INSIDE NEWS OF CONGRESS_ _ _ _

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000100150004-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 7, 2000
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: August 20, 1964
• Content Type: NSPR

Approved For Release 2001/08/01 : CIA-RU
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G 2 p 1964
INSIDE NEWS
OF CONGRESS -' .-1?
of Illinois
j it n-Ug th'ra .will the be much ~ado~about the Federall
budget, spnedir g and taxes. Fiscal
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find "big spenders" those who, ~~VIETIoT 1~D? C,Ii.][SFS:
Date: AU
Congressman, 17th District ?
FISCAL FACTS:
CPYRGHT
policy is certain to be a major is-1
sue in the campaign. So many
statistics will be used that it will':
sometimes be difficult for the av-
erage voter. to make a sound eval-+
nation. 'It will not be unusual to
are' for each and every popular . Not only is the deficit at the -We have long taken the position
spending. program - contending end of fiscal 1964 greater than
that, a. major wealcnes, in our fur- ]i
-&1-1. +1,av era fnr '.'eennnmv. And , ,I _d r.,.,.. 2n 1t)At Tha actual 1 . __---- U-- z..,, ? i, 1t of fir,n-~l:
tics of some kind purporting tai1964is $5 billion greater than in :"???'
Kennedy called the Congressionalij
prove '1963. Nor can it hardly Leaders to the 'White House pre-1
Here is an example of how sta- although it will be,, that the Ad- liminary to the' Cuban "quaran-
tistics can be so presented as to. ministration lids been following an tine" we made it clear that such
-mislead the unwary. It was call- economy` program when our na- l action. would have, our whole- i
ed to our attentiion by Congress- -tignal.d.ebt'as of June 30, 1964, is hearted support. When President
man Frank T. Bow (R), of Ohio, $3h.1 billion, or an increase of l Johnson. 'called us to the White
a ,leading economy advocate, on $$ 6 billion over fiscal 1963. ,
House we likewise expressed our
the Appropriations Committee. These are the hard, cold fats. approval of a military_ response. to 11
headlined a story to read: "Presi-., turning the lights on at the vv111Lc ships in international waters.
dent Johnson Reports a Cut of $3.6 House and reducing the Federal Early the next. morning we at-
billion in Deficit," This obviously' payroll. a few 'tho'usand. To us, tended the conference at the State
"I ne the im ressiion that the and we think to most people, it is Department on the wording of the
eso p
g
President has achieved some real all nothing more o.^ less than a ri'solution by which the Congress
ryear, pariicuxurly wuu:u uac y
,.end.debt is still $2 billion greater decayed the enactment of the tax
. .. ,_ I rnAnrtinn bill,
grams which-will still further in-'sions, eve attended our "off the
crease. the spending. Record" Armed Services Subcom
To . boast about achieving a mittee session with top CIA 'of-
smaller deficit than anticipated is ficials and likewise diselt CTfr" the
tantamolnt to claiming to be an Vietnam situation privately with
economizer if you spend less than some of our military leaders. In
iI you. originally - planned to spend. 1 none of these conferences was any
In 'our. view a true economizer .is one certain as to why such an un- i
one who down"t plan ayear-end provoked attack was made. Many!
the reasons the 1964 deficit is less 11 "will " We are constrained to say s
cit?" What ' deficit? Nothing
more or less than the hypotheti-
cal deficit anticipated in the or-
Iginal budget estimates.. In our
iview there is nothing at all re-
markable about having a smaller
debt at the end of a year than an-
'ticipated' at 'the beginning of the
"A cut of $3.6 billion in deft-1
rectr But they ares o presented
in this way as to mislead the av-
erage reader.
economy in government., Such is political pretense of economy officially endorsed the Presidents
nat the case., The facts as pre- when the fact is the government Action.
sented by the headiine , are. tor- I spent '$5 billion more this year In addition to these White
aspect of our foreign poullcy ~n-
vites aggressive acts.
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