Herringer, who is in a catpool when he goes to and from work and uses a chauffeured limousine on Government business. “How much do you spend to get to work?” Mr. (Pete) Stark, Democrat of California, referring to Mr. “It's an insult, an affront copout,” said Representative Fortney H. Before a longterm bill, lei's have a shortterm bill.” “All we're trying to do is romance you a little, and you keep talking about a marriaee. Representative Minish, New Jersey Democrat and chairman of the mass transportation subcommittee of the Banking and Currency Committee, replied: “Passage of this bill will make passage of the longterm bill less urgent.” Herringer, the urban mass transportation Administrator, said. “This bill is going to take the steam away from the long term bill,” Frank C. Today's proposal would give New York State a total of $102illion, with $30 million for New Jersey and $9million for Connecticut.Īlthough diluted the revised bill was still unacceptable to the White House, which sent word that it would accept only a longterm bill that treated mass transit as part of a comprehensive transportation program. The old formula would have given New York City $166million, while the Housepassed bill would have provided the city with $125million the first year and increasing amounts later. City transit officials have said the subways were facing a $200million deficit this year and were counting on massive Federal aid to avert a fare increase. Under ‘the new formula, New York City would receive $30million’ the first year and $60million the next. be spent in fiscal 1975 and the remainder in 1976. These funds could be spent for operating” expenses or capital projects. The new version of the MinishWilliams bill, proposed today decreased the financing to $600million, from $800million.
STATE SPENDING ON MASSTRANSIT FULL
Minish said he was confident the full conference committee would adopt the leadership proposal next week.
Mayor Beame announced that he had arranged a White House masstransit meeting on Tuesday with President Ford to he attended by several other bigcity mayors and labor and business leaders, including Henry Ford 2d, who led the bipartisan delegation. Carey, among dozens of mayors, legislators and labor officials. He was referring to the MinishWilliams bill still in a conference committee which held an open hearing today in an effort to muster support The hearing was unusual for a conference committee, according to the committee's leaders, and attracted Mayor Beame, Governor Wilson and Representative Hugh L. “We have a shortterm bill that is passed. Committee, which has jurisdiction over the masstransit legislation. of New Jersey, third ranking Democrat on the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.
“The longrange bill will never be passed this session,” said Senator Harrison A. watereddown version of stopgap legislation that would not save New York City's 35cent fare.Īn $11billion, six‐year masstransit bill enacted last month by the House would not be reported out of a Senate committee, they said, because there was insufficient time to act before adjournment. 25 -Proclaiming the death of any prospects for longrange masstransit legislation in this session of Congress leaders of HouseSenate conference proposed today a.
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