Show esoph THION IN WI W I ashington governa government ent spending and the slashing of government costs were the subjects of hearings before both senate and house committees during this past week and witness after witness app appeared eared before those commit tees criticizing the budget sent to the congress by president truman 1 in the midst of these hear heard ings the house of ke representatives by vote margin gave the presidents foreign pro gram a sni smashing ashing setback by defeating an appropriation of for appie the south korean government set up by the united U cited states in opposition to the soviet Soviets northern korean go government ment the house likely will 11 reverse itself Itsel fjon on this particular ticul ar item before the session Is over i but as all this criticism of bf the federal budget by opponents of the truman administration went on frank pace jr a career government man and director directo of the bureau of the budget made a speech down in raleigh north carolina before the southern democratic conference h held e I 1 d there recently pace gave the people there something to think about in connection with the federal budget and the criticism which is aimed at the present rate of federal spending after pointing out that 71 cents out of every dollar in the present budget goes to pay for national defense international affairs veterans benefits and interest on the national debt pace said you cannot close down or curtail reail at will the responsibilities cu es and commitments of the greatest nation in the world the true measure therefore of any single budget is not solely whether or not it shows a surplus although this is of major importance and a balanced budget f is a prudent national goal boid toward which we should constantly strive the budget is more than a statement of income and outgo in any one year it is a statement in financial terms of national objectives and responsibilities in preparing M it you face considerations and commitments and obligations which run far beyond a flifle single year tor for example A few daya days ago ako the president sent to the congress a request tor for four and a half million dollars for the department part 1 ment of agriculture to assist rn in controlling the rapid spread of spruce ruce budworms bud worms and spruce bark beetles would you judge the amount of this request by comparing it with th the cost of previous administrations if you did you would find that to kill these two small bugs which I 1 am sure most of you have never heard of will cost more than the entire federal budget during the first two years that george washington was president or would you judge it in the light of our responsibilities for preserving our natural resources and keeping our economy strong in this vear year of 1950 it if you do you will find that this four and a halt half million dollars which we propose to spend will halt the destruction of 12 billion hoard feet of timber valued at close to million dollars it will save in one section of colorado alone sawmill and operations valued at 15 a ver wil ann wave this Is the kind of artly ity which makes up the govern r ant efm m to meet th the nes needs of our nation notion today not ion ferrs ago aro chances are that the congress will win plug U up some of the tax loopholes inthe in the present law it has been learned that the action of the congress in lopping off some em aloyes of the bureau of internal 1 revenue was a costly act an and d has t cst the government some in uncollected taxes and in addition has built up a backlog of some cases of untried tax frauds observers rie nere declare that i the brannan branan long range agrical agri cul I 1 tural if is not dead As a 1 matter ot of tact fact reports coming coining in from throughout the nation continue to lead many to believe here that a majority of the nations farmers would like to see the plan tried out it is predicted in some circles that the brannan olan dlan will come to a head within the next few weeks big maneuvers scheduled for caribbean and alaska areas |