The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-01-23
What Are We Buying?


on the budget calls for the thoughtful consideration of
citizen He said 79 cent of expenditures directly
fleets the costs of the effects of and efforts to
prevent The question that Immediate
decided whether these efforts prevent future
war in the of increasing expenditures the
most efficient manner in which to accomplish this partcu-
lar AIM
of articles the newspaper PM l. F. Stone,
brilliant and liberal Washington newspaper man. has analysed
the provisions of the budget and his conclusions should be
the hands of citizen the country They bring home
clearly than anything have the direction in which
drifting.
He has computed-and be verified
by with knowledge of that the Army Navy
Air Force will American family of five 1915
1948 more than enough at AZ 900
mortgage their home they're lucky enough to have
home Moreover it makes of the armed forces competitors
with the housewife and business for articles and
adds to the price boosts That the army discovering this
fact about shown by AP story datened January
20 which tells that Col Philip Smith, purchasing Of
fcer tesyng before the senate banking committee stated
that have the about $3.50 100000
in the last nine months And might be well to remember
IN TINS connection that you as taxpayer have paid this IN
addition to the price increases the things have had
buy during this period 1t makes wonder whenf ever
w will have had enough
his analysis spent purposes
pared with proposed other
the country, Mr. Stone finds:
The armed forces absorb % cent of the budget
Education cent tenth per for housing
The Army Transportation Corps gets federal
aid underpad school teachers and overcrowded schools
proposed in the amount of $500 000 But this amount
will probably be decisvey sashed if not eliminated alto
gether.
The amount proposed a public housing program
$40 mion is about the the amount for maine
nance of naval ordnance.
The budget S6,OOOO0O
ects but nearly million for armys travel allowance
for occupied only
SIS 900 900 for proposed health pro-
which just the the Quarermaster Corps
is scheduled to get for office supplies and equipment.
The total budget proposals for social welfare health Sc
cur housing and education $4,000 900 than
the 00OO0000 for universal military training during the
coming The President then Ths is the ftyear
cost of which full operation will cost about ST.
900, 000 900 annually.
Mr.. Stone closed his analysis with this statement:
The Presidents budget might have been entitled
The Cost of Cold War 1t of what it would be
worth dollars and cents reach with the
and make the UN work for instead of
Perhaps ought to let the generals and the admas take
back seat for a while, and try little diplomacy.
"Or has common become treason?"
This week. front stories in the daily have fea
tured statements by such great and authorities John
Foster Dulles that the Marshall plan ep toward peace
Dulles and countless others constantly proclaim
ng then why do not these authores including Mar
SHALL suggest that the cost of the Marshall plan be subracted
from the amounts for of armed force
Wouldn't that to be logical? The cost of this Marshall
plan is estimated for the first at 3d. 000
less than half of the amount which the armed forces
they must have But why must the armed forces have much
when working presumably earnestly and at such
expense for Moreover what nation beside
presently able stage argescae war? Can anyone
another country the globe which spend the
aent of eleven billion dollars its armed forces this year?
Reports that the United States officers
to take active leadership of Greek nationalist armies
campaign against the revolutionary forces there The