Show STRENGTHEN LOCAL GOVERNMENT IEST In his recent inaugural Roosevelt of New York strongly advocated ad a strengthening of or local government go He pointed out that If we follow tollow the easy road toad of centralization tion of authority we may discover too late that our liberties have Centralization of authority which authority which results inevitably ine in the spread of bureaucracy and the rise of government government government govern govern- ment b by commission has commission has ah already captured many of our liberties The Theold Theold he old Idea of government by which each state was a s separate parate e entity has hns been warped out of sh pe Washington has shown an Increasing tendency to dictate dictate dic dic- tate to all parts of the nation We pay for this in two wa ways ways ways-in in in less freedom and In higher taxes Thirty years ago one family out of 22 lived lI at the expense of the government o Today Today Today To To- day the ratio Is one out of 11 The present congress is being besieged ed to more than an ordinary degree with proposals that would create new departments new expenses new bu bu- Gov Roosevelt Roose is timely when he says we may discover too toolate toolate toolate late that our liberties have ed I |