Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-29
Area Lawmakers Give Eisenhower Mild Support

er to amend the bill to give indi-,
viduals more tax relief at the ex-
pense Of dividend earners. The
Democrats lost here, too, 204 to 40.
All area Representatives voted
against larger personal income tax
exemptions.
. Farm. Again 1t was flexible YER
sus rigid supports. Again flexible
won, 228 to ITO, with complete local
support.
.. Atomic. In the House. the key
amendment was on authorization Of
regular patents in atomic energy
discoveries. Opponents argued the
amendment would foster monopoly
and would not protect sufficiently
the public investment in atomic de-
velopment. They wanted shared
patent program. Regular unshared
patents won. 203 to 100. Local
Representatives were solid for regu-
lar patents.
Welfare
. Housing. Here again the issue
was 100000 units in four years or
$4,000 units in one year. The Eisen-
hower-backed amendment lost. 176
to 211. and the smaller program I'LL
timately was approved by the House.
All local Representatives voted
against the large program.
. Unemployment. A Democratic
move to enlarge the unemployment
compensation program even beyond
the scale recommended by the
White House was defeated, ITO to
241. with all area Representatives
sticking by the President.
. Health, The Eisenhower plan to
provide Government insurance for
private health insurance companies
went down to defeat. 238 to 1874.
Only Representative Smith voted
against the bill.
Foreign
Foreign aid. On final passage Of
the $3.6 billion foreign aid author
ization bill. all local Representatives
but Mr.. Smith were on the winning
side. The bill passed. $50 to 1875.
. Seaway. The st. Lawrence sea-
way was approved. PAL to 1873, but
only Mr.. Broyhill in this area sup
ported it.
. Trade. A simple one-year extern
sion of the Reciprocal Trade Act
vas approved, 281 to So. All local
Representative favored 1t.
Security
Wiretap. The big question was
whether to let the Government seek
giretap evidence for courtroom use
in national security cases merely on
order Of the Attorney General or on
signing Of warrant" by a Federal
Judge. Against White House wishes,
he Judge" amendment won, 22l to
1866. Only Mr.. Smith opposed the
White House position.
Pay. A bill to increase postal
rates along with postal pay was sup
ported, 228 to I'll, but under tina
unusual parliamentary situation in
which q two-thirdS vote was needed.
So the bill failed. Only Representa-
tive Smith opposed 1t. A later pay
only bill passed overwhelmingly. ~
. District. An amendment to Inv
crease the Federal contribution to
the District government from SIG
million to $40 million and raise from
$5.5 million to 81 million the funds
allocated for capital improvements
was agreed to, 1876 to 1853. 1t received
unanimous local support.
Eisenhowers leod ~
On many Of the key issues Of the
year, the stand of President Eisen-
hover was an important factor. In
1852. all Republican candidates in
the area Representatives Hyde,
Small and Broyhill and Senator
BealD campaigned as Eisenhower
supporters. The two Democratic
candidates. Representative Smith
and Senator Byrd, ran on their own
conservative Democratic platforms.
But on the showdown votes. the
Democrats backed the President al
most as well as did the Republicans.
On all key issues. local Congress
men supported the President about
four times out Of seven. Some Of the
Eisenhower program was little too
liberal and q little too information
alist for the group to follow him all
the way.