Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-23
EISENHOWER S Stature
Continues to Increase
President Con Well Expect
Success for His Program
The Political Mil

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President Con Well Expect
Success for His Program
By Gould Lincoln
President Eisenhower's stature, az
leader. grows with the American people,
on Capitol Hill and in the interna-
tional field as the days pass. Already
two working weeks of the new session
of Congress have shown that his pro-
gram has been well received and that
the President may expect success for
many of its items. Congress, par
ticularly the Senate, has moved with
unusual speed. In the Upper House
cotton acreage bill has been passed,
and so has the controversial st. Law
renee seaway bill. The House has put
through a bill to establish "West
Point for the Air Force. Further, the
President and his leaders on Capitol
Hill have decided to meet head-on
the Bricker constitutional amendment,
which the President maintains will
hamstring the Chief Executive in the
management of the country's foreign
relations. So successful, apparently, has
been his leadership on this issue that
the Bricker amendment has no chance
of adoption-unleSS it is modified to
meet the ideas of the President. Re-
publican Senators who stood with
Senator Bricker, and who permitted the
use of their names as co-sponsors of
the proposed amendment. are now
declining to go along further with the
amendment unless it is materially
changed.
The Presidents messages to Congress
unfolding the details of his legislative
program have been major arguments
for adoption of his proposals. Further,
they have been commended by the
majority. His last message, dealing
with the Federal budget, including tax
recommendations, shows the Presidents
determination to put the Government
on a sound financial basis and outlines
the success he has already made in
his march toward that goal. It shows
that. if his recommendations are carried
out, the Government will actually take
in 500 million more than 1t will spend
in the coming fiscal year.
Balance in Cash.
In other words, cash balance will
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mated $2.9 billion bookkeeping deficit
Efforts made to rush the President and
the Republican administration into i'm
mediate tax cuts were resisted by the
Chief Executive last year. The Presi-
dent has consistently maintained that
it is essential to bring the Government
budget into balance and that the first
step toward that end must be reduction
n cnx,nrYopOovaf Cy1oValiar YnIa h;
leadership and with the cooperation
OF Congress, great reductions both in
new appropriations and in actual spend
ing have been made in the Presidents
first year in Office, and further great
reductions in both appropriations and
cash outlay are the prospect for the
second and third years.
The progress made by the President
toward a sounder financial situation
for the Government has not been made
without opposition. even in his own Re-
publican Party. Other proposals for
legislation also have been attacked by
some of the Republican members Of
Congress as well as Democratic. His
cut in the defense budget of IS billion
for the Air Force was strongly resisted
last year, for example. His present
recommendations for farm legislation
and labor relations legislation are I'M
der attack. It is Of interest, however,
to note that the President has not met
defeat. and that with each success, his
leadership has become more firm.
Some G. o. p. Opposition.
have placed themselves in opposition
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jects. Among the foes are Chairman
Reed of New York. of the House
Ways and Means Committee, who
strongly advocated reductions in the
income tax last year, and Senator
Bricker Of Ohio. with his constitutional
amendment. The Democrats, every
time Republican has come forward
in opposition to the President, have
cackled like hen with new-laid egg.
Some of the Democrats have consist
emily declared that Eisenhower has
been saved" by Democratic votes in
Congress on numerous occasions. AS
a matter of fact. the President finds
himself in position where he must
have a kind of coalition or bipartisan
support for his proposals in Congress.
In the Senate there are 48 Democrats,
Al Republicans and one independent
In the House the Republicans control
hangs by numerical hair. So he has
bipartisan support, and it is much in
the interests of the American people
he is able to have such support. Fur
ther, he would not have that kind of
support if he did not make sure, before
he made his proposals to Congress, that
they were in the interest of the people.
The crepehangers who said year
ago that Eisenhower would have ter
rible time with Congress because he
would have to face Senator Taft
as Republican leader of the Senate, are
now predicting the President will have
terrible time because Senator Taft is
no longer there to lead They were
wrong last year, because Senator Taft
proved a great administration leader.
They are right when they say that
Taft's death is great loss to the ad-
ministration and to the country. But
they are wrong again about Eisenhower.
He is proving himself we'll able to stand
on his own feet. as leader of his country
and of his party. In addition, he is
receiving strong support from the pres
ent Republican leader of the Senate.
KnoWland of California and the House