Show A v Y K rte rte- r t 1 r lr J i I L I Washington Washington About About this time 1 every fall tall the President calls the director of ot the In Huddle budget budet to t the theon h e c i A on Budget Wh White tc House and they go Into a n ahe b huddle about the finances of the he t government about the needs for lor money of ot the various governmental agencies who must pay their employees em- em and the other expenses to which they are put and In addition addition addi addi- tion they discuss general questions of policy It Is as ns I said an nn annual annual an nn- nual Doal affair that presages a new tempo tern tem po In the movement of activities In Washington because It occurs some Reeks ecks In advance of ot the reconvening reconvening ing of congress Congress under the Constitution must appropriate the money which Is Js spent by all branches brunches of government go Well the annual hU huddle dle has Just I been held by President Roosevelt and Daniel W. W Bell BeB acting director of the thc bureau of the Ule budget and Mr Bell has bas gone back to his office of or- fice In do the treasury with Instructions Instructions to begin formation of budget estimates for submission to con con- gress Of or course budget making goes on throughout the true year The True huge staff of ot experts and accountants who work under Mr Bells Bell's direction are nrc busy the year ear round examining the proposed requirements of the various agencies and arriving at conclusions as to what t their needs reasonably should be he The White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse WhiteHouse House conf conference rence therefore represents represents the second step been because use those W were IC the fi figures res that formed the basis of or the discussion between the President an and his budget director In drafting the budget for sub submission submission c. c mission to the next t session of or congress congress congress con- con gress the admin admin- Problems Is Js conto conto conto con- con to Solve fronted with a n variety va yn- variety of problems not the least of or which Is the he political po po- phase It Is to be r remembered re re- remembered that tha t the bu budget now under under under un un- un- un der consideration covers money that will be bc appropriated for use after July 1 1930 1936 and the succeeding succeeding succeed succeed- ing fag 12 month period Therefore half halt of ot the Presidential campaign w next year Indeed the heated part of ot that campaign will tal take e place after governmental go agencies have ha begun to use the new It Is easy to see therefore that politics can hardly be kept out i of or the forthcoming budget In some form or other even though every President says politics does docs not Influence Influence In In- fluence bu budget t making Nevertheless Ne erthe less New Deal spending and future taxation constitute questions which the President cannot overlook andIs and andIs Is Js not overlooking o because those things s are vital to eYer every man woman woman woman wom wom- an and child In the thc nation It seems to be pretty well settled now that the Republicans are goIng going go- go Ing to make spending and t taxation the major ammunition against Mr Roosevelt Roose and his New Deal In fact It seems reasonably sure that the Republican slogan an will be Throw the Spendthrift Out That being the case Mr Roosevelt obviously ob oh- must have ha In the back of his head bead considerable concern t o over r the current corrent budget ma making Knowing Danny Bell Pell as as' I have known known him for nearly 20 O years durIng during dur dur- ing lug which time he has grown up In Inthe Inthe inthe the treasury service I think It ought to be said In his favor that poll poll- tics Is farthest from his thoughts I mentioned the Issues of ot spendIng spending spend spend- ing lag and taxation The American Liberty League Spending which has con con- Taxation warned about the possibility possibility ity of future heavy y taxa taxation lion has nut not been silent since the President ent some weeks ago ngo made public a n pr pre pre- budgetary summation The league Insists that while present tax rates soon will provide enough h money to meet what the thc President ent terms as nry expenditures of or the gov- gov eminent the rates n are Insufficient clent to meet the spending which Mr Roosevelt calls extraordinary In that It covers ers relief relict Further the lea league e In n a statement the other day asserted Its belief heller that the present tax level Je was high enough to meet legitimate relief If It present present pres pres- ent unsound spending policies nr are nr abandoned But nut It Is emphasized emphasised by the league that even en if it unsound unsound f spending policies ar are arc abandoned the present tax h levels hels els are insufficient dent cleat to make possible any appreciable appreciable retirement of or the gigantic I debt that has hns been built bunt up through the New ew Deal relief pro program am So It is easy to see that a l on head collision between two schools o of or f thought Is Inevitable Mr Ir noo Roosevelt Roosevel en t and his brain have contended contend contend- ed el and will continue to contend content that fe federal eral spending In the volume that tha t has taken place was the only means s by which the nation could be carried car car- fled ried over o this period of ot depression On the other hand there will he be th vicious attacks nt of ot Republican campaigners cr cam campaigners m. m the shots by hy such men a as S Lewis Douglas former director o of f the bureau of the thc budget who broke with Mr Roosevelt t over Oter reckless spending and all of those groups rou of ot which the Liberty League Is t tp p Ical Ital These have plenty of campaign campaign campaign cam cam- material and you can make sure that they will use It Jt My experience as an nn observer of politics and und government go prompts me inc meto meto to say that there is nothing that strikes the heart of ot the average tn taxpayer quite so fundamentally as ns displays of waste with the accompaniment of ot forecasts of greater tax tax- atton Thus If It the New Deal opposition opposition op op- position goes ahead on the the course that appears to be charted for them actually It Is made to order for them they them they can cause the n administration administration adminis adminis- many anxious moments I Isay Isay say this knowing full well that the administration has much argument on Its side and that It Is equipped with the fine finest t layout of or machinery for Influencing public opinion that th any a administration ever has hns had It has at nt Its command all the machinery machinery ma ma- chinery used In do crop production control control control con con- the thousands of persons on the federal pay roll roB and the millions who believe Mr Roosevelt Is earnestly seeking to make this a better country In which to live Itis It ItIs Is s therefore no o small task for Cor the New Deal opposition If It It- ItIs Is to succeed succeed suc sue Geed even en In turning the New Deal strength In the house of representatives representatives cs to anything near an nn even distribution of scats seats Apparently New Deal opposition will be concentrated as much In the c congressional disNew disNew dis- dis New Deal as ai a against Opposition the President him hIm- self The reasons are arc simple senate is going oln to remain Democratic whether Mr Roosevelt Is re elected or r defeated Only third one-third of ot the DC DG j senators come up for re election reelectIon n next t year and the bulk of these are arc from normally normally nor nor- mally Democratic states Unless a cataclysm follows s the Democratic party the senate majority for the Democrats will continue to be ample Su Such h Is not the case In the the- house of r representatives where the entire membership must seek seeli election every two years jears ears There are In th the house membership po possibly as ns many manyas any as fiS 75 Democrats who can be called pure political accidents That I Is they were elected from districts which arc normally Republican during dur durIng during ing the landslide that swept Mr Ir Roosevelt Into office A considerable consid considerable consid- consid erable number of ot these naturally will be retired by hy the voters justas just justas as ns a n considerable number of Republicans Re Re- Republicans publicans were retired after they had held house scats seats In the early by virtue of election In the Harding landslide Cons Consequently u changes may be hc expected In the house house New Deal strength th In n concentrating concentrating concentrating concen concen- the fight In congressional districts the New Deal opposition Is battling for position If It If the New Deal majority In the house can cnn be whittled down It will then become Impossible for the thc President ent to drive c through his program of ot legislation as ns he has done In the last three sessions From the Republican standpoint this would be Important since It would place pIneo Mr Ir Roosevelt In much the the thc sonic same position that President nt Hoover er found himself inthe In Inthe the Ia last t half of or his administration when he had an nn cr adverse e congress on his hands No political political lea leader Ocr likes that t sHun situation When the New Deal opposition Jumps onto the questions of spendIng spending spending spend spend- ing an and taxation therefore and when It goes back to the grassroots grass grassroots grassroots roots of or congressional districts It Itta ta takes es no stretch of or the Imagination to see that a real political tight fight ht lies ahead Developments between now and the nominating conventions next June Junc may change ban e the general perspective e While several se of the fc federal eral courts Including the Supreme court of the U United nIt e d M Washington states are conon conon conon con- con on Rights t ques que questions st s- s t Lions Ion s revolving around President Roosevelt's Hoose program program program pro pro- gram for development of ot Muscle Shoals In the Tennessee fennessee river rl as an electrical power project government government govern govern- ment owned n a newly discovered letter written b by President Geor George e Washington n takes rakes on unusual unusual J interest It seems that e even en n In 1791 there na was argument nt about the development of ot Muscle Shoals The Uhe letter which was a addressed to the attorney general Jeneral of ot the thc United States nt at that time called attention to the efforts being nm maGe e ehy by hy Individuals Indi to effect trades with Indians and sU suggested ested the necessity necessity sity for federal laws which would afford some protection for the Indians Indians In In- In their dealings with the white men It will be he remembered of or course that the Tennessee river nile valley In those days was populated by hy Indians but the problem tint that existed then e octets today namely protection of ot the rights of ot the ID Ill O e Western Newspaper |