Evening star., 1950-11-08
By the Associated Press

Huge spending to bolster Amer
ica's military might and perhaps
record high taxes to help pay for
1t shaped up today as the top
issues in the new Congress meet
ing in January.
Foreign policy will figure i'm
portantly in the debate. too. And
the Communists-in-G Government
dispute may be revived with new
vigor.
Closely tied to those key issues
are number of others in the
general defense picture which are
likely to keep on the shelf indef1-
nitely most of President Truman's
domestic "fair deaP' program.
The emphasis all along the line
when the 82d Congress takes over
is likely to be on strengthening
this country against Communist
aggression.
Talks of S65 Billion Budget.
Government spending during
the year starting next June /
probably will run well over $50
billion. There has been some talk
the new budget may total as much
as $65 billion, with by far the big
gest share earmarked for defense.
In contrast, Federal spending
this year may add up to about
$42.5 billion. Appropriations are
higher, but may not be fully spent.
Taxes already have been hlked
$4.7 billion to help meet the added
defense costs. In the mill is an
excess profits tax bill expected to
provide another 81 billion to St
billion from business.
A lame duck" session OF the
expiring 81st Congress, scheduled
later this month, may act on that
measure. If it doesn't. the bill
will have top priority in the new
Congress.
Besides deciding how many bill
lions of dollars to provide for the
United States military machine,
the 82d Congress faces decision
on how much economic and arms
aid to furnish to anti-Communist
nations abroad.
Military Training Issue.
Also ahead in the broad ma
tional defense field are decisions
on:
l. Whether to set up universal
military training.
2. Continuing and possibly
broadening the draft law. 1t ex-
pires next July 8.
8. Extension of the economic
controls program, including au-
thority for wage-price curbs and
perhaps rationing of some con-
sumner goods. Most of the present
authority will run out next June
30. Between now and then there
probably will be much more de-
bate over whether Mr.. Truman
should exercise his authority to
control prices and wages.
4. Extension and Tightening of
the rent control law. Controls ex-
pire December 81 unless local
areas elect to continue them an
other six months.
One issue regarded as certain
to pop up in the new Congress is
the Communist control law put On
the books last September over Mr..
Truman's veto.
The upset defeat of veteran
Democratic Senator Millard E.
Tydings in yesterdays election
points up the possibility Of the
Communists-in-G Government row
exploding again.
Tydings Headed Committee.
Senator Tydings, who was try
ing for a fifth term, headed the
Democratic controlled Senate
committee which investigated
charges by Senator Mccarthy, Re-
publican of Wisconsin, that Com
munists infested the State De-
partment. The committee major
ity labeled the charges "a fraud
and a hoax"
The defeat of the Senate Demo-
cratic leader, Scott w. Lucas of
Illinois, is almost certain to prompt
new Republican attacks on the
Truman administration handling
Of foreign policy.
What happens to the uneasy
peace in Western Europe probably
will determine the extent or even
whether to continue the Marshall
plan of economic aid to the ma
tions of that area.
The whole American defense ef-
fort will operate under the watch
full eye of Congress. For example,
a Senate Armed Services SUBJ
committee plans to continue the
preparedness Investigations it
began last summer.
AS for the Truman fair deap
program, the President probably
will stand by virtually all of it in
his state of the union message to
Congress in January.
But Congress, appropriating
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