CONGRESS ADJOURNS TIL JAN. 7
WASHINGTON, UR—The 84th
Congress passed social security,
foreign aid and housing bills, then
adjourned at midnight amid
horseplay in the House and ora
tory in the Senate.
During the final work-crowded
session, futile efforts were made
to enact immigration legislation.
And civil rights backers in the
Senate sought—admittedly with
out hope—to pry a House-passed
bill out of committee.
The House finished its work
first, recessing just before 9 p.m.
The members then let their hair
down in a song-and-byplay fest
traditional to the ending of a Con
gress session.
Speaker Rayburn Praised
In an outburst of bipartisan
goodwill—which is not likely to
last in the political campaigns
ahead—the House adopted unani
mously a resolution praising the
way Speaker Sam Rayburn <D
Tex) had wielded his gavel.
In the* Senate, the final mo
ments were taken up with speech
es by senators deploring the fact
that civil rights legislation re
mained bottled up in the Judici
ary Committee. In fact, Senator
Bender was in the middle of an
oratorical flight when the Senate
reached the midnight adjourn
ment hour. He never finished.
Congress Reconvenes Jan. 7
Before heading for home—and
re-election campaigns, in many
cases—Congress agreed to recon
vene on Monday, Jan. 7, barring
an emergency.
When the 85th Congress meets,
a number of veteran lawmakers
will be missing. These include
Sen. Walter George (D-Ga), Sen.
Eugene Millikin (R-Colo), and
Rep. James P. Richards (D-SC).
They decided not to seek re-elec
tion.
The legislative record of the
Democratic-con trolled 84th Con
gress—both the bills it passed and
those it defeated or bypassed—
was sure to figure strongly in the
coming campaign for the presi
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'Fair to Good' Record
Summing up, Senate Democrat
ic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson of
Texas said Congress overrode
“narrow”, partisanship and gave
President Eisenhower most of
what he asked. Senate Republi
can Leader Knowland (Calif) pro
nounced the legislative record
“fair to good”—but he indicated
strongly he felt a GOP-controlled
Congress would have done better.
Bills sent to Eisenhower just
before adjournment included the
social security bill, the $3,766,
000,000 foreign aid bill, an omni
bus housing bill, a $7V4 billion
flood insurance measure, a $1,
600,000,000 rivers and harbors
bill, and a $2,182,000,000 money
bill mostly containing funds ior
the Atomic Energy Commission.
Compromise S.S. Bill
Although key provisions of the
social security bill were opposed
by the Eisenhower Administra
tion, Senate Republicans joined
Democrats in predicting the Pres
ident would, sign the compromise
measure.
Under its provisions, the re
tirement age for women eligible
for social security payments
would be lowered from 65 to 62.
And a new program would fur
nish benefits to persons totally
disabled at age 50 or older.
Taxes Raised
The bill also raises social secur
ity taxes, effective next Jan. 1,
from 2 to 2Vi percent on both em
ployer and employe, applying to
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the first $4,200 of a worker’s
annual earnings.
Furthermore, it extends cover
age to about 225,000 more per
sons, mainly in certain profes
sional groups.
As sent to Eisenhower, the for
eign aid bill falls well over one
billion dollars short of what he
asked to bolster free world na
tions against Communism.
Threat to Adjournment
It was the housing bill that for
a time yesterday posed the main
threat to adjournment on sched
ule. But this obstacle melted away
Friday night when both House
and Senate approved a compro
mise hammered out by a confer
ence group a while earlier.
An earlier battle over public
housing had been resolved in fa
vor of a House provision for 35,
000 units in each of the next two
years. Eisenhower had favored
this total. Most of the rest of the
bill’s provisions were noncontro
versial. They would continue fed
eral home loan mortgage insur
ance, slum clearance, college
housing and a home repair pro
gram.
The sticking point Friday in
volved rates at which the govern
ment would pay for certain mili
tary housing built by private con
tractors.
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HILLSBORO, Ohio, UR—“Side
walk superintendents” are being
given a gentle hint at a well-drill
ing project in Dodson township
near here.
Near the spot where the drillers
are working is a mound of earth
about the size of a grave. A mark
er on it read:
"Here lies the last man that
asked us how deep we’ve gone.”
ALASKA AIRLINES
To Anchorage. C. Perry, Chas.
Waldschmidt, R. Hurd, Helen
Whaley, Dr. Karl Reinhard-, L.
Shapiro, S. Lee, C. Willis, Wm.
Fulson, Wm. Harrison, B. Shep
pard, R. Newman, Rich Ruttan,
Florence Avery, Dean Bronson,
Dallas Eberle, Chris Poulsen, Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Woods and two
children, W. Brownlee, E. Lamb,
T. Campobasso, K. Weiss, Clark
Cole, J. Hickman, C. E. Abbott,
R. Snigoki, T. Haynie.
From Anchorage: J. Haeffer, L.
Newman, H. Bailey, I. Shawness,
B. Branden, Capt. Perkins, Lt.
Flemming, B. Holta, F. Hester,
P. Whiteman, J. Flaster, K. Bart
lett, J. Sullivan, E. Wesse, R.
Hazelton, R. Hazleton Jr, Walton
Schields, Jim White, Jack Haur
guettes, J. Pridmore, G. V. Gates,
R. Hickman, J. Malone, C. Sny
der, Einar Enga.
From Unalakleet: Vernon Lae
sing, Larry Daw.
To Kotzebue: E. Nabel, Walt
Sipprell, Frank Frey,.
From Anchorage: Mabel Dowd,
J. Hardy, Lee Koozaata, K. Weiss,
T. Campobasso, J. Hickman, J.
Murphy.
Pan Am Files Brief
With CAB for Great
Circle Route to Orient
WASHINGTON, UP—Pan Am
erican World Airways maintained
today it would, be able to speed
up service and also reduce trans
pacific fares by an average of
$100 if it is permitted to link its
West Coast gateways to the Orient
by the northern great circle route.
On the other hand, the airline
said in a brief filed with the Civil
Aeronautics Board, failure to give
Pan American the authority it
seeks would seriously prejudice
service to California passengers.
Pan American asserted that all
transpacific fares are being held
at an arbitrarily high level be
cause it is unable to fly the same
short course as Northwest Air
lines.
Northwest, Pan American not
ed, is the only United States-flag
airline permitted to fly the great
circle route, shorter by 1,100 to
2,200 miles than the island-hop
ping route across the mid-Pacific
that Pan Am must take between
the West Coast and the Orient.
The roundabout island-hopping
route also adversely affects mail
service of Pan American, the firm
said in its brief.
Dean Bronson left Sunday on
his return to East Pakistan where
he is employed by an oil explor
ation firm. Dean was home for
about a month visiting with
friends and relatives.
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