Senate Fails House Tax Credit Plan in 1955 Vote
Congress debated H.R. 4259 extending tax rates and a $20 per taxpayer credit plus dependents. The Senate Finance Committee rejected the House credit 9 to 6, with proposals to repeal 1954 depreciation, dividends, and a $1 billion loophole, then a March 15, 1955 vote on a compromise failed 44 to 50.
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Senate Finance Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
George Humphrey
Leon Keyserling
Truman
Council of Economic Advisers
CIO
Stanley Ruttenberg
Kentucky
Barkley
Clements
Ohio
Indiana
Bender
Bricker
Capehart
Jenner
Hells Canyon Bill Aims Big Oregon Dam Plan
Sen Wayne Morse and 29 colleagues introduce a bill to build a 722 foot high Hells Canyon dam in Oregon to block private development. It promises flood control navigation recreation irrigation, while Interior Department favors Idaho Power three low dams, reducing potential power and benefits.
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Wayne Morse
Ore
Hells Canyon
Oregon
United States
Interior Department
Douglas McKay
Idaho Power Company
Government Security Programs Said Inconsistent With Democratic Rights
CIO Assistant General Counsel Thomas E. Harris told the Senate that four security programs affecting CIO members harm workers and use secret informants. He urged consideration of S. J. 21 to study these programs and balance rights with national security.
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CIO
Thomas E. Harris
Senate Committee On Government Operations
Harris
AEC
Coast Guard
Meany Wins Notre Dame Laetare Medal For Labor Leader
George Meany president of the AFL receives Notre DameLaetare Medal the university’s top honor for a Roman Catholic layman. Notre Dame president Rev Theodore Hesburgh hails Meany as a labor statesman who defends workers and the free enterprise system as he prepares to head the AFL-CIO merger.
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Ind
University of Notre Dame
George Meany
American Federation of Labor
Theodore M. Hesburgh
Notre Dame
Meany
Americas
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Oakley Building and Loan
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Manley
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Laetare Award
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Pasadena
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