THE CONGRESS: Economy?

With the ferocity of Hyrcanian tigers, the House of Representatives fell upon the first spending bill submitted by the Administration this year and slashed $150,000,000 (17%) off the deficiency appropriation for WPA (TIME, Jan. 23). Still snarling like the most savage, sabre-toothed Economizers ever heard in the political jungles, House Republicans and anti-Administration Democrats ganged up on the Administration's second appropriation measure—a general Deficiency Bill—and chewed $3,550,000* off the bill's budgeted total of $13,529,000—an impressive saving of 26% which would have been truly sensational had Democrats had the heart to take off another $3,500,000 ticketed for a new Census...