Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-08
7 Bills Placed
On Republicans
Priority LIST
Mideust Plan and
Extension of Tuxes
Head Proposals
BY GARRETT d. HORNER

President Eisenhower and Re-
publican congressional leaders
today worked out a seven-point
priority list of legislation for
action by the new Congress. CIV
ing top priority to a resolution
embodying a new program for
defense of the Middle East
against communism.
Second on the Administration
priority list is extension of cur
rent corporation income tax and
certain excise levies due to ex-
pire April /.
Refugee Program
Senate Republican Leader
Knowland told newsmen after
he and other G. o. P. congress
sional leaders conferred with the
President that the Administra-
ton also will try to accelerate
action on these other measures:
l.. Legislation to admit more
Hungarian and other Iron Cur
tain refugees to the United
States as well as regularize the
status of thousands of Hun
garians now coming here on
parole"
2. A bill to remove the pres
ent requirement for a two-thirds
vote by corn growers for setting
quotas in that commodity.
3. A four-year program OF
Federal aid to speed up school
construction SO as to relieve the
present classroom shortage.
4. Civil rights legislation SINH
lar to that passed by the House
last year. setting up a special
civil rights division in the JUS
tice Department and providing
for use of injunctions in civil
courts to protect the right of all
citizens to vote.
5. Legislation to provide SO
in Federal funds to en-
courage joint Federal-State city
study of juvenile delinquency
and ways to handle that prob
lem.
Additions Expected
Senator Knowland and House
Republican Leader Martin said
there undoubtedly would be ad-
ditions to the list from time to
time. They stressed that consid-
arahle other legislation was i'm
Qortant. but explained discussion
with the President today led to
> decision to put extra effort now
into getting the. top seven mat
ters moving along"
These are bills we will Jointly
recommend to the Democratic
leadership be accelerated" Sem
ator Knowland said. He ex-
planned that the priority list will
have to be discussed with Demo-
cratic Senate and House leaders
because they control the order
of calling up legislation for ac-
ton.
Pointing out that the Middle
East resolution now is moving
along" in House Foreign Affairs
Committee hearings. the Senate
G. o. p. leader said he hopes
hearings can be started next
week by the Senate Foreign Re-
lations and Armed Services Com
mittees jointly.
He predicted that it would be
two or three weeks before the
resolution could get to the Sem
ate floor for action.
Hopes for Tax Action
Mr.. Martin said he expected
the House. which under the Con-
has to act first on tax
measures, will approve another
one-year extension of the cor
porate income and excise levieS
due to expire April /.
Unless the current levels of
those taxes, including excuses on
liquor, cigarettes and automo-
biles. are extended the Federal
Government would lose about So
billion in annual revenue.
On civil rights. Senator Know
land noted that Senator Dirk
sen, Republican of Illinois, and
new Senate G. o. P. whip, had
introduced yesterday measure
practically the same as the bill
that passed the House last year
but died in the Senate.
He said he hoped the civil
rights bill would get very early
committee hearings in the Sem
ate SO as to be ready for floor
action by the time the House
acts on it again.
The Senator said Mr.. Essen
hover put particular Importance
on the juvenile delinquency study
proposal, believing it would en-
courage States and local COM
to do constructive work
in this field