The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-04-28

district and national issues at
a forum waged here Saturday
night.
The fifth candidate, Democrat
Herbert U. Smith of Marietta,
declined to participate. On the
program were Dawerance H.
Skates of Somerset and Roderic
G.. Mills of New Lexington, Dem
ocrats, and John Hayes Fergu-
son of Cambridge and Tom V.
Moorehead Of GAINESVILLE, Repub-
licans.
Candidates a answered nine
questions prepared and present
ed them in advance. Each was
permitted 10 minutes to speak
and then given five minutes for
rebuttal.
Responses to the prepared
queries follows, in part:
No. 1. What do you believe
is the No. I problem facing the
United States today? No. 2. If
elected, what will you try to
do in Congress to solve it?
Mo0rehead: Adequate defense.
1t is unthinkable to me not to
be prepared when we have a ma
ton which openly boasts they
will overthrow our form of gov
eminent.
To do this we must spend free
1y of Our financial resources;
our scientific and technical
"know how" to protect ourselves
and the free world against this
aggressor.
We have the greatest military
might of any nation on earth and
we must keep it that way so
long as present conditions exist.
Money is not the sole answer
to this problem. 1t requires mill
tary and scientific brains.
Ferguson: 1 believe in a few
years that America will become
an industrial. graveyard if the
big business profiteers continue
investing money in foreign OPP
erations, taking advantage of the.
cheap labor of Europe and the
Orient and the low tariff laws
now in existence. The only So
luton is a revision of the tariff
laws.
Mills: / think our major prob
lem is an economic one. 1t in
wolves the inefficiency. in our
governmental operations, infla-
ton and the growing amount of
unemployment facing u peo-
pie.
If elected, I will be vitality in
terested in eliminating waste
wherever it may be. l will work
diligently for legislation that
will provide help for our dis
tressed areas. l will also strive
to create new and expanded mar
kets for American made goods
and products.
Skates: Under present condi-
tions, the output of the U. S.
economy as a whole must expand
at a rate of from 4 to S per cent
a year, in terms of Gross Ma
tional Product at constant prices,
to meet our need Equivalent
to 2 to 3 per cent GIMP increase
per capita). Our economy did
grow at a rate of At per cent.
Our average growth rate was
only 1.3 per cent from 1858
through 1858 and even allowing
for the current estimated recov-
cry the rate will amount to only
about 2.5 per cent a year. This
period of economic stagnation
has cost this country over $50
billion in lost tax revenues-the
lost production would have Civ
en- on the average $4,000 addi-
tional income to every American
family.
Proposed remedies: /. Pass
area redevelopment bill similar
to one vetoed in 1858; 2. stabi-
lie farm income-farmer con-
trolled programs with eventual
freedom from dependence on
government; 3. public works
where needed-especially water
development and 4. reversal OF
present negative policies that
have led to stagnation and infla-
tion-rising prices by production
limitations.
No. 3. How important to the
nation is balancing the federal
budget?
Mills: 1t is just as importan'
as balancing Jul own budget
Deficit spending can only bt
warranted in times of emergency
Skates: Should, averaged owe.
the years, be brought into bal
ance. It would have been pos
sible to show a surplus had eco
nomic activity been maintaine'
at a desirable rate. High inter
est rates alone have been suffi
cient to produce the losses. TIL
four peace time years of tn
prior Democrat administratio:
averaged a surplus of one-billiol
a year-contrasted with 1875 bill
lion INSTRUMENTATION deficit i
1859 alone-and a deficit in fou