The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-08-23

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Robert Rollman attended an
Episcopal Youth camp, Buckeys-
town.
hensive regulation of all entities,
including procurement and opera
ton, and would grant licenses to
ground stations to send and receive
by way of satellites, on the basis
of public convenience and neces-
sity. All three agencies of the Gov
eminent would report regularly to
the Congress.
No bill has ever received more
thorough study Five Senate COM
mittees held hearings, and all APP
proved the measure-With clarity
ing amendments. In my opinion,
the Presidents plan, as provided
in the bill. is worthy experiment
in the unique process of private
enterprise helping government.
This plan would make full use of
the great research resources of
numerous American firms in cor
relation with Government agencies.
voted for cloture. and will vote
for the bill unless it's radically
changed.
We are on the theshOld of a
new era in worldwide communica-
ton. The development of the com
munications satellite system is the
first foremost practical applica-
ton of space technology for the
benefit of all mankind
Tax Cut In January: National
conomy-President Kennedy told
nationwide television audience
last Monday that no cut in taxes
is to be requested by him now be-
cause he thinks the economic con-
dition of the country is good and
therefore a tax cut is not needed.
But, he said, he will ask for
tax cut in January-presumably be-
cause the economic condition of
the country will not be so good
in January and a tax cut will then
be needed to lift the United
States out of economic sluggish
ness. Presidential Economic Adj
wiser Heller calls present economic
conditions disappointing, and
Secretary of Commerce Hodges
describes the economy as running
sort of crabWise".
Taxes are supposed to pay the
cost of government. Therefore,
would not the most direct APP
proach to the question be to find
ways to relieve the people of the
tremendous burden of Federal
spending, of deficits and debts
which cheaper our money, and of
general waste which pervades the
big government" operations? Real
tax reform could come easily if
we would cut back government
spending. This would do much to
provide the conditions under which
enterprise could flourish, provid-
ing more jobs and more goods Tor
everyone.
Government spending could be
slashed not only by blocking need
less new spending programs but
by reducing spending on old prof
ects. Defense Secretary Mcnamara
said the other day that our de-
Tense costs could be slashed
enough to save $3OOO0O0,000 over
the next five years on just one
item without endangering the ma
tons safety. What might happen
if all the Departments hcads-the
Secretary of Agriculture the Sec
rotary of Health, Education, and
Welfare, and all the others-Wcre
economy-minded? 1t stageers the
Imagination to think what could
be saved, Without question, there
is ample room for reduction in
non-csscntial Federal expenditures
without impairirg any essential
function of the government In
looking over list of questionable
items which the American taXpay-
ers are called on to pay for, my
colleague, Senator Harry F. Byrd
of Virginia, discovered that the
Federal government plans to spend
S1,2o1,295 for a study of the "Af-
fectiona Relationship of An In
FAINT Monkey and His Mother.
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