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C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26. 1950 Free City Parking Lot The free parking lot recently pro vided by the City on its vacant North Broad street property is being gen erally used it is noted. It is a good move since the property served no need and has been owned by the city for a long period of years. Alderman Pitts in proposing that the space be u-ei .or parking pur poses designjvu that it be free to the public. That is entirely proper. Jt need' no parking meters, if there if traff.c congestion in the city off- etreet parking ground will help solve t '.e problem With the streets laid of: as they are there is no ser- . xms parking problem here The only j ^ ^ congestion Saturday dent of the United States — a union member can cast a secret ballot, but there are said to be ways in a crook ed union to trace these ballots. The power which certain leaders like Lewis have acquired over the members is often so violently abused that upon several occasions it has sctually endangered the lives of many of our citizens. And this in a supposedly civilized nation. And un til we elect a congress with the back bone to put its foot down hard when) these men attack the rights of the American people, we may expect to be periodically informed that we must walk instead of ride, freeze in- Friday afternoon and The lot will ; >rov? a convenience to •hoppers from ;.ie rural areas t( city redent* do n it take the space for 4n« r o»n car> K-t julishrr.ent of oth- < r off-street fr ?c facilities will help t. ..w r't««'ple a: .1 trade to town. can't transport our own food. War or no war, the union bosses are go-' | ing to squeeze the last nickel they ( can bleed from the people. And why *.he American people take it is be-! yond us. Why the Trip * r 1/. !• t v tty d t» tk Mrl tj ■r» ncr% 3 " J '* of President Trs- McArthuf for Uerence on Wake the President fly W 9fld to ZOKlm* r Camera! i« ftitV Tnere have been xiucy br\*een toe : that the trio *e:- Whot Free Enterprise Means Government talks of the need of ^topping mflahon wnen truth is it L responsib.e more than anyone else far our inflationary, condition brought .ooui oy its subsidy program and deficit spending Prices are high far everything and mo-t l.kely will gj higher, certainly if we have anything akin to a global To us th« an .rt poht pe v* for tl li.., I. am* roar.) hake i of ii peifs a pie government e*- •thmg about war . vsn tell McArthur. As aid. planes Ly both ways t Truman is an expedient polttt- uJg.ng from his every oO. the p trols r»un < n»< . r No. m drntia Is r\p rat'er en t j sm and Communum run up t of Itsing. and credit con- 1 not stop inflation, as past i-\,*Tienee has shown 1 Take the people of Socialistic Great Britain or Communist Russia How does the cost of living affect the mi lions of people there? By com panion. a pair of shoes in America or:,ernen over the costs 6 l « flours of work, 25*% hours U-.c t.uru and ’he presi- in Socialistic Britain and 145 hours L k' ,n in Mhuh he An Communist Russia Shoes, which re-election tte^ate high here, are cheaper because :nc Wake confer- w« are not government controlled | ote-getting tnp like the people of those nations, and ^ because we have open competition "T-s n A r, L and free consumer choice The aMM line DaptlStS Are Kight ratio applies in practically evary- Wr have commented before on the, thing else in this country as com- aourd and uncompromising stand the pared to Britain and Rusata. Baptist denomination has, and is still This shows the importance In this taking, m their battle for complete country of a strong economic system •epa-ation nf church and state Their ( free from government domination— example is one all denominations arc and so long as we have it—the people not following ' will be better served and get more A: a recent meeting in Washington i for their money. In those countries the ir joint committee on public af-1 government rations and Axes the fair* adopted resolutions calling up-j price of almost everything in general on thc.r 50.000 pastors in America use Take shoes again as an example, to inform their people of the true In a free country every shoe factory meaning of religious freedom, and tries to make a better and more rea- thi importance of the traditional, sonably priced product than his com- Amenca.n separation of church and petitor. And the retailer in return stair This denomination has recent- endeavors to give his customers the ly taken a firm stand in refusing to best value possible at as reasonable accept federal or state aid ii> build- 1 » price as possible. The retail store ing hospitals in two states in this ! is a living example of what we call arc^ T.iey said in their refusal, ’We free enterprise. are reasserting our cherished loyalty A free competitive system of busi- to me principle of separation of church and state,’’ which means they refuse to rush to the federal govern ment seeking handouts, as so many others are doing. They give their own money for whatever project they un dertake The Baptists, we say, are on solid ground. When the Church begins to use the instruments of the State it becomes indebted to government, federal or state and is destroying its usefulness and influence and is mak ing it easy for the state to bend it to it* will. When an individual, church, or any other organization accepts gov ernment handouts it puts itself un der obligation to the State. Squeezing the People The union leaders are roaring again. They are telling us that we have to pay more for everything we buy so that they can put on another big show for their members. They are telling our pro-government that war or no war their members must have their “rights.”' We believe in every man having his rights but not through the methods laid down by highly paid union leaders. American laboring men (all of us labor) usually are pretty good citi zens. There are lice in the ranks, also, but ninety per cent of them would “tell you where to go” if you asked them to sacrifice the interests of their country so that they might squeeze a few more dollars for them selves. Unfortunately they are not asked. They are told and command ed. There are decent union leaders and there are rotten ones. Under the Taft-Hartley law, which most of these leaders hate, as does the Presi- ness has made this county great. You can see what a sad plight the aboli tion of such a system in other coun tries has brought their people. Com petition, the most inexorable of all economic influences, helps keep costs and prices doyrn, and an informed consumer public knows it. We should diligently guard against further spread of Socialism and Com munism in America. It will destroy our free enterprise system and place us under government domination where it becomes so easy to exploit the public. We say look at Britain and Russia for proof. George Foresees More Tax Hikes Washington, t Oct. 24 — Senator George (D-Ga.), a top congressional manager of tax legislation, put the nation on notice today to expect fur ther multi-billion dollar increases in taxes, notwithstanding the victory in Korea. He foresaw: 1 ■} 1. Enactment of a corporations ex cess profits Jpx by Christmas—or at least “very early in 1951”—to be ef fective retroatively as of last July 1 or October 1. This bill will be confined sffictly to a super tax on excess profits or “war profits.” 2. The possibility of another gen eral tax bill next year. He did not elaborate on what this next bill would do. “Ti*? successes in Korea,” George told nevsmen, “do not remove the necessity for additional taxes. We cannot alford not to go ahead with strengtheiing our defenses—and that costs money.” THE CLINTON CHRONICLE T ~—: Thursday, October 26, 1950 - J Ji/cfye/fo/? RIDING BASE ... DRIVING BASE <1 4 Y Your "Best Buy-ty M Ocfcfs It rides more smoothly You’ll glide smoothly, steadily, safely over most roads in Chevrolet-only low-priced car combining the Unitized Knee-Action Ride and airplane-type shock absorbers. 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