The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-14
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ly based upon the principle that
we should not place burdens on
our taxpayers proportionately
greater than those borne by the
nations which we assume to help.
Anyone who has seen the daZ-
zling wealth contrasted with the
bitter povery present in many
of the nations Of free Europe
may we'll wonder why their
revenue-gathering systems can
not be made effective. One may
also question why, in nations
where self-government is the
rule, our economic assistance has
been used to alleviate conditions
which could have been correct
ed if their own taxation policies
had been based upon the ability
to pay and if their domestic
taxes had been collected in ac-
cordance with their laws.
/ cannot escape the feeling
that too few of our own officials,
caught in the current of Ameri-
can dollars flowing abroad, have
not been affected by the super
fatalities of the elaborate enter
tainment they have received
abroad as visiting dignitaries".
These delights may well blur
recollections of the American
taxpayer, the widow, the unem-
ployed, and the problems of mar
ginal industries at home.
Our perspective also should be
sharply focused on the shocking
waste and extravaganza with
which these assistance funds
have been used to finance enter
tainment, however indirectly,
and to carry on propaganda pro-
grams in the United States to
stimulate continued assistance.
The full scope of these propa-
ganda activities, l do not know,
but there is seldom a day in my
office when I do not receive at
least one richly printed brochure
prepared by the public informa-
ton department of some nation
receiving assistance. Although
the cost Of these projects may not
be borne directly by our aid
funds, there can be little doubt
as TO their cost to the foreign
governments or their intent to
condition thinking in the United
States for the support of un-
diminished assistance.
For these reasons, / voted
against the most recent Mutual
Security bill. 1t was a vote of
protest and it was lost in the
passage of the measure by a vote
of 273 to 128.
My action was based upon my
own conviction and upon the
strong opinions of my constitu-
ents who have written to me. 1t
was a vote of protest that our
national debt is not reduced and
that taxes still remain high to
support such expenditures 1t
was a protest that we are grant
ing relief to the unemployed of
Timbuctoo when we are doing
little for the unemployed in
southeastern Ohio. 1t was a pro-
test that the mutual assistance
program is not mutual. 1t was d
determination not to vote for the
the evils and eXcesses of the pro-
gram.
There will be a mutual Sec
urity program next year Per-
haps the fact that there were 1913
in the House Of Representatives
who protested against the extra
Vagance and evils this year will
have some purifying effect on
next years proposal.
l hope before that time we will
ask ourselves certain searching
questions: What are we now ac-
complishing in our programs?
What are the basic necessities
for foreign aid in relation to the
needs of our domestic economy?
How may we assure that the pro-
grams will be administered with
in these limitations?
In developing our answers to
these questions we must be
mindful of the statements by the
architects of Communist policy
that they will force the United
States to spend itself into bank
ruptcy."