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...legal maximum of 8%. With the issue pressed by Democratic Congressmen from Washington and Oregon, President Kennedy has pushed through Congress a bill appropriating $165 million for construction of roads into the Pacific North west woods to cut the cost of hauling out logs. But when he tried to amend the Jones Act, the President ran head-on into opposition from maritime interests and from Southern Congressmen, who are not inclined to help the Northwest compete against their own Southeastern timber industry...
...executive committee does not control RGA, the requests of only three members of the Legislature will be sufficient to have an item included on the agenda. The senior class president will be a member of the Legislature. Approval of two-thirds of the voters will be required to amend the constitution...
Feloney's bill, which would amend the 1947 Act establishing the MTA as a State agency, requires that "the MTA trustees shall first offer to sell any real estate no longer needed for business affairs to the city or town where the property is located...
...could not win congressional approval. The key and most controversial provision of that bill: to give Freeman the power to consult with farmers and work out subsidy and control plans for each commodity. Congress could approve or disapprove each scheme as it stood, but would not be able to amend any program or write...
Verwoerd. said an observer, "was completely rigid, absolutely adamant and just wouldn't budge.'' The other members were angry and disturbed; no one asked that he reverse his policies or amend them, just that he "take note'' of their criticisms. Instead, Verwoerd kept playing over and over the same record. Recalls one witness: "It got to be extremely irritating...