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Sputnik and Too Much Cheese
By DR. GEORGE S. BENSON
Director, National Education Program
Out of the national furor created by Communist
Russia’s successful earth satellite Sputnik have come
a number of political voices declaring that “economy”
in government has held back our nation’s satellite
launching. %
It’s a fair question to ask: What economy in gov
ernment? The federal budget is the biggest in peace
time history. The budget reduction which the vast
majority of the American people demanded earlier this
year just did not occur, although the public got the
impression from news out of Washington that the
economy ax was being swung healthily. .
The politicians who are sadly shaking their heads
over a non-existent “economy” session of Congress are
actually advocating increased federal spending and the
rejection of any suggestions for cutting taxes next year.
Lack of Capable Management
Out of all the statements I’ve read from leaders
of our government satellite program comes the inescap
able conclusion that lack of capable management and
proper coordination by federal agencies—and not lack
of money—delayed the U.S. earth satellite launching.
The same trouble apparently is delaying our inter
continental ballistic missile program.
Expert opinion suggests that the program to launch
an American earth satellite—counting research, con
struction, launching and operation—requires expendi
ture of approximately $100 million in tax money. That’s
a comparatively small item in a budget of $72 billion.
According to recently published statistics the federal
government paid out almost that much in cheese sub
sidies to benefit dairy farmers in the last 12 months!
This year, in fact, the Agriculture Department
will be. paying more than $5 billion to farmers, most
of it in subsidies on farm production far beyond market
demands at true value prices. This is one of the most
ridiculous situations in the history of our nation.
The Budget Items
We certainly need to spend adequate money on
the missile program, on the development of earth
satellites, and on other vitally important research and
explorations. But we should obtain whatever additional
money is needed above present allocations by a sensible j
cutting down of the swollen federal budget.
Here are the items that make up the record budget: j
Military, $38 billion; foreign military aid, $3.2 j
billion; foreign economic aid, $1.5 billion;.other defense I
activities, $2.9 billion; aid to veterans, $5 billion;!
welfare and labor programs, $3.4 billion; aid to farmers, j
$5 billion; power, reclamation, etc., $1.4 billion; aids!
to housing and commerce, $2.1 billion; interest on debt, I
$7.3 billion; all other programs, $1.5 billion.
The budget items add up to $72 billion. This is
almost $200 million more than the government had
planned to spend before Congress began its widely
publicized “cutting of appropriations.”
Look at the budget items carefully. Do you approve
of the amounts? Are your taxes not burdensome? What
are you doing about it?
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Tough Task Ahead for Congress,
President Warns, to Meet Cost
Of, Space Age Defense Weapons
By MARVIN L. ARROWSMITH
OKLAHOMA CITY, UFt—Presi
dent Eisenhower Wednesday
night warned the cost of space
age weapons means a “very con
siderable” boost in defense spend
ing is coming and Congress will
have to face the tough task of
cutting non-essential national
programs.
He said Americans won’t tol
erate sacrificing security to the
worship of a balanced budget.
This impending boost will mean
sharp cuts in some non-military
spending programs in next year’s
budget to offset a part of the
hil^e, he said.
Some of these programs may
have to be eliminated entirely,
the President declared. He de
parted from his prepared text to
add: “And pressure groups will
wail in anguish.”
In a nationwide television-radio
address, the President also called
for ta stepped-up educational pro
gram of training scientists to meet
the Russian threat.
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of “chins up” talks designed to
bolster United States confidence
in free world defense capabilities,
Eisenhower said Russia’s chal
lenge is being met and will con
tinue to be met.
He cautioned that the Soviet
Union’s recent achievements in
development of weapons of the
future mean “there is danger
ahead for free men everywhere.”
The President, addressing an
overflow audience in the munici
pal auditorium, recalled that Nazi
dictator Hitler once boasted he
would bury the free world.
“Not enough people took him
at his word,” Eisenhower said in
likening the situation then to the
Russian threat today.
Eisenhower’s assertion that de
fense spending on missiles and
other weapons of the future must
be hiked by “a very considerable
figure” quite likely killed any
remaining hope for a tax cut next
year.
He said: “There has been much
discussion lately about whether
Soviet technological break
throughs in particular areas may
have suddenly exposed us to im
mediately increased danger.
“As I pointed out last week,
this is not the case. But these
accomplishments have provided I
us all with renewed evidence of j
* GIRL SCOUT NEWS
The Little Dipper Girl Scout
group is having an ice-skating
party tomorrow and all eighth
grade girls are cordially invited.
The girls will meet at Mrs.
Liebig’s house Saturday afternoon
at 1:00 p.m.
—Beverly Bohrer
BROWNIE NEWS
A new group of Brownies held
their first meeting Nov. 6th in
Mrs. Langhus’ classroom. We
made designs out of our own
names.
The following officers were
elected:
Jean Foster, chairman; Laura
Walker, treasure?; and Catherine
Walsh, scribe.
We talked about making aprons
and hangers. Our dues are five
cents. Mrs. Handeland and Mrs.
Langhus are our leaders.
Our second meeting was Nov.
13th. We made patterns for our
aprons. Then we cut the aprons
out. Some of the Brownies started
to sew on them. We will sew next
Wednesday, too.
—Catherine Walsh, Scribe
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SNOWBIRD BROWNIES
At our last meeting we elected
officers. They are:
Nancy Gray, chairman, Lynn
Cfump, secretary; and Navada
Pettijohn. We made sit-upons.
At our next meeting we are
going to make something for
Thanksgiving.
—Lynn Crump, 'Scribe
Nordin Construction Co.
j Wins Bid on White Alice
Construction at Bethel
ANCHORAGE, The Nordin
Construction Co., Fairbanks, has
been awarded a $56,000 contract
for encasement of foundation pil
ings at the U.S. Air Force “White
Alice’’ site at Bethel. Government
estimate for the work was
$102,655.
The work consists of encasing,
with metal collars, approximately
71 steel pilings on which the
White Alice installation is con
structed. The collars are to be
filled with a special mixture of
wax and oil to prevent the freez
ing ground from adhering to the
piles causing them to heave.
Soviet competence in science and
techniques important to modern
warfare. We must, and do, regard
this as a time for another critical
reexamination of our entire de
fense system.”
The President’s talk here cli
maxed Oklahoma’s 50th anniver
sary “arrows to atoms” celebra
tion of its statehood. He headed
back to Washington by plane im
mediately after the speech.