Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-03-16

limitations on passport violations
from three to ten years. Prior to
World War II agents of the Soviet
Union regularly were sent to ma
tions throughout the world. They
travelled with fraudulent Ameri-
can passports obtained through the
assistance of American Commu,
niStS.
When this conspiracy was dis
covered, the cases could not be
presented to a jury because the
three year statute of limitations
had expired. No conSpirator could
thus be brought to trial. The bill
passed the House without objec-
ton.
Peanut Bill
l voted against the Peanut Bill.
1t was to change and increase
acreage on peanuts. More big,
edible ones are needed. Thus a
commodity whose total crop value
is only about two hundred million
dollars year, had price support
of over 40 million dollars in recent
years. felt that this was a good
place to start liquidating unneces s.
sary price supports. l still think
so-but the bill passed with the
assurance that there would be no
price supports needed this year.
/ am not SO sure.
Postal Rates
The biggest operating business
in the world is the United States
Post Office. Every citizen is 4
shareholder. The Post Office and
Civil Service Committee of which
your Congressman is member is
hearing testimony on the ques-
ton of raising postage rates. OF
the IA major services given by
the Post Office, only first-class
mail and the Postal Savings paid
their way Airmail, second-clasS
/! Newspapers and magazines) third
class Circulars and catalogues)
| fourth class parcel posU, foreign
mail, registry, insurance, collect
on-delivery, money orders, and
postal notes all run at loss. II
is estimated that the total excess
of expenditures over postal re
ceipts for 1851, will be near bill
lion dollars unless the revenues
are increased.
Since l945, the average cost oI
each postal transaction has in
creased by more than 5O%o. This
is due largely to increased wages
and to increased transportation
costs. During the same time Tho
/ average revenue from each trans
action only increased by 5lao6
The postal pay scale is inadequate
to meet living needs at this time
Cost of transportation Of mails j.
also expected to increase more.
For 70 years Congress has re
cognized the practice of subsidiz
ing magazines and newspapers il
the interest of public enlight
ment, information and education
To put the matter on d basi.
that all Observation-Disclosures in ths
Post Office understand where thei
money is being spent, l shall ure,
the Committee to revise its sys
tenn OF appropriation by lumpin,
IN one sum all the amounts which
are plainly subsidies. This viii
include subsidies for airmail, fre,
mailing for the blind, frankec
government mail, and free mai
for servicemen, and that portion
of second-clasS mail which cal
truly be classified as for the pub
lie enllghtment, information an,
! education. This will be met b,
an appropriation just like any nolI
revenue producing Department O
Government. The balance vii
then be met by dividing costs O
handling each separate class o
mail fairly and charging for it al
amount equal to pay the cost
Thereby, the budget will be balan
ced. 1t is not right for the actua
users OF the mail to pay all of thi
overhead. Nor is it right to carr,
a concealed subsidy and call it
deficit.