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Show Who Is Sacrificing What? ONE OF THE most overworked words in the current American Ame-rican lexicon is "sacrifice." Practically everyone in a high position of the government has felt it necessary 'to stress the need for sacrifices on the i part of the people. Thus, the President recently said, "The . Ifarmer, the wage earner and the businessman must each be Isatisfied t work more for the good of all and to make a little F less for himself. . , f "In return, your government will do its utmost to see I. that the necessary sacrifices are equally shared and that the - common effort brings the maximum return in world strength ; for the cause of freedom." f Our government officials, sad to relate, seem determined I to sacrifice nothing. The record speaks for itself. Men in top positions in the , face of the tremendous military emergency that has been forced upon us continue spending-as-usual in all directions. 1 It is one thing to talk easily of sacrifice. It is another to actually make a few sacrifices, no matter how mild they may be. So far the service men and their families are the only ones who sacrifice. When will the politicians set some sort of an example in government? |