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FRIDAY, JUNE 11. 1948
The Danget Of Complacency
fn his address to the Camden Junior
Chamber of Commerce recently, Represen
tative Bryan Dom jaid the thing that gives
him - the- gPikteit concern is the com
placency of 6ie American people.
rhe late George Horace Lorimer, who
built the Saturday Evening Post from ob
scurity Into an American institution once
wrote: I ^
*1 have passed through one panic
and one depression after anothe^k In
my lifetime I have/seen much ruthless
exploitation of men and resources, but
In spite of this America has always
forged ahead on the courage and in
itiative of its private citizens. And
steadily, through all that period, I
have seen business practices and eth*
ics grow better; I have seen sentiment
developing against the waste and ex
ploitation of our natural resources,
and a public conscience hardening
against the old abuses. Could a patern-
.ilistic government have done better?
I venture to doubt it. Granting all the
waste, the ruthlessness and the loose
ethics of the past, America has done
a pretty good job and no ism would
have done a better one. To exchange
one form of ruthlessness that is
rteadily growing less, for another that
is steadily hardening, would not be a
j sound trade.”
The editorial from that which that is
taken appeared in the Post nearly 12 years
ago. In those 12 years we have seen the
‘ .steadily hardening” ruthlessness come to
full flower in communism, fascism and na
tional socialism. In these same 12 years, for
all our alleged shortcomings, we have seen
the living standards and the opportunity of
the average American remarkably better
ed. At a time when great governments keep
themselves in power through terror, op
pression and assassination, the United-
.States has held to its concept of the dig-
nitv of the individual—and its principle of
ih® fullest liberty for all.
Still, as Representative Dorn warned, we
cannot afford the luxury of complacency,
"in the 12 years that have passed since Mr.
l orimer wrote his editorial, there has been
a weakening of our national fibers. -We
have taken steps, tentative but unmistak
able, which i<hould carry us in time to iron
clad government paternalism and eventual
(Metatorship. The steady encroachment of
government "into business; the growth of
powerful bureaucracies and administrative
law; the emphasis on “social gains” at the
expense of individual freedom; the grow
ing dependence of individuals and*while
.L’.tntes on the Federal government for un
dertakings which belong in the province
of private enterprise and local' government
—these are the danger signs.
The people can correct the excesses of
industry, of labor, and of any other group.
But no people, without war or revolution,
can correct the exces-ses of total govern
ment. That is the unanswerable argument
against form of statiam.
A/of Very Successful
President Truman has been oma trip to
the West which it was frankly admitted
was for vote-getting purposes.
We don’t know what success he had else
where but his trip to Omaha, Nebraska,
Deems to have been a veiy unsuccesaful one.
A dispatch from Omaha quotes '■'N’e-
brfwka Democratic Chairman William
Ritchie as saying that the Nebraska delega
tion to the Democratic national convention
“is badly split” and that he himself had
withdrawn his support from President Tru
man as a result of the President’s visit to
Omaha last Saturdi
Ritchie, one of tie 12 Nebraska dele
gatee to the cOBveimon. declared that Ne-
kra.ska and Iowa Dmocrats were given the
bum's n»b daring the Preeident*s Omaha
Rildria said **t]M Damoeratic party needs
new BomfEaa for FnkAmi,** ai^ added
that ethan fa Mdirlaka fait aa he did.
8a It ManLlht PrafldeBt probably had
bftfar fa WaMdaffan.
Statemm, Not A Ftditieim
When the appropriations committee of
the United States Senate recently “invited”
General Douglas MacArthur to appear be
fore it concerning appropiiations affecting
the Far East, the Geflertl declined the “in-
vii ition” because he thought it had been
extended foi* political reasons.
General MacArthur has been sought by
many as a candidate for President' and
while he has stated' that he wbuld serve
his country in any capacity to which he
might be called he has not encouraged his
candidacy. •
In refusing the “invitation” issued by
the Senaje, he said:
“Existing circumstances are not nor- -*
mal and my return at this time, how
ever sincere its purpose, would be mis-
underetoerd and condemned by many
as politically inspired, and much that
T might be obligated in good con-
sciencg~to say would lose-its effect un-
^.ier the impeaching piocess of doubt
thereby aroused in the public mind.
Furthermore, on the question of ap-
pripriation.s affecting the Far East
concerning which my views specifical
ly are requested, the basic policies
are already determined and in effect,
leaving only the detail of appripria-
tions yet to be resolved. As to this
t.’^eater, I have already, directly and
through representatives, expressed my
views on such detail, and this is little
that i could add to what has already
been said thereon and is now before—
the Congress.
“Apart from this, it would be pe
culiarly repugnant to meRo hfive it felt
that I sought to capitalize to political
advantage, as many, have frankly
urged, the public good will which
might manifest itself upon my first re-
"urn to American soil folowing the
Pacific war. For such good will would
find its inspiration in the victory
which crowned our Pacific war effort
to which countless gallant Americans,
I’ving and dead, contributed by unfail
ing and invincible devotion. Usurpation
of such good will by me to serve a
political end would be a shameful
breach of their faith and a betrayal of
of the mutual trust on which was
erected the cornerstone to the Pacific
•detory.”
We agree most heartily with others who
-jj id that by his statement declining the in-
vit.ation “Gen. MacArthur has hdded im-
r.-easurably to his stature as a statesman.”
4 Mule Race
You can never tell what American peo
ple will do to pass away^ the time and to
make fun.
Out in Greenville, Miss., the people had
been complaining of the slow schedule of
the Illinois Central Railroad’s train from
Cleveland, Miss., to-Greenville. One of the
complainants, Editor Hodding Carter, said
that a man could ride the 38 miles between
the two towns quicker muleback than he
could make it on a train.
As a result a relay team of four mules
raced the-train last Saturday. We haven’t
heard the result of the race yet.
This reminds us of he story of a farmer
who had a bull which he boasted could out
run a crack passenger train. He told people
in .a nearby town that his old bull raced
th<Lcrack passenger train each d.-xy when
it ran alongside the p^sturei where he was
kept and that he outran it every day.
Finally he heard one day that some peo
ple from tow-n were coming out to see if
w hat he had been saying was so. The farm
er had the bull hidden and went away
himself, telling an old negro employee to
tell thd visitors he was off.
That afternoon the men from town came
anl the old negro greeted them. “Where’s
Mr. Brown?” they asked. He ain’t here?”
the negro replied. “Where is he?” they
asked. “Well,” replied the ol^ negro,
he left here^ this morning for New
York andjil^’ll eat dinner there and tonight
he will eat supper in Denver, ^Iqrado, ahd
tomorrow morning he’ll be in &n Fran
cisco and the next day in Tampa, Fla.” “He
Certainly is making fast time—hoW is he
traveling?” asked one qf the men. “He’s
riding dat old bull of his’n” the old negro
replied.
Risenhowefs'Positton
According to the Pathfinder ihagazihe,
those Democrats who are shouting for the
nf.mination of General E&enhower ^for
President are just barking up tree.
The magazine said:
. exclusive statement to Path-
rmaer, the retired general said that he
could never run for the Preeidency on
the Democratk ticket for the rimple reason
thst he is a BeBEbUeaB. He eril) sappprt
whonvfir Hie IfapoblkM
Thta^aOutLoud
Membem of the Democratic
partr are living together ]uat like
members of a big famllj
^ —
A Chinese woman claims not
hare eaten in nine years. What*
she lirlng off of? Lore?
The recent elec&on in Csecho-
Slovakia ^ust meant that the Com
munists were poking around the
murdered democratic body to see If
there were any signs of life left.
Every time the International sit
uation seems-to be brightening up
just the least bit the Russians pull
some good will stunt like the kld-
tiAnlng nf Dr. Henry Franklin, the
American military government of
ficial.
You can say what you please but
America was probably better off
In the old days when men aat In
front of ttores In small towns and
whittled away.
If Ignorance Is bliss, why go to
school?
We wish Mr. Henry Wallace or
some of his supporters would tell
us what other country Is doing any
better now than the United States.
It has been our observation that
people go Into the observation car
of a railroad train to observe each
other.
The heavy fall of Dewey ballots
In Oregon was followed by a flood.
Speaking of baseball, the trouble
with the Boston Red Sox is that
they don’t have enough runs In
them.
In keeping with the advertising
practices of some commercial firms,
the national Democratic party
ought to offer a big prise to the
best conclusion to this sentence:
“I am a Democratic because
” Also
in kTO^ng with the practice of
commercial firms the committee
ought to require each entrant to
send in with his replied the tope
off of two Democratic ballots
which he had cast.
Very often a girl thinks that a
stag at the party is areal dear.
When a woman driver has her
hand stuck out of the car. It means
that the window of her car Is down.
You see some men reeling when
they are net Qsblng.
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What does hat Chinese girl who
hasn’t eaten in nine years do with
her money?
A cat lovier says that he knows
of no greater sign of contentment
than that exhibited by a purring
cat. May be so but that Is not one
little boy thought. He had been
stroking his cat before the fire in
perfect content. The cat, also happy,
began to purr loudly. The lllle boy
gazed at her for a while then sud
denly seized her by the tall and
dragged her roughly away from the
hearth. “You must not hurt your
kitty, son,” hl8 mother admonished
the little fellow. ‘‘I’m not,” replied
the little fellow, "but I’ve got To
get her away from the fire. She’s
beginning to boil.”
Do you suppose a man, 87, who
married the old lady In her
nineties the other day refers to her
as his .“latest wrinkle?”
Let us hope that this country
win not go to the dogs of war,
UTio can remember when a mot
orist would dare not start out on
a trip ‘ without having his small
vulcanizing outfit In his car?
Niagara Fails may Ae a mWea
for other newly married couplet
but movie stars don’t go there be
cause their marriages don’t last
that-long.
It’s mighty hard to get to the
point where you can live on Easy
street
Another thing this country needs
is .more youths with strapping
fathers. ^
"One of the high lights of life
for a mother.” says one in a maga
zine article “is seeing her son
graduate from college. She feels as
though she passed one of the
great milestouos of life when this
occurs. Disappointments may come
later but for a while, at any rate,
her son Is a symbol of hope and
success for his parents/’ And
speaking of disappointments, we
are reminded Of the story of the
old man whose son had just grad
uated from, a medical college and
while spending a few days had
given bis father a physical check
up, "Fbr yenrs.” said the^ father
to him after Ills son had talked to
him about the check-up, "I have
J saved and sacrificed to send you
to medicsl coUsge and the first
thing you tell me Is that I must
cut out diinktnf and smoking.”
Wifli He Press
Tee Mush OeWhunsM
The basic strength of this coun
try lies In Its philosophy of Ilfs
and government—not in its nsturhl
resources and Us Industries and
Its wealth. These last, as vlUl as
they are, are but the conaequence
of the first They ars the natural
development of a system which
places maximum fre^om for the
Individaal abovs all othsr considsr-
ations.
Other nations have great re
sources, greater in some particu
lars thsn our own. Russia Is a case
In Mnt But some nations have
not been UUo to pot theirs to full
use for the benefit of the people.
This course shpuld be followpd by
many other countries, rather than
looking to America for gifts and
loans. Super-government, which
robs the Individual of his freedom,
likewise robs him of his Ingenuity
and his smbUlon. The_ Individual Is
simply the tool of the state. He Is
denied much and often most of the
fruits of his labors. Results are
gained by xnass action, .by driving
and terrorizing the people. But the
individual, -savo the man—in—thfi
saddle, never benefits.
This country grew under the
Constitutional Idea of government
of limited powera—from which It
has departed far in recent years.
Oov'ernment Is supposed to act as
an arbiter in the economic affairs
of the country but not as a master
of the people and never as a com
petitor to private business. Now It
is In almost every conceivable type
of business. As an example, It is
buying potatoes, cabbage and other
produce to give away to lunch
rooms, institutions and other
agencies in the hope of keeping
prices up. Government Is working
directly against housewives who are
demanding a reduction in food
costs. We say we have gotten far
away from this fundamental prin
ciple of a minimum of government
interference during the past 16
years. Government now f'haa Its
hands In business of all sorts. How
long will Aiierlcan people stand for
this condition?
We might as well face the truth
—we must get back to the point
from where we started before our
economic system is placed on a
sound normal bMis. This Is the
kind, and the only kind of govern
ment under which the rights and
freedom of the people can be pre
served, and thwe is apparent ten-
ger that It will be undermined at
the rate wa are traveling unless
we can have a general house-clean
ing in Washington. Freedom shonld
be put first, not regimentation,
meddling and bureaucracy for
which the burdened taxpayers must
pay. We should resist asaults on
the Constitutloiial , government.—
Clinton Chronicle.
OverthrowiB|l Cromwell, hs ■— ^
taMished thg mtmarchy. Tha wq-
hitiona wsrei cosity to Bntfaad Is
blood and treasure. A year or so
ago the SoclallsU overthrew the
Conservativeo and
land’s Btroagtet »sk—ChurehIU—
and now England Is in am eU-of-a-
heas.' History has a way of npeat-
ing When the SociallsU hit bottom
they wlU be overthrown by the
ConsefrOlvea.'^IHIion- H
Herald.
Will Hietory Repeat Itaelfr
Oliver Cromwell overthrew the
English monarchy and eetablished
hia owa diotatonhlp. ’Then oame
along a mae named Monk and, after
VandeulHirt
If the Republicans should have
a hurst of partF generosity end
nominate that grand ojd man of the
senate, Vandenburg, the South
would stund an Mcelleut chance
of going Republican for onoftNo
man In the country is hdd in more
reapect and veneration than Van
denburg. He is probably too old for
the job, but we fully believe that
at least 76 per cent of the country
would like to see him in the White
House even at that, whothwr party
loyalty permits them to vote for
him or not
In fact, if VUn^enburg should
be nominated, the whole country
would feel like jedning in to un-
animopaly elect him, regardless of
party affiliation.
But the senator sdys he does
not want^the^ job;- lha RajittliUcun*:
don’t want him, for he Is much big
ger than his , party, and the Xtemo-
crats can’t claim him, so thwe M
no danger of the senator becoming
president—not at present anyway.
—Bamberg Herald.
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