Show M tl j s ofsha ane washington W s scene cene center on the jaws of the del dahm tauna in president truman finds himself bothon both ion bit his civil rights program and his policy on palestine as well as the new bookkeeping device b by which the GOP congressional cong 15 leade leadership riM iv in co congress r proposes to slash Presidents the theo PreNd budget bP by bating paying Ting part of the he marshall pl plan n co cost stout out of last years surplus us RL results ui odthe election in new yorks 1 congressional district has set democratic leaders back von on their heeb heels and has 9 given e a some thing to cheer C about the only ca comforti odulf lf i is any to the dem national f committee is that only about halt of atthe ao i regis egl bert d vote tri fit that district was cast resulting in victory for the wallace candidate over a demo crat by i a lesser vote thannas than waa was ob tamed by the loser in the election two years ago but who knows if it a larger vote had been cast but that the of the american labor jabor party cancu candidate dAte would have not try been an fn greater where mr j truman finds himself f beh behind I 1 the eight ball according to observers is thai the geat great preponderance re of the vote m this thil pa 4 th district is 4 negro and jewl jewish sh and while the district may not be a normal one 0 ne its 00 counterpart ini t art can be found found in many cities 1 throughout th the 0 nation ti such as chicago indianapolis 4 st loula louls pittsburgh wo gary a sty 1 4 4 cleveland and ond other cities the negro voters in this new york bronz bronx district evidently listened to mr wallace when he derided the democratic sIre otti oncI on civil vII rights for got the Negro tace i equally the 1 jewish J gaii vote list eneato mr wallace when he told the them that the bamin administration istra foreign was a die delus musj fim alicy in and a snare where mr truman is caught between the hours of the dilemma Is that unless be he tott the civil atif rights ts issue isme the solid south threatens U ax to revolt and if he does soft pedal he faces the loss 1683 of northern states where the negroes betes hold the balance of power po in t the we voting I 1 5 T gaho on the palestine question he is equally behind the eight ball although partition arti tion of palestine wa wasi sought roup through the e united nations with united states leadership the UN PA palestine le 11 fine commission now declares that they canno cannot t comi complete ehte partition without a 8 abal fed nations armed force ato enforce partition that means sending american soldiers an american army to palestine along with contingents from other countries and to do that the president must have congressional sanction the fact Is the president h has been unable hoeven force a universal military training bill out of the house liou rules committee so the house e te it and d Yo te ot aloft silone ask tor for an army of addition it would mean almost a deathblow death blow Ns nations if the united states backed down t after taking 7 the 4 leadership and forcing through ugh pit parti alon of palestine 1 baij y of majority bority in the tile senate to finance three ei billion dollars of 0 the mar shall plan cort cost from the surplus of thi years treasury balance which president truman insists should be applied on the national debt I 1 has j caused mused t endless debate and confusion in ah ibbe con gress the 1 GOP insists WIZ on its knutson tax 40 sm even it Ut enate slash es matthi gis amoun it will cut deeply the estimated estima a te 00 lus in 14 9 da tha treasury masury rune june SO 29 in addition add lUon thief GOP leadership proposes to 6 app apply butof out of the su surplus us onto itha national debt so confused cont used ai member ambe 0 the senates and h house ouse become over the proposed bookkeeping saving heres how senator ben I 1 barkley of kentucky one of the clear thinkers rs in the senate described lt it 1 1 I 1 M 1 ilov IV the poin point f I 1 I 1 I undertake under taka tri make Is that it retake out of next years year sex ex benses and add it to this years expenses and arld out opt of or this Ws years expense rise of dext yearb years expenses the 00 is la in 1049 1040 but a cor correspond e Ing figure Is supposed sUppo seU to be related 4 4 to mawe might wind up p the fiscal year with a deficit instead stead of a it surplus of any an kind in V view ew of the demands upon us W which a are difficult f tov to escape such tor for instance as european aid to which I 1 have referred and also aid to bochina China awe cannot escape them even if we wished to but by such bookkeeping juggling juggling we might wind up with a deficit rather tw I 1 with a sp w plus fw 14 |