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Us First Plymouth Dodge DeSoto Chrysler BEST DEAL IN TOWN Navarro Inc. 601 Duval Street TEL. 2-704 Presidential Commissions Tackle Big Job Of Whittling Down Waste In Government By STERLING F. GREEN WASHINGTON #— 10 presi Jential commissions today tackied the job of whittling cown “big ment rors commission on in- 12-member Hoover Commission set ‘up near Capitol Hill The larger body was charged by President Eisenhower with study ‘ing how to eliminate “frictions, du lication and waste” between the federal government, on one hand and the stote end local govern ments on the other. Revenue-hungry states and cities primarily would like the federal government to move out of some tax fields—like gasoline, tobacco and admissions — so they can move in And officials point out that the government would like to turn over to the local units some of its ac quired burden of matters like air port and road construction The Hoover Commission, headed by year-old former President Herbert Hoover, is moving into a broader and more controversial field than did the bipartisan Hoov- er Commission of 1947-49. Its seven Republican and five Democratic members, aided by nine “task forces” of experts in as many fields, will take on ques. tions of policy we as govern ment organization. It can recom mend not ony streamlining, but also elimination of federal activi ties as it sees fit Hoover gave notice, at a news conference yesterdsy, that he will inquire into “government competi tion with private enterprise.’ Ques tions of public power development and transmission, »5 well as of government lending and federal housing aids, will be explored. Hoover seid a major task now will be to eliminate by merger or otherwise some of tne “appalling” sumber—some 75 or 80—of agen- cies which report to the President Other task forces, which hoover is authorized to appoint, will be as. signed to civil service, budgeting, accounting, water and power re. sources, medical services, subsis tence services (such as feeding the armed forces), the lending agen. cies, and surplus property use and disposal The other presidential commis. sion, which must break entirely new ground in its studies, includes 4 governors, 3 administration offi- cials, 10 legislators and 8 “‘public members.” Clarence E. Manion, former dean of the Notre Dame University Law School, is chairmsn, Other mem bers include Publie members—John E. Bur ton, New York, vice president of Cornell University; Mrs. Alice K. Leopold, secretary of state. Con necticut; Lawrence A. Appley president, Américan Management Assn.; William Anderson, professor of political science, University of Minnesota; Sam iH. Jones, former governor of Louisiana; Charlies | Wednesday, September 20, 1953 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page 9 Today's Business Mirror By SAM DAWSON NEW YORK —The World Ser. ies—bearing some scars of inf Uon—becomes the nation’s les business this week Yankee pitchers and Dodger bat ters take top billing over be and bulls in Wall Street as well as in the gest of the sation But the spectacular sell-out clash Just hides for the moment the post war shift from spectator to partici Pation sports in the United States. it points up, however, the steady inerease ip spending on all sports and recreation as Ameficans ex pand their hours of leisure Baseball fans feel the tail-lash of inflation as the price of box seats rises from $8 to $10, and reserve Seats from % to $7. A subway series loses some of its economy lure when a fan who once paid five cents to get to Ebbets Field or Yankee Stadium and last year Paid 10 cents must this year put a iS-cent token to inflation in turnstile Americans have spent nearly 50 million dollars this year to Professional baseball t around the country. But total attendance has been falling steadily—especial ly since television combined with @ can of beer to keep fans at home in their slippers. The two major leagues had around 21 million paying guests in 1948, their peak year. This year fewer than 14% million trekked to the parks To bring the series to home bodies by way of 105 TV stations and 920 radio stations will cost more than 1% million dollars | New York hotels, bars, theater hot dog makers, mustard bottlers jand others will take in thousands of dollars during the classic fracas | Attendance has been droppi at most professional sports. Ex ception is horse and harness rac ing. But here many spectators car be said to “participate” at the pari mutuel windows Fishing, hunting, skii liards bowling, golf, beating have been having a hey-dey, however Soms 200,000 new boats of all types hit the federal and inland waterways this year, the National Assn. of Engine & Boat Manufac the ee turers estimates. This brings the total to about five million craft. double the number in 167 Around 17 million fishing li ses were taken out, a gett per cent over the 12% 6 solid in 1947. The sport fishing utute says that in some Western states one-third of the popul. m have them The Fish & Wildlife Service of the Interior Departmeat estimates nearly two million more hunting lheenses were taken out last season than in 1947, for a gain of 15 per cent. Minnesota estimates that bunting and fishing generates about 250 million dollars worth of business in that one e year. The recent growth in popularity of water skiing and spear fishing equipment is helping line the pock ets of dealers in sporting gear The annual take for sporting goods of all sorts is around 800 million dollars now Americans spend around 130 mil lion dollars a year on bowling and billiards. They spend about $2 mil lion dollars a year on golf. which once was a rich man’s sport and is now everyman's The Department of Commerce estimates ai. spectator amusement takes in around 1 a year spe billion dollars Individual recreation ing of all sorts is estimated to have increased to around eight billion dollars. Inflation has helped the total soaring since pre War years. Participation sports have gained greatly since the war because of the trend to vacations for more workers, and to longer ones, and also to the shorter work week which makes week-end recreation a commonplace Spectator sports have suffered College football hit a peak of 154 million customers in 1947-48, but has dropped seven per cent. The National Collegiate Athletic Assn blames TV. Pro football games also have dropped off Professional prize fights gates were 13%: million dollars in 1949 and only 4%3 million last year The National Boxing Assn. says TV caused many boxing clubs to fold. | _ A Letter From Bill Lantaff ‘Dear Neighbor Strive to reduce Pederal expend itures was the indicated opinion of the man-on-the-street in your Con ssman's recent “sidewalk-sur | vey. Answers on the poll to the first of two questions that dealt with Henderson, mayor of Youngstown, Government spending found that) Ohio, and president of the Ohio seventy-two per cent of the people) Municipal League; and Clark Kerr,\who participated in the survey! chancellor, Uni ity of Califor. nia Governors—Allan Shivers, Tex- as; Alfred E.Driscoll, New Jersey; Dan Thornton, Colorado; John S Battle, Virginia Federal officials—Marion B. Fol- som, undersecretary of the Treas ury; Oveta Clup Hobby, secretary of health, education and welfare and Val Peterson, civil defense ad ministrator Congress members — Hendrickson (R-NJ), Schoeppel (R-Kan), Cordon (h-Ore), Hoey (D-NC), Humphrey (D-Minn), and Representatives Mason (R-II) Dolliver (R-lowa), Dingell (D.- Mich), Ostertag (R-NY) and Hays (D-Ark), . Governor Permits Boys To Keep Pet ‘irgini Deer In Virginia RICHMOND, Va. #&—Two little boys, slicked up in their Sunday best, changed the “established pol icies of the state” yesterday and got a deer in returr. It started when Buddy Barrack TH, 14, and his brother, Lawrence, % led on Gov John S. Battle to discuss a problem dear to their hearts The governor listened to how the youngsters had saved a deer from a pack of dogs last summer. They nursed it, cared for it and named it Bambi. Then they got the word. State law said the doe had to be turned over to a state game preserve That was what the boys went to see Gov. Battle about. Couldn't he use his power and prestige to let them keep the deer’ The governor calicd State me Commissioner 1. T. Quinn. Te let the boys keep the deer would be against the law, But . . Late yesterd: the governor called his secretary and dictated a letter Dear Buddy “It is seldom that one or two individuals within the space of a few hours can reverse trend state. But, afier considerin Yes, the gove said, the dope i keep tetr pus Senators favored reducing expenditures to} |stay within the current Federal debt limit. Only twenty-two per cent appoved. of increasing the debt ceiling, with six per cent of | ‘This result could be construed as jan endorsement of your Congress man’s vote, with the majority in Congress last July, to defeat Pres ident Eisenhower's request to raise the ceiling on the Federal Debt In the waning moments of the past session of Congress, the P ident cequested that the authoriz ¢d ceiling on the national debt be increased from $275 billion to $290 billion. The Administration based its request on the need to meet Necessary expenses and to main tain a safe working balance of funds } The Congress, led by Senator Harry Byrd, took issue with the Administration on this request with the thought in mind that to in crease the debt limit at this time Would be an invitation to extravag ance. It was pointed out that the Federal debt was about $272 b lion. The tax payers were already Paying nearly $8 billion annual! in interest on that debt. The Gov ernment had approximately $9 billion in cash on hand and could under the law still borrow $3 t lion before reaching the existing debt limit. The five month period the Administration with concern, would see no more than approximately $7 billion more in expenditures than in revenue The Congress reasoned that in view of these facts the President's Tequest was not justified, so it was defeated The second question on the sur vey involving Federal spending found fifty-nine per cent of the pe ple polled would favor a law pro hibiting the Federal Government from spending more than its an tual revenue. This vote, of course. 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