The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-12

lief and rehaDlll- tation in the liberated areas. EXpen- ditures for these tasks are part of the war budget "
 These tentative estimates of ap- propriations include provisions for continuing Lend-Lease aid to our Allies. They are based on the as- sumption that the Lend-LeaSe Act will be enacted prior to it's eXpira- tion on June 30 1945. About one sixth of our present war outlays are for Lend-Lease and for relief and rehabilitation . ."
 2O9o FOR VETS IN '46
 Although the full impact of the veterans program will not be felt until the years following demobiliz- ation, the total estimated require ments for 1946 represent about 20 per cent of the total appropriations for other than war purposes ."
 Incidentally, the peak of vet erans' benefits, according to pres ent estimates, will be three-and-a- half to four billion dollars year, maybe more).
 Anticipating the needs of return ing war veterans and the desirabil- ity of providing adequate assistance to small, loW-income farmers, writes the President later on, T recommend that the borrowing au- thority of the Farm Security Ad- ministration be increased from 67 to 125 million dollars for rural re- mobilization and from Is to 50 mil lion dollars for the tenant purchase program" |.
 "In the future. we must develop a program to eliminate malnutri- ton and rural poverty So long as a large number of people have an adequate diet, we cannot have a true surplus of agricultural produc- ton. We can only have too much of the wrong things"
 String another brand-neW social program in the middle of the war, the President writes: T am recom- mending reorganization of the ba- sic structure of the Office of Educa- tion. This reorganization will facili- tate service to the states, in the de- velopment of more adequate educa- tional programs with proper en- phasis emphasis on all the vari- ouS aspects of education"
 The records of Selective Service reveal that we have fallen far short of a suitable standard of elementary and secondary education. If suit able standard is to be maintained in all parts of the country, the Fed eral Government must render aid where it is needed - but only where it is needed ."
 T recommend appropriations for the planning of public works which the Congress has already au- thorized we need a larger shelf of detailed plans in order to be pre- pared for the postwar period ." URGES SOUND LABOR POLICY
 Indicating that the governments present labor relations machinery now achieves something short of perfection, the President recom- mends: We must apply some of our wartime lessons in labor-manage- ment cooperation in working out sound long-range labor policy. im- plemented by permanent mediation machinery for the adjstment of la bor disputes"
 Before long, there may be 60 mil lion men and women to be employed . We must attack the employ ment problem on every front. For instance, we must overhaul the war time tax structure to stimulate con- sumers' demand and to promote business investment. The elements of such tax program should be developed now so that 1t can be put into effect after victory"
 "Our program should include pro- vision for extended social security, better education, public health and nutrition; for the improvement of our homes, cities and farms; and for the development of transportation facilities and river valleys"