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8 DAILY MEDITATIONS
?‘ And he said unto them, Why are ye so fear
'+ ful? how is it that ye have no faith? And they
feared exceedingly, and said one to another,
What manner of man is this, that even the wind
| and the sea obey him? I
4 Gospel of St. Mark 4, 40:41. !
“Have you a favorite Bible verse? Mall 0 |
A. F. Pledger, Holly Heights Chapel,
g Inflation in the Budge
i Inflafi he Budget
; BY PETER EDSON
NEA Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON—One generally overlooked angle
§ on the current howdy-do over cutting the govern
"' ment budget concerns hidden items amounting to
!'m'er six billion dollars.
4y That is a conservative estimate of the amount of
inflation—price increases and wage increases—to
be found in the President’s budget message detailing
y what it will cost to run the government next year.
1 Early in the war, Budget Bureau experts talked
about getting the government on a $22 billion
I budget after the war was over. Later this estimate
‘. raised to $25 billion. In his final speech as
| Director of the Budget, the late Harold Smith ad
(.m:ml these figures were on the low side. He
would make no guess on how high the figure would
;w, But the amount commonly mentioned around
ku..» Budget Bureau was S3O billion.
| The reason for this increase in estimates was that
during the war the price of nearly everything went
steadily up. That being so any talk about going
back to a 1939 budget of $lO billion became sheer
Experts may differ about how much inflation
there is in the U. S. economy today. A rough,
round figure, well on the conservative side, would
put prices and wages a third higher than they were
in 1939.
NOT ALL COSTS ARE INFLATED :
It would be incorrect to say that every item in
the federal budget now costs a third more than it
cost in 1939. If it could be figured that way, the
$37.5 billion budget of today would buy the same
amount of goods and services that a $25 billion
budget would have bought in 1939. The $12.5 billion
difference would then represent the measure of
inflation.
But a few exceptions must be made. There is no
inflation in social security payments. Their rates
have remained the same throughout the war. There
is no direct inflation in interest on the public debt
‘ which now amounts to $5 billion a year. That is
less than 2 per cent on the total debt of $260 billion.
Interest rates are one of the fesv business costs not
inflated by the war. :
| Also, there are some new items of expense in the'
federal budget which were not items of expense in
¢ '939. Now expenses for intermational affairs and
# linance amounting to $3.5 billion are outgrowths of
¥ ihe war. Vegerans’ benefits cost only half a billion
before the \war. Now they are $7.5 billion.
Take out, the foregoing uninflated and new ex
penditures, and the remaining inflated items in the
budget add up to approximately S2O billion. At
least a ¥hird of that—or over $6 billion—is infla
tion. !
B liis to be found in the inflated costs of national
defense, aids to housing, agriculture, roads, avia=
tion, business, development of natural resources
and the expenses of general government.
ECONOMY SLASHES ENDANGER DEFENSE
When Congress talks about cutting $6 billion out
of the President’s $37.5 billion budget, however, it
1s not talking about wringing out these inflationary
‘osts. It is talking about economizing to pay for
hem. The slashes which will have to be made in
‘overnment costs are the penalties for allowing
rices and wages to go up to much during'the war.
These cuts may endanger national defense. They
May endanger America’s position as the world’s
umber one power, for it costs money to maintain
this position. The cuts will also force many people
© do without government aids and services to
vhich they have grown accustomed. |
If the congressional majorities which are sup-
Uosed to have their ears to the ground hear the
tumblings of public opinion correctly, perhaps the
§ country is ready for a retreat into more isolation
and a reduction of government activities.
But the real heart of the matter is that these re
ductions, are primarily necessary to meet the costs
of inflzion, 5 :
This is where the people who spent :t}he”w‘ar
Years harping .about the dangers of inflation can
rise up from their graves and shout, “Don’t say we
didh‘i warn you'u eelß4 " ‘ *~‘. )
PERMANENT STANDARDS FOR
" PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
Councilman John Y, Coffee is reported
as planning to introdiuce a resolution at
the next meeting of the Mayor and Coun
cil designed to instruet the Committee on
Transportation and Traffic to prepare
regulatory standards governing the oper
ation of buses and taxicabs for public
transportation,
It is the plan of Councilman Coffee to
provide for penalties against the trans
portation eompanies for violation of the
standards within a reasonable time after
their adoption by the Maver and Council
and after infractions are reported in the
future and the companies have been
properly notified. t
We believe the proposat of Councilman
Coffedke is constructive, and that it will be
unanimously supported by the Mayor and
Council. It properly provides for punitive
action after standards have been set up if
they are violated @nd does not impose
punishment of a presumed offender be
fore regulations have even been estab
lished.
The Banner-Heralda has consistently
supported adequate transportation facili
ties for Athens. When the buses then in
operation several years ago were removed
overnight, we protested and then urged
that they be replaced by Someone inter
ested in giving this community citywide
transportation service. We bhelieve it is
necessary to a community’s growth to
have adequate public transportation fa
cilities which should be encouraged in
stead of antagonized. owever, we have
aleo advocated that a hody of regulatory
standards be prepared and adopted by
the City, so that whoever may operate the
buses and taxicabs, as well as the City,
will have something concrete so operate
under and to guide them. .
A HAPPY REAWAKENING
The magazine Steel reports that the
gains made by gas and oil heating have
spurred coal stoker manufacturers to im
prove their product. Some new units not
only feed the coal fire but also remove
ashes from the furnace to a dust-tight
container that needs emptying only every
10 days. The stoker also moves coal
around corners so that it will function no
matter how the coal bin is situated in re;
lation to the furnace.
) That’s a small item, maybe, but encour
‘aging. The business about the ashes is
igood news. So is the reawakening of com
‘petition that it illustrates. And there are
other encouraging symptoms of that re
awakening.
- Railroads are spending vast sums to
‘meet air and bus competition with new,
more comfortable equipment and better
service. Airlines are reciprocating. And
even though the day seems far off when
we can pick and choose among various
automobiles, there are rumors of im
provements which will make for better
cars when that day arrives.
Such news makes the consumer lick his
chops. For that much-abused private en
terprise, with its accompanying sharp
competition, is getting ready to pay off
once more. It looks as if happy days are
almost here again. .
STRANGE HEROES
‘A Moscow shoe factory foreman who
thought up some remarkable production
inrproyements has been hailed by the So
viet press as a sort of combination Charles
Bedeaux and Henry Ford.
It is interesting to read this complimen
tary comparison and then recall the bitter
words the American Communists have
said from time to time about Mr. Ford
and the Bedeaux speed-up system.
Maybe the domestic Reds don’t ape
every thought and word from Moscow,
after all. Or, more likely, the Soviet ad
miration for industrial efficiency is able
to leap even the thick hedge of Soviet
ideological prejudice.
The woman whose gangster husband
has bgen jailed for 40 years should be
freed. Unfortunately in many instances
freedom has been turned to license, which
permits divorce to be granted on a wife’s
objections to her husband’s snoring.—
Rev. Dr. Arthur Wilde of New York.
Let us under no.circumstances actually
disarm before an international atomic
control and inspection gystem has been in
operation long enough to convince us of
its effectiveness. — Senator Brien McMa
hon (D) of Connecticut. ;
Ours is the only system where you can
be sure that if you do not like the people
in pubiic office you can get rid of them.—
Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New
York. : :
If the United States and ‘Russia can
work together 20 or-30 or 50 years to run
the world without war, they may produce
a world government.——Arnold J. Toynbee,
British historian.
One of the things nurses resent bitterly
but quietly are the bad manners and gen
eral boorishness of some members of the
medical profession who regard them
selves as something sacrosanct.—Dm Fred
G. Carter, superintendent of St. Luke’s
Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio.
There is a risk that we may provoke
war by a retreat which would cause So
viet: ieaders to push on recklegsly, The
greatest danger of war -is frem - passible
Soviet miscalculation.—John Foster Dul
les, former U. S. delegate to UN. .
THE SANNER-FERALD, ATHFENS, GEORGIA. ™
Over 900,000 Acres
In Lespedeza In
:State During 1946
~ More than " 900,000 acres of
annual lespedeza was grown in
Georgia during 1946, according to
E. D. Alexander, agronomist of
the State Extension Service.
Lespedeza, which is one of the
most important crops in the State,
has grown tremendeously in popu
larity during the past decade,
Alexander, said today. It is being
used for grazing, hay, soil conser
vation and improvement, and seed
production, he pointed out.
Annual lespedeza harvested for
seed showed an increase during
1946 of more than 400 percent over
the acreage harvested eight years
earlier, according to the Georgia
Crop Reporting Service. During
the same period, the acreage of
lespedeza harvested for hay ad
vanced nearly 200 percent.
The legume has been planted on
small grain in early spring in
many areas. Although better
stands can be obtained when sown
alone, Alexander pointed out,
many farmers feel that some scri
fice in stands can be made to get
both crops. If the lespedeza is not
cut or grazed too heavily, enough
seed is produced to insure reseed
ing.
Korean and Kobe are the chief
varieties planted in Georgia, the
agronomist revealed. Acreage
planted to common, the first
variety ‘'sed, is low because of
the scarcity of seed.
Liming based on soil tests aids
the growth of lespedeza. It re
sponds, Alexander said, to liberal
applications of lime, when needed,
and to applications of phosphate
and potash. The crop fits into rota
tions readily in conserving and
improving the soil, he asserted.
MOV IE PROGRAMS
COR THE WEEK
PALACE—
Sun. - Mon. « Tues, — “Sister
Kenny,” starring "Rosalind Rus
sell, Alexander Knox, News.
Wed.-Thurs.-Fri.-Sat. — “Kid
From Brooklyn,” starring Danny
Kaye, Virginia Mayo, The Gold
wyn Girls. News.
GEORGIA—
Sun.-Mon.-Tues. — *“Verdict,”
starring Joan Lorring, Sidney
Greenstreet, Peter Lorre. Key
stone Hotel. News.
Wed.-Thurs, — *Nobody Lives
Forever,” John Garfield, Gerald
ine Fitzgerald. Have You Got
Any Castle. News.
Fri.-Sat. — “Circus Cartoon
Carnival,” starring Cartoon Feat
ure News.
STRAND—
Mon. - Tues. == “Invisible In
former,” starring William Henry,
Linder Sterling. Tex Beneke &
Glenn Miller Orda, Rubber River.
So You Think You’re Nervous
Wreck. L
Wed. — *Man Who Dared,”
starring Leslie Brooks, George
Macready, Hot Hoofs, Across thi"
Great Divide. : s o
| Thurs. — “White, Tie and
Tails.” starring Ella Raines, Will.
iam Bendix, March of Times.
Fri.-Sat. — “Drifting River,”
starring" Eddie Dean and his YZorse
“Flash.” Renovated. Son of tue
Guardsman.
RII - . ¢ .
Sun. - Mon. - Tues. — “Rene
gades,” starring Evelyn Keyes,
Willard Paker. Singing Barbers.
Wed.-Thurs.—“Born for Trou
ble,” starring Faye Emerson, Van
Johnson. Helpmates. Fantasy of
Siam. Answer.
Fri.-Sat. — “Riders of the
Law,” starring Bob Steele, Thun
dering Taxis. Crimson Ghost.
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World War || Veterans Can Reinstate
Service Insurance Policy Until Aug. 1
Veterans of Worlg War 11 have
been given six additional months
in which to reinstate their Na
tional Life Insurance policies.
A new law just passed by
Congress and signed by the
President gives the Administra
tor of Veterans Affairs authority
to determine the conditions of
reinstatement on NSLI policies.
General Omar Bradley, VA
Administrator, under ‘'iis new
authority hag directed that NSLI
term policies which have lapsed
at any time may be reinstated by
payment of ‘two monthly pre
miums and a comparative health
statement. Veterans seeking to
reinstate under #ais supervision
simply sign a statement that they
are in as good health as at the
time their policies lapsed. :
The new liberal reinstatement
privilege will remain in effect
until August 1. Previously, a
deadline of February 1 1947, had\
been set for reinstatements on a
comparative health basis. \
Under the new law, a veteran
may also obtain any permanent
NSLI plan from the VA with
out the necessity of previously
lholding term insurance. Under
.the old law, VA was required to
issue NSLI originally on a term
|plan only, and it had to be car~
;ried on the basis for one year be
-Ifore it could be converted to a
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Tie new Act provides, in cer=
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manent plan for policy holders
who are totally disabled. Under
the old law, if they failed tO
|convert witkin the term period,
their insurance protection ceased.
| All NSLI policies provide for
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all types of permanent insurance
except that for an endowment
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The contact representatives of
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(3a., and a representative visits
outlying towns regularly for the
convenience of veterans.
SIX ARE INITIATED
Six students have been initia=
ted into Sigma Pi Sigma, recently
reactivated honorary physics
fraternity at the University of
Georgia, Edward Long, instructor
in the Department of Physics and
‘acting president, announceq this
week.
| Tne new members, chosen for
character and scholarship in
physics, are Edward C. Allmon,
Newington; Gordon B. Gaines
Fitzgerald; William A. Glass, Sa
vannah: James E. ' Martin,
Waynesboro; ©lan D. Parr, Ath
ens: ang George L, Pate, Bartow.
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State And County Tax Notice
Tax Books open January 1 for 1947 State and
County returns and close April 1, 1947. The law
requires the filing of returns for automobiles, and
all personalty and rea! property.
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Tax Receiver, Clarke County, Georgia.
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