Washington wits have long remarked that the Senate is called the upper House because it ups appropriations authorized by the House of Representatives. Last week the Senate was upping White House proposals. Since the Democrats' thin margin of control did not promise victory for a separate Democratic program, they adopted the strategy of molding President Eisenhower's program to their own expansive fancy. The day after the Senate multiplied Ike's housing program nearly sixfold (see above), it upped the Administration request for a 90¢-an-hour minimum wage (v. the present 75¢ floor) to $1, and shouted the bill to passage. Estimated additional wages...
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