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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943v at the oosmftir**
at Nome. Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Monday, June 30. 1947
A Socialist (]hu!!ongo3 Henry Wallace
(The Denver Post)
THE CAMP-FOLLOWERS of Henry WaFace usu
ally ascribe opposition to Russia to the fear of sociai
revolution held by “reactionaries.”
But Norman Thomas, a Socialist when Henry Wallace
was a Republican (a largely forgotten “chapter in th’
Iowan’s career), can scarcely lie called a “reactionary. ’
Thomas is a pacifist, an ardent champion of liberty ahd
the perennial Socialist candidate for President of the
United States.
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Thomas hates war and all things military with a pas- .
sion that is famous. Certainly, no “war-mongering” mo
tives may be charged to him. Hence it will be interest
ing to see how Henry Wallace wiggles out of the ques- ,
tions which the un-reactionary Thomas has propounded.
In an open letter, Thomas has pressed Wallace for an
answer to these questions:
“Do you reject the theory that Communist totalitar- .
ianism. using the Red army and its other army, the in- c
ternational Communist movement, is relentlessly, pa
tiently and boldly seeking world power? *
“If you reject this theory, on what grounds do you ex
plain the Russian tactics in Korea. Manchuria, the Bal
kans, Hungary, Austria and Germany—or the Com
munist party policies throughout the world? . . .
“How do you distinguish—except in respect to rac
ism—between the tactics of Fascist and Communist to
talitarianism? Are they not similar in cruelty and de
nial of liberty? '
“Do you deny that Stalin has as many or more slaves \
in work camps than Hitler ever had? That he is destroy- '
ing the little Baltic peoples much as Hitler sought to '
destroy them? That his dictatorship is primarily respon
sible for the wholesale deportation after war is over of
as many or more millions of men, women and children
as Hitler expelled from their homes even in the midst
of war? i.
“On the record of Teheran, Yalta and Potsdam, why
do you put so much faith in a personal meeting between
Stalin and Truman? . . .
“Isn’t it fantastic nonsense to propose . . . (economic
co-operation, loans and the pooling of oil reserves) . . . '
without stopping the armaments race? Why release
money and resources for a possible Soviet bloc to use
against us.”
These questions were propounded by a man with a
longer-standing concern for the “common man” than
Wallace can claim. And they cannot be answered in the
misty gobbledy-gook with which Wallace has responded
when he has been asked virtually these same questions
by others.
Wallace has sought to make honest liberals believe
that Russian Communism is an expression of “progres
sivism.” But the liberal Norman Thomas spots the wolf
beneath the sheep’s hide!
Thomas, of course, knows the intolerance of Russian
Communists for any brand of socialism except their
own. It has long been established that the Communist
hatred of “reactionaries” is more than equaled by their
hatred of liberals.
Libertarian Socialists have not missed the signifi
cance of Pravda’s recent attack on the Social-Democrat
and Agrarian parties of Europe.
Socialist Thomas has performed a great service in
directing the attention of liberal minds to the real issue
between Russia and the United States. It is not Capital
ism versus Socialism. It is totalitarianist versus human |
freedom. !
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(Rocky Mountain News)
THE CENSUS BUREAU reports that civilian em
ployment in the United States rose-to an all-time high
;f 53,330.000 in May—a gain of about one and one-half
n ill Ion over April.
Jn addition, there were 1,470,000 men and women in
he armed forces. So that, altogether, 59,800,000 Ameri
: ns held paying jobs last month. In only a few months
luring the war, when the army and navy were im
n°nselv larger, has that total ever been exceeded.
In April there had been a decline of employment, and
gloomy prophets had regarded it as the signal of a re
vision beginning, if not something worse. But Mav
preught an increase of about one and one-half million
n civilian job holders.
Seasonal demand for farm workers, to be sure, ac
counted for a million of these, but half a million of the
*ain was in industrial, business and other non-farm em
ployment.
And, although the country's labor force was expand
ed in May by more than a million people looking for
emporary summer jobs, unemployment of civilians de
creased by 450,000.
This may be sad news to Uncle Joe Staiin and sem'
pi his friends in this country, who are counting up or
.rouble in the U. S.
But to most of us, we think, the Census Bureau’s fig
ares will be welcome evidence that rumors of an im
minent collapse of the American economy are, to put il
conservatively, premature.
By GEORGE S BENSON
Niidtnl of Harding Col)* go
Soarcy. Arkansas
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ITS UP TO US! . '
Today it doesn’t require a gen
ius of a Barney Baruch to look
into the future and see that Amer
ica faces a great crisis. It doesn’t
require the wisdom of solomon to
know that if present condition*
continue we are headed right into
a deep and shocking depression so
great that it might affect the fun
damental pattern of our economy,
and hence the entire future of the
nation.
Neither does it require any spe
cial brand of genius or wisdom to
know that we Americans could
effectively correct the present
conditions. We can, if only we
would, prevent a serious'depres
sion for many years. But it needs
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j neither genius nor wisdom t'
know that we are not likely to sc
correct conditions as to avoid a de
pression. To do so would require
three things we now def'nilelj
lack. These proper things will no;
likely be done and the depressior
will likely come.
What If It Comes?
In the midst of a sobering de
pression, however, we might mi.s
ter sufficient courage to do ih<
right things and thereby shortei
its duration. I want to outlim
those necessary steps which coulc
prevent depression if taken now
and which would shorten a de
pression if taken after it is upo!
us. In the first place, there is re
quired a brand of bold, courage
ous, forthright, non-political ex
ecutive leadership beyond any
thing Washington seems likely to
display.
In the second place, it 'would
necessitate a lot of new, daring,
venturesome, resourceful indus
trial activity which because of
unfavorable tax rates, industrial
strife, and general want of vision,
we selmon see. In the third place,
it would require from labor lead
ers in general a very genuine,
honest, sincere, and effective ef
fort to remove all practices and
policies that hinder maximum
production per man-hour, and
that needlessly add to the co t of
goods, construction, and so on* of
which we likewise see but little.
Toward Real Raises
These three steps would bring
about three conditiorts necessary
if we are to prevent depression,
unemployment, and med 'oc”'tv.
One of the first things this for
mula would lead to would be real
understanding and cooperation
between industry and labor, which
is an essential to t.ie continued
welfare of this nation. We have
not fooled ourselves into the fool
ish belief that these two great
segments of industry must ever be
at cross purposes.
1 In the second place, these things
would lead to an increase of at
least 40 per cent in actual amount
of goods produced without in
creases in labor costs. At the
same time there would be no de
crease in rate< of wages earned.
This would rapidly increase the
effectiveness of competition and
would bring cuts in prices ranging
from 20 to 25 per cent, thus giv
ing a real raise in standards of
living for the entire public, labor
as well as all others.
A Simple Formula
These lower prices, in the third
place, would increase demand for
our goods. American industry has,
more nearly than that of any other
nation, reached the mass markets.
Our industry has produced goods
that make the least of us veritable
kings. And the end of this is no
where in sight. This would also
permit expansion of foreign mar
kets, so soon to be needed. Full
, production would make our econ
omy so healthy that employment
I and high national income would
continue for many years.
This advice sounds extremely
I simple, and it is just that simplic
' ity that makes the formula worthy,
i This simple formula for prosper
I ity of the entire nation requires
I only honest, intelligent, unselfish,
courageous citizenship and leader
j ship. May God raise up the lead
I ership for the sake of this nation,
our posterity, and the world. May
we, individually, exercise the in
telligent citizenship the days
ahead will require.
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ED SEIDENVERG IN NOME
ON BUSINESS TRIP
Ed Seidenverg, for many years
1 owner of the Bon Marche Store,
1 I returned last Friday afternoon.
“Babe” is now in business with
! Dan Noonan as manufacturer’s
’ representative for several nation
i ally advertised lines. It is under
i stood that Dan Noonan, a veteran
salesman who has covered the
Territory since the early days,
will no longer make his annual
trip and Mr. Seidenverg will do
• the traveling instead. We wish
; him every success in his new
i business.
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I POSTAL INSPECTOR
, IN NOME
Peter M. Peterson, postal in
1 spector is here on routine busi
- ness. •