Show LOWY TORAY DAY DOUG A 4 commentary mom wa washington DOUGLAS R first when the tho shooting and the tumult dies As this newsletter is in written congress is still ili ars sion but all major has been acted noon and iii UK only work left to br be before official adjournment is the matter of confere conference c reports to iron out difference differences between bills passed b the tile house ald ad ak which aich abc haye been approved by the S St sanite nite e tills this has indeed I 1 rn 1 antous session several Sc veril of mv good 0 d friends who hiar beer beet in F congress 0 gress for 20 nears or more have told me that they cant recall a more active sc session s hotl ol 01 one le filled with such historic lii storn debates and where so much constructive legislation has been enacted into law upon reviewing the tie tle number n u aber of bills we have accomplished mot most of our legislative objectives and nd have adopted a program that will help and benefit every person in america in ili numerous ways following is a brief sum mary marr of legislative action brok en down by subject matter tins this is only a skeleton outline of the tile thousands of measures enacted by congress agriculture after much debate and demagoguery both the house and senate approved the flexible farm support program gram recommended by president pres iTro ent eisenhower and own secretary benson this will insure that more goods move into consumption instead of into storage the wool bill which I 1 sponsored was signed into law and will provide real incentive for sheep men reclamation in the field of reclamation we were thwarted in our efforts to obtain final authorization for the upper colorado river project because of an opposing coalition of democrats southern california congressmen and a few republican gressmen big ig city representatives who have always opposed irrigation prospects are seemingly I 1 for early approval in ICY the next session and and we have received pledges from several california congressmen to resolve differences and eliminate objections they presently have to this project we were successful in obtaining 79 million for continuation of the weber basin project and sec of the interior mckay and president eisenhower have assured us they will include new reclamation starts as must legislation during the next fiscal year mining another bill which I 1 jointly sponsored with other western representatives will do much to aid and foster explore tion on the public domain this legislation commonly referred to as the multiple purpose mineral development bill will permit simultaneous leases for gas and oil claims for minerals to be filed on the same as public land in this way development of the uranium and oil and gas resources in utah will be greata greatly facilitated moneys derevey derived from these leases go into school fund labor while amendments to the tall Taft hartley act art were blocked largely because of union opposition many other changes cli anges were made such as increased social security benefits and extension of unemployment coverage which will aid millions of workers strikes and dissension between labor and management were held at a minimum because of better administration of existing laws by the labor department part ment taxes individual and co corporate taxpayers received tax reductions totaling more than 74 billion dollars a year in the new revenue laws adopted by congress for the first time in over 73 75 years the entire internal revenue code has been corn com to lately revised and brought up to date tax reductions inns are aimed at providing both tax relief and incentive to our wage earners and to american businessmen who who provide the jobs making ours the highest standard of living on the lace face of the eath rth housing As a member of the house banking and currency committee I 1 helped to draft legislation which will permit many ny more persons in our coun caulk try to purchase new homes be rt visions we made to the F IL A regulations will permit lower down payments longer mortgage per periods lods and less red tape for for families who want to own their own homes foreign attain affairs the end of th the e korean war and settlement of the conflict in indo china has returned peace to the world for the first time in more than three decades we have adopted a more mom positive attitude inseal ing with the threat df 61 comma rustic aggression and have ba ve passed legislation which will permit the justice department to more effectively deal with subversion in our town own country we drastically dashed sums appropriated for foreign aid and served warning ito our mw so called frien friends ds and allies i that they would have to learn to 10 stand on an their own feet irether than depend i ion on continued hand out public works Wor kyA A bah iah which immo improve abe highways fiew of our tuition mum anspro 12 vide e more mon and better federal abw anil I 1 post r at lea cod W was w undertaken by CM Cong ressy during athle alon more th than a billion mon dollar in ili fad funds wilt ho he pined 1 d I tol roni road enri ginipro nn ri i betit lining im lilg fa 11 an fn al clift ne post pot of fit buildings hilli dillig 1111 b I 1 noih ilo pus isible b it a lva leim at 11 luul privat builders will anif tin api lil iiii d giuli sam ull vill pun purt lla liisi torel need 1 I 1 on oil tin ailt biln I 1 beille atoo so el stis step liv been heen taken towards toward i 1 completa com al of thi this chinti s eill needs ind national Nil lation conference ha ixon Il doIl t to li 11 th fm fill a i program of odeil federal cooperation to 1 provide ovide more ind and bl ater foi fo I 1 tin the nation iii tion s youth we wc must work nork out a pro grani winch will airm idt tin tit iet it t the lovkvist ost ot without ins ing feci eral control and regula ilon on oil out doai school als 11 tracts civil service si arvice Ini improved proved day ibid 1 fringe benefits foi our iiii na eions civil service and po postal tal workers will insure that govern iii tiit employees will receive a full din acis tv fo foi an all honest I 1 est das dabs work every effort lias has been made to reward competence and eliminate inefficiency in our sprawling government departments and bureaus we have got more work dene done and accomplished it with fewer e employees in the job of exposing graft corruption and fraud is tedious and unpleasant but one Elsen F isenhower hower administration has clearly indicated it will not tolerate federal officials who are more interested in feathering their own nests than in serving their country veterans we have not forgotten our debt debi of gratitude to those men in uniform have served so long and valiantly in defense of their country increased benefits for the present members of our armed forces and for veterans have been provided in legislation adopted by this past congress stress has been placed upon providing incentive and opportunity to the veteran for job advancement rather than simply increasing federal handouts national prosperity finally a major portion of the legislation enacted by congress has been aimed at restoring faith and confidence in our system of free enterprise and eliminating elk mi allut the socialistic trend of the past 20 years our nations manufacturers and businessmen have indicated their unflagging belief in ili the policies of the republican administration by spending more billions for new construction and plant improvement im rove than in any year r an fn n history america is on the march we have and will continue to pursue a course which will provide peace happiness and domestic tranquility for all of our people |