Evening star., 1955-07-15
House Strips Fund Bill,
Cutting Out 81 Per Cent
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fiscal aspects or which were not
germane to the basic measure
or authorized by specific law.
A split in the Appropriations
Committee came to light when
Representative Taber Of New
York, top ranking Republican
on that group, disclosed that he
had urged the Rules Committee
to refuse the request. Mr.. Can
non insisted that a Rules Com
mittee waiver would have saved
all the trouble yesterday.
Still another angle Of possible
light was cast on the controversy
by Representative Colmer, Dem
ocrat, Of Mississippi, member Of
the Rules Committee. He refused
| to tell the House exactly what
went on in that committees
executive session which rejected
the requested rule. The Rules
Committee Is headed by Repre-
sentative Smith, Democrat, of
Virginia.
Mr.. Conner surmised that
some of the trouble" arose from
a hitherto unnoticed provision
that would have given pay in
creases to employees of the APP
preparations Committee. He
added that he thought those
Woodworking staffers deserved
more pay. He suggested they be
cared for in separate bill re-
ported out by another commit
tee yesterday for legislative de-
partment employees in general.
80 Points of Order
In any event, Mr.. Rabaut
bobbed up and down with more
than 80 points of order as the
reading clerk intoned items on
which for lack of a waiver, in
Mr.. Rabaut's opinion, ought to
be thrown out. Some protesting
Republicans and Democrats
hurled such expressions as "per-
sonal pique and peeve" or capri
cious" or frustrating" or a child
ish determination "to pick up
your marbles and go home"
Mr.. Rabaut and Mr.. Cannon
had plenty of support. however,
in defending their ''logic" and
consistency" Mr.. Cannon even
made a point of recalling the
late Speaker Joe Cannon (nc
relation and no Democrat) who
years ago tried to use the Rules
Committee to rule the House
They blamed the present Demo-
cratic-controlled Rules Commit
tee for forcing" the points OF
order.
When all the shouting ceased
and all the I,'ints were i'm
planted. the pdnctured bill was
. stripped of such varied things
as:
i $1,395,879, 900 in cash cuts fol
the Army, Navy and Air Force;
$3.50, 900 for Agricultural Re.
search Service salaries and ex.
Ipenses; $50 million in Farmers
Home Administration loan au.
. thorizations; IS million for the
Agricultural Conservation Pro.
gram Service; 100000 fol
, maritime training activities: S:
million for Small Business Ad.
ministration salaries and ex.
Ipenses and $25 million fol
additional capital for thai
,Iagency's revolving fund; $400, ,00(
for international claims:
Il $82.500 for the John Marshall
/ IBi-centennial Celebration Com.
(. mission; $650,000 for Employ.
f|ment Security Bureau programs,
1911 million for Wage and Houl
division salaries and expenses;
: $5 million for the President.
Emergency Fund for Interna.
/. tional Affairs.
summit" Fund Survives
One of the, surviving items
however, was a 81 million appro.
Ipriation for expenses at thu
/ Geneva summit" conference
,lfor which Mr.. Eisenhower leave!
tonight.
Matters Of particular concerr
to the District ordered out of tn,
: bill but likely to be restored BY
{. the Senate and eventually &C.
= cepted by the House IN a Senate.
House conference report were:
Funds for plans for a ware
house at the Children's Centel
and for erection Of a Woodbridge
branch library. Metropolitan Po,
lice Women's Building and .
new fire engine house at 24tl
and Irving streets Sc.
Also, $2,288,000 for construc
ton of museum Of history ant
technology at the Smithsonian
Institution and 500. 1000 for tn,
National Archives records serv
ice.
The Appropriations Committe,
previously had refused to ap
prove funds for the proposet
central intelligence agency build
ing and the authorized Burk,
Airport project. The bills pro
vision allotting So million TO
preliminary plans for the CIt
structure was thrown out on ,
point of order yesterday.
Representative Flood, Demo
crat of Pennsylvania. was de
feated in a move to add $1l
million for the Burke project
He warned that the Nationa