CABINET MEETING, JANUARY 9, 1951
Atty Gen - absent
Vice Pres. - absent
Perlman present for Atty Gen
COL
Briefed Cabinet on Korea.
THE PRESIDENT
Announced meetings would be on Monday and Friday from now on.
SNYDER
Renegotiation Bill should be out of the House Committee next week. The Reciprocal Trade Bill will come out the week following. Then they will get going on the new Tax Bill. There may be some joint hearings on some phases of bill which will expedite the final handling of the bill.
MARSHALL
Start hearings tomorrow with Sen Lyndon Johnson's committee on Manpower Legislation. Much time and discussion has gone into the preparation of the bill. Asked other Cabinet officers to keep their assistants out of the hearings and not let than muddy up the water.
P.M.G.
Thinks it is time to ask for increase in postal rates and cut down on Federal subsidy. Proposes to do this in the next few weeks by presenting a bill to Congress.
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