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...years, the nemesis of government economy has been the Pork Barrel. With every congressional district wanting its dam or irrigation ditch and every pressure group demanding its subsidy, the national debt has risen to some $250 billion. Under the present law, the President has no means of checking Congressional demands. Even when legislators are not under political pressure, they are usually unable to make wise budget decisions because of the difficulty of estimating the relative importance of various appropriations. Each year a number of appropriations bills are passed, and the total expenditure is not entirely clear. Among the many proposals...
Other critics have feared that an item veto might result in Congressional irresponsibility: representatives might allow pork-barreling to run rampant, knowing that the President would veto rediculous measures favoring exclusively sectional interests. Representatives, however, win elections on actual appropriations, not on futile attempts registered in the Record. Responsibility would ultimately rest with Congress, since any veto would have to be over-ridden by a two-thirds majority, and according to the Byrd bill, vetoed items would be reconsidered separately...
...fight for Ike's military budget. White-thatched Homer Ferguson, 66, is noted for gentle friendliness, dogged fact-searching (during the Pearl Harbor probe, he grilled General Marshall for a week running) and as a worrier, particularly about things that offend his sense of rectitude, e.g., the congressional pork barrel. Twelve years a Senator, he was defeated last fall by Democrat Patrick McNamara. His legislative experience should stand Ambassador designate Ferguson in good stead for working out pending trade and defense agreements with the Philippines and for continuing the spirit of cordiality which Raymond Spruance developed with Philippine President...
...PORK PRICES this summer are expected to be almost one-third under last year's because of a big drop in wholesale hog prices. Reasons: housewives balked at high prices in 1954, got out of the pork-buying habit; meanwhile 1955 hog production will run about 10% higher than...
RECORD FOOD SUPPLIES will keep prices stable this year, says the Agriculture Department. Though poultry production will drop about 3%, pork, lard, coffee, citrus products, rice and other grains will rise from 1% to 14% next year...