Truman Flays I
Those Who Would
Cut Govt. Spending
(Continued from Page One)
ests” were to blame. Then he
added:
‘•Now these same selfish inter
ests are urging us to commit a
third great blunder. They are now
urging drastic cuts in government
expenditures — cuts which would
fall hardest on those expendi
tures which are most important to
our domestic economy.”
That was an obvious reference
to the move in Congress to trim
federal spending: In the Senate,
for example, more than 60 Sena
tors—Democrats and Republicans
—have signed a petition urging
action on a resolution directing the
President to cut appropriations for
the current fiscal year by from
five to 10 per cent.
Mr. Truman explained that he
is dropping his request for a four
billion dollar tax increase because
he does not want to injure the
economic health of the country.”
Indicating the alternative is red
ink spending, he added:
"You cannot achieve a surplus
in the government budget when
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
IX THE PROBATE COURT FOR
THE CAPE NOME PRECINCT
SECOND DIVISION.
RRITORY OF ALASKA
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES
TATE of HERBERT SPENCER.
Deceased.
No. 786
Notice Of Hearing On Final
Report Of Administrator And
Determination Of Heirs
Notice is hereby given that the
Final Report and Account of the
administrator of this estate has
been tiled, and that on the 9th day
of September, 1949. at the hour of
teu o'clock A.M., a Hearing on the
said Report and Account will be
had; and also at such time the
Court will determine who the
heirs and distributees of this es
tate are:
Objections to the said Report
and Account, and proof of heir
ship, will be heard at the time
aforesaid.
Dated this 6th day of July, 1949.
C. C. TANNER,
Administrator de bonis non
Publish July 8, 15, 22, 29, 1949
you have a declining national
economy. ... If we follow the |
wrong budget policy at this time
and slash our expenditures, we
will decrease employment, cut
down investment, weaken our de
fenses, and injure our efforts for
peace.” i
Senator McClellan «D.-Ark.»,
chief sponsor of the economy res
olution, commented that there are
certain contemplated expenditures
for public works “that would of
course stimulate our economy,”
but he added:
“There are other savings that
can and should be made, and it is
the duty of the President and the
I Congress jointly to bring about
' such economics.”
Republicans let loose with hot
' ter criticism. Said House minority
i leader Martin of Massachusetts:
“Every day the Democratic 81st
Congress is in session makes the
Republican 80th Congress look
better. The President may be fool
ing himself, but he isn’t fooling
many other people.
“If cutting taxes last year was
such an awful blunder, I don’t
know why the President isn’t
| standing by his original request
for a fou|i billion dollar tax in
crease.”
Senator Millikin 'R.-Colo.i, who
steered the GOP-sponsored tax re
duction through the Senate last
year . V rked:
i
"The President does not now
j understand the value of the tax
I cut any more than he did at the
time it was enacted over his veto.
The tax reduction put five billion
dollars into the hands of most
i people for their own spending—
| the most dynamic spending of all.
■'If there had not been a cut,
j goodness only knows how deep
i the present depression would have
! plunged.*’
But one Republican who voted
J for the tax reduction said he now
: regards it as "a mistake—one of
the very few the 80th Congress
made.” Senator Flanders of Ver
J mont, noting Mr. Truman’s criti
cism of the cut. remarked:
"He’s got us there all right. I
voted for it, knew I was doing
wrong at the time, and have re
| gretted it ever since.”
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be transferring its cold war tactics
from Germany to Japan. They
see trouble ahead for Allied Su
preme Commander Gen. Douglas '
MacArthur. The Russians have ac
cused MacArthur and the Japan
ese government of launching a
brutal campaign against labor,
leaders and “progressive ele
ments.” Russian Ambassador Al
exander S. Panyushkin said in
Washington that the Japanese
economy is approaching a state of
total collapse.
Friday. July 15. 1949
The British labor government1
struggled today to settle a stub
born waterfront strike stifling
desperately needed international
trade. The government faced a
storm of criticism from the British
press for its latest austerity plan
to cut dollar purchases by 25 per
cent.
Under proclaimed emergency
regulations. British troops began
loading export cargoes on London
docks. Foreign trade is Britain’s
lifeline. Already the 19-day old
waterfront strike of nearly 15,000
stevedores had dealt the island
kingdom a crushing blow. The mo
tor industry said the strike crip
pled the export of some 5,000 cars,
trucks and tractors weekly
i through the Port of London.
More than 6.000 troops were
poured into the government-seized
docks. Others were unloading food
shipments badly needed by the
British consumer.
Meanwhile, union leaders met
with leaders of the wildcat strike
in an effort to reach a settlement.
The men claim they were locked
out by the dock management be
cause they refused to work two
j Canadian ships involved in a dis
pute between two rival Canadian
unions.
The British press took a dim
j view of yesterday’s announcement
by chancellor of the exchequer
Sir Stafford Cripps that purchases
of goods like tobacco, cotton, tim
ber and sugar in dollar areas
[ would be slashed 25 per cent.
Newspapers said buying outside
the dollar areas would increase
British costs and British goods
for export would thus be priced
higher and consequently less
would be sold.
The communist Czechoslovakian
government continued its on
I
slaught on the i Roman Catholic
hierarchy. The communist press
charged that Vatican excommuni
cations of communists and their
supporters were political moves, i
They termed the Vatican action a
“hate campaign against the peo
ple’s democracies.”
The communists are now pro
ducing daily a series of charges in
their press against Catholic bish
ops. These range from claims that
the bishops collaborated with the
nazis to accusations that they are
the puppets of ‘‘western imperial
ists.” Observers say when the
communist case is thoroughly laid,
state machinery will be put in mo
tion to deal finally with all Ro
man Catholic personalities who in
any way oppose the state. Already
the government has made Arch
bishop Josef Beran and other lead
ing prelates semi-captives. It has
seized the church press and has
built up separatist organizations.
The World Council of Churches
at Chichester, England, has come
out strongly against totalitarian
ism. The organization, represent
ing churches of 44 nations, ex-'j
Eklutnu Project
Passed By House
■ ■ ■ —
WASHINGTON, </P>—A bill to
authorize construction of the $20,
000,000 Eklutna power project in
Alaska, and provide for studies of
other hydroelectric developments,
passed the House on a voice vote
yesterday and went, to the Senate.
Rep. Leroy Johnson tR.-Calif.'
urged its passage, saying “Alaska
is the most strategic place in the
world.”
Rep. Crawford 'Ft.-Mich.' said
he would like to see rapid indus
trial and commercial development
in the Territory, and added he
thinks Alaska should become a
state right away.
Delegate E. L. Bartlett said the
bill would peVmit the interior de
partment to build and operate
other power projects in Alaska,
but each one would have to be au
thorized by Congress.
pressed sympathy with the Roman
Catholic churches in Roman Cat
olic countries iike Spain and some
in Latin America. The Catholic
church does not adhere to
council.
A policeman was killed and 4b
persons injured by a bomb explo
sion in Calcutta, India, during an
address by prime minister Jawa
harlal Nehru. The Indian leader
attacked communism in his talk
to the nearly 1,000,000 people as
sembled. Authorities said the dis
turbances were engineered by
| communists.
Truman Holds
Secret Talk With
Top Govt, Leaders
(By Oliver W. De Wolfe)
WASHINGTON, (/P) — A White
House .shield of secrecy today
threw a tight cover over a super
mysterious conference which
brought President Truman togeth
er with top military, atomic, di
plomatic and Congressional lead
ers.
For two hours and 33 minutes
these men—the list was impres
sive—were together behind closed
doors last night in historic Blair
House, the President's temporary
home. '
There was no announcement
whatever of what went on. Hovv
Aer, the identity of the partic -
pants pointed strongly toward
some development in the atomic
weapons field on an international
level.
The New York Times said the
meeting dealt with the question of
giving to Great Britain technical
information on the production of
atomic bombs.
It was learned later, however,
the newspaper added, that no de
cisions were made during the ses
I sion unless the President came to
j some determination that he did
! not disclose.
I Any dcei-i in to give mforma
j tion to the British would require
I an act of Congress before it could
1 be carried out. Present law for
| bids disclosure ot atomic infor
1 mation to other countries.
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