in pursuit of victory. To meet

in pursuit of victory. To meet this callenge, we—all of us, not just those who are bearing the cruel burden of the fighting-need the kind of spirit that carried the Continental army through the Revolution and on to victory and national freedom. Even as we have reached heights of material achievements, along with eloquence in expressing good will toward our fellow man, the big question is: Can wo honestly look back over the past year and say that we have adhered to the principles upon which this country wasfounded--namely, respect for the right of private property, respect for the indi vidual, and a belief that a government of limited powers is the best government? It is doubtful is many of us can answer in the affirmative. The growth of government muni ficence has taken its toll of independence. While we talk so much oi freedom for other peoples, we should take stock of the status of our own freedom. Is it a quality of freedom^that rings true? Hardly! Inoneway or another, more people each day are being required to do what they are told to do by some authority, and more and more frequently that authority has its source in Washington. The growing voice of authority is inevitable because authority, federal authority, holds the purse strings. The existing prosperity of countless industries, businessmen, farmers, whole communities, is at the absolute mercy of those \^ho award the contracts, the subsidies, the matching funds or whatever you wish to call them. As we enter the new year, there is one resolve that should be taken rtby all. A resolve that would end the spectacle of a great nation riding a crest of unparalleled power on one hand and on the other beset by a deepening morass of controls, inflation and a war that has no foreseeable end. We should resolve that the constitutional system of government of checks and balances as laid down bv the founders of the nation--is the best kind of a government to live under; that the rights of private proper