The Republican., 1963-05-09

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Wheat producers are seriously
disturbed over the future of the
wheat industry. Many believe that
defeat of the Administrations plan
would clear the way for the enact
mcnt of a sensible solution to the
wheat surplus problem.
The real issue in the wheat ref
crcndum is not just a wheat pro-
gram. If these provisions are
adopted for the wheat program.
how long do you think it would
be before they are extended to
other programs? If we 90 the sup
ply-managemcnt road with wheat.
ttcn with feed grain, we will have
taken long step toward the adop-
tion Of compulsory controls for
livestock, dairy and poultry prod
uctS, and all the rest. The real
issue is whether the farms of
America are to be run by farm
ers or by a Government bureau
cracy
The farmer who is eligible to
vote in the May 81 referendum and
who fails to do so may be giving
away his economic freedom for all
time.
III Ways To Cut The Budget"
That's the title of new brochure
published by the Chamber of Com
merce of the United States.
But Senator We Don't Need It.
Another reminder of the sane
ness and sOundness of the Ameri-
can people back home" is refresh
ing. A colleague of mine from a
sister State tells about what hap
pened recently when he and
others of his States delegation in
Washington received the usual
mimeOgraphed announcement that
a new post office was to be built
in his State. The Post Office De-
partment's announcement said, as
usual that the information would
not be released to the newspapers
for a few hours. That gave the
Senator the opportunity to send
out his own releases, implying
that he had something to do with
what the Administration was doing
in his State. The other u. S. Sena-
tor from mis- State and the Con-
gresham representing the district
in which the post office was to be
constructed also rushed out re
leases" to the towns one paper,
weekly. The three gentlemen in
Washington received humdinger
of a letter from the papers editor.
He said that if they had anything
to do with getting the new post
office, they ought 10 be ashamed
Of wasting public funds He went
on to say: AT a time when the ma
tional debt is S300,000.0OO,O0 and
we cannot balance the budget, 60
ing deeper and deeper in debt,
Washington wants to spend S177,000
on a new post office in our little
village Our present post office,
the newest building in town, only
u years old, and costing S27 900,
is more than adequate We know
where the S177,000 will come from
from us. You had better think
twice before wanting to claim any
credit for that kind of waste of
public money
What Congress Does To Admins
tration Bills-Thc bills which the
White House recommends are not
the bills which Congress passes,
generally speaking. In fact, the
AUllillllSli dllOll Dllio, do VI lSliCtiiy
written are rarely the bills we
finally vote on When the appropri-
ate committee of the Senate or
the House of Representative gets
through with an Administration
bill it seldoms looks like the
original. The committees examine
each bill carefully, their profess
sional staffs make research studies,
they hold hearings and listen to
expert opinions, and then, in the
end, they either vote the whole
thing down or vote to report favor
ably their final version. The bills
which are reported in the Senate
are often changed still further on
the Senate floor. 1t sometimes
happens that Senator who intro
duced a bill must vote against his