Show washington washingto snapshots another secret is out the real reason behind congressional delay on the tax bill la is a bitter inner circle tight fight the course courle sought Is how to levy taxes in in an election year without hurting anyone wo votes on one side lare congressmen who vehemently oppose the idea of levying any taxes it in an election year on the other inside s say are some treasury officials offic lali ciali who insist because of the record federal debt they must finance and refinance re finance that any tax bill should at least make a gesture at raising substantial noial revenue and thereby give artificial support to the bond market the bLick backstage sta e work is stilt still going on administration are trying to get the pathway ed tor for swift passage ot of whatever bill finally Is decided upon their objective which soma of them admit in private conversation I 1 is to keep newspaper publicity at a minimum so the small salaried lined sa man will not be fully va bcd about the crushing tax burden that will descend upon him aftin the election as a result of tile the sauget huge spending bev feverish arish efforts are arc bein rade meanwhile to get bis newspaper nea paper headlines on frequent economy eco romy conferences there was much recently about a deduction of a 1 billion dollars in expenditures what actually happened was wa 8 i this congress had told halt half a dozen federal agencies that they could borrow several billion dollars tor for their experiments the conferees bonfe aea agreed that me borrowings should be reduced by a billion dollars but the interesting thin is that these agencies never intended to borrow that last billion anyhow |