Show f R r s 1 a V- V w VV VV m MARGARINE STRATEGY Rep Edward A. A Mitchell l Rep Ind lad acted as host at a capitol luncheon for congressmen and members of women's leagues who favor repeal of the present taxes on garine Donning a chefs chef's bulging cap Mitchell 1 demonstrated the process housewives must go through to color their margarine at home NEWS REVIEW i Peril Seen been for Tax Cut I Soil Control Row Due Following the first blush of joy over the spirit of deflation which seemed to have been evoked by the commodity market price slump U. U S S. S citizens began to realize that complications might set hi m. Most significant hidden gimmick behind the market skid appeared to tobe tobe tobe be the development that the price decline might in m the words of Sen Scott Lucas Dem Ill eliminate all a ll possibility of income tax reductions reductions re re- this year And that apparently was the cautious cautious cau- cau cautious but considered opinion of the entire writing tax-writing senate finance committee of which Lucas is a member Sen Owen Brewster Rep Me also a finance committee member expressed a concurring view pointing pointing pointing point point- ing out that any appreciable general general general gen gen- eral price decline certainly would have to be taken into consideration by Republicans in hi their tax-cutting tax plans Another member of the group Sen Harry Byrd Dem Va said d that if it a decline of market prices s develops into a business recession I it t probably would have a considerable considerable considerable consid consid- erable effect on tax reduction I certainly am not going to vote vot e for any bill that would put the treasury treasury treasury treas treas- ury In a deficit position said Byrd While the senators' senators statements reflected reflected re re- fleeted a good deal of pussyfooting g and at least a temporary surge o of t f indecision with regard to tax reduction reduction reduction tion in hi the light of the market marke t t slump it was obvious that the they were thoroughly concerned with thi this s turn of events Theory which set their tax cutting g plans awry is that a continued continue d slump of commodity market prices price s would bring down the national income income in in- come and tax receipts thus rendering rendering rendering render render- ing any major tax reduction perilous per per ilous SOIL CONTROL State or Federal One of the springtime battles now w shaping up in congress ss will concern n i the issue of whether the national I farm erosion program should b be e I federally or state controlled Fireworks are scheduled to begin in March when the house agriculture e committee opens hearings on a bill sponsored by Rep Harry D. D Cooley Coole y Dem N. N C. C which would tur turnover turn turnover n over the soil conservation program operated by the agriculture department department depart depart- ment meat since 1935 to state land grant t colleges Along with the transfer of authority authority author author- authority ity would go about department department depart depart- ment agents who administer th the e program in iri about 2000 districts That will provide a point of strong controversy as will the measures measure's 3 s provision for federal grants to help 3 states foot their soil-saving soil bills Pushing the switch from federal to state control most strongly is the national farm bureau one of the most powerful lobbies in n Washington Washing ton on the grounds that the soil conservation program would acmore accomplish accomplish ac ac- ac- ac more under state author author- ity The federal program has not been as effective as it should be so far the farm bureau contends But opponents opponents opponents op op- op- op of ot the transfer counter with the argument that the states lack AID BURDEN Tafts Taft's is Plank Sen Robert Taft Ohio's GOP aspirant to the White House started off another campaign jog around the West by offering a thoroughly Republican message calculated to appeal to a large portion of the western voter voters The United United States cannot allow i its foreign aid program to jeopardize ize lie freedom at home he said in j Chicago his first stopping place We should not be actuated by purely altruistic desire to improve the condition of alot a alot alot lot of other peoples people s who have failed for f centuries to do the x ay F job themselves We want peace and prosperity throughout the world to eliminate Y a threat to our own freedom but it is certainly not worthwhile worth worthwhile worthwhile while to adopt a TAFT foreign policy so burdensome on our own people that it will destroy at home the very freedom we are try ing to protect There was expressed a major plank in hi Tafts Taft's campaign platform Careful control of the foreign aid program hi m the pre-eminent pre light of 01 how it may effect this nations nation's domestic do dos economy Also it was consistent with his has activities in hi congress where he has been making that theory felt with regard to approval of 01 the Marshall plan U. U UN U.N. N. N PLUM To Europe Decision on where the United Nations Nations Nations Na Na- will hold its 1948 assembly meeting will mean that some European European European Euro Euro- city will get a healthy 50 million-dollar million plum tossed in hi its lap Because the choice of a site forthe for forthe the coming coining meeting probably will involve that much money there is a considerable ferment of anxiety inthe in inthe inthe the cities of Paris Brussels Geneva Genevae or the Hague principal contenders for the honor Trygve Lie U. U N. N secretary gen eral just back from a tour of European European Euro Euro- peon cities has made a factual report report re re- port without actually recommend recommend- recommending recommending ing any anyone one spot He did however narrow the field down to those four cities The 57 member nations of the tha general assembly decided at last falls fall's session to hold the 1948 parley parlay in Europe possibly to get away from the scene of their erstwhile rather futile efforts experience to handle the project sa satisfactorily Currently operating under an annual annual an nn- nual budget of 39 million dollars federal soil conservation service has persons working with farmers helping prepare conservation conservation conservation conserva conserva- tion plans which the farmers may accept or reject So far it has prepared conserva 1 tion plans for tor farms covering covering covering cover- cover ing of the country's one billion acres of farm land |