The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1956-02-03
Metcuk Reports

In his State of the Union mes
sage President Eisenhower gave
us broad outline of what he
proposes for Congress this year.
He has followed this with his
Budget Message. The Budget
Message tells US exactly how far
he means for US to go in carrying
out his recommendations.
Let's put these two messages
side-by-side on:
HIGHWAYS. State of the
Union: "Legislati0n to provide a
modern, interstate highway sys.
tenn is even more urgent this
year than last. for twelve months
have now passed in which we
have fallen farther behind in
road construction needed for
personal safety. the general pros.
perity. the national security of
the American people"
budget: * Xxx the dollar es.
Inmates included in this budget
under proposed legislation cover
only the continuance of the pres.
cnt annual level of 875 million
dollars in authorization for Fed.
cral.aid highways x XXX
Natural Resources. State of
the Union: "A comprehensive
legislative program for water
conservation will be submitted
to the Congress during the SEES.
sion. The development of our
water resources cannot be &C.
complishcd overnight. The need
is such that we must ask faster
progress and without delay"
budget: Budget expenditures
for natural resources programs
in the fiscal year 1857 are csti.
mated at l billion dollars. about
the same level as in 1885," "A
large share of the net cxpendi.
lures of $50 million dollars for
land and water resources in 1857
will be for continuation or com.
pictiOn of construction on water
resources projects Of the Corps
of Engineers and Bureau of
Reclamation. and for mainten.
lncc and operation Of existing
facilitics.')
Agriculture. State of the
Union: "Our farm people expect
! of us. who have responsibility
/ for their government. under.
standing of their problems and
the will to help solve them. Our
/ objective must be TO help bring
production into balance with
existing and new markets. at
prices that yield farmers q re-.
turn for their work in line with
what other Americans get. To
reach this goal. deep.seated prob
lens must be subjected to a
stcppcd.up attack"
4 budget: The resulting csti.
mate of net budget expenditures
Is 81 billion dollars. about the
same as estimated for 1857
/ These are examples. submit
that VIC won't get a new high.
way program without money.
We won't make faster progress
and without delay" on natural
resource development by spend.
ing S. million less In this field
I next year than this. Nor will
the Presidents request for q $l2
million cut from this years cx.
penditurcs for agriculture pro.
vide for much In the way Of o
"stcppcd.up attack"
President Eiscnh0wcr's State
Of the Union message. supple
mcntcd by two special messages
on education and agriculture.
/ highlightcd the first two weeks
of the new session Of Congress.
There was little new IN the
first message. read by o clerk IN
each chamber while tho Prcsi.
dent was following his doctors
orders 10 get some rest In FlOri.
da. ON domestic issues. he re-.
stated his previous position.
The surprise was his 0pposi.
ton to a tax cut. which he said
will be Unsuitable "only when Il
will not unbalance the budget"
Since he predicted the first bal
anccd budget Of his administra.
ton, I believe he will tell US
about June that Il Is safe 10 cut
taxes. The fight then will be
over who gets tho major share
of the reduction. A tax cut may
not be advisable but a balanced
budget should permit some tax
revision and an adjustment Of
tax incquitics 80 that tho hard
ship cases can be relieved.
As was 10 be expected. much
Of tho general message dealt