Milford chronicle., 1961-01-06
READ THE SPEECHES NOW

can may get a chuckle out of some of the
political soap opera which entertained us
from the early part of the year through No
vember 9Th. We can also listen for the crash
of doom, if the words of the defeated party
politicians were accurate as prophecy.
The amazing thing about the political
demagoguery and soap opera, which charac-
terizes the American scene during every E.
lection year, is that the country somehow
manages to survive and the people somehow
manage to keep calm bearing amidst the
sensational screams of the politicians It is
tribute to the American way of life that the
average American manages to stand up un-
der the strain and barrage so we'll
The most interesting of the prediction
speeches are those in which candidates of
each major party explain why the election
was Sin the bag for them. The arguments
sounded convincing at the time, although -
unfortunately somebody had to lose and some
body's calculations had to be wrong, as is
always the case in every election.
NSo1S
BACK DOOR FINANCING
Members of the congressional economy
bloc are renewing their assault on danger
GUS and expensive legislative procedure
known as "back door" financing.
Under this procedure, Congress sets up
federal programs but does not appropriate
funds to pay for them. Instead, they are
authorized to borrow" from the Treasury
Ii the loans are not repaid, they become in
effect appropriations" But they do not ap-
pear in the budget and thus escape the ne
cesslty of going before the House and Senate
Appropriations Committees for examination
The system has developed in the last 25
years as gimmick for by-passing the ap-
preparations committees and pushing thro-
xxyoi oh
might turn down.
Congress approved $3.50 millions in 'back
door" appropriations this year. The result
was TO push total appropriations $618 million
ABOVE the amount provided in President
Elsenhower's budget. Without the backdoor
commitments, total appropriations would
have been more than $211 million under the
Presidents budget
resolution is expected to be presented
to the next Congress requiring all appro-
prlations to be channeled through the appro-
prlations committees.
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THE NEW HOUSE
A look at final tabulations in the 437
House OF Representative races across the
country shows quite plainly why the liberals
fear stronger coalition in the 87th Congress
than they faced in the seth.
The old Congress contained 28O Demo-
Gratis and Isl Republicans (six vacancies)
That meant that the Democrats had major
lty of some 129 votes.
There are some 100 conservative southern
Democrats in the House, sometimes more anC
sometimes less, on various issues. When the
Democratic leadership in the House applied
tne pressure in the Seth Congress, sixty
DlHie conservatives could vote with the Re
puDncanS and the Democrats could still wir
a 220-21O victory.
:. That was in the 86th Congress. Now The
DIVISION is 259 to 178 Instead of having :
dz9-vote margin, the Democrats have only ,
oI-Sote margin IN the House. If even forty
conservative Democrats join the opposition
ehls evens the strength on both sides. Tbi,
IS quite contrast to the recentlv-adiourne(
| congress, when sixty defections still left tbt
Democrats with an edge
| : lhls arithmetic is the basis for liberal
ieafs tnat the conservative coalition-at
te ieast IN the House OF Representatives = will
NC Cougner TO deal with in 1861.
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OUR PUTTING RECORD
Inc Department of Agriculture has dis
closed the interesting fact that Americans
converted some $40 billion cigarets int,
smoke during 1860. 1t is not surnrisins
TO flrd that this is a record. an increase %
TOUR per cent over 1859.
Inc results of bit of garden variet,
arithmetic do have the power to startle, how
ever. ever. If one generously regards the popu
1atlon as being round 18O million, 51O bill
non II oa clgaretS flgures out to approximately
1000 Ior every man, woman and little tai
IN the entire United States of America
Broken down further, this rather appallin,
Total allows every last American more thai
third of pack of cigarets every day il
the year including Sundays.
AT the very time the U. S. cigaret tota
was released, there was another pertinen
Item in the news This story concerned
br1tlsn Medical Association survey of smok
ing habits. 1t revealed that in London sn,olr
Ing has become so popular that some parent,
even pack cigarets in their children's schoo
lunches.
50 far as is known, things have not We
come to such pass in the United States
not, at any rate, around here. Still. ther,