Show t A Lesson for Officialdom t ACCORDING A to reports from froIn Washington Washingto congress is all set to kill the pension law The senate has already voted repeal of the measure and the house is slated to take action today or early this week Its It's a good thing Nothing congress has done in recent months aroused greater public public public pub pub- lic protest than the pension grab It was a distressing distressing distressing dis dis- dis- dis exam example le of the dangerous attitude e of business as usual which has prevented that out all-out concentration of effort on the job of f fighting a war which is our only hope of eventual victory The congressional pension grab fight ought to be a lesson for all Washington of of- The American people are not in inthe inthe inthe the mood to stand for this attitude of business business business busi busi- ness as usual politics as usual special privileges privileges privileges leges as usual reform as usual or pork grab bing as usual The majority of the American people are prepared to go all the way to win this thus war They expect government officials politicians and bureaucrats to do the same thing thing and and heaven help the official the poli poll politician politician the labor leader or the business leader Who fails in this test of patriotism That attitude was typified in the letter sent by thousands of Texas citizens to Texas senators senators senators sena sena- tors and congressmen as reported by Henry McLemore in his column in The Telegram last Saturday That letter expressed alarm and disgust with the chaotic condition of affairs in general in Washington It scored squabbling between bureaus administrative blunders and bungling continued emphasis on politics and patronage and pork barrels It said We folks back home stand ready to sacrifice everything time everything time money work our sons and daughters our lives lives to to save our country and preserve the American way of life We not only expect but demand that you our elected representatives live up to the traditions of Texas Let the politicians politicians politicians poli poli- of other states stoop to the mean and little things Texas has its eyes on you You live up to Texas Texas expects you to give unstintingly and unselfishly of your time and effort to remedy the existing evils profit by past mistakes and with no thought of personal ambition or political gain cooperate to promote the most efficient streamlined administration of this war that the world has ever seen That certainly is telling them them and and if we know anything about congressmen it will have some good effect In fact it wouldn't be a bad idea if all our representatives and senators got some such forceful message from the folks back home as to their responsibility to play the part of patriots and public servants ser ser- in this crisis rather than the part of politicians |