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Show ALERT ! ! ! Right in line with the question ques-tion of "representation" is also that of "leadership" generally. You may say I'm unduly critical, but it does look to me like America Amer-ica is experiencing a terrific "dearth" of REAL LEADERSHIP! Our "Ship of State" would appear ap-pear to be "drifting" rather than pursuing a true course. There certainly seems to be a lot of "dissension" among the various members of the "crew". And at a time when I feel we are in mighty DANGEROUS waters! If there was ever a time when we need a "wise voice from the bridge", a "strong hand at the wheel" and UNQUESTIONED LOYALTY in a crew THAT TIME IS NOW! There are a lot of danger spots marked here on the chart! There lie on our right the "shoals" of deficit spending; of course we are impelled to spend enormous sums, that is all too true but we've been "spending far too much for far too long!" Surely somewhere during these times we are assured are prosperous, we ought to be able to arrange some plan whereby we could meet current expenses and also at least make a start toward "liquidating" our huge war debt! No wonder our youth are reckless with money these days they have a very good "pattern" for such bf isvior in Federal spendingand spend-ingand Federal WASTE! It no doubt seems to them the U. S. has "unlimited wealth" for we keep right on spending more and there are all too few who feel that "cutting down our waste" might in a measure compensate for needed spending! Thrift is very unpopular today we still cling to that delusion of "spending our way to prosperity!" pros-perity!" Look at the programs we've already pledged ourselves to carry through! But they keep right on adding more! Ar.d it is questionable, whether, in our present financial condition we are adequately handling those w now have much less complete com-plete them! We're in pretty shallow shal-low waters right now when you figure the narrow margin between be-tween safety and disaster in the matter of "spending"! There are a lot of well concealed conceal-ed "sand bars". Rotten politics, down under these waters and I wonder if ALL of ' them are marked on our chart! This thought makes one uneasy, for where then do deadly dangers lie? On our "left" is a Jagged, men-acing men-acing "reef. But it is plainly marked on the chart! We began j it with the NRA, the WPA and the AAA all of a ' socialistic "tinge". They have been followed by other "ABCs" of Socialism. Our forefathers traded what In their day would have been considered con-sidered security for Frcdom But then we must understand they were men of courage? They believed that here was a land of OPPORTUNITY they only asked for the right that freedom free-dom affords of battling their own way up! THEY WERE MEN WHO HAD FAITH Ci THEIR OWN ABILITY, they did not ask that their COUNTRY be THEIR KEEPER! How soft we seem to have grown and how DEPENDENT! DEPEND-ENT! BEWARE OF THE REEF! Our present leaders are flagrantly flagrant-ly refusing to recognize it. OveT"tre- tiorrson lies -a dark and ominous cloud! Could that streak of lightening be the "hammer "ham-mer and sickle"? Gouds do not "stand still", They can move and cover the earth! Clouds do not always materialize into intensive storms - over given areas and our Ship of State can still maneuver! man-euver! Wouldn't it be smart to "clear decks",-see that -all is "shipshape" just in case? Hadn't Had-n't we better demand that our "leaders" consult the chart and start heading for safer waters? GEORGE |