Show 1 relea released ed by western newspaper union IV WE E THE JOHN dou DOES ENTITLED TO KNOW IN LESS THAN 18 months the congress odthe united states our representatives at washington has obligated john dog DO jamrs mrs john doe john doe jr sally poe doe and baby doe for each the whole doe family for 2560 2 CCO AU all of us john does and our fa milles families realize the need of being prepared to defend our nation our institutions our way of life our homes but as those who must pay fora that defense e wi we are entitled to know what it is costing and what we iri are buying appropriations mode by con congress congles gres tor for 18 months up to august 1 of this yei year ar have amounted to during that 18 month period congress has obligated each man i woman and child including the babies for each family of live five is obligated for 2560 and ahat hat la Is not the end for additional ampro privations pr lations of from 6 to 10 billion more will probably be made before the end of december we john does do not object to digging down in our jeans to whatever may be necessary to defend this land we love butas but as the fellows who must mat pay the bills we feel we have a right to kno know w what we need and to receive an accounting ing is as to what actually getting for these sums for which we have been bee n obligated certainly someone must know how many really serviceable planes wo we had when the agitation started and can give hn an honest sta statement temen bof what wo we have now how we should I 1 iknou how many light medium and tanks we had when it started and how have we j hi many we now are entitled to more mord than a statement ot an per cent increase in heavy tanks because that is meaningless when we do ao not know how 0 many manlif if any we started stalled with with an army ol of one and ail a halt half f million civilian employees it should vibe 18 possible to keep books to take an inventory to know what we I 1 haye bave what hat wo we need and what we are get ting if thage who represent us at i washington do not know these i 1 things they are spending our money me like drunken sailors and when the opportunity offers a year from now we should carefully pick as representatives senta tives others who can be depended 1 upon to obtain the facts and give them to us fellows who must pay the bills t fi it js Is our money that t is being spent to so lavishly and we are entitled to kno linow what wo are and why LIGHTNING RODS I 1 WAY BACK when I 1 was a boy the wagon of the lightning rod erect erector oli was a familiar sight on the country 11 highways ile he disappeared with th thea passing of the last oen century tury it is a safe bet that the farm home or barn ornamented with lightning rods rod was erected before 1900 1000 it was a profitable racket ford for a number of 0 years GETS IMPORT IMPORTANT AN A PE POST PAUL APPLEBY worked for a 1 couple of years yours in the tha print shop of a country newspaper paper in missouri with that experience he went to montana and for a few months operate a weekly news newspaper pe i there then hil he went want to north da dakota qa and another paper for another few 3 months and then on to minnesota in dis des moines iowa as a member of cf a debating society he became acquainted with vice president wallace and that acquaintance resulted in his appointment as undersecretary of agriculture now paul appleby is in england investigating the food needs of the british people for the american government you might term it from devil to am bass bas cassador odor I 1 0 government BONDS A GOOD BUY WHEN I 1 was a asdall small boy in iowa old general weaver of that state then the leader of the greenback party f yos vos ll a frequent visitor a at t fathers home ills his demand was tor for printing press money in recent years behave we have come close to general weavers idea we have sold the banks 27 billion dollars worth ol of government bonds and the banks banka have issued the printing press money more money means more inflation to prevent on an increase in the currency the government is belling its nontransferable bonds direct to the public it the public does not buy voluntarily it is possible that congress may conscript a portion of each persons income as a means of disposing of the bonds they are a good buy and their purchase by the public will go far toward preventing AM greatly to be feared inflation we have hae now low more mor e currency thon than is good for us a STREET MORE THAN three fourths of all the counties in the united states contain no town of more moie than people A fraction over 50 per cent cent of the rii members embers of the house of representatives come from districts in which there is no town of over people eople li this is an indication of the tha part rural america has in determining national policies and legislation people of the townsand towns and farms can ja ik they wish dictate what wit we as a t nation shall do main street has greater influence than broadway A |