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IT'S A FACT-Proposed federal SPENDING, July 1946-June 1947, $35.1 BILLION That's BIG-SPENDING. It's MORE DOLLARS- • than all America spends in a year for FOOD! • than our 38 million families spend in a year for HOMES! • than our 138 million people spend in a year for CLO TH ES! • than all of us spend for A N Y OTHER IT E M in the F A M IL Y BU D G ET! IT ’S A FACT— Estimated federal INCOME, July 1946-June 1947, $31.5 BILLION That's BIG-TAXING. It's MORE DOLLARS- • than federal government collected in any prewar year— FO U R TIM E S the largest collections of any previous peacetime year! • than the revenues collected by A L L O TH ER G O VERN M EN T U N IT S — more than TH R E E TIM E S the collec­tions of all 48 states and their school districts, townships, cities, villages and counties! IT ’S A FACT— Proposed big-spending EXCEEDS estimated income, July 1946-June 1947, $3.6 BILLION That's a DEFICIT. It's as much as— • A L L federal government costs in 1931! * • the deficit in 1940— when federal in- — just 15 years ago! if come was only $5.6 billion! IT ’S A FACT— About one-third of this year’s proposed spending is FREE FROM CHALLENGE-$11.8 BILLION That's "MUST" spending. It includes— • interest on the P U B LIC D EB T ($5 ($4.2 b illion ); and SO CIAL SECUR-b illion ); R E FU N D S ($1.6 billion); IT Y , R E L IE F A N D R E T IR E M E N T V E T E R A N S ’ pensions and benefits payments ($1 billion). IT ’S A FACT— The AMOUNT of the remaining federal spending proposals is OPEN TO CHALLENGE - $23.3 BILLION That's CHALLENGEABLE BIG-SPENDING. It includes- • more than $1 billion for W A R A G E N C IE S ! • nearly $2 billion for W A R T IM E functions in civil agencies! • more than $1.5 billion fo r C IV IL FU N C TIO N S of regular departments and agencies! (TW IC E 1939— 40 per­cent more than 1945.) • more than $1 billion for F E D E R A L P U B LIC W O R K S! (Biggest ever pro­posed— when men and materials are scarce— when every dollar of federal purchasing competes with civilian short­ages.) • more than $3 billion for E X P A N ­SION of federal functions and the fed­eral government structure! • $13 billion fo r war and navy opera­tions! (Maybe we need that much. Nevertheless, based on official personnel estimates of 1,750,000, the proposal would allow about $7,400 per man— nearly what was spent per man during all-out, full-scale war.) • $1.8 billion for “ Supplemental” ap­propriations, “ Aids to Agriculture” and other miscellaneous items. ASK YOURSELF THIS QUESTION *— Is there overwhelming proof of need for EVERY DOLLAR of those items? (Only if such proof is presented can such spending be justified!) IT’S A FACT-The federal budget CAN BE BALANCED— this year! CUTS necessary to ER AS E the proposed $3.6 BILLION D EFICIT — can be found among the items in the total of $23.3 BILLION of C H A LLEN G EA B LE SPENDING ASK YOURSELF THIS QUESTION *—What can I do to support Congressional action to cut federal big­spending and get a BALANCED BUDGET—now? * Pledge your support— through your Congressman and Senators— for ECONOM Y action by Congress. Urge your friends to do like­wise. Demand CUTS in federal BIG-SPENDING. You can compel a balanced budget that way, this year. Should income then exceed estimates, reduction of debt or taxes would be possible. MEMBERS OF CONGRESS SAY: The Federal Budget CAN and SHOULD BE BALANCED . . . THIS YEAR! Washington, D. C., March 4: A statement advocating a balanced budget fo r the federal government in fiscal 1947 and subscribed to by a bipartisan group o f Members of Con­gress from both Houses was issued here over the week end fo r release today. Subscribers to the statement included: Senators Bridges (N . H .), Byrd (V a .), T a ft (O hio), Tyd-ings (M d.), Vandenberg (M ich.), Walsh (Mass.), Wherry (N eb.), and Wallace H. White, Jr. (M ain e); and Representatives Cox (G a.), Doughton (N . C.), Halleck (In d.), Knutson (Minn.), Martin (Mass.), Taber (N . Y . ), Whittington (Miss.), and Woodruff (Mich.), The statement read: “ The following Mem­bers o f Congress believe that the 1947 fed­eral budget, for the period beginning July 1, 1946, and ending June 30, 1947, should he balanced. This can be done. “ We cannot afford to spend money we do not have. We cannot afford to continue war agencies overdue for demobilization, or war functions o f doubtful value in civil agencies. The federal structure needs rebuilding for peace now, and from the ground up. We cannot afford, nor do we need at this time, in view o f the widespread opportunities for employment, such things as the biggest public works program in our history or a general government expenditure j almost twice prewar 1939. Every dollar we spend now must he justified by overwhelming proof o f its need. “ Every deficit dollar which the federal government spends adds to inflationary pres­sure. Every foot of lumber, piece of pipe, yard of material which the federal govern­ment buys unnecessarily increases the ci­vilian shortage of such items. Every hour of unneeded manpower which the federal government uses next year will be taken away from industry, will lengthen its struggle to bring production up to the level o f demand. Under such circumstances we should not spend a penny for men and materials beyond our absolute needs, “ The proposed budget contains $11.8 bil­lion of commitments and guarantees and $23.3 billion of other spending of which $17 billion appears now only as tentative esti­mates without detail. A determined Con­gress, with citizen backing, can find the cuts needed fo r budget balancing among the items in that $23.3 billion total. “ This year has been called ’the year of decision.’ For the first time in 16 years of budget deficits, the American people have a chance to make a clean-cut decision on the spending policy o f their federal government. “ We urge Members of Congress and citi­zens who believe in a balanced budget to sup­port now, every move to put the United States on a sound fiscal basis.; Only if that is done, can our country successfully dis­charge its obligations.” ;;; Washington, D. C., March 9: A statement calling for; a program of economy in federal spending was issued here today over the: : signatures of Senators McClellan and Ful-bright and Representatives Gathings, M ills,; Trimble, Cravens, Hays, Norrell and Harris. The statement read in fu ll: “ We, the un­dersigned members o f the Arkansas Dele­gation in Congress, support the proposal for a balanced budget in the next fiscal year. This can be accomplished i f the Congress will meet its fu ll responsibility and adopt a pro­gram of economy. B y considering each: ap­propriation bill in the light of its effect on total necessary expenditures, we can hold the cost of government within the annual revenues collected by the federal govern­ment. A policy of continuous deficit spend­ing is dangerous and must be stopped. The time to begin is now.”