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WASHINGTON, March 2--U.S. military forces are ready to support President Eisenhower's avowed determination to stand fast on American rights in Berlin, Secretary of Defense Neil H. McElroy told Congress today...
...INCREASES on aviation fuels and gasoline, as asked by the Administration, stand no chance of being passed by Congress...
Strauss and Congress, there was hope for an era of good feeling under new AEC Chairman John A. McCone, who talked of a more vigorous program-just what the committee wanted...
Last March, when Congress put through emergency help for building, housing starts were down to a rate of 918,000 annually. But now housing is steaming ahead at the rate of 1,350,000 starts annually with forecasts of a record $52.3 billion (up from $49 billion) in total construction for the year without any increase in Government spending...
...major differences between the Eisenhower Administration and the heavily Democratic Congress is on veterans' housing, urban renewal and public housing. The Senate wants to spend an additional $150 million on direct loans to veterans; the House bill calls for $300 million. The Administration flatly opposes both, argues that a better way to help the VA program is to boost the indirect rate ceiling on VA loans, currently pegged by law at 4¾%, which is too low to get veterans mortgage money, to 5¼%, where financing is more readily available. Congress has agreed to the boost...