Show I Thrift i t Plan Meanwhile although Gong cong congress ess had given its approval it tJ the pr proposition position position po- po that interim l ld be rushed to Europe China the emergency aid issue continued to send forth echoes This time the struggle arose over the actual bill to appropriate the million dollars p previously approved ap approved approved ap- ap proved by congress house house appropriations appropriations appropriations ap ap- ap- ap committee showing the same cutting ways it had exhibited exhibited exhibited ex ex- ex- ex earlier in the year toward budget requests knocked 88 million dollars off the original figure in preparing preparing preparing pre pre- paring the bill for floor action Thus the bill carried only million million million mil mil- lion for winter relief relie f The The appropriations appropriations appropriations committee headed by Rep John lohn ohn Taber Rep N. N Y Y said the cut was represented by items which would have been used by France and Italy for payment of interest on their foreign debts and for making payments payment on commercial commercial commercial commer commer- cial accounts Aroused at the Republican display display display dis dis- dis- dis play of economy Democrats labelled la labelled labelled la- la belled the committees committee's action as an undercover attempt to hamstring the aid program They served notice notice no no- notice tice that they would attempt to restore restore restore re re- store the cut i. i t l t TRAINING l r rIn In Driving b i If a training course in automobile driving were made a requirement in the curriculum of every high school traffic deaths could be reduced reduced re re- re by to a year according according ac ac- ac cording to Dr Wayne Vayne Hughes director director dire tor of National Safety councils council's college college college col col- col- col lege and school division A safety council survey made among Cleveland high schools between between between be be- tween 1939 and 1941 showed that effectual effectual ef ef- ef driver training reduced traffic traffic fic accidents by 50 per cent the council said It is our firm belief that if every every every ev ev- ery high school in th the nation would put into effect such a course we would see miracles within five years Dr Hughes asserted Officials pointed out that stati statistics tics for 1946 proved that mile for mile the 24 15 age group was a n third more dangerous behind the wheel than any other comparable segment of the population That gro accounted account account- ed for per cent of of fie e nations nation's fatalities in 1946 s At present only 10 p per pD r rc c cent nt of the high schools in the U. U S S. have what the council regards as adequate adequate ade ade- quate driver training courses And only a part of the schools conducting conducting conducting conduct conduct- ing such courses have actual automobiles automobiles automobiles auto auto- mobiles in operation |