Milford chronicle., 1945-10-05

lee friends. And in the next top
play there could be an equally
popular song: The farmer and the
city folks must he friends
stop the kidnapper>.
\ Joint committee OF Congress
has been proposed To investigate
the present iuttr-relatiunships be
tween the powers and the activi-
ties OF Federal. State. and local
governments.
a bill for that purpose has been
introduced by Senator Wiley OF
Wisconsin, The Committee would
make recommendations for the re-
S1oration and maintenance of the
proper distribution OF authority
and functions among those GOV
crnmrntS. as crowded under the
United States constitution. The
Joint Committee would seek To en-
courage harmony. efficiency. eco
nOmy and cooperation in the inter
related work of Federal. State. and
local governments.
Senator Wiley doesn't mince
words. as is proved hy his state
ment:
The battle between the propo-
nents of Capitalization and the ad-
vOcateS OF local f-gOvernment Will
rage tiercely in the coming months
and years. The battle between
local democracy at the crossroads
and Federal Bureaucracy in Wash
in2ton. d. &. will he intense and
unremttin@. The Federal bureau
Gratis will not give up their ill-9Ot-
ten gains OF power without a fight
They Will not voluntarily surrend-
cr the functions which they kid
mapped from the states and lOcali-
ties under the cloak OF the depreS-
sion and the war emer2euCies.
Fer wears We have looked with
CISmay not only upon the kidnap-
ping of states rights by the feder-
III government, but upon the insi-
Gious federal undermininS of the
will To local selt-rule.
short Courses for Farm Boys
Something new was recently
added TO the I'll club program in
II Central and Western States
when Ill boys and leaders spent
Il week at the agricultural colleges
learning tractor maintenance al
tractor short courses or clinics.
These boys and leaders We're
brought in to take training III the
care and maintenance of farm
. tractors so that they might hell
other young people learn tractor
, maintenance in their Ill and farm
operations.
They learned how to adjust parts
ON Il tractor to save fuel and Sc
maximum efficiency, how 10 cor
> rectlv mbricate the machine. how tC
: handle tools. the intricacieS OF i@
: milton and cooling. and how to pre-
? vent accidents.
Plans are already under way fO
/ developing similar short courses il
: other sections of the United State
, according to the L. s. Department
t of Agriculture.
Amcrica'S Peace Responsibility
9 Many idealiStS these days are in
dulgin9 in rosy dreams of vision
of Warless world. But a practlca
ration must face grim facts G
= reality. Let's state them bluntly.
II Those facts are that there
i nothing that will restrain IA maJo
S power bent ON world dominatio
II from plungin@ us into an0the
: SlObal conflict except the know
IS ledge that Il strong and prepare
', America might again be a fati
" stumbling block To the next az
i Sressor. Keeping strong and keel
:" inS prepared is therefore, Amer
g cas- tremendous responsibility
l. the preservation of world peace.
/, The only way in which AmeriC
= can discharge that responsibility
E, to train her youth. PeaCetime un
3, NerSal military training is the ans
l. Mer.
IS The stunning scientific develOl
n nents of World War IL have pl
an urgent premium on such mil
l. tary training and national PR
paredneSS. 1t will be the side tn;
III is best trained and best prepare
lS which may win the next war. |
Mt gamble our survival as free PEI
a pie on any lesser preparedness
d. a fatally shortsishted national p
licy,
Such training and preparedne
v cannot be acquired overnight. II
s. tempo of the next war will he
I'd swift that the nation which is II
n ready will have no chance Wha
An ever,