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THE PRESIDENCY

Aside from dealing with foreign relations, President Johnson last week:

> Sent to Congress a request for $853 million in federal pay raises--a 3% hike for civilian workers and a 4.8% raise for military men with more than two years' service. Included was a controversial request that Congress relinquish its traditional control over Government salary increases and turn it over to the executive branch. Under Johnson's plan, a ten-man commission would review top executive salaries (such as the Cabinet's) every four years and lower-echelon salaries every year. The commission would propose pay changes that would automatically go into effect unless Congress acted to reject them within 60 days.

>Issued a tough executive order demanding that top Administration aides (Cabinet members, agency heads, and about 2,000 others) file within 90 days full statements of their financial interests--including stocks and assets held by their wives and children. Said Johnson: "We cannot tolerate conflicts of interest or favoritism--or even conduct which gives the appearance that such actions are occurring--and it is our intention to see that this does not take place in the Federal Government."

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