The coastland times., 1958-08-29

SENATOR A. S. (MIKE) MON
RONEY is one of Dare County's
most distinguished visitors, who
with Mrs. Monroney, is spending
the rest of the month on vaca-
ton at Southern Shores, near
Kitty Hawk.
The Monroneys include in their
schedule this week visit To Hat
teras and Ocracoke Islands, ir
company with DR.. Fred w. Morri-
son, one of the prime advocates Of
this part of the country.
Senator Monroney who repre-
sents Oklahoma, was born at Ok
lahoma City in March. 1902 where
he graduated from the public
schools; and the University of
Oklahoma in 1924, and has receiv-
ed honorary degrees from Colgate
University and University of the
South. His fraternities include
Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Delta Chi,
and Phi Gamma Delta. He is an
Episcopalian.
Following five years of news
paper work, he engaged in busi-
ness for ten years and was six
times elected to Congress as Rep
resentative. In 1850 he was elected
to the Senate.
Back home he has been active
in civic affairs, where he has been
president of the following organi-
cations: Rotary Club of Oklahoma
City, the State Furniture Associa-
ton and the Alumni Association
Of the State University.
He legislative career has been
of consequence, and is forward
looking. He was co-author in the
House, with Senator LaFollette of
the Legislative Reorganization Act
of 1916. He has ever been strong
advocate of airways moderniza-
tion for the jet age, safety meas
ures. He is author of present four
year Federal Aid to Airports leg
islation. He is a winner of Golfers
award for distinguished Congress
sional service, 1916; the Univer-
sity of Oklahoma citation for dis
tinguished service, 1948 and the
N'nai Birth Americanism award,
1868.
Senator Monroney is strong for
freedom of the press and for free
flow of accurate information from
all branches of government to the
public. He has been active in pro-
noting legislation for small bust
ness, foreign aid, agriculture,
housing and natural resources.
The forward looking quality of
his current activities has won ac-
claim in the nations press.
His IDA or international piggy
bank Is. Res. 264 introduced Feb
ruary "a, 1859 has been called ga
fresh new idea" by the st. Louis
Post-Dispatch, "the most imagi-
native idea in foreign aid since
the Marshall plan" by the St.
Petersburg Times; "The freshest
foreign-aid idea since President
Truman's Point Four program" by
the Manila Times; "new thinking
on world development" by the Des
Moines, Ia, Register. The New
York Times commented editorally
that Something useful might come
out of his suggestion" and Eugene
Black, president of the World
Bank, told the Times it was an
idea that the Bank" would be will
ing to explore" S. Res. 264 pass
ed Senate July %.
Recently Senator Monroney had
an unusual experience. Two of his
bills were passed by the the SEN
ate unanimously on the same after
noon. One was a half-billion dollar
federal aid-to-airports bill aimed
at helping to prepare the nations
airports for the jet age by making
federal funds available on $3.50
basis. The other was an automobile
labelling bill which is aimed at
taking the mystery out of new
car prices as well as improvement
of auto sales. The latter is fol-
low-up on his automobile dealers
'Day in Court bill of 1856 which
improved factory-dealer relation
ships.
Both the airport funds and the
labelling bill now await passage in
the House of Representatives.
Also in the aviation picture, Sem
ator Monroney is the author of
the Federal Aviation Act Of 1858,
introduced May 21 with 80 CO.
sponsors in the hope that enact
ment Of its principal provisions
single civilian administrator in
charge Of air traffic in an indie
See MONRONEY, Page Eight