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to confer yesterday with Senator
Taft of Ohio, head of the Senate Re-
publican Policy Committee, on the
Minnesotan's previously announced
determination to make taX-cutting a
top priority issue before Congress.
Senator Taft also favors lower in
come levies, but he refused to fore
cast at a news conference yesterday
just when the lawmakers might get
around to reduction bill.
Mr.. Crawford, however, asserted
that it no longer is a question OF
cutting taxes but of raising them.
The Michigan Republican said he
voted for the two bills President Tru-
man vetoed last session because he
expected Government spending to
be curtailed sharply.
Greater Defense Needs Seen.
Since then, however, he added in
an interview, 'the Senate and House
Appropriations Committees have
shown they don't know how to cut
budgets" the European economic
crisis has developed and all signs
point to greater defense needs.
I'VE are clear out on limb now,"
he declared, land you don't cut
your defenses when you are threat
ening everybody"
The House member said 'it Is
time for the people to make very
quick decision" on this question:
ITO whatever extent we now
finance Europe, in connection with
the Marshall plan, are the people
ready to put the dollars in the tax
box, or will they now insist that
further inhationary pressures be
created through additional deficit
fnancing?"
For his part, Mr.. Crawford said
he believes mo appropriations
should be made beyond those which
the American people are willing to
pay for through taxes" because fur
ther borrowing will "only destroy
the buying power of the peoples
accumulated savings and current
wages"
"Of that" he said, 1--WE already
have had too much"
Senator OMahoney made no ref
erence to possible higher income
taxes but said a revival of excess
profits levies would help bring prices
down and ease inf1ationary pres
Sures.
Rather than straight return to
the wartime tax, however, the Wyo-
ming Senator told a reporter it
should contain a formula that would
give smaller industries an incentive
to plow profits back into their busi-
ness in order to encourage compe-
tition and production.
Hasn't Decided on Details.
! He hasn't decided on the exact
details himself, Senator O'Mahoney
said, adding that business leaders
should be eager to sit down with
Congress and try to work out q
formula.
Senator OMahoney said he thinks
Congress also should provide the
Government with power to allocate
scarce commodities and to clamp
back the consumer credit curbs that
expire tonight.
Senator Taft said he Is willing to
listen to proposals for ALLEGATION
powers and return to consider
credit control, but he added that he
doubts easier time payment buying
will be "of a volume which will have
an important effect on prices"
Senator Taft reiterated that he
believes the special session will deal
with both temporary and long-range
help for Europe lin one bite" and
that the issue can be disposed of in
time for the Christmas holidays.
Officials Meet With Truman.
| Secretary of State Marshall and
Undersecretary Lovett met with
President Truman yesterday, pre-
sumablE about the final draft of
the European aid program. Gen.
Marshall assumed direct charge of
the job of rounding up the far
flung details of the European aid
program. Economic and diplomatic
experts have been itemizing the
needs of the Is Western European
nations asking for American assist
ance and comparing them with
lists of available American re-
sources.
Meanwhile it was learned that top
experts of the old OPA are con-
ferring with Government officials
mapping the administrations anti
! imitation program.
The former officials held their
first session yesterday with Adrian
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