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Enr GEORGE S. BENSON
^ President—Warding College
Sear eg, Arkansas
RIGHTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
There are many factors working
against continuation of American
liberty for the individual and one
of the most dangerous is the an
tagonisms between groups of
Americans themselves. We cannot
fight effectively against an enemy
within or without if our society is
constantly torn with bitter inter
nal strife, one group against an
other. Under such conditions our
economic progress slows down
and the moral character of our
r nation is weakened.
One of the worst blights in
America today is the conflict
which propagandists have built up
between employers and employ
ees. This war of group against
group is actively agitated by Com
munists and other radical ele
ments working for a “New Social
Order.” But the Socialists and
Communists couldn’t successfully
create enduring strife between
these important groups in our
American population if both
groups had a knowledge of basic
sound economics and real social
justice.
The true interests of both laoor
and management are identical.
Employees of a business or indus
try always have a moral right to
request an increase in pay when
there is increased productivity for
which they are directly responsi
ble. Social justice gives them the
right to request it, though not to
force it. Under the capitalistic
principles of private property and
free enterprise no minority group
has a right to take by force the
wealth of another, or in effect im
pose taxes upon others.
Wage raise requests are just,
therefore, when the employees
have themselves helped to boost
productivity and, thus, company
income. Though social justice may
in some instances decree that
they be given a share of profits or
wealth they didn’t help create,
they have no moral right to de
mand that. The Socialist doctrine,
on the other hand, does not recog
nize the principle of private prop
erty. It gives everybody the right,
by force of law, to participate in
the fruits of the production of ev
erybody else. That is the essence
of Socialism.
People who invest their savings
tcapital) in the establishment and
operation of a business have the
right, under the American sys
tem, to keep the profit. The only
moral obligation on them is to ac
cord just treatment to the employ
ees and the public. Social justice
decrees, further, that they reward
the employees properly for in
creased productivity. But to do or
not to do this is a prerogative of
human rights. When, or if, an at
tempt is made to establish this
economically and socially sound
code by force of law—or by any
force—real social justice is there
upon violated.
Therefore, the demand of So
cialist or Communist propagan
dists for a share in the profits of
a business solely on the basis of
their so-called ‘Social Justice” or
“Economic Democracy,” and ig
noring the fundamental rights of
the business ownership, can never
be harmonized with the philoso
phy of American capitalism or
real human justice. These are fun
damentals: U) The enforced shar
ing of wealth is Socialism regard
less of what label it may be given.
<2» The voluntary sharing of
wealth is an American capitalist
(and Christian) ideal which has
been liberally exercised. (3) And
reward measured upon the base
of productivity is economically
and morally sound.
Dave Beck, leader of the Inter
national Brotherhood of Team
sters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen
and Helpers of America, said in a
speech: “There is no problem to
human relationships so complex
or so grievous that it cannot be
solved reasonably, if men of char
acter, men with a sincere desire
to cooperate in mutual confidence,
will sit down together around the
conference table, each respecting
the rights and dignity of the other,
and all inspired by the will to
serve the common good.”
That’s a good statement. It is in
contrast to one made a few weeks
later by Emil Mazey, secretary
treasurer of the United Automo
bile Workers, in a speech to
Chrysler strikers. He was quoted
as saying: “When we grow a little
stronger we will demand all that
we produce.” This goal ignores
the “rights and dignity” of the in
vestors who build the plants and
finance purchase of the machin
ery, raw materials and manageri
al skill to provide the jobs. It is a
disruptive statement* not a har
monizing one.
U. of A. Enrollment
289; Fifty Students
Missing—Hunting
FAIRBANKS (A3)—Classes have
started at the University of Alas
ka but there are about 50 gaps in
student ranks. Blame caribou
hunting and scientific research.
The university news bureau an
nounced Monday the enrollment
was 289, some 50 prospective pu
pils are still out hunting and Fred
i
Milan meteorologist major, is ma
rooned on an ice cap.
Milan, who has been calculating
the speed of ice floes with Insti
tute of North American scientists
near Juneau, radioed he was|
“stuck” on the cap but expected
to hitch-hike a plane ride to Fair- j
banks when the weather cleared, j
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Though the bulk of the student j
body is from Alaska. 30 States and 1
the District of Columbia, are rep
resented as well as Brazil, Trini
dad and the Yukon Territory.
Alaskans include: Fairbanks,
79; Anchorage, 25; Cordova, 4; j
Point Barrow 3; and Palmer and j
Illiamna, 1 each. Fourteen others
are from California, five from
Massachusetts, one from Brazil
and one from Trinidad and one
Commissioner Of
Mines Visits
Second Division
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of a permanent Field Office. Funds
appropriated by the last Legisla
ture but frozen, has prevented
progress on this construction. Ev
ery effort will be made to obtain
funds for this work.
In line with departmental pol
icy, to aid operators in all ways
possible, it is planned that the
field facilities of the office will be
expanded to include geophysical:
and placer research in line with j
the importance of placer miningj
in the area.
Mr. Saarela and Dan Jones j
made a survey of the Big Hurrah
quartz mine at Solomon, and re
ported that plans are going ahead ;
by T. P. Lane to re-open the mine:
and the immediate plan is for re- i
treatment of the old tailings with;
the installation of a cyanide plant;
which is on the last boat.
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from Whitehorse, Y. T.
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Eighty veterans are taking j
courses under the GI bill. Twenty
students are enrolled in the de
partment of agriculture.
Korea-Bound C-54.
Transport Crashes;
Twenty-Three Die
TOKYO, (JP)—A Korea-bound
transport plane plunged into the
sea with 51 persons yesterday. 28
were rescued, 22 are missing and
one body was recovered.
The big plane crashed on take
off from a southern Japan airbase
amout a half-mile from the end
o fthe runway. General MacAr
thur’s headquarters said it carried
43 passengers and a crew of eight.
The circumstances were similar
to the crash of an R-5-D—the
navy designation for the C-54—
on a takeoff from Kwajalein Is
land a week ago. Twenty-six navy
personnel, also bound for Korea,
perished—one of the navy's worst
air disasters in the Pacific.
Details of yesterday’s crash
were meager. Twenty-five passen
gers and three crew members got
into life rafts and were picked up
by Japanese fishing boats. A nurse
was among the survivors.
The crew7 included twTo nurses
and two medical technicians, but
it was not announced whether the
C-54 was a hospital plane.
VOTE REPUBLICAN
Vote for
CHARLES JONES
Republican Candidate for
SENATE
AS REPUBLICANS WE PLEDGE OURSELVES TO
THE FOLLOWING:
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First—We favor and will work for a change in the Fish
and Wild Life Regulations in areas where the people
are dependent on hunting and fishing for a living.
Second—Due to the economic conditions in the Second
Division we will vote NO on a Property Tax.
Third—We will work for a just proportion of the Road
Appropriations between the Federal and Territorial
Governments.
Fourth—We will work and vote for sufficient funds to
keep the Schools at the highest possible standard.
Fifth—We favor the construction of airfields under a
continuing constructive program and will work for
such plans.
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PERCY IPALOOK
Republican Candidate for
SENATE
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Republican Candidate for
House of Representatives
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