The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-10
LARGE SUM
 REQUESTED
 BY TRUMAN
Message Given Congress with Items Set Forth-
 Is Over Estimates
By CHARLES MoLoNY

WASHINGTON, Jan. l0.-Presi- dent Truman proposed today that the government spend $37 .528, 900 GOO during the fiscal year which begins rext July L.
 His budget message to the Repub- lican Congress thus went more than s8,000 100000 over the limit some key COP leaders have set for Fed eral outlays in their determined drive to cut taxes while whittling away at the mammoth national debt.
 MT. Truman earmarked $ll,587,- 000,000-or nearly third of the total for national defense-and again ignored Republican demands that this item should be held to $l0,000,0 100000 or less.
 But the Chief Executive, calling his budget realistic and tight. insisted that he had been more hard-boiled than like to be- in enforcing his own economy de- mands on Federal agencies.
 His recommended total of $37.528.- 100000 is $4.s95 ,000, 900 under his revised estimate on what it is cost ing the government to operate this year, and Sl ,668 .000,00 higher than the budget he submitted year ago.
 Even so, the President said the Treasury will close it's books on June 30, 1948, with its first balanc- ed budget in Is years--and with a S202 ,000, ,000 surplus to boot--provid- cd there are no tax cuts in the next l8 months. He placed estimated in- come for the coming year at ST. 73o,000, ,000--a drop of $2500. .000, 900 from the current fiscal period
 In addition to reiterating his plea for Congress to leave wartime in- come tax rates in effect, MT. Tru- man prodded the lawmakers to:
 l. Prevent a Sl,200 ,000, ,000-a-year cut now scheduled to take effect July 1 in excise taxes on liquor beer, wine, furs, jewelry, cosmetics movie admissions, night club bills, telephone service and other items.
 ?. Increase postal rates suffic- iently to wipe out the post office departments s352,00O 900 operating deficit.
 tThere were indications that these suggestions will apply prin- cipally to second-class mailing privileges of certain newspapers and magazines on the ground that the present low rates constitute a sub sidy" to them)
 If Congress accepts the recom- mendations on excise and postal rates, the President said, it can in- crease to s202. .0O000 margin Of surplus-which he termed very slight ito Sl,800 100000.
 In contrast, he added that he TOW expects the current fiscal year which ends June 30, to wind up with a deficit of S2,293 .000, 900 - $393, ,000.0 worse than he estimated last August.
 Uping his l947 figures for the second time since his record peace time estimates in last years bud get message. the President said expenditures this year will reach $42. .523 900 900 - a S1, ,000, ,000, ,000 gain from his August estimates. He as- cribed this largely to veterans pro- grams.
 Revenues this fiscal year will reach 30000.000, a gain ol $600000.000 over August estimates and jump of $8.717 900. 900 from his forecast of year ago. Better than expected tax collections result ing from high-level business activ- ity accounted for the increases. MT. Truman said.
 For the coming year, however, the Chief Executive declared. in- come is expected to run $2,500 000.- GOO lower-because of D the scheduled drop in excise taxes, l2) the end of excess profits tax col lections and t3) an expected de- cline in receipts from surplus prop erty sales.
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