Entering the home-stretch of his long Thanksgiving holiday, President Roosevelt today announced that he would entrain for Washington tomorrow.
His secretaries revealed that the President was eager to renew conversations with Congressional leaders about the legislative programme of the next Congress.
Today, the President worked an address he is to give on Monday at North Carolina University when he will accept an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. There was considerable speculation he to whether he would reiterate his declaration of ersecut and his declarations of a policy aimed to assist refugees from oppression in Europe—United Pre:
End of "Pump-Priming" Asked Washington, Dec. 3.
The Federal Finance Committee of the Amerícan Chamber of Commerce today issued a statement demanding that the Government terminate "pump-priming" expenditures and make a real effort to balance the budget before June 30, 1941.
The Committee said that increased armament expenditure should be justified by legitimate defence needs and "not be taken as a pretext for continued-pump-priming'... Heavy milit equipment takes eral years lo complete, consequently expenditure cannot be timed to coincide with periods ok busin "It increasing armament expenditures are indispensible they should not increase the total budget, but should be offset by reduct in other expenditure The Chamber urged that busines: and other groups should refrain from bringing pressure to bear on Con; ernment relief responsibilities to the indly states—United Press.
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