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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1940
Page
2
Washington columnist notes the 1940 session approved 21.44 billion dollars, compares it to rail system value, house-building, and farm yields. It cites 1939 employment shifts, civil service growth to 1,000,000, and tax burdens on corporations and workers as escalating national costs.
A study by the American Federation of Investors reports that Congress approved more than 21 billion dollars for the first time in history. It notes that congressional expenditure exceeded 1 billion dollars for the first time in 1918 and equals the total gross income of American farms for over three years.
In Washington an analysis shows aid to Britain ranking behind U S preparedness as politics factor. Roosevelt weighs re election risk amid isolationist pressure. Mentions 50 destroyers debate and torpedo boat issue, with Cordell Hull and General Pershing as public signals.
Collier's notes rapid canal transit by the US fleet with 110 ships passing through in 48 hours and a vessel in and out every 26 minutes. It also mentions whales' loud breathing underwater and a railroad selling 200 to 500 tons of rust monthly to steel firms for pig iron.
A concise aphorism by Bal four laments that zeal can move the world yet few advocates are reliable narrators, warning readers to value measured, honest speech amid collective energy.
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