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CONGRESS
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Committee met this morning
it voted down the Senate bill.
The committee then adopted,
18 to II, motion by Represen-
tative Poage. Democrat of
Texas, instructing Chairman
Cooley to object to any effort to
concur in the Senate bill either
on the House floor or in confer
ence. The motion also author
lied the chairman to decide
whether to go to conference
with the Senate, with the sug-,
gestion that he not agree to
confer unless requested by the
Senate.
Veto Discussed
In passing its bill. the Senate
deferred asking for a confer
ence to see if the House would
accept it..
During the Senate debate last
night. there was talk that the
House bill would be vetoed and
that the President might even
call Congress back If it ad-
journed without settling the
sugar question.
In the rush to start home
last night, both houses had
cleaned up all other urgent
business, including:
/. A final catch-all appropri-
alton bill, carrying a Sos mil
| lion compromise increase in the
$3.7 billion foreign aid fund
voted earlier. This was less
than half of the $190 million
the Senate had approved. The
foreign aid total is about $500
million more than was appro-
priated last year, but is still
more then $400 million under
the administration request for
this year.
! housing Dill Okaye0
2. A stop-gap housing bill
continuing three programs that
were about to lapse, namely:
Insurance of home repair loans,
$500 million for college dormi-
tory loans and $50 million for
| community facilities.
| 3. The administration re-
quest for authority to plan a
5000 million economic aid pro-
gram for Latin American coun- =.
tries, for which an appropria-
ton will be sought next year.
4. An increase in the Gov
ernment price support on milk
used for manufacturing - the
only farm measure this short
session was able to agree on.
This was the second time
this year a sugar bill had de-
layed adjournment. When Con-
gress was trying to quit for the
political conventions, it was in
session until early Sunday
morning, July 3, before agree
ment on bill to let Mr.. Eisen-
hover cut off Cuba's quota.
Representative Cooley accused
the Senate of treating us like
morons," and the State Depart
ment of seeking to overthrow
the regime of Gen. Trujillo. He
called his committee to meet
on the controversy.
IF the executive wants to
declare war on the Dominican
Republic, that's one thing
said Mr.. Cooley. But If he
wants to maneuver Congress
into declaring war that's
another, and that's what the
administration bill would do"
Representative Halleck Of
Indiana, House Republican
Leader. replied: This is a
Democratic Congress. The
Democrats are running it
real WE'LL"
In Political Arena
Regardless of the outcome Of
the sugar night, the record Of
this post convention session
will be hotly debated by Repub-
licans and Democrats in the
presidential campaign.
Republicans already are say
ing the record shows the Demo-
Gratis canno5 carry out their
promises even with a two
thirds majority in both houses.
Democrats will argue that the
Republicans opposed their ef-
forts to get liberal laws in such
fields as minimum wage and
the social security type of med
ical care for the aged.
Actually, Southern Demo-
Gratis held the balance of power
on these major issues and
played 4 decisive role in what
the session did and did not
accomplish.