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Show . :!il!i!llinill!llll!!!ll!!ll!in ; I 7r SECOND-GUESSEH I !(li!!ili!!!!!l!li:il!yi!lHil!l!llll!i!!lj ', ie Republicans are begin-1 ; to shift from low into a i higher gear in their prep- j 1 ions for Nov. 4, 1952. But) jy. '''re going to have to get intOj ! i pretty quick, and move on I ' i , overdrive if they expect to ' - distance the - tremendous , 1 roll-machine the Demos have v n building for 20 years. s we see it, their national international program is ' --)ig to have to be constructive i (not 1948's "me too" prose: ng of Democratic socializa-.T socializa-.T i plans. They're going to re to offer the people a con- te program that will lead usj i j , i m the muck of semi-socialism '';k onto the solid ground of -lividual enterprise. And the eign program must be pat- ned after the theme of "The -rd helps them that helps smselves." j "A.nd there's a lot of work that' """""ist be done in little bitty ': me towns. Such as answer- ; the Demo claim that the ! lividual farmer and working' V1-,,m is "living better now than' U ever did in his life." Maybe ;s of them have more cash to ' l end, but is it really prosper-' prosper-' ! or is it awfully thin-iced in-u in-u . ition.. We can't pay the bal-'Dning bal-'Dning national debt with 5c ief and 10c calico, but can we :. mtinue to pay higher and gher living costs on 2Vz in-rest in-rest on the money we loan lr government to give away aroad? If th,e Republicans can offer Ir. and Mrs. Average Citizen , . lon"-rai ' e program that will "" tau'yith balancing thw budget -: md eventually reduce our na-ional na-ional debt which after all is he debt of 150 million individ-als individ-als to something we can at Jast pay the interest on, and t the same time assure our .- orkers that they'll be able to ive and enjoy life on their ; ..' svings when they get old, they : -, an win the 1952 election. But unless they can convince ; ; ' ie laborer and farmer and lerchant that they have a pro-ram pro-ram and are sincere in their esire to clean out the Washing- .on grafters and institute an lonet, efficient government, hey'd just as well get on the ;J lavy train and apply to Harry or a government job. I y One encouraging development s the increasing number of per-ions per-ions who realize the fact that r mr national capitol needs a Ikhorough housecleaning, and il- isk:. "But what can WE do ibout it?" At Senator Watkins' legisla-:ive legisla-:ive clinic held in Beaver this , tfeek, the Senator advised his , listeners that Universal Military Mili-tary Training would be brought up soon after Congress recon-renes recon-renes in January. He asked for the opinions of those present, and only one response was ward opposed to U M T. The way we see it, Universal - Wiliary Training is very im-, im-, portant ' to our future security. -'The fact that a boy takes six months of .intensive military - training doesn't mean that he f going directly into the firing line, but it does mean that if he Is called upon to help defend ; "is country and his way of life jjf.'and the homes of himself, his Parents and neighbors, he will :' be prepared. He will have a foundation of military knowl-?dge knowl-?dge that will prove invaluable if he needs to use it. And not the least important argument in favor of U M T is 'hat Russia and any other po- ten'tial enemy is certain to be j i held in check longer if we have a strong, well-trained and well-Equipped well-Equipped "army, and a backlog of civilians who have had mili-Mtary mili-Mtary training and could be Wi quickly put into the field. , U M T is insurance . for our nation. M We'd like to have the opinion f others, and invite our readers to write us giving their views on U M T. |