Work Done

In action that showed on the surface, the Congressmen:

P: Worked full steam ahead on a bill setting up a $3.1 billion program for civilian defense.

P: Whipped through a bill to extend federal rent control 90 days beyond Dec. 31, thus keeping the lid on rents until the 82nd Congress can get around to making up its mind about it.

P: Passed the $3.4 billion excess-profits tax bill through the House (378 to 20), and studied it in the Senate.

P: Listened resignedly in the House to Pennsylvania's cantankerous Lame Duck Robert F. ("Where's the money coming from?") Rich, who read a piece of doggerel, partly of his own composing:

We must balance our budget and con-

serve our cash,

Or we will meet the same fate as Tru-

man's haberdash!

Now do you not think before it's too

late,

If our country does not stop spending it

will meet the same fate?

My colleagues, look into the need of

this European and Asiatic blending,

It's your duty to heed--little lending,

no giving, and less spending.

It was not a stricture that Congress was apt to heed; Congress was in a mood for much more spending, lending and giving--and would have to be, if the country (and not just its cash) was to be conserved.

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