Show GRASSROOTS There Is Hope 52 Election Will Oust Wastrels By Wright A. A Patterson ESPITE all the needs for economy economy D DESPITE my consistently urged by the president the executive department at Washington does not practice any of the Presidents President's admonitions that he insists are necessary on the part of every American In government the waste goes merrily on with Gen George Marshalls Marshall's Marshalls Marshalls Marshall's Mar Mar- shall's department of defense leading leading lead lead- ing the way As an example Recently Recently Recently Re Re- the army wanted several million million million mil mil- lion pounds of margarine for the troops in Korea The purchasing t t t h the l agen tu o VoL un e u. u army J p lJ several million pounds at a price of 25 cents a pound Within a few mins minutes minutes min min- utes walk of the Pentagon building Secretary Brannan secretary of agriculture sold at approximately the same time just about the same number of pounds of ot grade A A l 1 creamery butter to Italy at 15 cents a pound That butt butter r had been purchased purchased purchased pur pur- chased by the department to keep the price of butter up to the American Ameri Amen can consumer Had it been provided for tor our armed forces the result on the home market would have been the been the same as selling it to Italy Such transactions represent unnecessary waste Hundreds of such Items have been deg dag out of the records by members of congress and are arc aired on the floors of both the senate and house bouse It Is the airIng airing air air- ing lag of such items that causes the careful scrutiny of appropriation appropriation appropriation b bills ns Last year the navy purchased paint enough to paint all naval ships several times over The surplus and more was sold to a German con con- cern When it was found that too much had been sold at a price of less than thap one third the original purchase purchase pur pur- chase price navy purchasing agents bought that same paint back from the German concern at better than three times the price at which it had been sold Waste Wastel Waste Wastel Waste Wastel through all the administrative administrative administrative adminis adminis- departments of government and no one called on the carpet because be be- b because cause of ot it The total runs rons into many millions and possibly billions for all of which the tax payers must pay p Senator George CD D of Georgia says the administrative departments departments departments depart depart- ments can easily cut six billions from their budget demands and that there will be no additional taxes voted until that six billion cut has been made That demanded six billion cut does not include any defense de de- de tense rearmament expenditures which could cover another six bil bli lion llon Despite the evidence of waste the President continues to call for more and larger appropriations more taxes that the nation may be saved from the dangers of inflation He does not recognize that government purchasing of commodities creates a shortage quite as much as In Individual individual in in- demands only the excess demands of government is far greater than is the hoarding purchases purchases purchases pur pur- chases of the individual From what school of at economists does he select his ac advisers vi rs I Each one of the hundreds of Items Hems of sheer waste that congress Is 18 seeing are but a drop in the inflationary Inflationary inflationary in in- rainstorm but the total of them constitutes a flood It takes desire for economies on the part of executive heads from the President down Those who do donot donot donot not have such a desire those who are responsible f for r the waste to be found in the executive departments of ot government should be severely disciplined for waste in their departments de but such is not the way of politics and the rule of today in Washington ton is politics as usual regardless ss ess The coming national election might contain hopes for tor improvement improvement improve improve- ment hopes for a radical reduction in the army of inefficient bureaucrats bureaucrats bureaucrats rats but the Republicans ar are arc making making making mak mak- ing no promises They are arc not In Interested interested interested in- in in a reduction in the bureaucratic bure bureaucratic bu bu- bu- bu re army only in effecting a change in the personnel of that vast army of more than They now Democratic votes when the personnel is changed they will represent Republican lican Hcan votes but be equally as tact t Gen Ridgway will not be dismissed dismissed dismissed dis dis- dis- dis missed for not following Presidential President President- ial al directives though doing so brings dishonor and defeat to America f The first automobile club was started in Chicago in 1895 f- f fOur Our fear of war with Russia Is home borne grown |