The Daily Nebraskan
Wednesday Januory 16, 1963
POLITICAL CONTRAST
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REPUBLICAN
by mark anderson
The timing of the Cu
ban crisis helped make
the 88th Congress numer
ically little changed from
its predecessor. In the
House the Democrats
dropped four and Repub
licans gained two. The
Senate is a 67-33 rubber
stamp with a Kennedy
profile.
. Opposition to Kennedy's
legislation is rising, how
ever. The 261-174 House
breakdown would seem to
provide the Administra
tion with the same close
votes on key issues, there
is a revival of the Repub
coalition. This phenome
non stems from last elec
tions surprising GOP
strength in the South.
Dixie representatives will
be far less inclined to
vote liberal (even for Ken
nedy patronage) this ses
sion for fear of a voter's
shift to the more conserv
ative Republicans.
One of the earliest bat
tles will be over the
House Rules Committee
which acts as a clearing
house for bills from other
committees on the way to
years ago the Administra
tion and Sam Raybum
managed to add two Dem
ocrats and one Republi
can to help liberal legis
lation. Unless the Admin
istration can again do the
same (without Ray burn)
the Committee will revert
to the original 12 mem
bers with conservative
control. Power returned
to Howard Smith, veter
an conservative chairman
who bottles legislation
like milk, would, in Ken
nedy's term, "emascu
late" his whole program.
Even so, many Republi
cans may go along with
the Administration so as
not to provide Kennedy
with a scapegoat to use
in '64.
The Kennedy senior cit
izen panacea, Medicare,
will be back for only the
price of a stiff rise in
payroll deductions plus
socialization of medicine.
Since Senator Kerr's
death the chances are
good the Senate will buy
the stuff. Even if a bill
gets out of committee
there is only a slight
chance the House will
pass it The Republican
supported Kerr-Mills law
should pre-empt any Ad
ministration compromise
attempts.
Federal aid to educa
tion died in committee
last year and will prob
ably meet the same
worthy fate. Chances for
passage depend on chang
i n g approximately 37
House votes, the Rules
Committee, and the abili
ty of the bill's authors to
avoid or resolve the con
stitutional state-church re
lation controversy. Con-
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by gary thompson
It is always interesting
to do some speculating as
to what will be new laws
by the end of an upcom
ing Congressional session,
and as the 88th Congress
gets under way, it is par
ticularly interesting to
guess about the prospects
of the Kennedy Adminis
tration's proposals as
compared with last year.
There are several rea
sons to believe that the
administration will not
have as rough a time in
this session as it had in
the last.
The first reason is that
on November 6 the voters
of this nation gave the
Democratic Party the
greatest off-year election
victory since the early
days of the Franklin
Roosevelt administration.
This should be interpreted
as an endorsement of the
present
on.
servatives will continue
to oppose federal aid be-,
cause of pontential feder
al control and massive
costs overlapping with
state and local progress.
Tax deduction and re
form is the only major
new proposition facing
Congress. Labor, busi
ness, economists, and the
Administration all favor
an $8-10 billion tax cut to
stimulate private invest
in e n t and consumer
spending in varying pro
portions. Democrats may
push for a cut this year
and another next (just be
fore elections) along with
some reform. Opposition
will come more from def
icit minded Harry Byrd
of the Senate Finance
Committee and Repre
sentative Wilbur Mills of
the Ways and Means unit
than Republicans in gen
eral. Complications are in
abundance. Skybolt, RS
70, the sordid Katanga af
fair, Senator Symington's
defense stockpiling politi
cal sideshow, and a liber
al push in the Senate to
change the 2-3 vote to a
majority required to cut
off filibusters constitute a
sampling.
In short, Republican
strategy will consist of
(1) blocking the irrespon
sibilities of federal aid to
education, Medicare, and
massive central govern
ment expansions, (2) par
ticipation in shaping a
new tax program, and
(3) supporting JFK's too
few, too far between, and
toe late anti-Communist
actions. The last will be
supplemented with a for
ward strategy to contrast
the Administration's va
cillatory policy which al
lowed the Berlin Wall to
be built, Laos to fall,
anti-Communist Katanga
be overrun by group of
to no one, and which al
lows Castro to go on in
filtrating South America.
Congress this year should
recognize this and be
more inclined toward a
favorable position regard
ing 'the Presidents pro
posals. The second reason is
perhaps more important.
President Kennedy has
learned a great deal from
his experiences with the
87th Congress. He and his
cabinet members will not
introduce as "radical"
legislation as they did last
year realizing that these
may have been a little
ahead of their time. Rath
er, compromises on such
things as medicare, the
farm program, and urb
an affairs will be spon
sored and should be
passed.
Generally speak
ing, there should be quite
a bit more cooperation
with this Congress and
the Administration, but
the President certainly
will not have clear sailing
all the way.
One of the President's
prime objectives this year
is a pretty substantial tax
cut. The chances are that
he will get part of this,
but not all he wants. The
same holds true for feder
al aid to education and
foreign aid. Kennedy will
ask for quite a bit in
these areas and will get
part of it, but he is cer
tain not to get all he asks
for.
In other areas Congress
and the Administration
are already pretty well in
agreement. Congress will
undoubtedly approve Ken
nedy's record setting de
fense budget, it will ap
propriate funds for an Ad
ministration plan for aid
to commuter transporta
tion, and it will support
an Administrative recom
mendation to boost millta
ry pay.
All in all, we might say
that while the 88th Con
g r e s s will be far from
giving Prsident Kennedy
a carte blanche on legis
lative proposals, the Ad
ministration should be
able to get a good num
ber of bills enacted into
law by the end of this
year.
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in Home Ec, who will com
pete in the national "Make-It-Yourself-With-Wool
contest.
Miss Koelling won the Kansas-Nebraska
contest with a
beryl blue mohair coat and
crepe sheath dress.
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