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? Budget Balancing Means !
I. Cntttof Army-Navy Funds
fa connection with the general be
lief -that governmental expenditures
can-be reduced, it might be well to
call attention to the fact that the
budget' for the national government
is 41.5 billion dollars for the present
fiscal year. This in connection with
.'the suggestion that, when the country
return! to a peacetime basis, the gov
ernment can get along" with between
18 billion and 25 billion dollars.
?n considering the present cost of
the government, it is well to take
; fiote ' several items. Debt service
lias risen from 941 million dollars in
1939 to about five billion veterans'
i -pensions and benefits have increased
'from 557 millions in 1939 to more
than six billions. These two items
require more than 11 billion dollars
. nd the prospect, if we judge from
the speeches of those who lead vet
erans' organizations, is that they will
increase.
The next major category in the ex
. penditures of the government is as
' sociated with our present policy in
world affairs. These amount to 18.5
billion dollars and compare with 1.2
billion dollars in 1939. The larger
figure included expenditures of the
War and Navy Departments, which
amount to 13.2 billion dollars.
In connection with the drive for
economy, we can look to what hap-
pened after the first World War. In
.'MIT, the budget was 1.9 billion dol
lars and by 1922, the figure was 3.1
billion.
J7 There was drastic reduction of War
and Navy expenditures following the
, Disarmament Conference under Presi
dent Harding in 1921. Most of the
eotiomy came from reducing expen
atuhes of these two departments to
o4Q million, which was actually 40
per cent less than the 1.9 billion dol
lars spent in the past pre-war year
- before World War I.
;- This makes it plain, we believe,
" that if there is any substantial eco-
. nomy in connection with Federal ex-
.' penditures, the reduction will come in
turns allocated for defense. We do
not believe that it will be necessary
to maintain defense expenditures as
Tiigh as 13.2 billion dollars, but we
suspect that it will not be wise, in
the present state of world affairs, to
Tepeat the mistakes of 1922. The
economy gained between that year
and 1939 grew to be, in the light of
events, a costly and disastrous sav
ing. Manoeuverg In Arctic
Discussed In Russia
The military experiments of the
United States and Canada in the Arc
tic area are being used by Russian
newspapers to' build up suspicions
that they are designed to develop of
fensive strategy.
The newspaper Red Star, organ of
the Ministry of Armed Forces in Rus
sia, bluntly accuses the Anglo-Canadians
of establishing Arctic bases for
offensive operations. The newspaper
points out that with bases in Green
land and Iceland, the Americans have
their eyes on the Scandinavian Pen
insula,' where they desire a foothold
for strategic and economic reasons.
The Russians are told that militar
ists and monopolists in the United
States are directing our foreign -policy
and that the same is true of
Great Britain. These "monopoly
circles" are interested in capturing
world markets and, at the same time,
assure an Anglo-Saxon victory in
"future war."
We call attention to these views in
order for the people of this country to
know that suspicions are being circu
lated in foreign countries. The Rus
sians, who have conducted experi
ments in the Arctic seas for some
years, are being told that military
training in Arctic warfare is directed
at the Soviet Union.
Declares Depression
Is Not Inevitable
The American people are cautioned
against talking themselves into a re
cession by John D. Small, Civilian
Production chief, who declares that a
decline "is not inevitable," if labor
and management use common sense,
reasonableness and restraint.
The production official thinks that
the talk of a depression is creating
fear which may persuade people to
cut down, retrench and postpone their
plans and thus cause the recession
that might, otherwise, pass us by.
Mr. Small reports that production
continued high during September, but
sees no hopes of further increases
during 1946. Steel production is
stabilized at 90 per cent of capacity,
thus setting a limit to the output of
machinery andjMuipment. Moreover,
in some industyal areas shortages of
man-power and materials prevent in
creased production.
Business leaders are warned not to
"price" themselves out of the mar-
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Erom where I sit ...fyJoe Marsh
FriendshipThree
Thousand Miles Apart
Ever play chess? It's a great
game! One of the strongest friend
ships I know of started with a game
of chess between Dad Hoskins, in
oar town, and a man named Dalton
Barnes, in England.
They've never seen each other,
never met. But for the past eight
years they've been playing chess
bjr mail together Dad puzzling
over Dal ton's latest letter, , while be
sends a chart of his next move to
England.
Dad always thinks best with a
mellow glass of beer beside his
chessboard.- And the Englishman
writes him that he does the same.
"You know, it's almost as if we
shared a glass of beer together,
too!" says Dad contentedly.
From where I sit, you can talk
about diplomacy and foreign pol
icy, but it's often those little things
like a game of chess or a glass
of beer that can make for toler
ance and understanding ... be
tween people of all nations . . . be
tween neighbors here at home !
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ket. ' "Small says that when con
trols are lifted, the public will stop
buyhlg'Jf . prices . rise sharply. He
see'nia . i be somewhat optimistic
about the future. "If things con-
! tinue as', well as they are today," he
asks, "Why 'should there be a depres
sion;" W
Filipino' Ferment .
Seems- Anti-U. S.
"No American enjoys seeing his
country's gifts repaid with slurs and
insults in a press that owes its very
existence to the Americans," declares
an unnamed, high-ranking U. S.
Army officer in the Philippines.
The officer was, commenting upon
the complaints that had come from
Philippine. officials as to the behavior
of American soldiers. While admits
ting the urgent need for corrective
measures, lie suggested that the Fili
pinos exarfiine their own records and
asserted that they would find "wide
spread thievery" which cost indivi
dual soldiers millions. He also al
leges that friendliness is taken as an
invitation to insolence, that recrea
tion means a likelihood of theft and
that the American soldiers are over
charged. The presence of alien soldiers in a
free country is, as General MacAr
thur declares, "a delicate hazard" to
be solved by self-restraint, good will
and a mutual realization of advant
ages to be gained by both sides. Ap
parently, the Filipinos, now relieved
of the pressure of Japanese aggres
sion, are ready to take over their
country without much consideration
of the debt they owe the United
States for the freedom they enjoy.
It is interesting to note that, de
spite the complaints, the officials of
the Republic want American money
for the rehabilitation of their islands
and that they insist upon economic
concessions which work to the ad
vantage of their people. It is only
fair for the United States to insist
upon what it wants, including reas
onable bases for future operations.
If the Filipinos are against granting
us the bases and wish to live on
their own, then the next best thing
for the United States to do it to let
them go it alone.
Says U. S. Will Hold
Key Pacific Islands
The United States served notice on
the world last January that it would
seek exclusive control of Pacific Is
land bases which plight be regarded
as essential for the security of this
country.
That this is a reasonable require
ment needs no further support than
the campaign that the Navy had to
wage to win bases inside the circle
of Japanese aggression in the Pacific.
Having conquered the islands at the
cost of considerable blood and money,
it would be foolish for this country
to risk that the job might have to be
repeated.
Just whya PresWent Truman reiter
ated this position recently is not ex
plained but there seems to have been
no particular reason except in an
swer to a reporter's question. There
has . been no official list of the is
lands regarded as essential, but the
Navy has recommended a list, in
cluding Tinian, Saipan, Iwo Jima
and Okinawa.
What Will Congress Do
About The 49th State?
The people of Alaska recently
voted two-to-one in favor of State-
I hood and their non-votinir delegate
in Congress will launch a drive to
have the territory admitted as the
forty-ninth State.
While the people of Alaska seem
to desire State-hood at the present
A Timely Reminder
"Father," said young William, I
have decided to become a detective.
Right now I'm practicing the art of
detection. Let me give you an ex
ample. In our back yard there is a
large pile of ashes. By deduction
that is evidence that we've had fires
going all winter."
"Very good," rejoined father. ."Sup
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ON STOMACH ULCER
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time, largely because of a campaign
waged by the Alaskan Statehood As
sociation, there is no practical way
of telling just exactly how the people
in the United States feel about the
issue. It will be decided by Con
gressmen, representing the forty
eight States, which make up a con
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The problem goes farther than A
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any existing State and separated by
water and distance, the issue will
arise in other territories, particularly
in Hawaii.
Tito's Queer Idea
About Hostile Acln
Marshal Tito, of Yugoslavia, says
there will be no war "because the
people of the world don't want war."
It would have been better if Marshal
Tito, in the interest of world peace,
had renounced the use of force in
Starts Relief In 6 Seconds
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connection, with disputes about
Trieste.
The Yugoslavian dictator said that
the impounding of boats on the Upper
Danube by U. S. authorities was an
inimical action and described as an
other hostile act the effort of "re
actionaries" to stop UNRRA assist
ance to Yugoslavia."
While there may be room for ar
gument about the 'seizure of boats
on the Upper Danube, we find it dif
ficult to understand why it would be
"hostile" to stop UNRRA relief sup
plies to Yugoslavia. After all, the
supplies are not a matter of right,
but represent the generosity of an
international organization, seventy
per cent of its funds being American
money.
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