We know from the experiences of other nations that perfection in government never has been found _via_ the route of mob rule. If we think otherwise we play right into the hands of the Communists and all others who oppose our government. Unethical procedure in any established order is brought about little by little. The theory of lesser concessions is always active. In our trend toward paternalism in government we must constantly guard against the ogre of an established bureaucracy, a denying to the individual those “inalienable rights” of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” so definitely vouchsafed to him in the Republican form of government which was established in this country “under God.” With any impairment of our system of checks and balances, all power to protect every man’s God-given rights is rendered impotent. Everywhere people are expressing the thought that, “Things just can’t go on like this,” and “What is going to happen?” Is there then, a sense of impending judgment in the very atmosphere itself? Let me illustrate the theory of lesser concessions mentioned above. Back in September, 1932, during a campaign speech at Sioux City, President Roosevelt accused the Hoover administration of being the greatest spendthrift in U. S. history; that bureaus and bureaucrats had been retained at the taxpayers’ expense, and then he proceeded to out-Hoover Hoover with alphabetical agencies to the point where cartoonists branded us “alphabetical goofs.” The Foundation for Economic Education at Irvington-on-Hudson, has compiled some interesting statistics: “Expended by all Presidents up to Lincoln $ 1,795,319,694 “Expended by Lincoln (including the Civil War) 3,252,380,410 “Spent by Johnson thru Taft 19,373,146,217 “Wilson (including World War I) 47,938,260,143 “Warren G. Harding 6,667,235,429 “Calvin Coolidge 18,585,549,115 “Herbert Hoover 15,490,476,636 “Franklin D. Roosevelt (including eight years of peace) 67,518,746,001 “Total expended by all Presidents from the beginning to July 1, 1945 $179,630,113,645 “Total spent by Harry S. Truman from July 1, 1945, to September 1, 1949 $191,081,394,191”