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Show 164 belore Congress, we heve Q complete relief from the eternal dunning tn our ears about the balancing of the budget. The press of our eountry has never yet seen the ne<:8$$ity of bcdonclng the budget when there has been <2 navol program before us. The subieet is not m"ntio'ned In or out of Congress. If Q fo:rm rei ief measure is before us which may cell fer an expenditure in excess of' the estimoteG receipts, we ore told that we must provide the tax before the bUI can be _ceptable. aut if we ask for an extra holl-million f,Of the Nevy, we con poss the bill without even mElfttioning the t_. This we aU know is one of our national habits, therefore it does not even bove to be expl.tned. I COMot refrain, though, from mentioning the foe t that the only question yet ask_ about the e06t of thil program hos been one relating to the cost of training men for the service. This is strictly consIstent with.our spend ing habits. To spend as mueh as $1,000 CJ year to train G boy for Q I ife's occupation in our merehant matine seems ext,remelyexpensive; but an expenditure of $175,000,000 os G subsidy to 0 memhGnt""Shippine program il accepted without consideratton. We heave always been .,d probably wUI always be penny-wk. and pound foo]iah.7 It is not ,incorrec t to say thot Thomas Is been one of its greatest champions, bringiftl about better conditions labor itself by bringing human beings. 7 8 Loc • into its not in its on only fOf the side of labor QAd thot he has the good of American economy prodUdive relations but for problems the good by of the temporizing influence of his faith in S .ill. tilt mutt never be forgotten that labor ofgGAizotions are voluntary organiza They must never hove foroed upon them 8 legel entity $tronl enough to destroy the complete freedom Qf their membe,rs. Me,rol and not legal responsibility should be the Qim. Simple registration will ettain this, for by thot act responsibility is implied, or better still, it may be brought about by the open recognition on the oU the qual ifications of (1 legal part of on employer of 0 laboring group 0$ having tions. |
