LETTER FROM CHARLES B. HOEVEN, EIGHTH DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN

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• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 10, 1998
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: January 25, 1962
• Content Type: NSPR

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and 'some other countries have
refused to pay their assessments
covering the United` Nations ex_ I
penses. The P'ressident promises,
a new comprehensive farm pro-
~ gram but as yet has given no de-
~ tails. We will await the propos-'
~ worth of United Nations bonds.
The Congress will 'be especially
hesitant in this respect in view
of the fact that Russia, France,
the House of Representatives to
take the place of the late speaker
Rayburn. Oiz Thursday, Jan. 11,
President Kennedy ir. ?person de_
livered his `State of the Union
message to a joint session of th
Congress. Among other things,
he recommended a strong na-
tional defense, and the congress
of course will appropriate all the
money necessary to keep our
country strong and alert. The
President also trotted out some
of the "old horses" which were
sent back to the barn last ses-
sion. Among them are the propo-
sal for aid to education, inchrd-
ing teachers salaries, and the
proposal which would afford me-
dical care in a tie-up with Soc-
ial Security. Both of these mea-
sures will have hard sledding
this year. The President also ad-
vocated standby authority to
raise and lower personal income
tax rates. This is clearly an at-
tempt by the Executive Branch
of the Government to usurp the
rights and prerogatives of . the
Legislative Branch. Under -the
Constitution, the Congress is one
only body which can raise or lo-
wer taxes. The Congress will al_
so not look kindly on the propo-
sal that the United States bail
out the United Nations by ~pur-
als with a great deal of interest.
The most significant omission in
- !the President's address was his
i proposal to raise the national
debt limit, or any mention of the
f situation in Cuba.
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~ As Chairman cf the Republi-
can Conference of the'17ouse~of
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Congress opened without ~urh bite House on the morning of
fanfare or exitement. There was anuary 8, along with other Con-
a lot of hand-shaking and Major_ } ressional leaders in both the
ity Leader McCormack of Massa- I ouse and Senate. After the
chusetts, was elected Speaker of ~ reakfast, held in the State Din-
adjustments in our over-expand-~1
ed agriculture. As of the end oP
1960, when the program was ter-
minated there were more than
2uti thousand Conservation Re-
serve contracts in effect cover-
ing 78.7 million acres of Reserve
cropland in 47 States I am hap_
py to introduce legislation to
provide an opportunity for farm-
ers to extend contracts on the
26.2 million acres of Conserva-
tion Reserve land which other-
wise will likely come back into
production as the. contracts ex_
Aire. I am very hopeful that my
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brief~d~on the world situati n hold prompt hearings on any bill.
y'~ecretary o ' ate us ec- Reciprocal Trade Fight
etary of Defense McNamara, ~ The biggest fight in the new
r._, - ,r ~q tctor~,Mc- Congress is likely to involve the
enlal Intelligence Dire ~ r _ _ _ ... _ ,
25 January 196
f Staff, among others. I came June, 1962.- This year the Ad-
way with the feeling that the ministration is not asking for an
orld situation was in a mess, ~ extension. Instead, the President
nd that it was high time we re- i wants authority to da anything
iewed our entire foreign policy, he pleases with regard to tariffs.
isera~bly in Laos, Cuba, and He wants uncontrolled power to
ther areas of the world. It .also abolish or reduce all American
emains to be seen whether or tariffs at once or at :his discretion
of the United States will take Furthermore, he asks authority
firm stand on the Berlin prob- ; to subsidize out of the Federui
m as most everyone expects .Treasury any American workers
s to do. ~ or industries hurt by such tariff
onservation Reserve. Gontrac3s changes. fihis proposal is anc_
I ,have just introduced a bill ; ther attempt by the Executive
the Congress which would ex- (branch of the Government to
e~ is term of expiring Con- !usurp the rights and perogatives
e ~ n Reserve Contracts. ~ granted by the Constitution to
is., program failed. to be extend- 'the Congress. I am sure the Con-
d by Congress last year. Five gress won't grant the President
ears of experience has shown -the power he requests. All he can
hat this, approach to crop ad-' expect is an extension of the law
stment is attractive to many now on the statute books with
armers and- can be an effective perhaps some slight modifica-
ool for land, capita], and labor tions.
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