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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.
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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,
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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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