Report to the President of the U.S. and to the Chairman of the Governors' Conference: Progress Report |
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84th Congress Action Committee recommends Action.-The Joint Federal-State agencies allotments Amount cent assume full financial Atomic Energy Act authority cent of Amount cigarettes Civil Defense Civil Defense Administration Committee has instructed Conference costs Dakota death taxes emergency enacted estate tax expenditures Federal Civil Defense Federal funds Federal Government Federal grants Federal tax Federal-State Action Committee financial responsibility fiscal year 1957 fishery trades functions governors Hampshire health and safety Idaho increased Joint Committee Joint Federal-State Action June 24 legislation Maryland meet ments million municipal natural disaster relief natural disasters Nebraska necessary needed North Dakota older programs older vocational education Oregon Pennsylvania percent POSITION PAPER practical nurse training President request problems projects Proposal public facilities school construction sewage treatment staffs to prepare telephone service tax tion trades and industry Type of Program U. S. Office urban renewal urban renewal program vocational education programs Washington waste treatment West Virginia Williamsburg
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Page 24 - To designate functions which the states are ready and willing to assume and finance that are now performed or financed wholly or in part by the federal government; "2.
Page 19 - Opposed though I am to needless Federal expansion, since 1953 I have found it necessary to urge Federal action in some areas traditionally reserved to the States. In each instance State inaction, or inadequate action, coupled with undeniable national need, has forced emergency Federal intervention.
Page 18 - That this forecast does not suffer from lack of supporting evidence all of us know full well. The irony of...
Page 9 - Act of 1954, which amendments should — 1. Recognize that the States have authority to protect the public health and safety and that cooperation is essential between the States and Federal Government in the development of health and safety standards pertaining to the use of nuclear materials. 2. Include a specific statement recognizing the power of the States to adopt, inspect against, and enforce standards, not in conflict with those adopted by the Federal Government, for the protection of the...
Page 20 - ... city problems but are often downright hostile to city politicians. As a result, as President Eisenhower told the Conference of State Governors, "Today, for help in urban problems, committees of Mayors are far more likely to journey to Washington than to their own state capitals.
Page 1 - Two — to recommend the Federal and State revenue adjustments required to enable the States to assume such functions ; and Three — to identify functions and responsibilities likely to require State or Federal attention in the future and to recommend the level of State effort, or Federal effort, or both, that will be needed to assure effective action.
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Page 20 - Yet the needs of our cities are glaringly evident. Unless action is prompt and effective, urban problems will soon almost defy solution. Metropolitan areas have ranged far beyond city boundaries, but in every instance the centers and the peripheries are interdependent for survival and growth. As citizens in outer areas clamor for adequate services, too often the cities and the counties avoid responsibility or are powerless to act as a result of State-imposed restrictions.
Page 7 - ... request of the President, the Joint Federal-State Action Committee considered the problem of natural disaster relief for damage to public property. In their report, the Committee emphasized the responsibility of State and local governments in natural disasters. It recommended that Federal monetary assistance be extended for temporary repair or replacement of public facilities or restoration of essential public services only after there had been expended within the State, over and above normal...