| Show CONGRESS EYES SOUND LAWS the second session of the eighty fourth congress now only a few hours old is meeting in an election year atmosphere which means that much constructive legislation will likely be passed no one will applaud the fact act f that it sometimes takes a pending pres identical ident ial election to move the con gress to pass needed measures but it sometimes does and this year is generally regarded as the year that congress will relieve the farmer and the small taxpayer it is now almost generally accepted that a farm bill will be passed to bol ster sagging agricultural income the big question is not whether relief will be voted but how much and how most congressmen look at the pro posed tax cut the same way but the solons realistically are not likely to vote a wholesale reduction benefic aar lanes 1 es from the tax bill will likely be low income groups and people with many dependents in this presidential season aves will flourish the demo brats have shown that they may a gain go into the conflict of interests issue and the republicans show signs of resurrecting old charges a some of mr truman s former aides out of the fire and smoke that th ese issues will bring the people will benefit neither party has the astren ath to push over a program which is absolute anathema to the great maj onty of the other party the dem control the senate by only two votes and the house by 30 the president a republican holds veto power which he can use what will probably develop is some constructively the problems facing the nat nation iori this session of congress will con sider many important measures wh ich are less dramatic than taxes probes and sagging farm prices it will likely pass some though not all an of them it wouldn t be surprising to see this session write improvements into laws concerning the defense departments missle program the national debt public roads aduca tion lion and disaster areas |
