Milford chronicle., 1952-01-18
MILFORD'S TOWN MEETING AND
CITY ELECTIONS

MlLFORDS TOWN MEETING AND
CITY ELECTIONS
Tonight the citizens of Milford will meet
in Town Meeting" to discuss city affairs
and to nominate candidates for Mayor and
City Council. The latter will be made from
the list of names who have already filed for
the several offices. At the meeting tonight
reports will be given by Council and gen.
eral discussion will be had of the many prob
lens confronting our municipality. For
months past we have been OVerfed with the
electric power issue. 1t is certain to make
its appearance aga n tonight While you are
assembled tonight, il might be we'll to ask
questions concerning all branches of our city
government. If the city accountants are
present tonight it might be well to ask them
questions about the finances of our City.
AS we read the report, it seems to us that a
full discussion might be enligktening.
On Monday the annual city elections will
be held. The residents of the First and
Fourth Wards will vote for Mayor and a
Councilman from each ward. In the Second
and Third Wards no contests are scheduled
for Councilman. In the latter wards the
voters will have only candidates for Mayor to
vote for. The election next Monday is i'm
pOrtant to each and every one of us. Interest
is keen, especially in the COuncilmantic
scraps. In order to vote, all city taxes must
have been paid. That goes for the cOntrOver-
sial sewer taxes which have been bone of
contention on the part of some taxpayers.
Vote early should be your schedule for Mon
days elections.
CONGRESS VS.. THE PRESIDENT
The deep cleavage between Congress and
the President will be inevitably widened in
1852
During his tenure, Mr.. Truman has spent
much time and effort trying to weave the
American economy and the American way
of life into a definite socialist pattern.
But for the efforts of brave and wise men
in COngreSs-and the OutSpOken demands
of public-spirited men and women-the
President would have succeeded.
Had Congress and the American people
supported Mr.. Truman he would have pushed
through measures providing:
1. That every farm in America operate
under the Brannan Plan-a long step toward
the specialization of agriculture.
2. For the sOcializatiOn of medicine un-
der direction of Oscar Ewing, Federal Sc
curity Administrator.
8. For repeal of the Taft-Hartley law
provision that Communists in labor unions
must be registered
4. For repeal of the McCarran Act Il
stamp out Communists and Communist sym
pathizers in government agencies.
5. Greater federal control of every ma
JOr river IN America, with state and lOca
governments paralyzed by federal bureauc
racy.
6. Great federal control of housing ant
home building.
The Truman program, with it's heav
emphasis on sOcialistic spending would hav
added another $50 billion or more to fedora
spending since 1916.
1t is clear that Mr.. Truman has adopte
this un-American ideal for one of two reaS
Ons: Either he feels that by promising "e0
erything to everybody Gas Socialism usual
dOes) he can hope for re-electiOn-Or
feels that sOcialistic government, resting g
it does upon complete federal power, Wi
perpetuate his corrupt administration in O
flee.
The temper of Congress as it went int
session last week was that of definite opp
stiOn to any further adventures into sOcia
ist experiments. Rejecting the will of Il
people-whO likewise have had their fill n,
only of Socialism, but OrruptiOn-COngre
is steadily moving away from the Presidel
in this election year.
5000
OUR GROWING TAX LOAD
This year. the American people will fe
the full weight Of the tax bill passed duril