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CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES
FACING THE CONGRESS [ Most of the major issues which face the Congress -convening this week promise to be controversial. Disagreements already are apparent *ts to what should be done about both recognize that the Congressional domestic problems and foreign affairs and it is only realistic to elections next fall will * influence
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It is customary for the President to outline his program only in a general way in his message during the first week of a Congressional session and to follow that up with a later budget message and possibly additional messages covering specific subjects of major importance. Con- , troversies will develop as the executive recommendations ^are put into the form of bills and resolutions.
Among trie most knotty problems will be those involving tax revision, foreign aid and foreign, trafle, defease programs, changes in the Taft-. Hartley labor Act, low cost housing, social security and' farm legislation.
The derision on farm price supports wilr be especially difficult. Under the present law crops now entitled to support will be covered at— 90 percent of parity for the calendar year 1954 but Congress will have to provide this year for what is to be done in 1955. The Commodity Credit Corproation is authorized to finance ^removal of frm surpluses up to the value of six billion, seven hundred - million dollars under the present law but of that total close to five billion already has been obligated and the Department of Agriculture believes the entire authorization will be obligated by next March. That raises
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