Rep. Reuss Prods Shultz for Unemployment Plan
Secretary of Labor George P. Shultz claims Johnson Ad* ministration.'-proposals are inadequate "to' cope *#ith any increase In unemployment this year, but he fails to offer any alternative, Rep, Henry S. Reuss (D-Wi%)saia5y.esterday.</br></br>ÛÏI would still like to know what program the Administration can advance now which will require increased resources and hence the support of Congress,Û Reuss said. ÛÏWaiting time Is otherwise en-</br></br>Shultz, in a letter replying to a question raised by Reuss during a Joint Economic Committee hearing, said the Nixon Administration is "not at all predicting that anything likeÛ the 300,000 to 400,000 increase in unemployment estimated by Reuss will occur.</br></br>. But ReussÛªs reaction to the Secretary's failure to offer any program proposals was topical ..of a growing restiveness in Congress about what both frjends and foes of Presi-</br></br>Rep. Wilbur D. Mills, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and one of the most influential men in the Democratic establishment", told his colleagues Wednesday that he thought the new president was entitled to-a 90-day "honeymoon.Û Mr. Nixon has been in office 60 days.