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A partial tert of President
Trun,an's economic message to
Congress follows:
The past year has been marked
by great gains in our basic eco
noi11ic strength. These gains have
enabled us to move forward to-
ward our security objectives with
Tar less strain upon the economy
than would otherwise have been
possible.
1t is the tragic necessity Of our
time that we and other peace
loving peoples must devote so
large a part of our resources to
building up our military strength.
But it is because we seek peace
q just and lasting peace-that
We have shouldered this burden.
If. despite our best efforts,
another world conflict should
come, the cost would be beyond
description. If we succeed in the
effort for peace. our productivity
ability will enable us to achieve
a material well-being never be-
fore known.
Our basic international
policy Is backed by National unity.
Inseparably Connected.
But our foreign policy cannot
succeed, if there is excessive divi-
sion on domestic matters. Eco
nomic issues and international
issues are now inseparably con-
nected. 1t is a fundamental fact
that the defense program itself,
and our aid to friendly nations.
must be related to the capacity
of our economy. If we overesti-
mated the strength of our econ
omy, we could weaken our power
to resist aggression. If we under
estimated its strength, we could
fall short of doing the things that
can and must be done to prevent
aggression.
It is only natural that the scope
and operation of program of
this magnitude should evoke some
disagreement and criticism. This
can be constructive. But it would
be most unfortunate If, in those
economic matters which affect our
world security, we were divided by
narrow partisanship, rather than
united by the desire to find the
best possible solution. The deci-
sion to resist aggression in Korea
was not the first postwar evidence
Of American strength which con-
founded the Communist imperial
lists. The first and equally i'm
portant evidence came earlier,
when the American economy after
World War II, instead of slipping
into a depression, moved forward
to greater strength.
1947 and 1850 Compared.
Comparing the year 1947 with
the year 1850. before our economy
was greatly affected by the new
defense program, civilian employ
ment rose from So to so million.
Unemployment during these years
averaged about 2.7 million, which
was low by previous peacetinel
standards. Our total annual OUT
put, measured in uniform (1951)1
prices rose from about $270 bill
lion to about $500 billion.
The growth in our economy
accelerated rapidly after thei
Korean outbreak. In the year and
o half since then, our annual
rate Of total output, in terms of
1851 prices, has risen by about
$50 billion, or 10 per cent to $3.50
billion. BY the end of 1851, civil
ian employment mounted to about
81 million, and unemployment
was about II million.
This expansion Of our economy
has occurred because the Ameri-
can people have never lost faith
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that the Congress will provide
Legislation authorizing q sound
and workable program for sup
porting prices Of these perish
ables.
| In addition. I recommend thai
the Congress enact legislation te
make clear the Government
policy Of encouraging the organi-
zation and sound growth Of CO.
Operatives. -.
Education and Health.
In education, health, and social
security programs, we must con-
Itinue to be highly selective, de-
ferring improvements and extern
sions not clearly necessary now in
support Of the total defense effort
Education of children, however
cannot be postponed, nor should
health standards be allowed to
fall. I recommend a program OF
general Federal aid to help meet
teaching and other school operat-
ing costs, and a more adequate
program Of Federal aid for school
construction and operation In
critical defense areas.
To meet urgent needs In the
health field. programs for Federal
aid to medical education and the
strengthening of local public
health services should be enacted
promptly.
Certain extensions and changes
in the old-age and survivors in
surance program. In line with
longer-range objectives, would, il
undertaken promptly, yield the
additional advantage of helping
those groups who have been hit
hardest by past imitation. Raising
the level of benefit payments is
especially desirable. and other i'm
provements should include rails
ing the taxable wage base, extend
ing the coverage to farmers and
certain other groups. and provid-
ing for permanent and total dis
ability.
Minimum Tax Program.
To provide more adequate pro-
lection against unemployment,
recommend extension Of COW
erage to additional workers. es-
Establishment Of Nationwide mini
mum levels for amounts and du-
ration Of unemployment BENEFITS
establishment of adequate meth
ods to assure payments Of bene-
fits to workers who move from
one State TO another, and i'm
Iprovements In administration of
the system.
Adequate taxation is essential
both to assure a sound fiscal po-
sition and to maintain economic
stability. -.
Early last year, 7 asked for a
minimum tax program to yield 10
billion dollars or more. The bill
enacted by the Congress came
late in the calendar year, added
only about one-haH Of this
amount, and included o number
Of provisions which lost the Gov
eminent revenue and reduced the
equity Of the tax system. A budget
deficit Of about 8 billion dollars
is expected for the current fiscal
year ending June 80, 1852. This is
|expected to be followed by a, bud
get deficit approaching twice this
size for the fiscal year 1853, unless
further vigorous action to raise
taxes is taken very soon.
In view Of this fiscal outlook, I
urgently recommend that the Con-
|gress, as o minimum, provide ad-
ditional revenues In the amount
by which last years legislation
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; IA balanced DuQgeC, ach1eved tn
leasy way by sacrificing the de
tense program and putting tn
Sfbalance Of world power in tn
hands Of the Kremlin, would b,
false economy. The sound cours,
lin these times is to base outlay
upon essential national needs. ant
then obtain the funds to cove
these needs by current taxation
insofar as possible. But II the onl,
choice is either to run q deficit O.
limited size and duration In tn.
Federal budget, or to run o defici
lin our national security effort, b,
|far the lesser hazard now is 10 run
q deficit in the budget.
| Policies to promote the success,
Of the security program, and tt
ease the burden upon the economy
were recommended to the Con.
|gress In 1850 and 1851, and, witt
some important omissions, were
adopted. We must apply thess
Ipolicies with maximum effective.
ness. To do this, some Legislative
changes and additions are nov
desirable.
Meeting Output Schedules.
-. Meeting production
schedules will require for at leas
two more years the authority un.
der the defense production act fol
channel scarce materials and tool.
those controls which prompt,
into defense production. I urge
the Congress to adhere to the
sound policy it followed. in ths
original act, of not encumberins
it with detailed prescriptions con.
cerning how materials should bt
distributed.
| .. I again recommend the re-
peal Of Section 104 Of the Defense
Production Act, which restricts
our imports of certain goods
which the European and other
countries have available for ex-
port to us on mutually 'advan-
tageouS terms.
-. To support needed expan-
sion Of production, certain ur-
gently needed development prof.
ects, particularly the st. Lawrence
seaway and power project, should
be started now.
Experience has proved that oul
basic labor-management statute
hampers the maintenance of the
sound and healthy labor relations
and the uninterrupted production
which are so essential to o sus-
tanned mobilization effort. The
law should be promptly revised to
accord the fair treatment to both
labor and management which il
vital to industrial harmony and
steady production.
Farmers Urged to Produce.
Farmers are now being asked to
produce more than ever before
The sliding scales in existing
price support legislation has
aroused concern in the minds OF
many farmers, who fear that their
cooperation in expanding pro-
duction to meet the present emer-
gency might later result in seri-
Gus losses to them. I, there
fore, recommend that the sliding
scale provisions of the present
agricultural legislation be re-
pealed for this purpose.
/ We need to strengthen the agri-
cultural program by finding q
more effective way Of supporting
the price Of perishable farm COM
modities. One method is by di-
rect payments to farmers. This
and other methods are now being
studied by the Congress. I hope
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Partial President umm Message Reenu

in progress. They have rejecte,
the idea that we have reached, o
will ever reach. the last frontier
of our growth. :.
i. Helped To Check Imitation.
Since 1947, the $50 billion in
crease in annual output has beer
greater than the total cost Of tn,
security program in 1851. TIL,
high level of production helped tt
hold imitation in check during
most of 1851, despite a rapidly
rising security program. Ths
growth of production during the
last few years now enables us tc
carry the security program with.
out undue impairment of the rest
of the economy.
During 1852, we can and
should lift employment by an
other 11s million. Some further
reduction in unemployment may
be possible, despite the fact that
additional defense-created unem-
Iployment in some local areas ap-
pears inevitable. We can and
should lift our total output by at
least another 5 per cent, or by SIS
to $40 billion.
Viewing the next two hard years,
the productive capacity of the
United States leaves no room for
faint-heartedness or defeatism
about our ability to carry what
ever necessary burdens the inter-
national situation may impose
upon us. But we cannot afford to
be complacent. -.
Middle Course Strategy.
The whole mobilization effort is
based upon the economic strategy
of following (a) middle course.
This means keeping strong all
three components of our total
strength-military. industrial and
civilian. We must strive for
the amounts and kinds Of gums. !"
of "tools," and Of butter" which
will do most to advance our Sc
curity and well-being In the long
run.
The growth in the productive
sector of our economy indicates
that neither the size of the mill
tary build-up, nor the high level
of taxation enacted to finance
that build-up, has repressed busi-
ness investment initiative In
stead, the problem has been to
hold the expansion down to nom
infiationary proportions.
-. While per capita consump-
ton in constant dollars declined
about 3 per cent from the pre-
Korean level to the final quarter
Of 1851, this was mainly because
of a fall in demand for durable
goods. Considering the increase
in consumers stocks of durable
goods since the end of the war.
and the steady improvement in
housing accommodations, it seems
clear that living standards have
thus far been rising.
Some Shortcomings.
There have been some short
comings to set off against these
of progress. Bottlenecks
and shortages, and problems of
design, have delayed production
Of some important military items.
Some of the materials expansion
programs have not moved forward
as rapidly as we had anticipated.
AS was to be expected in the first
stages of a mobilization effort.
the development of smoothly
administrative ma
chinery took time to accomplish.
In some areas of the country, all
though not generally. dislocations
have resulted in unemployment
and business hardship. Further
more, particularly during the first
months after the Korean ag-
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gression. a rapid inflationary up
surge caused undue hardship t.
many families. ..
As 1852 opens. we face a periot
|during which the burden of tn,
defense program will increas
greatly i. this increasing burde1
+. =. will inescapably cause Gov
ernment expenditures to ris'
greatly, and, even with the addi
tional taxes I am recommending
1t is estimated that there will b,
a large deficit this year and {
larger one next year.
Government outlays for tn,
major security programs are es.
ttimated to rise from a current an.
Inual rate of $45 billion to almost
$65 billion by the end of this
calendar year: As a proportion oi
total output, the increase will be
from IA per cent to more than 1e
per cent. These overall figures dc
not fully portray the impact. In
1852. more than a third Of the
output Of the construction and
Woodworking industries will be
taken for military purposes. Mill
tary production and construction
will claim more than a fourth OF
our copper supply. and half Of our
o111rnir1YvrN q c1rr,y11xy
Calls for Further Outlay.
Though the major expansion
will take place this year, the pro-
gram which I am submitting will
call for a further increase in the
rate of security outlays during
calendar 1858.
I want to direct special atten-
ton to that part Of our security
effort. which is aimed at increas-
ing the strength of other free
nations. Most Of our aid is going
to Western Europe.
It is only a matter Of intelligent
self-interest on our part to add
something to the resources of
these countries. And it is essential
for us to understand that, wheth-
er we make this addition in the
form of military aid" or "eco-
nomic aid" the objective and the
function are in same: Common
security. When we supply military
goods, some of the most dangerous
cutbacks in European civilian pro-
duction can be avoided. When we
supply economic assistance, some
European productive facilities and
foreign exchange are released for
defense. The form Of aid that best
serves the purpose in a particular
case is not something which can
be decided in the abstract. It de-
pends upon the changing circum-
stance in the individual European
countries.
Aid to Near and Far East.
We are also providing aid to
the nations in the Near East and
Africa. in Asia and the Pacific,
and to the other American re-
publics. Much of it is military
aid. A somewhat lesser amount
but one which has been steadily
increasing-is being directed to
the more general prob
lens resulting from underdevelop-
ment. 80.
During a national emergency,
when business and consumers are
being called upon for larger sac
rifices. we cannot expect to have
normal peacetime Government
services. ...
We must continue to hold back
on the construction of hospitals.
Total construction expenditures
for schools, although at record
levels. must be held below the
real need. New natural resource
development projects. including
food control, navigation, and
reclamation projects, are being
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postponed unless they are essen
} tial because of electric power o.
other urgently needed features
Low rent public housing start
in 1852. as in 1851, will be vel
, below the levels contemplated il
recent housing legislation. =.
Difficult Problems Ahead.
The year ahead, and 1858 also
will pose more difficult problem.
in the management Of the flsca
affairs of the Federal Govern.
ment than any we have facec
Isince World War II. Total bud.
'|get expenditures by the end Of the
fiscal year 1858, ending on june
100. 1858, will be running at an
annual rate between IS and 90
billion dollars. The security ef-
fort, together with veterans
services and benefits, and inter-
est on the national debt-both
in the main. resulting from World
War Twill comprise roughly 85
per cent Of total expenditures in
the fiscal year 1858. The re-
mainder reflects persistent ef-
forts to bring other outlays to
the lowest point consistent with
recognition that q nation of 155
million people cannot survive
through armament alone.
For the fiscal year 1852, the
total of Federal expenditures is
estimated at approximately ST.
billion and receipts at about $6s
billion. :.
-. Even with the additional
taxes that I am recommending
the deficit will remain large, until
the security program has passed
its peak and tapers OF, as we hope
it can do in about two or three
years. -.
Can't Neglect Amy Factor.
True economy Is desirable at
all times. It is imperative during
q national emergency. But
true economy means conserving
and expanding the economic
strength of the Nation as a whole
It can, therefore, be achieved only
by recognizing all the basic factors
in that strength-and not neglect
ling any Of them. =.
Our economic and military aid
to free nations banded with us
against aggression must be kept
under vigilant and continuous re-
view. It must be coupled with
assurance that the countries re-
ceiving it are doing their full
share. But it would be false econ
omy. after all our efforts since
World War II to help rebuild eco
nomic life and maintain political
stability in war-damaged coun-
tries. to reverse the process by
weakening the aid program
It would not be true economy to
spend dollar for the common
defense on one side Of the Atlantic,
and it would contribute more to
the common defense if spent on
the other side Of the Atlantic.
-. It would be specifically easy
but disastrous--to reduce the de-
tense strain by torpedoing the de-
tense program.
Must Cut Non-Essentials.
We must cut non-essential
spending, both private and public,
so that unnecessary shortages and
unnecessary imitation do not i'm
peril the defense effort. But 1t
would be false economy to re-
press the types of private and pub
lie investment which are building
up our essential productive power.
1t would be false economy to set
revenues at a far lower level than
the Nation can well support under
current circumstances, and then
to say that the defense garment
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Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1952-09-17
DR.. J. G. Patton
Principal Speaker

DR.. J. G.. Patton, Atlanta, Geor-
gia, Executive Secretary of the
General Council of the Presbyter-
ian Church in the United States,
will be the principal speaker at
the Stewardship Conference spon-
sored by the Synod of North Ca
DINA in Wilmington Presbytery
7:3O p. M, Wednesday, September
II, the First Presbyterian Church,
Wallace, the Rev. William B..
Hood, pastor. Presbyterians from
thirteen southeastern counties of
North Carolina are expected to
attend the meeting which will deal
with the benevolence budget of
the church. Ministers, elders, dea-
cons, and other lay persons are
invited to the program which will
be presided over by DR.. William
Grove, Jr., pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church, Wilmington,
and Chairman of Stewardship in
Wilmington Presbytery. Other
members of tie committee include
Rev. Neill C. Stevens, Elders
Litchfield HUE, K. M. Corbett, H.
E. Latham, H. G. Mcqueen, w. j.
Scott, Mrs. John Farrior and Mrs.
P. R. Smith.
DR.. Patton, who will speak on
the subject stewardship in the
Local Church." is a native of
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1952-09-17
Kentucky. He spent

Henderson, Kentucky. He spent
his boyhood in Decatur, Georgia,
and is a graduate of Davidson COL
lege and of Union Theological
Seminary, Richmond, Virginia. He
was an officer in the First World
War, following which he held
pastorates in Georgia and Virgin
ia before coming to his present
position in 1943. He was elected
the first Executive Secretary OF
the General Council when the
Presbyterian Church was reorgan-
lied in 1949. His outstanding work
in stewardship led to his recent
election to the office of Chairman
of the Joint Department of Stew
ardship and Benevolence of the
National Council of the Churches
of Christ in the United States.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1952-09-17
EN- Err so N
NEWS ITEMS

Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Nealey was
Sunday visitors of MIR. and Mrs.
Oscar Soles. Mrs. Winston Norris
and 'hildren were Sunday visitors
of MIR. and Mrs. Oscar Soles.
Mrs. Ida Fowler is very much
several days. MIR. and Mrs. George
Graves of Fayetteville, N. c. were
Sunday visitors of Mr.. and Mrs.
Norman Fowler and Mr.. and Mrs.
Talmadge Graves.
There was a pounding at the
church last Thursday for A. l..
Duncan who had stroke several
weeks ago and if any one feels
like they can help him some with
any thing that they can use, it
will be appreciated.
MIR. Duncan was all ways d
man who would help anyone sick
as long as he was able and now
he is not able to work so we
should help him and God will
bless you. We thank one and all
who gives him free gift.
Oscar Soles and Ben HinSon
made a business trip to Whiteville
Wednesday. They are working on
this Emerson road now putting in
tile, we will be glad when this
road gets hard surfaced which has
been needed for several years.
B. c. Duncan made a business
trip to Wilmington one day last
week. "a
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1952-09-17
P.T.A. HOLDS
FIRST 81 MEET

The Tabor City Parent Teachers
Association met in the school aud
itorium Thursday evening mark
ing the first meeting of the 1852
So year. Mrs. R. P. Counts, presi-
dent, presided and named the fol-
lowing committee chairman: MEM
bership, Mrs. R. c. HARRISON, Jr.,
Register, Mrs. T. S. Angle; Ways
and Means, Mrs. R. R. Rogers, Jr.;
Budget and Finance, Mrs. B. A.
Carroll; Safety, Lewis Gore; Home
Room Representative, Mrs. John
Soles, Jr.; Reading and Library
Service. Miss Edith Stafford; Pre-
School Service, Mrs. H. G. Dam
eron: Hospitality, Mrs. R. B. NAL
lard-Mrs. w. A. Williams; Leglsla-
tive, Mrs. F. F. Thompson; Recrea-
ton, Bill Ratteree; Music, Mrs.
w. w. Woody,-Mrs. Nell K. FOWL
er; Publicity, Mrs. A. E. Gold
finch-Mrs. Evelyn Leonard; His
torian, Mrs. Hulda H. Doster;
Scrapbook, Mrs. l.. B. Hedgecoe'
Jr.; Devotional, Mrs. A. M. Smith;
Grounds, S. L. Jackson.
The door prizes were awarded to
Dewey Cox and Mrs. Erwin Strick-
land given by the Sarvis Super
Service and Tabor City Beauty
Shoppe.
The attendance trophies went
to the home rooms of Mrs. Mar
garet Smith and Mrs. w. w.
Woody.
Following the meeting a receo-
ton was given in the elementary
library, by the association honor
ing the teachers.
The teachers were presented
shoulder bouquets for the occa-
sion.
The refreshment table was over
laid by a handsome white linen
cloth with punch bowls on oppo-
site ends An arrangement OF glads
offset by burning tapers in triple
candlebra formed the centerpiece.
Sandwiches, cookies, nuts, mlnts,
and punch were served.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1952-09-17

People are very busy trying to
get off their tobacco at the present
time.
MIR. and Mrs. Lewis Soles was
Sunday visitors of Mr.. and Mrs.
Oscar SoleS.
Kodiak mirror., 1952-02-23

with proper vouchers U and verified according to law. within six months from the date of this Notice, to the undersigned Executor at the office of his Attorney Paul A. Dupler, Kodiak, Alaska.
 Dated at Kodiak, Alaska, this 20 day of February, 1852. Executor. Isl D. M. Rock First Publication: 2-23-52. Last Publication: 3-22-52.
 Kodiak Chapter No. 13, Order of the Eastern Star, will hold its meetings at the Kodiak Masonic Hall on Mill Bay Road.
 For the past several months the chapter has held meet ings at the Army Civilian Club at Fort Greedy.
Kodiak mirror., 1952-02-23
KODIAK MIRROR


 AND that this Resolution be spread in the minutes of Chamber and that copies thereof be sent to the Presi- dent of the Kodiak Ice and Cold Storage ComT any, Inc, and be furnished to the press. to the Common Council, and to shareholders of the Com pany.
 Dated this l4th day of
 February, 1852.