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<ion of spending cuts to balance the budget must be taken out of military, programs. In that we are handicapped |)y the fact that Congress has authorized government agencies, primarily the Department of Defense, to enter into long-range contracts which can’t well be canceled. For example. it takes five years to build a Forrestal type airplane carrier at a cost of 200 million dollars. Once it is started, we cannot profitably cancel the authorization.
If Secretary of State Dulles is right in saying that the threat to our ■security is the greatest in our history we cannot afford to cut our military establishment in a manner that will cripple its effectiveness. But, Cabinet of the top business brains in the nation, the Administration should be able to plan a military budget within the framework of a sound domestic economy. The preservation of our freedom will involve sacrifice but our ancestors sacrificed far more in winning it.
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M^rch should surely go out like a lamb—if coming in like a lion has anything to do "with it.
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IA lot gets written, printed, and said about “economy” but, so far, it's been difficult to find anyone who really wants it.
Everyone seems to howl about government economy. ty‘s a complicated discussion usually, and easily gets out of comprehension.
To begin economy at home is easy. “Cut off the electricity,” is the recommendation. “Oh, no!”
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