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then concentrate on building within the limits of revenues from the present heavy taxes, those roads—., “super”, primary or secondary.— found most urgently needed in each State. The President did not get freedom for the Treasury to increase interest rates on long-term government bonds to whatever rate proved necessary to sell the bonds. A permissive increase to 4% per cent on “E” and “H” bonds was voted, but it is likely the Congress will have to face up to serious federal financing problems again next year.
There are a tew of the proposals which fell short of enactment in the first session of Congress:
Various plans for extensive federal aid to education, including * “grants” for construction of school buildings and teacher salaries. ' Transfers from the States to the Federal Government of control over levels of unemployment benefits.
• Increase in the federal minimum wage.
Federal financial aid to so-called “depressed areas” of the nation.
New federal controls in the field of “civil rights.”
Substantial increases in federal , money alloted to meet local problems, such as water pollution control
Just as there are sharp differences of opinion as to whether enactment of a particular bill by the past session was an achievemdht,
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