Evening star., 1947-06-18
Congress 70 Get
Message Friday
On Labor Bill
White House Reports
Deluge Of Mail,
Mostly for Veto
House Vote Upholding Tor Cut
Veto on Page A-3.)

President Truman decided to-,
day to forgo his weekly news
conference to work on message
to Congress on the labor control
bill.
Mr. Truman will send message
to Congress Friday, regardless Of
whether he signs or vetoes the bill.
He told reporters as he was return
ing from Princeton last night that
he has not made up his mind.
Eben Ayers, assistant press Sec
retary, said a heavy volume of mail
continued to pour into the White
House concerning the legislation,
with "a heavy majority favoring a
veto.' Mr.. Ayers said the volume
of communications about the meas
ure is by far the greatest ever re-
ceived by Mr.. Truman on any single
legislative issue or other controversy.
Overriding of Veto Forecast.
Top Democratic and Republican
leaders agreed that If the President
vetoes the union-curbing bill the
House will not sustain him, as it did
yesterday in killing income tax re-
auctions for this year. Most OBJ
servers at the Capitol believe the
Senate also would vote to override
a veto.
Mr.. Ayers estimated that $1,000
to $4,000 letters, more than 100000
cards and $4,000 kilograms had been
received through Monday. He said
one pile of letters in the White
House mailroom is larger than q
cord of wood" measuring II feet
long, 5 feet high and feet wide.
He said around 10000 letters .
day still are coming from individ-
.uals, groups and organizations. He
did not estimate the percentage IA
voring a veto other than to say the
majority was heavy"
July 26 Set for Windup.
Meanwhile, Republican leaders
decided to shoot at July 26 as adj
journment day, but put of until
next week deciding on list of re-
naming bills they will try to put
through by that time. Also re-
naming to be settled is whether
the adjournment resolution will en-
able congressional leaders to call
the two houses back In the fall, or
leave it up to the President, whe
can always reconvene Congress dur
ing a recess.
Chairman Taft of the Senate
Republican Policy Committee agreed
yesterdays veto apparently elim-
mated tax reduction for this ses-
sion, but said that If the President
should call special session In the
fall for any reason, the Ohioan
would not be surprised to see tax
reduction revived then.
Although Republicans have been
chopping away at each 1948 appro-
priation bill, trying to save enough
for both tax reduction and debt re-
tirement, they have never reached a
final agreement on the February
resolution, which sought to fix an
overall ceiling on Government
spending.
Snator Taft indicated the death of
the tax bill may clear the way for
such an agreement.
COP Reply to Truman.
Senator Taft said he intends to
propose now that a minimum of
81 SOC, 100000 go to debt payments.
plus all of any revenue surplus above
the $4,000 100000 in Government
receipts estimated in the budget
resolution. Depending on collec-
tions, he said, this might total s3,-
500 ,000, 900 or more.
This new move was generally re-
garded as the Republicans answer
to Mr.. Truman's often-repeated con-
tention that debt reduction must
come before tax reduction.
High placed Republicans at the
Capitol were describing the death of
the tax bill yesterday as the signal
for the start of the 1948 campaign.
There were no indications, however,
that the political feuding would
affect foreign policy, except in one
phase, and that involves the future
of the State Departments foreign
information service, including the
Voice of America" broadcasts.
Funds for this activity after July
are still subject of controversy.
If the Chief Executive does veto
the labor bill he will have to count
on his former colleagues in the
Senate to back him up.
Senator Hatch, Democrat, Of
New Mexico, a close friend of the
President, told a reporter he he's
had no hints from the White
House, but it is his personal view
there will be a veto and that 1t
will be overridden."
Ives Voices Doubt.
Many other Senators of both
political parties share that view.
But Senator Ives, Republican, Of
York, said:
II don't see how it's at all cer-
1See LABOR. Page A-40