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TUESDAY. OCTOBER 1, 1MJ
MEDFOKD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORU. OKEfiOX
Status of Congressional Bills
WASHINGTON (UPI ) Status ' ting appropr .(lions ceiling ob l approved strengthened ver-
of major legislation: 1 $.15 billion. Senate-Foreign re-
income Taxes Administra- j lations committee has partly
tion-supported bill would reduce completed action on bill. (Actual
, j appropriations to come later.)
ncome taxes on individuals and 11 ' . .
. I Health Insurance President
corporations by $11 billion with j wfJnls hosl,ilaiy.alinn program
$7 billion of relief effective on i for persons B5 and older financed
1964 incomes and rest taking j through Social Security taxes.
effect in 1965. House-Pdssed. I ous--7Was and Means com-
jmiuee expected to noia nearings
' this fall but no chance for pas
i sage this year. Senate Await
ing House action
Senate Finance committee be
gins studying bill at closed door
briefings Wednesday; hearings
later.
Slm-Lc nnrl HmH TavM Tn
retard flow of American capital j wanls long-range program for
abroad, Kennedy has proposed community mental health treat
ihai nm-chase tavns he levied nn mo I centers; research on and
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sion of Kennedy bill, including
tougher public accommodations,
Fair Employment Practices
Commission covering most jobs,
blanket authority for Justice de
partment to act in civil lights
cases. Senate Judiciary com
mittee .hearings on package bill
in recess, no action expected.
Public .V'coniniodatinns Ken
nedy's proposal to ban discrimi
nation in use of hotels, restau
rants, theaters, stores and other
Menial Health-Administration P"W'C accommodations. ;iouse
Strengthened version included in
Americans who buy foreign
treatment of mental retardation.
stocks and bonds from foreign-1 " , nn 6 nave passer,
ers. House-Ways and Means I sharply differing version. Corn
Committee concluded hearings, j Pr"mlse bwcm sate 10-ycar;
Senate-Awaiting House action.!"17 ' ! n program and
Military Pay-Administration i Hm,se $-' mlll,(,n P'Wam
asked $1.2 billion annual pay j , . .
and benetit boost lor service-
complete congressional action
today.
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 Passed one
year, $1!I0 million bill. Senate
Nothing scheduled.
Foreign Aid Administration
asking $4.5 billion. House
Passed authorization bill set-
men, reservists and retirees. ! alleges Presided asked for
Senate Approved final compro-! aid program to build class-
mise bill. House ScnedUICd to luimia, uuiiini-s ami lauuia-
torics. House Passed $1.2 bil
lion loan and grant bill. Senate
Committee approved differing
version of same proposal.
Vocational Education Ken
nedy sought increase in ci.rrent
federal aid of $57 million for job
training schools. House Passed
bill that would boost aid to
$2.'!7 million a year. Senate
Committee approved boost to
$24:1 million, added extension
and enlargement of National De
fense Education Act; three-year
extension of "impacted areas"
school aid.
Libraries President wants
construction and operating aid
(or city as well as county li
braries. House Committee ap
proved. Senate Conittec ap
pioved. Package Kill Kennedy wanls
new safeguards for Negro vot
ing rights, ban on customer
discrimination by private busi
nesses, Justice department au
thority to start school desegre
gation suits, White House au
thority to cut off federal aid to
discriminatory programs, crea-
i ton of federal agencies to fight
government-related job bias and
help mediate local race dis
putes and continuation of Civil
Rights commission. House Ju
diciary subcommittee tentative-
Justice Douglas
Lauds Racial Effort
PORTLAND (UPI (-Supreme
Court Justice William 0. Doug
las said Monday he was glad
lllis nation was on the right
track in combating racial dis
crimination. Justice Douglas, accompanied
by his young wife, spoke at the
opening of reading week at
Lewis and Clark College.
He said, "I'm sure that if
this country had tried to segre
gate Jews and keep, all of them
in one school, everyone would
have agreed years and years
ago that it was unj';st discrimi
nation." "But," Justice Douglas added,
"with the Negro it was differ
ent. His background of slavery
and servitude, and of being
termed an unequal person, cast
a long shadow which has been
more difficult to remove. I'm
glad this nation is on the right
track."
Justice Dougla. spoke at Whit
man College in' Walla Walla
Monday nighl.
Omnibus bill. Senate Com
merce committee considering
this as separate legislation.
Emlilovment Discrimination
j Kennedy endorsed separate
FEPC covering private business
and labor unions. House Labor
committee approved separate
bill; Judiciary subcommittee in
cluded it in Omnibus bill. Sen
ateLabor subcommittee tenta
tively approved; Commerce
committee put labor union ban
into public accommodations bill.
Civil Rights Commission
Kennedy asked for four-year ex
tension in Omnibus bill. House
Judiciary subcommittee voted
to make commission permanent.
Senate Action due this week on
stop-gap extension for one year.
Cotton Administration back
ed subsidy plan would provide
cheaper cotton for U.S. textile
mills; includes lower sJport
prices for large-scale growers
and polenl;iJ relaxation of
planting restrictions. House
Bill approved by Agriculture
committee, cleared by Rules
committee, but not scheduled
for floor action. Senate Hear
ings completed.
Mexican Farm Hands 12-year-old
law permitting impor
tation of Mexicans for tempor
ary work on American Igrms
expires Dec. .11; 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 $5011 million in subsidies
to improve city rail, bus and
I subway services. House Bank-:
j ing committee approved bill,
i pending ii- Rules committee,
i Senate Approved $:I75 million
I program.
I Wilderness President wants
to establish a national program
to preserve public lands in their :
natural state. Senate Passed, i
:w'lh provision rnvenO It mil-i
lion acres immediately and pos
I sibly up to 35 miliion acres;
ev'tually. House No commit-
tee hearings set. ;
j 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, j
i House interior committee j
drafting bill. Senate Hear-'
ings cumpleteri. awaiting House
action. i
Depressed Areas Kennedy
asked Congress to expand sharp
ly program of federal redevel
opment aid to local industries
designed to create jobs in areas
of chronically high unemploy
ment. Senate Approved addi
tional $455 million authorization.
House Rejed, but Banking
committee has approved a "second-try"
$.'155 million hill which
is pending before Rules com
mittee. Youth Em jljijYinent Ken
nedy asked new 51110 million
Youth Conservation Corps lor
outdoor work in forests and
parks; Home Town Youth Corps
(or local civic projects. House
Education commilfte has ap
proved, pending in Rules com
mittee. Senate Passed.
Domestic Pearp Corps Pi esi-
t.ent asking (or new organization
of 1,1)00 to 5.00(1 skilled volun
j teers to carry out work in this
country simi'- to Peace Corps
projects abroad. $5 million first
year cost. House Education
; and Labor subcommittee con
cluded hearings. Senate Pass-
, ed-
Consumers
Price-Cutting Administration-opposed
bill backed by
druggists and some other retail
; groups is designed to stop retail
! price-cutting of brand - name
! merchandise. House Com
i m e r c e committee approved,
pending before Rules commit
tee. Senate Commerce sub
I committee may hold further
hearings
j Awaiting Signature:
j Railroad Payroll Taxes Con
i gress approved legislation re-
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and
rmirinz larger emnlover
employee contribution "to rail
road retirement fund increased
employer contributions only to
railroad unemployment insur
ance fund tn avert long-range
shortage.
Enacted:
Draft Congress granted
Kennedy's request for four-year
extension of Selective Service
and doctor draft.
Feed drains Congress ex
tended for two years temporary
program 0 paying farmers to
hold down surplus production of
corn and other feed grains.
Silver To combat shortage
of sil'Cr (or cojns, Congress
gave administration authority it
requested to replace existing
silver-backed SI bills with gold
backed $1 bills.
Women Workers Starting
next June emploers must pro
vide equal pay for women work
ers who do tha 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 corpor
ation 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 bil
li( above that figure.
Rail Dispute Congress auth
orized creation of seven man
board to arbitrate key work
rules issues, thus averting na
tionwide strike. Award to re
main in effect for two years,
rjier issue? not subject to arbi
tration but strike over them
barred for at least 180 days.
Mcdicg Schools Congress
granted Kennedy's request for
federal aid for construction of
medical-dental schools and UJgn
aid to medical and dental stu
dents. Three - year program
would cost about $236 million.
Treaty Senate ratified
treaty with oviet Russia, Bri
tain, other nations which bans
nuclear tests in air, space and
underwater.
Campus Discipline
Left To Students
EUGENE (UPI) - President
Arthur Flemming of the Univer
sity of Oregon says students
themselves will be in large part
responsible for campus disci
pline this year.
Flemming told his Monday
news conference the program
being adopted this year by tlis
university goes as far is any
institution in the country in plac
ing responsibility for student
conduct on the student.
A faculty-student condiiu' com
mittee may delegate its job to
a student court.
Among items inciided in the
program is liberalizing cli;;ng
hiirs (or women students over
21.
The program also emphasizes
the university will not ask spe
cial treatment (or any student
accused o( violating city or
state laws.
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weeks ago. ,eighbors found him eating tomaloe
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