Show Report from Rep Burton i Marry Important Bins s in hi Congress Threatened by Lack of Time By Rep Laurence J Burton Burtan I Now that the Convention dust has finally settled at Chicago and aced Miami its it's back to work Con Congress ress will pitk up where it left off a month ago to try and complete business for the loth Congress Its It's doubtful Congress can really do much before the is nothing but a memory Sen ate Majority Loader Mike Mansfield of Montana said Con Con- Congress gross gress might celebrate Christ mae mas this year hard at work in the Capitol A House leader said Congress might recess again for the elections and then com come back for the remaining days In November and Decem her ber But most Congressmen be be- be behove hove lIeve that when Congress gets to business this week welk it will be a month to a month month- half a of work and that's It And If you can judge this years year's session to with past extra sessions not much can be hoped for In past President President- Presidential ial election years there have been five extra extra sessions called i after the National Conventions None really accomplished much The last extra session in a Presidential year was four years ago when Congress finally adjourned October 3 1964 Out of the hundreds of bills before the two chambers the Pro Pre signed but 15 major bills during the entire year and Congress itself left 13 major bills to virtually die bee because a use of no action taken Of course its it's not really as bleak as one might think For instance out of the Con Con- Congress gress have conic come several good bills One was the Omnibus Crime Bill We have watched on TV and read In the newspapers how crime has been on the in in- in increase crease In all of our major cit cit cit- its les The Crime Bill Is a start Natu ally It wont won't satisfy ever everyone on or solve all the pro but It is a beginning Our low income families in inthe inthe the nation are now being given the opportunity to buy housing with low interest rates thanks to the Housing and Urban Dev Act Other legislation includes the Truth In Lending Act National School Lunch Program and unfortunately the surtax I Isay I Isay say unfortunately be be- be because cause nobody wants to pay any higher taxes then we presently do but if the surtax had not been imposed the fiscal pro of the country would be much greater than they pre pre pre- presently are But what about the remain remain- log ing days left In the Nat Nat- too much mitch legislation and not enough time tinie are the main problems Some of the major Items confronting the Congress Include the follow follow- following Ing 1 The Colorado River Pro Pro- Project jeet Bill passed by both House and Senate and by a confer enco ence committee should have easy sailing to the Presidents President's desk for signature 2 A Welfare and Pension Plan Protection Act to protect the interests of participants in welfare and pension benefit plans 3 The establishment of a national water commission pro pro- providing providing viding for a comprehensive reo cc- view of national and water re re- re resource source problems and programs 4 A regional medical pro pro- program program gram which would extend money to programs Initiated by Heart Disease Cancer Cancel and Stroke problems The legis lotion laUon also authorizes grants for construction of facilities for the prevention and treatment of al al- al alcoholism 5 A bill which would facil facil- facil facilitate naturalization ure of aliens serving sel In the US Armed Forces This would solve problems of the type which occurred in Salt ake City not too long ago when a aboy aboy boy who served In the Armed Forces was denied citizenship and was almost deported from from this country 6 Legislation providing for protection of public health Irons from radiation from elec dee Ironic products such as asI TV sets I 7 Legislation which would Increase penalties for illegal manufacture and traffic of LSD and other dangerous drugs I 8 The Firearms Control Act should bring forth another donnybrook in the Senate as asit asit it did In the House Not too many members are all enthus enthus- enthused ed cd about the way the first gun control amendment was ram ram- rammed med through 9 There is a bill on Na Na- Na National Wild and Scenic Rivers which would affect seven rivers in five western states 10 The Flaming Gorge Bm Bill putting the recreation area un an- an ander der administration of one de do- do the US Forest Ser vice 11 A National Trails Bill which includes the Mormon Pioneer Trail and the Mormon Battalion Trail The bill which has passed both the House and the Senate now fares faces final act ion In a conference committee 12 Legislation providing for forthe forthe the continued continue development of a safe and efficIent national all air port and airway system 13 Education bills In- In Including in eluding a year five extension of the Education Facilities Act the National Defense Ed- Ed Education Education Act and the extension and improvement of the Voca lIonal Act 14 Legislation for the revis Ion of the Subversive Activities Control Act 15 During such an import import- important ant election year there should be a suspension of the FCC Equal Time provision to en en- en enable able n a Nixon Nixon-Humphrey debate without having to give equal time to the numerous other Presidential candidates I In- In Intend intend tend to support this legislation should It come up during the extra session 16 The Abe Aba Fortas appoint appoint- appointment ment to Chief Justice of the Supreme Court will probably be beheld beheld held up by the Senate until next session 17 And certainly tion and appropriation legisla- legisla legislation tion will be completed for foreign aid and defense Theodore White wrote in Making of a President 1960 that the extra Congressional session after the conven conven- conventions was a purposeless ses ses- ses slon sian I dont don't think well we'll churn out the bills bilis as some expect but I 1 do think this extra ses sos sos- sion will vill see some benefit to the people of the country Mrs R H Dorothy bacher returned home Monday from the St Marks Mark's Hospital where she spent five days |