Evening star., 1961-08-17
HouseLeaders
Seek 10 Revive
LOng-TermAid
Compromise Move
Now Must Await
End Of Debate
By ]. A. O'LEARY
Star staff Writer

House leaders today were
looking for a way to revive
President Kennedy'S long term
foreign loan program with a
compromise more moderate
than the decision which tenta-
lively killed the program yes
terday.
Speaker Rayburn said at |
noon today he did not know
whether there would be a roll
call to reverse yesterdays ac-
tion because some members were
still considering offering a sub
stitute.
But shortly after the House
met, it moved on to other parts
of the bill without altering yes
terday's decision.
Appeal by Kennedy
This means that the only
opportunity for adoption of a.
compromise will come at the
end of the debate, when the
House must act, with or with
out a roll call, on all tentative
decisions. There is a posi-
bility that just before final
passage a new compromise
could be offered as part of a
motion to recommit the bill to
committee. This technical mo-
ton could be the vehicle for
instructing the committee to
report back a compromise i'm
mediately.
President Kennedy appealed
to the House before it met to-
day to reverse yesterdays ac-
ton, calling attention to the
serious effect it could have in
view of present world condi-
tions.
The amendment adopted yes
terday by an unrecorded vote
of 1877 to 1875, wiped out the
Presidents request for author
ity to borrow $8.8 billion from
the Treasury over the next five
years.
New Compromise Discussed
Offered by Representative
Saund, Democrat of California,
it substituted authority for
Congress to appropriate only
$1.2 billion for one year.
The new compromise being
talked about today would give
| the President a four-year bill
without borrowing authority.
Some informed sources at
the Capitol believe this is the
best proposition the admins
tration can get through the
. House. But no firm decision to
; offer it had been reached early
. this afternoon by the coalition
of conservatives. Meanwhile,
the Senate, which has cut the
Presidents figures by about 81
? billion without impairing the
/ five-year duration or the bor-
! rowing authority, was still de-
: batting other changes in the
+ bill.
Passage Seen Tomorrow
Both Houses are expected tt
S pass different versions of the
r bill by tomorrow evening anc
+ let conferees work out the fina
solution.
r Democratic Representative
e Gary of Virginia and Republi
= can Representative Judd O.
# Minnesota have a compromisC
It drafted which may be called VI
" as a means for getting rid o
the more drastic Saund pro
d posal now in the bill.
Il The Gary-Judd plan woult
n prohibit Treasury borrowing
y which has aroused the strong
q est opposition, but would Civ
e Mr.. Kennedy authority t
e. seek appropriations totalin
s $3.9 billion from Congress owe
the next four years. Countin
repayments on loans to othe
countries, this would make
total of about S. billion avail
able over the four years.
Curtis Move Fails
Meanwhile, a move to broad
en- the Saund amendment b
authorizing appropriations fc
lie another two fiscal years wa
le rejected by the House tn.
afternoon.
e This amendment proposed b
is Representative Curtis, Repuh
as lican of Massachusetts,, woul
E. not have allowed Treasur
Of borrowing and would not hav
changed the Saund amendmer
es authoritizing a $1.2 billion ar
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