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and “consultants” taking a hand in the spending of military and nonmilitary assistance dollars by the billions each year. The record, W ever, is heavy with instances of expensive miscalculations, simple stupidity and, too frequently for comfort, rank {raud on the taxpayer. \
It is safe to-state that the aver^ age American citizen is willing to pay in taxes for the protection of his country from destruction by a ruthless enemy. If there are free nations ready to stand with us in a showdown, he is likely to be agreeable to helping strengthen their abilities to defend themselves. How long, hewever, can be expected to accept as merely the breaks of the game the financing of sawmills that don’t cutwood, dams that are not wanted, machinery that lies rusting in its crate in a faraway land, unused and unappreciated ?
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