The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-12-12
Would Cut Budget Deficit

1t wasn't Just trial balloon which
the Texas congressman sent up when !
he talked about cutting the budget def
cit down 10 half billion dollars for
the year beginning July |, next, and
to scratch for the following year, after
which expenditures were to be kept
within income.
The Idea Is to have the country
readethe Presidents budget promises
next month with the knowledge that
the head of the house appropriations
! committee wants to 90 oven further
| toward budget balancing than the
| President himself!
II the New Dealers had figured for
month they could not have devised a
more convincing plan for persuading
| the country--not just OF the Presi-
dents intentions, but that they would
be carried out.
For Mr.. Buchanan Is far from being
| Just a congressman. He is chairman
of the one committee In the house that
handles all appropriations Subcom-
mttees appointed by him and working
/ under him scrutinize the proposed ex-
penditures for every governmental de-
partment and agency. House men,
bers as a whole are very prone to fol
low the recommends tons of the house
appropriations committee. For one
thing, 1t provides them very simple
and effective alibi for their votes. 1t
saves lots of embarrassing expana-
tions to critical constituents.
i Moreover, business is perfectly
aware that at the other end OF the
Capitol, the appropriations committee
is presided over by Carter Glass OF
Virginia, who was SO worried about ma
tional credit and the administrations
spending policies that he wanted to
cut the famous fonr-blllon-dollar bill
last year to two billion dollars. Sena-
tors do not pay as much attention to
committee recommendations as do
house members. but Mr.. Glass and Mr.
Buchanan will both be on the confer
ence committee that will iron out diff
ferences between the two houses.
Lewis VS.. Green
That John L. Lewis, president OF the
United Mine workers Of America. has
all the cards in the inter-union labor
battle as far as issues are concerned
most labor leaders here privately
agree. and would win the fight prompt
" If his name were William Green.
Or TO put 1t more succinctly. II h
had Green's personality. and Green's
background, and Green's friendships.
The American Federation OF Labo
is marching toward vertical, or indus
try unions. and away from the OH
form of craft unions. But the oligar
chy Of the federation leans heavily to
ward Green, their president. Not onl,
do the ma jorlty of the leaders distrus
Lewis but they include many who &C
lively dislike him.
Lewis. many of them say privately
has been successful fighter for tn
limited Mine Workers. He has bee
aggressive. battling every moment. Blu
ne never knew when to lay his iighi
inp manners aside. AS result, |
conferences Of labor leaders he ha
tried to ride over his colleagues jus
os though they were nothing but cap
talIsts, and with all the contempt |
his expression. both facial and b
words as If they were trying to stary
rolln,rarc tutn submission
Entirely aside from all this persona
feeling. many Of them point out thu
battling for the Mine Workers. Sill
cessfu as Ii has been so far as vii
ming each battle that came up w
concerned. has proved rather disa
irons for The workers In the long ru