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Show The Senator Reports To The People Senator Arthur V. Watkim - i : The Administration's drive to soften up and prepare American Amer-ican public opinion for continued large-scale foreign aid appro- priations is under way. Speculative articles with Washington datelines" are beginning to appear in our newspapers which "pre-diet" "pre-diet" that the President will ask Congress when it convenes in January for additional funds "to keep the free world's rearmament rearma-ment program rolling ahead on schedule during the crucial 1953 Eisca1. yea, beginning' July 1." 1 In the beginning stages of the public opinion softening-up process, such Washington news items usually are attributed to "reliable sources." That merely mere-ly means the administration's high-powered "information specialists" spe-cialists" consider it advisable to begin their campaign from behind be-hind the scenes. After the initial ini-tial phase of public opinion "conditioning" has been completed com-pleted and it is felt that the people are at least partially receptive re-ceptive to the idea, formal press releases will be released by van ious government offices and administration ad-ministration officials will start . making public speeches. These announcements and speeches will be followed py a flood of i does not follow from- the fact that a collector of internal revenue rev-enue must pass a civil service I examination as a prerequisite I to appointment that he will not ; get sticky fingers when he han- j dies our tax money. The best insurance against graft Snd I corruption in the handling of money is constant and thorough audit and account examination by independent examiners. The examiners must be buttressed by the certainty of prompt and severe punishment in the event of misconduct. Merely switching switch-ing the method of appointment from a patronage basis to civil service will accomplish little in the way of preventing dishonesty dishon-esty and tax favoritism. government p a m phlets and' other publications. After that letters will begin to flow into the offices of Congressmen and Senators urging more and more aid to our foreign friends and allies. Clinic Expenses The Legislative Clinics which I have been conducting thruout the state are not conducted at government expense. Traveling Travel-ing and other expenses for myself my-self and Mrs. Watkins, who has accompanied me during most of the tour, are paid by me from personal funds. My two office assistants who are also accompanying accom-panying me on the tour came out from Washington, D. C, at their own expense. Their expenses ex-penses during the tour are paid from their. own pockets. Their return to Washington at the completion of the tour of the state will also be at their own expense. I have included this item in this week's column in order to scotch in advance any possible charge that my legisla-! tive clinic program is a government-paid junket. The Tax Scandals The suggestion that the scandal-rocked Bureau of Internal Revenue can be . cleaned up by j putting collectors under civil service does not hold water. It |