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Show C (HiiG R E S S 1 0 lhhgm Q What region, as represented In Congress, has supported President Eisenhower most strongly? A According to a Congressional Quarterly analysis of roll-can votes through June 25, Eastern Senators and Representatives hav most consistently stood "with" the President In votes on Issues clearly related to his program and leadership. Mr. Elsenhower's steadiest opposition on major "test votes" has come from Southerner in Congress. Con-gress. Q Has Congress rejected any of President Elsenhower's specific proposals? A By the end of the first six months of the year, Just one had been rejected. (Others had not yet received final Congressional action.) In his State of the Union message Feb. 2, Mr. Eisenhower requested a Congressional resolution nullifying commitments "in secret understandings un-derstandings of the past with foreign governments which permit . . . enslavement." Consideration of the resolution became ensnared en-snared in a dispute over wording Democrats opposing possible interpretations in-terpretations that Congress would be criticizing foreign policy under the Roosevelt and Truman Administrations and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee tabled it March 10. Q How was the power of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs ef Staff increased by the Defense Department reorganization, which became be-came effective June 30? A The Chairman, under the new plan, is responsible for managing the Joint Staff, a group of officers upon which the JCS depends for preliminary studies and recommendations. Under the old set-up, the four-man JCS was collectively responsible for the Joint Staff. (Copjrlf hi 1963, CBf reimlcul QurUrlr) |