The Republican., 1960-09-08

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What Congress Left Undone-
What the seth Congress did is
small potatoes in comparison with
what is left undone. The list of
what it didn't do is long. With
politics in the air-on both sides
of the aisle. of course-there was
much jockeying for position in the
Senate and the calling up, par
ticularly in the bobtail session. of
measures which seemed to hold
the promise of political advantage,
with the result that legislation in
the national interest was neglected.
This was pointed up by U. S.
Senator Frank J. Lausche Demo-
crat, of Ohio in a dramatic and
earnest plea on the Senate Floor
for legislation to restrain the is
suance of passports to Commu-
nists. Senator Lausche said, in
part:
Some explanation will have to
be made to the question of why
We gave the utmost of considera-
ton to matters that could have
waited until next January, and
yet we declined to listen to the
plea of the Secretary of State,
who repeatedly has said, I need
this legislation. Please pass it,
What tremendous power is operat-
ing upon the Senate? Who is it
that possesses the influence to see
to il that such a bill is not brought
up for consideration? The
hcadman of the Communist as
sOciatiOn of the United States
testified that the bill should not
be passed. To him we listen.
To the Secretary of State we turn
deaf ear"
What happened to the legisla-
tive program? Note what happened
on the most talked about issues:
Civil Rights: The Senate Ma
iority leadership blocked all ac-
ton
Farm: Despite the promise made,
no farm bill was introduced.
Housing: Omnibus bill was
sidetracked by the Majority in the
House
School Aid: Begged down in the
House.
Defense: No more, no less, than
recommended by General Eisen-
hover
Minimum Wage: The titular head
of the Majority who sponsored
this legislation could not deliver
what he had promised.
Medical Care: In its final FORM
the legislation is much the same
as President Eisenhower favored,
not at all what the Majority
Leadership wanted.
Presidents Requests Ignored
On August 8, 1860, at the opening
of the bobtail session of Congress,
President Eisenhower sent to Con-
gress a list Of proposals for legis-
lation which he said were vital to
the national interest. This was not
in iest-or to embarrass the Ma
jority. It was a legislative program
which could have been enacted in
the short session. 1t was not a
new legislative program; it en-
bodied measures which the Presi-
dent had repeatedly urged Con-
gress to pass and on which Con-
gress had conducted hearings and
debate
The President, first of all, re-
quested four specific measures
ito build free world strength as
follows:
restoration of the over half
billion dollars that had been cut
from the appropriations for the
Mutual Security Program;
"a 100 million-dollar increase
in the Mutual Security Contin-
gency Fund, to enable us to
maintain ourselves in position
to give rapid backing to the Ell
forts of the United Nations;
authorization of 800 million
dollars to help our Latin Ameri-
can neighbors in their efforts to
strengthen the social and econom-
ic structure of their nations;
authorization for proposal to
the United Nations whereby we
and other fortunate nations can,
together, make greater use of our
combined agricultural abundance
to help feed the hungry OF the
world"
On the domestic front, President
Eisenhower asked that the two
major deletions of the Civil Rights
measure previously passed by TINS