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ALL of Us KNOW— We Must PAY-AS-WE-GO! Y O U , and other citizens like you, must earn the money to support federal spending. The more money spent, the heavier the tax burden on all of us. SILENT disapproval or even pas­sive indignation over federal BIG-SPENDING and DEFICITS is useless. To C U T spending— to BALANCE the BUDGET, you must AC T. WRITE, wire or phone your Sen­ators and Congressman. They represent you. They w ill vote on each federal spending pro­posal. Tell them w hat you w ant them to do. • 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.) n u u iu oixuvY a u u u b «p i j t v v p c i m a n ---- 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. mates without detail. A determined Con­gress, with citizen backing, can find the cuts i I 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 j : 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 i cabling fo r a program of economy in federal : spending was issued here today over the signatures of Senators McClellan and Ful- : bright and Representatives Cathings, Mills, Trimble, Cravens, Hays, Norrell and Harris. The statement read in fu ll: “ We, the un-dersigned members of 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 full responsibility and adopt a pro-j gram o f economy. B y considering each ap-* propriation 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 fedez'al govern- ; ment. A policy of continuous deficit spend­ing is dangerous and must be stopped. The : time to begin is now.” 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 A S E the proposed $3.6 BILLION DEFICIT — can be found among the items in the total of $23.3 BILLION of C H ALLEN 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? 'At 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.