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...went on to tick off a long list of other benefits farmers had received from the 83rd Congress, ranging from surplus-disposal laws to drought relief. Argued the President: "To continue the advance along the course charted 21 months ago, we need a legislative and an executive department both guided by leaders of the same general political philosophy . . . Our national welfare will be best served by a Republican-led Congress...
...Federal Government when the Congress wants to follow one philosophy of government and the executive branch another. In our system of government, progress is made when the leaders of the executive branch and the majority of Congress are members of the same political party. The unsurpassed record of the 83rd Congress is shining evidence of this truth...
...general, the voters think that the 83rd Congress did a pretty good...
...anything he might say (if the court decides it is in the public interest), then require him to answer. If he refuses, he can be punished for contempt; if he answers but answers with lies, he will be liable for perjury. This solution was enacted into law by the 83rd Congress. There is still some feeling that the witness-immunity law violates the spirit of the Fifth Amendment; the Supreme Court will undoubtedly have to rule on its constitutionality...
...cannot be issued after 6 p.m. Its 2,300,000 maps need far more space. For lack of funds, its collection of 2,234,000 photos and slides is kept filed away instead of being exhibited throughout the country. Despite President Eisenhower's request for more funds, the 83rd Congress has appropriated only $8,965,000-a decrease of 5%-to help new Librarian Mumford take care of the nation's cramped study...