THURSDAY. MARCH 2. 1961
House Passes Bill
To Aid Unemployed
WASHINGTON (/P) —The House yesterday passed Presi
dent Kennedy’s emergency bill to put almost $1 billion into
the hands of unemployed Americans who have exhausted
their benefits.
It was the first of Kennedy’s major antirecession bills to
pass either branch of Congress.
Kennedy gave the bill top priority
recently when he sent Congress a
list of 16 legislative proposals.
The bill now goes to the Senate,
which plans committee hearings
next week. Administration lead
ers want the Senate to pass the
bill by mid-March so the benefits
can start flowing April 1. .
On a roll call, the House ap
proved the bill by a 392-30 vole.
Two Democrats joined 2$ Re
publicans in voting against it.
The bill had the support of 248
Democrats and 144 Republicans.
The overwhelming margin was
no sign that Kennedy’s other ma
jor bills would breeze through the
House. The unemployment bill
had stirred little opposition. Even
before the vote, it had more bi
partisan support than any other
major Kennedy bill.
The bill covers a two-year peri
od beginning last June 30. The
administration estimates that as
many as three million unem
ployed may benefit from the pro
gram.
The federal government would
advance funds 10 the states so
they can continue paying bene
fits after an unemployed person
has received them for the full
period of lime usually allowed.
These durations vary from state
to state, running 26 weeks in
many states. The bill would au
thorize each state to extend the
duration by 50 per cent. If a stale
now pays benefits for 20 weeks,
the bill would allow it to pay for
10 more. In no case, however, can
this additional period extend be
yond 13 weeks.
The administration estimates
this would cost $990 million..
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JFK Asks Congress
To Create Peace Corps
WASHINGTON UP) Presi
dent Kennedy yesterday ordered
creation of a Peace Corps on a
temporary basis and asked Con
gress to make it permanent.
The volunteer Peace Corps,
Kennedy said, will provide a pool
of Americans—mostly young men
and women—,to go overseas and
“help foreign countries meet their
urgent need for skilled man
power.” Members of the corps, he
said, “will go only to those coun
tries where their services and
skills are genuinely needed and
desired.”
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