The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1952-02-07
THE MEANING OF THINGS
BY Zules N. Ecton
U. S. Senator
STATE OF THE UNION
FAILS TO

Q6IlG truman message TO OUll-
greSS on "1The State of the I'm
ion" which offered any hope
of Improvement in the present
conditions facing this nation.
He admitted no errors and offer
ed no explanation for the sad
state Of Americas foreign af-
fairs or the unhappy condition
at home caused by corruption,
crime and communist influence
in governmental departments.
It seemed inconceivable that
the President would ask for
higher taxes or a bigger bud
| get than he did last year, but
he has already asked Congress
to increase taxes by another S.
billion and warns that a deficit
of SIG billion is probable next
year. This would SkyrOcket the
national debt well beyond the
$275 billion legal limit. There
seems to be no limit to this
Administrators spen dthrift
plans.
Last year, when the various
appropriations came before the
Senate, I voted for reductions
totaling $12,416,921,7O8. These
cuts in spending could have
been made without impairing
national defense plans or nee
essary developments in the do
nestle program. The IL per
cent tax increase would not
have been necessary and we
could have operated with a bal
anced budget.
When the orgy of wild spend
ing began a few years ago the
dollar that the American paid
for all forms of taxation-local,
| state, federal, including excise
and sales taxes was divided: for
all local taxes 55c, to the state
23c, and federal &c.
For the 1851 division of the
/ Taxpayers dollar was: Local
taxes 12c, to the state 13c, and
the federal government took
75c. On top of this the federal
spending spree has sunk the
nation $3.50 billion deeper in
debt, while many counties,
towns and school districts liq-
Undated their bonded debts or at
least greatly reduced them. The
federal tax bill jumped from
less than So billion to more
than $40 billion.
These figures provide suffic-
lent proof that the average
American farmer and business
man can and dc operate their
own businesses and local gov
eminent much more efficiently
than the federal bureaucratS
who are striving to control the
daily lives of all citizens with
the promises of security from
the cradle to the grave.
NO MORE YALTAS. With 18
other Republican Senators ]
am co-SponSoring a resolution
calling upon the President to
report to the Senate any and
all agreements he has made, or
may enter into, with Prime
Minister Churchill. We want no
more secret commitments with
the heads of foreign nations
which may be construed as OBJ
ligating America, either in a
monetary way Or otherwise
such as the disastrous secret
agreements made at Yalta, Teh-
eran, Casablanca and Potsdam
- agreements which robbed
America of justly earned peace
and sent tens of thousands Of
our young men to their deaths,
or worse, in Korea. 49,
McGRATH UNDER FIRE. The
Congress is far from satisfied
with the Presidents designa-
ton Of Attorney General Nc
Grath as the man to root out
corruption in the AdminiStra-
ton departments. McGrath Is
a former Democrat national
chairman preceding VIM. Boyle
who resigned under fire. A res
OlutiOn has been introduced in
! the House to investigate the
Justice Department, one of
| whose attorneys was recently
fired by the President for hav-
ing accepted commissions from
an income tax evader. The dis
missed attorney was a friend
, and assistant of the Attorney
General. y
PENDING BUSINESS. Con-
gress, which hopes to adjourn