Evening star., 1952-07-08

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when the Senate rang down the
curtain on the legislative year. Ths
House had adjourned 13 minute.
earlier. Neither body will return
until next January 3 unless Presi.
dent Truman calls them back.
The adjournment came after
swift approval of compromises or
two issues that had wrecked plans
to wind up Saturday. One of the
agreements, in a multi billion dol
lar supplementary appropriation
bill, added almost 81 billion fol
the expansion of atomic energy
facilities.
The additional funds approved
for the atomic program BOOSTING
the supplementary money bill tt
$11. .793, ,776,000 lifted overall ap.
preparations for the session tt
slightly over $75 billions exclu.
sive of about 81 billion in perma-
lnent appropriations such as inter.
est on the public debt.
Standby Plans Made.
If yesterdays all-day conference
negotiations had failed, Congress
would have adjourned only until
Thursday. If it had remained
deadlocked then, leaders planned
to call members back next week
for the period between nationa.
political conventions.
The deadlock was broken by:
l. Agreement to increase from
81 billion to $2.898, 100000 funds
available in the supplemental bill
for expansion of atomic energy
facilities. The conferees earlier
boosted the amount from $1.4s
billion to 81 billion, still about
81 billion under White House re.
quests. But the bill retained
another hotly contested provision
which keeps the Atomic Energy
Commission from starting new ex.
pansion projects unless it has
money enough to complete them
2. Senate agreement to the
House version of a 1894 million
rivers and harbors bill. Deletec
from the bill was a 81 million
South Carolina dam project
around which the controversy had
ragged.
Maybank Agrees.
Senator Maybank, Democrat, o1
South Carolina, agreed to the
measure after he was assured that
the 81 million Hartwell Dam
project would get early considera.
ton next year. The Senator hac
argued that the reservoir wa.
needed to service the hydrogen
plant and other atomic facilities
in the Savannah Valley.
Senator MagnuSon, Democrat, ot
Washington, got a similar assur.
ance, after he protested deletion ol
money for a dam project at Ics
Harbor. Wash. That reservoir alst
is needed for the benefit of atomic
facilities, he argued.
The key action, however, wa!
the Senate's acceptance of tn,
fund increase for atomic expan'
sion. President Truman had pro.
tested both the money reduction
and the provision against start.
ing new facilities without com.
pletion funds.
Majority Leader Mcfarland dis.
Iclosed that Acc Chairman Gordor
Dean had written the conferee.
that the expansion could be car.
Tried out, in face Of the completion.
money provision, only If appropri.
lations were boosted to the So!
Ibillion figure. The conferees de.
Icided on the extra money.
| This removes any question
we can now be assured the atomi,
program can go ahead without be.
ling crippled" Senator McFarlant
declared.
i Despite the absence of Repub.
licans, there was no evidence O.
lsteam-roller tactics in the wind.
|up. During the behind-the-scene.
negotiations. Administration Off.
Icials said contact was kept by tele.
Iphone with G. o. r. conferees at.
tending the Republican convention
lin Chicago.
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