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Proudest man in the Irish Free State last week was Ernest Blythe, Minister of Finance since 1923, Vice President of the Executive Council since 1927. Shrewdly waiting until fortnight after the British budget was read, he announced his budget last week. In the second year of World Depression, with formidable deficits facing the governments of Great Britain, Italy, Germany, the U. S., Australia, Argentina, etc., etc., Finance Minister Blythe was able to announce that the Irish budget for 1931-32 balances easily at ?24,661,000 ($123,305,000). Taxation yields for the past year have exceeded estimates...
...Guffawed at the sallies of former Chancellor of the Exchequer Winston Churchill against Chancellor Snowden. In office Mr. Churchill was famed for "raiding" every fund he could lay his hands on. Mr. Snowden has just raided the British "dollar fund" in Manhattan for $165,000,000 to balance his budget. "I could hardly believe my ears," drawled Mr. Churchill, "when I heard the Chancellor . . . unfold a long series of ... expedients I had devised and practiced...
...those familiar shades arose, and as I recalled to memory all the criticisms and scathing censures he lavished upon each of them, I wondered whether I had not perhaps left behind some of my old budget notes and that one of his able secretaries had by mistake put them into Mr. Snowden's red despatch...
...check up on Dr. Frank's efficiency if not his Liberalism, Governor La Follette called for a strict accounting of the University's recent record. He lopped large sums from the University budget. After an investigation which went into such things as Dr. Frank's salary ($20,400), his earnings from press-writings (about $20,000) and the salary of Mike, his chauffeur ($2,010), the Legislature restored some of the monies President Frank wanted, but Governor La Follette came off best in the attendant publicity...
...Teetotalers but musical, the Snowdens recently entertained Feodor Chaliapin who, they had heard, insists upon champagne. They gave him sparkling soft cider in champagne glasses. Many British Budget speeches, including those of Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill, have been made on whiskey & soda...