Show released Me leased by western newspaper unions ONE OUT OF FIVE AMERICANS GETS government PAY THERE WERE WEHE people americans as late as last november 1 receiving all or a part of 0 their living the cost of 0 their tood food shelter and clothing from the united states government there Is something radically wrung when such a condition can exist in this the wealthiest nation in the world a nation in which is concentrated 50 per cent of the purchasing power of the entire world more than one fifth of 0 all of the americans americana are either working tor for or being assisted by the federal government of 01 that vast number that people americans were in the armed forces of the united states on november 1 I to these we are this year adding more as conscripts for or a defense army the federal government civilian payrolls on november I 1 carried a total of employees of which the executive department accounted tor for the legislative branch I 1 lor or and the judicial tor for 2441 pensions and unemployment insurance were being paid to people of which only were military pensions there are in the united states approximately farms and government checks went to of these as payment tor for not raising certain crops on the relief rolls and including those receiving other forms of government assistance were cases representing individuals vi other items bring the total up to that individuals amerl cans whose cost of living la is provided in whole or in part by the federal government to make it complete to this vast to total tal should be added the employees and the recipients of assistance from municipal county and state governments I 1 have no knowledge as to what that number may be but it would run into the millions all of which is paid or charged against the self supporting americans americans as a people are not heartless we sympathize with and are always willing to assist those who through either misfortune or inability are unable to provide tor for themselves but we resent being imposed upon today the self supporting family of tour four Is providing for six people are we asking too much from the government are we contributing to the indolence of our fellow ellow americans are we sabotaging ourselves it is time to investigate time to ascertain definitely and honestly just t who v ho needs and who does not need assistance how much ot government we need and how much is superfluous trills brills our legislators will respond quickly to an aroused public opinion will we as a proved self supporting charitable people express that opinion WILSON G 0 P CONGRESS AND SELECTIVE DRAFT OF THE MORE than men d registered in the draft less than about 2 per cent haye have been actually called into service of the who were to be enlisted in january were replaced by volunteers barracks have not yet been completed tor for all of either the new army of conscripts or the organized national guard there are not guns or pants or shoes enough to go around from 1916 to 1920 with au all the fervor engendered by a world war la in which america was engaged a serious effort was made to secure the enactment of a universal military training law behind that effort were such men as julius rosenwald henry M byllesby By lesby victor lawson J B forgan ogden armour chaides M hutchinson and others in 1818 1918 a republican congress would have passed the bill as a republican measure but the democratic Democrat io prest dent wilson would have vetoed it it through the intercession ot of col E M house president wilson agreed to sign the bill provided it could be reintroduced under a new number and as an administration measure when that was done the republican congress would not pass it as an administration measure and the project was dropped REAL VALUE THE BRIEF personal items in a community newspaper render an invaluable service they keep people of friends and associates and make ol of the people of a community a homogeneous whole 0 NEW FRONTIERS THE FRONTIERS ot of the future are found in the industrial laboratories ol of this country from them we will qt get in the future as in the past ps ast those pew new things which add t to t the e pleasure ot of living provide new ne w j jobs bi and preserve old ones create diw new di demands mands tor for products ot of the farm and continuously raise the standard ot of living lor for all of us give the industrial laboratory an inley danity to operate as a tree free enter prize pr alze and america will go rapidly forward |