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2 Brookings Harbor Pib>t I hursday, May 21, t<)5> For What It's Worth Vet Director Here B y C L IF F O R D F. R O W E BROOKINGS HARBOR PILOT T I I M I K 'H K .tr r r d M NO H t 'K S T IT I T K M »K C l M C I L A T IO N M-rond - M a - m a tte r, at tb r p o a to ffk » a t 1, IMtO. m id rr the A r t uf M a rch 3» lit”». A/ inna A kers , O w ner and P ublisher S I BS( K I I ’T IO N MATES: L One Y e a r. In advance (In C u rry County» ................... ................................... One Y ear, tn advance (outside .C urry C o u n ty , .— .................. C lassified A dvertising Rates, 16c per llna— M in im u m 50c cash. A ll ad vertising copy m ust w *,0 I have never paid too m uch a t te n tio n to those who, at the drop of a hat, rave about the excellent education provided in the lit t le red schol house of by-gone days. I am old enough to realize th a t passing year In by J o'clock Tuesday evening to Insure pub- N e w ^ ie m s and classified ads w ill be received up to W ednesday noon. N a tio n a l A dvertisin g ■ lend ■ ju dgm ent a n d that experience a o f yest e r r y e a take on m oa glam our as w o find o u r selves more and m ore unable to adjust o u r s e l v e s to R epresentative W eekly N ewspapers R epresentatives , I nc a a . a.___ aa A. I'h llad e lp h la D etroit ( hleugo N ew Y ork N O T IC K T O S U B S C R IB E R S : K ind ly no tify o f any change of address In ad - vanTi F a ilu re to do so co st, two ce n t, per Issue sent to the old address, ftubaertptton w ill be dropped unless subscrlbr notifies P ilot o f change. i Letter From j i Washington ■ ---- ------ ■ HARRIS ELLSWORTH. M.C. T h e re have been some pessi m is tic reports recently on the subject o f Federal finances. It appears th a t expenditures by our F e d e ra l governm ent fo r the com in g fiscal year m ight exceed its incom e In o th e r words, some ol th e experts now say th a t the budget may not be balanced in fisca l year 1954. There m ay be n d ifie it. I have m entioned this u n ch e e rfu l p o ssibility before but u n til recently no figures on w h ic h to base a prediction were available. N ow at least a few figures can lx* stated w hich indicate the trend. T reasury receipts are prom ising to he more than the T ru m a n budget predicted. Thus fa r this fiscal year w hich ends June 30. income has been $5H 6 b ililo n s compared w ith $52.5 b il lions lo r the same period last year. T h is m ight possibly mean an increase in income over the $6N 7 b illions estim ated fo r next year. The o rig in a l T ru m a n ex p e n d itu re estim ate was $78.6 b il lions T he previous a d m in is tra tio n , then, anticipate d a d e fic it o f about $10 billions fo r fiscal y e a r 1954. Recently, however. President Eisenhow er estim ated that eight and one-half b illio n s (about the am ount of the to ta l budget in p re -w a r years) could be c u t from the T ru m a n estim ate. House ac tio n on five b ills thus fa r has cut alm ost tw o billions. The rem ain ing money b ills are the big ones in clu d in g the m ilita ry It is s till therefore a fa ir guess, only this tim e w ith some fig u re s to sup- p o rt it, th a t the T ru m a n budget may be cut ten b illio n s when Con gress finishes its job of m aking appropria tions fo r fiscal y e a r 1954, re s u ltin g in a balanced budget. Several large ite m s in the Federal budget are not subject to much, i f any. reduction. These include Veterans A d m in is tra tio n $4 5 billions, in te re st on the pub lic debt 6 4 b illions, and the atom ic energy program $2.7 b il lions, fo r a to ta l o f $13.6 b illio n s in the alm ost “ untouchable” bracket, o r 17.3 percent o f the o rig in a l budget. The D e p a rtm e n t o f Defense plus European de fense aid calls fo r $53.1 b illio n s o r 67 percent o f the budget So if the above listed “ m u s t” item s are uncut and the defense budget is not pruned, reductions m ust come fro m the re m a in in g 15 percent o f the budget (less than $12 m illio n s ) fo r the o rd i nary operation o f the govern m ent. Therefore, in o rd e r to a- chieve a ten b illio n cut redduc- tions m ust be made in m ilita ry , foreign aid and atom ic energy also. I f those item s are reduced and between tw o and three b il lions lopped o ff the 12 estim ated needed fo r re g u la r governm ent operations it m ay he possible to balance the budget fo r fiscal 1954, in spite o f recent gloom y reports. • • • Those w ho read m y le tte r las, week can understand m y belief ttu it the Defense D e partm ent s|»ending can be reduced w ith o u t a c tu a lly reducing the q u a lity o r the q u a n tity o f m a te ria ls fo r o u r defense program . In th a t le tte r 1 pointed out th a t o u r m ilita r y establishm ents have been o p e ra t ing fo r years in a psycholigieal to dull on e’s those o f todav. A t the same tim e I feel no great urge to go in to spasms of ecstacy re la tiv e to the m am m oth in s titu tio n s o f le a rn in g w hich now seem to be the goal o f every com m u n ity in the land. One some how gets the im pression th a t the value o f m odern education is measured by the size of the b u ild ing in w hich it is dispensed and the seating capacity of the g ym nasium and stadium . A v is ito r, being shown th ro u g n one of these m odern m onum ents to the ta x d o lla r, w ill be greatly- impressed as his guide shows him the m odern seating, lig h tin g , the heating and room arrangem ent. The tin te d w alls, the b e a u tifu l drapes, the g liste n in g floors w ill cause even the m ost sophisticated to m arvel at the advances mad? in educational a rc h ite ctu re . B ut very seldom w ill he who is show ing you around say “ And we have a w o n d e rfu l s ta ff o f teach ers. They are paid salaries com mensurate to those in other pro fessions. T hey own homes and are an im p o rta n t p a rt o f o u r com m u n ity . Best o f a ll, the students they are educating are every w here earning a re p u ta tio n fo r having been w e ll taught. Somehow in the mad s c u rry to give everyone in o u r ra p id ly in creasing popula tion an o pportu- being burdened: not fo r th a t we w ould be unclothed, but clothed upon, th a t m o rta lity m ig h t he sw allow ed up of life ” (11 Cor. 5 :4 ) "M o rta ls m ust g ra v ita te G odward th e ir a ffections and aims grow gainsome p r o p e r sense o f the in fin ite , - in order that sin and m o rta lity m ay be p u t o ff (Science and H e a lth , p " H u b ” Saalfeld, state d ire c to r o f veterans a ffa irs , who had charge of the state bonus sciup, was in Brookings Thursday m orning g e ttin g acquainted. He said the state was seriously con sidering a 10 per cent down pay m ent, at least, on new home p u r chase and th a t they were tig h t 265). ening up on the “ c o n tin u ity of em ploym ent” fa c to r in m aking contracts on home loans. ♦ C H R IS T IA N S C IE N C E “ T o Be c a r n a 1 1 y minded is death; but to he s p iritu a lly m in d ed is life and peace” (R om .) was the Golden T e xt of a Lesson-Ser mon e n title d “ M o rta ls and Im m o rta ls,’’ read in a ll C h ristia n Science churches on M ay 17. Am ong the cita tio n s read a lte i- n a te ly by the F irs t and second Readers from the K H r If*’ 'cs Version of the B ible and “ Science and H ealth w ith K e v to i h n S c rip tu re s ’’ by M a ry B a ke r E d dy were these: “ F o r we th a t are in the tabernacle do groan, SAVE WITH D IV ID E N D S ol 15 to 20 ner cent n ity fo r an education, the a rc h i tect has come to be m ore im p o r ta n t than the educator; the s tu d e n t’s com fort is given m ore at- I te n tie n than his discipline; and m ore money is spent in construc tion than is spent in selecting and tra in in g the type o f teacher we should have. I f we are s triv in g to impress fu tu re generations w ith o u r a rc h i tecture, then I have no q u a rre l w ith the present p a tte rn . B u t if we w ant those fu tu re generations to be w o rth a h ill o f beans we had b e tte r begin balancing the p ic tu re by g iving brains as m uch a tte n tio n as bricks. 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