Show I 1 economic J tho the kindred problems of inflation tio ii taxation tux atlon and cost or govern went are causing many a congressional gres dional headache these days few senators or representatives seem goom to have yet decided what whai can call bo done to help solve them prices are ara now going up with 9 extreme x t r e ili e rapidity president recently said that inflation has sot set in and othol other major figures tn ili tho the government govern have said tile same eama thing before A legion of economists have urged that congress take steps to control prices but so BO far tio tile lawmakers have shown amazing agility in dodging tile the issue price fixing is an extremely tick proposition it would directly affect millions of voters it it Is to bo be successful in the ion of 0 most moat authorities it must bo be accompanied by wage fixing so from the point of view of men mea who must depend on votes to hold their jobs it le IA dangerous on top of that thero are a 4 thousand and one different proposed schemes tor for price control and no one knows which might be workable we have only just begun to suffer the burdens of taxation that war and defense spending will make inevitable the now new tax bill la Is the heaviest in our history yet it Is designed to produce less than a year in additional revenue and edenso and ald appropriations now total close to tf the president has said that the government cash income must be I 1 increased a crea 8 ed and secretary of the treasury has urged a bill which would impose on both in divi duals and businesses a tax load infinitely greater than that they are now carrying the feeling grows in official that iolue somo form of payroll tax may have to be levied and that this mayo moyo be oe accompanied bv a law a a to td compel forced savings heavy taxation Is urged as a weapon against inflation on the ground that it reduces purchasing power and lessens the ability to buy the bill which mr Morgon thau recommended involves a straight 15 per cent tax on all salaries and wages the cost of government issue Is coming into the limelight now the hard fact Is that the war spending has been piled on to top D ut record breaking non war spending in which no important cost reduction has been made anywhere for instance appropriations ria to aid farmers farr aers youth re giefers lie fers and othora aro are still at the depression peaks leading congressional tighter fighter tor for non de fonse economy lias has been senator byrd of virginia irginia V mr air byrd la io a 1100 per cent supporter support ir of the antl anti hitler program and at the same time he believes belleveau bel levea that the regular cost ot of government should bo be pared to the limit lid he Is head of a senate committee which Is now trying to find ways and means to reduce the budget secretary mor recently appeared before this and testified that in ili hla his opinion very large cuts cuta could be made la in practically all non defense departments lie did not estimate the lie total that could thus be saved however some bome time ago he forecast that ft a reduction of at least a year was possible other authorities have estimated that a cut of or moro more Is within reason in ili non defense spending congress has been almost entirely or occupied with forian forlan poll cy during the past year at tho the expense of domestic policy in ili a finlo such as aa tho the present with public attention focused on 0 war which extends over three quart pro ers of the world it Is easy for congress to tako take the line of least reEl resistance stanco and do little or no ailing but the heat beat la Is being turn ed on oil now aud and some of tho the turners aro are men high in ili administration circles this country has not oyet adopted a fiscal policy a wage policy or a price policy suitable suit able to the times we are far behind england in that respect re speet jt it looks as it if congreso Congre sg must really got get down to cases and grapple with economic problems leius which are of direct concern to every citizen of these united states the tone of tho the german press has undergone it a curious change for instance in a recent article director goebbels Goob belts seemed actually pessimistic a as to germanys germanas Germ anys chances ile he say that in clear words 0 of course but the intimation was that tho the retch reich had a mighty tough job on her ile r hands and that victory was far aay it la Is generally believed bolt oved in military quarters that the blitz technique has finally failed it worked with france poland tho the low countries and elsewhere but it dian didn t work with england and ancl it working with russia tho the war la Is becoming be conling more or less stabilized it Is turning into it war ot of resources hillers Hit lers prime concern now ia 19 to organize ger man controlled europe into tho the vast producing machine that the nazi armies need and the democracies moc prime concern Is to him in all fields mr Chur chills recent statement to the effect that the british air force Is at last equal to germanys germanas Germ anys is not regarded as aa braggadocio by those who have access to tile the facts england has done wonders in building up air I 1 power and american aid is substantial and increasing tho the democracies are gaining now but they have a long way to go still hillers Hit lers land forces are still the best equipped ani and best trained on earth |