House Approves 40 Billion Agriculture Department Bill
Washington debates a 1.102 billion appropriation for the Agriculture Department to fund rural electrification rehabilitation and farm conservation in the next fiscal year. Secretary Anderson predicts peacetime expansion and an industrial revolution on the land driven by farm productivity gains. The bill totals 1.102849017 billion with direct funding and loan authorizations including 300 million for conservation payments and 250 million for rural electrification.
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Conservation payments and school lunch aid cut in committee report
The committee trimmed conservation payments to farmers doubly to apply for them past needs. An allowance of $50.1 million was set for the school lunch program, while tolls were shown $25.4 million below budget estimates. The report also warned the Bureau of Agricultural Economics against research far from agriculture and reduced funds from $280,160 to $9,004,007.
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Exemption Extended for State Military Salaries
The article reports Gov. Thomas B. Dewey signing a law extending the exemption from federal income tax on salaries of members of the country's armed forces until July 4, 1947. The move broadens relief for servicemen and aligns with wartime tax policy.
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Bill Would Adjust Pension Checks
Albany report outlines a bill to tie civil service and private industry retirement allowances to a quarterly cost of living index. The measure, sponsored by Assemblyman John Thompson and urged by Senator Seymour Halpern, seeks index-based pensions for current retirees and future beneficiaries, extending the UI exemption previously set to expire.
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