Pacific Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1959, Tokyo, Japan                                Page 2 the stars and stapes monday february 16, 1959 state Chambers urge Congress to Cut Ike budget $3.2 billion Washington up a committee of Iho Council of state chem stoers of Commerce bus recommended that Congress slice $3.2 billion from president Eisenhower s $77 billion budget much of it in foreign Aid funds. The Council s Federal expenditures and tax committee called for Broad Public support of or. Eisenhower s Economy Campaign. But it four die As Auto spins into truck Franco fines regime critic ,190 for talk Madrid Dpi Spanish monarchist Leader Joaquin Satrustegui said he will be forced to pay u 50, 000 peseta $1,190 Fine slapped on him by the government for a political speech that questioned Gen eral Francisco Franco s right to Rule. The Fine came after a govern ment investigation into a Madrid dinner meeting at which sat Rusle Gui addressed a room full of Law yers and read what he termed algal report on Franco s 22-year Rule. He was informed of the Fine in letter from the ministry of Interior levied for what the govern ment termed repercussions both inside and outside Spain to his speech. Wealthy Basque Satrustegui is a Leader of Spain s monarchist Union e s p a n o 1 a Spanish Union and a member of wealthy Basque family. He has been fined three times in the past. The letter that in formed Satrustegui of the Fine mentioned that the previous fines in 1942, 1948, and 1955weretaken into account. Satrustegui said of course Ishall pay the Fine. If i did not the government would Block my funds. The Only resort is an a peal to the Council of  after the meeting during which the monarchist lawyer spoke twas reported that a political party in opposition to Franco had Bee founded. Satrustegui has denied tie re ports that the meeting founded any kind of party. It is not True that we called ourselves a party or an organization he said. 5 questioned after reports of the meeting were widely published abroad Satrustegui and four other monarchists who attended the meeting were picked up by Spanish secur Ity police questioned and then re leased. At that time the government denied it was thinking of taking Legal Steps against those who attended the dinner Satrustegui said he believed he would be the Only one fined. The banquet had been authorized by the authorities before it took place. The Spanish government has the right to Levy some fines without court proceedings. This Fine came under that heading Satrustegui said. 3d army div Soldier killed in Tower fall Frankfurt up a 3d army div Soldier was killed herein a fall when a radio Tower he was working on  spokesman for the division said pfc Verne of Abel was work ing on an Antenna Tower Friday when a Guy wire slipped through a Holdfast connection and the Structure toppled. The spokesman said the Soldier was the son of  Abel of pen Argyl a. Said even holding expenditures tothe level proposed by the presi Dent is not Good  it called for an aggressive Campaign for Economy by both the administration and Congress tout. The spending total to the lowest practicable level without impairing the National  the committee said Senate Pas Sage of Airport and housing Bills fur in excess of amounts asked by or. Eisenhower indicates the Public has been slow to make it voice heard on the Side of Economy. It said such Public sup port would be particularly effective in the House since its Mem Bers keep closely attuned to voter  the committee urged. Congress to reject the two major new spend ing proposals in or. Eisenhower budget and any other new ones that might be initiated by con Gressman themselves. The proposals include a Tennes see Valley authority Tva reve nue Bonds financing measure an Federal Aid to economically de pressed areas. The first Calls for $200 million inner spending authority for Tva and $18 million in actual spending in fiscal 1960 which starts july 1.the latter Calls for $55 million in Long Range expenditures and $10million in 1960. The housing Cut committee also said  s Overall programs of Federal Aid for Urban renewal air ports and College housing should be rejected because they Are basically private and local  none of these pro Grams would require expenditure sin 1960, but the committee said their Impact on subsequent budgets would be substantial. The group recommended no specific cuts in the defense budget. But it called for elimination of interservice rivalries disposal of Allbut essential military installations More effective Central purchasing and elimination of duplicate Mili tary civilian staffing. It said aggressive action along these lines would produce savings of about 5 per cent or 92 billion inthe military budget. This would be in addition to the $3.2 billion i recommended cuts. Inflationary note Bristol Conn. Up the lowest bid for a $250,000 alteration and repair program at Bristol High school was submitted by the s. Carpenter construction co. The bid was 9412,166. Three women and a Man were killed when their car spun out of control and hit a gasoline truck in Knoxville Tenn. It took two hours to remove the bodies. The truck Driver a unhurt a emblems shifted on Tennis shorts confederacy daughters  Clearwater Fla. A mrs. Laura Lou Kunnen won t remove the Confederate flags sewn to her White Tennis shorts. But she has shifted them around slightly to pacify the United daughters of the confederacy Udo. I have moved the flags to the hips she said so i won t be Sitti Ngoh them any  the 25-year-old Clearwater housewife stirred up the indignation of the Udo. She decorated her shorts with two flags after winning the Dixie ten Nis tournament women s singles Brandt winds up 8-Day . Tour flies to Honolulu los Angeles