The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-02


 almost immediately, owing to the legislative position in which 1t was left by the last session. The third deficiency bill, carrying social se- curity and other appropriations, will also be handled early.
 The amount of money Congress will appropriate cannot be fore- told until 6 better picture of relief needs and pressures Is available and until it's known whether the supreme court is going to kill the AAA processing taxes, thereby causing Congress to seek other money to use for benefit payments for farmers.
 Relief Up to Congress
 You can be sure that the "ordi- nary" budget will be balanced in one way or another and that Congress will be allowed to take the lead in providing for relief in the fiscal year beginning with July.
 Congress is expected to hear 6 lot about that from home. Roose- welt has estimated this years deficit ct $3,281, ,000,00 and the best guess now is that he should be able to cut at least Q couple of billions off that-not allowing for bonus for AAA upsets- by avoiding another four billion dollar Work-relief measure such as that of the present year.
 Roosevelts promise that "the peak of appropriation hes passed" 1" coupled with boasts of recovery, will echo through the halls of Congress, and the country will be promised Q balanced budget the year after next.
 There's no sentiment to cut army and navy appropriations, however, and those probably will approach a billion dollars.
 The administration still sticks to work as the best form of relief for the able-bodied unemployed and Congress will continue WPA into next year unless 1t turns out ot be more unpopular this winter than most observers now suspect.
 It's expected here that cities and states will be making great holler not only for continued WpA funds, but also. in many cases, for further direct cash re- lief.
 The extent to which this is effective won't be known before March.
 WPA Wants Two Billions
 WPA officials say they need about $2,0OO, ,000, 900 to carry a bare essential work program through next year, but they don't expect to get 1t.
 Congress may, however. be rather generous about relief. It surely will give Roosevelt the $500, ,O00, 900 he wants for Q con- tinuing public works program next year-although this will be earmarket = and at least the 5000, ,000. 900 he wants for 6 re- duced eco.
 General expectation that a bonus bill will be passed over the presi- dential veto seems to be justified. A switch of five Senate votes would have done the trick with the Patman bonus imitation bill last summer and nine of those nators who voted then to sustain the president are now up for re- nomination and reelection.
 Bonus is the preferential order of business in the Senate and the House is scheduled to vote Jan. l3 on the Patman bill, which pro- vides immediate payment of the face or 1925 maturity value of adjusted compensation certificates In ggeenbacks.
 Bond Issue Favored
 The measure passed by both houses, however, Is expected to resemble the Vinson bill, passed by the Senate before the Patman bill was substituted for #, which simply appropriates 12.2e3, ,646,- 004 for prompt cash payment.
 There is little chance that the bonus will be paid by issuance of new paper currency and hardly any that the money will be raised by special taxes. Sentiment nov is largely for e special bond issue, with veterans to be paid off in