THREE WISHES FOR 1952 As we enter a new year grave brave problems and dangers confront our nation yet many americans do not recognize or understand the true situation we just experienced one of the freest spending 1 christmases Christ mases in history they ask arent work opportunities port unities plentiful wages high hours short and our government leaders been assuring us that the state of the nati nation oil is good well what are the actual facts after winning world war II 11 six ye years ars ago at great cost and then losing the peace were now in a shooting war with the communists which our military leaders say we cannot win will at the present time korean losses casualties our finest manhood russia now rules a billion people she has the atom bomb bigger armies a bigger air force and submarine fleet than we have and a powerful i i communist fifth column in america has been permitted to steal our military secrets and make ready to sabotage our factories our government is taking an average of 30 per cent of earnings in taxes the rising national debt is billion for every family inflation lation has lowered the dollars purchasing power to the lowest level in years nearly people now are getting checks regularly from the government the federal bureaucracy employed emp loyes civilian workers whose salaries alone cost 8 billion in taxes Al morality in public life has plunged to th the e lowest level in history federal taxes have been fixed for political favorites and for bribes gangsters and racketeers have bought political influence with party donations corruption dishonesty and dishonor have made a winding dirty trail through the goberni government nent political parasites have become I 1 rich ich if I 1 were three thred wishes for the new year they would be 1 for a rebirth of spiritual values a rededication to christian principles a truly righteous 1 uprising against corruption 2 the cutting t ting in half of the huge flow of tax money into washington and 3 the outlawing of the great conspiracy against A america the communist party georoe george S benson pres of harding college