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WTLLIAM HENRY HARRISON
Investigations of scandals, grafto ...........
~uLcorrupt!on now are spread!n.g ation. Many have been lulled into
_ ~ue Local level, ahnough tam a "fool's naradiue. " Flav~n't wo
ar * - 1, - ~- ..................
~a,tt~u!ar local level has a fed- just experienced one of the freeest-
,,mvor. , . . . spending Christmases in history,
0 12eiIZ,t a suo: they ssk; aren't work opportunities
trre ..... oo .. g into a.iiegea plentiful, wages high, hours short;
~smarities in tne Washingtonand haven't our government lead-
metropolitan police force, and a era been assuring us that the state
tUspected tieup between the police of the nation is good, the future
~nedrPiS~ict oaf Columbia gambling still bright in spite of clouds?
• - =,,uns. une oI the star wit- Well, what are the actual facts?
~esses was Major Robert J. Bar- After winning World War oIs~
rett, former D C. superintendent just six years ago at great c
of Police, who was relieved of his in lives and resources, and then
• nuty last fall, for health reasons, losing the peace, we are now in
t The District of Columbia, ofa shooting war with the Commun-
• Course, is controlled by Congress, ists which our military leaders say
as a federal function. One of the we cannot win at the present time.
Washington newspapers editorial- The stalemated, unending, half-way
ly asked the subcommittee chair- war in Korea, is bleeding us of
man, Senator Matthew M. Neely, our finest manhood. Korean loss-
west Virginia Democrat why some
i °ftthe "White House crowd" were- es: 101,000 casualties; an estimated
6,000 American prisoners of war
examined as witnesses, seeking brutally slaughtered.
information as to Major Barrett s Hardto-take Facts
background before his appointment Russia now rules a billion peo-
ns police superintendent, and just ple, she has the atom bomb and
now he had received the appoint, a bigger and perhaps better air
ment in the first place. The name force and submarine fleet than
of Major General Harry H.
iVd~ughn, military aide to the Pres- have we. A powerful Communist
Fifth Column in America has been
uent, was mentioned specifically permitted to steal our military se-
in this connection. . crets and is ready to sabotage our
The Townsend National Weekly factories and transportation sys-
recently pubhshed a hstmgyO~ea~; Our government is taking ap-
erage old age assistance pa m n tems when Stalin gives the word.
by states. This listing snowed Wy- proximately 30 percent ($1 outt of
oming not only well above the na- every $3) of the national income
tional average, but also among the
top 10 states in the nation in the in taxes; citizens are working one-
average amount paid under 1t third of their time, on the average,
federal Program.. Citing Socia h~ to pay taxes. The national debt
eurity Administration figureSer is $260 billion--about $7,000 on
newspaper gave Wyoming av ~hee every family in the nation.
Inflation ~s crippling the pur-
Payments as $55.81. The national chasing power of the dollar; in fact
average was shown as $43.67. the dollar is worth less today than
at any time the Constitution was
l adopted 162 years ako. Inflation
is undermining thrift, endanger-
ing our whole economic life. And
government policies are feeding
inflation, not heading it off.
I I
OUR GRAVEST DANGERS ~f/~,~.
As we enter a new year grave
l~oblems .and dangers confront
L/L J" # f,~/ff/
our nation. The gravest danger ~~
of all, however, lies in the fact that
so many Americans do not reeog- OLD
nize nor understand the true situ-
The "Gimme" Disease ] dalous Years in Washington." Con- I -.-r}~.~5or~
Nearly 25,000,000 people are I gressional committees have heard~ t~on~i~ued fr"m ~irst Pa"ex
now regularly getting checks from ] testimony that Federal taxes in [ ~ ............... " ...... 6,~,
the government. More and more lmany sections have been "fixed"] ........
people are getting the "gimme" l for political favorites and for [ltion as is pain oy uoioraao rest-
disease. The virtue of self-re- Ibribes• Gangsters and racketeers [dents. The present tuitionis $655.
liance, which built America, is[have gained political respectability~ It costs the state of t~olorauo
becoming a casualty of the times. I through party contributions. Cur- ] $2655 per student per year _to pro-
It now requires 2,500,000 civil-}ruption, dishonesty and dishonorS,vide the medical training:.Wyom-
inn workers to staff the Federal lhave made a winding dirty trail[mg assumes the $2000 difference
bureaucracy. The salaries alone I through the government• Political [I°r me stuoems semctea,
amount to $8 billion a year--near- [ parasites, plying their trade in ~ In return, the. students promme
ly two times the total federal tax- {Washington with the assistance of ~to pracuce meamme .m wyoming
es collected in any year before ] high officials, have become rich. If°r at least the numoer oz years
1940. I Few have been brought to the bar [that they nave recewea grants-m-
• " Y " ~ Yes, the problems and dangers ]~
the nation in 195I indicate that ~confronting our nation are grave. ]CARD OF THANKS
our schools and colleges are turn-]And the gravest of all is public] We wish to express our thanks
ing out a generation of young men [ apathy. If I were permitted three [to all our friends for their many
and women who, while qualified ~wishes for the New Year they [kindnesses during the illness and
along special lines, are not well ~would be: (1) for a rebirth of ]death of our loved one. We espec-
educated, are not aware of the [spiritual values, a rededication to]ially wish to thank Dr. Sherrill,
comparative advantages of the IChristian principles, a truly righ¢- [Mrs. Rogers, the hospital staff and
American economic system, do ]eous uprising agfiinst corruption; ]the blood donors.
not understand how it works, and ] (2) the cutting in half of theI, The family of Florence Geis
are therefore easy marks for the lhuge flow of tax money into] ~ "
propagandists seeking to change ] Washington. Like sugar, a big lump ]
our way of life into a government [ of money draws flies --- green I CARD OF THANKS
operated welfare state. Nationwide lilies off the refuse duml~L-and [ We would like to extend our
polls show the adult public to be ]the germs they carry pollute and [sincere thanks to the many friends,
woefully uninformed on economic { contaminate the n~tion. The pow~ [ and neighbc's wh,, wer~
facts. ]er to tax has become a destructive ] and :houghtf tl to ~ts dur
Moral Decline I force. We must control it and~ tra~ c time ~f losi:ig oul
Morality in public life has ~ drive off the green flies. The third ] son and br~ ther, ~imm2
plunged to the lowest level in [wish is (3) for the outlawing of[
our history. LOOK magazine,, pub-[ the . great conspiracy against" A-~ Mr. md Mrs R. A, Bus]
lished an article entitled Scan-]merma ~ the Communist Party. ] Cpl. Richard Dean Bush
relatives and neighbors who were
so kind and thoughtful to us dur-
control it and ing this tragic time of losing our
flies. ? e aird precious son and brother, Jimmy
te outh ~ir ; of Dow.
acy ag m A- Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Bush
]munis~ P," ty. Cpl. Richard Dean I iu ;h
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