low able office expenses. In certain in stances congressmen have chiseled on ex penses in order to make both ends meet. It will take all of the salary and more to maintain a home in Washington and one hack in the home state, which means that the man of ordinary means can not aspire to the duty of public service. We recognize the dangers of too high a salary and its attraction for those less j qualified, but we do believe public servants! an* worthy of their hire and anything less than c«>st is unfair to them and unwise for the good ol the nation. We would not be! averse to a modest inerease in the pay of our representative! in the National Govern-; meiit. I
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“low able office expenses. In certain in stances congressmen.” Farmville Herald, January 1953.
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