Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-07
By J. A. OTEARY
Star Staff Writer

star SteII WRITER
The Senate and House Appro-
priations COMMITTEES may call
a truce soon until January in
their battle over procedure,
which has blocked passage of
all money bills for this year.
A deadlock has prevailed for
three months because the House
wants one of its members to
preside at half of the joint
meetings. The Senate COM
mittee has said it will agree to
this change only If the House
will let half of the bills origi-
nate in the Senate.
The House committee has
been unwilling to accept this
change.
The Senate committee opened
the way for an armistice yes
terday when it offered to study
ANY fair and reasonable
changes in procedure" for fu-
ture years if the House COM
mittee will agree to let this
years bills be completed under
the old rules.
The old rules provide that
all appropriation bills start in
the House, but all joint confer
ences are held on the Senate
side with a Senator presiding.
To Call Committee
House Chairman Clarence
Cannon said he would call his
committee to meet, probably
Monday morning, to consider
this latest proposal. He said
he could not comment in the
meantime, or predict what his
colleagues will do. But he
added that any proposal is a
basis for possible settlement.
Some solution must be
reached soon because since
July / the entire Government
has been operating on a tenn
porary resolution. which merely
continues everyday operating
expenses, with no new projects
authorized. This resolution is
good only for July.
In addition to offering the
House a joint study of future
changes, the Senate committee
approved a unanimous vote of
confidence in its chairman,
veteran Senator Carl Hayden of
Arizona, who has become the
first man to serve more than
so years in Congress.
The Senate committee said
it was adopting this resolution
because in recent weeks Sena-
toy Hayden has been the VIC
tim of a vicious and unfair at
tack, blaming him for the de-
lay in the enactment" of the
appropriation bills.
From Some Media
Senator Russell, Democrat of
Georgia, told reporters the at
tack on Senator Hayden was
not from any members of the
House, but came from some
newspapers and other media of
communication. The resolu-
ton read in part:
Despite the eminent fair
ness Of the position of the Com
mittee on Appropriations, some
elements of the press and other
media of communication have
twisted the facts and denounced
the chairman of the Senate
committee as If he were an
aggressor who was responsible
for the delay in consideration
of said appropriation bills.
1.-THE chairman Of the Sen
ate Committee on Appropria-
tons has not taken any posi-
ton, either publicly or in
negotiations with the House
Committee on Appropriations,
that has not had prior approval
by unanimous vote of the Sen
ate Committee on Appropria-
tons, without regard to party
affiliation of its members.
For any news media to
charge him with being respon-
sible for the unfortunate i'm
passe which threatens the OPP
erations of the Government is
in the same category as assert
ing that Hitler's movement into
Poland, precipitating World
War II, was a purely defensive
movement to resist the ag-
erosion of the armed forces
of Poland.
Therefore, be it resolved by
the Senate Committee on APP
preparations that this commit
tee unanimously supports the
position of its chairman in de-