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Show COMMENTS THE LOW DOWN FROM HICKORY GROVE Before the old Roman Empire blew up hack yonder around 2000 years ago, things were something like they are now, here. Tax cs were sky-high--divorce was easy as shooting shoot-ing fish pleasure came first spending for swords and chariots soared, religion was half hearted. I been gassing' about it with Henry, he is my neighbor. He says. "Jo, instead of standing around with your mouth open tak-Yig tak-Yig in all the new theories coming over the radio or reading 2-columns by the hysterical reporters, you better sharpen a coupla pencils pen-cils and starting your U.S.A. senators and U. S.A. congressmen. Tell 'em where to start pruning expenses. Tell 'em to sweep out the Govt, psychologists and economic experimen-tors. experimen-tors. Tell 'em to send home their son-in-!aws and all their other relations. Anyway, send ) II who are getting 2 thousand or upwards, per year. That would just about empty half the buildings. Well Tell 'em to sell the surplus sur-plus furniture, including the 500 thousand swivel chairs. That might help start the ball rolling," he says. Henry is not so handsome, but brother, he sure is no green pea. JOE SERRA. |