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YOUR
CONGRESSMAN
REPORTS
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Washington—No one is a sincere member of any political party without believing that the national •interest is most likely to be advanced if bis party prospers in national politics.
With a Presidential election contest approaching, the maneuvering in Washington to equate the national interest with political objectives is entering the frantic stage. In the Congress, those who call themselves liberals in both parties are "clamoring for more action on the initiation or expansion of Federal programs which they think are essential to the health, education and economic well-being of large groups of citizens. Conservatives in both parties are rallying to oppose heavy new charges on the taxpayers.
The fact that this session of Congress has not passed a great many bills is deplored by some. Others do not think the worth of a session necessarily is measured by the number of bills sent to the White House.
So far, this has been a Congressional session of relative moderation. For most Virginians, who still honor the principles of economy in government and minimum federal intervention in the affairs of the States, local communities and individual citizens, the word “relative” should be amphasized.
Last week, President Eisenhower chided the Congress for not doing enough. He said that, “the only major accomplishment is enactment »of civil rights legislation. • Paul Ifutler has pleaded the Democratic Congress guilty to the charge of inaction.
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