Show WE ARE AT WAR WITH DESPOTIC HATE We use the following as an editorial reprinted from Crom the pen of Mr Pearsall of the Pearsall Leyson-Pearsall Co and appearing in the Salt Lake Tribune February t 1 Uncle Joe Cannon himself a congressman from Illinois for many years once remarked that the only thing in the world that was more cow cowardly than a congressman was two congressmen He was referring referring referring re re- ferring to a fear of ot losing his job at atthe atthe atthe the next election should he not sanction political objectives objectives objectives ob ob- that were favorable to large voting groups and particularly to his own constituents regardless regard regard- less of whether they were beneficial to all the people people People peo peo- of the nation or not We are today witnessing in this zero hour our of grave da danger to personal liberty a highly developed develop develop- ed picture of congressional fear one phase just one of many is emphasized by their refusal to vote unanimously unanimously unanimously unan unan- all non-defense non spending entirely out of order regardless of presidential orders Cut out the rotten spots of non-defense non waste and it will not be necessary to take a tax toll from the income income income in in- come of the poor man man Non-defense Non appropriations for 1942 amount to over Six Billion Dollars and it is obvious that the government is dipping dipping dipping dip dip- ping into the pockets of the low income citizen for forno forno forno no other purpose than to get enough money to not only the war but to also keep up the voting morale of large groups who are the beneficiaries beneficiaries beneficiaries benefic benefic- of this There will be no complete national unity as long longas as part of our defense tax money goes to maintain such organizations as the C C C which has Y cost the government 4 for that price to date has left no record of achievement that would merit a single to its memory and this is not the fault of the boys There will be beno beno beno no unity as long as a part of ones one's tax money goes int into the great political racket of unworthy relief or orto orto orto to pay a W P A voting organization to build sewers where there is no sewage or sidewalks where here there is no traffic N Neither either will there be unity as long as part of our tax money goes to support any other subsidized group I listened to Prime Minister Winston Churchill Sunday 2 p. p m. m February y He tells the world honestly that the allies suffered a great and serious reverse and that more years of sweat and blood and tears must be lived before they can be victorious and all through this impassioned speech ran the declaration that without American help will be sacrificed to the Huns and the Heathen This tremendous responsibility rests with us but until political Washington reverses itself there is is littie little little lit lit- tle tie hope of wholesome united action by our own people Politicians are waving their arms and telling the people that great national danger danger dan I danIger ger exists and that they should stop playing bridge and all join together in a united group for defense If our law makers will first stop playing politics the people will stop playing bridge and we will arrive at Unity Station quickly but never by way of political political ical detours that are strewed with the taxpayers' taxpayers gold for only favored voting groups to harvest |