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Show INDEPENDENT Sugar House,Utah- - --Thursday May 28 1959 Page Three In his budget message last t January, Mr. Eisenhower told Con-gress that "we are now entering a period of national prosperity and high employment" and that continued improvement in business conditions is expected to provide the $77.1 billion budget-balanci- ng revenue which he predicted for the next fiscal year. The fact that Mr. Eisenhower was proved right, at least up to the present time, has made it easier for him more recently to challenge the Congressional at-titude toward some of his legis-lative proposals. He is bolstered, too, by the knowledge that he frequently can expect support from a coalition of conservative Republicans and of Southern Democrats and that a veto of really drastic legislation would not likely be overridden by the required two --thirds vote of both branches of Congress. No Comment by James W. Douthat Washington, D.C., May 19 , Economy forces in Washington are now convinced that they have a vastly improved opportunity to hold the line against the astronomical spending programs of the New Dealers. There are a number of rea-sons for this increased confidence. Of major importance is the effec-tive "grass roots" campaign-agains- t wasteful and unessential government spending stimulated by President Eisenhower and by industry. Economy advocates are quick to point out that their ultimate success depends on the degree of support received from the people back home between now and the adjournment of Congress. Mem-bers of Congress are responsive to such sentiment. The prospects of obtaining a balanced budget for the fiscal year beginning next July are greatly increased too, by the strong up-ward movement of the nation's economy. Indications are that this will boost the Government's tax rev-enue considerably above the amount forecast in President Eisenhower's budget message last January. But the economy advocates em-phasize that they want to hold spending to essentials, regardless of the amount of revenue, and use surplus funds for tax reduction or for lowering the national debt. Mr. Eisenhower, encouraged by the prospective increase in tax revenue, has raised his fi-nancial sights. In addition to a balanced budget, which he has been advocating for some time, he now wants to begin paying off the debt. Here are his views, as ex-pressed to a recent news confer-ence: "We are on an upturn in our economy. And at this very time we are talking about a balanced budget like it was something evil. My attitude is entirely different. I say a balanced budget is a minimum target that we are look-ing for. At this kind of time, we ought to be getting some sur-pluses, we ought to be paying off something on our debt." There is considerable opinion also that tax rate reform at this time would remove formidable road blocks to further economic expansion. Industry supports identical bills introduced by Rep-resentatives Herlong (D-Fl- a.) and Baker (R-Ten- n.) Which, among other things, would lower personal and corporation income tax rates to a maximum of 47 per cent by a series of five annual reductions. Tax rate reform could result -- from an intensive inquiry into income tax laws to be started on Nov. 2 by the House Ways and Means Committee. The upturn in the economy, together with an amazing im-provement in the employment sit-uation, definitely Jias taken some of the steam out of the New Dealer's big spending program to combat the late recession. It is a matter of record that the New Dealers and the AFL-CI- O were demanding huge government spending as an antirecession mea-sure, while vthe Eisanhower Administration and conservatives in Congress were vigorously re-sisting such proposals as unessential. LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS MEETING (Cont .from page 1) This will be an open meeting, and the public is invited. For reservations call Mrs. William R. Swiler, HU 232 by Thursday June 4th. Mrs. Swiler is being assisted on her committee by Mrs. M. K. Soderquist and Mrs. S. G. Paul. The League has made water problems a part of both its na-tional and local programs of study for several years. The 1958-6- 0 national program includes "sup-port of national water policies and practices which promote coordin-ated administration, equitable fi-nancing and regional or river basin ' planning". On the local level, the League spearheaded the movement for inproved water purification and sewerage disposal programs in Salt Lake City. 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I I I-- x- IT SERVING X V I V ' INDIVIDUALS YEARS EBUSINESS INDUSTRY VJf1859-195- 9 J Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation cont. from page 1 Petersen, 1943 Wilson Ave. Sophomores chose for their president, James A. Smith, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Smith of Port Chester, New York; vice president, Charles R. Maddox,son of Mrs. Dorothy Maddoxof Paonia, Colo; secretary, Letitia Leong, daughter of Mrs. B. C. Leong of San Francisco: and treasurer, Sha-ron Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold H. Smith, 2887 Wain-wrig- ht Road. Out in the broad prairies of Nebraska and the rest of the West, the critter that does not run dociley with the herd is termed a mustang. And so it is possible that on the broad green pasture land that reaches from the Po-tomac to Capi-tol mil, Rep. Glenn Cun-- n i n g h a m might well be considered a mustang, and a very out-spoken one at that, judging defense on account of Soviet "scares," thereby proceeding merrily on our way to spending ourselves into bankruptcy and destruction." "And," he said, "Billions for relief for depressed areas, there-by killing private enterprise, making individual enterprise un-necessary, and assuring that such areas will stay on perma-nent relief." And he comments quite wryly, "If the Congress had such a no-tion fifty years ago, we would still have the Federal govern-ment supporting the blacksmith shop." In addition, he also says that the Washington spending cult should come right out and be honest, admitting this talk of balancing the budget is just so much talk, and that they really don't want a balanced budget. While Rep. Cunningham is one of the more outspoken members of Congress, he is not the only one who is taking this viewpoint. It is possible bureaucrats are going to find much tougher going in trying to wring more billions out of the taxpayers. In fact, it would not take too many like Rep. Cunningham to form a spearhead in Congress that could lead the nation into a swelling crusade that would at last clean out the waste, extrav-agance and corruption. Because as evidenced by re-ports received daily by the Na-tional Federation of Independent Business the people are no long- er fooled by any claims that gov-ernment spending cannot be re-duced.' It is quite commonly held that billions could be lopped off the budget with no loss of se-curity or essential services. The only question being asked Is why it is not being done now.- - by a recent re-- c. wTHarder port he issued to his district. Commenting on the recent dis-closures of Congressional payroll habits, he makes the point that these situations are not too sur-prising. Rather, he claims, reck-lessness with Congressional of-fice help allowances are to be expected from a body that is reckless in throwing the people's money around m all types of boondoggling ventures. The forthright Congressman Cunningham had this to say "Whenever we read of some poli-tician proposing a 'bold, new approach' to our problem, we can always expect to read in the next sentence that what he has in mind is bold, new, in-creased spending of the taxpay-ers' money." He goes on to say "I believe that the much touted leadership of the Congress is bankrupt of new ideas. It seems to me that the much published leadership does not have the ability to abandon its outworn program of a quarter century ago." "But," Congressman Cunning-ham continues, "that's the way of the "liberals" and welfare staters. Much more money for Nttlon1 rdHon of Independent Butlnxit |