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reductions in the spending proposed in the budget presented to the Congress by the outgoing Administration, or unless there is some unexpected contingency by way of windfall that would reduce this spending, my information is that it will be necessary, later this year, for the Treasury to request legislation to increase the national debt limit, even if the ten percent tax surcharge is extended. “In support of what I have just said about increasing the national debt limit, I quote to the membership a statement contained in President Johnson’s Budget Message of 15 January of this year, and appearing on Page 26 of the publication, “The
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