Show b y WRIGHT A PATTERSON released by western newspaper union J WE WETHE THE JOHN DOES ENTITLED TO know KNOW IN LESS THAN 18 months the congress of the united states ou our t representatives at washington has obligated john doe mrs john doe john doear Do doe eJr jr sally doe and baby doe for each the whole doe family tor for 2580 an all of ils us john does and oui our families realize the need ot of being prepared to defend our nation our institutions our way of life our homes but as those who must pay for that defense wi we are entitled to know what it is costing and what we are buying appropriations ladeby made by congress for 18 months up to august I 1 of this year have amounted to during that 18 month period congress has obligated each man woman and child including the babies for each family of five Is obligated tor for 2580 2560 and that ahat is not the end for additional ampro L privations of from a 6 to 10 billion more will probably be made before the end of december we john does do not object to digging down in our jeans to pay for whatever may be necessary to defend this land we love but as all the fellows who must pay the bills we feel we have a right to know what we need and to receive an account ing as to what we are actually get geta i ting tor for these sums for wych which we have been obligated certainly someone must know how many really serviceable planes we had bad when the ag agitation started and can give an honest statement of what we have now W we a should know how bow many ma ny light medium and heavy tanks we had when it started and how bow in many any we have now we are entitled to more than a statement men t of an per cent increase in heavy tanks because that is meaningless when we do not know how bow many if any we started with with an army of lone and a hall half million civilian employees employee sit it should be possible to keep books to take an inventory to know what we have what we need and what we are getting if those who represent us at washington gion do not know these things they are spending our money like drunken sailors and when the opportunity offers a year from now we should carefully pick as representatives senta tives others who can be depended upon to obtain the facts and give thena then to us felloes fellows who must pay the bills billi I 1 itis our money that is being spent so lavishly and we are entitled to know what we are buying and why LIGHTNING RODS WAY BACK when I 1 was waa a boy the wagon of the lightning rod erector was a familiar sight an on the country highways he disappeared with the passing of the last century it is a safe let that the farm home or barn ornamented with lightning rods was erected before 1900 it was a profitable racket for a number of years GETS NT POST PAUL APPLEBY worked for or a couple of years in the print shop of a country newspaper in missouri with that experience he went to montana and for or a few months operated a weekly newspaper there then he went to north dakota and another paper for another few months and then on to minnesota in desmornes des moines iowa as a member of a debating society hi be became acquainted with vice president wallac and that acquaintance resulted in his appold appointment ament aa as undersecretary bt bf agriculture now paul appleby is in england investigating the food needs of the british people for the american government you might term it from devil to ambassador bas government BONDS A GOOD BUY WHEN I 1 was ws a small boy in iowa 0 old id general weaver of that state then the leader of the greenback party was a frequent visitor at fathers home his demand was tor for printing press money In inn recent years we have come close bogen to general era weavers idia idea we have sold the banks 27 billion dollars worth ol of gover government bonds and the banks have issued the printing press mone money y more money means mean smore more inflation to prevent an increase in the currency the government is selling its nontransferable bonds direct to the public if the public does not buy voluntarily it is possible that congress may conscript a portion of each persons income as a meals means of disposing of the bonds they are abood a good buy and their purchase by the public will go far toward preventing that greatly to be feird feared inflation we have now moie more currency than is good for us MAIN STREET MORE THAN three fourths of all the counties coun itei in the united states contain no town of more than people A traction fraction over 50 per cent of the members of the house of representatives come corni from districts in which there Is no nol town of over people this is an indication of the part rural america has in deter miri ing national policies and legislation people of the towns and farms can cam if they wish dictate what we as a nation shall do main st street leei hig hari gf greater oates win than Bi broadway badwaY A |