Show TH IS aci acl 4 4 liri 1161 1 on the domestic front this week several interesting developments I 1 took the play away for a time from the international legislation such as ECA riat nations ions lons and the arms arins program these developments included the revelation that seri serl styles bridges R nii N H was drawing a 1 salary of from a private special interest the pension fund of the united mine workers that religious i dice is blocking passage of at least two important democratic j campaign pledges and that so called five percent investigation tio n is being fanned into what anti antt t i forces hope may be a full scale scandal observers here recall the dramatic last minute deal whereby congressman joe martin of massachusetts former house speaker and bridges were able abie to call off the coal strike and at the same time bridges and john L lewis became the majority team in directing the million pension fund of the miners the other member is is ezra van horn florn coal operators depre tentative senta tive who draws from the aton a ton royal ty which amounts to a 20 cent tax on oil each ton of coal mined bear in mind that senator bridges action is legal although lie he is drawing a salary from the genera general 1 taxpaying i ng pu public bli bil c as a united states senator of 12 plus an additional nontaxable non taxable allowance of 2500 for expenses plus the annual salary paid by those who buy coal amounting to a total of per year it is possible that other senators obtain money outside their salaries fi from rom their private business but this is from a private enterprise upon which senator bridges is called upon to cast his vote for legislation observers here point to the fact that the miners fund paid out more last year than it received indic indicating aUng that the royalty t y or tax mus must t b be e I 1 increased nerease d t to 0 keep the fund solvent despite the fact that president truman h has as made a special appeal to congress for a halll to provide federal aid for education the turmoil raised as a result of the bill introduced in the house by congressman graham am A barden of north caro I 1 ina inn which the catholic hierarchy declares is anti antl catholic likely will result in no action on federal aid at this session of the congress the exchange of letters letter S and st statements ate ments between mrs franklin D roosevelt and francis cardinal spellman an of the catholic church at least had th the e effe effect c t of clarifying g th the e atmosphere mo sphere on this moot question in that the cardinal insists chati that on only 1 y aux auxiliary ili lil nry ary services i ces suc such h as tr transportation free text books and health services arc in quasion que sion and not gener general al aid for maintenance or operation of p parochial aro c hial or p private schools school s mrs roosevelt said this was a fair clarification of the i issues issues wh what a t th the e B barden ar d en bi bill 1 1 did was to prohibit prohibit use of federal funds for these auxiliary services altho the supreme court has ruled that such services or expenditures tures of public money for p parochial ar oc hial s schools are arc ir e n not ot a violation of the conati constitutional tut ional lonai prohibition hibi hibit lon tion the issue of states rights aso also aiso is paramount in the consi consideration dera defa fl of the federal aid to education bill or thomas bill recognizes these rights by permitting the states to use the federal mo money nl y or as th they cy see fit whether for or against these auxiliary services or br parochial or private schools for the benefit of the general public there are arc five states which permit the expenditure of public funds for free frer non re legious text books in parochial schools these states are louisiana mississippi new mexico I 1 oregon and arid west virginia the tile 5 percent invest investigation igat ion lon is considered here as made work for republican members of congress for instance a former colonel of the army irmy james V hunt is under tinder probe as a dealer in influence because he knew the right people in in wash i mcton muton this is is another instance of smearing a man or men by a senate committee there is no legal action which can be taken against hunt for telling anybody that ho he had influence in wash |