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12 Th Newt-Review, Roieburg, Ore. Friday, June 3, 1949 Congress Sidelights By Harris Ellsworth Congressman, 4th District of Oregon LETTER FROM WASHINGTON The grave concern being gen erally expressed here regarding the Increased spending and de creasing tax income is definitely affecting legislation recently be- lore tne House, from my poim of view the realization of the led eral financial situation has ar rived late. Legislation now pend ing and having the blessing of tne .fresiaeni wouia aau unnunu to an already too large budget. Recently a bill to increase the pay of the armed forces was un expectedly sent back to commit tee. The fact is a pay Increase bill should be passed. Some officer grades have had no increase In pay since before World War I. However, the armed forces com mittee of the House was too gen erous. The increase bill they brought in would cost more than $400 million annually. It was doubtful that even that figure would have passed the House, but on top of that an amendment add ing another hundred million or more was adopted by the Com mittee of the Whole House. So by the time the bill came up for Sinai passage a majority of the membership believed the sum to be too nign and tne nut was sent back to committee on a recom mittal motion and by a surpris ingly large vote. What happened to the ECA (European Cooperation Adminis tration) appropriation was also due directly to the realization that we are over-extending 'our selves financially. The appropria tions committee made a 15 per cent cut.straight across the board. The House modified the cut some what allowed It to stand but pro vided that the full amount might be expended during the fiscal year if the Administrator requests additional funds and the Presi dent approves. The proviso is clearly for the purpose of meet ing unforeseen conditions brought about by crop failures or other disaster. Otherwise cooperation with Europe will be 15 percent less than requested in the Presi dent's budget. The so-called Federal Public Housing bill will soon come be fore the House. Signs now Indi cate this bill will suffer a fate similar to the military pay in crease bill if It Is not defeated outright. The Housing bill has very little or nothing to do with making it easier for people to buy, build or rent houses for themselves. It consists solely of the three sec tions of the big Housing bill last year which was stopped In the . PIANOS . ildwln, Wurlltew : Gulbrirmn Ott'i Plant Dtp. Corner of Cats and Jaokson Phono 1119-J PUBLIC DANCE Every Saturday Night Danoo from 1:00 'til 12:00 K. P. HALL MUSIC BY Colorado Mountaineers Now Playing t"THE VETS" BRUCE GILLEY and his now 7 piece band overy Friday and Saturday night. Vets and Their Gucsls Welcome! Merchants Lunch 1:00 ",11 2:00 Dinners 5:00 'til 1:00 Open Dally From 12 Noon Until 2:30 A. M. Closed Tuesdays THE VETS 115 W. Washington House of Representatives after being passed by the Senate. These three sections provided for pub lic housing, slum clearance and farm housing. It is estimated the total cost of this bill would be $19 BILLION over a period of years ana oy tne puoiie nousine en thusiasts that is said to be Just a beginning. Under the public housing sec tion of the bill the government would build up to a million hous ing units and rent them at less than cost a rent subsidy to peo ple who live In them which would total some siuu million per year. The slum clearance section of the Housing bill is the best feat ure In it, but it too would cost into the bundreds of millions. So far as the farm loan feature is concerned, It is generally con ceded to be a political move to help the tenant farmer of the south a little bit and therefore was designed to get Southern votes. It calls for an outright grant of cash plus a loan to low Income or unsuccessful farms. It seems to me the Housing bill is a very much misunderstood measure. I am sure that many people in Oregon, for example, believe the pending Housing bill would ease the housing situation In some uregon communities. That is definitely not the case. Public housing will be built in only a few large cities. It will quite likely be used as a patron age Did lor increased votes in some city areas. Under a previ ous public housing bill, Texas re ceived the greatest number of units and Florida was a close second. At the beginning of this letter I mentioned the adverse finan cial condition of the federal gov ernment. It is serious. Without any increase In income tax pay ments the President estimated a deficit of nearly a billion dollars If his budget was approved. Since he delivered his budget message It Is clear that federal income will be a great deal less than es timated and the income ba rometer Is falling every day. The European situation is still deadly serious. We are commit ted to a program of assistance there which, tnough costly, we cannot afford to abandon par ticularly while the foreign min isters are endeavoring to estab lish a basis for actual peace. We cannot make much of a cut In our defense program because to do so would indicate weakness and invite attack. We cannot elimi nate the cost of carrying out com mitments made to veterans. These three Items account for three-fourths of our budget. Sub stantial cuts In the remainder of the budget should be made but there is no indication that such cuts will be made. Our country Is almost In trouble without em- socialized medicine or other spending Idea running Into bil lions. At least that is the' way I feel about It. Our first duty is the protection of the financial solven cy of our country. Truman Opposes Making Federal Loan To Spain WASHINGTON, June 3.-AJP) President Truman came out Thursday against making a gov ernment Joan to Spain. He told a news conference he does not favor it, but did not elaborate. Spain has made an Informal bid for a multi-million dollar loan from the government's Export Import Bank. The bank reportedly has re jected the request on the grounds that Spain's economic condition makes her a poor credit risk. Bridge Painters Save 3 Youths From Drowning HARRISBURG, June 3. M') A crew of bridge painters res cued three llarrisburg young sters from the Willamette River Wednesday. Dick Tweed! , 17, was taking his small sister, Theresa, and her playmate, Theone Geidd, for a boat ride when the boat struck a bridge plei: and capsized. The hoy grabbed both girls and held them lo a tree swirling in Hie waler. Painters working on the bridge alHive, saw the acci dent, lowered a motor boat Into the river, and pulled the children to safety. C . I'LL CATCH UP WITH THAR-'S WHUT KILLED OFF ALL A YOU LATER I'M GOING M OF OUR OLD WEST-JUST J i I TDTH' RA NIGER STATION V LIKE A NERVOUS OL' DOW- AND CALL UP THE j AGER WHEN A FAUCETS ) $ GOVERNMENT TRAPPER LEAKY, CALLIW' ALL TH' J . I AND TELL HIM ABOUT' S PLUMBERS IN TOWN TO A , V THOSE TWO PRAIRIE V STOP TH' PLEASANT SOUND ) ' ' h -t-Oll M 1 I A ACZ- -roi in I i AK.ft TRyiN A COMEBACK COW). 199 BY WE SERVICE. INC. T. M. HCC U. . PAT. OFF. OUT OUR WAY By J. R. Williams Conscience Spurs Unnecessary Confession Of Crime PORTLAND, June 3. VP A 33-year-old Portlander walked Into the' police station here to confess a year-old robbery that police had never heard of before. The man told police he wanted to clear his conscience of "roll ing" a drunk in a cheap hotel a year ago, and make restitution to the robbed man. He said his roommate lured a sailor into their hotel room, rob bed him of $24, and split the cash. Now, said the Portlander, he is "bOing straight" and wants to re turn the money. Police listened to the story and checked through their files. No Flagg today that he was sus pending the service. Flapi whn had iveitaH tha twr. mit to Ralzlaff, ordered him to submit figures showing cause wny cue service snouid De stop ped.. Service hetween Kjilnm nnrt Tillamook was started two days ago Dy Koy M. East, McMinn vllle. This line now is Salem's only direct bus route to the Ore gon Coast. such robbery had ever been reported. Capt. William Browne told the conscience-stricken Portlander to go home and contribute the money to charity. "The seaman who was robbed apparently never reported the robbery," Browne said, "and we would not be able to bet the money back to him.' Names were withheld by police. DOG-GONE GOOD IDEA LEBANON, June 3. (JP) High School Principal Burleigh Cash is having trouble with his mail because he gave a diploma to a dog. The trouble: A heavy shower of letters from all parts of the country. It seems that an Associated Press wirephoto of tne dog get ting a diploma last week after five years Of regular attendance, was seen by people who like dogs. WINDOWS DOORS FRAMES Rrlced Right PAGE LUMBER & FUEL 164 E. 2nd Ave. S. Phone 242 DANCE Every Saturday. Night LOU FRANCO ' and hit Happy Valley Cowboys Kennedy's Dutch Hlway 99 South Everyone Goes to CLUB 99 for Their "Friday Night Special'1 A $50.00 Night For Only $2.21 You Pay $2.25 at the Door and No More! This Includes: LOUNGE AND MIX SERVICE MIDNIGHT SUPPER 3-PIECE BAND Completely Old Fun Conditioned CLUB 99 Hwy. 9 North They wrote Cash about It. Some of them were old friends Cash hadn't seen In years. Plane Crash At Airport Fatal To Two Occupants BREMERTON, Wash., June 3. UP) Two Bremerton men were killed when a light plane in which they were riding crashed on the Kitsap County Airport Thursday. They were Identified as John W. 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