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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY, HERTFORD, N. C, '.' FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1948. PAGE THREE Saya Congress Lacks Fact Finding Facilities "Congress yroefully lacks accurate and disinterested fact-finding facil ities," declares Representative Albert Gore, of Tennessee, a member of the House Appropriations 'Committee. ""- Mr. Gore calls attention to a handi cap that besets Congress when it .be gins to make appropriations for gov ernmental administration. He does not think it possible for individual Congressmen, in the face of an "in credible volume and variety of duties," to do more than rely on "hit-or-mise' methods and sometimes guesswork in determining the proper 1 size of Appropriations. He thinks that the "outmoded methods" 'by which money is made available for spending requires cor rection because "very few members ; know in detail where the money goes" t and he suggests that it is impossible ;to "know under the present system." I Mr. Gore points out that appro priation bills must orginiate in the House Ways and Means Committee. This group is overwhelmed by the "magnitude of its job and important Bums are appropriated on the basis of hearings before sub-committees. Before them, the Department heads come in and make their claims for money. , Without adequate means to check up on the work of the Depart ment and very often without adequate information upon which to base a judgment upon the demands for cash, the committee member has to do the best he can. . It should be perfectly obvious that a government, spending more than thirty billion dollars a year, is an intricate and vastly involved business. It appears unreasonable to expect the member of a committe to keep ' up with the ramifications of such a spending structure. Certainly, it is that the executive officials, backed by the opinions of experts and with ample time to present their claims, are in a better trading position than any individual on. the committee. Mr. Gore proposes to solve the problem in two ways: (1) By hir ing qualified technicians on a non . political basis, whose business it ' would be to keep up with every phase of government and serve as a fact finding agency for Congressional ap propriations committees; (2) that : there be some time, say, six months, between the election of a Congress man and his taking office. This per iod' would be designed to give the legislator an opportunity to study the workings of the Government in order to be familiar with his pros pective duties. We thoroughly approve the first suggestion of Mr. Gore. It is ab solutely necessary for Congress to have information, secured by Inde pendent investigation, in order to analyze and appraise requests for money. That the fact-finding group should be employed on a non-political basis goes without saying. In connection with this suggestion, we recall that some years ago, in recognition of the same need of Congress for information, we pro posed a plan which, in our opinion, would be extremely beneficial to the Government. It revolved around the idea of a pension for Congressmen, but, instead of granting the retired legislators compensation without re quiring them to work, it Was our suggestion that every Congressman, upon retirement, become a member of the fact-finding group. Thus, if a Congressman retired from office, after ten or twelve years' work, he would be available, as an employee of Congress, to keep up with the phase of Government activ ity with which he became most fam iliar during his term of office. A member who served on the agricul tural committee, for example, would be in a position to check up on the request of officials for cash. He would be thoroughly familiar with the operations of the Department in the past and in a position to give sound and reliable information to the voting members of Congress. The second proposal of Mr. Gore, that a period of six months elapse between the election of a Congress man and his taking office, would vitiate, in part, the benefits derived from the "Norris Lame-Duck Amend ment" to' the .Constitution. Before the Norris reform,, the Congress elected in November of one year did not begin to legislate, unless there was a special session, until December of the following year. This time-lag was not good because, after the elec tion, the next regular session of Con gress was controlled by the old Con gressmen. It sometimes happened that a change in, policy was unduly Here's How Throat Specialists Proved in 30-Day Smoking Test! In a recent test, hundreds of men and women smoked Camels and only Camels for thirty consecutive days. Smoked an average of one to two packs a day. Each week, the , throats of these smokers were ex Strained by noted throat specialists a total of 2470 examinations. These throat specialists found NOT ONE CASE OF THROAT IRRITA TION due to' smoking CAMELS I NOW IN STOCK "HOLLOWELL" TRACTOR STALK CUTTER Two Row Heavy Duty Mounted On Wheels $120 00 R L HOLLOWELL & COMPANY PHONE 2406 HERTFORD, N. C. El s delayed by the votes of Congressmen who had been defeated for reelection. The part of thf second suggestion that points out the benefit to be ob tained by permitting Congressmen to, have an opportunity to visit and study the workings of the Govern ment is extremely sound. It could be put into effect, in jart, without postponing the time of taking office. Between November and the conven ing of Congress in January, there are two months and a newly-elected Congressman, taking advantage of modern travel by air, coul get around and see a considerable part of the workings of his Government. There is no use quibbling about details, however, because the defects in legislating money bills are ap parent. It is certainly necessary for Congress to do something about the matter. It might be possible, for example, to lighten the work of the Appropria tions Comnjittees by permitting cer tain appropriations to be governed by the committees of Congress most familiar with the department or ac tivity involved. Inasmuch as these committees make an exhaustive study of proposed legislation, which is later implemented by an apportion of ef fort involved. Of course, the over all appropriation, or the fiscal policy of the Government as a whole, would be subject to some control by the central appropriations committees. China Decisive Area In Clash With Soviet Recognizing that the future of the world lies between Communism, rep resented by the Soviet Union, and modern freedom, represented by the United States, House sub-committee surveys the world and reports that slightly more than one-fourth of its population now live under one or the other of the great systems. The House group, headed by Rep resentative Francis B. Bolton, of Ohio, says that the one and a half billion people, outside of the two systems, represent a decisive group which may become Democratic or Communistic. Consequently, the com mittee concludes that China is the "decisive area", and that the United States should continue to extend as sistance to China despite its commit ments elsewhere in the world. The Committee gives some history in connection with the relations be tween Russia and China. The Soviet entered into the picture when it de clared war against Japan in. 1945. lhe Chinese National Government hampered by poor transportation fac ilities and Communist interference was unable to disarm the Japanese troops and the result was that Jap anese arms were taken over by Chin ese Communists. They are called one of the strongest Communist parties in the world, with about two million membeis. an effective army and control of an area that has a population equal to the United States. The survival of China as a Demo cratic nation is vital to the safety of all Democratic nations, in the opinion of the Committee, which points out that the internal balance of China is easily overturned by "any substan tial intervention". The Chinese Nat ional Government, it is believed, needs military assistance in the form of rifles and "other simple and rudi mentary equipment". Consequently, to achieve stability, the Chinese Gov ernment must have "an immediate shot in the arm." While it is possible that the Com mittee is" overly-impressed with the probable importance of China in the struggle between the Communists and non-Communist world, there is rryieh to be gained by making sure that the Chinese Government remains outside the Communist orbit. Talk But Not Action The Soviet Union now proposes that atomic controls and atom bomb prohibitions come into being at the same time. This is no advance because the hitch, heretofore, has been the refus al of Russia to accept international inspection which is the world's only protection against the secret develop ment, of atomic bombs in some coun try. The United States is not expected to fall for the Russian manoeuvre. Our country has insistently stood for adequate controls before the atomic bomb is outlawed. Until this is ef fective, there is no reason why the Umted States should give up the pro tective power of the bomb. seed, labor and fertilizer on the of ficial contest acre was $75.50. 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