Portugal Budget SKows
Nation in Sound State
Lisbon U.P.) The annual
budgets of the Portuguese gov
ernment over the past 25 years
have gradually transformed this
nation from a chronic bankrupt
into a financially sound state.
The 1955 budget is a good ex
ample. It emphasizes defense
and social welfare. But above
all, it stresses the "prudent
housekeeping" which has ear
marked all national budgets here
since the Salazar regime began
a quarter of a century ago.
"The current period of stabil
ity (is) derived from the strength
of the escudo and its purchas
ing power," the annual budget
message said.
"The time of arbitrary public
accounts has disappeared," said
the daily O Seculo, referring to
the chaotic government finances
of a generation ago. "This year's
budget is another stone in the
edifice being constructed with
steady energy and faith."
No Big Changes
Overall receipts for 1955 are
budgeted at 7,335 million escu
dos, with overall expenditures.
at 7,330 million. Receipts are up
259 million and expenditures are
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up 269 million over last year. (A
U.S. dollar is about 29 escudos )
The new budget presents no
great changes. Ordinary receipts
will be up 274 million escudos
over 1954, largely due to higher
returns from existing revenue
setups. Import duties will be up
six per cent, export duties down
14. Portugal's manufacturing is
still in its infancy. Traditionally,
Portugal has imported more than
she has exported.
Ordinary expenditures will be
up 'more than 400 million escu
dos this year compared with
1954. A third of this is account
ed for by higher wages and cost-
of-living aids to civil servants,
another third goes to the armed
forces and still more goes to the
interior ministry for social wpl
fare. . '
Budgeted for Surplus
The army and navy will get
1,144 million escudos this year,
88 million more than last year.
within the framework of ordi
nary expenditures. In additional
extraordinary expenditures, the
army and navy will get 198 mil
lion more. The navy is getting
the biggest chunk of the ordi
nary expenses, followed by the
army and the relatively new air
force.
The Portuguese mainland al
ready produces some uranium,
and there's reason to believe An
gola, Portuguese West Africa,
may one day supply uranium as
well. Among 15 million escudos
set aside for scholarships are
funds for the "development of
studies of nuclear energy." A
new Nuclear Energy board will
get 7.7 million escudos in the
1955 budget.
As usual, the government has
budgeted for a surplus over and
above expense appropriations.
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Guests Invited To
Plant for Supper
By Art Connoisseur
Pittsburgh CU.PJ You accept
Douglas Naylor's invitation to
drop into his home for food,
drink and stimulating talk at
your own risk. .
Naylor, whose repertorial beat
for the Pittsburgh Press covers
both city-county business and
art galleries, has a hobby and
you do the work.
As a connoisseur of art, Nay
lor appreciates not only the pol
ished work of professionals but
also the efforts of . tyros, espe
cially of friends.' Those who ac
cept his invitations soon find
themselves in a back room, sup
plied with the materials of art
and under orders to paint what
they see in the mirror them
selves.
The result of several years of
this paint-for-your-supper prac
tice was exhibited in the restaurant-gallery
of the Pittsburgh
Playhouse. The exhibition, call
ed "As I See Me," demonstrates
what can result from people
looking themselves straight in
the eye.
One of Naylor s newspaper
colleagues, noted for his gentle
mien and placid aspect, was de
picted as a coarse-featured, leer
ing roughneck.
This sort of phenomenon na
turally leads both artists and
observers to utter weighty words
like "subconscious" and "wish-
fulfillment."
Mayor David L. Lawrence, for
instance, fashioned a remarkable
likeness of himself. The only de
tail challenged was the hair
Lawrence's is thinnning, but his
portrait - self sports a nice
growth.
I guess, he said, uncon
sciously I long for more hair
Many of the "artists" dodg
analysis by obviously over or
under-playing themselves. Gen
erally, the men acquire funny
noses or some other such dis
tortion, and even the most strik
ing women do their best to de
picting themselves as plain.
It would appear that the Nay-
lors get a lot of laughs at oth
ers' expense without incurring
any of their own, but one friend
estimated that the Naylors have
spent $1,000 or more inspiring
the visitors with food and drink,
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Heiser Official
To Be Questioned
' San Francisco (U.PJ Attor
neys for the Securities and Ex
change Commission planned to
day to cross-examine the sen
statistician for J. Henry Heiser
& Co., a Portland, Ore., invest
ment firm accused of violating
securities laws.
Yesterday the statistician,
Joseph Rust, testified that a sur
vey showed that 76.8 per cent of
the firm's clients made at least
a 9 per cent annual return on
their investment.
Rust said the statistical de
partment under his supervision
made a survey of 4065 of the
total of 4566 accounts active
with Heiser on Dec. 31, 1954. He
said the survey showed that 3122
or 76.8 per cent made more than
9 per cent. . . .
It also showed that 197 ac
counts made 100 per cent or
more during the life of the ac
count, Rust said, and that the
majority showed a return of 10
to 13 per cent annually.
Two depositions were read
into the record from satisfied
customers who disagreed with
earlier government witnesses,
saying they were fully informed
about the company's methods.
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Norblad Seeks Federal Funds for Astoria Bridge
Washington (U.R) Rep. Wal
ter Norblad (R-Ore.) moved today
to make the proposed bridge
across the Columbia river at As
toria eligible for federal funds.
Norblad urged the Bureau of
Public Roads to include at least
the northern end of federal high
way 101 in the federal inter
state highway system.. This
would make Oregon eligible for
federal help in construction of
the new bridge.
Norblad said "for fast, depend-
able transportation in time of
peace or war, a bridge at this
point is essential both for the
national defense and the domes
tic economy.
Mission San Juan Capistrano
in Orange county was founded
Nov. 1, 1776, by Father Junipero
Serra, the seventh Franciscan
mission in Upper California.
CELL SEEKER This technician, typical of hundreds being trained
under sponcorship of the American Cancer Society, looks for cancer
cells on a microscope slide prepared from a uterine smear. Early
cancer of the uterus or cervix can be detected by this method and
may make It possible to cure as much as 70 per cent of all uterine
cancers. This is one of the many ways contributions to ths 1955
American Cancer Society Crussde are used.
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The fact is, we've put so
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Another Chevrolet exclusive
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