Can Cut Taxes
And Si 1 Cancel
Public Debt
WASHINGTON, </P) —Republi
can members of the House ways
and means committee said today
taxes can be cut $6,300,000,000
and the government still can pay
$11,000,000,000,000 on the national
debt in the next two fiscal years.
The 15 GOP members m&de
that declaration when formally re
porting to the House that the com
mittee has approved Rep. Knut
son’s (R.-Minn.) tax-slashing bill.
They said their calculation is
based on a planned $3,000,000,000
cut in President Truman’s $39,
700,000,000 budget.
• The 10 committee Democrats
filed a statement saying the Re
publican-backed bill presents a
“threat of deficit spending for fis
cal year 1949, and a substantial
risk to our fiscal solvency, na
tional security and fulfillment of
our international responsibilities.”
House debate on the election
year battle will begin tomorrow.
A vote is set for Monday.
Party leaders called to separate
mass meetings of all House Re
Europeans Must
Save Europe
WASHINGTON, </P) — Former
Senator Robert M. LaFollette
(Prog.-Wis.) said today that if
western European nations and
their dependencies fall “under
Communist control, we may not
be able to maintain our effective
independence.”
LaFollette told the Senate for-,
eign relations committee, consid
ering the administration’s pro
posed four-year recovery pro
gram, that “today in Europe there
is a close race between recovery
and social disintegration.”
He said that economic recovery
of western Europe will be “dan
gerously delayed if not jeopar
dized” without substantial help
from the United States, but made
clear that basically "only the Eu
ropeans can save Europe.”
Some of the most dangerous
types of goiter do not develop vis
ible swellings in the neck.
publicans and Democrats late in
the day to organize their forces
for the impending tax battle
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Raising Funds
To Rebuild
Valdez Hospital
The charter organizations of
Valdez have joined in an all out
effort to raise funds to replace the
Valdez Community hospital which
was destroyed by fire February 2,
1947. This non-profit institution
was a very important part of the
Prince William Sound area as
well as the small communities
along the Richardson Highway.
The American Legion, Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary, Order of
Eastern Star, Chamber of Com
merce, Valdez Woman’s Civic
Club, Eagles, and Masons of Val
dez have contacted their various
friends in other Alaskan com
munities and asked their support
in the sale of tickets on the Aeron
ca Chief that will go to the holder
of the lucky ticket. Newspaper,
theaters, and radios will also be
asked to cooperate.
The Aeronca Chief has been
purchased from the airplane divi
sion of the Northern Commercial
Co., and will be delivered to the
lucky winner complete with land
ing lights and two-way radio. Ar
rangements for free instruction
have been made with an instruc
tor at Valdez, and if the winner
wishes the instruction, he or she
can take delivery of the plane at
Valdez. In the event that the win
ner does not wish the plane, a cash
award will be made.
Drawing for the plane will be
on Memorial Day, May 30, 1948.
The winner will be notified by
telegraph.
The ruffed grouse often is
called “partridge.”
Alabama Governor
Wants Nomination
MONTGOMERY, Ala. UP)—The
south had a man today who would
like to be President—Gov. .lames
Folsom of Alabama.
Folsom, 39-year-old former in
surance man from the small, mid
Alabama town ot Cullman, an
nounced himself as a candidate
for the Democratic Presidential
nomination.
In his announcement, Folsom,
who has been governor just slight
ly more than a year, said Presi
dent Truman was “not running”
either the party or the nation.
CHANGE IN DEADLINE FOR
PRIMARY FILINGS
The office of the clerk of court
in the federal building has been
advised that the deadline for filing
candidacies for primary election
expires Sunday, February 1, at
5:00 p.m. Inasmuch as the clerk’s
office is closed after the noon hour
Saturday, candidates are request
ed to contact Norvin W. Lewis by
phone at his residence. Main 144,
up to five o’clock Sunday, Feb.
1, 1948.
Sun Eclipse Will
Help Make Maps
WASHINGTON, As an aid to
making better maps, scientists will
us<? an eclipse of the sun as a
measuring tool to “determine the
shape and size of the earth with
greater accuracy than ever be
fore,” the National Geographic
Society announced today.
Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor, presi
dent, said the society is sponsoring
an expedition which will set up
seven observing stations in Bur
ma, Siam, China, Japan, Korea
and the Aleutian Islands, along
the path of the eclipse which will
take place May 8-9. 1943. Two
B-29’s will be ready to photograph
the eclipse from above the clouds
in case of cloudiness over the
Aleutians.
Co-operating with the society in
the project will be the U. S.
army’s map service, engineers and
signal corps, the navy, air force,
bureau of standards, coast and
geodetic survey and the state de
partment.
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