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WASHINGTON — Do voters real¬
ly want less federal spending?
Jtep. Norris Cotton (R-N. H.), a
government economy advocate, re¬
cently asked that queston in pub¬
lic print and the result was more
mail than he has received for any¬
thing else he has said or done since
coming to Congress in 1947.
Wc have reached that point in
the session when the full impact
of protests against appropriations
cuts really hits us," Cotton write.
It is at this point we always be¬
gin to wonder whether folks real¬
ly want economy, or only think
they do."
As a member of the House Ap¬
propriations Committee, which
must scieen every request for mon¬
ey that is contained in the multi¬
billion dollar budget, Cotton is in
an authoritative position to ask
that question. He serves on that
division of the Appropriations
Committee which handles the so
called Independent Offices bill. It
contains money requests for the
more than 20 federal agencies that
operate public housing, veterans’
benefits and a variety of other
federal programs throughout the
country.
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•at is not heart-warming: to re
alize that economy may be polia
cal suicide," Cotton went on.
Administration which deprives
people of enough fancied benefits
to put the nation back on a pay
as-you-go basis is likely to be a
hero in history but a dead pigeon
now.
"We are reminded of the male
bee which fertilizes the egg and
thus insures the future of the col
ony, hut is promptly driven out
of the hive to die.”
Cotton spoke his mind on gov¬
ernment economy in the weekly
column he writes for the four
daily and 18 weekly newspapers
in his district which print it reg¬
ularly.
He was inspired to write on
this subject by the protests which
he has been receiving against par¬
ticular cuts proposed by the Ap¬
propriations Committee for cer¬
tain bills.
“It is natural that many of the
projects affected seem vital,” he
wrote. ‘I am getting wires about
the reduction of federal contribu¬
tions for hospitals,
“A Grange sends me a resolu¬
tion against the lopping off of
money for agriculture.
“A pulp company executive is con¬
cerned over the scaling down of
forestry funds.
'A business association deplores
discontinuance of an industrial
census.
“A nurseryman is worried about
control of the Japanese beetle.
“Some protests illustrate popu¬
lar fallacies.
•t A Housing Authority in a New
Hampshire city condemns the cur¬
tailment of publia housing. They
don’t stop to think that for every
cent one of our committees gets
for public housing, it contributes
at least 10 cents toward vast proj
ects for great cities in larger and
richer states than ours.”
Cotton also distributes some cop¬
ies of his weekly column to news
correspondents and other in Wash
ington. This one economy was es
specially timely because of cur¬
rent Congressional struggles with
budget reduction. Stories about it
were printed outside New Hamp¬
shire.
As a result, Cotton has receiv¬
ed thousands of letters.
Some of them complain that cuts
are being made in federal funds
which should not be made. Hut
the vast majority, Cotton reports
happily, gsndorse his#’position on
economy in full and assure him
that the writers sincerely desire
less spending.
The average Congressman’s day
begins gloomily or happily, de¬
pending upon what he finds in
the morning mail and it is likely
that Cotton is no exception to
that.
The Cotton story demonstrates
clearly that while the special
pleaders are quick to protest to
their Congressmen about certain
spending cuts, those citizens who
really want less federal spending
are slow to pick up their pens
until prodded by something extra¬
ordinary, such as the Cotton col¬
umn. This leaves many members
of Congress who believe federal
economy is a good thing wonder¬
ing whether the voters really want
it.
Soil Conservation
John McFarland, Manager of
Magnolia Hereford Farm, lo¬
on the Perry Road, solved a
drainage problem on that farm
this week with seven cases of dy¬
namite.
The Ocmulgee Soil Conservation
furnished technical assis¬
in locating the ditch line and
the amount of ditch
to do the jon
John Bair, representative from
Atlas Powder Company, was
hano to do the actual blasting
dynamite from his company.
Everyone was satisfied that the
ditch would drain the wet
in the pasture sufficiently
permit moving of weeds and
and to let grass grow for
Registration
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ATLANTA, GA. Georgia’s ve¬
registration has passed the
million mark, according to the
Reporting Division of the
State Patrol.
With the 4th of July holiday
around the corner, practical¬
everybody will be taking to
highways for an outing at
time or another during the
Last year, despite the fact that
traffic officer in the state
on emergency duty, and in
of almost continuous patrol¬
164 traffic accidents occur¬
in Georgia, or rather were
K orean Veterans
Get Compensation
Veterans administration today
reported the number of Georgia 1
post „K 0 rea veterans, and their de-1 I
pen( j ents or beneficiaries who are
receivmg certain federal benefits
unc |er laws enacted by Congress.
Slightly more than 1,010 post-'
Korea veterans in the state are
drawing compensation for disabil- 1
itien incurred or aggravated by
service since June 27, 1950, ac¬
cording to Vaux Owen, VA’s Geor¬
gia Regional Office Manager. j
In addition to the 1,010 veter¬
ans on the compensation rolls as
of May 31, 1953, VA had award¬
ed compensation to 836 widows,
children or dependent parents on
behalf of 556 veterans whose
deaths were due to service since
June 27, 1950.
Owen said VA also is making
367 monthly insurance payments
to beneficiaries of Georgia veter¬
ans whose death was due to serv
caused by improper driving. 12
persons died in these crashes and
120 others were injured.
Statistics are dry and unpopu¬
lar and no one likes to hear them,
hut you may easily become one
before you even know it, for if
you are driving alone on the high
way with no other car in sight,
you have six chances of having
an accident. With fifteen vehicles
on the road, you have 196 chances
of an accident. If all the one mil
lion vehicles in Georgia get on j
the road at the same time, a tre- |
mendous accident problem arises, j
According to the State Patrol, j
there are three main types of driv
ers:
1. 40 per cent will do their best
to obey all safety laws, rules
and regulations,
2. 40 per cent will obey the laws
a large part of the time, mostly
when an officer is around.
3. 20 percent are out to break
all of the laws all of the time
and have no regard for anybody
else on the road. These are the
ones to watch.
Colonel W. C. Dominy, Director
of the Department of Public Safe¬
ty, advises that in order to pro
ect those persons who will ob¬
serve the laws, he is ordering ev¬
ery member of the Patrol, what
ever his rank or duty, to patrol
the highways this 4th of July and
all other holidays when great num¬
bers of vehicles are using the
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THE LEADER-TRIBUNE Thursday, June 25, 1953
is able to be out again.
Mr. and Mrs. Moultrie Newell
and John have had as their guest
.his week, Mrs. Newell's sister,
Mrs. Harrold McGhee, Mr. Mc
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Mr. and Mrs. Earl English and.
family of Jacksonville, Fla., vis- |
ited Mr. English’s sister Mrs. Tay-
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lor Hayes remained with
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Roberts visited friends and rela
tives at Rock Springs, Georgia
and Chattanooga, Tenn., t is wee
end.