Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-05
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The Senate Appropriations
Committee ran into unexpected
delay today In It's effort TO put
back q substantial part OF the
House cut In foreign aid money.
Although q quick decision
had been expected. the commit
tee broke up at noon without
voting on q motion by Senate
Republican Leader Knowland
10 restore $40 million Of the
s5o7.5 million House cut below
the authorized ceiling. The
Knowland motion would have
raised the total TO about s3.5
billion.
There were reliable reports
that the vote was delayed be-
cause Democratic leaders want
ed definite assurance from the
Republicans that no further at
tempt would be made to in
crease the bill on the floor OF
the Senate. Il Is understood
that Senator Knowland assured
Democratic Leader johnson
that the administration would
not try to add any more on the
floor. but said he could not
guarantee what individual SEN
ators might do.
Most of the restoration would
have been In the Development
Loan Fund and the Defense
Support items.
Military Trim Reported
There also we're reports that
Senator Ellender, Democrat Of
louisiana, had q motion pend
ing to offset part of the resto-
ration by chopping another
500 million from the military
assistance fund. The House had
already cut $50 million from
military aid, bringing it down
TO SIS billion.
Meanwhile, influential Sena-
tors were becoming somewhat
discouraged over the prospect
OF adjourning by August Is.
The outlook for adjournment
may clear up this afternoon
when both the Democratic and
Republican Senate Policy Com
mittees meet separately.
The Appropriations Commit
Tee was to try again at 4 pm.
to act on the foreign aid bill.
This bill is one of the major
measures Congress must pass
before it can adjourn. If the bill
comes from committee today.
the Senate probably will pass it
before the end Of this week.
Silent on Adjournment
Republican leaders said no
adjournment date was dis
cussed with the President dur
ing their weekly visit to the
White House this morning.
Expressing his own opinion.
Chairman Saltonstall of the
Senate Republican Conference
said he is still hopeful, but a
little skeptical," that Congress
can adjourn August Is.
The administration urged
the leaders to push for passage
OF an omnibus judgeship bill
to relieve crowded dockets in
some Federal courts. But in
fiuential Democrats have indi-
Gated they will not give this
bill any priority. It has not
passed either house.
The leaders we're told the
administration wants three tax
bills now pending in the SEN
ate to become law. One is to
relieve small business and the
other two remove numerous
inequities in the revenue code.
Meanwhile, the two houses
were still deadlocked on an
other important issue-exten-
sion of the Reciprocal Trade
Acts. The conferees will try
again tomorrow to work out a
compromise between the House
proposal for a flve-year extern
sion with rs per cent of addi-
tional tariff cutting power.
and the Senate program of 3
years with is per cent.
A third bill which leaders are
determined to pass before adj
1ournment is the House measure
liberalizing social security bene-
hts. Chairman Byrd of the
Senate Finance Committee an
nounced last night his COM
mittee will hold public hearings
on social security Friday and
Monday.
Other major issues still in
the legislative mill are:
A farm bill, the omnibus So A