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Show Manpower Use Or Democracy Abuse There are now employed In the Executive branch of the Federal Government 2,327,932 persons. This is 30 percent as many as are In the armed forces of the country. How many Germans and Japs will this office force destroy? We need more men behind guns and fewer behind desks. OFFICES OR OFFICERS? War expenditures for this fiscal year will reach $70,000,000,000 or $530 for every man, woman and child in the country. Utah's share of this cost based on the population ratio is $291,000,000. This is 48 percent per-cent of the wealth of the state as measured by assessed valuations. Such a burden cannot be carried without great sacrifice. The average hours per week worked by American workman in all manufacturing industries total 43 compared with 56 In Britain, GO in Germany and 66 in Russia. Through the efforts of the Byid committee savings of $1,313,000,000 In federal non-defense spending were made. On a per capita basis this means $5,555,000 to Utah. According Ac-cording to the committee "only the surface in possible savings has been ' ccratched.'' what is needed la some T. n. T. and some steam shovels. Walter S. Goodspeed of the A-merican A-merican Boxboard Company stated that this company and its employees employ-ees are required to make out 6,500 reports to federal or state agencies. Tliis is an average of 22 for the 300 working days. "If I had time If I could be turned loose for one year I could save a billion dollars In non-essential government expenditures end release thousands upon thousands of government workers to America's war plants.'' Senator Tydlngs. |