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Wednesday, July 16, 1947
IJ. S. Must Unite To Stop Communism
(By Wayne Morse, U. S. Senator from Oregon)
BEFORE WE CAN answer the question, “How can
we halt the spread of Russian power in Europe?” w?1
must answer the question, “Do the American neonle
really want to stop the spread of Russian Commun sm
in Europe?” If we don’t, we should. If we do, we, as a(
people, better start squaring our actions with our pro
fessed desires. The time was come for us to stop fool-'
ing ourselves, and above all else, the time has come toi
stop playing partisan politics with the peace. In my
opinion, we are fast losing the peace while Russia con
tinues to win the war.
We will never be able to stop the spread of Russian
Communism in Europe until we first stop the spread of
economic isolationism here at home. As I sit in the Sen
ate and observe day in and day out the shocking selfish
ness of various pressure groups doing everything they
can to take economic advantage of the domestic disloca
tions brought about by the war, I am filled with dismay
and despair. Some way, somehow, the American people
must be brought to their senses, and quickly, in regard
to what it will mean to the destiny of our nation if we
lose this peace.
The need for complete national unity and full devo
tion on the part of all of us to our patriotic obligations
was no greater on the day of Pearl Harbor, December
7,1941, than it is at this hour. There are many sneak at
tacks which are being made these days—and I fear too
successfully—upon the security of the nation and the
peace of the world. Some of them are occurring right at
home and some abroad, such as the Russian attack on
Hungary.
My mail shows that an increasing number of Ameri
cans are permitting their own selfishness and lethargic
disinterest to be used as weapons for sneak attacks upon
the peace. They want lower taxes, high tariffs, cheap
labor, the emasculation of great pieces of social legisla
tion and a quick return to the laissez faire economic pat
tern of the 1920’s.
Through such a program they are spreading Russian
Communism in Europe, but blinded by a myopia of
greed, they do not see it. They do not see that if we fail
to make democracy work in America, we cannot pre-.
vent the spread of Communism in all of Europe.
Our system of political and economic democracy,
based upon the two foundation rocks of individual lib
erty, is worth paying a high price to retain, and unless
we are willing to pay a high price for the peace, I am
convinced that it will be only a matter of time before
we will have to pay the incalculable price of another
war.
There are millions upon millions of people in Europe
and elsewhere who have nothing or little to lose in go
ing from their present economic system, under which
they are suffering and starving, to Russian Communism
which at least promises them food and shelter. Upon
the promise of such a “mess of pottage” Russian Com
munism is spreading through Europe, while we here in
this country quarrel among ourselves over such things
as giving needed support to the Truman doctrine, indus
trializing Germany, feeding the starving peoples of Eu- j
rope, and helping France,. Italy and England regain eco-|
nomic stability.
Until we change our attitude on such matters, wej
cannot stop the spread of Russian Communism in Eu-;
rope. Being firm with Russia is not enough. It is im-i
portant and essential, and that is one reason why I voted
for the Truman doctrine, but it isn’t enough. We must
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go to work at the job of helping Europe rehabilitate her
s?lf with or without Russia’s assistance, and, if neces
sary,.in spite of her resistance.
We must keep ourselves strong and united at home,
so- that at all times we can demonstrate to the world
that we are strong enough to preserve the peace until
such time as the other nations of the world, including
Russia, acting through the United Nations, demonstrate
that they want peace.
A Peace Treaty With Japan
(Rockv Mountain News)
FAILURE TO CONCLUDE a peace treaty with
•Tap-n :s costing the United States a million dollars a
r’av for occupation of the defeated country, says Gen.
Dru?Iar MacArthur, urging an early peace conference.
The State Department should make this its first order
of business. It is evident that the German and Austrian
settlements will be delayed indefinitely, and the Japan
ese treaty should not wait longer upon European agree
ments.
Major geographical issues in the Japanese situation
were settled at Yalta, before the end of the war, and it
should not be difficult to reach Allied agrement on
other phases.
Our occupation costs are not the only factor arguing
for a formal peace with Japan. The longer the technical
state of war prevents the Japanese from resuming nor
mal commercial operations, the most difficult will it
become for their country to find its economic feet.
We have a prostrate Germany on our hands, and we
can’t afford to have a prostrate Japan, too.
One Man’s Opinion By Walter kiernan
It is surprising to find Petrillo still shaping the musi
cal futur^of the nation — Many thought he was repeal
ed by the last Congress.... Little Caesar now is fighting
chain broadcasting of music — He wants to fix it so that
Toscanini can visit every local station in a station wag
on. .. . The present schedule reads: December, musi
cians stop making records. January, musicians stop
mak:ng chain broadcasts. February, musicians ctop
making money. . . . Fortunately Jimmy has no control
over soap opera or John would have to have another
wife in every broadcast city.
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&> GEORGE 5 BENSON
Er«id»nt ef Hardiog Cc!l«
Searev. Arkansas
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THE EIGHTH PERSON
Did you know that you’re work- i
ing 10 days out of every month j
for the government? Well, . you
are. That is the extertt to which
we hrtvo allowed activities of fne
government to grow, Perhaps, as
a nation, we can see that the busi
ness of government has expanied.
3ut when we get to looking at
.he bco;:s, the chance? are we find
j a good deal more mushroom irg
I than * we .imagined.
Look at this another wiy. Ii
i you may be considered an average
_rs: a. y.»u pay taaes at tue same
’to as if your empolyer paid you
i » ’ arr • ten days o i •'* e.ich
| month, but instead paid the check
ver .0 the govmimev.. Th r.
•ames f"om the fj.c'. v't- -Ighi
)\v federal sta*e a d loc i ' v i
: onsume about on^ third o all t’i •
'l.v.s ear no 1 in the TTn.ted
States. That’s a burden "a on*
ec s thd merits attention.
You Are Sharing
Now, gon’t ‘hin : you ca:i got
o’ it of this by pleading innocent.
You’re just a wage earner/ you
• y? Not a h:gh-bracket man who
turns over three-fourths of h;s net
:ncome to the government? Sure,
von know the take is high, bat yon
sr.y he’s the man who does the
squawking? Listen. While yTOi
may not be paying directly your
‘en days of wages to the govern
ment, you’re paying just the same.
The bill is made out every fiscal
year, and you are helping pay it.
Whether you pay that much di
rectly or not, you are sharing die
burden of the costs of government.
The bill is made out to the nation,
md you’re part of Amer'ca, are
you not? If perchance somebody
pays more of this bill than you do,
just remember that your share
comes back to you. You’re finding
ymjr share of these mushroomed
costs of government in higher food
bills, bigger housing costs, and in
our generally higher costs of liv
ing. The government gets th:s bill
paid—from the people.
One Out of Eight
Where does all this money go.
you ask? Of course, we have a lot
of expenditures in government,
besides paying salaries and other
1 inds of allowances to individuals.
Yet, one out of every eight work
ers in America in 1939 drew his
salary from the government.
Leaving the city and the state gov
ernments out of the picture, it is
estimated that one out of every
eight persons in the country is on
the federal payroll right now in
one form or another.
Stand eight average people to
gether—one of them gets a check
’•egularly from Uncle Sam! Amaz
ing, isn’t it? And remember, you
are footing the bill. This includes
civilian employees, those receiving
old age assistance, veteran*, de
pendents of veterans, those in the
a”my, navy and coast guard. This
is a total of more than 16 million
people receiving monthly checks
f”om the United States govern
ment.
Need For Policy
This means that every seven
arsons must supply a check f<jr
h-' eighth each month. It is in
deed a difficult task to decide
where we’d like to start cutting,
"v* we must, or our nation is in
definite danger. If we do not, we
1 '•hall be in the position of the Ro
man Empire, which lasted only
lit*le more than 400 years. Rome
had to many folks on her payroll,
j She soon was dust. Historians 3re
1 snying America has already begun
• to decline. I will not agree with
j ‘his viewpoint, provided we come
! 11 our sen-es.
Tl it ”ot eafy to say: Whoa! It is
d:ff:cul! to get out from under tax
S’i"dens once they’re yoked upon
us. But we must adopt a definite
i ool’ev of reducing government
! pvornditures. We must set free
'our industry, and investment con
I ital as well, from the over-huffi6n
of taxes. We must have genuine
n osperity. And when we k*»co
asking the government to snend,
let us remember that nowe~-o'
j the purse is soon power-out-of
band. It’s an easy but sure way
to national ruin.