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Show OFFICIALS SEE END OF U. S. DEFICIT WASHINGTON, Aug.' 4 (U.R) Treasury officials today reported report-ed a deficit of almost $200,000,-000 $200,000,-000 for the first month of the 1938 fiscal year but persisted in belief that a fair chance exists that the government may end the year with a "layman's balance" of the budget for t'he first time since President Roosevelt took office. of-fice. Treasury income in July was more than $112,000,000 ahead of receipts in July 1936. At the same time, spending was held at substantially sub-stantially the same rate as in the previous July. |