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Show V rEMTETtAtUXlES A L 3 t4,Butt ..... J IS PARTLY CLOUDY Slightly warmer today with iew temperature Sunday morning , i$i ' High Sunday afternoon 12. "! ..., II tMJIIMI , - Z9: l-o v .'. . SI t !Dvr . . . '3 ' St. Oor , S 44 St. Louis'." 3 28 J- VM ; 4 44 Cklraf ... 3 JT fhnlx .'. t 2 WathinirtOA 35 3A Aactiei 1 llNw York Baa rrma. . 4MUml .... 11 1 . VOL 27 NO. 28 PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, SUNDAY, DECEMBER-11, 1949v C PRICE FIVE CENTS 14AmericansN J ; Undar Fire Nationalist Soldiers I Desert to Communists , In Sudden Reversal HONG KONG, Dec. 10 5 -United ; States Consul Larue Lutkins escaped from Kun- T ming Saturday under fire I from turncoat nationalist sol ' dfersas the vast southwest 6 China province of Yunnan deserted de-serted to the Communists. : Fourteen Americans, 13 of them filers for Maj. Gen. Claire Chen-! Chen-! nault's civil air transport organ-; organ-; iiatlon, , were , allowed to fly to I safety after seven CAT fliers & were held prisoner all Friday night by government troops. Lutkins escaped aboard a Pacific Paci-fic Airways plane piloted by Capt Frank Birkman. The nationalists who jumped the gun onYun- nan's wholesale desertion plans .iirst gave Birkman permission to MiAV VXA. UUh wiaicu minds as his plane skimmed down the . runway with S3 Chinese aboard and . opened .fire. r- Plane Undamaged Ha radio I message from Birk- Wl on tKa ntftn tio. tint itam. aged and that it flew to safety to Haiphong, 1 1ndochina, 1 for re-' re-' fueling before proceeding to Hong Kong. V ' ' ' I Birkman, whose plane is tinder charter to CAT from ther British airline, said he saw .no sign of a4MSVak4p VarVtA- KaW IflkVUA? l If 11T mina Tf14a nlivM TM h1f1v Ul&Al r 4Uj SA-agaa V - waw v after midnight nationalist troops turned their caps inside out to hide their Kuomlntang insignia and to signify their desertion and took over the field at bayonet mini . Si, The seven CAT fliers present I were rounded up and locked in a building with sentries mounted this morning la Politew. officer arrived and told, the group they were . free to7 leave. Some of the Ulers went ' to Kunming by truck a and brought Lutkins-to the air-field. , - WeldoB-Eigonyyof Big Springs, Tex, pilot of the first CAT, ship to arrive here,, said Lutkins was permitted to bring all his personal per-sonal baggage - and that when he was aaf-lv aboard RirVman start - -V ed the big C-54 and took off with. out waiting for the engines to S , warm up. . Five Children Die In Blaze ELKINS, W. Va.; Dec. 10 (CJivX Five children perished Saturday in i fire that destroyed a two-story two-story log home In the mountains one mile west of Mabie. One other child was critically burned -and five other persons Iraped to safety' when7 flames started by an overheated stove rtpidly turning the overcrowded house into a mound of ashes. The victims wer7 Elmer and '.-Evelyn Howell, agec! 16 and 11 Howell, aged 4 and 2 respectively and Andrew Zirkle, 17. They were all members of related families. ' Four of those who died were trapped while sleeping on the top ... a Jl . M ' a 'xjoor oi in e smaii irame siryc-ur!. siryc-ur!. Elmer Howell nassed awav in a hospital . several hours later. The parertsof the two elder children escaped ' by scrambling through a second-story window and l. lowering themselves ;to the around. 3 The two i younger Yvic- 'M tims parents Elmer Howell and ff i a m. ...... ..I.i4i i r.fl IlIS WIlC Wfl V 1UII( III 0111' more at the time of the tragedy. Inside the Herald Central UUh News . Pages . ...Z'10 Sporta 11, 14, IS News Briefs Statistics . A Deaths ...... . r Business and Finance. ........ . -1 -...,!'... Editorial, Page . Merry-Go-Round .. . o.. t . . r.er. Women's j Features -Church Activities v ... .13, Sec. 2 ..... .5, See. 2 School News . Comics ..... i Classified . . . .6, Sec. 2 w t S, See. 2 , 9, 10, 11. Sec. 2' Trurnsn, Pace Br MERRIMAN SMITH . -KEY WEST, Fla Dec. 10 (U.RV President Truman and . Budget Director Fran' Face literally walked through the 1951 federal budget Saturday. V -j. : 5, "Tith billions of aouars at stake, the chief executive and his top fiscal ; officer conferred - not across a desk piled with official papers but along the sidewalks and streets of the naval station here- - . ; A mr. ariuuau rw goi up arly and decided that the best ; , ,-A, . , " .... u-- ITS WINTER, ALL RIGHT-Central Utah was blanketed 'by its first snowstorm of the season early Saturday as winter took over to end the long stretch of warm autumn weather. The above photo, taken by Herald cameraman looking west along Second South from University avenue in Provo, depicts a typical scene. 1 3 Killed in Highway Accidents As First Wier The first major blizzard of the season swept, into Utah from the Pacific Northwest Friday night and Saturday, leaving snowfall up to 12 inches in depth and causing caus-ing series of traffic accidents that ' resulted in at least three deaths. Killed were: Mrs. Sam Goeltz, 55, and Miss Hulda Meister, both of Tremon- n, who met death Saturday morn in i in Davis countv. between Salt Lake City and Ogden, when a bakery truck 'and their -car collided, col-lided, and Edward Matson, 39, of Salt Lake City, who died Saturday Satur-day morning in the General hospital hos-pital -of Injuries suffered when" struck by a car at at Salt Lake intersection Friday night. sweeping in from the Pacific Northwest, the storm - covered most of the intermountain area. and .- deposited more than six inches of snow in Salt Lake City. The depth was much greater in the mountains. . Provo Snowfall In Provo. the snowfall was lighter, with measurements - in early afternoon running from two inches at the airport to five inches in some areas. - Precipitation at the airport was 17 of an inch. . Although Saturday's storm was relatively quiet during the day in Provo, a cold north wind .sprang up in the evening, giving promise of a severe ; storm i including drifting if it continued throughout through-out the night. - - v United Press dispatches report ed the blizzard blew into the Great! Plains and mldwestern states. ' ' . The ; weather bureau warned of howling winds, heavy snows, and sub-zero temperatures from Okla homa to. the Canadian border and eastward through Wisconsin. Freezing rains iced roads from Nebraska to Ohio. Three persons were i killed on slippery Iowa roads,! bat pupils in a school bus in onej of the accidents escaped injury, in-jury, dispatches said. In Chicago, more than 200 accidents were reported re-ported oh the ice-coated streets, and two persons were killed. ,. 1 Hits California Reports said a cold wave also moved across southern California Winds of 25 to 35 miles an hour pushed the temperature into the low oos on the coast, snow and ice covered mountain roads as the cold j front moved toward Arl- m zona. v The Utah storm set out on the f blizzard track worn through, the west during its worst winter in z history last year. The storm was expected to last through the week-end. i Temperatures of five below j were predlcte(i in northern Mon i tana and North Dakota. xvorin winas up lo ou mues an hour whipped the storm eastward wain, drizzle and fog were re placed by snows as the storm grew stronger. . . Stockmen, especially In Wyo' ming, Were warned to take all possible precautions. The series of blizzards last year caused multi Talh' Through way Jto confer on 4he budget was in motion. They started walking through the streets of the base and after a 30-rhinute stroll,' came back to the winter White House with a rather complete idea of what the new budget will look like. . It; was a completely casual thing,1' said Press Secretary Charles G. Ross. "They completed their budget discussions as far - . the current Key West stay Is concerned, out there Will be later I talks in Washington.' million dollar damage. East of the storm area, tem peratures were expected to, range from 15 to 35 degrees. Utah state highway patrol of ficers reported that road condi tions, particularly in the northern north-ern section ofNthe state, are generally gen-erally poor, andv advised that all unnecessary traffic, be avoided. " -aSBBav at av- . Qbie etion Kqised to Question . ..1 On Incomes Ihil950 Census WASHINGTON.- Dec. 10 (U.R) Acting census director Philip M. HauserTWB.s asked Saturday to tell who ordered a survey of in dividual incomes in ' the 1950 census. v." ; w The. request was .made by Rep. Clarence J. Brown, R O- who earlier said the income question was illegal, and an infringement on the privacy of Americans. Present plans call for census takers to ask every fifth person 14 years of age 'or; older 'how much he earned during 1949. The census bureau said that by col- Bus, Trolley Tieup Feared In Detroit By UNITED PRESS Christmas shoppers in Detroit faced a ' bus and streetcar tieup Monday, but the threat of a slowdown slow-down on ' New York's subways waned Saturday. I h. Elsewhere across the nation, a holiday season walkout threat ened at Houston and a last-ditch meeting was planned to avert a bus strike at Ottumwa, la. . Clevelanders took some com fort in the fact that AFL drivers set their strike deadline for New Year's day, after the Christmas; buying rush is over. In the moto'Xcit-, a daylong conference between officials of the city - owned transportation' system and AFL busXoperator union produced few results.' Drivers have, threatened a walkout i. 4 a.m. donday. despite a state law which prohibits pub lic utilities strikes. Thedispute centers ; over determination ; of overtime iri 'excess of 40 hours. Hit Ilolldtr Buying Tie-up of street cats and buses In the nation's fourth largest city would throw a big crimp In the cresting holiday buying, and give production hea laches to. automakers auto-makers Just recovering from the effects of .the steel strike. Under the state's Hutchinson act, utility strikes are prohibited sttriKing employes are suspended and lose al!' pension and other benefits.. Police Commissioner Harry S. . . i - Toy promised police protection to "any move" necessary neces-sary to keep the buses and streetcars street-cars going, r sx -. f. 11 man the buses and trolleys with policemen if necessary." he 1951 Budget Ross emphasized that upon returning re-turning to the White House, Mr. Truman will consult , with all members of the cabinet, agency heads and congressional leaders on tne budget, the State of the Union message and his economic report, all of which wili go to house and senate during the early days of congress in January, t " "These conferences will have to be concentrated within a short period because the, president will Continued on Page Two) Mrs. Goeltz and Miss Meister, victims of the Davis county acci dent, were riding with Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Dockstader of ; Tre- monton when, according to High' way patrolmen, their car swerv ed into the path of the heavy truck driven by Bliss C. Mike sell, 43, Salt Lake City. - a . m letting this information from 20 per eent of the population .over 14. it would have a satisfactory s.mplingon which to base na tional statistics.- ' - The incomevque8tion is only one of several to be asked of every fifth person. -. ; Brown asked Hauser to "please tell me what or who inspired the 1950 questions when income sta tistics on a group basis are and have been available fromthe in terrial revenue bureau. -cenamiy tne desire of somi person group for greater detailed information does not justify 140,; ooo census takers throughout t land invading the people's pri- threatening them with fines .-and imprisonment if they fail to com ply with the demands made unon them for such information," urown asserted. Brown said "it violates every American tradition to attempt to force the citizens to disclos their most intimate financial affairs to some neighbor who has been handed a three weeks' temporary political job as a cen sus taker. New York To Jest Plan For Saving Water NEW YORK, Dec. ao ttE) The Ration's biggest city will exDeri ment witn a voluntary "water vacation" va-cation" one day next week, a period of several hours during which 8,000,000 residents will be asked to take no baths, wash no dishes, do no laundry and use as little water for cooking as possible. pos-sible. . i Edward J. Clark, chief engineer of the water department, said the experiment would be .tried to show New Yorkers how many million gallons of water they can save during this time when the city is faced with a critical shortage. short-age. -' The 'vacation" will be on a voluntary basis and it will not affect commercial or Industrial users' of water, Clark said. He seld the day for the . "vacation" will be announced on Monday and mat tne lengtn or tne sestl has -not yet been determined- possiDiy , wire nours ana mayoe as much as six. Clark said the experiment would Joe conducted during the daytime, , : The city uses approximately 1,000,000,000 gallons of water a day and half of it goes into home consumption. Clark said the master meters would be checked and the public advised how much water they saved during the brief 'vacation.' I ' .V, STOKES TO HEAD GRIDIRON CLUB V WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 U.R) ! Thomas L. Stokes,' columnist for the United Features Syndicate, was elected president of the gridiron grid-iron club, Washington newspaper organization, Saturday. He will succeed Richard L. Wilson, chief of the Washington bureau of the Pes Moines Regis ter & Tribune and the Minneapo lis Star St Tribune. T G 0slFoirg ICC Moifiidlay . . ; I u 1 -if . . . D. R. G. Petition For Use Of Ogden Gateway Opposed By Union Pacific Others By MELVIN K. JENNINGS United Press Staff Correspondent The freight rate battle Which already has been argued throughout the Pacific and7 Rocjc jrlMountain West goes before be-fore the Interstate ComnierctTcdmrnission Monday m the Utah State capitol at SattrXake Gity. -At , The battle concerns the petition of the Denverand. Rio Grande Western Railroad company to force the Union Pacific railroad and .practically every other railroad in the 4-: 1 TV' L T-ftIT A i. ...l i . . imiiuu iu permit tr ot ivvj vv Australia Ousts Labor Goverifment After Eight Years . SYDNEY, Australia, Sunday, Deq. 11 (U-P-Australia's eight- -?u , t . year-toia laoor government was swept from power today by an opposition coalition pledged to outlaw Communism, abolish state control and return the country to iree enterprise. . A The defeat of the British-type socialist government came less than two weeks after neighboring New Zealand's 1 4-year -ol A socia list government was thrown outj of office and left the United7 King dom the only remaining . labor stronghold in the British Com monwealth. 7 British I conservatives in ton don hailed the returns as a swing away from, the socialist "welfare state" that would return Winston Churchill's " party to. power in Britain's 1950 seneral elections. On the basis of almost complete returns from FridayJXjWorwa liberal and country party . com- Lbination claimed a maximum of 68 seats early today out of the 123 in the house of representa tives, and said they were certain Of 65 Hails Victory would give the conserve' tlve oppositlon a clear majority of from nine to 13 seats, since two of the. seats from Darwin and anberra have only limited voi power, t ction officials stopped count ing votes for the night but were expected to complete their tabulations tabula-tions sometime this (Sunday) morning, Australian time. (Australia (Aus-tralia is 13 hours ahead of Eas tern Standard Time.) Liberal leader Robert G. Men zles, who is certain to be the new prime minister, told the nation that "it looks like a great victory He expressed a "feeling of thankfulness for the 'deliver; Australia." ; x Labor-Premier Joseph BChif ley has not yet formally con ceded. But he issued a "statement of thanks" to voterswhich war interpreted by some' observers as a virtual concession. Political observers said the conservatives' con-servatives' majority would ; be "small but workable" in the house. ' . v- The only snag was in the senate, sen-ate, where the labor party, as expected, ex-pected, apparently was assured of 33 out of 60 seats. , Celebration Begins Throughout Australia, conservatives conserv-atives began celebrating certain victory shortly after midnight. Rightwing spokesmen immediately immed-iately hailed the victory as meaning mean-ing an end to state control and a manifesto from thepeople that (Continued on Page Two) Ex-Prosecutor Shot to Death By Gangsters CICERO, 111., Dec. 10 (U.R)-A former prosecutor who fought to break the Capone' syndicate mob which once had headquarters here, was shot to death in whwt appeared to be a gang-style am-bush am-bush t Frank Christenson, 45, former assistant Cook county state's attorney, at-torney, was cut down near his home in this Chicago suburb last night, apparently by fire from a I sub-machinegun. - W Eiffht aluffa rinned into his bodv and another, , which appealed to be a .45 caliber,, was found in the door frame of a housewhere Christenson tried -to find shelter. shel-ter. 1 .,; . Neighbors sai dthey saw two men drive away in a black car following the shooting. Christenson died in his wife's arms as police sped him to Lor- letta hospitaL He had served as assistant state's attorney from 1833 to 1039 when he retired to private law practice and1 to operate a real estate agency. " io enier joint rai siruciures utilizing tne "ugden gateway basis of charges. The battle promises to be a long and bitter one. Shippers throughout the west and midwest will be following it closely, railroad rail-road officials predicted Saturday. Battle of Railroads , Union Pacific already has Is sued statements that it will vig orously oppose the move, which it says would torce it i to split its business with a competing line. With equal vigor, D&RG has pledged its utmost to give its shippers what it calls a "fair shake." The so-called Ogden ' gateway price basis, the D&RGW con tends, works to . add a. penalty upon shippers, who use its line from Denver to Ogden, Utah, and thence to the northwest, or from the northwest to Ogden, and thence to Denver and eastward Shippers using lines other than D&RGW on such shipments gain the advantage of "through rates" under Joint rate structures Union Pacific and other lines have . established. es-tablished. D & R G W shippers, however, must pay .a second rate, since the line has no such Joint rate structure with ;Union1?acific, IThe jgatewax takes its description irom tne - gateway through the Rockies and the a- satch mountains, a passage veloDed by Union Pacific ; de Officials of both : companies have carried their, pleas for public pub-lic support to luncheon i clubs, chambers of commerce, associa tions and any other group which would listen, since thei suit, was filed last Aug.1. -si Make Take JL0 Days It is expected that the hearing opening Monday may consume, 10 days to two weeks., Its will be nrettv much a Vbne-slded affair, since Union Pacific plans to pre-nii pre-nii no direct testimony of Us Oniv throunh cross examl nation' of witnesses presented by ntBRW. will the UP's represen tatives attempt to emphasize it contentions, officials said today. An adjourned hearing, to be set iftr the initial nearmg. wm w (Continued on Page Two) New Prug Saves Girl Bitten By; ; Arizona Scorpion PHOENIX. Ariz.. Dec. 10 (U.R)- A nlneyeAr-old Glen-dale, Glen-dale, Ariz., girlNwas stung by a i scorpion three times early Saturday and doctors credited credit-ed a new drug withvsaving her life.- j X The child, I Mildred Sisco, was rushed ; to St Monicas hospital here after she was Stung in ner iwure-asleep. iwure-asleep. Hospital attendants said she was suffering con-t vulsions and frothing at the mouth when she was taken into the emergency room. Sodium pentothal was injected in-jected and Within a few hours her condition was described de-scribed as good. , Mildred's sister, Myra. 5, as bitten .also, apparently by the same scorpion, but doctors said they believed the poison had been expended on Mildred and lost its effect on the younger child. St. Monica's hospital had. been using an anti-scorpion serum dui aocion uia wicy tried the new drug for the- first time todays injin-f fort . to find a quicker remedy. They said the treatment was highly successful. Party Leaders Opposed Capehart, Jacobs to Clash hv Seven Debates On Socialism INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 10 (U.R)- auditorium; $he Butler fie'ldhouse Sen. Homer Capehart, R., I nd., ana nis ueraocrauc rivai, tcp.v . , . 111 Lil- Anarew jicudj, wui uvgin series of debates on Socialism Monday night despite reported opposition from their party leaders. lead-ers. .V -;' Reminiscent of the 'Lincoln Dou glas debates . more than 90 , ' years ago, the Capehart-Jacobs series of seven debates will open in this Hoosier capital's biggest Five Sorrowing Tots Assured Santa k' - i -. .-v-;-v wi GALUPOIS, O., Dec. 10 (UP) A mother in Germany, whose five small children were afraid Santa Claus had drowned in the Ohio river, was reassured Saturday that he did not. ' ' , , j . Mrs. j Maria Hartback, , of Braunswchweis, , Germany, Ger-many, Wote city manager, J. Boy Bartlett that her1 family had read two weeks ago hat St. Nick, had landed ; in the Ohio river when he parachuted from an airplane ; . during a pre-Christmas appearance here. - '. .. In answer to Mrs. Harthack's letter that her child- j ren were crying for fear Santa had drowned'Bartlett wrote: . . ' '' " y , "Neither river ' nor airplane can kill Santa Claus ' ' and if he makes us all forget hate, war, an4 death, it will be the children of Germany and of the United;' States and the whole world who will do it." ;i Bartlett assured the Germah mother that $tftrta " was rescued and told her, "Santa Qaus will ntyeraft as long as the heart of a little German child can reach out over the ocean to the heart of a little American t child and speak sympathy that our Santa. Claus fell into the river." - ' Chemical Warfare Records to Be Checked for Clues of Any ; Atomic Shipments to Russia WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (U.RJ House Investigators disclosed Saturday Sat-urday nisht that chemical war fare service records may provide new clues in the inquiry into wartime war-time shipment of atomic materials to Russia. ' Louis J. Russell, chief , Investigator Investi-gator for .the un-American activl- U IS Assembly Ends On Sour NoteByRuss 1 FLUSHING. N.Y- Dec. 10 (U.R The fourth annual United Na tions general assembly wound up its 12-week session I Saturday with its leaders agreeing that the "cold war" had abated only slightly, if at all. . ; Assembly President Carlos P. Romulo gavelled the proceedings to a close at 1:21 P.M. EST after Russia had drowned out any note of ; farewell "East-West amity by renewing l charges ' of western plans for-a third world war. Soviet Delegate Jacob A. Malik, adjudging the assembly "unsatis factory," said that -i'Anglo-Ameri-can imperialists and warmongers are preparing behind the back of the United Nations a black plot against peace." . Cadogan Regrets ' v . Britain's dignified Sir Alexander Alexan-der Cadogan quickly expressed regret that Malik had t injected "at this last moment rather un necessarily, a certain amount of poison." The general tone of nbn-Com- raunist closing speeches Was that, while the sesion had not turned into i the "peace assembly" thit ad been hoped for, progress had been 'made at certain levels. mulo acknowledged that "nO s t a r 1 1 ing results" had been achieved in easing East-West antagonisms. But he hailed un animous approval of the UN's technical-aid program and the ex'tensfoh of UN interests in colonial peoplesNsverywhere "Mankind is doomed," he warned, "the moment we yield to despair and acknowledge fail ure. This assembly has neither yielded to despair nor acknowledged acknow-ledged failure." i UN Secretary-General Trygve Lie said: "If we have, not made much progress toward settling or adjusting the basic conflict that haf' delayed, peace and hampered the United Nations since the end of the war, I think it may fairly be said that In 1949 we have at least moved forward." I with 18,000 seats. The series will continue for six of thefollowlng seven nights, ending at Evansville, Ind Dec. 19. Thy subject wUl be "Is the New Deal party trying to force British type Socialism on the American neopwy apehart, the millionaire Juke box manufacturer, -ana lacoDs, the labor union lawyer, privately (Continued on Page Two) is Okeh ties committee, told reporters the committee has been advised .that Soviet representatives "communi-r cated with the ramed forces about, uranium supplies" early in 'the war. . -' -:-:C-'- . ' "They (The Russians) may have) obtained the heavy water through the armed forces Russell added, Havy Water Shipped ;T . Committee . investigators . hive-established hive-established to their satisfaction that 1000 grams (2.? pounds) of ' heavy water was shipped to Russia Rus-sia in 1943.: Heavy water is used in some atomic piles. .-rT :, ' Inasmuch as the chemical war fare records are still classified as "restrictive Russell said, the committee may be unable to get. them. ' , . ' - "Well have to wait and' see) whether the Army will honor our requests," he said. ' l ' LtfGen. Leslie R. Groves, wartime war-time head of the atomic bomb pro Jects told the committee last week that he didn't know about any heavy water! shipments to Russia. He voiced doubt that any actually were made. He acknowledged, however, that he okayed the ship ment of 420 pounds of uranium compounds to Russia in 1943 to keep from arousing Soviet suspicions suspic-ions about its importance. He said the material Icould -dt the Rusj . sians no good atomically. . Pressure Admitted . Groves said the only pressure put on him to authorize further shipments of atomic materials came from the lend-lease adminis tration. He said he didn't know the origin of the pressure. Rep, BursP. Harrison; D., Va committee member who. was present pre-sent when Groves testified, denied ' that the Democrats' were trying to. whitewash the administration for its lend-lease shipmentfxto Rus sia. Byrd Economy Faces .Trouble In Congress WASHINGTON. Dec. 10 m.F) Administration .officials predicted Saturday that Sen. Harry F. Byrd, D Va., will have plenty of trouble selling, his $38,000,000,000 budget to congress, no : matter what reception it gets from President Presi-dent Truman. - - i Mr. Truman, who seldom heeds By rd's proposals, is expected to hand congress a budget , next f month calling for federal spend- I lug in the 1951fiscal year $4,-000,000,000 $4,-000,000,000 to $9,000,000,000 above Byrdl totak :),y.l - Regardless of what the presl dent recommends, . the administration adminis-tration is virtually powerless ttfy control the amount actually spent under some of the, items where Byrd , has recommended deep cuts. Congress itself has no lee -way In controlling those Hems in the aporoprla tions bills but can do so by amending the basic law. . Veterans Benefits For ' example, , Byrd's proposed ' budget Vtalls for a reduction of -$1,300,000,000 in the $3,000,000.- -000 estimated expenditure this - ' year for veterans' readjustment benefits.! Most of that money goes "for veterans' education under un-der the GI bill of rights. Congress Con-gress appropriates the money and the administration spends it for ' a? many veterans as are eligible to-participate in the program un- . der the basic lawi - v- |