Show washington letter by FRED washington correspondent for the park record washington D C april sard robert greene english dramatist of the century was probably the first to call attention to the tact fact tread on a worm and it will turn shortly y thereafter shakespeare confirmed the thought and went a bit further when he said eald that the smallest worm will turn being trodden on 0 it Is ida said th that at members of congress have been hooded flooded with letters and telegrams indicating beyond peradventure of doubt the reaction ot of american citizens in private life to the didos Cong congress has been cutting over economy and tax bills it Is thought that we may safely congratulate ourselves that the worm Is turning the trouble Is that the creador Is so rarely aware even of the existence of the oreadee tre adee and when he becomes aware that he Is stepping on a wor worm h he e Is not particularly impressed congressionally ly speaking the worm is usually of too many minds to be formidable there Is a decided predilection however how that in connection with the matters or of economy and taxation the creador Is about to discover that the oreadee has developed from an insignificant and ii harmless armless angleworm to a boa constrictor or python quite a few misrepresents tives of the people have yet to learn to watch their steps instead of blindly plunging through the political jungle aw clinton gilbert syndicating columnist Is led to most aptly remark that the tax bill performance in the house reminds him ol of the story of the humorist of civil war times who said he was so ardent a patriot that he was willing to otter offer th lives of all his cifes relatives for his country there Is not an inflated trea sury raiding self interested bureau 01 department or commission or any tax absorbing agency of tb the e 2 government 0 the personal of which do does es n not 0 t bously agree that the cost of govern men must be reduced but let george do it any tampering with our budget will re suit in disaster alter after all it must b admitted that most congressmen ar Et standing anding between the devil and the dee blue sea at the same time evidence 0 a little intestinal fortitude on their part would be acclaimed it can no longer be doubted that the united states Is suffering from virulent cancer rubbing on a little salve may temporarily ease the pain but in the end and undoubtedly we have now arrived at that end the cancer must be cut out it if our government Is to endure the operation will hurt most major operations erat ions do at the time or later holders of the verlest sinecures sine cures in the government service are loudest in their protests against the lopping off of superfluous patronage maybe it would be a little hard bard to sacrifices a few incompetent and clock watching weaklings wea klings who denied their tree free seats at the government pie counter would probably starve to death deat with th their air fani families liles but better that sacrifice than bankruptcy of both nation and taxpaying tax paying citizens |