Evening star., 1952-07-03
Big Push Opens
In Congress for
Fast Work Pace Set
On Hundreds of Bills
ToMeet Saturday Goa

On Hundreds of Bills
| ToMeet Saturday Goal
| BY the Assoeiuted Press
Congress today resumes it's pell-
nell rush toward adjournment
with hundreds of bills yet to be
acted on but with leaders conf
dent the wind-up can come by
Saturday.
The Senate met at its earliest
hour of the 1852 session, $3.50 am,
to start grinding through a calen-
dar of more than 300 measures.
Most of them are minor private
relief bills. Less than a dozen
major measures remain to be
cleaned up.
The House. with a-far lighter
remaining work load. comes in at
the customary hour.
There was talk among House
members that the 1852 session
could be closed out in a last burst
of speed with an all-night meeting
extending over into the holiday
hours tomorrow.
But the Senate jam appeared to
Ipreclude this.
Many Eager to Leave.
Some Republican tors,
eager to leave for Chicago where
their party's national presidential
convention begins Monday, urged
a big push for adjournment by not
later than tomorrow night. But
Senate Majority Leader McFar-
land said he thought Saturday
afternoon ,or night more likely.
Six Of the II money bills carry
ing funds to operate the Govern
ment in the new fiscal year,
which began Tuesday. have yet to
be passed.
Among these are the SAC billion
military bill, which is in confer
ence, and a $40 billion measure
which wraps up foreign aid and
funds to begin an atomic energy
Expansion program and for nu-
merous military construction prof.
ectS.
This latter measure has yet to
pass the Senate and go to confer
ence. The Senate Appropriations
Committee worked almost until
midnight last night getting it
ready for the floor.
| Senators on the committee said
the group voted $6.031 .000. 900 for
foreign aid, the exact amount
approved by the House. after de-
feating q move for a 81 billion
cut.
Three Money Bills in Conference.
Three other money bills in con-
ference are - State Commerce
Justice, legislative. and civil func-
tions which covers river, harbor
and flood control projects. A
compromise Interior bill provid-
ing money for many reclamation
projects Is ready for final votes.
Other key measures on the
must list are bills to increase
social security insurance and pub
lie assistance payments, set up a
GI Bill Of Rights to benefit Ko-
rean war veterans and extend the
Presidents war powers.
The lawmakers sent a steady
stream of measures to President
Truman yesterday in the usual
clos1ng-week tempo of a congress
sional session.
Among them we're these money
bills:
$6.272, 100000 to run 80 Gov
ernment agencies including the
White House, Atomic Energy
Commission, Veterans Admins
tration and Tennessee Valley Au-
thority.
$1,787,ooO 900 for the Labor De-
partment and Federal Security
Agency.
$728 million for the Agriculture
Department and the Government
farm programs.
Others Win Passage.
Also whipped through final pas
sage were bills to:
Revise the law governing the
licensing of radio and television
stations. Dropped were provisions
to protect the stations against
libel suits arising from political
broadcaSts.
Overhaul the armed forces re-
serves system and guarantees
against the recall of Korean vet
Grams in a future emergency as
long as other reservists are avail
able.