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...Responsive Audience. Ike did not entirely agree with McDonald; the President is dead set against the tax-exemption increase. Parts of the McDonald plan, e.g., his proposals for unemployment and social security benefits, home construction and slum clearance, are already pending in Congress with the Administration's hearty blessing...
Many U.S. labor leaders have contented themselves with shouting their criticism from across the political chasm that separates them from the Republican Administration. Not so the C.I.O. Steelworkers' President David J. McDonald, a Democrat who has been a frequent White House visitor since Jan. 20. 1953. Last week Dave McDonald again dropped in on President Eisenhower, who likes him and respects his judgment. What McDonald had to say about the nation's economy left the President visibly impressed...
...Steelworkers' 1,200,000 members, said McDonald, 189,000 are unemployed and 257,000 are working only part-time. The total, 446,000, represents some 40% of the union's membership. McDonald urged the President to adopt an emergency program which would stimulate the economy by increasing benefits for unemployment and social security, providing a $200 raise in personal income-tax exemptions, expanding the federal public works program, and boosting home construction and slum clearance work...
...McDonald's plea for a step-up in public works found a responsive audience -especially since the President's economic advisers have recently advanced the same idea. Ike was not prepared to go as far as McDonald, who wanted public works projects increased by a whopping $5 billion a year. The President's advisers have told him that state and local governments could-and should-spend 50% more on public works (last year they spent $7 billion), and any major increase in such state and local effort would call for more federal participation. President Eisenhower may urge...
...possible starting infield for the Fort Leo game would find sophomores John Maher at first and Art Noyes at second, and seniors Ray Maesaka and Ed Krinsky at third base and shortstop. With Dick Clasby staying home from the trip to rest after a recent illness, George McDonald may start behind the plate...