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New Congress Has
Cutting Spendir
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Churchill Arrives
For Talks Y* itli
Ike ami Truman
By GEORGE CORNELL
NEW YORK, UR — Winston
Churchill came to the United
States today and said resistance
to Communist aggression in Ko
rea had helped lessen the danger
of a third world war.
The British prime minister also
spoke up aaginst an extension of
the war in Korea because of the
danger in Europe.
“We think it would be a great
pity for U. N. armies or for
United States armies to wander
all about this vast China — that
isn’t the real center of gravity,”
he said.
“The real center of gravity is
in western Europe — in front of
the Iron Curtain.”
Wearing a brass-buttoned nau
tical outfit and smoking a cigar,
Churchill told newsmen who met
him aboard the Queen Mary that
the real significance of Korea
was that “Soviet aggression has
been resolutely and fully con
fronted.”
Churchill declined to say what
he would discuss in his meeting
with Eisenhower — probably to
morrow—but declared there was
“nothing extraordinary” about it.
To questions from approximate
ly 200 newsmen, the px'ime min
ister:
Indicated that Britain wanted a
lowering of American tariff bar
riers so she could earn her own
living with “trade, not aid.”
Declined to comment on any
possibility that he might meet So
viet Premier Stalin.
Declared Britain’s first atomic
bomb “went off beautifully” —
but that Britain was not getting
the “full information” promised
by the late President Roosevelt on
atomic matters.
Highly praised President Tru
man for having taken “great and
valiant decisions which have
made us all feel better.”
To a question whether he had
been screened under the new
McCarran - Walter Immigration
Act Churchill quipped:
“I was told I was okay.”
Commission Calls For
Complete Revision Of
New Immigration Act
WASHINGTON, — President
Truman today denounced what he
called “unwarranted and repre
hensible” attacks on his special
commission on immigration and
naturalization.
Truman spoke out in a state
ment issued when the commission
called at the White House for
formal presentation of this re
port which recommends end-to
end revision of the McCarran
Walter Immigration Act.
The findings already had drawn
a sharp attack from Sen. McCar
ran (D-Nev), chief sponsor of the
law. Truman said such attacks
were “politically motivated.”
i Sights Set On
ig, Reducing Taxes
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By WILLIAM F. ARBOGAST
and WILLIAM T. PEACOCK
WASHINGTON, f/P)—The new
-|tepublican - controlled Congress
convened Saturday, its sights set
on cutting government spending
and reducing taxes.
The rap of gavels in Senate
and House brought the 83rd na
tional legislature into being with
the jubilant GOP in the majority
for only the second time in 22
years.
They sounded also the begin
ning of the end of 20 years of
Democratic “ New Deal - Fair
Deal ” administration.
Rep. Charles Halleck of In
diana, chosen by House Repub
licans as their floor leader, named
a cut in government costs as the
No. 1 task for the new Congress.
He predicted it can be done
without endangering security or
hampering government services.
And Rep. Reed (D-NY>, who
becomes chairman of the tax
writing House Ways and Means
Committee, came to the opening
session with a bill already pre
pared to reduce income taxes of
most induviduals by 11 per cent
effective June 30.
Reed declared, “We can have
the tax relief provided in my bill
and also achieve our major goal
of a balanced budget . . . the
present high individual income
tax rates are preventing all seg
ments of our peoples from realiz
ing a higher standard of living.”
Rep. Dingell (R-Mich), a mem
ber of the Ways and Means Com
mittee, had a bill to do away with
the amusement tax which adds
20 per cent to the cost of theater
and movie tickets.
But most GOP leaders were
taking the line that Congress
must first see what it can do
about reducing expenses before
considering tax cuts.
391 Traffic Deaths
New YearWeekend
Sets New Record
(By the Associated Press)
American motorists wrote a
bloody record of death on high
way and street in two successive
weekends of the Christmas-New
Year holidays.
As the number of persons killed
in traffic accidents in the past
four days mounted to 391 Ned H.
Dearborn, president of the Na
tional Safety Council declared,
“this is a disgraceful way to start
the new year.”
The previous record for a four
day New Year weekend was 375
fatalities, set only last year.
Belated reports might swell the
total to the 410 the Safety Coun
cil estimated in advance of the
new year weekend.
Only the week before an all
time record for highway fatalities
during the four - day Christmas
weekend was established at 556.
It, too, broke a year old record
by one.
During the first 11 months of
1952, an average of 102 persons
died every 24 hours as the result
of traffic accidents.
New Congress Will
Steer Clear Of
Health Insurance
WASHINGTON, UP)—A demand
for the ouster of “socialized medi
cine crusaders” from government
came from Rep. Judd (R-Minn)
today with the change of national
administration still two weeks
off.
As leaders in the new GOP -
controlled Congress made clear
they would have no truck with
“Fair Deal” proposals for com
pulsory federal health insurance
or related programs Judd told a
reporter:
“We need a house cleaning in
the whole Federal Security Ad
ministration, and people placed in
charge who will cooperate with
the American Medical Association
on a program for better distri
bution of a higher grade of medi
cal care.”
What irked Judd and some
other GOP lawmakers was a re
port by the Federal Security
Agency headed by Oscar Ewing,
saying that during 1951 private
insurance met only about 13 per
cent of the nation’s personal costs
of sickness, including loss of in
come.
The combined total of private
expenditures for medical care and
loss of income due to sickness,
was put at $14,200,000,000. The
report said the nation paid $2,400,
000,000 in health insurance pre
miums and got back in benefits
600 million dollars less.
The American Medical Associ
ation called the FSA report, a
“perversion of statistical infor
mation” and an “obvious attempt
by a lame-duck administrator to
discredit the voluntary health in
surance programs.”
President Truman and the FSA
have several times recommended
that Congress enact a system of
prepaid health insurance for em
ployed persons, the cost to be
financed by payroll levies. Just
as consistently Congress has re
fused.
Republican House leader Hal
leck of Indiana said the House
was “not going to get into the
field of compulsory government
insurance.”
Canada Reveals U. S.
Air Force Specialists
Man Radar Stations
OTTAWA, — Canadian de
fense department spokesmen dis
closed Friday night that U.S. Air
Force radar specialists are man
nings stations in Canada under a
joint plan for the defense of
North America against enemy air
attack.
The spokesmen gave no figures
on the number of American
troops stationed at such posts
but said that certain radar sites
will be manned completely by
U.S. personnel. These sites are
generally in areas important to
the defense of U.S. cities.
The American-manned stations
are closely linked with other
Canadian - staffed sites in a co
operative system to detect and
warn of any unfriendly planes,
the spokesmen declared.
They said the U. S. radarmen
began taking up their stations in
' Canada early last fall.
Republicans Distrustful of Proposal
By President Truman For Big Income
Tax Reduction For New President
I
Predicts Statehood!
For Hawaii At
Very Early Date
NEW YORK, UP)—Sen. William
F. Knowland (R-Calif) said after
a conference with President-elect
Eisenhower today that he has
every reason to believe that Ha
waii will get statehood “at a very
early date.”
Kncfwland, new chairman of
the Senate Republican Policy
Committee, told newsmen he did
not feel at liberty to discuss what
Eisenhower had to say about
Hawaii statehood.
Legislation to give the terri
tory statehood will be introduced
in the new Congress in a few
days, Knowland said. Previous
bills to grant statehood to Hawaii
and Alaska have been sidetracked
in Congress.
Knowland was accompanied to
Eisenhower’s Commodore Hotel
headquarters by GOP Senators
Hugh Butler of Nebraska, Guy
Cordon of Oregon, and Arthur V.
Watkins of Utah.
Butler wil be chairman of the
Senate Interior and Insular Af
fairs Committee, which handles
statehood legislation. Cordon and
Watkins are members of the com
mitee.
Butler previously has been op
posed to statehood for Hawaii, but
recently came out in favor of it
after a visit to the territory.
In reply to questions, Know
land said statehood for Alaska
was not discussed at today’s ses
sion.
He added that in his opinion
the case for Hawaiian statehood
“is much stronger” than that for
Alaska.
He said such things as the
length of time Hawaii has been a
territory, and the size of its popu
lation, gave it priority over Al
aska.
Hawaii, which had a population
of 499,794 in the 1950 census, be
came a territory in 1900. Alaska,
with a 1950 population of 128,643,
has been a territory since 1912.
Wounded Korean Vet Is
First Patient In New
$6 Million VA Hospital
PHILADELPHIA, UP)—No hos
pital patient ever had it so good
as 20-year-old Donald W. Leman
owicz.
He’s had some week - end —
with four nurses and an entire
nine-story $6,800,000 hospital at
his beck and call.
Lemanowicz wounded in Korea,
is the ony patient in the Veterans
Administration hospital here
which opens officially today. But
from now on he’ll have plenty of
service buddies as hospital com
panions.
The VA invited Lemanowicz in
a few days early so the hospital
staff of 27 could “dry run” their
equipment with one patient on
* hand.
WASHINGTON, UFI — Republi
cans in Congress shied nervously
Saturday at a parting proposal
by President Truman to give big
income tax reductions to Presi
dent-elect Eisenhower for living
expenses in Washington.
The GOP lawmakers seemed
uncertain as to whether they
should regard Truman’s eleventh
hour suggestion — which would
also apply to Vice president-elect
Nixon and House Speaker Joseph
Martin, Jr. — as a subtle booby
trap or something right down
their alley.
Truman urged immediate en
actment of a bill to allow the
President, the Vice president and
the Speaker of the House special
living expense deductions for in
come tax purposes amounting to
$50,000 for the President and
$10,000 in the case of the Senate
and House leaders. The Vice
president also serves as the presi
dent of the Senate.
The deduction would be in lieu
of equivalent tax-free expenses
allowed previously and granted
the three officials but which
were repealed by the last Con
gress.
There was no question but
that the idea, in principle at
least, struck a responsive chord
on Capitol Hill where lawmak
ers have long complained about
what they consider inadequate
salaries in a high-cost town.
But the question among Re
publicans seemed to be: “What’s
Harry Truman up to now?”
“I’d want to scrutinize care
fully any suggestion which came
from the White House at this
stage of the game,” commented
Rep. Keating (R-NY).
Jade by the Gunny sackful
SEATTLE, UR — Jade by the
gunnysack has arrived in Seattle
from Alaska.
The 187-pound shipment came
from the Jade Mountain country,
just inside the Arctic Circle in
the Kobuk River area of Alaska.
The jade was mailed at a cost
of $29.45 by Charlie Cleveland,
who sent it south to the Alaska
Native Industries Cooperative
Association headquarters here.
Uncut and unpolished, the jade
looks like common chunks of
stone, but a close look reveals a
greenish tinge.
Singer Peggy Lee and
New Hubby To Attend
Ike’s Inaugural Ball
WEST LOS ANGELES, UR —
Honeymooners Peggy Lee and
Actor Bradford Dexter were pre
paring today to leave for Wash
ington and President-elect Eisen
hower’s inaugural ball, at which
Miss Lee has been invited to sing.
The couple was married yes
terday in the garden of Miss Lee’s
home by Dr. Amest Holmes, dean
of the Institute of Religious
Science.
One of the attendants was the
singer’s 10-year-old daughter by
David Barbour, musician and
composer.