Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-29

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ton bill, if the veto is not over
ridden. The foreign aid money
bill has not yet passed the Sem
ate, and Senator BLENDERS pro-
posal would force the President
to take the public works or
veto the foreign aid.
First Test Wednesday
The first test will come in the
the House where Speaker Ray
burn said the veto message will
be called up for a vote on
Wednesday. 1t would take a
two-thirds veto to override, but
Mr.. Rayburn said there is a
good chance it can be mustered.
If the House overrides, the
issue will then go to the Sen
ate. If the House sustains the
President the Senate will not
get a chance to consider the
veto.
The final draft of the public
works bill passed the Senate
August II by a vote of 80 to 8. |
The House concurred without
a roll call. But when the bill
first came up in the House
several weeks earlier the key
vote was cast on a motion to |
recommit.
The House refuse to recon-
NIT 149 to Isl. The Isl |
against recommittal was less
than two-thirdS, but the bill |
then passed $50 to 20.
Although the bill exceeds the |
budget estimates by $50 mil
lion, Mr.. Eisenhower indicated
that his diSapproval was based
mainly on the number of new |
projects being started, which
would involve additional mil
lions in future years. The adj
ministration had taken a firm
stand early this year against |
new starts in the field of public |
works in view of the big deficit |
for 1859 and the difficulty of
balancing the 1860 budget.
One item in the vetoed bill |
made 100000 available for a
review and study of the water
supply and pollution abate-
ment problems of the WASH
ington area along the Potomac
River.
Lost locally by the Presiden-
tial veto was a 100000 grant
for the Potomac River survey
underway by the Army Corps
of Engineers.
If the bill were to be recon-
sidered by Congress existing
confusion over how the money
was to be spent conceivably
could be unsnarled.
The Senate report on the bill |
barred consideration by the
engineers of hydro-electric de-
velopment along the river. A
separate resolution adopted by
the Senate Public Works Com
mittee excluded flood control, |
from the survey. But there was
no language in the bill itself |
pinpointing the course engi-
neers should follow.
Differ on Veto
Senate Republican Leader
Dirksen of Illinois said the
President made a strong case
in support of his veto. The
Senator expressed the belief
that Mr.. Eisenhower's fight for
sound fiscal policy has cought
on with the public and said he
would do all he can to sustain
the veto.
But acting Senate Demo-
cratic Leader Mansfield called |
the veto unfortunate, un-
necessary, and unwise." The |
Montana Democrat said the |
President ought to show as |
much interest in the develop
ment of our own resources at |
home as he shows in overseas
resources for other people.
Senator Morse, Democrat of |
Oregon, said Congress had cut |
the bill far below the Nations
requirements in an effort to |
avoid a veto, and nov we
have found that our efforts
were futile"
when the President goes to |
Russia" said Senator Morse,
81 hope he will educate him
self on this whole issue of
water resources development
by observing the "crash" pro-
grams underway in the Soviet
Union to harness and control
Russian water resources. He
will see just how shortsighted
and even ridiculous his no
new starts policy really is"
Sees Need for Economy
In his veto message, the
President hit the economy
theme hard.
81 believe that the American
people look to the government
to see that their tax money is |
spent only on necessary prof.
IectS and according to q priority