Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-07-02
Sacrifices Demanded

Sacrifices Demanded
Clamping OF OF new Federal taxes
the first oil this month is beginning
to bring home to Americans the
hard. cold tact that adequate pre-
parcdneSS tor this country is going
to demand sacrifices and many OF
them. Costs that are already III Ell
feet are scarcely more than 4 be-
ginning. II is big country and
there are lot of us Americans, but
even 50 d lot OF paying will be ne
ceSSary to raise an extra billion dol
lars and more. on top OF what we
already are Smelling out.
1t will not be surprising If we
have to forego for a time many OF
the things we have come to regard
as essentials. but which are more or
less luXurieS-at least they would be
in most nations OF the world.
Industry and labor, government
officials and taxpayers, politicians
and voterS--every one-Should and
must have hand in this gigantic
undertaking. The measure OF sue
cess that is achieved will very prob
ably, as some one has said. be the
measure OF development of d new
national defense morale in which
unity. sincerity and enthusiasm are
component parts.
For those who pay there must be
the willingness to regard this duty
as their bit. and for those who are
charged with actual accomplishment
of the great objective the duty is to
see that waste and extravaganza are
eliminated: that there is no lost mo-
ton. and that d full dollars worth
of defense is obtained for every dol
lar that is spent.
Three prerequisites for the swift
establishment of adequate defense
have been proposed as these: l.,
Local governments" must clean
house" in order that "a new high
morale, new spirit Of personal de-
Tense of our democratic institutions
may arise; ,. Federal, State and local
expenditures, other than for defense
purposes, should be reduced sharply
in order to counterbalanCe, in part,
the tremendous rise in expenditures,
and hence in taxes, for detenseS; 5,
industry should be freed from poll
teal interference in order that 1t
may clear the decks for produc-
ton"
If there is TO be a continuous hag-
Cling over tcchnicalities; if labor is
to be a sticL,lcr for the highest pos
sible wages it can exact merely be-
cause of the emergency; if there is to
be last ditch fight to retain the
last ounce of so-called social gains
if all these things and more are to
be placed ahead of the essential and
al-important business OF building
ollr defenseS, we are defeated to be-
Gin with. The more stUbbOrnneSS
that is injected into the undertake
ing, the more it will be slowed down
and the easier prey we may be fol
a foreign aggreSsOr.
There must be sacrificing. 1t Is
better to sacrifice now and make
certain of our ultimate safety thar
to demand q continuance OF easy
living at the expense of necessary
building, only to have everything
cut off by dictator il ours shoulc
be the fate of other helpless victims
of this wave of might and force thai
is sweeping so large an area OF the
earth.
There must be unity OF purpose
and of effort. These are just as eS-
sential as is the will to self-denlal
Preparedness cannot be bought by
the mere planking down Of the price
on the counter.
The sooner Americans all shall
come to that consciousness, the soon
er shall our safety be assured.