Show by ii eorge A benson 01 washington DO DC too bad about tile the eightieth congress it two weeks ago it was a do nothing congress pasturing in a mishmash mish alah mash of indecision cl dissension ineptness and a diversity of 0 personal politics today I 1 however mr truman confronts it according to his spokesmen with the threat of a veto I 1 now this sharp shift in t the it a oppositions propaganda Is proof of one ona thing thine to wit alti the con grem Is doing a job in meeting its pledges to the voters the smear campaign Is falling failing when the VA bifi after another i being met it la is ini possible to continue branding tho tha congress as aa do nothing the change in attack of course Is 18 admission ot ol this for it if congress Con gresa does nothing what sense is there in ili proclaiming that tho the president plans to voto veto tile the important bills bill s sent to him by congress if nothing Is done there is nothing to to veto much Is being done much more than opponents care to see at already the house has made slashes of over a billion dollars in the regular appropriations bills thus moving effectively to fulfill its pledge to cut government expenditures by between 5 and 6 billion it also has pa passed Beeda a bill making a substantial reduction in personal income taxes a 30 per cent bent increase in the take homo pay of all those in the very lowest brackets both houses have acted to outlaw portal to ply pay suits stilts now to totaling faling more than 6 billion A constitutional amendment en limiting presidential ten ure to two terms has been submitted to the states and already two states have ratified it A committee of each house virtually I 1 Is ready to submit a comprehensive b enbe program of labor legislation reform to curtail strikes and improve industrial relations nothing of course the do nothing charge stick the smear work hence tile the shift AIR in propaganda hence the statements carefully considered and hopefully disseminated that the president plans to swing a veto axe continued on last page washington continued from pago page 1 11 where doo tilts this leave tho president it loave him ill jhc thc poal tion hon of rep repudiating lid lating tilt pledges ho he made inneo shortly after ator olec tion to the republican majority of congress gre 8 cand and to the Airle american rican people recognizing tho the elocution eloc tion as it mandate of vacille to the ro publican apary to cor certain i iego ho bubli publicly ely doa lo earod I 1 a rod ahat ho would alyk tin utmost personal operation cooperation co to republicans in carrying nut tilts mandato mand mari dato nto now how however nver hf alb s ill aco lm in ili opposition to tho the very p program ho promised to sup aup 4 port |