Show I I WASI DIG EST U U f i T T hta l pW l BY WILLIAM BRUCKART NATIONAL PRESS WASHINGTON DL DC D.C. Washington Since Since It la Is only a fl few weeks until congress comes back bade to Washington for tor the Big Problems Problem second session of or the Ahead Seventy-fourth Seventy con con- congress congress gress ess some POme of or the problems which Roosevelt must face have begun to take recognizable recognizable able shape s ape There are any number of ot them some great some small but that one which stands out at this writing Involves the alignment shown between President Roosevelt elt and business in In- in- in It is a very ery Interesting situation Some weeks ago the time President prom prom- promised promIsed promised business a breathing spell No Noone Noone Noone one knew v me at that time how long this breathing spell was to last nor did anyone n one know exactly what It meant beyond the Presidents President's verbal state statement statement ment that th t his New v Deal program was virtually completed Insofar as ns legisla legisla- legislation le legislation tion was concerned Through n a com com- combination combination combination of circumstances the Presidents President's Presidents President's dents dent's promise of a breathing spell for business has not only failed to placate business but at tho the same me time has led to a determination on the thc part I of business to go to bat with the New Deal All AH of the information I I have been able to gather rather Indicates n a distinct stiffening of or resistance to the New Deal by all types of business Interests either corporate of or Indi Indi- Individual IndivIduaL vidual There can cnn be no n doubt that a large segment of business Is emphatic In its demand that New Deal Dool spending be reduced That section f of the th country's economic life Is determined to force New Deal plans for spending back within the boundaries of what busi busi- business business ness Interests hold to be reasonable Having that determination opponents of New Deal D spending have ha at once something Into which they can ran sink Kink their teeth namely the annual gov gov- government government government budget et In the tile nature of things It and the Presidents President's annual message on the state of the time Union go 10 goto goto to congress In Us its first week We t of life That means the tIle country will hear at atthe atthe atthe the very outset of or the session some some- something something something thing of Mr Roosevelt's plans for fur fur- further further further ther cash outlays The budget cannot be he balanced In Inthe Inthe inthe the next year Consequently the gov gov- government government debt now above will be further Increased It means moreover that before long there will have to be additional taxes These The e Increases In the tax levies probably will not come before the forthcoming session of congress but they cannot be much longer delayed because retire retirement ment of the gigantic debt Is pressing even now Time The business viewpoint of course coune naturally Is concerned most roost of all nIl with potential 1 tax Increases Business realizes that once the relief expendi expendi- expenditures expenditures tures are cut down common rommon sense nse will demand revision of the tax structure In order that lint the vast st amount of or gov government government bonds bands notes and bills out out- outstanding outstanding standing shall shaH he liquidated In an nn orderly or or- orderly derly basis So In concentrating at nt this time on government go spending op op- opponents opponents of the New Deal actually are looking Into the future and anI planning pla is as g far as they can to hold hOI down the they know they must carry sooner or later a ter It Is quite obvious that there will be no change chane In the way of Increased levies of taxes at the WiG 0 session of congress con because after all a political parties do not raise Ire e tax rates In an nn election year But nut this government Is due to continue as a II government for this nation and the retirement of or the debt cannot be dodged dodell From the White House and from Warm Springs Ga Ca where the President nt lately took tool his annual Turns to Thanksgiving Tha ls rest res r e s t Economy there came cane announce announce- announcements announcements ments both hoth direct and Inspired that the President was turn turn- turnIng turning Ing to economy conomy c In the government out- out la lay Iny The Information of an nn official character Indicated a desire d sire on the part of or the Resident to cut the ordinary ordinary nary expenditures of If the tile government by b for the fiscal fisc 1 year yar be he- beginning beginning ginning July 1 1930 The fie budget that will go 0 to congress In time the first week of January will cover coyer the called so-called ordinary expenses s. s On the surface It appears that th t this budget et will aggregate a aggregate re- re rente gate about just Just about the time same ns os the budget for ordinary expenses of or the government Jo In the current month 12 period But Hut there has hns been no Indication yet what the th total of the extraordinary expenditures of or the government will be We have as IS you know really r y two budgets The ordinary budget bud et Is like the budget budet tint that has hns boon been h ln used since the passage of the budget and ac tic- accounting counting act In 1922 It covers the running expenses exren lS l'S of or all of the established governmental agencies nen S provides for all nil field ned work and carries appropriations I for payment pa of Interest on time the government debt and n a bite or two tor tr retirement of outstanding bonds The extraordinary expenditures under President Pres Pres- President PresIdent ident Roosevelt's noo e practices have been 1 n handled separately ly being passed by congress In the form of a n resolution for recovery and relief or some other such language makin a n lump It will be a 1 matter thon thou to which nt- nt should be paid p ld when the reg reg- ular tiler budget goes to congress s and the President In his annual message me ae gives some Idea of or what be proposes to spend for relief and recovery later Inter on The two must be taken tIlen together Fur Fur- Further her ther I believe If past practices are re re- repeated repeated there will be White House Douse re re- requests requests re- re requests quests for tor supplementary appropriations appropriations for Cor the ordinary expenditures ac nil aswell well we so that the total may m y not be dis disclosed dis- dis disclosed closed for several months after con COD congress congress gress meets Under conditions that always have prevailed the political party In power has always avoided r r cut t tearing caring down Task racy In Washington W In Inan Inan Inan an election year The civil lists of the government Include most of or time tho local politicians on whom the party In power must depend In to Its It campaign for re To remove many of or them moans means naturally the loss Joss of power ver in the local communities and no political party can cnn hope to win by tearing down Its campaign campal machinery In that manner Thus Thins Mr Ir Roosevelt's task appears difficult lie He will be he seeking economy In government outlays In an nn effort to I satisfy and reassure business which Is calling for economy At the same time he Is under the time necessity of or holding his lils political machine Intact as the vehicle upon which he lie will wI seek to ride to re Besides this circumstance there Is the snarling and gnashing of or business Interests at the heels hees of the New Deal t because business leaders contend the I government Is trying to run cun everything I I Although h the NHA Is dead there re re- remain remain remain main such things as ns the social security act which carries a tax on business pay rolls rons the Guffey coal control law larr aw with Its taxing powers and the steady encroachment of government In busi- busi business ness ns as Is exemplified by the Tennes Tennes- Tennessee see Valley electric power project It ItIs ItIs ItIs Is no secret that business Interests do not like any of or these things and business has bas Its heavy guns loaded to I wreck the man who by Introducing the I New Deal must take responsibility for forthe forthe the government policies to which busi bust business bUSIness bustness ness objects S Senator William E. E Borah of Idaho his been much in the news VS lately He lIe HeU Hes U 11 s Indulging in a Borah Borates s sport or a game he Activity takes up imp once each four years The date of this activity always coincides each time with the maneuvering that pre pre- precedes precedes precedes cedes the selection of or the Republican Presidential nominee Congress Con ress being In recess very few seniors or Representatives are arc In In Washington ton When they are scat scat- scattered scattered to their homes most of them I Irate rate very fery little publicity outside of their own bailiwicks So whether Senator Borah orah is in Washington or at athis athIs athis i his home In Idaho Id ho he commands atten atten- attention attention n- n tion and hits hilts the front page whenever he lie chooses to speak The Time current circumstances involving Imol i Senator Borah norah therefore are arc no dif dif- different different different ferent than those which surrounded him In previous periods when political I discussions lons ran to Presidential nom nom- j i I and party platforms except that lint Senator Borah this time has hns commanded com- com commanded j a little more attention and has had h been on the front pages paes with his state statements te meats ments to a greater extent than In pre pre- previous previous years This results from I situation In which the Republican party being bt the minority party now non j finds Itself I The woods are full of potential fit Rt- Republican publican Presidential nominees s. s Fa Fa- Favorite Favorite I sons are everywhere II In the midst of all on of or this stands the figure somewhat bulky of or Senator norah Bomb He has given glyen every indication I In the Hie last several months first that lint linthe he is not a candidate for the nomina nomina- nomination nomination tion second that he Is a candidate for the nomination and third that he has not made up his mind He lIe has h s done all aJl of these things timings well and DO no DOone DOone noone one knows ImO whether he Is a candidate or whether he lie Is not a n candidate or whether he lie has not made up his his' mind Having lI made malic quite clear that I am amnot amnot amnot not Informed as to Senator Bombs Borah's plans I can fairly relate some of the tilt things s that have haye happened heretofore I can recall for example that many mI Y times the Borah Borab o b maneuvers have baTe had hall hadas hadas as ns their objective the establishment of 01 ofa ofa a political circumstance for the senator that lint has enabled him to exert unusual Influence on the Republican national convention when It came time to writ writ- writa a party platform and amid select the parti standard bearer I believe bell eye It Is fair to t. t state that Senator Borah Is a 0 master tactician in this regard rt I know that thai I Isome some of the old-line old party fear him and his tactics Immeasurably I have seen evidences of that fem fear during the last several months and J 1 have no doubt that there will be more of It displayed ed In the months to come Astute political poll observers around Washington contend that the senator outward flirtation with the time of a Presidential candidacy is 1 nothing more nor less than a n repetition of 01 what he has hns done before They argut sr that Senator Borah wants to the 1030 convention of or the Republican and he Is laying the time ground work t that end nd right now no noW m Western W ona N N. 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