Show Mexico Has an Idea T THE Mexicans have something which might b be worth copying here in America According According According Ac Ac- cording to a news dispatch from Mexico City the members of the lower house of the Mexican Mexican can congress who are known as deputies have agreed to submit their personal fortunes to an official audit at the beginning and at atthe atthe atthe the end of their terms of office The deputies according to the news story agreed that it was the only way to prove that they had not enriched themselves illegally while in public office that charge having been leveled at them quite freely by bythe bythe bythe the Mexican press It sounds like a pretty good idea Such Sucha a scheme might not turn up every cas case of political grafting but it should make tar far more difficult some of the wholesale steals perpetrated on the people in the past by politicians the world over over over-by by no means only in Mexico Weve We've had quite a few of these cases right here in America and some pretty close to home Generally there may be plenty of for suspicion when some public officeholder blossoms out with witha a beautiful home new business holdings cars etc on the salary he receives as a public official but proving that all this sudden wealth was not acquired le legitimately is another thing An audit before and nd after a a. politician took office might not stop it but it would certainly bring such sudden wealth into the light of day where the people could see it and it-and and act accordingly Traffic safety reminder Watch out for cars even though you have the right right- of way as a pedestrian Do not take a chance a |