Show washington N leiws S I 1 10 at f from OUR congressman ON GRESSMAN W K GRANGER I 1 congress ach activities 1 I S since I 1 n a session began in january 1943 3 congress go going ing home for a summer recess leaves new tax a legislation e its Is a as the major task to be tackled on its return in the late summer the president Pies ident has asked for far in sixteen billion dollars in new revenues but has indicated strong disapproval a I 1 of a general g enera I 1 sales sad ce tax although saying 1 liquor 1 iq and t tobacco taxes might be raised raided the treasury has suggested that some sort of ind individual 1 excess profits to tax might be w worked kd out a levy III which would to take k more am t tax from the man who made 2500 a year before the he we war but now makes 1 goo than it would from one who made then hen and still gets just that tha t congress has abolished boli shed two agencies the national R resources re sources urrea planning board known as N was denied funds with which to continue its planning of ways a and ad means to cope with prospective postwar problems Like likewise wr the national youth ad ra ministration mista an I 1 known fe as NYA was waa ordered liquidated by january I 1 1944 it had been established eight years ago to I 1 help 4 e 1 pyoung i young po people p b up to the age ol of 24 con continue t e tb their schooling by providing part time jobs during the depre depression lon with the opp approach h of w war its emphasis s was shifted to training for war prodoc tion the president s executive order limiting salaries to 2 25 5 a annually 1 after taxes was I 1 nullified 1 1 fic d by the vote late of congress Con giess while the labor dispute bill known us as the smith connally bill was enacted acted over ever his veto on questions touching on the war a and ad foreign policy mr roosevelt met with little opposition congress appropriated with w ith scarcely a mummer me over billion dollars all but a relative handful to finance the war news new briefs brief from washington the capitol appeared unaffected by the arrival of general henn he honore giraud glaud wiry frenchman who commands the allies fifth larg est eat army until shortly after his ar riva rival I 1 we learned with him of the tragic news that his daughter and four grandchildren have been taken to berlin as nazi hostages this sad news brought unsolicited attention as the co ca president of the com rait netties ties for the liberation of france frame met first with P president de of roosevelt t and took part in a conference of the joint chiefs of staff made up of america a and britain brancin a top ranking officers where the blue prints for the defeat of the axis were undoubtedly daub eastily be being ng drafted A united nations nation s production rate to in all 1944 nearly four times as great as that of the axis u was as forecast recently by war production chief donald M nelson in 1942 1 he e la said ll 11 t the h 11 united cd nations out produced r d c t the h axis 1 almost tw two a to one in 1943 the allied all cd output way may re reliably I 1 bably be expected to be nearly three times axis axes production although h his address 11 was 1 basically a op P odar ti m tone nelson net cautioned a that no groups of soldiers have any easing up in our efforts i the department of state has ad 1 bee been used for far farm work and it is a not contemplated that permission will be given for release of soldiers in groups to do agricultural work |