. She is 12 and in
the seventh grade at Ileririck
Junior High school.
Her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
William Meeker, route 2, box
208X, Medford, say she has al
ways been interested in math
and science.
Her younger sisters, Wendy
and Julie, have no desiro at the
present time to explore Ihe
moon; and her brother Dan's
greatest desire is to make the
Wilson school football team.
Extensive literature was for
warded to the Medlord girl by
Colonel Glenn. Included in the
reading, which she plans to do
after her "school home work."
are "Tho Manned Lunar Mis
sion" by Robert R. Gilruth and
Maxime A. Faget, and "Space
Suits" by James V. Corrculc
and Walter W. Guy.
Fact Sheet Included
A fact sheet entitled "Proj
ect Mercury Astronaut Training
CHANGES JOBS
SALEM UJPn-Salom City
Manager Ken Mathewson re
signed his $17,000 a year posi
tion Thursday night to accept
a $42,000 a year job as director
of Metropolitan Research Corp.
of Detroit, Mich.
Program" also was sent to Bob
bi Jo by the famous astronaut,
who stated: "This will give you
some idea of the requirements
placed on the Mercury Astro
nauts. I have also enclosed
some other literature on the
space program which may be
of interest to you."
Four paragraphs of advice
and information were Included
in tho personal letter from Col
onel Glenn, who emphasized
that "If our progress as a na
tion is to be as complete as we
know it can be wo must have
many types of talented indivi
duals, not only dedicated
sciontisls," and "It is up to
each of us to determine how
and where we are going to de
velop and use these talents.
$21,537 Collected
For Cancer Fund
Jackson County volunteers
have collected $21,537.44 for the
American Cancer society, ex
ceeding their 1963 Crusade
goal, Howard Pierce, Crusade
chairman of the Jackson Coun
ty Unit of the American Cancer
society, has announced.
The Jackson county goal was
$18,000. Among the activities in
this valley financed by the con
Irihulinns to the American Can
cer society arc the service and
education programs and the
local tumor registries, Pierce
said.
The scope and impact of Ihe
local activities will be topic for
the sixth annual dinner meet
ing, announced for Thursday,
Sept. 2(i, at North's Chuck
Wagon.
Dr. Robert Turner, president
of the Jackson County Unit of
the Cancer Society, will conduct
j a business meeting followed by
a symposium pinpointing two
specific cancer sites.
Dr. Brian Stringer and Dr.
Richard Schwahn will discuss
the diagnoses and treatment of
cancer of the cervix and the
intestinal tract. Early detection
and treatment have resulted in
high cure rates where these
cancers occur, the local unit
has emphasized.
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to the Senate. For example,
most of these budgets for 1963
64 haven't been sent to the Sen
ate this year. Even when they
arrive In the Senate, all too
much time often must be spent
comparing House cuts with the
original request and what the
agency now tells us it needs,
and all too little time on further
sensible appraisal.
Still In House
An example is Ihe indepen
dent office appropriation bill
which I handle in the Senate.
Twenty-nine agencies are in
cluded. That appropriation bill
still is in the House.
There might be a far differ
ent story to tell if Congress had
both additional facts and time
with which to. sharpen am util
ize its potent shears intelligently.
Any time the Senate restores
funds for any agency it opens
Itself to a charge of "encour
aging life spenders" even though
the House many times has re
duced or eliminated items which
by law must be paid. Hence the
Senate is legally required to re
store or add to these items.
Members of Congress, for
example, need to know what
dollars in a given budget are
being invested, what dollars be
ing spent without return.
Summary of Funds
Any corporation gives stock
holders a summary of funds
invested in plant and facilities
as compared with those spent
without return.
Not so our Federal govern
ment: Thumb through the fiscal
1964 budget. Try to find such
comparisons. Nowhere will you
find the total capital outlay,
with present values, for build
ings, or land. Yet these, and
many other Federal outlays of
the past often have been only
loans which have been returned
in whole, in part, or sometimes
sums beyond the original in
vestment to the Treasury. Try
to locate these figures in the
1964 budget.
This showing would be re
quired in any budget, drawn by
any administration, under the
measure (S.1301) which I have
sponsored in the 88th Congress.
We would have an administra
tion tell Congress each year the
government's total capital as
sets and their value at fiscal
year's end. There would be a
showing made of the amount
of sums requested and expendi
tures which are to be repaid
to the treasury.
Time For Scrutiny
Then, more time is needed for
scrutiny of any President's
budget than we have now. Now,
a President presents' his budget
in January, after having had
almost a year to draw it up.
Congress is supposed to consid
er it, pass it and put it into
operation by July 1. During
this period, members of Con
gress have had only a few days
at Easter recess to talk with
their people about the amounts
sought.
This action on the budget
almost one hundred billion dol
lars this year is supposed to
occur while members are busy
on other legislation, meeting
crises and ratifying treaties.
In other words, our considera
tion of Federal spending has to
be sandwiched in with other
necessary duties.
The measure I'm discussing
would change that.
There would be two sessions
of Congress each year. Starting
Jan. 1, attention would be given
regular legislation, including
measures authorizing appropri
ations to be made. This session
would continue as long as neces
sary, but not beyond the first
Monday in November.
A Fiscal Session
Then, the second Monday in
November would witness the
start of a fiscal session which
would last until actual appro
priations had been approved,
or as late as Dec. 31. Only
money matters would be con
sidered. A change in our fiscal year
would be necessary. Instead of
observing a fiscal year which
starts July 1 and ends on June
30, there would be a change to
the calendar year of Jan. 1 to
Dec. 31.
The President, instead of de
livering his budget message in
January, would send it to Con
gress by July 15 each year.
Then members could take it
home with them during the con
gressional recess, discuss it
with their voters, assess needs
realistically and be ready to
give it thorough, painstaking
consideration when the fiscal
session opened in November.
Like Main Plan
Those with whom I've dis
cussed the plan like it in the
main. They agree it makes
sense to permit every member
of Congress, whether he's on
the House or Senate appropria
tions committee, to devote full
time to studying every spending
proposal.
He isn't able to do this now
without neglecting other com
m i 1 1 e e assignments that are
also demanding. Between this
and floor action, time is at too
much of a premium.
The average member of Con
gress would like to take more
time with the Federal budget.
He would like to satisfy him
self that every drop of water
possible is wrung from the
budget.
Our measure would give him
more time for the wringing.
And it could not help but save
a great deal of money. i
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