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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Predictable Urge. On Capitol Hill, some members of Congress thought that expenditures and/or taxes were 1) not cut enough, 2) cut too much, 3) cut in the wrong places. House minority Leader Sam Rayburn went on record with a worry about the cuts in defense spending. Crusty Republican John Taber, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, growled: "I believe that a $3 billion cut would get rid of the deficit, and I hope and believe that we will be able to accomplish this without any trouble." Probably the first place the economy-minded will look is at the $5.4 billion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE BUDGET: The Test of Necessity | 2/1/1954 | See Source »

...Yale at New Haven 2:00 p.m. FRESHMAN "B" FOOTBALL Sat., Oct. 17 Thayer Academy 2:00 p.m. Sat., Oct. 24 Mt. Herman School Sat., Oct. 31 Belmont Hill school 2:00 p.m. Sat., Nov. 7 Maritime Academy 11:30 p.m. Sat., Nov. 14 Taber Academy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Non-Varsity Football Fall Schedules Given | 9/29/1953 | See Source »

...President intensively courted Congress. At one early morning conference he spent an hour and a half with G.O.P. legislative leaders, urging passage of the refugee bill, foreign aid and ratification of the three NATO treaties. The next morning House Appropriations Chairman John Taber and members of the House Foreign Aid Subcommittee sat at the White House mess for talks about the MSA money bill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Recruiting a Team | 7/27/1953 | See Source »

Setback: Foreign Aid. A few days after Congress authorized $5,157,000,000 Mutual Security aid in fiscal 1954, the President, keeping well below the ceiling, submitted a request for $5,124,000,000 in specific MSA appropriations. But the House committee, led by New York's John Taber, knocked $705 million off the request...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Action on Capitol Hill | 7/27/1953 | See Source »

This week debate on the committee's budget bill was slated to begin in the House. The prospects: a great deal of anguished oratory from air-minded Democrats, followed by House approval of most of the Wilson-Taber cuts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEFENSE: Another Nick | 7/6/1953 | See Source »

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