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differences have been held or
the Senate side, with a Senator
presiding.
2. The House demanded that
half the conferences be held on
the House side with a Repre-
sentative presiding. The Sen
ate offered to give in on this
tradition if the House would
let half of the bills originate in
the Senate.
8. When the House rejected
this settlement, the Senate
group offered to name a Spe-
cial committee to consider new
procedures for future years, if
the House would end the dead
lock by passing this years bills
under the time-honored system.
4. The House again rejected
this compromise by advising
the Senate it is ready to confer
on changes to be made effec-
tive this year. But there was
an "if"-the House was offer
ing to negotiate only on con-
ference procedure" The Sen
ate felt this would knock out
any consideration of its request
to have half the bills start on
the Senate side.
S. Senator Hayden responded
yesterday with an offer to ne
gotiate now if the House COM
mittee is willing to confer ION
all of the issues that divide us. !"
Senator Hayden also suggested
that additional issues are the
effective date of any agreed
upon change and whether the
legislative processes on the
current year appropriation bills
are to be delayed further pend
ing a solution"
Representative Cannon dis
patched this brief reply to Sem
ator Hayden late yesterday:
Am in receipt of your letter
Of July IL, and assure you that
representatives Of the House
Committee on Appropriations
will be glad to meet with you
and your committee for fur
ther discussion. With kindest
regards, your friend, Clarence
Cannon"
Although the letter did not
indicate whether the House
members we're prepared to dis
cuss all of the issues, as Sena-
tor Hayden had suggested, it
opened the door for a meeting
which could produce some Solu-
ton.
Operating on Emergency Rule
Senator Hayden expects to
name a special committee to-
day to meet with the House
group. II this new effort fails,
the Kennedy administration
and Democratic leaders in Con-
greSS will face a serious prob
lem in trying to make suitable
provision to finance the Gov
eminent for a fiscal year which
is already two weeks old.
Creation of a joint commit
tee on the budget, similar to
the one that works for both
chambers on tax problems, was
suggested today as a step that
might end the dispute.
The suggestion was con-
tanned in a letter from Senator
Robertson to House Speaker
Mccormack, and Endorsed by
Senate Republican Les der
Dirksen.
Both Senator'S pointed out
that the Craftsmanship Of the
Joint Committee on Internal
Revenue Taxation alternates
from year to year between the
Senate and the House.
Asks Speakers Support
Senator Robertson asked
Speaker Mccormack to give
his support to a bill the Sen
ate has passed in four differ
ent years to create a joint COM
mittee on the budget, but which
the House has never acted
upon. One such bill is pending
now In the House Rules Com
mittee.
Senator Robertson said If
such a joint setup existed now
between the Appropriation
Committees I'VE would not now
have a most unfortunate i'm
passe as to where conferences
are to be held and who is to
preside"
In backing up the Robertson
letter, Seantor Dirksen said he
was aware that the two Appro-
priation Committees are ar
ranging now to confer on their
diSagreements and suggested
that adoption of this Joint
budget committee idea would
"allay some of the apprehen-
sions and some of the friction. !"
The Government is operating
now on a blanket emergency
resolution which covers only
every day operating expenses.
Numerous new projects, includ-
ing those for national defense,
which are in the deadlocked
money bills. cannot be started
under this resolution.
The emergency resolution ex-
pireS July 81. and at least one
member of the Senate commit
tee-Senator Robertson, Demo-
crat of Virginia-has called for
a showdown with the House by
urging the Senate not to extend
it for August.
1t is not likely Congressional
leaders will let the controversy
go that far. but if a new con-
tinuing resolution should be-
come tied up in the dispute the
entire Government would be
left without funds on August /.
Incident Of 1889
This would be a drastic way
of forcing a settlement, but it
has happened before.