Evening star., 1957-08-30

ure the work Of q Congress by
using 3 predetermined list Of
selected bills. Senator johnson
said that II this session had
done nothing else, its adoption
of the first civil rights bill in
more than 80 years entitle 1t to
q place in history. Taking no.
tice Of the Presidents recent
statement that he was disap-
pointed by the session, Sena-
tor johnson added:
Il hope that after the Con-
gresS shall have adjourned the
President will have an oppor-
tunity in the quiet Of his home
to read the actual facts Of what
we did. He will find that the
record Of this Congress was as
fine as any that he can recall
and that 1t passed more SUBJ
stantial bills than the first Ses-
sion during his first admins
tration."
Rayburn Pleased
Speaker Rayburn told re-
porters he regarded this ses-
sion as zone Of the most fruit
full / have ever attended and
I have been here q long time. /"
He said he was confident that
the American people would
agree that this Congress al
ready has made o VERY inn
pressive record"
Representative Mccormack
added that 1t was q good rec
ord mot only for the things
that we did but for the things
that we stopped"
The eight months duration
Of the 1857 session, while un-
usually long. set no record for
time consumption. Nor did it
shatter any records for enact
ment Of important legislation.
Il was apparently a prelude to
bigger doings and debates in
1858.
The FBI files bill was dis
cussed only about 10 minutes.
judiciary Committee Chair
man Cellar. Democrat Of New
York, and Representative Keat-
ing. Republican of New York,
told the House that they were
not completely satisfied with
the compromise worked out
with Senate conferees. They
nevertheless commended the
bill as adequate to protect Gov
ernment confidential files from
undue and dangerous disclos-
ure and at the same time to
safeguard basic rights Of crimi-
nal trial defendants.
Aid Bill Held Back
The $685. $4,000 foreign aid
bill appropriating $2.76s, ,760. 900
In new money and re-appropri-
ating $667.050.OO0 in unobli-
gated balances from last year
went quickly through the SEN
ate on q 1919 vote last night.
1t had been tentatively
scheduled to come UP first in
the House yesterday afternoon
but Democratic leaders held it
back to await the outcome Of
Senator Thurmond's filibuster
and Of Senate action on the
civil rights bill. Leaders also
feared that House disposal of
the foreign aid bill yesterday
would have prompted a mass
exodus Of members and caused
the absence Of a quorum today.
Final action on an immigra-
tion law revision bill came last
night when the Senate, without
debate. concurred in several
technical amendments inserted
last Wednesday by the House.
Would Admit 10000
The bill is designed to per.
nit approximately $4,000 ad-
ditional aliens to enter the
United States during the next
two years. 1t would ease some
immigration restrictions espe-
cially in hardship cases. But
It falls far short Of the basic
and far-reaching changes re-
quested by Mr.. Eisenhower.
1t provides for admission Of
an unlimited number OF Or
phans adopted by Americans
overseas. The bill would reallo-
cate about 10000 non-quota i'm.
migrant visas that were not
used when the Refugee Relief
Act expired last December. It
would allow entry Of about l,5O0
skilled specialists from foreign
countries.
The measure also would
authorize the Secretary Of State
or Attorney General to let
foreign visitors enter this coun-
try without being fingerprinted.
All alien visitors, except those
with diplomatic status. now
must be fingerprinted.