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Show Page 2 THE UTAH STATESMAN ' Friday, March 8, 1959 THE UTAH STATESMAN A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to Good Government HARRY B. MILLER, Publisher H. V. WRIGHT, Editor Entered as 2nd Class matter at the Post Offloe at Salt Lake City, Utah, under the Act of March 3, 1879 . Subscription rate 81.00 per year Published weekly at 421 Church Street Salt Lake City, Utah NATION: Budget Faces Tough Sledding It's certainly no secret that the President's 1960 budget of $77 billion figure which, according to Administration estimates of income, should produce is in for some extremely tough a slight surplus sledding. Specific evidence is now available. For omnibus housinstance, the Senate voted for a ing bill carrying appropriations of $1 billion more' than the President asked. It also voted for a civil airports aid bill costing more than twice as much as the President proposed. Both votes were by very ar March 6, 1959 Vol. 13; No. 8 Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Lori Associate Editor Madge H. Fairbanks. LaVerl Neilsen Janet Schoenhals Rytting -- Editorial Editorial State Central Committee Member of Utah State Press Member of National Editorial Association Nation: All Aboard Mr. Lincoln! , This has been designated "Lincoln Year" and it marks the great President's sequicentennial. One contribution is a booklet entitled, "All Aboard, Mr. Lincolnl", which has been prepared by the Association of American Railroads and will be distributed by the Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission and by the railroad industry. The. booklet tells of Lincoln's association with the railroads during his life. As early as 1832, he became a staunch advocate of railroads in the ecog nomic development of the nation, say-- . nothing can equal in utility the railroads." ing: He urged railroad progress in the Illinois Legislature and in Congress. He was a strong advocate of a railroad to the Pacific, and this was climaxed in 1862 when, as President, he signed the act authorizing construction of the first transcontinental rail route. Arid he created the U. S. Military Railway Service, as a result of recognition of how vital railroads are in wartime. Railroads played a part in his personal life too. He traveled widely by train, and on occasion served as a railroad attorney. His famous inaugural trip was made by train, as were his visits to the fighting fronts during the Civil War. And one of the most somberly dramatic events in our history occurred when the assassinated President's body was borne on a black draped funeral train back to Springfield for burial. It is well to recall these events and actions of long ago. The railroads played an enormous part in the building of this nation. They played a vital role in defending and saving it through a series of wars. And the national defense and the national economic welfare are today just as heavily dependent on the tireless Iron Horse. then-youn- "... heavy majorities. These facts are cited by a tax committee of the Council of State Chambers of Commerce in detailing a program designed to curb federal spending. The committee urges broad public support for the President's efforts to hold the line. At the same time, it is convinced that the $77 billion budget is substantially larger than is necessary, and that the balance this budget envisages is a precarious one, in that the estimates of revenue are "as high as optimism about the year ahead will permit." ' drawing from its lending activities, many of which compete with private sources of financing. The loan activities mentioned include those of REA, the urban renewal fund, the Small Business Administration and cuts proposed In this field VA direct loans. Over-al- l come to $834 million. Various other economies are listed, for the total of $3.2 billion. And the committee does not feel that this reduction in the budget is a maximum. In its view, additional cuts are a possibility. Time will tell what is to happen to this and to other suggested programs and policies which would make possible reductions, of varying amounts in federal spending. But one thing is sure. The "economizers" have their work cut out for them, and time is going by apace. kl The Council program which has been referred for action to its 29 state and regional Chambers involves cuts totaling $3.2 billion on the President's budget. None of the cuts, it is important to note, affect defense spending. In the report's own words: these budget cutting proposals represent only a relatively modest but effective start toward control of Federal spending at a manageable level that is, a spending level which will make practicable the tax reforms that are necessary to assure sound economic growth and which will also permit reduction of the public debt in periods of economic growth." 8 QHRKlBIQVfBRfO "... flwioKti D Mfio UU1R& HUBfoJiU flnlW wlMRte Here, in summary, are some of the explicit proposals: $255 million would be gained through elimi: nation of the two new major spending programs in the budget one involving the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the other having to do with federal aid to economically depressed areas. 1. Appropriations for carrying on the mutual security program (foreign aid) would be reduced by $846 million, leaving $2,652 million. 2. Appropriation for civil public works a category involving a wide variety of construction projects, financed with federal funds world be cut by $582 3. million. 4. Programs of federal grants to the states for public assistance and related purposes would be cut by or $422 million. 20, 5. The federal government would begin with- - NATION: The Power of Pride In Russia, communist leaders with confidence bom of utmost faith in their system force personal sacrifice and restraint on the people and channel their maximum energy toward achieving national goals in the race of armaments and ideas. In this country, many leaders in business and industry, in politics and in the armed services are deeply concerned at our failure to appreciate the sort of individual dedication and citizenship responsibility which must guide this country if it is to checkmate the immense, single-minde- d Soviet assualt on .free civilization throughout the world. A recent Life magazine editorial has put it this . way: "The U. S. grew into a great and free society precisely because the nation could always count on a widespread instinct among its citizens for translating private moral conscience into public virtue, a virtue made operational by the citizens' action in the nations life. At the moment this instinct is dangerously weak. The resultant gulf between private - conscience and public virtue cannot be bridged by easeful living, spectatoritis or a indifference. The wide this gulf becomes, the narrower grows our margin of national survival." Complacency in our strength and preoccupa tion with our material advantages coupled with ignorance of the means by which we gained these things and can keep them, has made too many Americans swallow the promises of political opportunists and g become hesitant or indecisive before the hard-drivin- assault of world Communism. This country won a revolution against overwhelming odds and became a nation because a good percentage of its Citizens felt an almost religious devotion to personal liberty and principles of government and private property ownership that make it work. The system which evolved needs no apologies it should be known by its deeds in every category of human judgment spiritual, cultural and material. As never before Americans need a thorough knowledge of how a free economy and private enterprise work and of the proper role of government. Pride in these things and devotion to the principles of freedom are not We are in a time when we must meet the dedication of Communism with real convictions in the worth of our own institutions or go down in defeat regardless of the comparative strength of missiles, bombs and armies. old-fashione- d. (A40 If- - itM irtJlfrift Ifc ue il liiitii if. RU9 m lih iu ll1 (yiii. MM1 I ! , , |