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Both moves are laudable. President Johnson has gone far beyond the intent of the 89th Congress, which passed the Gulf of Tonkin resolution in 1964 to back him after U.S. ships exchanged fire with North Vietnamese gunboats. Although the Tonkin resolution authorized the President to "take all necessary measures" to "prevent further aggression," Johnson gave no indication until after the 1964 elections that he intended to embark on a policy of sharp escalation...
...closing hours, the 89th Congress hastily enacted a Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act that would have poured as much as $30 million apiece into Democratic and Republican coffers in time for the '68 races. At the time, no one gave much consideration to the seemingly endless ramifications of the new law. Last week, having repented in leisure, the Senate ended a two-week debate by voting 48 to 42 to repeal the measure and thereby open the way to a more detailed examination of the problem of financing modern campaigns...
Under the present setup, the Postmaster General has only limited control over his department. Congress sets rates, wages and other regulations, sometimes with devastating results. The 89th Congress adopted a rule governing employees' work schedules that had the unintended effect of adding 45,000 men. Under O'Brien's scheme, Congress would do no more than establish broad guidelines to determine how much of the postal service should be financed by general appropriations and how much by users' fees. After that, the corporation would...
...better," said Lyndon Johnson in his health and education message to Congress last week. Actually, the President was mostly marking time in two fields where he has been almost too productive in the past two years. Having gotten 18 new education laws and 24 health measures through the 89th Congress, he now placed maximum emphasis on consolidating and making existing programs more efficient, and he carefully muted the few new spending proposals included in his message...
...state senate of Nevada unanimously adopted Joint Resolution No. Six, joining 37 other state legislatures in ratifying a U.S. constitutional amendment-the 25th. Passed by the 89th Congress in July 1965, it sets forth long-needed mechanics for presidential succession...