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Show WRITE YOUR CONGRESSMAN Do you have a gripe about taxes or federal spending? spend-ing? If you do, there is something that you can do about it. Write a letter! Members of Congress always welcome the views of, their constituents particularly when a specific issue is discussed. In the interest of aiding Congress to do its job effectively, ef-fectively, citizens should acquaint themselves with some phase of the federal budget. Do you think we are spending spend-ing too much on welfare, or urban renewal, or other phases of tne domestic budget? Toe Department of Health, Education and Welfare is requesting $13.3 billion in 1968, an increase of $3.3 billion. The Office of Economic Opportunity is requesting request-ing $2.1 billion for 1968 up from $1.4 billion in 1966. and the Department of Housing ann Urban Development is requestini $3.2 billion in funds some $1.3 billion above previous years. Over a five-year period the federal bud-' get shows an increase of over 180 percent for all domestic domes-tic programs. Letters to Congress are the only practical way of registering pertinent taxpayer opinion. The advice to "write your Congressnan" is often heard, but don't discount its importance. Chairman Geo. H .Mahon (D., Texas) of the House Appropriations Committee has said, "A letter, I tell you, like a vote, can make a difference, perhaps THE difference." Write your Congressman (Hon. Sherman P. Lloyd, 1116 Longworth Bldg., Washington, D. C.) if you have something to say about federal policies which effect you. |