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...Senato Insular Affairs Committee of the 83rd Congress is considering the Hawailan Statehood Bill. In this year, more than in any other year since 1903, when the first bid for statehood was made, Congressional approval of the Statehood Bill is likely. Laxity at such a critical time as this would be foolish and would exhibit a direct abuse of the efforts made these previous years by the supporters of statehood for Hawali, who in 1950 voted 82,788 to 27,109 in favor of a state constitution drafted by elected representatives...
Ever since TIME'S first issue (March 3, 1923), which reported the adjournment of the 67th Congress and a review of its work, TIME has paid particular attention to the nation's legislative body in Washington. Last week, as the second session of the 83rd Congress got down to business, TIME reporters were again busy "working the Hill." The regular TIME reporters covering the Hill this year are James L. McConaughy Jr. and John L. Steele. In the 15 years he has been with TIME, McConaughy has been a writer. Chicago correspondent, deskman in the news bureau, bureau...
...Senate Chamber stands a bust of Harry Truman. Its nose gets dirty because visitors are always tweaking it-most of them affectionately, some not. Last week, as workmen were finishing the Capitol's annual housecleaning, the nose was immaculate-all was ready for the second session of the 83rd Congress...
Carrots & Sticks. During the first session of the 83rd Congress, party lines and programs were blurred. The session had little shape or direction, because President Eisenhower was reluctant to assume a role of congressional leadership, which, strictly speaking, does not belong to his office...
Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government. Chairman: ex-President Herbert Hoover, 77. Sworn in last week, the twelve-member commission is charged, by act of the 83rd Congress, with studying "the present organization and methods of operation of [the executive branch] to determine what changes would contribute to economy, efficiency and improved service in the transaction of the public business...