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wise the program radically. And
there will be opposition from Dem
ocrats to the Presidents recommen-
dation that the January payroll
tax increase be reScinded.
. HaWaii. The Republicans plan to
bring Republican Hawaii into the
Union next year. 1t will be one of
the first major bills on the Senate
calendar. Statehood for Democratic
Alaska does not appear to be on the
must" list
. st. Laurence SedUGy. The long,
debated plan to bring the ocean
depths to the Great Lakes will be
another early Senate bill.
Q Federal-Stdte Relations. A COM
mission is trying to find an equitable
division of Federal and State re-
Sponsibilities and is trying to un-
tangle tax overlapping. Its recon-
mendations will go first to the Presi-
dent and then to Congress.
Q Atomic Energy. The President
wants to give private enterprise
bigger role in atomic power pro-
duction. He also wants to share
more atomic information with our
allies. The Atomic Energy Act will
be up for amendment.
Q Postal Rates. Congress failed to
raise postal rates last year, so the
request faces them again.
Wre-tapping. Attorney General
Brownell wants to legaliZe wire
tapping in espionage cases. Wire
tap evidence now is inadmisSable in
Federal courts.
. Immunity. The Attorney General
also wants Congress to have the
power to grant immunity from pros
ecution to key witnesses before con-
gressional committees.
0 Public Prosecutors. The Attorney
General wants Congress to author
ize paid public prosecutors to rep
resent citizens who cannot afford
necessary legal advice.
. Minimum Wage. President EiSen-
hover wants Congress to raise the
present legal minimum wage from
IS cents an hour to perhaps 81
an hour.
o Congressional Wages. At the same
time, Congress would like to raise its
own pay, Underpaid, by any fair
standards, for the work they do.
Congressmen hesitate to give them
selves a boost in an economy and
election year A commission is now
trying to take some of the onuS OF
requesting raises off Congress.
Q CiUu SerUice Pay. The Civil Serv-
ice Commission is working out plans
for a general pay increase for Gov
ernment workers.
Q, Military Pay. The Pentagon is
planning to ask for an increase in
military pay and extensions of
fringe benefits.
Whitten Rider. Chairman ReeS
of the House Civil Service commit
tee. will work to repeal the Whitten
rider which bars permanent APP
pointments and promotions to civil
service workers.
o Unemployment Pay. The PreSi-
dent wants compensation for the
unemployed to increase and to be
extended to many persons not now
eligible.
. Housing. A welter of laws re-
lated to Government assistance in
the field of housing expire next year,
The administration will continue
some of these programs and broaden
others in an attempt to keep the
housing boom going, A commission
reported to the President last week
on the housing program.
.. UNIT. A commission also is
working on recommendations for
universal military training program.
Whether such a program would go
over under present conditions is
doubtful.
. Reserves. A Pentagon group is
planning revisions of the military
reserve act. If their recommends
tions get to Congress, the Nations
reserve force may some day become
an effective body.