The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1951-10-11

medical, hospital and dental
bills from their income when
making reports for income tax
purposes. On a close standing
vote my amendment was de-
feated. If passed 1t would have
left the people about $7O0 mill
lion more a year to care for
their own health and pay their
doctor, hospital. dental and OPP
tical bills.
Repairs and depletion expens-
eS are deductible in regard to
property, and I can see no
reason why costs incident to
sickness should not be given the
same consideration. Surely ones
health is as valuable as proper
ty.
Trade With Communists
I have received many letters
pertaining to my vote in OPPOSE
ton to the Battle bill, which.
was pubIicized as "a bill to re-
strict trade with the commun-
iSts." In truth, the Battle bill
does exactly the opposite.
Several months ago, when
considering appropriations and
European aid, the Congress
passed an appropriation bill
with a provision known as the
KEN amendment, which pro-
hibited American financial as
sistance or ECA gifts to foreign
nations that sell or trade Stra-
tegic material to the iron cur
tain countries.
President Truman and Secre-
tary Acheson diSliked the KEN
amendment. They wanted the
right to use their own discre-
ton in deciding what nations
should be given our money,
whether or not those nations
continued to sell war material
to Russia.
The Battle bill gave them
what they wanted, destroying
the effect of the KEN amend
ment. I voted against the Bat
tie bill. I can see no reason why
our own money should he used
to manufacture machcine tools,
generators, airplane motors and
other devices in European coun-
tries which then sell them to
communist nations now killing
our boys in Asia and threaten
ing all free nations.
Where the Money Goes
Ever higher and higher taxes
are demanded to project the
government further into the
field of private business and
continue its ECA and Point
Four programs abroad. Objec-
tions to any of these prompts
loud blasts from administration
forces who accuse us of trying
to Undermine defense"
AS next presidential election
draws nearer the administration
continues to add about 1000
new employees per day to the
federal payroll. The Truman
forces now have more civilian
employees than the total num-
Der of men and officers in the
Army, Navy, Air Force and
Marines.
The State department alone
employs 25,800. AS of August 81
the Agriculture department had
81, 181. We have 5000 employees
in giving away ECA money in
Europe, and tens of thousands
of other employees scattered
over the entire world.
It is little wonder the Pres
ident requested a third raise in
taxes in one year to appease
his spending agencies. The
Commerce department jumped
it's budget from $75 million in
1910 to 1858 million in 1850; the
Interior department. from ST.
million to 1858 million: Labor
department from $18 million to
$257 million; State department
from $40 million to more than
1851 million; independent offic-
es from So billion to almost $40
billion.
This continuing trend has
been bolstered by a war price
economy and planned initiation,
controls. It can be stopped only
by the people.
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