Show voa I II I e 1 r BY CRAMER ASSOCIATION t tOft a r REEL C. C This country Is like a n man who was so concerned with b building snow fences lences around his property that he completely forgot for got ot to put in a store of fuel am and food for the winter So when the snows finally came he and his family suffered severely We Americans are presently engaged ted In the same kind o ot of activity right now We are ou out outbuilding outbuilding building snow fences all over ove r the world worM and neglecting t to look after the Ute affairs of our ow own n I home Now there Is absolutely nothing noth ing ng wrong with building snow fences I It Is both prudent and ami necessary for the United States State s to protect itself In Western Europe Europe Eur ope and Asia But unless we kee keep p our country strong and healthy economically what use will de des defenses tenses abroad be We as a nation have agreed that snow fences are necessary We must now decide how many we can afford how many ar are arp actually needed where best to place them and if we are get gets getting ting lull full value That Is why we must question our foreign aid expenditures Not to question them Is unpatriotic To permit our fear of aggress aggression sion slon to drive out all commonsense common commonsense commonsense sense is to become a nation of madmen It is time we soberly reviewed the ithe situation see America Amerl a is our country She I faces laces danger by toy el either ther ocean and by way of the North Pole role for that matter We have a 8 a big Job in defending ourselves On that we aU ajl agree l But ut if it we neglect neg lect beet our do domestic economy and let that run down we shall fatIn fallIn fallIn fall fat In every direction both at home and abroad Equally certain Is the fact fac that If It we continue heavy spendIng spending spend Ing abroad and high taxes a ahome at home horpe the American people willbe will wll be brought down t to the econ omit level Jevel of the people they are trying to help a. a I The goo good d of ot America the good goodof I of our own people should be our ourI first consideration We must not nol allow our thinking to dwell dwelt solely on International lems Our future depends on maintaining a progressive stan star dard of ol living for ourselves through a sound economy here at home Unless we preserve free tree enterprise which encourages es production and profit prom and unless we secure the dollars' dollars value we are soon going to find findt It t difficult to provide for ourselves our ours selves selves much much less for our friends abroad S. S So every Congressman every American should be Increasing ly y aware of the necessity of questioning defense and economic economic econ aid appropriations not with an eye to eliminating necessary necessary nee essary protection but with a amore amore amore more practical realistic view of ot our own needs at home It is now necessary for us to keep our aid to other countries within the limits of what we can afford Any further inflation ion tion taxation and loss of dol dal dalar lar ar value will make it t Impossible ble le for us to afford very much therefore to help our allies I throughout the world we must first first secure our own economy |