Show NEWS REVIEW rr truman JL ruman asks tax cut 0 brazil onsets all reds whether president harry tru man s state of the union message to congress was socialistic as re publican partisans dubbed it or forthright and courageous as in the eyes of loyal democrats re mamed a matter of opinion but it was fairly obvious that in making it the president had cast a loving glance toward next november novembers s election day he proposed a combination tax cutting and raising device that man has no chance of passage in the republican dominated congress but one that sounds good to a lot of voters his plan embodying tax relief to the little man would give each individual taxpayer an immediate 40 tax cut for himself and for each dependent to offset that reduction in federal income he proposed that corporation taxes be raised by 3 2 billion dollars mr truman presented the scheme as a cost of living credit designed prim primarily airily to relieve the small tax payer in a phrase certain to be quoted with relish by democratic orators during the coming campaign the president said he wants to keep revenue collections chere they are and still help those who need relief to buy the necessities of life supplementing the tax proposals he called for a 75 cent P per er hour mm min icum wage representing represent in 9 a 35 cent increase over the pr present e sent 40 cent minimum although in th the e past he has favored raising the national minimum wage the 75 cent figure was the highest flat demand he has made general tone of the president presidents s message to the joint session led most observers to believe that he was swinging his administration back to a 1 atle left of center a point which generally Is identified with new deal philosophies some saw in the speech a per cep tible bid for the left wing and liberal vote that henry wallace a third party is threatening to take away from the democrats republican reaction to mr tru man s speech was bitter and intense and the GOP G went ahead more determinedly with its own tax re bill KNOCKOUT brazil brazil which severed diplomatic relations with russia in a huff last october now has administered what looks like the coup de grace to red activity within its own borders it came in the form of a law signed amid great furor by dent enrico dutra virtually abol ishma every vestige of co communist action in brazil by removing all communists from elective posts throughout the nation including congressmen the process of outlawing the reds was far from a calm one marked at times by dramatic displays of latin american verve and temper fist fights broke out frequently on the floor of the chamber of deputies and at one point during the debate the session was suspended tempo rarity when three deputies pulled guns from their pockets and waved AND furthermore taxes were not the only controversial issue touched upon by mr truman in his message to congress lie he also asked for I 1 the once rejected 10 point anti inflation program with power to impose wage and price con trots and rationing 2 universal military training 3 authorization of the four year marshall plan 4 stronger and extended lent tent controls 5 public housing for low income families and government action to cut building costs 6 modernization of farm price supports and broader crop ansur acce 7 extension of unemployment compensation old age and sir livors benefits a national health plan and federal financial aid for education 8 admission of european refu gees into the U S 9 statehood for alaska and hawaii F them at three communist mem bers no shots were fired outside the building private citi zens argued vociferously and exchanged blows leftist crowds shouted vengeance on the deputies and police sirens screamed through downtown rio de cle janeiro it was by and large the most turbulent legislative session ever held in brazil other nations could take an object lesson from brazil s achievement communists can be frozen out of government activity even though the process may be noisy and painful THIRD FORCE socialism 9 latest voice from among the less potent nations of the globe to rise in protest of the cold battle between russia and the U S was that of leon blum french socialist leader and short time premier of france he called tor for a third force of the world to stand between the big two even as such a middle group has stood between the communists anat in france blum said the international third force would oppose american capi and expansion as well as russian imperial sm and extinction of human rights that force he pro posed ought to be headed by france and great britain blum was espousing on a world wide basis an old and eminently workable theory the balance of power wh ie le russia and america are battling it out on fairly even terms blum would have the two lesser nations step in to take control ot of the slight power balance that is 13 left over and thus possibly be able to steer a course more to their liking between russia and the U S said blum there is room for n na a eions which want at the same time personal I 1 berty and collective econ omy democracy and social jus tice it was another plea for a middle course and to blum a middle course meant socialism |