President Roosevelt's new budget with its accompanying recommendation for new defence taxes will face opposition in Congress, it was indicated today.
The Senate Finance Committee Chairman, Senator Pat Harrison, Democrat' of Mississippi, proposed the appointment of a special joint committee, to include the chairmen of four Congressional fiscal committees, to examine and report on the advisability of the President's budget and recommendations.
Senator Harrison told the press "it is not an easy job to raise $460,- 000,000 right off the bat. I am not strong for this taxation business."
The President's tax proposal produced marked coolness in the House Ways and Means Committee. Members of the Committee, in private conversations, left the distinct impression that they would not exert themselves to creat new taxes. It was also indicated that if the Treasury Department makes any concrete recommendations on the Presidential levies, Congress would carefully and properly consider the tax plan. If the Treasury recommendations are not made, however, it appeared that the Congressional attitude would favour the reduction of other expenditures to make up the needed $460,000,000—United Press.
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