Show economic highlights billat illat algoet tile li iier palls Dhu kittl chicks MM aim tax au bills ut of E arr ery individual lai la lills wal j 1 if ua aaa a ill U V lb iii tv lu L allum IV lm ic i C t jigli iii jiLa hun 11 ii ll a ua jil ji L 1111 11 alil it alik Lil lili lu in ili pua war germany thel ii tuua im hui ouster 11 alif of ul 1111 applina LUH UL lodi all waa tta it ul ua ming hui L dicia IM 9 to lu unprejudiced author IHL it 11 uttus lu in the guu geu crai ial standard ul of public nubile health mine and inore of u we the national income clat toi lor state purposed less and less kii hiis aa teft ett in uie the hands ot of the people to a loser extent all tho the U burpeau Lat nations lous which have been ou on a war tar footing for many yearn iuis law hae the same same experience lento aud anil now it 11 looks us aa it ni e are aie to lo undergo unit eigo it too this doebet mean that the united states ivill follow un 1 same road load as aa the nazis we are a far racher country possessed of re ic bourges bourses which no E Uuro peau power cau can equal themis no question now of devoting 00 per cent of our national income which is the proportion being spent in germany for foi military purposes but it does mean unless the commentators are wrong that all factors in our national life will ibe called upon to make serious sacrifices to the end end that we be made as secure as possible from successful invasion it means that we will have hai e fewer luxuries fewer dollars to spend as aa individuals lu order that we may lave have more airplanes tanks battleships tle ships and the other implements of defense A number of important columnists led by influential walter lippman leave hai e been criticizing the president for what they regard as a lack of frankness in informing the people just low bow much they will have to sacrifice to create an adequate defense establishment and the events of the last few weeks have certainly produced plenty of food for grim thought the president has greatly revised upward his original requests for defense appropriations and congress seems practically united in favor of putting t his bis general plan into effect it has become obvious that defense just juat a matter matler of adding a billion or two to the military budgets untold billions will be required and on top of that all of the en orgies of the nation will have to by be devoted to turning the dollars into needed ui ded weapons it Is estimate td id by competent military men that the wai warplane warp plane lanc plan alone would cost better thin than 00 and ana that the same amount have hae to bo be spent annually or 01 maintenance and replacement placement le ane has haa ob sered that le tiel lonii ll nii cuse due drive should not be ac by a reduction lion in we ug standards and WILL essential need med io bot t be shelved 1 ion ow ol of tile the come om la 11 gators seem to t y completely ainie gitil alth that they me all genei geiber a hii ay convinced that hebur will have to bacr ilice some homo ol of its ita late ga gains ei nin on as aa industry will have hae to sac they ihei feel that do tie reform must he bie at least temporary forgotten that the goal now must be iron haneda productive efficiency it la is a fact that abroad in the democratic as well as the totalitarian powers it ii has laug faleu necessary to subjugate the interest of the individual to the interest inte iest of the nation in france fiance for instance the working day da has been ralser from aiom eight to twelve tule hours I 1 I 1 the commentators aiso feel certain that the american Am eikin people are aie today united and are aiu to make the necessary sacrifices for a non noli political defense program that will achieve results with a minimum Ini mum waste of time and money A very ery substantial rutial increase in both direct and indirect taxes seep seems in ia evitable evl table the moderate tax increases recently lecent ly proposed in con gress gresa are regarded as aa just the beginning ning the ihie standard of living as a consequence must certainly drop there Is less aud and less informed talk of america going to war abroad we have our hands full la in athis bemi hemisphere sphere wo we are at peace but we are moving toward a war tooting footing almost none doubt the necessity tor for this but relatively few as yet know what it involves we arent going to have to give up our butter to buy guns but i symbolically speaking it seems beems certain that we ve will have less leas butter Nomi nominating nomination g time is close and the political picture gradually clears there seems little question but what mr air roosevelt can be for a third term if he wishes he will have close to half of the delegates pledged to him when the convention opens and in ili every primary he be lias has beaten all other contenders by b tremendous margins on the republican side the I 1 awty candidacy lins apparently slipped seriously row few think he ha hass n dianco din I 1 taft and cea me the e loading d ing lights now but it I 1 looks as it if they may cancel each other biggest GOP development is the astonishing rl se in general popularity of wendell Will wincle kle mr aft AVIll willlie kle has no machine no inside backing la liing and no delusions of gan idour nut but in the view of a maniber of commentators lie he is the only po possible republican candidate who nho could meet the president on nn an even footing an have a real chance to win the day Y uv lery pa invention that lii atil been in ili to la in till oliv hv i I 1 rl va f numbers or of ibar i ai create sw still othar ww diw things thing |