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
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state may change every decade as
a result of population shifts down
by the decennial census.
State land grant colleges coop
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culture in extension services and
states pay part of the cost. The
service keeps farm people posted
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