Show OR A 2 W 0 L tax plan snyders I 1 I 1 administration spokesmen an 0 n capitol hill are beginning to wonder whether president Tr tax program may be another vie vic tim alm of government by crony 11 in this case the crony Is good good old john snyder secretary of the treasury the reenactment enactment re of a modified excess profits tax on corporations was recommended by truman I 1 in n both his 1048 1948 message on the state of the union and in his address to the special session of congress last july it was recommended however 1 despite the violent objection of john snyder who was so op posed that the president had to turn to his council of economic advisers for tax advice this year with corporate profits at an all time high such i stalwarts stal warts as rep john D 33 ingell midi mich rep herman eberharter pa and sen jos wyo came to the conclusion that another excess pr profits tax recommendation was certain to come from the white house so they prepared bills for an excess profits tax to be introduced early in the congress much to their amazement however they were left out on tho the limb when the truman state of tho the union message significantly omitted any reference to an excess profits tax inside story Is that economic econom fe councillor john dark clark head of an interdepartmental group of fiscal policy finally gave up the he tight fight tor for an excess profits tax because of the obdurate sabotage a and n d opposition of secretary snyder long considered the he presidents closest personal friend snyder hai haselen ha seven leven gone to the extent of placing his treasury tax technicians under wraps they are not available tor for conferences with the presidents staff or with administration leaders at the capitol snyder even went so far as to refuse a request from budget director webb for the major outlines of a treasury tax program to be included in the presidents budget message secretary snyder now is conferring in secret session with congressional leaders but for the first time in recent history a secretary of the treasury will have no affirmative recommendation in s to pre present seni instead lie he will submit several al ter natives thereby abdicating presidential leadership in t tax a x policy the chaos within the treasury to Is emphasized by snyders dera refusal to choose between assistant secretary john graham of north carolina and general counsel tom lynch of ohio to represent him in policy discussions with congressional staffs white house aides privately admit that the lack of coope cooperation ration from the treasury is frustrating end and that the truman snyder friendship presents a serious hurdle to the attainment of a fair deal tax program bricker vs dovey governor dewey was tongue stabbed in the back by his former running mate sen john bracker of ohio one day before president Tr inauguration at a testimonial dinner in honor of sen margaret chase of maine bricker was introduced as deleys deweys running mate in 1044 1944 it Is 13 true snapped bricker 1 I campaigned camp signed with dewey dewcy in 44 tor for dowey dewey in 48 and if dewey had campaigned for himself we would be inaugurating a different man tomorrow housing another revolt has broken out against the presidents public housing program this time however the shooting come from the I 1 real estate lobby but some of tru I 1 mans strongest housing allies in the congress son sen gurnet burnet maybank of south carolina and john sparkman of alabama rep frank buchanan chanan Du of pennsylvania and other liberals are up in arms about the administrations bill introduced by senator ellender of louisiana which does nothing about the plight of war vets and others in the 2000 to a year income group inside tact fact is that the ellender bill was written chiefly by ray foley director of the housing and home finance agency reportedly chummy with some of the tha big real estate lobby groups I 1 foley and his sides aides made no provisions for or helping to finance the 2000 income group though president truman man has repeatedly told housing leaders that this group which trum truman an called the back bach bone of ithe nation should be helped to buy homes by direct government loans if necessary senator maybank Is firing the first shot in the revolt against the iho ellender foley bill by introducing an entirely new housing bill dillwith with go government verent loan provisions for or n middle income a home buye buyers |