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Senate Finance
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Humphrey's Views
9 By LYLE C. WILSON
United Press Correspondent
"Washington (U.R) The Eis
enhower administration told the
fr-"'t tndjv the income tax cut
passed by the
House would
be bad medi
cine for "the
little folks."
The admin
istration view
point was
given to the
Senate Fi
nance Com-
, m i 1 1 e e, al-
LyleC. Wilson ready hostile
to the House-approved plan, by
Secretary of the Treasury
George M. Humphrey.
. Humphrey used such terms as
"iM justified" and "irresponsible"
gesture" in referring to the pro
vision to give a $20 a year tax
cut for all taxpayers and de
pendents. He testified as the belief was
growing here that Mr. Eisen
hower will veto the tax bill if it
goes to him with the income tax
reduction voted by the House.
The measure also includes administration-backed
provisions
to extend present corporation in
come tax rates and some excise
tax rates scheduled to go down
April 1.
Compromise Reports
Meanwhile, Sen. George A.
Smathers (D-Fla.) reported that
Senate Democrats are seeking
a compromise which would
avoid a party split over the
measure. Some Democratic sen
ators have sided with the ad
ministration in opposing the cut
at this time.
Humphrey told the senators
that, the income tax cut should
be. struck from the bill because
It is contrary to the public inter
est. He said the administration
has cut federal spending and has
moved toward a balanced
budget.
The administration favors
further tax reduction, he said,
only after there are further
cuts in spending and economic
growth increases revenues.
"To vote a $20 tax cut now
it next year and without any
indication of where the money is
coming from," he said, "is noth
ing but- an irresponsible gesture.
It is based only on hopes as yet
entirely unrealized ..."
Neglect Said Untrue
Humphrey said it is untrue
that tiie administration has neg
lected "the little folks" as Dem
ocrats have charged. He said all
income taxpayers got a tax cut
last year and that there were
excise tax reductions and addt
tional income tax relief for some
groups of individuals.
. "But even more important is
the fact that this administration
has been slowly getting the gov
ernment's financial affairs under
control to help the economy ex
pand and so make constantly
more and better iobs, he said
- "A job is more important
than a tax cut."
Cut Claimed Inflationary
Tax reduction which adds to
the federal deficit, he said, can
lead to inflation, which has only
recently been checked.
"And let us always remember
that it is not the rich who need
protection against inflation," he
said. "It is the little folks who
suffer the most when inflation
takes hold in a land."
Committee Chairman Harry F
Byrd (D-Va.) hoped to put the
bill to a committee vote this
afternoon. An opponent of tax
i eduction while the budget is
out of balance, Byrd expects the
committee to knock out the tax
cut.
The $20 income tax cut which
so offends Mr. Eisenhower was
approved by the House last week.
The margin was a mere fistfull
of votes. It needs now only to
pass the Senate where some Re
publican leaders believe tney can
lick it. t
Demo Leaders Enraged
Failing that it will be up to
the President. It is apparent now
that Mr. Eisenhower meant it
when he said the Democrats were
indulging in fiscal irresponsibil
ity in forcing the income tax
cut. It is equally evident that
Democratic leaders have been
enraged by the direct and rough
ly worded protests by the Presi
dent and others that they were
playing politics at the expense
of the national welfare. Speaker
Sam Ravburn sharply told the
. House that those who made such
charges would live to regret it
.But the word in town today
was "that tax cut will never be
come law." While it is true that
the administration's principal re
liance is a Senate majority
against the reduction, it is equal
ly true that the language Deing
used here strongly suggests that
the President is, at least, consid
ering a veto.
If so, he would be compelled
to ask Congress, also, to try again
to pass a revenue bill which
22 lEiDDs Await LegisDatiuiire as Still Week Starts
Salem (U.R) When legisla
tors showed up for work today,
starting the eighth week of the
current session, they wound 22
tills on the docket for a third
reading and several controver
sial committee hearings.
Eleven bills are slated for each
house.
One bill scheduled for the
house would levy a $10 annual
tax on coin-in-slot radio and tel
evision sets and also on amuse
ment rides. Amount of revenue
that could be raised by this tax
has not been disclosed.
Education Bonds
Another house bill would in
crease the amount of obligation
bonds that the state board of
higher education could issue for
construction of dormitories and
other student housing facilities
from $8,000,000 to $13,884,000.
Firemen could equip their
personal automobiles with flash
ing orange lights under provi-
Girl Suffering Rare Abdominal Disease
Consumes About 20 Bananas Each Day
Ponchatoula, La. (U.R)
Five-year-old Susan Morgan ate
20 bananas today. It was nothing
unusual. She has eaten almost
20,000 since she was three.
Susan's father and mother ex
pect that she will eat another
75,000 bananas in the next 10
years. That is about 12 tons of
bananas.
By 1965, strawberry farmer
Johnny Morgan hopes, Susan
won't have to eat bananas, un
less she wants to.
Rare Abdominal Disease
Susan has a rare abdominal
disease that requires a banana
diet. Dr. Marshall M. Scarle,
Susan's physician, prescribed the
diet and said he believes the
bananas are saving her life.
"When Susan was three she
only weighed 19 pounds," Mrs.
Morgan said. "We don't have any
money and so they took her to
Charity Hospital in New Or
leans and put her on just banan
as and a few other foods."
Susan, the seventh of nine
Morgan children who range in
age from six weeks to 18 years,
has been eating bananas steadily
since she entered the hospital
for a brief stay in July, 1952,
As We Live
By ELIZABETH HURLOCK, PH.D.
"Hovering" Unnecessary
In Resonable Caution
There is a great deal of dif
ference between caution and
overprotection. However, the
difference may not be apparent
if the attitude in both cases is
the same.
(Q) "Your recent column
about being careful of an older
person during the winter
months stirred up quite an
argument in our home. My
mother, who is in her late 70s,
lives with us. When she read
your article she triumphantly
said to me, 'You see. Dr. Hur-
lock says people should not be
overproiective of old. people.'
"She has been accusing me
for some time of being 'over
protective' of her. 1 maintain I
am just trying to be careful. It
seems that every time the wea
ther is bad. Mother insists thai
she just must go to the store
or keep an engagement she has
with a friend. If I tell her it
is foolish at her age to take
such risks, she argues that she
is just as well able to go out
now as she was when she was
20 years younger. I wish you
would write about this mat
ter." (A) First, I am sorry that what
I said led to an argument in your
home. I am sure your mother is
merely trying
to convince
you that she
does not need
to be coddled,
and she should
not be, if her
health is good.
However,
there are many
""IHbb '--ifij hazards in win-
Dr. Huxlock . ter for older
people and an ounce of preven
tion is certainly worth a pound
of cure. When the weather is
bad, and your mother feels she
must have something from the
store, you might be able to get
it for her and thus save her from
going out.
Should , she have an engage
ment with a friend, you might
drive her right to the door and
insist that she remain at the
friend's until you arrive to take
her home. Or use a taxi if you
do not want to drive or have no
car.
Illnesses often become serious
in older people. Colds lead to
pleurisy or pneumonia, and bro
ken bones heal very slowly.
Don't hover over your ' mother.
This is what makes her feel you
are overprotective. Merely use
common cautions and keep a
cheerful attitude that "all will
be well."
(Copyright 1955,
General Features Corp.)
except for two months in 1953,
when the quota was cut down.
No Starches Or Fats
Blonde, blue-eyed and slight
ly undersized, Susan eats other
food but cannot eat starches and
fats.
Mrs. Morgan was asked if
Susan still likes bananas
"Well," Mrs. Morgan said, "at
first she had a real craving,
even used to wake us at night
for one. She doesn't ask for them
so much anymore; but she still
likes them and eats all we buy
for her." .
sions of another bill up for a
third reading.
Two highly controversial
pieces of tax legislation are
scheduled for House. Tax Com
mittee hearings this week.
The first is a resolution for a
constitutional amendment to
permit attachment of the emer
ency clause to tax measures
and .thus block use of the ref
erendum on them.
The second is the sales tax
bill. "
Support Indicated
The constitutional amendment
resolution passed the Senate 23
to 7 and 33 of 60 house mem
bers have signed the measure,
indicating their support. Much
debate is expscted, however, be
fore the people finally receive
the proposal.
Opponents have expressed
fears that the proposal will
weaken Oregon's historic initiative-referendum
policy. Hearing
on the amendment was set for
today. .
On Wednesday , the house tax
committee will take up the sales
tax measure sponsored by Rep.
Earl Hill, Cushman Republican.
It has gained a good deal of
local support because it gives
all . proceeds to school districts,
but congressional experts agree
it faces an uncertain future.
Legislators, for one thing, ap
pear reluctant to go through a
sales tax battle when, even if
the bill were, passed, it. would
do nothing directly to relieve
the $45,000,000 deficit which
now faces the state government.
Seventh Generator Starts at McNary
Walla Walla U.R) Another
70,000 kilowatts of power poured
into the Northwest power pool
tcday as the seventh generator
at McNary dam was put on the
line.
The h-age Army Engineer
project was back on schedule
with half of its generators in
stalled when the switch was :
thrown today. ;
McNary now produces some
500,000 kilowatts of power even
though the rated capacity of '
each- generator -is only 70,000
kilowatts., With sufficient water,
production can be increased 10
to 15 per cent above the rated
capacity. '.-.. ;
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