Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-04-30
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By CHARLES l.. ENGENROAC

WASHINGTON, II. C.-fLopupU-
licans and Democrats, alike, dis
turbed over the financial aspect
of President Truman's proposals.,
are watching carefully the stra-
tegy maneuvers of the admins
tration to place the blame for
failure of the President to make
good ON his campaign promises
and still not bankrupt the ma
. ton.
Republican spOl6 eSmen, who for
] the last several weeks have been
cycling the Truman program as
! possible final straw on the
heavily burdened financial cam
els back, are now being Joined
| by Influential conservative De-
! moIcrat leaders equally fearful
I that the NATIONS economy can
not possibly stand all that Tru-
man is proposing.
AS a result, the strategy OF
Democrat leaders on Capitol Hill
/ is to permit the begging down
of important legislation so they
may blame Republicans fors Tru-
mans failure.
i What actually is happening is
sit-down strike on the part Oh
many Democrat Committee chair.
men against any steps 10 force
action on the mass of bills in
Committees. Of course, all Com.
mittee chailmen are Democrats
DEMOCRAT LEADERS
EXERCISE CAUTION
At the same time, no serious
attempt Has been made by ad
ministration floor leaders tt
force the issue on any legisla
ton which they know will caus,
an avalanche of Democrat vote:
to defeat it.
The whole story is simply this
the administration realizes tina
it could well kill the goose tina
lays the golden egg by goin
ahead with Mr.. Truman's pro
misses.
Mr.. Truman obviously ignored
some of his official advisers wht
forecast that the national eco
nomy would not hold to it's re
cord figures of 1948 when h
! proceeded to make campaign
promises on the basis that tn
national income would be a
large or larger than 1913.
The advice he ignored is prov
! ing to be true.
The administration is about t.
find a deficit on June 80 thi
year despite the highest nationa
income in history. That is ba
business
If the national income drop
Mr.. Truman cannot even com
close to meeting his next budget
which does not include many o
the expenditures he is fostering
CHICKENS ARE
HOME TO. ROOST
Many Republican and Demo
crat leaders on the Hill remem
Der back to 1889 when the ma
3tional income was only ST. bill
alions. In 1941, the last year be
fore the war, had arisen to SO
billions. The highest war yea
: income in 1915 was only SIG
billions n
II In 194S the national incom
| was 1925 billions yet the Coy
eminent will not get enoug
I / revenue to meet its 1949 fiscs
| expenditure of around $43 bi
lions. -
III These same leaders; also re
] embers that the total cost {
Government, just eight years ag
was only SO billions, of whic
/ one billion was interest On tn
debt =
Today, the budget carries fiv
billion dollars for debt paymen
| alone. @-s
= All this is obvIC.sly maneu
yer to put Mr.. Truman's Multi
billion dollar spending program
! behind a smoke screen of demag
ogic charges that it was blocke
by Republicans in the Congress
The truth will come out event
ually that Mr.. Humans closes
friends are trying to save hin
| from complete failure as the ad
ministration's leader througl
placing the blame on others.
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