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Show ' billion more or deficit spending with further inflation. To prevent this, citizens should protest to their Senators Sena-tors and Congressmen demanding the elimination of waste and unessential, non-military spending, and stop the nation's na-tion's steady progress toward financial ruin. It appears that even in an election, the Administration has no thought of eliminating waste and $8 billion of non-defense non-defense spending. The Administration big-wigs haven't thrown out the Harry Hopkins formula, "Tax and tax; spend and spent; elect and elect" for the coming year. Population and civilian employment, since 1920, have gone up 45 step by step, while government bureaucracy has increased 147, and now threatens individual freedom, our most precious heritage. Only a forth-right taxpayers' rebellion can force Congress to eliminate, in the words ot t,he Declaration of Independence, "The multitude of new offices, the swarms of officials, who harass our people and eat out, of their substan ce." , . IED1TQRTALSI IT'S TIME FOR A T P REBELLION Since 1940, inflation has shrunk the buying power of our dollar from 100 to 55, and, unless further inflation is stopped short now, the dollar may shink further to 35 or less. In Europe, corporations did not realize what inflation, the fly-wheel of business, was doing to their bank balances and liquid assets. Firms, whose cash was sufficient for 12 months, suddenly found that the depreciated unit would not permit them to operate and pay for materials and labor for a single month. The value of all bonds, insurance policies, social security secur-ity cards, bank balances, owned by share-holders and thrifty Americans, has since 1940, already been cut in two by reckless reck-less federal finance. Only if you and millions of citizens across the nation speak up as never before in protest, can financial ruin be prevented. Military and Congressional experts say, if an armistice comes and Korean War costs are reduced, reappraisal of Pentagon spending should save $10 billion to $20 billion, in addition to the $10 billion economies. econ-omies. When Congress convenes in January you may expect either an additional confiscatory tax bill, taking $6 to $10 |