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Tuesday, Feb 24, 1953
National Deficit Upped Under GOP Control
Washington—(U.P.)—The nation has spent itself more than half a billion dollars further into the red since the Republicans began taking over government Jan. 3.
The Republican 83rd Congress took office then. President Eisenhower was inaugurated two and one half weeks later. His supporters cite a slow-down on spending since the executive department became Republican.
The deficit figure since Jan. 3 could be close to $600 million. There is a lag in Treasury figures. The overspending since Jan. 3 to Feb. 18, the latest available figure, added up to $250 million.
Here are the comparative figures for federal spending and tax collections as of the two dates:
The government has collected approximately $8 billion since the 83rd Congress met and spent about $8 billion. The national debt as of Feb. 18 was $267 billion. That is close to the legal limit of $275 billion.
Some faint-hearted members of Congress have suggested legislation to increase the debt limit. They feared the Treasury soon would be unable legally to borrow to pay its bills.
Sen. Robert A. Taft (R-Ohio) immediately said "no." Sen. Taft expects to make his "no" stick because the Eisenhower administration and the Republican party are committed without qualification to reduce expenditures, bring the budget into balance, and to hold the line on the national debt. When that point of stability is reached, the Republicans are committed to begin debt reduction.
These commitments took priority in the campaign and have priority now over all tax reduction. The President has threatened to veto any individual income tax reduction legislation which would be effective in 1983. He has suggested that some substitute be found for the corporation excess profits tax which expires automatically June 30.
But the pressure to permit the excess profits tax to expire without a
substitute levy already is tremendous. The pressure for a 1953 individual income tax cut of about five per cent effective June 30 is building up rapidly.
The most effective pressure against any 1953 tax reduction will be the deficit figure, if any, at the time a cut comes to a vote. As of today the deficit is thriving about as well under the Republicans as it did for many years under the Democrats.
U. S.-Allied Talks On Russia Urged
Washington — (U.P.) — Chairman Alexander Wiley of the Senate foreign relations committee said today the United States should consult its Allies before attempting to repudiate any agreements with Russia.
The Wisconsin Republican said he was anxious to avoid "another free-for-all" on foreign policy like the one that followed the order freeing Formosa to attack Communist China.
President Eisenhower has asked Congress to subscribe to a resolution condemning Russia's violation of such wartime agreements as the Yalta pact.
Sen. Wiley called his committee into session at 11:30 a.m. CST to decide whether the resolution should be considered by the full group or referred to a subcommittee headed by Senate Republican Leader Robert A. Taft.
His warning about Allied consultation was directed at a number of Republican senators who have called for outright repudiation of the controversial secret agreements with Russia.
Film Series to Show 'Tony Draws a Horse'
"Tony Draws a Horse," eighth in the foreign film series, will be shown at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Hoch auditorium.
The movie is an English comedy, the story of a doctor who married a psychiatrist. The film stars Cecil Parker and Anne Fleming.
Two more movies in the series are scheduled: March 6, "Torment," a Swedish psychological drama, and March 20, "The Queen of Spades," a British film of Czarist Russia.
Group singing and organ music will begin at 7:15 p.m.
Nazi General Dies After Long Illness
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Hannover, Germany (U.P.)—Former Field Marshal Karl Gerd von Rund-stedt, the man who directed Adolph Hitler's last-gasp "Battle of the Bulge" in an attempt to break the back of the Allied invasion of Europe, died last night.
His death was announced today by members of his family.
The ailing, 78-year-old Prussian militarist had been living in seclusion here since 1949 when the British government ruled he was too ill to face trial as a war criminal.
Oil Workers Complete Mathematics, Course
Approximately 250 petroleum workers representing 17 companies operating in southwest Kansas, have completed a course in Applied Mathematics offered by the University Extension center and the department of petroleum engineering
The classes were taught at Satanta, Hugoton, Ulysses, Lakin, Garden City, Guymon, Okla, Hansford, Tex., and Snead, Tex.
The program, set up under the supervision of C. F. Weinaug, professor of petroleum engineering, and the extension service, is to advance those in the industry in technical and practical knowledge. All courses offered are non-credit.
Roberts Probe Opposition Brands Move 'Whitewash'
Topeka—(U.P.)—A resolution adopted by the State Senate for investigation of the sale of a hospital building at Norton to the state today carried a "whitewash" stamp by the opposition.
Dohnanyi to Visit KU for 1 Week
Ernst von Dohnanyi, world famous composer-pianist-conductor, will arrive March 17, to begin a one-week guest professorship in the School of Fine Arts. Dean Thomas Gorton announced today.
The Hungarian musician, considered by many as the greatest living representative of romantic music, will make several public appearances during his stay. He also will teach master classes in piano and composition.
Mr. Dohnanyi will present a public recital in Strong auditorium on Wednesday, March 18. This will be open to the public without charge. On the following day at 3 p.m. he will play an informal program in the same hall for students.
Besides his classes for advanced piano majors and students in composition, Mr. Dohnanyi will conduct rehearsals of the Symphony orchestra and will be guest conductor in the orchestra's concert on Monday, March 23.
Mr. Dohananyi belonged to the child prodigy class, giving his first piano recital when he was 9 years old. When he was 15 his first composition, a piano quartet, was premiered in Vienna.
For the past 40 years Dohnanyi's name has been among the top figures in the musical world. In 1916 he became principal conductor of the Budapest Philharmonic society, a position he occupied for 30 years. Throughout his career his fame as a teacher as well as performer has brought him many engagements in academic institutions, in concert halls, and as soloist with the great orchestras of the world.
A substitute for a measure introduced by Sen. J. H. Moore, Salina, was written by the judicary committee, whose members worked their version over opposition by minority Republicans and Democrats.
It calls for an investigating committee to be elected by the membership of the House and Senate, empowered to investigate state agencies and officers (specifically the Norton sale) and to report by March 25 to the Legislature.
Opponents branded it a "white-wash" and said the committee would not conduct a proper investigation before the report date.
Three defeated attempts to amend it would have (1) set out specifically how the members of the committee were to be selected; (2) exclude the attorney general from the investigation, and (3) extend the committee's powers to the end of the 1955 legislative session.
The fight for the substitute resolution was led by Sens, Paul Wunsch, Kingman, George Templar, Arkansas City, and James W. Porter, Topeka, generally considered favorable to Gov. Edward F. Arn and in opposition to Lt. Gov. Fred Hall.
Hall partisans offered the amendments which they said would provide a thorough investigation.
Mr. Moore, speaking in favor of it, said the affair had become a "political football" and stressed a view that he had no "intention of getting involved in a Hall-Arn" struggle.
C. Wesley Roberts, Republican national chairman, received an $11,000 fee for "negotiation" the sale. Mr. Roberts was not registered as a lobbyist at the time the appropriation was made and said he did not act as one, but in the capacity of a public relations counsel.
Meanwhile Attorney General Harold H. Fatzer said he had "begun an investigation into the facts" concerning the sale of the building by the Ancient Order of United Workmen to the state for $110,000.
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