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ONGRESS seems strangely—and dangerously—reluctant to speed action on President Truman’ 8 request for a $10 billion tax increase, ’ Sen. George (D. Ga.), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, says a majority of his committee's members oppose quick procedure. The House Ways and Means Committee, where tax legislation must originate, hasn't reached a decision. But Chairman Doughton, (D. N. C.), says it wouldn't do much good for his committee to hurry if the Senate committee is determined to go slow. Mr. Truman's: recommendation was for rapid passage of the $10 billion increase, then for later passage of a further tax boost of about $6.5 billion to close the gap between his $71.6 billion budget and his estimate of $55.1 billion revenue from present tax rates. :

SOME Congressional tax authorities contend that both of Mr. Truman's proposed tax increases should be considered in one bill. They argue that this single- package treatment would enable them to do a more scientific job. Also, that while waiting for the single-package tax bill, Congress could be cutting the President's budget and thus making it unnecessary to raise the full $16.5 billion in new revenue which Mr. Truman wants in two separate packages. Mr. Truman has dared Congress to cut his budget. And, certainly, Congress should accept that challenge. But only the wildest optimists really believe that Congress actually will cut the budget by more than $6.5 billion. In other words, pay-as-we-go taxation is practically sure to require at least $10 billion—the amount Mr, Truman wants quickly—in new revenue. That new revenu Treasury at the earli It is urgently fieeded to counteract the inflationary effect of federal deficit spending. So far this fiscal year, the government's s income is a trifle ahead of its outgo, but grow‘ing defense &xpenditures will soon reverse that picture. And shrinking production of civilian goods will reduce the ger ernment’s jneomme from present tax rates. : :

FURTHERMORE, there is almost no chance for passagé of a single-package tax increase before next July or August. By that time, a lot of potential revenue would be lost forever to the Treasury. Tax increases on corporation incomes might be made retroactive. But increase on individuals incomes probably wouldn't be. And increased excises on automobiles and other consumer goods couldn't be. The right, the necessary plan Congress should adopt is prompt action on the first part of Mr. Truman's program —$10 billion in tax increases quickly. Meanwhile, budget cutting can be going forward. If it saves as much as $6.5 billion, Mr. Truman's proposed further tax increase may be unnecessary. And the prospect of avoiding that further tax increase will inspire the budget cutters to more determined efforts.

should start flowing into the ible moment.

ONE: Advocate strict government economy and ruthless reduction of nonessential spending. TWO: Work day and night for appropriations to finance ~ federal projects and activities of special benefit to their own ‘states and districts, Add those two things together, and you get mighty little economy. What you do get is a lot of Congressmen from a lot of states and districts busily log-rolling and vote-swapping te help one another put over a lot of appropriations certainly not essential in times like these. Such members of Congress, you may say, are ineon-

So they are. And why? : Because se many citizens in their ates and districts —citizens whose political support the congressmen want— are inconsistent.

Ld 8 ” ” BECAUSE 50 many citizens back home yell for government economy and at the same time demand that their representatives in Washington keep busy looking out for back home's special benefits, Suppose those citizens and their organizations—Chambers of Commerce, civic clubs, taxpayers’ associations— changed their attitude. Suppose they bombarded their Congressmen with letters and resolutions saying, in effect: “Forget our state's, our district's, special benefits for a while. us to do without the federal money you've been trying to get us. But inflation can ruin us unless Congress stops merely talking about government economy and starts enforcing it. That's the job we want you to help do for us. * Get busy.” Well, some Congressmen might drop dead of surprise. But those who survived the shock might slash a whale of a lot of unnecessary spending out of the President's

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N the last few-days two more states—Wyoming and Arkansas—have ratified thé proposed constitutional amendment to limit future Presidents of the United States to two consecutive terms, That makes 30. Only six more are needed to put the amendment into the Constitution. Legislatures are, or will be, meeting this year in all but one of the 18 states which haven't yet acted conclusively, 1 So this amendment can be, and should be, .adopted in + 1051. It will not apply to President Truman, who is specifically exempted. The 30 state legislatures which have ratified it represent a large majority of the American people. ' The will of that large majority that future Presidents shall : not break the: tWotam Precedent. should be made effective,

... ROME, Feb. 13 There's less fear than was evident a few weeks ago that Soviet satellites will inl Yugoslavia this spring. Allled and Italian officials in close contact with the Balkans are more optimistic than Washington. ; THough all so-called Intelligence regarding Stalin's plans is largely guesswork, the opinion,

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here is: informed guessing, At least it's

Neither is it colored by overestimates of " strength. Om Hie Cairary, information here indicates num ectiye Yugoslav di , to Allied size and standards,

are nearer 12 than the 18 usually assumed. The cautious optimism here is based rather

‘But Think of the Experience Yuh Got"

. By Frederick C. Othman

He Stuck You With the Big

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 13—I was figuring on doing an essay on the price of stew meat (if vegetables weren't so high I'd be a vegetarian) and allied subjects, when I received from a friend of mine in Knoxville, Tenn. a newspaper clipping. Since the cost of eating has a deal to do with the rate of taxes, and they depend on how the bureaucrats spend our money, I have decided to devote this space today to a front page dispatch in the Knoxville News - Sentinel. With no further comment from me, here is the

story: “Mayor J. W, Elmore Jr. (of Knox-

ville) had a telegram from federal price chief Michael V. DiSalle today. It was a long tele-gram-—227 words. It cost the government $13.77 to send it. Now that the Mayor has read it, he still isn’t quite sure just what Mr, DiSalle wants. “Seems that in one paragraph Mr. DiSalle wants the Mayor to appoint a committee in a heckuva hurry. Then the urgency of the thing lets up a little a few paragraphs on when Mr. DiSalle says he wants members of the committee to ‘await recommendation for their co-oper-ation with the plans of this agency to explain and clarify its activities in the public interest’— whatever that means. “Mr. DiSalle said ‘it is essential in this national defense mobilization emergency that every citizen be acquainted with all measures being taken for the common good and be informed of the steps each individual may take to carry out his part.’ “The next sentence goes like this: ‘The Office of Price Stabilization of the Economic Stabilization Agency, therefore, requests that you consider appointing immediately a volunteer emergency Stabilization Co-operation Committee with a chairman to be named by you’ Apparently Mr. DiSalle wants the Mayor to appoint a committee and name the chairman. . “Purpose of the committee would be to provide a means of assisting regional and district offices of price stabilization in encouraging general public knowledge and observance of regulations adopted in the interest of a sound national economy.’ Maybe that means he wants a local publicity committee.

SIDE GLANCES

2-13.

"He just lost a telephone battle with his wife—now he'll show’

-us-who's champion around here!"

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By Galbraith

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"OP. 1061 BY NEA SERVICE, INC. T. M. REG. U8 PAT. OFfr

“‘In appointing this local volunteer committee,’ Mr. DiSalle suggests, ‘it 18 respectfully suggested that you draw its membership from community leaders represénting principal pub-

lications, radio and television stations, adver-

tising clubs, civic, labor, educational, veterans, industry, employers, retail and other organizations.’

Costly Message

“THEN he asks that ‘the composition of your committee, when appointed, be forwarded to your district stabilization director so that our requests for specific assistance may be direc through proper channels.’ “This same telegram is scheduled to go to all mayors of cities with more than 10,000 population. There are 1253 cities in that population class, 1f the telegram rate to Knoxville is taken as an average cost, that means Mr.

. DiSalle’s telegram will cost the government

$17,253.81. The cost of 1253 three-cent stamps is $37.59. Mayor Elmore says he wants to discuss the telegram with his directors before he takes action on it.” End story. And I thank you, News-Sentinel, for the kind of story a Washington reporter somehow never gets a chance to see.

FOSTER'S. FOLLIES

NEW YORK—The corset and féundation (arment market will become prograssively tighter in 1051, it was predicted at a fashion show here. It's a heck of a fix this expert predicts, For milady it means a new hurdle. These are sinister tricks when inflation restricts Any effort her beauty to girdle.

We have taken no poll, but we have searched our soul, And we think you'll agree with our finding. Though the idea be droll, there should be some control— Corset prices should always be binding! e © CHICAGO-—Anthony 8. White, a Portland, Ore., mail carrier has been named the nation’s male crocheting champion. A daring man is Tony White, Who daily totes the mail. Nor wind, nor storm, nor gloom of night Can make our hero pale, Despite the jibes which are his fate, Our Tony is true blue, What matter if the hazard’'s great— That needle must go through.

CHINA PROBLEM .

Nationalist sources here believe the State Department already has established contact with a “new force”. called the Free China Democratic League. It's headed by the canny Cantonese politico, Gen. Hsu Tsung-chih, who once outranked Chiang in China's Nationalist revolution. Hsu publicly has professed an anti - Communist “partnership” with the Nationalist government on Formosa. But he has privately declined overtures from Chiang’s emissaries to submit to Taipeh’s control. When he first was invited to Formosa — which would have symbolized his ylelding—he declined. He's repdrted instead to have invited a representative of the Nationalist government (or the Kuomintang, Chiang's Nationalist Party) to come to see him.

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creasing hace that that Stalin pot attack Tito by proxy without starting a world war, which presumably he doesn’t want yet. Among the encouraging factors cited are:

ONE: The famine effects are worse among

the neighbors than in Yugoslavia because Stalin has been taking their scarce grain while America has been sending food into Yugoslavia. War would destroy the satellites’ crops which Russia a tly needs :for her own reserves. There's an oil shortage in the RoMA flelds as well as the Russian, THREE: The failure of the satellite industries to meet their quotas and the continuing drain of their products to Russia leaves them ill-prepared for a sustained military offensive, FOUR: The anti-war sentiment in the Soviet colonies and unrest in their armies. This is believed to be the reason for the recent influx of Russian officers into their armed forces. FIVE: Stalin's current purge of his Prague puppets, following similar removal for alleged treason of key men in Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria seems to indicate the Soviet control of those countries is too uncertain to risk the strain of an aggressive war,

SIX: The informal Italian-Yugoslav understanding protects Marshal Tito's flanks, enabling him to withdraw forces from the Trieste and Adriatic areas to the eastern fronts and prepare for a last-ditch stand in the mountain strongholds of Bosnia and elsewhere. Thus, it is increasingly improbable that the expected rapid initial advance of the satellite invaders could destroy the retreating Yugoslav army or prevent a long guerrilla defense, This is precisely the kind of inconclusive, intermingling warfare which would be the gravest risk to the loyalty of troops exposed to Titoism. SEVEN: Stalin’s recent feelers for a socalled non-aggression pact with Italy show that he realizes the danger of starting a Balkan war while Tito’'s flanks are protected. From his standpoint, the failure of his feelers leaves the situation worse. EIGHT: Current Staté Department hints that the United States and its Allies are interestéd in Yugoslav's defense against aggression indicate that Stalin missed his chance to recover the Yugoslav colony cheaply and without a world war, These verbal hints have been sharpened by: Expansion and consolidation of the United State European and Mediterranean Air Forces under the single command of Lt. Gen Lauris Norstad.

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~The Indianapolis Times Fear Of Soviet Spring Attack On Yougoslavia Fades

. on the increasing satellite ‘weakness and the de-

Joint Anglo- erican Mediterranean maneuvers—scheduled this week—by 80 warships and carriers.

It is admitted here that these factors may

- be more. logical than conclusive, It also is ad-

mitted that Stalin must get rid of Tito and oe dread contagion of “national communism” soon as he can. But it is believed that a satellite war on Tito at the moment probably would do more to spread than wipe out the contagion

not only in Hastern Europe but also in the al-

They're Wearing Out

ready infected Itallan and French Communist Parties, Therefore, although the possibility of Balkan aggression this spring is not ruled out, Stalin is expected to continue for a while the phony “eivil war” technique. Until Stalin succeeds in assassinating Tito, a “civil war” probably would be easier to arrange in Germany or Iran than Yugoslavia. Despite the lessening fear here of a Yugoslay war soon, however, there's no temptation here to delay the American-aided rearmament program. And despite an apparent difference of opinion between Rome and Washington as to the immediacy of the danger, there is complete agreement that increasing American strength is the best and only adequate insurance,

"I do not agree with a word that you say, but

‘Don’t Blame Us’

This letter is partly informative and partly in the spirit of putting the blame where it rightfully belongs. People out on the East Washington trolley line have been complaining about the irregular service—and justifiably so. Not all of the trouble, but a good share of it, rises from the fact that there is no short turn-around on the line. When trolleys binch up they all have to go clear to ‘the end of the line to turn ‘around. There is no place half way out where some of

them could turn around and start back to town’

and pick up the people who are waiting along the curb. When they get real late about the only way to get them back on time is to lay out a trip and that is not the best solution. The company intended to turn them around at “Gray Street” similar to the streetcars. In

+ fact every one of the trackless trolleys is

equipped with a “Gray Street” sign-—signs that have never been used. And what's the reason

. for this?

A few people out on the Washington Street district near Gray Street objected to the trolleys running around their block so the company was denied permission to turn around there. In other words, a few people are causing all the people on the line to suffer. Without that turn-around we operators are working under a terrific handicap. I'm not saying it is a cure-all but it would help a lot since running without a short turn-around is the biggest single factor contributing to the tie-up of the line in my estimation. You cannot blame the company for this. You can only blame the people. So go ahead Indianapolis—fight your transit outfit and contribute to your own inconvenience and discomfort. «Trolley Operator.

‘License Gambling’ MR. EDITOR: Moneymen gamble on stocks, bonds, wheat, corn, cattle and what else? Poor men can't gamble, Neither can they carry the present tax rate if they feed and sloth. their families properly. Monte Carlo made Monaco a paradise, If we were sensible we too would license gambling and not send it underground. Last time we sent our boys to die the hard blue noses passed prohibition. The Times has had some very wonderful editors who knew the score and fought laws that lead to crime and murder. Run gambling underground and the police won’t be able to handle it. License all gambling and let Uncle Sam take the rake-off instead of our crooked poijticians, and feed our children. —Mrs. W. A. Collins.

MR. EDITOR: . This seems to be a great sport some members of our legislature are interested in. Well, well. While our state police, Mayor. and other officials try to get rid of the gamblers and are working hard at it, there are some who would counteract the effect of this good work. Shame. Gambling is gambling whether to a dice game or betting on horses. It's a poor example to set for our growing children, --Marion Loxton, City.

. By Clyde Farnsworth

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will defend to the death your right to say it," ‘Who's to Blame?’

MR. EDITOR: So the switchmen strike, and they shouldn’t. It is a very bad thing to do in war time. It keeps our troops from getting the supplies they

need. But there is another side to this piece ture, so let's look at it: Two long years this strike has been going on, and why? No strike should go on that long. Why don’t you let the public: know wha You know there ¢an be

, Stubborn guys on both sides, and who are

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these stubborn guys? If management, they

are as bad as the switchmen, and if the union

men, then they are as bad as the switchmen: they represent. Why don’t Cyrus Ching and his men come in for their share of the blame? The idea of a strike lasting that long. What is the truth about this strike? That's what I would like to know, and so would a lot of people. They went on strike, about three months ago, and I thought then the strike would be settled so this wouldn't happen again, but here it is again, and I guess it will continue. ~FEd Johnson, City.

MR. EDITOR: + + + The striking switchmen deserve commendation for what they did in holding up supplies for our men in Korea. Do you switchmen have any sons in Korea? If he doesn’t come home you might stop to think about how you didn’t do your part... You men had better stop k of th lives of the men in Korea for ur negligence you may kill your own so .

0. E.A., Alexandria

The Weather—1899 MR. EDITOR:

I would like to comment on your statement about the weather on Feb. 8, 1899. I have kept a diary since 1898 and my diary shows that on Feb, 9, 1899 the thermometer hit 24 degrees below zero instead of 18 degrees below as you stated, which is the coldest February yet. —Aldona Yandy, New Castle Editor’s Note; Weatherman suggests reader Yanky got a bad buy in a thermometer. Still stands by his official record of 18 degrees below for Feb, 9, 1899.

NEWS COMMENTATOR

EACH evening when my work is through « I listen to the news , . . that comes across my radio with brisk commented views . , and in this way I keep in step . . . with this fast changing world . . . for I can hear the big events . . . just as they are unfurled . . . I marvel at the way in which , . . the commentators tell , . . the happenings that touch the heart ... . to make it laugh or swell , . . and I have often thought about . . . the man behind the mike . . . because it is his voice that makes . . . no story sound alike . . . and that is why I write this verse . . . and doff my has to he . . . who with greatest eloquence . . brings all the world to me. . —By Ben Burroughs

a Stand on Chiang?

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HONG KONG, Feb, 13—The United States eventually must choose—if it hasn't already—to support Chiang Kai-shek’s claim to leadership of anti-Communist movements on the China mainland, or cut the ground from under him. The answer at this time is beyond proving one way or the other. But it doesn’t look good for the Generalissimo.

weeks ago, Gen, Hsu told Hong Kong reporters he had American support. This undoubtedly was true on the basis of contributions from Chinese in the United States, but Hsu inferredg that he had State Department backing. Nationalist sources say Hsu has been visited by members of the Américan consular staff. There's one story that Hsu once invifed an American official to call at his home and managed to have a Chinese newspaperman there at the same time to see the American arrive. As calculated, word. was soon all over Hong Kong of American support. for Gen. Hsu, Regardless of any stagecraft by the General, American officials are doubtless interested The real question 1s whether official has turned into offi-

cial support. There's no way of finding out. = ” ” . THE U, 8, State Department helped ease Chiang into retirement from the Presidency of China two years ago to allow Vice President Li Tsungjen to carry on his dead-end peace talks with the Communists. For a while Ii gleamed brightly in State Department eyes as the potential leader of a "third force” in China. Li's departure to the United States to seek medical trgatment and American backing, and his eventual refusal to return to Formosa, resulted in Chiang's resumption of the

. Presidency. There's been noth-

ing to suggest that the. State Department is still determined to frustrate Chiang's National leadership, regardless of the way in which he and his followers have organized the defense of Formosa and prepared for re-entry to the mainland. Another guess is that the State Department intends to put Formosa and the Kuomintang

on a par with other regional

blocs and treat them sep-

-arately when and if they are”

deemed deserving of American help, + vt On the Chinese side, Chiang’ s

stock has risen sharply. His 25-year fight with communism is in the pattern of Chinese military and political history, His is still the greatest name in China. ” ” » THE anti-Communist cliques and blocs forming up as the Free China Democratic League like to think of themselves as a, ‘new force” rather than a “third force,” which does not indicate too great a separation from the Formosa government.

Their antipathy to Chiang’s following, however, is close to the surface. Some of this is accounted for by simple differences of political opinion but it turns mostly on the narrow regionalism which has pre-

vented real unification of the

Chinese nation, The nucleus of the Free China Democratic League, for example, is the Cantonese whe have always held themselves apart from the rest of China. Buch regionalism gives rise to warlords or provinefal strongmen. The process has been repeated throughout China's history, and in all parts

‘of the country. The Chinese Nationalist revolution Was sup-

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