Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-01

mack and Representatives Albert
of Oklahoma. Cannon of Mis-
souri,, Richards Of South Caro-
lima, Vinson Of Georgia, Gordon
of Illinois and Cooper of Ten
nessee.
The Republican conferees in
cluded Senate Minority Leader
Knowland. Senators Bridges Of
New Hampshire, Saltonstall Of
Massachusetts,, Wiley of Wiscon-
sin. Smith of New Jersey ano
Martin of Pennsylvania; House
Minority Leader Martin, ano
Representatives Halleck of In
diana. Arens and Allen of I'LL
nois. Reed and Taber of New
York. Chipperfield of Illinois
Vorys of Ohio and Short OF
Missouri.
Senators Knowland. Bridges
and Saltonstall. and Represen-
tatives Martin, Halleck, Arens
and Allen took part in yester-
days discussion Of domestic
phases of the Presidents 1857
program.
Senator Knowland said there
was general agreement" among
the conferees on the administra
Ition recommendations and hope
that a substantial" part of the
program would be enacted by the
new Congress.
The Eisenhower recommended
tions included home rule and
national suffrage for the District
of Columbia; expansion of the
domestic atomic power program
a four-year plan of Federal aid
in school building; enactment OF
civil rights legislation first SUBJ
mitted to Congress by the ad-
ministration last year; liberal
izing amendments to the immi-
grafton law; statehood for Ha-
wall and part of Alaska; in
creased postal rates; changes in
the Taft-Hartley Act. and new
measures to aid small business
While the meeting was going
on, the White House announced
a new policy Of providing finan-
cial assistance for small business
concerns working on Govern
ment supply contracts.
GSA Order Revealed
The announcement said Gen.
eral Services Administrator
Franklin G. Floete has issued q
new regulation providing for the
use of progress payments" or
supply contracts. The payments
will be based primarily on costs
incurred by contractors while
work on the Government order
is in progress. They will be
made before the finished prod
ucts are delivered to the Govern
ment.
| At a news conference aftel
the G. o. P. legislators meeting
in the White House yesterday
Senator Knowland and Mr.
Martin acted as spokesman fol
the group. They refused to dis
close any details of the variou!
administration recommendation,
which will be outlined publicly
in the Presidents state-of-the.
Union message to Congress or
January 10. Many of his pro-
poSals are renewals of ones thai
failed to get through Congress:
last year.
Senator Knowland said ne be-
lieves there is a good chance
for passage in the 1857 session
Iof civil rights legislation thai
was passed by the House but
was blocked in the Senate las
year
Both Senator Knowland anc
Mr.. Martin threw cold water or
tax-cut hopes. Senator Knowl'
and said the present tax struc.
ture would have to be main.
tanned to assure a balanced
budget and a modest" payment
on the national debt. Mr.. Mar.
tin said he saw no prospect Of
any tax reduction in any "great
amount" unless there is a very
substantial increase in revenue.
Both men refused to indicate
what the administration is esti.
mating Government spending al
for the 1853 fiscal year.
The only official word on the
budget outlook discussions yes.
terday came from White House
Press Secretary James C. Hag-
erty. He said Secretary of the
Treasury Humphrey and Budget
Bureau Director Percival Brund.
age told the legislators that they
believe continuing economies il
the operation of the Govern
ment, coupled with no loss il
existing revenues, would result
in a continuation of a balanced
budget" ~