Block · one region of the page, as the scanner read it. It may hold a whole story, part of one, several, or an advertisement; stitching blocks into articles is the next step. Text is supplied OCR.
Page 15 · column 1 of 5 · from the scan, no model involved
Editor:
As a “senior” citizen I find it easy to accept the fact that inflation is our and the world’s greatest problem. Economists find it hard to agree on the cause or the cure but I believe there is little disagreement that there are two major causes in the USA (a) deficit governmental financing and (b) the exhorbitant increase in the price of crude petroleum. We can do something only about (a).
No one can deny that the control of inflation is difficult for it is world-wide. There is some consolation in the fact that the rate of inflation in the USA is among the lowest if not the lowest.
What can we learn about deficit financing? Since about 1930, I’ve seen the federal budget increase from about four million to more than 300 million dollars. In those approximately 44 years our Congress has been under the conPOSITION
EXPLAINED
From Page 2
I then said goodbye and left.
I have been criticized for telling the Congressman who represents my district how I feel.
We have Congressional elections every two years to enable the candidate to listen to “all” the people he hopes to represent not just the “inner circle.”
On the other hand, I was made to feel that this was ar. exclusive “in” social gathering at the Court House that had no place for the opinions of “local yokels.”
Thank you for this opportunity to present my position in the local forum.
Dorothy C. Davis
95.5%