No Money For Roads Approved
The House Public Works Committee backed a plan to keep interstate highway construction at current rates for 13 years but rejected the Ways and Means proposal for a billion-dollar bond funded by a higher excise tax on new automobiles. Senator Harry F Byrd criticized the bond idea as unrealistic, warning debt and interest would rise indefinitely. Eisenhower urged raising the gasoline tax, but the House committee rejected increases. The piece notes a highway funding shortfall and a rapid antelope can reach 45 mph.
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Washington
House Public Works Committee
House
Ways and Means Committee
Ways and Means
Byrd
Harry FL Byrd
D-Vai
Eisenhower
Meany Opposes Ike Labor Bill in Radio Speech
AFL-CIO President George Meany dismissed President Eisenhower’s labor reform bill as a blunder that would harm unions whether crooks or clean. He urged passage of a broader measure aimed at removing corruption, while noting most people favor legislation to curb union abuses. The clash comes as Congress eyes three main proposals modeled on a Senate plan.
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Washington
API
AFL -Cio
George Meany
Eisenhower
Meany
Allbi
Grant Federation
Afl-Cio
Esennhower
House
Senate
House Labor Committee
Eisenhower Signs TVA Financing Bill
President Eisenhower signed a bill letting the Tennessee Valley Authority finance new power plants by issuing up to 736 million dollars in bonds, bypassing regular appropriations. He opposed a section he called a conscious invasion of executive review power and urged Congress to delete it. The Senate quickly passed a revised bill removing the section. the House had adjourned but was expected to act soon.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Tennessee Valley Authority
Congress
TVA
Capitol Hill
Senate
House
Landrum Griffin bill backed by Eisenhower faces GOP allied counter
A coalition of Republicans and Southern Democrats massed behind a third measure by Landrum and Griffin as the committee and Shelley bills are deemed weak. Eisenhower gave full support to Landrum Griffin while Meany unleashed strong opposition.
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Hind
John F. Shelley
Calif
Shelley
Phil M. Landrum
D-Ga
Robert P. Griffin
R-Mich
Eisenhower
Landrum - Griffin
Meany
Eisenhower urges strong labor bill to root out corruption
President Eisenhower delivered a nationwide radio and TV appeal urging Congress to pass a sweeping labor law aimed at eradicating corruption racketeering and abuses in the labor management field He backed the Landrum Griffin bill as a start while noting other proposals and party divisions as the House prepares to vote next week.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
House
Bid On Local Throughway Paving
Five contracts totaling over one million dollars were awarded by the State Roads Commission. Williams Construction Co. of Baltimore won 2.6 miles of the Potomac Throughway for 536,900. Bituminous Construction Co. of Baltimore bid 288,020 for 13.5 miles of the Frederick Throughway. T. B. Gateh and Sons Inc. secured resurfacing on Maryland 3 near Tilghman in Talbot County for 102,630 to 108,630. Bay Cry Construction Co. of Baltimore bid 67,345 for a new Massachusetts Avenue bridge over Little Falls Branch in Washington.
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State Roads Commission
Williams Construction Co
Potomac
Somerset
Worcester
Frederick
Bituminous Construction Co
T. B. Gateh and Sons Inc
Maryland 3
Tilghman
Talbot County
Bay Cry Construction Co
Massachusetts Avenue
Little Falls Branch
Washington
Subsurface Work Bids For Washington Circumferential Bridge
In the D C area bids totaling 4352 dollars by Froehl jing and Robertson Inc of Richmond Virginia were awarded for subsurface exploration of proposed bridge sites on the Washington Circumferential Highway. George Washington was 45 when he commanded the Continental Army.
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Froehljing and Robertson, Inc
Richmond
Washington
George Washington
Continental Army
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