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Evening star., 1952-03-28
BY HE Assoeiossd Press

OXFORD. Mich, Mar. 28.-
Factory Worker Harold Hauser
and his wife. their three children
grown and gone, volunteered to
adopt a child refugee from Europe.
That was two years ago.
Today the Hausers have the
daughter. plus her four sisters and
her mother and father. But
everyhody's happy at the tightly
packed five-room Hauser home.
Here's what happened:
After the Hausers volunteered
Evening star., 1952-03-28

SGreeS NV, at
o solemn high
mass at 1880
am. Sunday on
the 5Oth ami
versary Of his
ordination Of
priesthood.
Father De
Carlo, founder.
and for 40 years
pastor Of the
church, W i'll
celebrate the
mass, with the
Most Rev. Pat.
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Evening star., 1952-03-28
Rood Official Resiqns

DES MONIES. Mar. 28.-Fred
r. White, 81. chief engineer for
the Iowa Highway Commission
since 1919, has resigned effective
September /. After that date he
will serve the commission as a
consulting engineer.
Evening star., 1952-03-28
Italian Community
To Honor Priest Of
50 Years Service

The Italian community OF
Washington will honor the Rev.
Nicholas De Carlo. pastor Of Holy
Rosary Church. Third and F
Evening star., 1952-03-28

Time to get his topper now! These
good looking wool tweed coats have
leather buttons, half rayon lining;
Nicely tailored throughout. Tan or
gray. Sizes 13 to 20.
Second Floor Washington
street Floor Arlington
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Evening star., 1952-04-20
An Overhaul

Representative Meader's express
sion of concern can be heard from
one end of Capitol Hill to the other
almost any day. Few legislators
are satisfied with the situation.
Some. go as far as to say that Con-
greSS has lost control Of the purse
strings of Government.
Because Congress makes the rules
by which the game of Government
is played, it is obvious that Con-
gress can correct the situation if it
wishes to. Mr.. Meader's suggestion
that larger stats be created might
be one way of doing it. Another
way could be that of Senator
Mcclellan, Democrat, of Arkansas;
still another, that of Senator Byrd,
Democrat, of Virginia.
These two legislators are not the
only ones with ideas for revamping
the appropriations setup in Con-
gress. But theirs are the most
widely discussed at present.
Senator McClellan's bill, which
would create a joint committee on
the budget, already has passed the
upper house. The idea behind it is
to keep running audit of the
operation of the executive branch.
The General Accounting Office now
makes post-audit of these opera
tions. But the Mcclellan bill is
Evening star., 1952-04-20
Men Disagree Methods But All Agree Floods Must Be Stopped

side Both groups belong in the dam
builder school of flood control
thought. The primary difference be-
tween them has been that the recla-
nation people wanted to build their
dams further upstream than the
engineers did.
There is an entirely separate school
of thought regarding the problem of
flood control in the Missouri River
area and elsewhere. This school. rep
resented by the Agriculture Depart
ment. has been going its own way
with plan for conservation of the
watershed.
The Agriculture Department has
asked Congress to authorize the ex-
penditure of about So billion over
the next 80 years for land conserva-
ton measures, agricultural credit and
technical aid to farmers. This would
approximately triple current expenses
in this field.
Engineers Need Help
The soil conservationists believe
that no amount of engineering can
keep pace with the rise and fall of
the great rivers unless more is done
to control the rain where it falls"
The need, they say. is for reforesta-
ton, restoration of the grass lands,
contour plowing and terracing. de-
velopment of small ponds on in
Vulnerable streams and similar
measures.
Meanwhile. the commission which
President Truman appointed last
February to study plans for an ''or-
derly development" of the Missouri
basin plans to open public hearings
next month in the areas directly con-
cerned.
The conflicting views are known to
be deep-seated. They cut across
party lines, vary from town to town
and follow the special interests of
farmers, construction contractors.
land spectators. cattle and dairymen.
union leaders. power companies,
bankers or local politicians.
All, however, are in agreement on
one point: Something must be doHe-
and soon.
Evening star., 1952-04-20

The rebellious Missouri River and
it's swollen running mates in the
Midwest did lot of damage last
week. On one score, however, they
may have done some good. 1t began
to seem that these flooding streams,
by the very havoc they created, might
at last be forcing the American peo-
pie to get together in an effort to
control them.
Some united action, obviously,
would have to replace the local
prejudices and jurisdictional disputes
of the past: The control job was too
big to be done by men who spent
most of their time quarreling over
how it should be done.
The basic pattern OF events was
clear enough. Year by year, in ap-
parently ever-increasing cycles. the
life blood of the Nations agricultural
breadbasket was pouring down in
muudied streams to the Gulf OF Mex
leo. In the Missouri basin lies one
sixth of the land mass of the United
States. On this land is grown one
half of our wheat and rye. Yet these
vital farmlands are being stripped
each year of top soil. Impoverished
and quilted, they contribute progress
sively to faster runoffs of water
from the spring rains.
The muck and silt, carried along
meanwhile in the boiling streams,
each year more thoroughly clog
down-river reservoirs, settling behind
dams and building up river beds.
And so, each year, higher and higher
leveeS are required in the hopeless
fight to contain bigger and bigger
floods.
Natures BoIonce Upset
Somehow. plainly. natures balance
has been upset. Somehow, too, a way
must be found to right it before too
many flood seasons have taken their
TON of this vital segment of the
Nations economy.
How can united attack be mount
ed against this vast and complex
problem? President Truman, who
made a flying trip last week to in
spect the stricken areas IND confer
Evening star., 1952-04-20

fiscal 1858. In the published budget
for the whole Government, which
is as big as telephone book and
about twice as heavy-the Army
section takes up % closely printed
pages. It's requests total up to $14.2
billion. The subcommittee which
studied that appropriation had a
professional staff of three-tWo of
them borrowed" from the Army
itself to help the one regular staff
member. Including preliminary
studies and hearings, they had
about month to work in. -
AS a result of hearings, the sub.
committee Whacked $168 billion of
the bill. When the measure reached
the floor of the House on April 9,
$2756 million more were trimmed
off. Whether these were meat-ax
cuts or bona flde economy reduc-
tions was matter of opinion.
No Saving at All
There are other cases, however,
where supposed savings look good
but actually add up to no savings
at all. This can be eXemplified by
a Veterans Administration cut of
$140 million from readjuStment
benefits, and by Labor Depart
ment cut of $12 million from grants
to State unemployment compensa-
ton funds. The House decided
that each of these funds was too
big, that the economic situation
was too good to warrant the sup
position that there would be a
heavy demand for such benefits.
So $152 million was saved in two
fell swocps. Or was it? Actually,
if legal demands are not made on
these funds in the next year, the
money cannot be spent. And il
legal demands are made, the money
must be spent-even if the de-
mands exceed the available cash.
Evening star., 1952-04-20

In the latter case, the agencies
will have to go to Congress for
more money. And Congress will
have to appropriate it,
There is another type of cut
which looks good but means little.
Such a reduction, in the agriculture
bill as reported out by the House
Appropriations Committee, slaShed
Sl82 million from the appropria-
ton. The committee changed a
Commodity Credit Corp. item from
a direct cash payment to paper
work transaction which had some
significance. in the realm of high
finance but none at all in the mat
ter of how much money would be
spent by the Agriculture Depart
ment.
Other Cuts
There are other types of cuts, too.
There is the simple meatax cut
made by a legislator who insists
that too much money is being spent,
period. There is the reduction that
results from some ones personal
antipathy for a program. AS
rule, these types of cuts are made
in programs that lack sex appeal"
for the voters. A little of each
antipathy and meat-ax. economy
went into the 80 per cent slash into
the State Departments appropria-
ton.
The budget estimate which was
considered for the State Depart
ment's 1858 requirements totaled
$318.4 million. When it got through
the Appropriations Committee, the
fund stood at $266 million. An ad-
ditional $38 million was knocked
off the bill on April 4, during House
debate.
The debate on the State Depart
ment fund is revealing, not so much
Evening star., 1952-04-20
BY W. H. Shippen

the Army's Corps of Engineers to the
Reclamation Bureau, Interior De-
partment.
The engineers and the bureau now
divide the responsibility between
them, under the SO billion Pick-Sloan
plan for long-range development of
the Missouri Basin in all or parts of
10 States. Opponents call the plan a
shotgun wedding" enforced by Con-
gress between the two agencies to
head off popular support for the idea
of a MVA.
On the other hand, spokesman for
the two agencies insist they form an
efficient working team. each compile
menting the other in the fields they
know best. The Army engineers are
primarily concerned with flood con-
troll and navigation, while the bureau
runs the projects whose first purpose
is irrigation.
So far, about $1.4 billion has been
expended on the Pick-Sloan plan.
Evening star., 1952-04-20

TINE House of Representatives is
Il nearing the end of work on
appropriations for 1858, with econ
omy still the watchword of this in
tensely political year. The Senate
is only beginning it's work on money
bills, but the expectation is that it
will take up with the ak where the
House left off.
The accent OH economy, in fact,
is so heavy that President Truman
taunted Congress for the hap
hazard nature of its surgery on
his budget. They just took knife
and cut it," the President said.
But regardless of what Mr.. Tru-
man may feel, there will be-in
theory, at least-economy in Gov
ernment in the next fiscal year,
beginning in July. Much of the
legislative budget-pruning, how
ever, will turn out to be of the
never-never land variety, and some
of the apparent savings will not be
savings at all. The chance for a
balanced budget is precisely nil.
True, the -billion-dolla gap in
Mr.. Truman'S budget will be closed
to some degree. AS a result of
Congress efforts, the Government
will not live quite that far beyond
its means. But after both houses
get through with their work, there
will remain a chasm several billion
dollars wide between income and
outgo.
In large measure, the financial
stability of the Nation will depend
on the width of this gap, and of
similar gaps in future years. 1t is
Congress job to see to it that the
gap does not get too wide.
What means does Congress have
to carry out this job?
Evening star., 1952-04-20
After Economy, What?

In an election year, advocates of
Government economy are thicker
than pickpockets at a carnival.
Much of the talk about economy is
of the 'it-ought-to-be" kind, with
out much constructive thought be-
hind it, Much, too, is frankly aimed
at votes.
But the fact remains that there
is, in Congress, a sincere sentiment
for tighter legislative reins on
executive spending, for more scalpel
work and less meat-ax welding
during consideration of appropria-
tionS bills. The many plans put
forward travel different paths. But
they all seem to lead toward the
same detectives: Larger and more
capable staffs, deeper and more
intelligent study of the problems
facing the Government-and per-
haps even a little more considera-
ton for the hapless taxpayer, who
has to pick up the check in the end.
Evening star., 1952-04-20

vote only a couple of hours day to
the hearings of the committee, pos
sibly hope to understand and deal
effectively with these huge requests
for appropriations"
Mr.. Meader's implied answer, OBJ
viously, was that neither individ-
ual members, nor Congress as a
whole, can understand the budget.
This fact is more than matter of
sheer size; it is a matter of in
tricacy.
Plenty of Budeeteers
The Budget Bureau, which is dis
cuSSed in an article in The Star
Pictorial Magazine today, is an Or
ganization of about 500 persons,
some 200 of whom are experts in
budgetary matters. Budget Bureau
employees work long hours sitting
and winnowing requests from agen-
cieS. They weigh the Importance
of one program against that of an
other. They try to eliminate dup
lication and waste in Government
projects. And the work the Budget
Bureau does is review, an editing,
sometimes a rewrite of what hun
dredS of other officials elsewhere in
the Government have done.
AS an example of the immensity
of the Federal budgeting job, con-
slider what the Army is doing at
present. Its 1858 money has not
yet been made available to it. Yet
the Army already is doing the
groundwork on the 1854 budget. And
by the time that budget leaves the
Pentagon, it will be necessary for
the Army to start planning for
fiscal 1855.
In effect, thousands of man-years
of work are dumped annually into
the laps of the legislators. 1t is
Congress job to bring fiscal order
Evening star., 1952-04-20

Congress is considering an additional
$40 million requested for the upper
Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.
Most of the money asked is for two
big reservoirs on the Missouri-Gar-
rison Dam, North Dakota, and Fort
Randall, South Dakota-which would
receive $50 million each. The re-
mainder of the money is for dikes
and levees.
Hoover Findings
The Hoover Commission in 1949
found that the preparation of dual
plans vastly complicated the task
of co-ordinating them. 1t recon-
mended the transfer which the Pres
ident now seems to have in mind.
This, however, is only half the
story. For what has been going on
is a fundamental dispute as to how
the problem of controlling floods
should be approached. Essentially, in
this dispute, the engineers and
Reclamation Bureau are on the same
Evening star., 1952-04-20

because it shows how Congressman
operate as because it gives clue to
the problem that bothers legislators
wrestling with the budget.
Unfortunately, said Representa-
tive Meader, 1--WE here in the House
cannot do anything but make gen.
eral cuts, So-called meat-aX cuts.
The reason we are so limited is that
we have not taken the trouble to
inform ourselves in detail. under
stand the subcommittee hearing
this bill has only one staff member
devoting his attention specifically
to these three Departments-State,
Commerce and Justice"
Mr.. Meader's information was
correct, according to an Appropria-
tions Committee spokesman.
Mr.. Meader added that Congress
has little opportunity to get both
sides of the story on appropriations.
Of subcommittee members, he said:
Il know they sit there hour after
hour listening to er parte state
ments of the bureaus and agencies
which are sometimes very boring.
But they cannot with their bare
hands get into the meat of these
budget requests and find out where
the waste is and eliminate it.
More Adequate Stoffs
Il think it is time that the Com
mittee on Appropriations and the
legislative committees start staff
ing themselves more adequately.
We simply do not know enough
about the activities of these Federal
agencies to be able to cope with
them effectively. This huge bu-
reaucratic monster has grown up so
that we have 2.5 million employees
in the executive branch of the
Government. How can half dozen
members of Congress, who can de-
Evening star., 1952-04-20
The Machinery

It is a melancholy fact that
1854 billion-the size of the cur
rent budgets just as big and
battling figure to Congressman
as it is to any other American. But,
like most citizens, most Congress-
men concede that there are cir
cumstanceS under which it would
be juStifiable to spend even so
staggering an amount as 1854
billion. The big problem, when a
budget like this one is presented,
is to learn whether such an ex-
penditure is justifiable now-and
whether the items in it are worth
spending money on.
To help it arrive at the answers,
Congress has machinery which is
essentially the same as that which
was used 40 years ago. In those
peaceful days before World War I,
the Federal budget totaled around.
$700 million-about 2l2 per cent of
the national income. The present
budget is about 120 times that size
and takes a quarter of the national
income.
House Hos First Soy
Under the Constitution, all ap-
propriationS legislation originates
in the House. This means that be-
fore a budget request is considered,
it must be submitted by member
in the form of bill. Actually, the
functions of the executive depart
ments now are SO complex that
most legislation of this sort is writ
ten downtown, in spirit if not in
letter. It then is merely put in the
hopper by one member or another.
Money bills are referred to the
House Appropriations Committee,
headed by Missouri's Democratic
Representative Cannon. He is one
of the II top men in the House in
point of service. His 50-man COM
mittee is broken up into about
dozen regular subcommittee, each
of which is charged with studying
one departmental appropriation
bill. A staff of IL professionals
men who make their living delying
into Government finance-aids the
committee members. Usually, only
one or two experts are available to
any subcommittee.
After subcommittee members
have a chance to familiarize them
selves with a given money bill,
hearings are held. Witnesses for
or against the appropriation are
given an opportunity to testify.
Following the hearings, the sub
committee makes cuts or additions,
as it chooses. The bill then is re-
ported to the full committee, from
which the report goes to the floor
of the House.
Similar Setup in Senate
In the debate that follows, more
money sometimes is taken away
and sometimes is added. Then the
measure is voted on in it's final,
amended form and is sent to the
Senate for action. Substantially
the same procedure occurs in the
Senate. Then, usually, there is a
Senate House conference to settle
differences that have arisen. And
finally there is passage by both
houses.
At last the bill, which may or
may not bear much resemblance
to what the President requested,
goes to the White House for sig
nature. Once signed, the bill is
law and the money becomes avail
able.
In it's underlying theory, the
procedure is sound. Each house
gets a chance to. take close look,
and then a more general look, at
every money bill. But the pro-
cedure breaks down in practice be-
cause of the sheer intricacy of the
Federal budget and the small staff
the committees have to assist them.
AS an example, consider the De-
partment of the Army's budget for
Evening star., 1952-04-20

with local officials. has one answer
to offer. He often has urged Ciea-
tion of Missouri Valley authority
to bring the multiple phases of the
job under a single head, as was done
in the case of the Tennessee Valley.
Congress, however, has shown little
disposition to agree with this sug-
gestion. Public opinion in the af-
fected region is divided on the issue.
Many a Midwestern farmer would as
soon watch his worldly assets float
down the river as support any project
which, in his mind, meant Social
ism" or even the welfare state."
Nor would this farmer, in his atti-
tude, stand alone.
Divided Responsibility
A step toward unified program
within the Government may be TAX
en- this week by President Truman.
He is expected to ask Congress to
transfer flood control work and riv-
ers and harbors improvements from
Evening star., 1952-04-20

out of something that would spell
chaos to the greatest battery of me-
chanical brains that modern science
could assemble. Under present cir
cumstances, the only thing any one
has a right to be surprised about is
the fact that Congress does as good
a job as it does in appropriating
money.
Milford chronicle., 1952-03-14

The sting of a iellyflsh is seldom
serious.
Milford chronicle., 1952-03-14
Phillips Says Plan
Winter Hay Needs Now

Its the last call for planning
your hay program for the season. /"
says Claude E. Phillips, extension
agronomist at the University Of
Delaware.
Every dairyman should make
his plans for winter hay needs. fig
uring on ~ to 2 tons of hay. and
this should be good hay If he wants
good milk production" Phillips ad-
vises. Unless provisions are made
to produce this hay this summer.
dairymen will have to cut down on
feeding and lower their milk pro-
duction, or buy expensive hay next
spring.
Red clover and other crops to be
cut this year should be examined
for stand. In most cases, Door
stands can be increased by amply
ing 400 pounds per acre Of O-14-14,
or 300 pounds per acre Of O-20-20.
Apply now, just as soon as pos
sible, for the best results" accord
ing to Phillips. "If hay supplies
still look short, how about planning
to put in some annual hay crop. II
may be possible, especially in Kent
and Sussex Counties, to seed les
pedeza on small grain, for hay in
early September. A farmer could
probably expect from n to q tons
Of hay per acre, depending on soil
fertility"
Who're lespedeza is not possible
soybeans can be used. They should
be seeded early, about June /. This
gives a hay crop ready to cut in
early August Days at that time are
drier, and there is less dew al
night--exeellent curing conditions
for soy hay. If the beans are seeded
later and not cut until September
curing conditions are poorer.
Milford chronicle., 1952-03-14
FARM FILLERS

In 25 years. US. population may
reach 100 million, that means q
fourth more food needed. On the
basis of present yields, we would
need as much more land as Ohio.
Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and
Wisconsin together, So. says Bran
nan, the increase is going to have
to come through better crops, man
agement, conservation and better
livestock.
The U.S.D.A is watching the he'll
icOpter, with the idea of using it IN
aerial photography, for transport
ing fire fighters, seeding rough and
broken ground and in applying in
Secticides and weed killers.
You're a walking farm accident,
waiting for a place to happen-if
you try to fix machinery while it is
running, if you handle your tractor
like a rOdeo cowboy, if you neglect
repairs around the barn and house,
or if you use kerosene to start fires
Squelch that accident tendency
right now.
Grape and strawberry acreage in
! Delaware has declined at least rs
percent in the past 80 yearsa