WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 25, 1963
MEDI'OHD MAIL TMBL'NE, MEDFOItD, OREGON
Status of Congressional Bills
WASHINGTON (UPI) - Sta-
. tus of major legislation:
Income Taxes Administra'
. tion supported bill would re
duce income taxes on individu
als and corporations by $11 bil
lion with $7 billion of relief ef
fective on 1961 incomes and
' the rest taking effect in 1965.
House Ways and Means
committee approved bill; floor
debate starts today. Senate
awaiting House action.
Stocks 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. House Ways and
Means committee concluded
hearings. Senate awaiting
House action,
Railroads and Employees
Rails and unions agreed on com'
promise formula for requiring
larger employer and employee
contributions to railroad retire
ment fund to avert long-range
shortage; House passed.
Senate approved by labor
committee and expected to be
passed this week.
Military Pay Administra
tion asked $1.2 billion annual
pay and benefit boost for serv
icemen, reservists and retirees.
House and Senate have passed
modified and differing versions.
Compromise between the two
measures expected to be worked
out in House Senate confer
ence. Fallout Shelters President
Kennedy wants authority to
make federal contributions to
ward construction of civil de-J
fense fallout shelters in schools,
hospitals and other non profit
institutions. House passed one
year, $190 million bill. Senate
nothing scheduled.
Foreign Aid Administration
asking $4.5 billion. House
passed authorization bill setting
appropriation ceiling of $3.5 bil
lion. Senate Foreign Rela
tions committee has partly com
pleted action on bill. (Actual ap
propriations to come later.)
Health Insurance President
wants hospitalization program
for persons 65 and over financed
through social security taxes.
House Ways and Means com
mittee expected to hold hearings
next month but no chance for
passage this year. Senate
awaiting House action.
Mental Health Administra
tion wants long - range p r o
gram for community mental
health treatment centers; re
search on and treatment of
mental retardation. House and
Senate have passed sharply dif
ferent version. Compromise be
tween Senate 10-year, $847 mil
lion program and House's $238
million program expected to be
worked out in House-Senate con
ference.
College Construction Ken
nedy originally asked for fed
eral funds to build class rooms
and laboratories as part of larg
er $5.3 billion school bill; agreed
later to separate bills. House
approved $1.2 billion in grants
and loans for colleges. Senate
hearings completed awaiting
suocommiuee action.
Vocational Schools Presi
dent asked that annual aid for
vocational schools, now limited
to $57 million, be gradually
boosted to higher levels. House
passed bill that would over
four - year period boost ceiling
on annual aid by $180 million.
Senate subcommittee approv
ed House bill with amendments
which raised fourth year in
crease to $243 million and added
other educational aid programs.
Schools President wants
aid continued for "impacted"
schools (those attended by many
children of federal employees,
military personnel. Senate
subcommittee has added this
authorization to House passed
vocational aid bill. House
committee approved as sepa
rate bill with amendment for
bidding use of funds for segre
gated facilities.
Libraries President wants
expanded federal aid for library
services. House Education
and Labor committee approved.
Senate approved as part of
House passed vocational bill. ;
College Studrnt Loans Pres
ident wants bigger program. 1
Senate included in subcom
mittee - approved bill. House
hearings concluded on separate
bill.
Voting President Kenne
dy asked for controls on use
of literacy tests, speedier vot
ing rights suits and extension
of the civil rights commission's ,
life for four years in his origi-i
nal request last winter. House
judiciary subcommittee ten-1
tatlvely approved. Senate Ju
diciary subcommittee approved'
four year extension of civil
rights commission. j
Public Accommodations
Kennedy's main interest in his
second right message was for
legislation outlawing segrega
tion in use of hotels, stores, res
taurants, theaters and other
public accommodations in inter
state commerce. He also asked
for new authority to Initiate
school desegregation suits and
optional authority to withhold
federal aid to states that Prac
tice racial discrimination. ,
House Judiciary subcommit
tee action under way. Senate
Commerce committee consider
ing public accommodations fea
ture. Judiciary committee hear
ings on full civil rights pack
age In recess.
Employment Kennedy en
dorsed fair employment prac
tices commission legislation to
bar Job .discrimination by pri
vate businesses and labor uiv
ions. House Labor commit
tee has approved FEPC. Senate
Labor subcommittee tenta
tively approved bill; Commerce
committee has approved ban on
discrimination by unions.
Cotton Administration backed
subsidy plan would provide
cheaper cotton for U. S. textile
mills; includes lower support
prices for large-scale growers
and potential relaxation of plant
ing restrictions. House Bill ap
proved by Agriculture commit
tee, cleared by Rules committee,
but not scheduled for floor ac
tion. Senate Hearings complet
ed. Mexican Farm Hands 12-
year-old law permitting impor
tation of Mexicans for tempo
rary work on American farms
expires Dec. 31; Administration
requested one year extension
with new safeguards to protect
domestic workers. Senate
Passed one year extension with
safeguards. House Bill to ex
tend program two years defeat
ed on House floor, Agriculture
committee has approved simple
one-year extension without safe
guard amendments.
Mass Transit Kennedy pro
posed $500 million in subsides
to improve city rail, bus and
subway services. House Bank
ing committee approved bill,
pending Rules committee. Sen
ate Approved $375 milion pro
gram. Wilderness President wants
to establish a national program
to preserve public lands in their
natural state. Senate Passed,
with provision covering 8 mil
lion acres immediately and pos
sibly up to 35 million acres even
tually. House No committee
hearings set.
Outdoor Recreation Ken
nedy wants a special land and
water conservation fund to fi
nance purchase of additional
federal and state park lands and
forests for outdoor recreation.
House Interior committee
drafting bill. Senate Hearings
completed.
Depressed Areas Kennedy
asked Congress to expand sharp
ly program of federal redevelop
ment aid to local industries de-l
signed to create jobs in areas
of chronically high unemploy
ment. Senate Approved addi
tional $455 million authorization.
House Rejected, but Banking
committee has approved a "second-try"
$355 million bill, which
was scheduled to be considered
by Rules committee yesterday.
Youth Employment Kenne
dy 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 approved, pend
ing in Rules committee. Senate
Passed.
Domestic Peace Corps Pres
ident asking for new organiza
tion of 1,000 to 5,000 skilled vol
unteers to carry out work in
this country similar to Peace
Corps projects abroad. $5 mil
lion first year cost. House
Education and Labor subcom
mittee concluded hearings. Sen
ate Commerce subcommittee
plans further hearings.
Price - Culling Administra
tion - opposed bill backed by
druggists and some other retail
groups is designed to stop retail
price - cutting of brand - name
merchandise. House Com
m e r c e committee approved,
scheduled for consideration by
rules committee n ednesday.
Senate Commerce subcommit
tee plans further hearings.
Awaiting Signature:
Medical Schools Congress
approved Kennedy's request for
federal aid for construction of
medical - dental schools and
loan aid to medical and dental
students. Three - year program
would cost abeut $236 mililon.
Laws Enacted:
Draft Congress granted
Kennedy's request for four-year
extension of selective service
and doctor draft.
Feed Grains Congress ex
tended for two years temporary
program of paying farmers to
i hold down surplus production of
j corn and other feed grains.
Silver To combat shortage
I of silver for coins, Congress
1 gave Administration authority
it requested to replace existing
i silver - backed $1 bills with gold-
backed $1 bills.
Women Workers Starting
next June employers must pro
vide equal pay for women work
ers who do the same work as
men; new law applies to jobs
covered by minimum wage-hour
law.
Taxes Congress in response
to Administration request ex
tended for another year present
temporary tax rates on corpo
ration profits, liquor, cigarettes,
automobiles, telephone calls and
airline tickets which had been
scheduled to drop to lower levels
July 1. (Corporation tax rates
would be permanently revised
downward, if Kennedy's tax
reduction program is enacted.)
National Debt Limit Con
gress granted President's re
quest to extend through Nov. 30
temporary ceiling of $309 billion
on national debt. Ceiling would
have reverted to $285 billion
Sept. 1 without the new legisla
tion. Current debt about $20
billion above that figure.
Rail Dispute Congress au
thorized creation of seven-man
board to arbitrate two key work
College Names Two
New Faculty Members
MONMOUTH - Dr. Leonard
W. Rice, president of the Ore
gon College of Education, has
named two new faculty mem
bers. They are John D. Cunningham
of the University of California
at Los Angeles department of
education, and Mrs. Montana H.
Rickards, Portland.
Cunningham has been appoint
ed assistant professor of biology
and science education, and Mrs.
Rickards, assistant professor of
humanities and education, Dr.
Rice said.
rules issue, thus averting na
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