The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1958-09-13

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carried this column for the pas
two years. SENATOR POTTEf
REPORTS has appeared regular
~ in about 100 Michigan week
lies and several dailies. Press
associations. columnists. radio
and teleyision commentator
have used material from II free
ly.
| have endeavored 10 present
factual account OF my Senate
activities. news items OF interest
10 all parts OF the State. spiced
aith personal comment on do
nestle and foreign affairs. Reg
ular use Of the Report IN so
many media is. believe.
badge OF success TO, the effort
made TO keep II as nonpartisan
and Informative as possible.
WHAT DOES A MAN think
OF as he completes Q term
in the United States Senate
and prepares 70 seek his fel.
low citizens support for re-
election?
He looks hack over six years
of committee meetings. debates,
handshakes, or Ses. citation and
disappointment He tries 10 ex
tract from that complex history
the kernel of his usefulness TO
he men and women OF his
State To assess his work in
better perspective. he has &c
get out Of the shadow Of the
Capitol dome. back among the
we'll remembered sights and
sounds Of home Three days aft.
er adjournment, sitting on my
porch with its familiar view Of
Mullett Lake in Cheboygan. !
tried 10 mentally sort out what
consider my most important
Senate accomplishments:
Certainly | am proud to have
been an original sponsor OF the
st Lawrence Seaway and con
Meeting channels laws. have
great hopes also that my bill
TO permit new types of deep
water shipbuilding at Great
Lakes ports, passed more than
year ago, will bring hefty
new contracts and jobs into
Michigan.
The cause OF small business
always dear TO my heart. re
ceived a big boost when Presi
dent Eisenhower signed into
law measure ! co-sponsored
making the Small Business AID
ministration permanent and ex
pending lending operations.
Back before the opening OF
the 85th Congress. our Ions
grind on what was TO become
the Civil rights law began. A:
sponsor, | look forward Il
the day discriminatory practices
which have worked hardship
on many citizens and damaged
America in the eyes of tht
world will be thing OF the
past
The United States has gainet
nightly in human and financia
terms under the Vocational Re
Mobilization Act of 1864 which
had a prime role in framing
Under this humane, concept
housan of handicapped
needy and dependent persons
are assisted toward rehabilita
ton, new jobs. and an active
role in the community.
Extension of unemployment
compensation benefits, meas
ure on which ] worked closet,
with the Secretary of Labor. Il
now in force. Thousands ol
Michigan workers, and Other
thousands across the United
States, are receiving additiona
weekly checks TO tide them ovel
period OF serious lay0ffs.
| was able TO obtain tax re
lief for school teachers.
sponsored expanded social sc
curity benefits which became
law in the 85th Congress ant
supported the increase passed
by the 85th Congress. was thu
first Senator in 1853 to intro
duce legislation TO raise thu
minimum wage to S100 and an
now working toward a Si.2!
minimum.
Under the Potter amendment
TO the immigration laws. which
lifted quotas on alien orphans
childless American couples car
now adopt children orphaned b,
war or poverty.
In the autumn of 1856. dur
ing the bloody uprising In Hun
gary, was instrumental II
bringing two of the first plane
loads OF refugees from the rev
oluction to safety and securit.
offered by the great-heartet
Hungarian community OF Michi
gan.
The Mark America" pro
gram which | originated sever
al years ago Is now In force
II is increasing good will To-
the United States throughou
the world by prominent mark
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