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PAGE SIXTEEN HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1954 Solons Fire Final Blasts As Congress Ends Sessions WASHINGTON (AAfter a final burst of legislating and oratory, the 83rd Congress has broken for heme with president Eisenhower's thanks for its "record of accom plishment." In its final hours last night. Con gress sent Eisenhower a social se curity bill Just about as he asked fot it and a federal workers pay boost bill that Senate Republican Leader Knowland of California warned may be vetoed. The House adjourned with a ' whoop and a holler at 7:38 p.m It won't return until Jan, 5, barring a special call from the President Meanwhile, most of Its members will be battling for reelection Nov. 2. The Senate finished its last leg islative chore early In the evening U. S. Demands Red Payment WASHINGTON lP) The United States, accusing Chechoslovakia ol actlnff "maliciously" and lying, has demanded over 211,3B4 lor me bhootinir down of an American Jet plane last year. Damages were sought (or the loss of an P84 Jet fighter near the boundary dividing the U.S. zone of Germany from . Czechoslovakia March 10, 1953. The pilot, LI. Warren G. Brown of Henderson, Colo., parachuted to safety. He was flying one of two U.S. planes dispatched to look into the presence of a pair of Soviet-built MIO planes near Pllsen, on the border. The State Department de clared radar proved neither Amer. lean aircraft left the U.S. zone at any time. The department' s strongly phrased, 4,500-word note was de livered to the Czech Foreign Mhv istrv In Prague three days ago. It suggested that any dispute over ihn rlalm be ninced Deiore me TniiMnaLinnal Court of Justice. The U.S. claimed $235,349 for the ttlnne and equipment; $25,034 for the "willful and unlawful conduct of the Czechoslovak government ; $10,000 for the pilot, hospitalized by the Jump, and $1,000 for tne second pilot, Capt. Donald C. Smith of. Marysvllle, Ohio, who evaded the MIGs and returned to his base unharmed. Heretofore, the Czechs have In. aisted the MIGs fired in self-de fense after Brown's plane crossed Into Czechoslovakia, and refused to land as ordered. Tne unusually sharp U.S. note accused Czechoslovakia of "malic iously" and without cause directing the attack, It termed "contrary to the truth" Czech assertions that the American Jets flew into Czecho. Slovakia, Ignored an order to land and opened lire. Scots Hold Annual Meet EDINBURGH, Scotland M Edinburgh's eighth Festival of Music and Drama opens here to morrow and the vanguard of tens of thousands of visitors already Is Jamming this capital, A church service at St. Giles' Cathedral opens the three-week festival. An open air religious ser vice follows at which the flags of 60 nations will be unfurled. Known as the "modern Athens" hecause of Its literary associations, Edinburgh Is offering a host of rich attractions which the festival sponsors expect will draw approxi mately 280,000 overseas visitors. Advance bookings, they SBld, are higher than last year. Visitors will have at least five programs to choose from virtually every niRht except Sundays. Tiic Danish State Radio Orches tra will Rive the opening concert Sunday In Usher Hall, In the pres. nice of Prince George of Denmark and his wife Princess Anne. Eu gene Ormandy, conductor or the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, will conduct the Danes the follow ing TuesdHy. On the drama side, the United States has ft conspicuous opening spot on Monday night, the same evening the Old Vic Company per. forms "Macbeth." Thornton Wll der's "The Matchmaker" will be staged in the Roval Lyceum The ater where T. s. Eliot's "Confl denllal Clerk" had Its first-night performance Inst year. Two Americans, Ruth Gordon and Sam Levene. head the cast In Wlldcr's farce, set in New York state 70 years ago. Actor To Marry Business Manager HOLLYWOOD WActor Ward Bond Hies to Honolulu today with his business manager and secre tary. Mary Lou Mav, to be mnr rird. They will honeymoon In Hawaii until Bond leaves Sept. 1 for Mid way Island for filming of his next picture. when, by voice vote, It completed congressional action on a bill to bring another 10 motion persons under social security and to boost both benefit payments and the tax es that support them.. FINAL REMARKS However, it stayed around for another 3 hours and 12 minutes as some of the. senators got some final remarks off their chests. It also confirmed a few more post masters before quitting at 10:50 p.m. unlike the House, however, the Senate still has some unfinished ousincss to dispose of later In the year. The Senate authorized its Repub lican and Democratic leaders to recall it into session sometime in tne feu to consider a report of a special committee studying cen sure charges against Sen. McCar thy (R-Wis). Tnat committee has tentatively scheduled public hear ings to open Aug. 30. Just before the Senate adjourned for its Indefinite vacation, Know land relayed Elsenhower's "appre ciation for the service of the 83rd Congress and the record of ac complishment" it had made. POLITICAL SHOTS There was a hail-fellow-well-met atmosphere in both chambers, but both Knowland and Senate Demo-! cratlc Leader Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas fired parting political shots, each with an eye cocked to ward the fall election in which 37 Senate seats will be on the block. Knowland said the 83rd Congress Rnich the Republicans controllea by a knife-edge margin, had "acted decisively to safeguard the nation from enemies within Its borders and to rid government, labor, education and all other Communist infiltration and sub version." But Johnson countered that he would let history determine whether the legislative record of this Congress represented the "bold, dynamic, progressive" pro gram that Elsenhower has said will be the paramount issue In November. Elsenhower plans a nationwide radio and TV talk Monday night in which he Is expected to cxtoll that legislative record. The President will speak from his Denver, Colo., "Summer White House." FINAL REBUFF The administration was dealt one final rebuff by both the Senate and House as they ignored warn ings of a presidential veto and passed a bill to give Hi million government employes an average 6 per cent pay raise. The administration position was that such a raise should go hand in hand with legislation to boost postal rates to cover most of the estimated 380-nitlllon-dollar cost of the new paycheck Increases. Knowland made a futile effort to tack a postal rnte Increase to the pay bill, but his proposal was voted down 55-16. Then the Senate passed the pay bill 69-4. Later, the House without debate passed the measure on a voice vote. In connection with the pay raise squabble, Democratic Sen. Edwin C. Johnson of Colorado, who Is ietlrlng voluntarily at the end of this year, tried to hand his col leagues a goodby present. But In stead of thanking him for the ges ture, his fellow senators recoiled In horror. He offered an amendment to in crease the salaries of Congress members and federal judges from the present $15,000 a year to $25,- 000. OPPOSITION Democrats, Republicans and Sen. Morse of Oregon, the Senate's lone Independent, rose in frantic oppo sition. Several noted the upcoming election and hinted the voting pub lic might not take kindly to a last- minute, self-voted congressional pay raise. In the end, Johnson withdrew his amendment. Good will prevailed In the House as the last working day of the 83rd Congress drew toward an end. The chamber adopted a resolu tion of thanks, lauding Speaker Joe Martin (R-Mass) for "the able, im partial and dignified mnnner" in which he had presided during the last two years. Afterwards Martin expressed his appreciation In a voice laden with emotion. He sin gled out House Democratic Leader Sam Rayburn of Texas for special mention as "my good beloved friend of many yenra." It was Rayburn himself a former speaker who had offered the reso lution to commend Martin. In tlie Senate, Democratic Sen. Frear of Delaware praised Repub lican Leader Knowland for his sincerity" and Democratic leader Johnson for his firm direction. And Johnson asserted his "deep affection' tor Knowland, whom ! ho called a "loysl and sincere i American.' ; "DENNIS THE MENACE" ' ' V . 8-P 'Dear, will you look ano see if there are- a COUPLE OF IH YOUR BRIEFCASE?" Rival Party Leaders Plan For Coming Election Fight WASHINGTON UPl The Repub lican and Democratic leaders of the Senate agreed today that set tlement of their rival claims as to which party best served the nation in the 83rd Congress must await the verdict of the voters In November. . GOP Leader Knowland of Cal ifornia and Democratic chieftain Lyndon Johnson of Texas pointed up party differences over Congress record In the last hours of yester day's final lawmaking session. Knowland said the GOP - con trolled Congress had "acted decis ively to safeguard the nation from enemies within its borders and to rid government, labor, education and all other phases of American me irom communist Infiltration and subversion." "We successfully bridged the dif ficult transition from wsr to peace and maintained prosperity at the highest level In the nation's his tory," he said. "We cut taxes by nearly 7!S bil lion dollars. . . "We acted to end the shameful waste of farm surpluses, and to provide farmers with a long-range program for an Independent, self reliant agriculture..." "We continued, strengthened and enlarged programs to meet human needs , . . "We ari'ested. the trend toward destructive socialistic tendencies in government by the encourage ment of private competitive en terprise, thrift and the self-reliance of our people. Honest Cabbie Given Reward NEW YORK Ml Honesty paid off yesterday to the tune of $1,900 for taxi driver Fritz Morris, who had turned over to police a bag of Jewels he found In his cab. The Jewelry had been lost by Mrs. Abraham Scheer, wife of a Fifth Avenue glove firm executive. An Insurance company represen tative set the value at $19,000. So Morris got a 10 per cent re ward and Mrs. Scheer, In turning over a check to the cabbie, said: "I am thrilled. It's a pleasure to know there are honest people In the world." Exclaimed Morris: "What I can do with that! I cer tainly am grateful. I guess honesty is the best policy after all. It certainly would be a better world if everyone followed that philosophy." You can buy a 6 months Auto In surance policy at reduced rates from Hans Norland, 627 Fine St. "We encouraged the states to meet their proper responsibilities; urged labor and private enterprise to solve their own problems with out government interference; and worked to make all our people more self-reliant." Johnson Inserted In the record a statement that he would let his tory determine whether the legis lative accomplishments represent ed the "bold, dynamic, progress ive" program that President Ei senhower has said will be the big issue in November. Johnson listed this record as: "A Republican tax revision bill which granted relief to corpora- lions and stockholders and over rode Democratic efforts to obtain relief for people in the low income brackets. A Republican farm bill de signed to solve the problem of farm surpluses by driving farm Income down even lower than it has gone already. "A Republican labor bill wanted neither by labor nor management which Democrats succeeded in re turning to committee. "A Republican atomic energy bill which saleguards tile public against monopoly only because of Democratic amendments. "A statehood bill for Hawaii and Alaska which was buried because Republicans refused In the face of all precedent to consider the two together. , "Legislation to control subver sion featured by a Democratic amendment to outlaw the Com munist party in the United States. "Appropriations for rural elec trification which were brought to adequate levels by successful Democratlo efforts. "Housing legislation which pro vided 35.000 housing units Instead of the 140,000 requested by the President. "Social security expansion which was supported by members of botli parties." Social Security Extension Bill Passed By Voice Vote - ' - uii uvuicoo una inmaea a out liberalizing and ex tending the social security system Just about as President Elsen- nower wanted Thf manva Inu., vwtu euiiic fjic- adjournment .political bickering. out both House and Senate shouted approval of a compromise version wu.w.Ua u wic urn iinai major legislation of the 83rd Con gresswent to Eisenhower for his expected, signature. It will incrpaen ni-jacAnt a,t ft ture benefits to retired persons and survivors, boost taxes to finance tne higher payments and bring an additional 10 mlllinn iurAn. ,,,.. the 20-year-old system. This v mi nf tha b. Kill- I- the Elsenhower legislative program ana one irom wnich the Republi cans expect to reap a political harvest. Particnlarlv lc 4hf Ini. Eln. tu. . j .u K..a.j MC tuc increased nivmpm in At' n,ini.n persons now on the rniu 0111 an oui nooui me llrst of Octnher when the fall campaign for control u wuugieso win De in iuii swing DEMOCRATS Democrats, however. 'Insist fh vuikih- win not inraai thai ik- system nrlD-inntari undo, a i-i, cratic administration and Congress ana mat tne Democratic party has luugui, io expand It. Th hilt Will cvlon cll .. rity coverage to nearly all working ijcujjic in menca, whether they are emnloved bv nthfr n, self-employed. . TllC bltriTPKh nan, vrnnn into the system comprises 3,600,000 farmers and oinnnnn ai,inn-.i ;arm nanas. Farm coverage aroused a last- State assistance programs Ex- federal share ot staff assistance tends for two years, ' to Sept. 30, payments to the aged, blind, total. 1957. the 1953 law Increasing the ly disabled and dependent children. Solon Angry Af Top GOPs WARHTMr.TnM fan t (R-ND) says the Republican lead ership has blocked funds for antl- mnnnnnlv nrnha Un .....,,. , ... a..Vwv. ,,c nwiia ku uuil- tluct and therefore he'll go Into privaie jaw practice to get the money. His request for $37,500 for his antlmnnnnnlv tnhnnmmm-. , , uuuww,,,,,,,,,.;, t of the Senate Judiciary Committee which he also heads, was not voted by the Senate. The controversial Dixon-Yates DOWer nlnnt. lnnt,anl -.1.1 would definitely be one of the tar- sew ui ins newest proDe. He ailLTrilV tnlH th Annai loaf nfLTht. thai, ho VioH na,r 1 ...... a.v.b OllfatJCU 111 private law practice since first eieciea to public otllce. Rllt. Vaflical nf iha a-nn ... give him the probe funds, he said, nas compelled mm to break that rule. He said he would start looking for "four private law suits" at once to "earn that money." "I hold the Republican ' party Mncuy responsioie,- ne snouted. The disputed Dixon-Yates power proposal provides for the govern ment to enter into a contract with a private syndicate to supply pow er In the TV A area. minute controversy In the Senate over the bill as finally worked up by a Senate-House conference. The Senate had excluded farm opera' tors, but House conferees stood firm on this point and finally won over to their side the three Senate Republican conferees. UNHAPPY Sen. George (D-Ga), senior Dem ocratlc conferee, was not happy about the outcome. He shouted to the Senate thai social security was intended to protect Industrial work ers and the like, but never the self-employed, such as farmers. The chief administration argu ment for coverage of farmers and their workers was that this seg ment of the population had been seriously neglected In the past as far as social security was concerned. Here are the main provisions In the bill as it went to Elsenhower: Benefits Five million retired persons now on the rolls will get increases of at least $5 a month, with an average boost of 16. New average payments to these persons will be about $57. One and one half million survivors and depend ents on the rolls will get propor tionate increases. Persons retiring in the future will receive much larger increases by changes in all benefit formulas. For Instance, maximum payment for an individ ual will go up from $85 to $108.50, for a couple from - $127.50 to $162.75. TAX BASE Taxes Effective next Jan. 1 the tax base will go up from $3,600 to $4,200. Thus an individual earn ing $4,200 or more a year and his employer each will have to pay $12 more in 1955. The tax rate of 2 per cent does not change until 1960. The self-employed rate like wise remains at 3 per cent until 1960 . Coverage Compulsory cover age is extended to 3,600,000 farm operators; 2,100,000. farm hands; 100,000 engineers, architects,- ac countants and undertakers; 250, 000' domestic workers; 100,000 home workers; and 50,000 persons in the fishing industry. Coverage is extende on a voluntary basis to 3.600,000 state ar.1 local govern ment employes, 260,000 ministers and Christian Science practitioners and 100,000 American citizens em ployed outside the United States by foreign subsidiaries of Ameri can companies. Disability freeze Periods of disability will be disregarded in computing an individual's retire ment benefits, so that his payment will not be decreased because of the - time in which he had no earnings. - SICK? 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