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Show t - i ... THE COUNTRY PRESS SAYS under national, not state jurisdiction, juris-diction, .as well as scores of workers, also exempt from state control "The CVA would ultimately become the owner of a great deal of land as well as be the final authority on almost every activity activi-ty carried on within the radius of the Valley." . i Everett, Pa., Republican: "The thing that has for a long time kept the electorate behind the planners and the speechmakers has been the promise of gain without work of something for nothing. It is nothing more than just a promise. Westerners are told that they will have new power-plants, new irrigation sys terns ,and so on, all free at government gov-ernment expense. Farmers are given heavy subsidies, all free at government expense. New and beautiful highways, airports, air-ports, harbors, and so on become realities, all free at government expense. The unemployed are given relief and the aged are supported. Veterans receive huge benefits, all free at government expense. It's wonderful. But not one penny of it is free." Newton, N. C, Observer: 'As other countries have found out, we can't surrender just a little bit of our Independence! In this J world of nations, you are either giown up or you are a child. Your government is either your hired servant or it is your boss' It may be a kind boss at first, but there is never any guaiantee, human beings being w hat they are, that it may not be a very severe boss later on when a is too late to do anything any-thing about it." Crosby, Minn., Courier: '"The proposed Columbia Valley ad-ininistration, ad-ininistration, a plan which Newsweek News-week magazine calls 'a menace in welfare disguise', would be several times as large as that of the Tennessee Valley, and would be under the direction of a man-opolistic man-opolistic government corporation. The administration of the project pro-ject wculd be done by directors Ehvood, Indiana, Call-Leader: "Politics has never yet remedied any kind of a situation and it never will because the ramifications ramifica-tions of greed, selfishness, graft and dishonesty are too strong to accomplish any worthwhile end." |