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House Committee Delays
Action on Road Program
By I. A. O’LEARY
The House Public Works Com
mittee today delayed a decision
until Monday on an expanded
highway program, one of the five
major issues which President
Elsenhower indicated yesterday
he a ants acted on at this ses
sion.
A subcommittee of nine was
set up by the full committee this
morning to go over several high
way bills. Including the Presi
dent's plan for a special bond is
sue.
Present indications, however,
are that the House group will
follow the Senate decision to in
crease direct appropriations in
stead of selling bonds. Some
House members want the bill to
include higher motor fuel taxes
to finance the program.
Fallon Is Chairman
Representative Fallon, Demo
crat of Maryland, will head the
subcommittee. He is sponsoring
one bill which includes higher
taxes to pay for the road pro
gram.
Others on the subcommittee
are Representatives Blatnik of
Minnesota, Jones of Alabama,
Dempsey of New Mexico and
Smith of Mississippi, Democrats;
Dondero of Michigan, McGregor
of Ohio, Mack of Washington
and George of Kansas, Republi
cans.
Mr. Eisenhower told his news
Brother Denies
Spying by White
BROOKLINE, Mass., July 6
I/P). The brother of the late
Harry Dexter White yesterday
termed as “nothing short of ri
diculous” a statement by Sena
tor Eastland, Democrat of Mis
sissippi that White had a world
wide commercial espionage sys
tem reporting to him.
Nathan I. White, brother of
- former Treasury official, said
Senator Eastland’s summary "is
an exaVnple of the sophistries to
which some Congressmen will re
sort in order to keep alive their
fading charge of ‘2O years of
treason. ”*
Excerpts From Diaries
Senator Eastland said on Sun
day excerpts from the diaries of
former Secretary of the Treas
ury Morgenthau showed Harry
Dexter White’s “*nack of seiz
ing power and for broadening
and deepening any authority
given him.”
Harry Dexter White died in
1948, three days after he de
nied being a Communist in testi
mony before the House Un-
American Activities Committee
Nathan White said Senator
Eastland did not choose to in-J
elude in his press release "thtfl
laudatory statements made about
White which appear in the com
mittee report.” Senator Eastland
is chairman s>t the Senate In
ternal Security Committee.
Cordell Hull Quoted,
“When,” Nathan White con
tinued, "shortly after Pearl Har
bor, Morgenthau phoned Secre
tary of State Cordell Hull that
he had appointed Harry White
his right hand man, Hull said
that White was a ‘very high
class fellow’ and that he was ‘a
very suitable man’ for the job.
“Nor did Senator Eastland
choose to quote Mr. Morgen
thau’s statement to the commit
tee that ‘White was one of the
few men outside the business
world who had thorough train
ing and experience in the inter
national monetary field.’”
Mr. Morgenthau told Senator
Eastland’s group June 1 that
while he was Secretary of the
Treasury he had no reason to
question White’s loyalty. He said
that he did not learn of the
charges against White until
sometime afte he, Morgenthau,
resigned from the Treasury.
Transit Agreement
Reached in Chicago
CHICAGO, July 6
ment on a new contract was an
nounced last night shortly before
10,000 transit workers were to
take a strike vote against the
Chicago Transit Authority.
Terms of the settlement in
clude a 12'/2-cent-an-hour wage
increase retroactive to June 1,
to be followed by a 2 Vi-cent in
crease December 1 and a 5-cent
raise effective June 1, 1956.
A cost-of-living allowance will
be determined on a quarterly
basis, taking effect December 1.
Present scales are $2 an hour
for operators of one-man surface
vehicles, the majority of CTA
employes; $1.90 for two-man
streetcars, $1,911 for L-subway
motormen and $1,865 for L con
ductors.
Virgil Gunlock, chairman of
the CTA board, estimated the
contract would cost an additional
$2.5 million the first year and
$5,790,000 the second year.
He added that much of the
additional cost will be paid for
out of $4,5 million a year gained
by CTA in its recent exemption
from payment of the State gaso
line tax.
Music Fair Planned
Plans for the fourth interna
tional music competition spon
sored by West German radio
stations are announced in Mu
nich.
DOWNTOWN :S
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conference today that he was
confident not only that Congress
will act on most of the major
bills sought by the administra
tion. but that it will do so in time
to adjourn by the end of July.
Doabts Longer Session
A reporter asked whether he
thought Congress should stay in
session a little longer this sum
mer if there is doubt that the
legislation can be enacted before
August *
The President chuckled and
said he was not particularly
eager for Congress to remain in
session. He remarked that Con
gress can do a lot in a very short
time. Mr. Eisenhower added that
be hopes that will be the case
this month.
Earlier today Republican con
gressional leaders reviewed the
, legislative situation with Mr.
| Eisenhower again and supple
, mented yesterday's list of five
: bills.
Senate! Republican Leader
Knowland told reporters that
i they had not intended to give
; the impression that the admin
, istration had a “must” list of
I five pieces of legislation on which
they will concentrate to get
• through.
1 More Bills Discussed
The list of five bills mentioned
, after yesterday’s conference with
! Mr. Eisenhower included legis
lation providing for the Presi
dent’s atomic peace ship, the
military reserve bill, highway
construction program, the new
housing program and the school
construction bill.
I Senator Knowland said many
1 more bills were discussed at to
day’s meeting. TJiese included
3 Philippine trade extension, polio
: vaccine and mental health bills,
r mutual security appropriations,
- minimum wage, customs law
. implifleation, airport construc
tion, military public works, small
- business expansion and amend
- ments to the refugee law.
Senator Knowland said he felt
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good batting average” on enact
ing the administration'! entire
legislative program by adjourn
ment time.
Regarding the atomic peace
ships. House G. O. P. Leader
Martin pointed out yesterday
that the House has never
voted on the issue, but
will have a chance on a bill
reported by the Merchant Marine
Committee calling for the build
ing of two surface cargo vessels.
The highway bill which passed
tbe Senate six weeks ago bore
little resemblance to tbe plan the
President recommended. He
. wanted a S3B billion 10-year pro
gram, of which s2l billion would
have been obtained through a
[ special bond issue to complete
, the cross-county interstate sys
, tern.
Democratic Substitute
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' cratic substitute calling for an
1 outlay of sls billion by the Fed
eral and State governments on
' a matching basis over a five-year
‘ period. All of this money would
• be direct appropriations, with no
' special bond issue.
1 Sponsored by Senator Gbre,
Democrat of Tennessee, the Sen
■ ate bill contained no new rev
t enue to finance the program, be
; cause the Senate cannot under
■ the Constitution originate tax
f bills.
i Bills In Committee
Most of the major subjects on
which the President wants ac
tion are in House committees,
. except the military reserve pro
: gram. The Senate Armed Serv
-1 ices Committee will start hear
' ings tomorrow on a House-ap
[ proved reserve program.
■ Meanwhile, the Senate planned
to act in the next day or two
on extension of the Defense
Production Act, which is needed
by the administration to grant
' priorities and allocation* of ma
' terials for the defense program.
I Acting Majority Leader Clem
> ents of Kentucky announced fol
. lowing .a Democratic Policy Com
• mittee meeting yesterday that
' the committee agreed unani
‘ mously to continue the policies
1 laid down by Majority Leader
■ Lyndon Johnson of Texas be
fore he was hospitalized Satur
t day by a heart attack.
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