Evening star., 1947-02-07
Green Asks 6. 0. P.
To Garry Out Pledge
OF 2096 Tax Cut

Gov. Dwight H. Green of Illinois
called on his fellow Republicans In
Congress last night to carry out the
pledge of a 20-per-cent cut in per-
sonal income taxes.
He was the principal speaker at
the annual Lincoln banquet, given
at the Hotel Statler by the Republic
can members Of the Senate and
House and the League of Republi-
can Women of the District.
Many members of both houses
were in the audience as he also
cautioned them against Furnishing
labor in the current effort to reduce
industrial strife by legislation.
On foreign policy, Gov. Green
deplored mass exile and starvation
of peoples in Poland and other
countries which have been over-run
by agents of the Red Empire -
He urged America to preserve every
military and economic resource, be-
cause, to-day, as never before, the
strength and courage Of free
America is the hope of liberty
loving men and women everywhere.
Martin Talks ON Budget.
Earlier on the program Speaker
Martin had assured the large gath
ering that the Republicans in Con-
gress have not the slightest inten-
ton of turning away" from their
purpose to cut the budget "to the
last possible dollar, eliminate waste,
begin reducing the national debt and
lower taxes. He kept away, however,
from specific figures on tax reduc-
ton.
Cow Green was more explicit.
He declared:
'"The 20 per cent income tax re-
duction will be proof to the Ameri-
can people that the word of the Re-
publican party in 1947 is as good as
it was when it was voiced by Abra-
ham Lincoln.
In dealing with labor relations.
the Illinois Governor advised his
party to follow the watch-word Of
Lircoln's second inaugural, With
malice toward none" He continued:
There has been much loose talk
about punitive labor legislation.
There is no occasion to punish la
Dor. The American Government,
which is the people. has no quarrel
with the American workers. But
there should be effective means to
deal with leaders Of labor or man
agement who are false In their re-
,sponsibilties to their members or
their stockholders"
He added, also that I'VE must
prevent the arbitrary action Of ruth
less men from causing the paralysis
of our systems of transportation,
communications, lightning and
heating"
individual workers." he said,
"nust be protected from the auto
cratic power of union officials, who
in certain cases have exercised die
tatorial power over their members
right to earn living, and even their
freedom of speech and political
action"
Verbal Shot at England.
Gov. Green advocated the "f,tll
development of atomic weapons until
the world has reached condition
of security far beyond what con-
fronts up today" He also fired o
verbal shot at. England, when he
declared:
Particularly, we must not permit
the British to, monopolize interna-
tional air lines with exclusive privi-
leges in many parts Of the world,
for which the British Government
proposes to spend $500, ,000, 900 bor-
rowed from the American people"
Speaker Martin said }tht, during
more than IL years of Democratic
rule, Congress surrendered much of
its power to the Executive. The
Government, he continued, became
too much one of men instead of
laws. During that time, he said,
more than $4,000 departmental
regulations having the force of law
were issued.