That budget contained expenditures of $78,600,000,000. Mr. Truman estimated receipts at about $10,000,000,000 less than that amount, thus indicating a budget de ficit of approximately ten billion dollars. The Eisenhower move to balance the budget, and cut Federal expenditures, is a weldame move and one which has been long awaited by the American public. One can only hope it is the first of a number of major efforts to cut out deadwood, elimi nate unnecessary spending and reduce the level of expenditures generally. It is the hope of most Americans that the efficiency of their government can be increased by a reduction in the number of employes. It is well known that some feather-bedding in government where employees have actually become so numerous as to impede efficiency of operations. While we assume that Mr. Truman was completely sincere in his belief that the budget could not be cut further, we cannot accept a theory which presumes the vast multitudes of government workers to be absolutely essential to the last man. We hope to see thousands of jobs eliminated and billions of dollars saved, and any lesser result from the Eisenhower Administration w ill In' a disappointment.

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