The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-11-11
Washington
Report

Washington. Nov. 10 The bust
ness upturn Is one which has salts
fled most officials in the Admin
strati0n The most cheering thing
about the comeback. according to
them. is the fact that The cost Of
| living is remaining relatively
stable even while the recovery is
We'll underway
Prices ii the stock market and
In solIe other fields Of the econo-
my have reflected an optimistic
note and there Is little doubt that
the bottom Of the recession was
touched Some six months ago But
as yet there IS no sign Of runaway
initiation. or Of another boom. and
that is what economists in the Adj
ministration want to avoid.
One of the llttlc-talked advan-
tages Of the current business up
turn is the increase in income
taxes II will bring about. Income
tax collections had fallen by so
many billions. as OF last spring,
that the budget deficit for the cur
rent fiscal years was beginning to
look critical
/ Chances are there will still be
sizeable deficit TO add to that OF
the recently concluded fiscal year.
but II may not be as hefty as the
twelve billion dollars. OF more.
some economists were beginning 10
fear
Nixon And Rockefeller
! In the closing days of the New
York pubcrnatorial Campaign NIL
son Rockefeller emerged as
strong dark horse candidate for
the 1860 Republican presidential
nomination. But the word was In
I mediately put out that he was too
progressive for the more conserva-
tive wings Of the party.
The question arises. as result
whether this analysis Will hold up
under the light Of investigation
Vice President Nixon himself has
become far more progressive" lii
recent years than his record would
have Indicated back in 1852.
There is some suspicion that the
Nixon camp genuinely feared
Rockefeller as potential competitor
al the 1860 convention And as fat
as the enc being too progressive.
and the other a contrast in poiti
cal color II Is q matter Of take
yer chercc" among many Repub!-
cans and some Washington re-
potters
S,mngt0n Dark Horse
Insiders are saying these dayA
that Senator Stuart SyninGton is
the number one dark horse OF the
Democratic Party 50 far MS THIN.
1860 presidential nominating con
rention is concerned They say that
the big battle Win be- fought out
between Senator JACK Kennedy,
and possibly Adlai Stevenson. Lyn-
don Johnson, on sonloonr else, and
that Symlngton VIII BE- iii good
position to get the nod III case II
d deadlock
Senator Kennedy Is rated a tor
contender and Those VITO bclicNr
Senate Majority Leader Lyndon
johnson il seriously ~ the run
ming wil BOT accept NE Thesis thal
since Johnson " Son;hancr h"
has no chance
They say Kennedy has the same
| Catholic Since the Civil War no
Catholic and no Southerner HI
4 been trusted with the highest "
/ flee III the land, Both groups. II is
argued. have been Disseminated
against The Democrats did nomi-
nate a Catholic once Al Smith,
III 1929
The Filibuster Rule
II now seems certain that the
clotule rule In the Senate win meet
violent opposition from the pro
civil Fighters when the new Con-
gress netts in January.
Although under the present clio
ture rule labeled filibuster lule
by its opponents two thirds OF the
II Senate can shut off debate GA Sen
atorsi the constant grippe OF the
leftwingers is that the southern
bloc 10 Senators, can f1ifbnster
civil rights legislation to death.
Actually, the southern bloc needs
considerable support to maintain
freedom OF debate. as has been
proven on many occasions when
attempted fllibusters have been
broken. This side Of the story is
seldom told