Evening star., 1947-05-03
Foreign Aid Bill
Placed at Top Of
Senate Calendar
income Tox Slash
And Rent Control
Are High on List
BY ]. A. O'Leory

day listed civilian relief for liber-
ated areas as the next order Of
business, while the House pre-
pared to tackle next week legis-
lation providing $400, ,000, 900 in
direct aid to Greece and Turkey.
The Senate Republican Policy
Committee, headed by Senator Taft
OF Ohio, announced the following
tentative program for the remainder
OF the session:
|. Finish the labor control bill
early next week and send 1t to con-
ference with the House.
2. Take up the foreign civilian
relief bill, which the House cut from
$3.50, 900 900 to 5000, ,000, 900.
3. Individual income tax reduce
tion, with the effective date as the
chief controversy-that is, whether
1t should start July or be retroac-
tive to January /.
4. Rent control, extension Of
which passed the House two days
ago.
Inree secondary Bills.
The committee then grouped thres
secondary bills, to be taken UP after
rent control. They are:
The Bulwinkle bill to permit rail-
roads to- confer on rate changes sub-
ject to Government control; the
scientific foundation bill, to CO.
ordinate research by various Fed
eral agencies. and the bill putting
the Speaker of the House in line Of
succession to the presidency when
there Is no Vice President.
Senator Taft pointed out that
the IL annual appropriation bills for
the year starting July ! will have to
be worked In between these other
major questions, as they are re-
ported from committee.
The policy group also decided to
allot time for action on the peace
treaties with Italy and several other
countries at this session.
The new Congressional Reorgani-
zation Act calls for adjournment
July 81, and Senator Taft said he
had intention of moving to extend
that date.
Others Still in Committee.
He said the tentative program
does not mean all other matters not
listed are sidetracked for this year.
Asked about unification Of the
armed services, for example, he said
1t lis not vet out of committee as are
all Of these bills except tax re-
duction. s
Senator Taft expressed belief tho
Senate will restore the admi1istra-
tion's original request for $3.50, ,000,.
900 for civilian relief abroad.
House approval of the Creek
Turkish aid bill by substantial
majority" was predicted, mean
while. by Speaker Martin, despite
the close call the measure had get
ting out Of the Rules Committee
yesterday, 6 to 5.
Informed sources do not believe
that vote reflects the lineup of the
House as a whole on aid to Greece
and Turkey to check the spread Of
communism.
Passed Senate 81 to %.
The measure went through the
Senate 81 TO %, and was ap-
proved by the House Foreign AZ
fairs Committee by a substantial
majority. The only function Of the
Rules Committee was to determine
how long the House should debate
the issue, and whether 1t should
be open to floor amendments.
The rules group allowed nine hours
Of general debate, starting Monday.
and granted an open rule" which
means amendments from hte floor
| will be In order. Under these condi-
tions the debate probably will take
three or four days. There was
rather general belief today that the
opposition happened to have q
higher ratio of membership on the
Rules Committee than they have in
the House itself.
The Senate Finance Committee
finished hearings yesterday on the
House-approved $500, 900 900 cut in
| personal income taxes, and probably
will be ready to report its version
| to the Senate next week.
Committee Vote Reported.
Unoficially reported as voting to
send the Turkey aid bill
I from the Rules Committee to
the floor were Chairman Allen
and Representatives Wadsworth,
Republican. of New York; Har-
ness, Republican, Of Indiana:
Cox. Democrat, OF Georgia: Clark,
Democrat, OF North Carolina, and
Smith, Democrat, Of Virginia.
Against: Representatives Brown, Re-
publican, of Ohio; Riley, Repub-
lican, OF Oklahoma; Chenoweth, Re-
publican, of Colorado; Rich, Repub-
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