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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the postoffice
at Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3. 1879.
Nome, Alaska, Monday, July 25, 1949
ON SELLING SOCIALISM
(By George Benson, President, Harding College)
Sometimes political prophets predict things they
wish would come true, not just what they believe is ac
tually going to happen. On the other hand, some of these
prophets are saying: “Things are bad. They will get
worse, and fail completely unless the government takes
over.” “Some others are saying: “Things are bad. They
will get worse, and if they keep getting worse the gov
' ernment will surely take over.”
You see, these prophets of doom always breathe the
same answer. Either things will get so bad the govern
ment will then take full and complete control, or the
threat of possible failure will cause the government to
step in. These two warnings are the same. They equal
one idea, and they show what certain politicians are
thinking: government management.
Today, these salesman for socialism are feverishly
but quietly going about setting the scene for chaos.
They are devoted to the cause of government manage
ment. These axe the fellows who claim we in America
are a geenration or more behind the “social” progress
that European countries have achieved. As if America
needed to catch up with Europe! I always thought we
were spending billions in Europe, to help them start to
catch up with us!
These would-be managers of all of us know what
they want. They want control. They aim to be in the
saddle. If government handouts and subsidies will win
more votes, then subsidies are just the thing for every
body. There's hardly a thought about who’s going to
pay for the subsidies. The impression is left that they
are ‘something-for-nothing.” We, the American people
have got to start questioning some of these ideas.
There’s the deparament of agriculture, for instance.
For lo these many years the USDA on the whole has
turned in a great performance, both for the farmers and
for the whole nation. Then came the war and guaran
teed prices, at a time when food was needed desperately
and when prices of other things were being controlled:
But apparently the USDA has fallen in love with sup
port prices, incentive payments, and subsidies.
Mr. Brannan, the secretary of agriculture, has work
ed up a plan to keep these subsidies going—at no-tell
ing-what cost. The magic nostrum offered as the “Bran
nan Plan” would keep some kinds of prices low to some
people. And the cost could run into untold billions of
dollars, all of which would be added to the high cost of
living, through taxes.
So, Mr. Brannan’s men have been working quietly
but energetically. They have been passing the word
around that all farmers are going on the rocks, unless
the government takes over with permanent subsidies.
They they also argue that if the idea of permanent sub
sidies is not accepted now, a bit of depression will drive
Congress to it. In short, we are to get our government
management come what may, whether we like it or not.
Who’s to be favored? If the farmer, what about the
steel worker? We must have steel for machinery with
which to raise our food. The same line of reasoning
would say we must therefore subsidize the steel worker.
Already the long-faced “securacrats” have imagined
that without federal aid for teachers our schools will
collapse, and without subsidies for doctors and “com
pulsory” health insurance we’re sure to be a sick na
tion! Who’s Next?
DOLLAR CRISIS NOT DUE TO REFORMS
(Hugo S. Sims)
It is rather ridiculous for anybody in the United
States to associate the dollar shortage in Great Britain
with the political and economic reforms which have
Vi'HCRE T.tZ BUBBLE MIGHT BURST
been put into effect in that country.
The dollar shortage is a worldwide phenomenon, due
to the fact that the nations of the earth want mxe
American goods. Since they find it difticuit to seL nee
products in the United States, there is no way for them
to gel the dollar exchange necessary for trading excep,
in advances from the United States or from loans.
To illustrate this, the Scandinavian countries rc-pord
two problems in connection with American trade. The
first is a decline in American imports from the Scan
dinavian area. This means that there is no flow of Amer
ican dollar credits to these countries. Consequently,
when they want to buy, they must secure dollars some
where and, since every nation faces the same shortages,
the dollars are not available.
While the financial experts of the United Slates and
Great Britain have recently conferred in connection
•with the financial problem of the English country,
which is simply a dollar shortage, there is a simple way
to assist the other countries to secure dollar exchange.
1 h's is for the people of the United States to buy goods
and services from the other nations of the world, it is
time for us to understand that trade is a two-way stree
and that it is impossible for commerce to flow one wap
all the time.
There is another fact of some importance, in our opin
ion. It is the gradual dissipation of American re sou c\:
as this country ships its goods abroad, without rcoei.
ing, in return, an equivalent in goods. We build up a:
immense credit in terms of monev out, at inc- s. :r.
we create a deficit as far as material wealth :s c lin
ed.
AVOID TEMPTATION
Senator J. William Fulbright, of Arkansas, is some
I what impressed by the fact that important RFC officials
have been hired by companies which received loans
from the RFC. Jde has introduced a bill to prohibit any
RFC official from joining a company receiving a loan
from the RFC until two years after the loan is granted.
There may be nothing more than coin, idence in the
number cf governmental officials who have become
highly-pa d employees of companies that re.eive RFC
loans. Nevertheless, it is not good government! poi ey
to permit officials who recommend loans to companies
to be subjected to undue temptation.
It should be pointed out that the RFC has operated
very successfully in the past and with an absolute mini
mum of suspicion. Nevertheless, the Fulbright Bill
should be passed because of the bad odor which exists
when a good paying job is connected with a favor done
a company at government expense.
A Federal Bureau of Investigation operator has stated
that at least seventy-five percent of the “suicides” are
really murders, which the local officials could not, or
did not attempt to solve.
Rabies Present
Among Dogs, Wild
Animals In Alaska
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whe,-e possible, an officer of the
Veterinary Corps will be consult
ed before such movement is made.
4. Members of this command
who desire to transport any dog,
wild canine, or at to areas re
stricted by this directive will com
ply fully with the following pro
cedures:
3. The animal will be inoculated
subcutaneously with an approved
rabies vaccine within a period not
to exceed six months prior to the
scheduled date of movement. In
oculation will be in accordance
with Paragraph 15b, AR 40-2090.
Ail expenses incident to such in
v eolations will be paid by owners.
b. A Rabies Vaccination Certifi
cate. \YD AGO Form R-5515, 1
I;.:iu .ry 1947, will be furnished
the owner of each animal vaccin
ated by the Veterinarian.
c. Health certificates will be ob
tained for each animal immediate
ly prior to movement of the ani
mals to the ZI by air, water or
highway through Canada. It
should be noted that a health cer
tificate for animals is goad for
>nly a ten-day period following
txam nation by a veterinary offi
ce •.
5. Vaccination of privately
r wne 1 doys by military veterinar
h n will necessitate payment for
die vaccine used by the owner of
he animals. The owner will be
c arged cnly for the actual Gov
ommer.t cost of the vaccine which
sum will be turned over to the
station medical supply officer.
Station medical supply officer
will dispose of the money in ac
cordance with TM 12-702.
JOSEPH D. CALDARA,
Colonel. USAF
Chief of Staff.
Hawaiian Strike
Caused Delay In
Statehood Bills
WASHINGTON, </P> — Delegate
Bartlett of Alaska said today that
House rules committee sidetrack
the statehood bill means no
t • j ther action can be expected at
*his session. He said every effort
will be made to revive it in the
second session.
H s comment came afte- chair
man Peterson 'D.-Fla.) of the
T' i'f public lands committee said
Friday he will not press for House
action this year on statehood bills
for Alaska and Hawaii.
In commenting on rules com
mittee action, Bartlett said:
I “Since the committee proceed
i ings took place in executive ses
sion,” he sadi in a statement, “it
is impossible to give an accurate
statement as to what transpired.
“However, I am willing to guess
that the Republican vote against
Alaska was solid. And most of the
remaining opposition from the
Democratic side came from a
group that is quite uniformly
' against the administration pro
gram. of which Alaska statehood
is a part.”
Bartlett said it is entirely cor
rect to say that the Alaska state
hood cause was harmed by the
longshoremen’s strike in Hawaii
“which put a damper on that Ter
ritory’s statehood aspirations."
“There was insistence on the
part of the Republicans,” he add
ed, “that both bills be reported to
gether and this was impossible in
view of the political climate that
resulted from the strike.”