Evening star., 1954-04-23
OAR Hears President
Urge Spiritual Unity
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believes the society keeps alive
and nurtures the dignity of man,
greatness of our country and the
right of every man to walk
upright among his own equals"
Give Awards to Martin.
Last night, the Daughters
presented an award to Senator
Martin. Republican. of Penn
Sylvania for his patriotic serv-
ices in the armed forces and
the Senate" and his sponsorship
of an act amending the Flag
Code.
The act prohibits, on American
soil, the flying of any national
or international flag above or in
equal prominence with the Stars
and Stripes.
The Senator, principal speaker
at the session, told the OAR
that individual shirking of re-
sponsibility is the reason for the
enormous cost of Government
today.
Twenty-Five years ago. he
pointed out, there were but
100000 employees on the Federal
payroll, while today there are
2,347.000, "a decrease of 100000
from the high figure of a year
ago."
He said the total salaries of
Federal employees today equal
the wages of all workers in the
steel industry in America and
twice that of all the railroads.
Il bring these figures to your
attention" he said, because the
solvency Of our country has an
important bearing on the de-
tense of freedom"
Senator Martin warned that
financial responsibility is the
first step to disaster for a ma
ton. just as it is the first such
step for an individual. ''..
"We have permitted the ex-
penditure Of vast sums of money
for undertakings by Govern.
ment which are properly the
business of private enterprise"
he said.
If America is to be preserved
as the greatest Nation in his
tory. he warned, the people must
stop leaning on the Government
and stand "once more on their
own feet, as our forefathers
did" a.5 $780, l..'...
Present Radio Debate.
Another feature of last nights
program was the presentation
of the ABC network program
Americas Town Meeting of
the Air" on the topic, HAS too
much power been centered in
the Executive Branch of the
Government"
Speakers on the program,
which will be rebrDadcast next
Tuesday night on the ABC net
work, were Senator Ferguson,
Republican of Michigan, and
Representative Boiling, Demo-
crat of Missouri.
Senator Ferguson took the
position that too much power is
centered in the Executive
Branch and cited as an example
presidential directive issued
during Pearl Harbor hearings,
denying the use Of Navy De-
partment files to Senators.
How are we going to defend
ourselves in the future?" he
asked. 1--WE never learned the
facts"
"The facts" he charged. were
destroyed by the executive
branch of this Government"
Representative Boiling, in re-
buttal, contended there is great
secrecy in regard to the situation
in Indo-Ch today and that
both parties failed to inform the
people.
II thank Cod" he said. "they
have now been informed"
Reply Brings BOOs.
The Daughters booed at one
point when Representative Boil
ling was asked. in a question
from the floor. if he thought the
executive branch should have
the power to make a secret
agreement with another nation.
His reply, eyes, under certain
circumstances" was followed by
Kisses and boos.
Representative Boiling hypo-
thetically added that another
nation. an ally, might conceiv-
ably discover a great step for
ward IN the sciences which we
had not. He asked the question:
Under the circumstances, I
wonder if you would not take
| advantage of such help?"