Both Congress ami President Proved
Poor Prophets Bv Events of 1%.‘>
By JAMES MARLOW
Associated Press News Anali/st
WASHINGTON </P» — Congress,
dragging its feet dismally all year,
suddenly got jabbed into moving.
It tried to play it cool but the
weather turned hot.
But then neither President Ken
nedy nor Congress qualifies as a
good prophet in 1963.
They didn't forsee the two cri
tical events which overtook them
by mid-year: The civil rights fight
and a nuclear test ban agreement
with the Soviet Union.
If that wasn't enough, they have
to try to solve the dispute between
the railroads and their unions to
prevent a strike.
In his state of the union mes
sage last January, Kennedy seem
ed to think his big battle of the
year with Congress was going to
be over taxes.
He made his big pitch on tax
cuts and tax reforms. He said
there was lots to do but he also
said: “There may be a temptation
to relax.”
Congress took him at his word
and has been relaxing ever since.
It has passed almost no major leg
islation.
The tax bill isn’t near a vote.
Nor is medical care for the aged,
federal aid for public schools, ex
pansion of unemployment com
pensation, extension of the foreign
aid program, increase in social
security taxes, creation of a dom
estic peace corps, expansion of
student loan program.
Up to its neck in unfinished
business, Congress is saddled with
the fiery civil rights issue and
the rail program. A long south
ern filibuster on civil rights could
drag the session out even longer.
The Senate alone will have to
pass on the test ban treaty. Be
fore there is a vote on that, there
will be hearings, arguments, var
ious statements to the press and
on the floor, and, probably, long
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winded debates.
In his message, Kennedy didn't
seem to foresee anything unsual
arising in the civil rights field.
Ho made only two references to
that subject and, after two short
paragraphs, went on to other
things.
He said a man accused of crime
in federal court is entitled to a
good lawyer, no matter what his
means, and no one must be denied
his voting rights.
Within a few months, negroes’
demands for civil rights, burst
over the country so furiously Ken
nedy had to send a special message
| to Congress, asking action.
Congress on its own certainly
I wasn’t going to do anything. This
sudden problem, one of the most
important domestic problems in a
i century, was forced upon both the
President and Congress.
Nor did Kennedy seem to fore
see anything so sensational as the
agreement reached last week with
the Soviet Union and Great Brit
ain to ban nuclear tests in the at
mosphere, in outer space and un
der the sea.
They didn't agree to ban under
ground tests so the United States,
Britain and the Soviet Union can
go on with them—and with all
the other tests, too, if the Senate
doesn't approve the agreement. It
probably will approve, but not in
a hurry.
What Kennedy did do in his
state of the union message was
suggest “caution” about hoping for
better relations with communism.
He said “I foresee no spectacular
reversal in Communist methods or
goals.”
But he said the areas of agree
ment could be very wide on a
“clear understanding about Ber
lin. stability in southeast Asia, an
end to nuclear testing, new checks
on surprise or accidental attack,
and, ultimately, general and com
plete disarmament.”
Since the only agreement
reached was to ban nuclear tests,
all other areas are still wide open.
Kennedy and Premier Khrushchev
were delighted at this achievement
but they had one thing in common
to say about it: Both cautioned
that this agreement doesn’t solve
everything by a long sight.
If the Senate for some reason
blocks the treaty, even that much
won’t be solved.
But from now on Congress will
' have to do instead of doodle.
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WASHINGTON i.T» — A nation
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