Show Why t W We e Ne Need NeedA d dA A Balanced a atice d Budget B By RA RAYMOND PITCAIRN National Chairman h of oj the lie Republic The American people have re recently recently recently re- re heard from from Washington a statement which they can greet with a whole-hearted whole welcome It Is the assurance that a Balanced Balanced Balanced Bal Bal- Budget is actually In sl sight ht There are difficulties in the way of ot course course but but every citizen with the welfare of the nation at heart will hope that these will be surmounted Why Because a Balanced Budget means far tar more than a matter of bookkeeping bookkeeping bookkeeping book book- keeping routine It can offer to government the benefits whIch benefits which every wage-earner wage and housewife understands understands-of of living livIng living liv liv- ing within Its Income It can lessen the dangers which dangers which every farmer and business man recognizes rec rec- of of f mortgaging the future through reckless accumulation of debts to be paid out of earnings Inthe In Inthe inthe the years to come came But it can do still more It can bring blIng a revival rev of that confidence confidence confidence con con- which alone will speed up Americas America's latent capacity for production production production pro pro- and consumption consumption-a a primary primary mary requisite for widespread re- re employment To Congress the Job may seem a ahard ahard hard one But the course has been charted It demands definite steps toward economy In government government- involving the paring down of swollen swollen swollen len political payrolls reduction of ot overlapping bureaus insistence on a dollars dollar's worth of ot value for every dollar spent from public funds and emphasis on efficiency rather than extravagance In the administration of relief All those policies are of great value In them themselves elv And If U a sincere sincere sin sin- cere adherence to them on the part of Congress can enn bring a Balanced Budget their alue value will be multiplied |