New Legislative Setup Probes Congress Reorganization
Washington notes the 86th Congress has operated under the new reorganiz ation plan, weighing its strengths and weaknesses. The Senate preserved two standing committees, war investigation and small business, despite initial intent to abolish special panels. Taft warns against creating more specials, while overall reform aids efficiency though full recommendations remain unmet.
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Experts Propose More Help for Congressional Staff
Experts urge adding advisers for committee chairs and members to deepen subject mastery. The plan shifts from inexperienced appointees to seasoned experts, with debates trimmed by fewer committees. Skepticism remains on practicality and limits to debate.
Seven Reforms Proposed by Monroney La Follette Committee
George B. Galloway, staff director, outlines seven reform fields for Congress including reducing deadlocks and non legislative work, selecting committee chairs by merit, eliminating the Senate filibuster, and safeguarding staff independence. While some changes will take time, staffing gains and expert guidance are deemed valuable despite political constraints.
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Equal pay widely adopted in U S as labor panel reshapes packing plants
The labor department led a commission to standardize job classifications and remove wage gaps at Swift Wilson Cudahy Armour and Morrell plants. About 76 000 workers gained average raises of 1 8 cents hourly retroactive to January 4 1944, with 80 million dollars in readjustment costs.
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Tax plan clash over wartime revenue and relief aims
Congress debates extending luxury taxes to fund the 1947 48 budget while preserving revenue. Liquor taxes stay at $9 a proof gallon and other levies apply to furs, jewelry, theater admissions, beer, long distance calls, and light bulbs. Knutson seeks a 20 percent income tax cut for earnings up to 300000, Engel pushes targeted relief for low incomes.
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Reed presses for cars to ease Western freight bottlenecks
Senator Reed of Kansas urges permanent legislation to relieve the box car shortage in the West caused by East seaboard railroad stockpiling. He notes railroads have moved cars west during disputes, but then keep them for Eastbound shipments, wasting time and delaying grain movement.
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Meat Output to Reach 23 Billion Pounds This Year
Washington reports a department of agriculture forecast that total meat production will hit about 23 billion pounds in the year, yielding 150 pounds per civilian after military and export needs. Beef may set a 1947 record, while lamb and mutton likely shrink. pork stays near last year’s level. hog prices stay high into summer.
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Wilderness Library on Mount Sherman Aims to Educate Ozarks
James Ted Richmond founded the Wilderness Library atop Mount Sherman in Arkansas to serve mountain folk with over 10 000 volumes. The free library grew from a hollow tree to a log cabin, now seeks funding and roads improvements, and Richmond ran for state representative pledging better schools and taxes reform. He envisions a College of the Ozarks nucleus and a mobile library trailer to serve distant homes while guiding a broad community outreach including an annual Wilderness Christmas and medical access efforts.
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Alger Stories Are Read No More
New York report finds Horatio Alger Jr. largely unknown to children ages up to 14. A 20,000-child poll by the Children's Aid Society shows 92 percent never heard of him and under 1 percent have read his books, with most youths preferring comic books. The society notes Alger once lived at its Newsboys' judging house.
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