Show LAcoss I Idea from From The Cedar Rapids t. t Tribune T C Cedar ar Rapids IOWA low The announcement announce announce- an announce ounce ounce- ti ment b by y Soviet that Russia has bas the hydrogen bomb came a few weeks after Arter the Congress Conre of the United States State cut appropriations for tor civil defense t to 46 million for tot the tha year that hat becan began be be- gan can July 1 1 Former President Truman had requested also 1150 million for tor the tho Civil Defense Administration or about aboul 1 91 for every evert man woman and child in America President Eisenhower asked for 1252 million or about 83 cents But Dut the per person economy economy economy econ omy bloc In control of the Senate Senat and House saw fit ft to appropriate only about 30 SO cents centa a bead head tor for pro against an au attack atuck against a this W. country that could make snake Pearl Harbor arbor look like ilk fireworks display at a country fair The Toe economizers are aN afraid the money will wm be wasted We hope bope pe peU tt U wont won't have to be used bled But Dut we cant can't take chances chance If It the nation Cation ever n needs clue civil defense It will wOl need needmore more than thu ceo ao-ceo bead SO heal a-heal be wort From the CAe k oIt Coast COW Dl Call An old but Inn ever accurate truism holds boldt that fin the lon long run star a people e get let the kind of government they the want and aDd deserve For rot Instance public 1St and andt t public pr pressures ll r will detent determine ine whether we we will wW have ave sufficient dent economical government government- or prodigal gal Bal drunken sailor drunken government Representative Norris of New Hampshire touched n this by 1 Indirection Indirection In direction when he be said We have bave reached that hat point in the session Cession when the tho full Impact of protests against appropriation cuts cuu really rally hit us It Ie Is List at int we always alway begin to wonder whether folk folks really want wani economy cr or only think they doThe do The 1110 future tut of our government will be decided In the grass era roots not in Washington r e Proud Prom The Southern Standard A Arkansas The Tho action of the Senate Finance Committee In refusing b by a vote of 11 to 4 tto to approve raising rasInI the federal debt limit In of 01 urgent requests requests' b by the President and other the top ad ministration officials indicates indicate the present temper of national thinking I Without going COin into the pros and eons coos involved in this specific que ques question lion tion it U Is obvious that the American American American Ameri Ameri- can people want and demand rigorOUS rigor rigor- ors OUS economy in tn government and Congress naturally has baa begun to reflect that attitude The era when he tho taxpayers would accept un- un bridled spending with hardly a complaint baa DAI come tome to W aa as end cod |