Friday, November 28, 1969
THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
Page Seven
Washington Report
— By —
CONGRESSMAN WALTER B. JONES
Among the important bills
considered by the House since
last reporting to you, was the
Department of Transporta
tion fiscal year 1970 appro
priation. The total amount was
$6,614,430,000. Of this amount
$95,958,000 would go towards
the development of a super
sonic air transport system.
Amendments were offered to
delete this $95 million, with the
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argument being advanced that it
was not necessary to move in
to this area of aircraft develop
ment, inasmuch as some of the
present and projected high
speed jets accomplished the
same purpose. On a voice vote,
this deleting amendment was
defeated and the funds for the
supersonic system remained in
the bill.
The House also approved an
amendment from the Senate
which would eliminate the fur
nishing of written forms for the
purpose of our chasing ammuni
tion, shotguns and other wea
pons used for sporting events.
Many hunters and sportsmen
in the District have voiced a
protest about the amount ofred
tape Involved in purchasing
shells and other items. I have
never believed that the original
Gun Control Act was intend
ed to apply to this type ammu
nition. The action last week
clarified this, at least for the
time being.
The Agriculture appropria
tion bill for 1970 which has
been before a Conferees Com
mittee, previously approved by
the Senate, was also approved
by the House and is now going
to the President to be signed
into law.
The principle point of oppo
sition on the House side was in
accepting the Conference Re
port that the Senate had re
moved the limitation of pay
ments to farmers for conser
vation and diversion payments.
You will recall that the ori
ginal House version contained
a limitation of diversion pay
ments to any one farmer of
$20,000. By a reasonably close
vote, and with some assistance
from the urban representatives
the agricultural representation
was able to retain the Senate
version.
I am confident that before the
House will approve any future
agriculture legislation, that
some limitation of payments
must be included; otherwide,
it will be Impossible to secure
approval of such legislation.
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it should be considered dero
gatory to the Creator to sup
pose that He has a sense of
humor.—William R. Inge.
Life is something like this
trumpet. If you don’t put any
thing in it, you don’t get any
thing out. And that’s the truth.
—W.C. Handy.
I am not an early riser.
The self respect which other
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When I reflect on the num
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If you have no enemies, you
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I’ve known countless people
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ion as to what should be done.
Some have suggested a gradu
al phase-out of a reduced per
centage of payments for some
10 years. Others prefer a fix
ed maximum amount in terms of
$20-25,000. , ^
Of particular interest to the
First District was the House
action in agreeing with a Sen
ate bill, authorizing an addi
tional $420 million for the Ap
palachian Regional Develop
ment program, and $276 mil
lion for five other Commis
sions, including the Coastal
Plains Regional.
The terms of the bill provide
that noCommission can receive
less than 10% of this amount or
more than 25% of the total.
The final decision of the dis
tribution of these funds will
be left to the discretion of the
Bureau of the Budget and the
U. S. Department of Com
merce.
But in any event, it assures
the Coastal Plains Regional
Development Commission of a
minimum of $25 million for the
next fiscal year, and a possi
bility of receiving up to $63
million, if we are successful
in getting the final appropria
tion approved.
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The Senate and House have
reached agreement on a $1.2
billion Regional Development
authorization act for the Fed
eral Government’s basic eco
nomic programs in Appalachia
and five other regional areas,
including our Coastal Plains
region. The measure approved
by the Senate on November 5th
and the House onNovember 19th
has been sent to the President
for signature.
The Act extends the Appala
chian Regional Development
Act of 1965 for a two-year
period with an additional $420
million for the Applachla pro
gram. It also provides $276
million for five other regional
commissions, including the
Coastal Plains Regional Com
mission, with a maximum au
thorization of $57,375 million
for any region.
Key sections of the Act pro
vide broadened authority for the
Appalachian commission and
other regional planning com
missions. Within Appalachia,
the Act provides for increas
ed spending on heath and edu
cation together with $150 mil
lion in new authorization for
highway programs in the Appa
lachian region. This highway
program was given a two-year
stretchout, through fiscal year
1973 with an increase in the
total authorization for Appa
lachian highways to $1,165 bil
lion . Prior authorizations pro
vided aboutl,260miles of Appa
lachian development highways.
The new authorization in
creases this highway mileage
by about 150 miles.
The Act also provides lor a
regional transportation sy
stem study, the results of which
are to be reported to the Con
gress by January, 1971. The
measure refrains from a long
range highway authorization,
since Congress will be under
taking a complete review of
Federal hi^way programs at
its next session.
The Act broadens the autho
rity of the Coastal Plains, four
Corners, Upper Great Lakes,
New England, and Ozarks re
gional commissions to operate
demonstration projects. In ad
dition, it authorizes a $20 mil
lion two - year study of
transportation needs in these
five regions.
A significant change in the
Appalachian demonstration
health program is the provision
for an increase in the Federal
share of operating costs to meet
nutrition and child care pro
jects in the region. Cur rent law
provides for a Federal share of
50 percent of such costs. The
new Act would amend that to 75
percent after two years of 100-
percent Federal funding. Tiie
health program under the new
Act also emphasizes the need
for detection, diagnosis, and
treatment of occupational di
seases arising from coal min
ing.
Regional development aid
stre-sses area - wide planning
directed toward the creation of
necessary public programs to
promote a self-suslalning eco
nomy built by private industry.
It remains tobeseenjusthow
well regional economic assis
tance will fare when Congress
considers appropriations under
this authorization measure.
The Administration is current
ly revising Federal economic
developm ent programs, and has
presented a budget request ttiat
would coaslderably pare down
the monies available to the five
regional development assist
ance , but the r ecent authoriza
tion Act approved by Congress
has given strong support to the
program.
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