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YOUR
CONGRESSMAN
REPORTS
fit Ret. Burr P. Harrison
Washington—It now has become evident that President Eisenhower’s budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 cannot be balanced even if the Congress follows all of his recommendations or\ spending and meets his requests for a 50-per-crnt increase in the feder,
This is so because the income estimates furnished the President (by bis budget advisers and used irt the January budget message t» Congress now appear rather definitely excessive. Mr. Eisenhower predicted in his message that the Treasury would take in $77.1 billion in the year. Staff experts of the Joint Congressional Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation have come forward in recent weeks however, with the results of their own study, pointing to income of $75.8 billion less. The new estimate was not disputed by the Bureau of the Budget. t
This means that a deficit is assured unless spending is cut well below the level proposed by the President. While there is good reason to believe this could be done without endangering our national defense or essential domestic services, the prospects of its being done are not bright.
As noted in last week’s report, the House of Representatives has voted less money than asked by Mr. Eisenhower in the few regular appropriation bills acted on so far. These measures await further act'on in the Senate. Regular appropriation bills, however, unfortunately are not the full measure of federal spending, 'In many cases commitments r.r.de in authorizing legislation arc of such nature as to make it essential that the funds to carry out the ■ omnrnnents be made available wl'en required. At paying-up time, th? F ' -ral Government cannot- rui. out on its obligations.
Strong suppo ’ s built up in Congress, for de, for programs which w spend, in the years immedia: ead, substantially more th~- President had in mind for fx airports, aid to economically ' /tressed areas, school construct^: t, and aid to local public work, enerally. <
Oft the other hand, little public support has developed for Mr, Eisenhower's proposal to raise to 5 cents the postage rate which went
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