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reports 1IOu his Top Legislative
leaders.
Emerging from the White House
conference, Senate Majority Lead
er Lucas of Illinois and Speaker
Rayburn agreed that talk that the
administrations program Is bog
sing down" is lust nonsense"
Senator Lucas said I'VE are go
ing to pass major portions Of the
legislation advocated by the Demo-
cratic platform. He added that
Senate night sessions may be held
this week to dispose Of rent and
foreign aid legislation.
Mr.. Rayburn said he thought
the 81st Congress is much further
along than the Republican-con-
trolled soth Congress was 4at this
time last year. When We wind
up-whether it is in June. July
or September-we will have passed
. good program" Mr.. Rayburn
declared. "All this talk Of begging
down. that doesn't register with
me q bit"
Tax Policies Studied.
In his speech to the mayors,
Mr.. Truman also disclosed for
the first time that the administra-
tion is moving to bring about an
orderly relationship on taxing
policies between Federal. State and
local governments and that shortly
the Secretary of the Treasury will
confer with these groups.
The President pointed out that
the fundamental problem Of
finances" is very serious for the
cities and that some solution must
be found 50 the municipalities will
have sufficient funds to take care
Of needed improvements.
"One Of the most important
hrst steps is to bring some order
out Of the tangle among cities,
States and the Federal Govern
ment in the field of taxation and
financial relations" he said. This
question has. I know. been high
on your agenda for many years.
In the near future the Secretary
of the Treasury is inviting rep
resentatives of State and local
officials to meet with him and
other Federal officials in a pre-
liminary conference to work
toward a program for action in
this field.
Must Work Together.
II have asked the secretary to
report to me on the progress OF
this work. I hope that we can
work out some guides. not only
for Federal policy with regard to
taxation and related matters, but
also for the policy Of the States
and localities. In these matters,
Is in so many others. the three
types of governments-Federal,
State and local-must act to-
gether in a spirit Of cooperation
for the common good"
The President used blistering
words in scoring what he described
rs "the real estate lobby"
1T is a terrible and shocking
thing that the real estate lobby
which pretends to speak for those
whose business is providing houses
has become the real enemy Of
the American home" the Presi-
dent asserted in charging that the
lobbyists" have been battling low
rent housing, slum clearance and
low-rent control.
-"Don't Want Low Rent Houses"
"They don't want us to build
new low-rent houses and they
don't want us to hold down the
rents of the houses that are avail
able" the President said. IT we
had let them have their way. they
would not only have pushed the
whole cost of living another 10
to 20 per cent but they would
have broken up the homes OF
thousands of low-income fam
flies"
The President expressed q con-
viction that Congress would pass
a good housing bill" and he said
that when that happens 1t will be
up to the cities to plan the huge