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WASHINGTON Washington, Jan. 3 —As the new Congress gets down to busi ness and the legislative program for the session begins to assume form, members of both houses find themselves wondering how they are going to work out a compromise between the demands for continued and increased spending of Federal funds, on the one hand, and for economy and retrenchment on the other hand. There is no doubt that the temper of the 76th Congress, on the whole, is toward economy. Leaders and a great part of the membership of both parties would like to cut expenditures. But the pressure of well-organized lobbies, added to what are generally re garded as necessary extra ex penses, may easily prove too much for the well-intentioned ones who would like to see the Federal government get out of the red by keeping its costs within its income. If the present feeling that it is necessary to balance the budget continues, those most experienced in estimating future actions of Congress look for a broad in crease in taxes. The hope, of course, is that general business will pick up so that the national taxable income will be large enough to provide all the money necessary. But unless there are definite indications of such an increase in the course of the next few months, the tax bill which will be enacted before the end of Reddy l\ for the i \ Perfect Breakfast O 'y Electrical appliances that will lighten you r break- M fast burden . . . and start the day right all the year through! r tlB Vou need never worry about /IIRIjA Sk lack of time for preparing ■ breakfast if you use an clec- I %• ' | M trie percolator. It not only Vv' W .1 prepares coffee more quickly \K ' %IML# ■I but coffee made the electric way is always more appetiz- Tfc., M Hr\ v . 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To Amend Social Security Among the items which wil] call for greater expenditures is the plan for amending the Social Security Act to make payment of Old Age Benefits begin in 1940 instead of 1942, and to increase THE ELKIN TRIBUNE, ELFIN, NORTH CAROLINA the benefits for those now ap proaching the retirement age of 65. Some change.® |n this law seem certain, as an »i/is#er to the de mands of the Toi vnsend Plan ad vocates and oth :rs seeking uni versal Federal pensions for the elderly. The pro ject of submit ting a Constitutii jnal amendment for old age pensi ons to the peo ple probably will not be carried through, but it is fairly certain that the whole Townsend Plan and similar projects will have a thorough airing at committee hearings and in debates on the floor of both houses. As another measure of social security reform, the prospect is for lively agitation in favor of 1 some plan of providing medical care for everybody, whether at government expense or by a sys- j tem of voluntary or enforced in-1 dividual contributions. Senti-, ment on this idea has not yet "jelled" in either house to the point where the likelihood of such action can be estimated, but it is certain it will be a subject on which there will be much discus sion. Farm Problem One of the organized demands which Congress will have to face is that of the Farmers Union for a continuation of the Agricul tural Act of 1938, with an ap propriation of 800 million dollars. M. W. Thatcher, legislative rep resentative of the Farmers Union, has served notice on Congress that if this is not granted the re sult will be a rebellion in the Middle West which cannot be put down without the use of the Army. Few take that threat too ser- j iously, but the farm relief prob-1 lem is still a perplexing one. Sec- j retary Wallace points to the re cent vote on the continuation ofj the cotton quotas as proof that! the farmer likes his present pro gram, and he will be insistent in his demand for its continuation. The Work Relief problem is an other difficult one. The general feeling in Congress is that the whole relief problem should be turned back to the states, with such Federal aid as may be re quired. The WPA matter touches on the conflict between Congress and the Administration, which is not as serious on the surface as it is in the private conversations of members of both the President's party and the Opposition. The fear of Federal domination' is a constant and growing one regardless of party lines, whether through WPA and other Federal spendings, or by other means.! Political parties rest on their state, county and municipal or ganizations, and every Congress man and Senator wants to pre serve all the political power pos-, sible for his local organizations, which in the long run are re-! sponsible for his nomination and election. Critical of WPA Senator Rush Holt, Democrat, >f West Virginia, the youngest Senator, who has been extremely ;ritical of the political activities f WPA in his state, has an nounced that he will introduce a resolution declaring it to be the 1 ;ense of Congress that the time-1 honored precedent limiting a President to two terms should not be broken. Strictly speaking, that is none of Congress' business, but Congress made it its business in .928, adopting a resolution de igned to head off what was fear- 1 2d by many in his own party to! be the ambition of President Coolldge for a renomination that year. Mr. Coolidge had an nounced in 1927 "I do not choose to run," but that was not enough i'or his enemies in his own party. There seems little likelihood ,hat such a resolution would be idopted even if Senator Holt hould offer it. If he follows the -dvice of his own party leaders \e will not do anything which mild be so well calculated to j destroy party harmony. Harmony; i what ootn wings of the Demo cratic party are seeking now. 3ow far they can achieve it is till in doubt. Theri is a revival of talk about the party restoring its ® sclent "two-thirds. rale," which would put practical control of the party back Into the hands of Southern Democrats, since no candidate could be nominated without a two-thirds vote of the convention. Conldnt Fool Him "Johnny, Darling! Don't be afraid of that police dog. He won't hurt you." "Yes he will, Muwer. He's tasting me now." EXECUTOR'S NOTICE Having qualified as executors of the estate of Mrs. Ida Shores Cockerham, late of Surry County, this is to notify all persons hold ing cla iS against. 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