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Delaware residents, without regard to
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fense of the administration of the Delaware
State Hospital, and of Dr. Tarumianz, its
head. It is heart-warming to observe the
spontaneous outburst of public disapproval
which followed quickly on the heels of the in
troduction of a Senate Resolution, jointly
sponsored by Senators Cubbage and Vera G.
Davis, which sought an investigation of the
institution. For a long period of years the
writer had the opportunity to observe close
ly the management and operation of that effi
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THEY HIT BELOW THE BELT
it through surprise inspection trips on the
part of the Board of Trustees—and we have
marveled at the quiet efficiency with which
Dr. "T" Worked and managed the place. Just
what prompted Senators Cubbage and Davis
to introduce the resolution, which appropri
ately was tabled immediately by the State
Senate, is not revealed. We believe that we
are within reasonable bounds when we raise
this question. Was it in part brought about
.' a resentment against Dr. Tarumianz
which Senator Davis may hold because of
any part which he may have had in the con
solidation of many of the charitable groups
**1 W ï iC u ^® nator Davis was interested and
of which she was a member. If this query
can be answered in the affirmative, then it
is our belief that the Senator from Dover
could redeem herself partly in public esteem
should she publicly apologize for her part in
the introduction of this unfortunate and un
necessary Senate Resolution. Delawareans,
a8 ^ group, are proud of Dr. Tarumianz and
of vie fine hospital and health center which
he heads. Would that we had more men like
him—and less of his critics.
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A FREE DOLLAR
There is a lot of loose talk today about
Are you a Communist? Take
He is a Fascist.
ideologies,
the oath!
have gone Socialistics." "Capitalism is on
triaL" Capitalism is primarily concerned
witH putting savings to work. It abhors an
idle dollar. It is happy only when it sees
that dollar in overalls. Happier, when it
sees that dollar reproduce itself and become
two dollars. A capitalistic system arranges
for all this. It sets up a hiring hall where
dollars gather, look over the "help wanted"
on the bulletin boards and pick out the jobs
that appeal to them. If the job carries the
risk of losing both wage and life, the pay
has to be commensurate—10c, 15c a year,
even more. It becomes a share of stock a
partner in the risk. If the job is a safe one
and the dollar is not in the mood to gamble
it will work a year for a penny or two It
becomes a bond, a creditor of the enterprise
The point is that under capitalism it is a
free dollar. Under communism, fascism, so
cialism. totalitarianism, the dollar is not
free. The State drafts the dollar and puts it
to uses that those who happen to be in charge
of the State decide. Furthermore, it seldom
if ever has the opportunity to reproduce it
self when expended by the State No self
respecting dollar likes to be an expense dol
lar, it wants to multiply itself through in
vestment. The State dollar is a most unhappy
dollar because dollars, like men, want to be
free nnrt nnd nawol o
* Pa T Cel . 0f a free .people,
amouious to grot on and up in the world, they
most enjoy what we all pray for, "an ex
panding economy." There can be no real
freedom of individual« nnlooc rlrdlovc
frpp Thivo ™ un,es 5. dollars are
. re can be no expanding economy
ror America unless dollars are encouraged to
hazard their lives in untried fields. Millions
of small savers collectively can do a better
?.?!? Putting their dollars to work than no
lltical mentors and managers. It is well for
us to remember that America is what it is
today because alone of all the countries of
the world WP hnvp evnatiilod
iL; .... e5 JP an ued under those
► lamese twins, political and economic free
dom.
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The Sparkman "middle class" housing
bill is fighting its ways through Congress
It Drovides for 'vft vpa r K *
»S k "
eratives. It proports to be a must for
veterans and persons of moderate incomes,
The measure is in the Senate and all the
whooping Democrats are boosting for a Gov
prnmpnf unm-Anrioimn n u.'ii- j n ^ x
ernment appropriation of a billion dollars to
make 3% loans to cooperatives. In our ooin
ion the Government needs that billion dollars
a great deal more than the real estaters who
are nraving nio-hEnnH Hnv fn mill
are pravmg rngftt and day to pull down that
v OHllon dollars from the treasury of the Uni
ted States. Good gracious, won't the Govern
ment ever stop deficit spending of the people's
tax monev' . gcupie
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HOW MUCH MORE GOVERNMENT
CAN WE STAND?
The government," says U; S. News and
World Report, "has become the biggest
source of income in the country. In the single
year to end next June 30, the Treasury will
spend an estimated $46,000,000,000 in cold
cas ^' Th* 8 me ans that $1 out of every $6
spent in the United States will be spent by
the government." The magazine then goes
into considerable detail as to how all this
money is to be divided. The biggest item in
the budget—$17,300,000,000—is accounted
for by benefits and subsidies of many diverse
kinds. Nearly half of that amount—$8,300,
000,000—will go to veterans and is one of
the payments we are making because of past
wars. Then farmers will come in for some
thing over $2,000,000,000 in direct payments
and government crop loans and price sup
ports. Large sums will be paid to the old,
the blind, and the unemployed. Finally, $5,
600,000,000 will be paid out to foreign gov
emmentS and for foreign-aid purchasing.
Item number two—$10,200,000,000—will go
- , . T , mi i. V» nnn r
for Salaries. It Will gO to 3,700,000 people,
the num ber of civilians and military person
nel now on the federal payroll. As the U. S.
News points out, this does not include those
who work indirectly for government, such
as the men and women employed in plants
producing materials for federal agencies.
Third is a $10,000,000,000 item for goods.
This includes an enormous number of items,
running all the way from airplanes and tanks
to paper and ink. Interest on the public debt
will require the sum of $4,100,000,000. That
will be a cash payment, and does not include
the interest accruing on war bonds and sav
ing bonds. Services, such as printing, rent
and utility bills, will cost the taxpayers $2,
400,000,000. And something like $2,000,000,
000 will be used for loans and investments.
The above items cover the major expenses of
the government. Perhaps the most striking
fact is the great increase in the number of
individuals who now live off the Federal
Treasury. To quote U. S. News again, "Ten
<<
years ago, when the New Deal was pouring
out billions for direct and work relief, fewer
than 20,000,000 persons were getting checks
from public agencies. In the period that has
followed, the make-work programs of gov
eminent have disappeared. Prosperity has
taken over. Personal incomes trebled. Yet
. . persons living on public dollars, in whole
or in part, jumped 29 per cent." The impli
cations of this can be argued indefinitely,
But it indicates the reasons for the uneasi
ness of those who wonder how much more
government the country can stand,
KEEPING THE PUBLIC BUYING
One of the leading retail associations re
ports that for the first six months of this
year, retail net profits were badly off. De
partment stores of various sizes showed a net
profit after taxes of from less than one per
cent to a top of 2.1 per cent. The earnings of
specialty shops were also down heavily, as
compared with last year,
in the words of the association's bulletin,
"These results indicate that the stores recog
nize how important it is to keep the public
buying, even at the sacrifice of considerable
profit. After the easy-come sales volume of
the war years, and the early post-war years,
it is remarkable to see how quickly the stores
have adjusted themselv.es to the changing
hav ? jumped into the strongest kind of pro
motional effort."
Keeping the public buying is, of course,
t ^ ie most important factor in maintaining our
livin & standards and our prosperity. Mass
production and mass distribution are the
foundations of the American economy. They
^ ve us employment, opportunity, good wag
es * And retailing is superbly geared to han
dle and distribute the vast quantities of goods
that flow to it: from industry and agriculture,
From the consumers' standpoint, the re
port on store net P rofits should be revealing,
U 18 clear that retail prices are held > in
the ® reat majority of instances, to as low a
P 0111 * 85 P°ssible. The profit on each sale is
tlny ' and stores de P end on mass selling to
earn a . reasonable total profit for the
y ear . That is good business for retailing
and û S uarantees a & ood deal for the con
sum er.
conditions. From a period when sales pro
motion effort was scarcely needed, the stores
. ™ D f ENS ^ 0E farnhurst
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or Democratic state legislator, set off a barrage of
criticism against the Delaware State Hospital at
Far " hu >; 8t - „ , , . .. .
To Mrs. Davis charges, which have not been re
duced to specific facts, have been added the com
plaints of a number of persons probably influenced
the difficulties in which the New Castle County
Workhous e finds itself.
Most of tbe Charges seem to be based on the ex
periences of individual patients or their relatives
who do not agree with the methods used at Farn
hurst in treatment of insanity,
clalists in mental disorders for its work in treating
the maladies of the human mind, and particularly for
its suc cess in curing alcoholism,
Dr ' Tarumianz has been accused of running his
hospital as a "dictatorship." Perhaps he does use
a strong hand; but who would have him vacillate in
managing an institution which was built to accom
modate 500 4 persons and which houses nearly 1200
lunatics? Farnhurst is so overcrowded that the hos
pital has to use every inch of space, including corri
dors. The good doctor's 150 employees earn miser
able wa e es > conducive neither to honesty nor effl
cie " cy - ,
To make U P for the seriously deficient budget,
the hospital collects trom those who cap afford to
pay; Dr. Tarumianz himself has been accused of
charging fees for private consultations, a practice
to which be> or any doctor, is entitled; and in his
cas ? h b ^ p® 1 ™ 1 ? 8 * 00 °. f the board of directors.
Tbis 8C andal is not merely much ado about noth
ing. It is far more serious, because It casts slurs
a man who is head and shoulders above his job. and
whose services would be eagerly sought by any
° f nJTr,,?!' l tates wer ® avai , lable -
Pr ' Tarumianz has said he would welcome an in
vestigation. Should there be such an investigation,
we hope the results will be given as prominent a
display as the charges.
f nd Mrs *u Da K, is , 8bould be made t0 writ e her
apology on the blackboard 1.000 times ... if she
can make up her mind with which hand she writes.
WHAT OTHER NEWSPAPERS ARE SAYING
From Sunday Star (WilminKton)
Nevertheless it must be recognized that Delaware
State Hospital under Dr. M. A. Tarumianz, has achiev
ed nationwide praise from the world's leading spe
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Thirty Years Ago
As Taken From The Files
Of The Milford Chronicle
George R. Hynson of Philadel-'
phia, passed the week-end with rel-|of
atives and friends in Milford.
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Chfford D. Millis, of Philadelphia,
visited revives and friends m MU
ford last week Mr'.Mills has just
recently received Ins discharge as
yoeman in the U S Navv He has
yoeniau Ul nie u. ». wavy, ne nds
resumed his old position as clerk
in the P B & W offices Broad
Street Station
,
Edward Atkins and Annie M. At
and Elizabeth G Stidham of
or
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Cbambe . r t °. f ( ommerce. They also
attended the lectures and moving,
pictures that are a part of the
daily program. Thc exhibit is the
largest of any in thc country main
ained by a commercial organisa
kins
Milford, were visitors on Saturday
at tiie big exhibit of Southern Cal
ifornia's products maintained free
to the public in thc Los Angeles i
Mr. and Mrs. George R. Bennett|
Milford Neck have returned home
after a pleasant visit with rela-jwho
lives and friends in Philadelphia.
Wilmington, Camden and Chester, j
— <8— 1
nresldcnt of
th e Voters'Non-Partis^Leaeue
I . 1 . ivon rarusan League,!
aIld Clt y Assessor Harrie T. Price
Julian Mnriran nnhiuhora
,' , Iaa "* or Kan,
of the Masonic Index, all of wil-l
mington, have bought the Delaware
Ledger of Newark from Len K. and !
John Bowen. They will contin
ue Publication of the Ledger and '
thc Masonic Index wjll be j gsued I
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- electrical,
storm last Tuesday evening about j
midnight the flour mill at Millsboro
was discovered to be on fire. The
alarm was given at once and thei
Millsboro Fire Company did all
that could be done to save thei
* rom ^ 1C same office,
During the severe
Little hope is given for the
life of Ambrose Dean, the Indian
attempted to kill the entire
crewoftheLewesLifeSavingSta
tion and who was shot in the ab
domen by Patrolman Rickards,
Gri,lin e b y state offlcers of
Thomas and J « e White, Negroes,
. inaion Kod
ho 7 r ® :re . ^[ th . th , e ,J ndiihas
brought out the fact that all were
,° xlcated on hard cider.
Gean cr «P' \ nto tbe lfe savin *
8tat,on and broke a bottle over the
bead °^ h p ^^hro.^h'/th 1 ). nth or!
e t pt ' noise brought the others
out and when Dean rushed them
Rickards shot. Quillen was badly
cut, but is recovering. Dean, who
barely 21, is a full blooded Choc
taw Indian, and his home is in
Michigan, where his parents own
large farm,
The annual field trial of bird
dogs, which was held near Oak Gr
chard, in Indian River Hundred, on
Dr. Hub
bard greatly appreciated the call,
hut preferred to remain in Delà
ware. Dr. Hubbard is a nephew of
Dr. Pans T. arlisle and Mrs. Dan
turn. Before returning home, they
expect to visit several of the many
places of inter est in the Southland,
Dr. Carlisle L. Hubbard, pastor
of St. Paul's M. E. Church, Wil
mington, has declined a pastoral
invitation from one of the finest
churches in Chicago. The Chicago
pastorate was offered to Dr. Hub
bard by a member of the Board of
Bishops during its recent session
in Wilmington. As an inducement
to acceptance the Chicago church
told Dr. Hubbard he might fix the
amount of the salary.
iel Hirsch of Milford.
made an examination of the Inland
Waterway from Ocean View
Ghincoteague, Va. It is hoped
the people of Eastern Sussex Conn-i
ty that this project will be put
t,,rough -
building, but it was entirely de
stroyed. also a large quantity of
wheat, corn and flour. Much credit
is given to those who worked so
hard in saving the store of John
Short & Bro., as well as other
buildings in the vicinity of the fire,
On Wednesday, October 29, 1919,
two engineers went to Frankford
from the War Department, War
Engineer's Office, Wilmington. Del
aware, to make inspections on the
Assawoman Canal. They took one
of the Miller Neck Navigation Com
pany's catboats, the Grace L., and,
The only Delaware dog to win
distinction out of an entry of twen
toity, was Tex. owned by J. Hall An
byjderson of Dover. Tex finished in
fourth place and while no prize
I was given he received honorable
1 mention.
! Monday, was attended by sportsmen
j from every part of the country,
and as game was plentiful the
competition was keen. Seventeen
coveys were found during the day's
hunt,
The first prize was taken by
Phil's Speed Ben, owned by E.
Smithers of Atlantic City, N. J.;
second honors were carried off by
Naponeeche, owned by Frank Riley
of Medford, N. J.; the third prize
was won by A Real Beau, owned by
William Wix of Washington. D C
BABSON Asks
Has Small Business
A Big Future?
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BABSON PARK, Mass., Nov.
18—If I believed that American
small business did not have
future, I should seriously ques
tion the future greatness of
America itself. This coast-to
coast nation of ours is largely
the product of the pioneering
struggles of small businessmen
and their families.
Acorns to Oaks
a
Trace back the history of al
most any of our mighty indus
Roger W. Babson trial and commercial empires.
You will discover that the suc
cessful corporation of today grew in stature slowly,
beginning in some tiny shop or store. Humble en
terprises have been the acorns, the seed corn of
American success. There was magic in the Ameri
can formula; Start small, learn as you earn, plow
back profits, make the business pay its way.
Our basic system of private enterprise and indi
vidual opportunity has created in this country the
spiritual "climate" that stimulated record-breaking
progress. Even those millions of worthy men and
women who chose to work for others became
ior employees through knowing they always
free to
super
were
"go on your own and be your own boss."
The fundamental American attitude of liberty, initi
ative and individualism, has generated an unequalled
economic productivity.
Wanted: More Titan Kind Words
Everybody apparently is glad to give small husi
a big hand; but only a few members of this
ness
friendly cheering-section seem prepared to offer
specific helps. What, then, are some of the real,
concrete, immediate aids which would most assist
small businessmen to carry on their arduous and
essential activities? Let me give two simple illus
trations:
I have a letter from a small operator in the coal
fields. He employs about twenty men. He is trying
to do his best for them. He says that they person
ally are satisfied with the wages, working conditions
and other factors in their employment,
all his men by their first names and he is friendly
He knows
with their families. If undisturbed by Government
and Union officials, all would be happy.
Will Unions Help or Hurt!
However, on top of all Government regulations
the Union chieftains are now pressing demands
which, he feels, are beyond his ability to meet and
still stay in business. Now here is his question;
"Why cannot the Unions scale their 'take' so that
an employer will pay In proportion to Ills volume of
business, number employer, or some other differen
tials I** This is what this small operator is asking.
It sounds sensible to me.
Another report and recommendation comes from
a small manufacturer of metal specialist. He writes
that government contracts tend to place with the
smaller shop only a variety of trifling short orders.
But for efficient handling any concern needs a reas
onably long run. To make a profit, after adequate
tooling up and devising new methods, takes time.
Many of the smaller shops, I am informed, lack the
immensely diversified equipment and experience nec
essary to take care of an endless hodgepodge of ex
perimental knick-knacks.
Less Surveys and More Service
In political speeches, our governmental big-wigs
are loud in applause for small business. In actual
practice, the government confronts the little busi
nessman with a maze of barbwire entanglements.
The government not only bleeds him with extortion
ate requirements, but applies these with legalistic red
tape that is all but unintelligible to anybody but
Philadelphia lawyer.
Ostensibly to serve small business, the govern
ment has encouraged the setting up of commissions,
committees, councils, authorities, advisers, admin
istrations, offices, agencies. It has exhausted both
the alphabet and the patience of tjie businessman
who is compelled to pay the bills for this costly
nonsense. Small business in America today is not
seeking a hand-out, but a hand-up. It is tired of
filing blanks instead of filing firm and profitable
orders. Speaking as one who got his own basic
training in the small-business field. I urge the gov
ernment to let up on the questions for a spell; and
instead to give small business a few sorely needed
answers.
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IN WASHINGTON
WALTER SHEAD. WNU C
Stop-Gap Farm Bill
A CTION of the Bist congress in
the dying moments of its first
session was a reasonable facsimllie
of the 80th congress as the con
fused conferees and harassed mem
bership finally squeezed out a
hodge-podge, stop-gap farm bill
setting up a new system of parity
price supports and repealing the
Hope-Aiken law which was to have
'gone into effect January 1, 1950.
Just as the 80th congress, unable
to agree, simply joined together the
house-passed Hope bill and the sen
jate-passed Aiken bill, so did this
congress, unable .to agree, compro
imise on a merger of the house
passed Gore bill and the senate
(passed Anderson bill. So this new
law can well be called the Gore
Anderson law.
If anyone won a victory,
which is questionable, then the
supporters of the mandatory 90
per cent of parity group were
triumphant for they staved off
the flexible price support sys
tem for at least another year.
Which means that the basic crops
of wheat, corn, rice, cotton, pea
nuts and tobacco will be supported
at 90 per cent of parity until 1951
when the flexible supports will take
over. After that the law sets up
80 to 90 per cent supports in 1952
and 75 to 90 per cent in 1953. That
is, if the law is still in the statute
books then. Actually milk is still
being supported at 90 per cent and
hogs will be supported at 90 per
cent through March, 1950, because
commitments already have been
made on these commodities. s
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Means Higher Prices
According to some experts the
new farm bill will mean higher
priced to the farmers because the
lav/ sets up two systems of determ
ining parity. It retains the present
system based on the 1909-1914 av
erage and also includes the Ander
son system providing for a movable
10-year average and including hired
labor. The new parity formula it
is said will favor the grain and
livestock growers and the older
parity will favor other crops and
the growers will determine their
choice of formula and the secretary
of agriculture is to give commodity
support under the basis that will
give the farmer the most money.
During the closing days of
the senate debate the Anderson
bill was riddled with amend
ments and about everything
but the kitchen sink was thrown
into the mandatory support
group as senators traded back
and forth on a sectional basis.
The house however refused to
accept these and so many com
modities were taken out of the
mandatory group, including
hogs, although peanuts were
left in.
Despite the fact the new bill is
said to increase prices of farm
commodities, it will be noted that
most of the members from the city
districts voted for the measure on
final passage, the house voting 175
to 34 and the senate 46 to 7, the
seven all being Republicans from
the Industrial east. Baldwin of
Connecticut; Bridges and Tobey of
New Hampshire; Ives of New
York; Lodge and Saltonstall of
Massachusetts, and Williams of
Delaware,
The one certain conclusion which
can be drawn from the confusion
over enactment of a farm biU is
that the whole issue will be tossed
into the 1950 congressional elections,
with many Democrats supporting
the Brannan program and Repuh*
licans pulling for a lower flexible
formula of support.
The senate agricultural com
mittee has adopted a resolution
which recommends a loan of
$7,000,000 to the United Nations
Food and Agricultural Organi
zation provided EAO picks a
site for headquarters in the
vicinity of Washington.
• • •
For The Record
During debate on the farm pro
gram in the senate, Elmer Thomas
of Oklahoma placed in the Congres
sional Record a chart showing that
under the Brannan plan farmers
would receive a 23-billion-dollar in
come in 1950; under the house Gore
bill they would receive 21 billion;
under the senate Anderson bill 15
billion and under the Hope-Aiken
law of the 80th congress nine bil
lion, Sen. Capehart, Indiana, ob
jected to the charts
ing" and moved they be purged
from the record, but he was voted
down by a 43 to 23 roll call vote.
as "mislead
Utility Lobby Win*
The natural gas and utility lob
bies won out in their fight to keep
Leland Olds from reappointment to
the federal power commission when
the senate voted not to confirm the
appointment by a vote of 53 to 13.
However the utility lobbyists
get little satisfaction because for
mer Senator Mon Wallgren of
Washington, a staunch supporter of
public power was appointed by the
President and confirmed by
senate for the post.
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the
Engineers Predict
1955 Plane
LOS ANGELES — (/P) — Society
of Automotive Engineers' view of
the passenger planqs of 1955; speed
600 miles an hour; load, 50 pass
engers; cost of plane, $2,000,000.
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An Unfair Levy
ike the majority of hu-,
MANS, I am a bit selfish. I am
more interested in me and mine
than in Smith, Jones and Brown;
and their' s. I am interested in se
curity for me and mine, in saving
where that is possible, in meeting
our commodity needs at the lowesti
findable prices, quality considered. 1
When I need a hammer, saw,]
screw driver, pocket knife or any)
other tool I do not want to pay;
more for it than is necessary. Ij
know that whatever I buy the
price must cover all the costs of;
production, and included in that!
cost are the taxes both the manu-:
facturer and the merchant has!
paid. '
It makes no difference who
haa levied the tax, whether it ;
be the federal government,
the state, county, municipality
or labor union. It is all a part
of the cost of commodities.
Just as labor and material are,
and a portion is added to the
price I must pay for the com
modities 1 buy.
I am much opposed to having to
provide security for members of
organized labor, who will not as
sist in providing for themselves.
That is just what I am forced to
do when I buy commodities pro
duced by concerns that pay taxes
levied by labor unions, that those*
unions may provide pensions for
their members.
I am not a farmer, but if I
were and needed a tractor, 1
would realize that, because of
the taxes levied by unions
against the producer of the
tractor and of the material
Used in its production, the I
price would be $50 more. That
would represent my contribu
tion to pensions for members
of labor unions who would not
pay in whole or in part for the
security they demanded.
That is what meeting the de
mands of labor leaders for funds
to pay pensions to their members
means to me and to you, to all
who buy commodities. The con
sumers of America must pay those
taxes.
Many of us are paying one half
of the-payroll taxes to provide for
social security pensions. The other
half, paid ostensibly by those for
whom we work, is in reality added
to the cost of production, and we
as consumers also pay that half
indirectly. It is government that,
levleg the social security taxes, i
and the beneficiaries are those who
work. It is not confined to a mi
nority to be doled out by labor
leaders to those in good standing
in the unions. The members of the
l
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I
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unions are not contributors to the
funds the leaders distribute.
Such a method is unfair to !
the consumers. It Is nn-Ameri- |
can. It is a tax for the benefit I
of a minority, levied by the |
leaders of that minority. Mem- |
hers of the labor unions are a 1
portion of those covered by j
social security. If they want
more welfare and pensions,
they should pay at least a part |
of what it costs. I am snf- f
(iciently selfish to object to
paying for them. I prefer that |
my pennies, dimes and 40
cent-dollars provide welfare
and pensions for myself and
my family.
Should these labor union de
mands for welfare and pensions
spread to all industries, and it<
will unless halted by congress, it
will mean a tax totaling billions
each year, all of it to be paid by'
the consumers for the benefit of a'
minority. It will be included in the
price of every commodity we buy,
whether it be food, clothing, fuel,
homes, every necessity and every
luxury.
,
In World War I the man most;
heard of, but least known, in the!
Wilson administration was Col.
E. M. House. It seems he did not
achieve a place in history, as he
is no longer mentioned. In World
War II, the Col. House of the Roose
velt administration was Harry Hop
kins. As Col. House stayed in ,the
shadows, Hopkins played to tbe
spotlight. The name of Hopkins is
gradually disappearing from the
public prints. Possibly he too may
have failed a place in history. How
easy it is for us to forget
The only people frightened Uj the
President's delayed notice of a
Russian A-bomb were the mem
bers of congress. Possibly that wai
all he had wished to frighten. *
Fifty years ago the political
ly astute Mark Hanna elected
William McKinley to the presi
dency on the issue of a high
protective tariff, with a ''full
dinner pall'* for the workers
as a slogan. Today protective
tariffs are no longer a parti
san issue.
< * •
The evidence of unrest behind
the iron curtain seems to grow
gradually. It could be the Russian
people may solve our problem o£
what to do with Stalin.
Return of the Gunihan
«
March a gunman held up Paul
Brick In his grocery store. He took
Brick's empty wallet but missed
the roll of cash in bis nocket.
He's just made a return trip.
This time he got money and loot
which Brick valued at more than
$1,700.