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and has proved unavoidable and
impractical"
Instead Of having the Appropri-
atoms Committee and Congress
being put in the position OF not
complying with the law on that
point, Mr. Cannon said the act
should be amended. Most members
of the Appropriations Committee.
he said. apparently feel much the
same way.
The present Congress is the first
to operate under the reorganization
law. which, among other things, re-
duced the number OF committees.
Stalemate on Budget.
Last year. Mr.. Capnon recalled,
Mr.. Truman's budget estimated the
Government costs of $37 TOO, 900 600
for the fiscal year starting July l,
l947. The House. Re said, voted to
try to cut the ottal by $4,000, ,000,-
COZ. The Senate insisted on only a
"a SOC 900 600 slash.
! Neither gave in, so there was no
legislative budget for that year.
| For the year beginning July I.
I 1913, Mr.. Truman proposed eXpendl-
lures of S39. 700 100000 Mr.. Cannon
said that after he did some strong
/ needing" about ignoring the reor-
eanization law, Congress finally
agreed on legislative budget that
was 81 500 900, 900 lower.
Thereafter Mr.. Cannon said,
Congress gave no heed or attention
I to it and entirely ignored it in the
ccnsidera ton of appropriation bills"
Plenty of Arguments.
! The legislative budget has pro-
duced plenty of arguments. with
Democrats and Republicans accusing
each other of using 'phony'' mathe-
matics in figuring whether or not
the presidential budget has been
/ trimmed.
/ When Mr. Cannon again becomes
chairman of the Appropriations
Committee on January he will be
/ in a position to push the adminis-
! tration S expected bid for more funds
for the Marshall Plan.
President Truman foreshadowed
such a request yesterday in authoriz-
/ ing Economic Cooperation Admin
istrator Paul G. Hoffman to use the
entire $4,000 900 900 European recov-
cry fund by next April instead Of
making it last until July l.
The Eightieth Congress gave Mr.
Truman that option in finally ap-
proving the foreign aid appropria-
ton bill which House Republicans
tried to slash last spring. spear
headed by Representative Taber,
Republican Of New York, retiring
Appropriations Committee chairman.
Speed Is Promised.
| Mr.. Cannon, however, told re-
porters he will push the new measure
as quickly as possible because things
seem to be moving pretty rapidly in
Europe
That echoed Mr.. Hoffman's view.
Now is the time" he said, Ito
hit and hit hard for recovery"
The White House disclosed that
the ECA boss had asked for the
speed-up order on October 20. In
his letter to the President, Mr.. Hoff-
man said only such action would
i meet "the pressing minimum needs
of the is Marshall Plan countries,
the allied zones of Germany and
Trieste.
The $275 100000 China aid pro-
gram which ECA administers was
not included in the presidential
spending order. With their addi-
tional $125 100000 military aid fund
nearly exhausted, the Chinese now
are pressing for a much larger sum
to help turn back their Communist
foes.
| Chinese aid is but one of the many
foreign aid problems the new Demo
cratic Congress will have to deal
with. The Greek Turkish aid pro-
grams are expected to require more