| Show j. j NEWS SCANNING THE WEEKS WEEK'S World Street and the of 01 M Main Congress Goes Home After Passing 56 a Billion Increase Tax Measure the first session of the congress Members CONGRESS of and January 8 when between now horse will lwe have deserted Washington and convince the people rf of the a home hom hometowns the second session convenes try to toc The tte convince fact remains m J however that the achievements because their great session towns of for the second record is h not too good presidential and JJ the prospects election year are even worse it will meet during a hearings the Kefauver The congress confess spent week in the MacArthur activities and corruption in crIme inquiry probes Into subversive legislation enacted dealt with foreign government Most of the rt important forgotten There was no field was nearly affairs while the domestic eld advance in the Hoover plan for govern govern- civil rights progress no marked reform of the civil defense meat ment reorganization excepting amendments to the Defense Production stepchild needed undecided remained a statehood for Alaska and Hawaii remain Act were neglected longest unbroken session of any set another mark the days The congress since 1913 14 with the senate in peacetime congress filled pages of the congressional and the house The senate oratory And during the session pages record and the house enacted laws were public laws and private and senate enacted three house In the dying hours of the session the all aimed at strength n. n of bills authorizing the spending and abroad It swelled to security of the US U.S. at the Ing the passed during the year of which 0 00 the he appropriations was for tor defense purposes I Truman signed the tax I TAXES President in the first session of the I bill one of the last measures passed home towners will begin to I congress and on November ranging 1 the average from 11 to 12 per cent for most I pay it Besides increases list of items Including lIquor excise taxes go up on a long taxpayers Digger Bigger income and profits excess gasoline and household appliances taxes are In store for some Industries definite in his opinion of the however was very The President enough he had asked it not To begin with he felt was increase measure would ask congress In January to he for and Indicated loopholes too containing many improve the tax law He lIe criticized it as I additional means by which wealthy and In some respects providing individuals can escape paying their proper share states to publIcize He also criticized the Jenner rider permitting of federal social security allot relief rolls without losing their share of raising revenue ments meats This Tills he said Is quite unrelated to the purpose indignity publicity and personal unwarranted well result in and may and unhappiness for aged people and others receiving public assistance KEG The KEG The Middle East has become the powder keg THE POWDER the which blow the world Into World War III Since ordering may and the Sudan armed clashes have British out of the Suez canal zone occurred between forces of the two countries Egypt has ordered general In wartime fashion and th too the British have mobilization Ion of man power reinforced their canal forces with troops planes and warships The Egyptian crisis is a manifestation tion of the growing fever of ol nationalism in the Moslem states which started when Iran nationalized its oil industry and kicked the British out But unlike the Iranian question the free world On the the Suez and its Us safety is of vital importance to surface Egypt would seem too weak to throw the British out but the west fears a series of incidents that could set the entire Middle East aflame Should the crisis reach to point of open warfare between the two countries the Communists can be expected to step in and World War III could start at any moment VATICAN ENVOY President ENVOY President Truman nominated Ge Gen Mark W. W Clark chief of the Army Field Forces to be the first United States ambassador to Vatican City American diplomatic relations with the Vatican which had been terminated by act of congress in hi 1867 were resumed twelve years ago by President Franklin D. D Roosevelt Since early 1950 however there has been no diplomatic relationship with the Vatican and President Truman's nomination of Gen Clark was unexpected Because of considerable criticism concerning the move the President announced several days later he had decided not to carry out diplomatic representation at the Vatican until congress has acted on the issue Congress will probably take the matter under consideration shortly after it convenes January 8 FEDERAL DEFICIT DEFICIT- The DEFICIT The government has operated In the red this year Next year It will go even deeper In the red and nothing that congress has done or economies will prevent It Expenditure for the fiscal year 1952 will amount to approximately 70 billion it itt is estimated Receipts will amount to billion leaving a deficit of 63 billion In the fiscal year 1953 expenditures will amount to an estimated 90 85 85 90 billion while re receipts will total billion This leaves about billion deficit Congress is not likely to increase taxes next year because it is a presidential election year most observers believe The only way to cut down this deficit would be to reduce defense spending and foreign aid ald There may be some cut In foreign aid but little if any In defense spending spen dI ng The Th e we pay policy expounded by the administration seems extremely remote at this time f t n Oblivious to the passage ance of UN U.N. and Communist two Korean women employ ancient t flails s to thresh grain on OD their near so 10 their families may eat And while the tho harvest scene cene was taking place across War torn Korea Allied and Communist negotiators were scheduled to resume reume talks at the small mull village of peace Whether nether the renewed talks officials official would believe Lt that peace Moscow was and anS another question hi have bayo been Many MaDY y shadow AWed Allied 4 bor boxing and ana will WU continue continuo to do so 0 new th they can make their up minds on Just what to peace do-peace or out all war wu Meanwhile fight In continues to In Korea with a marked all air battle baute J Increase In air activity Ono One nearl nearly 50 and Communist greatest Jet battle Jets |
