President. tomorrow the Senate will begin consideration on S. 1136. to extend for 1 year the expiring authorities in the Public Health Service Act and the Community Mental Health Centers Act. I commend the Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee for their prompt attention to the extension of these health programs. Included are such programs as the HillBurton hospital construction funds. the regional medical program. migrant health. allied health training and community mental healthall of which have enjoyed immense popularity and support in Idaho. a sparsely populated State which cannot afford a school of medicine. In Lewiston. Idaho. they find it hard to believe that the President has recommended the elimination of HillBurton funds for the reason that there is "no longer a shortage of hospital beds nationwide." At St.