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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1953)
Congress Not Enthused Over Ike's Message. By J. M. ROBERTS, JR. Associated Press News Analyst On the basis of scattered early returns. President Eisenhower's explanation of the nation's finan cial position with relation to the conflict with Russia was better re ceived by the country! editorial writers than by Congress. What Congress would hear from the people remained to be seen. Faced by the determination of an important Republican congres sional group to reduce defense spending and foreign aid below the minimum safety point which he believed his budget recommen dations had attained, and by a cot certed drive to reduce taxes in the face of a budget still far from balanced, the President had gone to the people. Simplest Terms He attempted to reduce the sit uation to its simplest terms, a very difficult thing when dealing with so many billions of dollars, with authorized but unspent funds to consider and with an explana tion needed, for instance, of how the Air Force can be stronger with 120 wings than with 143. Beyond what could be safely saved and he said the adminis tration's search for possible econ omies would be continuous the people would just have to go on paying. Dash of Cold Water To many the speech came as a dash of cold water. They had ex pected, last fall, that the new Pres ident would pull the rabbit of tax reduction out of the magic Hat. But Eisenhower said that in an age of danger from a great power deter mined to destroy freedom around the world, there was no magic hat. He relied mostly on logic, but there were stretches of eloquence, too. He wanted people to feel itan honor to carry their heavy load in the cause he advocated. Congress flew right back at home. The hue and cry for more economy on one hand, and for tax reductions on the other, had begun in anticipation of the Eisenhower stand, and continued unabated. Republican members of the House Ways and Means Commit tee agreed for the most part that they would oppose extension of the excess profits tax. Taft 'Disappointed' Sen. Taft said he was "disap pointed" in Eisenhower's 50 billion figure for defense and foreign aid, and said the problem should be studied to see if 40 billions couldn't be made to do. Business men of all classes pointed to inequalities and hard ships in the excess profits tax, but the stock market had discounted the President's words in advance, and remained steady. The problem has been building up to a climax for years. Ifs eval uation involved the chances for war. It involved the balance point between a sound dollar, a sound economy, and a safe level of mili tary defense. It involved not only the practical but the spiritual co operation of the Western Allies. It involved the fate not only of this nation, but of all the nations... The battle of viewpoints prom ised to be bitter. None could say who was right, who wrong, or if there still remained a better mid dle ground. That would be re vealed only as new pages of his tory were turned. Farm Information Fund Stabilization Bill Advances WASHINGTON OP) The House Agriculture Committee Wednesday approved a bill to stabilize annual federal aid to states in providing agricultural information for farm ers. The bill would continue each year the funds given to each of the states this year for agricultural extension service work. Under pre sent law, the amount given to each state may change every decade as a result of population shifts down by the decennial census. State land grant colleges coop erate with the Department of Agri culture in extension services and states pay part of the cost. 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