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guarantee of economical government.”

“No matter which party is in power,” ‘he says, “we can balance our budget only by sacrificing Western Europe, and with it the rest of the world, to communism.

tender mercies of Soviet Russia.”

James F. Byrnes of South Carolina, an older and, we

think, a wiser Democrat, disagrees.

Under the F. D. Roosevelt and Truman administrations, Mr. Byrnes has served this country well as Senator, Supreme Court Justice and Secretary of State. Certainly he cannot be accused of wishing to deny adequate aid to Western Europe or sacrifice the world to communism. :

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BUT HE believes the federal budget can and must be balanced by curbing the growth of big government in Washington and by cutting down its spending of the people's money in the name of promoting their welfare and security. “We cannot defeat it (communism) by embracing socialism, which 78 but a step toward communism,” Mr, Byrnes told the conference of Southern governors in Biloxi, Miss. :

“Our first line of defense is not the Elbe or the Rhine; it is a sound, solvent American economy. And that economy

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“Big government is more dangerous than big Little government can regulate big business and the United those who violate the laws against monop-

oly, but it is dificult to regulates big government.

cure it by more debt and more taxes.”

Big government, he continued, is “making the small man smaller every day.” It is concentrating in Washington “the powers of local governments, including police All that, perhaps, is old-fashioned doctrine. It may of future

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“OUR REAL trouble is debt and taxes, We cannot

‘Retirement System’ for All Elderly Workers Urged

managenient in support of an expanded gov-’ ernment Social Security system, inclpding federal pensions for over-age workers. 3

printing concerns, set a possible pattern last week in its Los Angeles convention by calling on the government to provide an “adequate retirement system” for all elderly workers. ‘If enough important business bodies take the same stand and Congress responds, this will

| Su JAMES ROOSEVELT, who wants to be governor of Cali- take care of the biggest subject now befors

‘ , That 1s th tee of fornia, calls federal deficit spending ‘the taxpayer's best unions and employers e guaran

pensions for retired workers, like those just won in the steel industry,

Variety of Plans THE movement would substitute one uniform pension system for a t variety of inplans now in effect or likely to be adopted. Eligibility and the amount of pensions would be made the same in all industries. Workers would not lose their right to pensions when they change from one employer to another. : And, what is important to the t mass of citizens, membership in a labor union would not be essential for a pension much larger than the average of about $26 a month now being paid under Social Security. 1 The priitting industry convention, with about 500 delegates, took note of the probability that inequities will result - on plans are adopted industry by industry. The convention called on unions with which the commercial printers deal to join in asking Congress to set up a uniform system. This would be through increasing present BSoclal Security pensions to around $100 a month, which is the figure being generally concluded in - industry dealings.

Company Payments AN important provision of industry plans - adopted in steel and by the Ford Motor Co. is that the company payments decrease as Social Security payments grow. A bill providing for larger Social Security ns (about $44 a morith) was passed by the

business. House late in this year's session of Congress.

It is expected to be called up before the Senate early next year. The steel and Ford plans indicate that many industrial interests will be pushing for Congress to make the pensions even larger than the

.. House proposed. i Meanwhile, national business bodies are advising close study before concerns rush into pension plans. The U. 8. Chamber of Commerce, it is understood, will make public this week a recommendation that Its members give careful » scrutiny to federal and state pension laws. It will also that companies make sure pe. hill involved in any pension

not prove as popular with the American people—one out of With a-aion. ‘every nine of them, Mr. Byrnes pointed out, are now receiv- New Phase ae : Q : "THE drive for steel indus ns ing Sirect payments from the government—as the “liberal 8 Gris fur, sel | ry Jets ns 1b pronouncements Roosevelt. ~~ union to extend the Bethlehem plan to hundreds But old-fashioned or no, we fear the country will have of small concerns it has under contract cause for deep regret if it disregards the advice of James er PE A Oe ; producers and making it into hundreds of conhap! ; a ed Many of these small companies, their spokes- : : JOBE ga 3 m#n say, cannot support or guarantee pension 4 1 “ bakin hits “plans on the Ecale of the big concerns. They the Thought 8. sana "are expected to join in & demand for the govern. wy Lm ain . ment to take over the whole problem.

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M. Dorsey, an aged Washington patent lawyer.

Mr. Dorsey's alleged offense was that in seeking.a ‘patent, he used as evidence an article written by a “ghost” —

UL. 8. Supreme Court has decided, in ita wisdom, that

Some business men raise the question of whether this doesn’t mean “big government” and “the welfare state” and a setback for the “free enterprise” system. Their spokesmen are beginning to wonder whether that's a greater evil than the present haphazard development of

old-age pensions.

that is, by someone other than the man whose name was

signed to it.

Two members of the high court—Justices Jackson and

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Frankfurter—dissented vehemently from this decision, thus a myth) agreeing with a lower court that Mr. Dorsey was disbarred py, poientists say that falling in love. Janjustly. A CE RG TW NS RE SR Sali ia ) but a fabulous myth. on Wome ew «wv» Well, maybe it is, but some I{sping dove

JUSTICE JACKSON, who authored the minority without ghostly aid, took pains, however, to make ft clear that he does not approve “the custom of putting up decoy authors to impress the guileless, a custom which, as the court below cruelly pointed out, flourishes even in of-

currency in RECOVERY TROUBLE = . By Marais Childs Warning in France

PARIS, France, Nov. 23—The one-day strike for all of France is like a warning symptom of a deep-seated disease. It is not serious in itself. But if the warning is ignored, then the

e one-day demon- ® stration presages major labor upheavals during the coming. ,

“ficial circles in Washington.” He continued: “Ghost-writing has debased the intellectual

circulation here and is a type of counterfeiting which invites no defense. Perhaps this court renders a public service in treating phantom authors and ghost-writers as legal frauds,

and disguised authorship as a deception,

. “BUT has any man before Dorsey ever been disciplined ~greven-reprimanded for-it? And will any be hereafter?” ~~ Probably no. Reprimands or discipline for employers of - ghost-writers would create havoc in one of American's most

flourishing industries.

Just imagine what would happen if the leaders of busi. neas and labor, the members of Congress and the Cabinet,

the President of the United States and even

Justices of the Supreme Court had to write all their own speeches, messages and other public pronouncements!

Self-Help First

(GORDON L. CLAPP, chairman of the TVA Board of Di- : rectors, who is heading a United Nations economic sur- % vey mission in the Middle East, concludes that what the Arab ! countries need is self-help and judicious, limited aid—not

Might answer the doctors like thith:

“You go your own way and I'll stick to mine, “Enjoying each hug and each kith. “But when you have time, I wish you'd define “What's amith with a myth that brings blith!"

disehse can take a threatening form. ‘There are skilled observers who believe th

Wider Pension Plans Pushed =

The Printing Industry of America, Inc., nar tional organization of. commercial or “job” .

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FAILURE IN ECONOMICS . . .By E. T. Léech Business and Politics Differ

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23—Businessmen often fail miserably when they take political jobs. Politicians do likewise when they tackle busi- - ness. LE There are some exceptions to prove the rule. But, by and large, the fields are utterly different. And, in the top jobs, those who try to shift from one field to the other court failure. In times of great stress—such as war—politicians have to call on businessmen to help on such things as organization, production and technical problems. In such capacities, businessmen gave invaluable service during the war under political direction. But most of them didn’t like the setup and felt that it cramped their style and ‘hampered their results. In the same way, in time of peace businessmen use the services of politicians. They use them for lobbyists, as contact men with government agencies and as peddlers of influence. . But not in top direction. Hie In the chief jobs, businessmen seldom win political success. And politicians seldom make good in business. \ This is one of the chief reasons why the “planned state”—the one which tries to run -- business and direct the economy-never can. live up to'its promises. It is a basic cause why

no great advance in all the long history of

civilization ever came out of a government bureau.

Private Sources

THE important inventions, the scientific dissoveries, the innovations in commerce and production, the progress of the arts and professions and all the great strides in religious, social and economic life came from private sources. Able, ambitious and imaginative individuals working on their own were the authors of man's progress. When the hand of the state was placed over any of these fields and tried to direct and control them, it stified initiative and brought stagnation. That is why it so often is called “the _dead hand of the state.” - Sia: The other reason why government-—that is, ‘politiciansisean’t ran busines : that it destroys the tests by which success and failure are measured. State operation doesn’t have to stand on its own merits. Government can conceal fallure by destroying competition and preventing comparison. It can change the “rules, ‘manipulate taxes and stifie opposition. Therefore the heads of a state industry, or of a

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planned economy, can cover up and prolong failure. Which they always do. Private business runs under the fierce test of competition. It has to meet the prices and quality of rival firms. It is judged each day by the consumers in the fieréé and unbiased court of the free market. or Not so the industry or the business system controlled by the state. It can fix prices, control production and slap down competitors. It can create monopoly. It need not succeed, for it can run at a loss by charging artificial prices or using tax money. But the private producer has to have the right prices, quality and service

_—or go broke.

Money and Jobs Lost

MANY do go broke. That is tough both for investors and workers: Money and jobs are lost and localities suffer. So there is a breed of

“economic tinkerers who call competition de-

structive and wasteful. And there are businessmen who feel the same way—as, for example, many of those in Britain. British businessmen-—-by combinations to con-

trol prices and production and trade areas—

“yraste.” combined so that everybody could get by—including the least efficient.” Now the British Boclalists do identically the same thing by controls either through actual state ownership of business or by making it run under state regulations. Such combinations or planning—whether private or public—destroy the only measure-

ment by which business can be tested. This |

is the yardstick of consumer demand-—what the buyer will pay in a free market. When that test is destroyed, there is no way to measure success

_or failure. There is no incentive to improve

quality or to cut prices.

Consumers Hit THIS is what hits the consumers—that is,

the general public for whom the planners say

they-are planning. Under the dead hand of the state, prices tend to be high, quality low and service unsatisfactory. ; : “ww Government-<which, ‘after aii; merely means a group of politicians holding jobs—thus fails when it tries to run a nation’s business life. It fails for two basic reasons, which nobody has been able to change through all the centuries. First, politicians don't make good in business; and second, they destroy the only way to measure success or failure.

everyone's country. So, let's love our country and love our God. : ® & ¢ ‘No Jobs for Graduates? By Sylvia Woleyrs. ; Will someone explain to ‘me and to many other university graduates honest, gainful cannot be found for some of us in our own country? :

ment's money by going to college? We aren't begging for soft jobs, sasy money,

or ranch-type houses. We want an opportunity

to show what we are capable of doing. Just grant us a bit of that same stuff for which America has been Bate the land of! *

‘Keep Head Up, Try Again’ By Anna C. Edwards. You feel bad; everything has gone against you. Your star has fallen, the darkness engulfs

you and you feel forsaken. This, you say to yourself, is the end. You walk in loneliness and

Your head bowed, your heart sick, you ask the question: Is there no way out? ! You have asked the question which lights a tiny spark of hope. : But so long as you walk with head bowed you cannot see. the way is ahead. And so long as the heart is sick and sore, the strong and glorious light of faith will not enter the S80 head up, heart high, shoulders square— try again, the ght will come. ————

‘City Needs Improvements’ By H. C. Bange, an ex- t. I saw in my recent to Indianapolis, after three years of residence.in California, an awful lot of broken-down streets, smog, smoke and filth which the politicians have been going to get rid of for the past 10 or 15 years, Why do the people put up with this? Indianapolis needs more one-way, streets to handle this era's traffic and find out for itself this .is not the horse and buggy age anymore, or maybe somebody is hoping ‘the Indians will take. over again and run the city properly.

So They Say

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neglected poverty and unemployment are the wost enemies of democracy; that privates priv lege must yield to the larger consideration of public interest.—Herbert H. Lehman. ® ° : THE atom bomb works as the chief weapon to prevent war.—Dr. Arthur H. Compton, @irece tor of U. 8. atomic research in World War IL

1950 ELECTIONS . . . By Bruce Biossat

Voting Trend Clues

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23—In 1950 New York, California and Pennsylvania, the three most populous states, will each elect a governor and a Senator. These contests not only will furnish important clues to presidential 1952; they may furnish some of the candidates for the White House, 3 ‘This year's ‘election results ‘were hardly cold when James

winter, Large-scale strikes could slow the tempo of recovery, and that is particularly ' true of coal mining, where the unions and nationalized industry are largely dominated by Communists. But significantly, the one-day general strike called for Friday, Nov. 25, was not Initiated by the Communists, The generat strike call was issued by the Workers' Force, which is made up of anti-Com-munist unions that left the General Confederation of Labor (CGT) because it was run by Communists, The CGT has merely followed the lead of the “third force” unions. This means that the oneday

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lysing all of France , great amounts of dollars. : poli) in’ te inition. The . Until the Arab governments acquire the necessary Na xacts are Seep * knowledge and self-discipline to desire and seek their own In the Jel sie yates of. the f Sesuiounie Xemsnatation, Mr. Clapp does not believe our money ole post-war Jovemments of ¢ would much help to them. At present, he thinks, on have . tle . or ¢ they are not prepared to undertake such huge Projects 88 javels have remained. frosen. © the proposed developments in the Tigris and Euphrates and while they have been River Valleys. pward. | vides the : agreement they BARE. CA never have kept pace with

the few large farmers as well as maintaining an adequate price ‘level for the typical French peasant with an average holding of 20 acres. These contrasts have caused much acute discontent. The resentment of workers has been directed as much against the union leaders as against any- * one. In leaderless France the trade unions are failing to hold their membership. That goes for the Communist as well as the Workers’ Force Unions. A considerable proportion of the membership of all unions simply is not paying its dues or accepting any discipline fromthe old and discredited leaders.

dropping steadily. The circulation of the chief Communist , L'Hu-

the indifference to the leadership of the French Communists who go on parroting the Moscow line. -

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buy a new suit!"

‘Roosevelt, eldest son of the

late President Franklin D. Roosevelt, announced his candidacy for the California governorship. He is bidding chiefly for the Democratic nomination, but under California's strange cross-filing system he will also put his name in on the Republican side. If Gov. Earl Warren, the Republican incumbent, seeks a third term the West Coast battle may be hard fought. As the defeated GOP nominee for vice president in 1948, Gov. Warren suffered a setback in prestige. But he has rebuilt his strength in his home state and must be regarded as a tial possibility unless decides to leave politics. Another Roosevelt, Franklin

plan to seek re-election. Beyond that prospect, nothing much can be said about the contest there. Once a’ GOP. bastion, Pennsylvania today is one Of the hottest political battlegrounds in the country, It shifts allegiance with surprising suddenness, Whoever its 1050 gubernatorial candidates are, the race will be tough, » . . THE senatorial races in these three states are shaping up slowly and little presidential timber is in sight. Reps. Russell M. Nixon, Republican,

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