House Republicans Vote
To Cut Trumans’ Budget
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 (AP)—House Republicans
voted in a closed door session Wednesday to support a $6,000,
000,000 slash in President Truman’s $37,500,000,000 budget.
Members said the standing vote was unanimous.
House G. O. P. members held their meeting as the senate
neared a formal vote on the budget with indications it would
approve a $4,500,000,000 cut.
In a party meeting Tuesday, senate Republicans voted 22
to 19 for the smaller figure.
Morse Unsure of Cut
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 (AP)
—Senator Wayne L. Morse, (R.,
Ore.) said in a statement Wed
nesday that he cannot vote for a
proposed cut in the federal bud
get until he knows just wiiat
items are to be trimmed and how
much.
“I can’t vote for a blanket
budget cut," he said, “Until I
first see to what extent it is
proposed to weaken the security
of our country by injuring our
national defense program and
endangering our international
obligations to win the peace.”
The senate Republicans’ action
stirred sharp debate in both sen
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ate and house with Representative
Owen (R., 111.) shouting that the
senators acted “cowardly.”
The G. O. P. split apparently
made it a foregone conclusion that
the senate would favor a $4,500,
000,000 cut, proposed by Senator
Eugene D. Millikin (R., Colo.), as
a substitute for the $6,000,
000,000 recommended by the joint
senate-house budget committee.
Most Democratic senators were
backing Millikin’s figure.
The chief argument of those op
posing the bigger figure is that
it would require too heavy cuts in
military spending.
The budget committee’s recom
mendations were up formally only
in the senate. While the house
will not consider them until
Thursday, Owen’s criticism of the
senators touched off an advance
debate there.
Representative Jamie Whitten
(D., Miss.) argued that a $6,000,
000,000 slash not only would take
money from the war and navy de
partments, but would cripple agri
culture.
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Due by Attlee Thursday
LONDON, Feb. 19—(AP) Au
thoritative sources said Wednesday
that Lord Wavell will be called
home soon from his post as viceroy
of India and that Prime Minister
Attlee will make an historic state
ment on Indian freedom in the house
of commons Thursday.
The disclosures stimulated spec
ulation that the British govern
ment might be preparing to with
draw from India and to announce
a plan for the sub-continent’s com
plete independence, perhaps within
a year.
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Lilienthal's
Chances
Looking Up
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.— (AP)
A Democratic policy committee of
ficial said tonight the senate is
presently inclined to confirm Da
vid E. Lilienthal as chairman of
the atomic control commission, but
Senator Kenneth Wherry (R., Neb.)
said there is “grave doubt’’ about
this.
The Democratic official, who de
clined to be quoted by name, said
confidential information from sen
ators who have not publicly stated
their views point toward senate ap
proval of Lilienthal’s nomination.
On the other hand, Wherry, the
Republican whip, cited to a report
er the estimate by Senator Ken
neth McKellar (D., Tenn.) that 15
Democrats will vote against con
firmation. If that is approximately
correct, Wherry said, Lilienthal’s
chances are slim.
Thus far, 15 senators, including
three Republicans, have announced
publicly that they favor confirma
tion. Fourteen senators, including
four Democrats, have said they are
against.
Lilienthal’s supporters, mean
while, hailed a statement by Chair
man Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R.,
Iowa) as an indication that the pa
tience of senate atomic committee
members is wearing thin under the
protracted attacks McKellar has
launched against the nominee.
'American Jewry" Blamed
LONDON, Feb. 19—(AP) A lead
ing labor member of parliament re
ported that Foreign Secretary Er
nest Bevin, facing critics in a La
borite caucus Wednesday, blamed
American Jewry’s pressure on the
United States government for Bev
in’s failure to reach a Palestine set
tlement.
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O.P.A. to Continue
Pending Fund Cut
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—(AP)
Price Administrator Max McCul
lough said today that OPA’s ration
ing and price control activities will
continue “uncurtailed” pending fin
al congressional action on the
house-approved $9,000,000 slash in
the agency’s funds.
The house action provides reduc
tion of that amount in funds al
ready provided for OPA.
McCullough maintains that if the
senate concurs and the reduction
finally is made, all OPA activities
will have to be abandoned, includ
ing enforcement of rent ceilings,
and sugar rationing.
Norblad Argues Army
Should Reduce Brass
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19—(AP)
The army should reduce the number
of its officers, Representative Wal
ter Norblad (R., Ore.) said in a
statement Wednesday.
He said that while the number
Morse Warns
G.O.P. of Policy
NEW YORK, Feb. 19.—(AP) Re
publican party leaders should be
told by the rank-and-file that the
party will be repudiated in 1948 if
it returns to its “economic mis
takes” of the 1920’s, Senator Wayne
L. Morse, (R., Ore.) said here Tues
day night.
In a. dinner speech celebrating
the 55th birthday anniversary of
the late Wendell L. Willkie, Morse
said Willkie recognized that a par
ty must firs't stand for sound prin
ciples and secondarily for election.
“He knew that standing just for
anything for election’s sake in or
der politically to capitalize upon
the prevailing prejudices and mis
information of the people, is the
surest way to weaken and betray a
political party,” the senator said.
of enlisted men has been cut"from
8,000,000 to 1,070,000, the number
of colonels has been cut only from
10,590 to 6,489.
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