The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-02-23
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by William Bruckart

be unjust use of taxpayers money, be-
cause they suck cash from the treas
ury that should be used for general
purposes of government.
Further, 1t Is the claim of subsidy
opponents that such payments produce
monopolies, drive out domestic COM
petition which might not fall within
the formula for subsidy payments.
Generally, the opposition claims that
subsidies add to the strength of the
rich and the taxpayers carry the bur-
den. This extra load, the figures
show, amounted to $54 ,453,0O0 in the
last five years.
AS far as can see, and | have done
considerable research work on the
question. the arguments of neither side
are lnfallible Each side, In support
Ing Its view. is not wholly motivated
by unitarian or nationalistic senti-
ment.
l have always held the conviction
that each of us, as an individual, is
and can be no
Take Themselves more than just
Seriously ON, one OF ,,,, rne TEEN m
habiting this old earth, and, holding
that belief, never have thought that
any of us ought to be impressed with
his own Importance. In other words,
don't take yourself too seriously"
But my philosophy of life apparently
Is not shared by members of congress.
Most Of them do take themselves Sc
riously, very seriously.
In proof of my statement, permit me
to call attention to a small uproar that
was created among several members
of the house of representatives be-
cause officials and staff of the Farm
Credit administration failed to do
hop. skip and jump when the house
members sought something or other
from the credit administration offices.
The house members became so wrathy
that they decided they wanted to in
vestigate the credit administration.
The rules committee of the house,
the committee that really determines
whether proposals for action by the
house shall ever get before that body,
had DIR. William l. Myers, farm credit
administrator, before 1t. Doctor My
ers was told that there had been nu-
merous charges of graft and Irregular
ity in credit administration affairs and
the house members were trying to de-
eide whether to delve into them. In
sentative O'Connor, New York Dem
ocrat, burst forth with what the news
paper correspondents seemed to think
was the real reason for the fiareup
about credit administration affairs.
"The main reason we are consider
ing an investigation" said Represent
alive O'Connor, SIS because we have
trouble with farm credit officials
whose salaries we appropriate and
whose jobs we create, and who think
we have no control over them"
The New York representative called
the credit administration "the depart
ment that sneers at congressman" and
Representative Carpenter of Nebraska,
also a Democrat, said he had tried to
get an appointment with Doctor My
ers but had failed to get by the admin
istrator's secretary. At this point,
Representative Werner of South Da-
kota, another Democrat, chimed in
with an observation that when you
go down to the Farm Credit admins
tration, they laugh at you"
Doctor Myers denied any intent on
his part or on the part of his staff to
snub members of congress, but the
representatives certainly felt they had
been snubbed.
While it Is no grief Of mine whether
q member Of the house or senate
wants to have every
Playing body kotow to him,
p~I:.:.. continue to be
friend of the execu-
tive branch of our government and
a.