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YOUR
CONGRESSMAN
REPORTS
B< lirt. Burr P. Harrison Washington—Various statistical barometers indicate we are enjoy ,ng in the United States a high degree of business activity an^ general prosperity. The bustle of,borrowing and buying seems to leave little time for reflection on such' grim statements as this:
“During the year just closing, the Government has levied more taxes, has spent m< - money, has incurred the greatest national debt, has lost more gold, has incurred the greatest deficit and is tonight inf the greatest financial distress in any peacetime neriod in the history of '-the Nation.”
They are ‘’.e words of Chairdan Clarence Cannon of the House Appropriations Committee. This Missourian has been in Congress more than 36 years. He has worked on many Presidential budgets,
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