Show b 1 r III W ashi ton e TIlE pHE biggest biggest step toward economy I my made by the Eisenhower I I administration to date was the re re- Benny announced decision to cu cut eutI x President x Truman's Truman defense t I budget by 88 85 billion President Eisenhower Bald said aid his proposed cut In appropriations would not reduce the effective milt mill military tary strength this country has planned plan plan- ned bed for itself And Its Us Allies in 1954 1054 And it Is Important to note that he does not expect the cut to com corn balance the budget for the year beginning July 1 1 But Dut he declared de Glared that his administration Is making progress In that direction and and thus toward cutting tax taxes taxes taxes- t- t every very day Everyone has haa heard the expression expression ex ex- ex- ex Theres There more ways of skinning a cat than one United Nations delegates delegat at last lut week applied that thought to their talks with Communists for peace in Korea The Allies warned the Reds they might take a short cut through the snarled prisoner exchange problem lem hem b by simply releasing North Koreans who who-don't want to togo togo go 0 home Allied negotiators said such action would follow a pattern created by the Reds Red themselves Lt Gen William K Harrison told the Reds Red turning the prisoners free tre would only be b. following their policy polley of liberating prisoners prisoner at the front Your side already has shown hown us u. the way he said It would seem ream m quite quit appropriate that th these thes K rn whom are a hc holding as prisoners prisoner be released without further delay 9 p It was waa obvious observers at atthe the Li Into De reported that the Reds Red were overjoyed with the th prospect I These North Koreans torun wan wanto want to live in South Korea and would become becom material for the South Korean army At this writing the truce truee talks remain deadlocked over the selection lion tion of a neutral country to handle war prisoners The Allies suggest Switzerland as a neutral The Tho Reds rejected the proposal but refuse to name their selection Unless some Important break occurs within a few days it now appears appears appears ap ap- ap- ap pears that the truce talks may come to an abrupt end with the Allies walking out The sessions sessIon have at the moment reached the name name calling calling stage where they were broken off last Jut October 0 D. Expenditure cuts in Washington Washing ton are being extended these days beyond the federal government Congressional Quarterly reports that lobby spending last year dropped to the lowest point since passage of the Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act of 1946 1948 According to the CG report 2 7 groups reported report d spending In 19 1932 1952 2 compared with that 29 organizations organization reported in 1951 1931 Peak spending by lobby groups group on record is 1 paid out by organizations in 1950 while th the lowest previously reported wa was to the the first full year years of operation nU under the Act I Topp Topping all those thoe reporting w. w was was' I Ithe the National Association of Electric Elec Elec- Company which shot hot up from in 1951 1931 The Medical Association which the pack In 1949 and again ln in 1950 1050 w was was' second last year In third pla place e with the Association of I Railroads |