Show Debate in Congress Looms Over Farm Expenditures Economy Bloc at Work to Pare Down Federal Budget Believe it or there is a de economy bloc working in congress so far at it has produced some There considerable question as to whether it will win out in the end the advocates of more spending are many and and they massing solidly behind the farm and national defense Spearhead of the economy drive is naturally in the House of by Constitutional all legislation must Its leau- ers have materially reduced pro for a mim posed appropriations Latest ber of bureaus and reduction was a paring l close to in the Interim Department Supply bill-which of a fifing the complete projected expenditure fo Admiral Byrd's current Antarctic So cuts in the budget made by various House com have come close to tiu Naval Expansion Argument Whether or not those in of cost cutting will be able to resist the pressure In favor of loos ing floodgates of treasury is now an interesting mattei for By time is congress win probably have got around to the naval expansion with its Up until recently U seemed almost a certainty that this measure would go through without a and the flee i J would be given all it As the polls sentiment in this country for building a defense structure of unprecedented peacetime strength is extremely The American looking nervously at unpredictable are apparently eager to possess n navy that Is more than adequate to defeat any conceivable invader or combination of At the same a certain amount of doubt has arisen as to whether the proposed bill is completely New Ships The bill's opponents point out that the new ships to be launched would not be completed for Some of the ships are of a more or less untried and might prove failures as fighting they the ships become obsolete fairly rapid and the old debate as to whether a large number of relatively small ships is more effective than a small number of giant first-line craft has not been they no matter who wins the world's current wars in Europe and the victors will be so exhausted that they would be in no position to attack us even if they wanted they sum there is no need for naval expansion on the scale now Similar arguments are used against proposals for the purchase of tremendous quantities of new military airplanes as everyone may become outmoded Farm Appropriation Congressional controversy over farm appropriations is now reaching the The Senate appropriations committee has approved a billion-dollar farm bill T. it will will entirely entirely wipe total cut ni the budget made by the make new taxes and may seems certain that the hill will pass the senate in aho by iu tec Forecast is that it win aisi be passed by both But too with but minor economy bloc will undoubtedly seek to pare it Compromise Expected Outlook is that something of z compromise will be reached so fai as spending in general is Some bureaus will get lesa but expenditures which ar feet large numbers of the and m as a all elective officials have a political will will be be larce p as large as last |