Evening star., 1949-06-23
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Opposition Seen Rising
To Heavy U. S. Spending
Detroit Poll Shows Niany Oppose
Truman. Backed Measures
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where the Cio claims tremendous atsetaE "a.
The newspaper published on two &teeWsssse
DAYS ballots consa4nEnS aacst4oRnaGrwx az .
proposal to cut Federal apnFugs faiaaaa tar
Federal aid 10 education paslls hoaAsuE
The RyAnn&n farm plan Tire Appropriateness
for AID 20 Western EaFope TO rWaYgn ins
EIA appgupE Ia i1anS and The Ptralgsrats 5 rs
uonal health insurance prakt atn ,Sscaaitsed
medicine 10 many
Instead Of urgtns the people of Detroit
10 send their answers 10 TIRE DETROIT Nrsa
the newspaper asked twin TO cut cut ths
ballots and 10 send them 10 MichiKans two
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Of the Hoase from the Detroit area The
results, as taeuiated By theSe members af
Congress. acre remarkable The opposition
10 spending saS overwhelming and Ia the
new projects also Only IN the matter af
continued ECA aid ard OF aid la armsng
the North Atlantic Pact countries wAs there
anything like q close dIsiAlon-al.d that vas
not too close.
The vote In the poll stood about 10 1
against Federal housing ) to l against Fpd.
eral aid 10 education. II to l against national
health insurance. and ts TO against ire
Brannan farm bill The poll stood seas
TO 3,ss2 against spending TO arm The West
ern European nations, and s,aaS 10 ass1
against large ECA appropriations The
Federal housing bill vas defeated In the
poll by s2ss 10 a6s the Federal aid 10
education measure 6 aaa Ia 39s the nran-
nan farm bill ss7a to sss On THE other
hand. the proposal 10 cut appropriations BY
10 per cent was voted up by sAi TO $50.
and the Hoover Commission plan 10 rsofgan-
Ire the executive branch of the Government
was supported a.23l 10 2&S.
Letters Are Critical
Members Of the Michigan delegation sho
received the ballots say they appeared In
come from the ordinary Tun-oi the mine
citizens One of thr Senators received 200
letters along with the ballots and they too,
were mostly critical of the spending pro-
erams--half OF them coming from persons
of small means and halt from business
people
There are two ways Of eapitalix,nE on this
economy sentiment Tlm arst Is by having
the Congress itseif cue drastscsiiy the ap.
preparation bills which are stall to he finally
acted on--carrytng an estimated $4,000
900 ,ooo--and by having Congress turn down
the new projects. The second is BY putting
through Congress o resolution authnflxanx
and directing the President TO MAKE the
proposed overall 10 per cent cut. Ths atst
In the direct and courageous way Of doing
the economy job. The second Ia q con.
fesslon OF weakness on the part Of Congress
~~passsng the buck 10 the President II 10
urged In support OF the 10 per cent overall
cut. or 8 per cent as the case may be. that
the head OF the Government can do the
cutting Job more scientifically than can
Congress The truth of the matter. however.
Is that many members hesitate TO vote 10
cut appropriations that affect particularly
their own districts and States.
poll similar to that conducted by the
Detroit News vas recently taken by ths
Omaha World Herald and II showed. too an
Overwhelming sentiment for economy and
against the proposed administration pro.
gram.