Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-10-21
Plugging for Rights

lug SllS lOT Nl&ntS
Governor Broughton. Secretary OF
State Thad EuTr ana State treasurer
Charles NJ. Johnson are three North
Carolina officials who do not often
lose ~ opportunity la put IN plug
for States rights. In their speeches
and III their policies they are keep
Ing up the tight for retention by the
states q: the privilege of running
their own affairs.
one al the beS, guarantees OF res
tura;ion OF these rights Is To stop
running 10 Washington for money
iug this and that. and tor every
scheme ana connection that may be
Matched up. Washington cannot
escape It's share al responsibility for
sc!I!nS upon every possible occasion
L. gather unto itself greater author
.'y and Tor Capitalization OF power
II the national capital. But NEITHER
can the states. cities and towns
Their skirts are no clearer than
those ct the Federal government.
tor. Washington wouldn't have had
the chance 10 be SO generous and to-
grab SUCH hard and fast controls had
not the political subdivisions %
government opened the way as they
have done
.1nu:hcr North Carolina man has
shown visible signs OF being jealous
VI authority now OF once held by
states and which Is being transfer
red 10 The DurcaucratS up along In,
Potomac. He Is Lindsay Warren,
uncc for many years congressman
from the FIRST district. but who a
icw years ago was given the job u!
comptroller general OF the United
States
Warrcn'S latest uutDurSis have had
10 do with government waste and
i3clficicncy. ati heaven knows there
is Il supcr-uOundancc of that. H."
told congressman this week that fool
Ish ard frivolous approvalS of Fed
crdl CutlayS on contracts now amount
70 Il matter of billions Of dollars.
Some one somewhere along the line
- waxing rich under such practices
as these. and one may read between
the lines that Lindsay Warren is
not ignorant of lot that is going
On.
Fortunately. too, there are Sisr,S
that economy sentiment Is growing
apaCc even on Capitol Hill. ThGrS,
are evident tendencies to draw the
purse strings It bit tighter here and
there and To learn more about wnatI
is being done with huge OUTLAWS vOt-
cd by Congress. amounting in some
Instances To- blank checks handed
over 10 the spenders, who are nav
ing the time of their lives handling
this abundant cash.
When this war is over. and if you
please long before it is ended. "a gen.
uinc house cleaning from cellar tot
garnet is or shall be in order ard
long overdue in the matter of con
duct OF certain phases and activities
of the American government. ItI
the people are to recapturc the free
dom they once possessed. they must
arouse themselves i'm definite and
emphatic manner. IF change OF
administration is necessary in order
10 bring this about. then that should
come. II may be possible TO set
results even under the present re-
gime if there is sufficient will an
desire TO bring ii about.
Meantime, North Carolina officials
who are speaking right out in open
meeting in behalf of States rights
and economics deserve the thanks Of
citizens generally. And while they
are about it. let them not look alone
or altogether upon the distant scene,
but focus their vision now and then,
ana even often, upon their own front
yards, for there is a vast deal that
can be accomplished, at least as tot
taxes and economies, right here atl
home.
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