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Before anyone embarks on an important venture,
*t s only the part of wisdom to try to learn the experience
of others who have followed similar trails.
That little truism goes for government, as well as
individual. It can be applied to proposals for gov
ernment domination of medicine.
England s socialized National Health Service pro
vides our precedent here. And we can go to English
authorities to see what the results have been.
A documentary film prepared by the British Broad
casting Corporation said that some patients "have been
waiting as long as six years for surgery." A well known
British journalist reported that "the number of people
medically insured for private treatment has risen by
more than 1,000 per cent . . . "because" . . . Socialist
medicine is just not good enough." A distinguished Ox
ford professor found that the system has been" . . .
progressively creating despondency and frustration
among the doctors . . ." An AP release told of the com
plaints of patients at over-crowded waiting rooms, and
of physicians' complaints of excessive work-loads and
underpayment A British doctor now in this country wrote,
'The poor British taxpayer has been milked dry. The
Health Service now costs more than five times the orig
nal estimate." The Chicago Triubun's London Bureau
Chief said that British "hospitals have 500,000 on their
waiting lists."
So it goes and such a list could be continued indefin
itely. The question for us is: Shall we emulate, in any
way, such a costly and disastrous failure?
STRAIGHT TALK
Following are a few bull's-eye shots by Tom An
derson, publisher of the Mississippi Farmer:
The good old days: Back when the only thing
your wife owed was a cup of sugar, to the next door
•neighbor.
Parity: A government program to make every
warmer as poor as his neighbor; return to serfdom with
?he government as the master.
Capital punishment: The government taxes you
v° get capital to go into competition with you and then
"axes the profits on your business in order to pay the
>’osses on . . . government businesses.
Dictionary: The only place where success comes
■ahead of work.
Perpetual: Duration of any government handout
program, once begun.
Mother hen: A symbol of the federal government—
Formerly known as the eagle."
WORTHY OF SHY1GGX
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The latest on revision of the crazy federal income >
ax system is a plan now before Congress to enable the l
government to get more of its taxes from a citizen's
earnings before he receives them. It would withhold
20 cents of every dollar of dividends, interest earned on l
savings accounts in banks, savings and loan associations, I
etc. If more taxes are withheld than owed, the taxpayer
could apply to the treasury for a refund. There are al
ready withholding taxes on wages and salaries.
A depressing aspect of the bill is the lack of con
fidence shown by the government in the honesty of its
■citizens—it treats them ali as dishonest in order to catch
t*he few who are.
Tax revision can go one step farther—require that
salaries, wages and earnings be paid to the govern
ment, and then have the government return to each in
‘dividual or company whatever might be left to them
after the tax-gatherers had done their work. Sounds
crazy but that would make it easier to deal with a nation
of crooks.
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Columnist George Sokolsky
writes: “Considering the seri
ous problems that face the
President and the secretary of
state, neither should be burd
ened with the little scandals
that arise out of the maneuvers
of lower officials to manipu
late policy by day by day ac
tion. It is natural for insecure
men to seek power and to grow
upon it. but the country ought
not to be burdened by such
trivialities which grow into
nuisances. The only way to
safeguard the United States
from such situations is to form
policy at the very top and to in
sist that all secondary officials
conform to major decisions;
that those in secondary offices
who are by doctrine or emo
tions incapable of conforming
to top decisions be summarily
dismissed . . . "
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Assistant Vice President
Douthat of the National Asso
ciation of Manufacturers lists
some of the highly controver
sial issues that the new Con
gress must consider. These
include federal subsidies for
schools; health benefits to
the aged under the Social Se
curity System, to be financed
by higher Social Security
taxes; taxation of income
earned abroad even though it
is not brought into this coun
try, and the creation of a new
cabinet Department of Ur
ban Affairs and Housing, to
deal with problems hitherto
regarded as local.
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An abnormal hrain pattern
las been found among a sigi
lificant number of adolescents
vho commit murder and other
icts of violence, according to
i psychiatrist writing in the
Archives of General Psychia
rv, an American Medical As
ociation publication. While
he exact role of this organic
actor has not been determined,
le says, the phenomena “is
inked far more than by chance
:o the occurence of aggression
and violence by children and
adolescents.”
Deer population of Washing
on varies from 300.000 to 400,
*00.
March 27. 1952
Work begun this week will
transform Severn's Cabinet
Shop into a modern office
building with room for three
large offices on the first floor
and space for seven offices on
the second.
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Police Chief Bernard Bou
wens reported this week that
further developments in the
$1,000 robbery at Club 49 on
March 10 are being held up
by the fact that fingerprints
taken from the scene have
net yet been returned from
Washington where they had
been sent.
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Palmer was assured of im
proved manual telephone fac
ilities Friday night as a result
made of the Anchorage City
Council by Palmer Councilmen
C. A. Sandvik and Lloyd Sev
erns. The Anchorage Council
agreed to lease to Palmer two
Services Held
Here Today For
All. L. D. Roach
Funeral services for Attor
ney L. D. Roach of Anchorage
were held at 1 p.m. today at
the Palmer Elks home, with
lodge officials officiating at the
service.
Mr. Roach, who was 76 years
old at the time of his death
March 24. had lived in Alaska
since 1917 and served as U. S.
Commissioner at Kodiak, prac
ticed law in Seward from 1921
to 1926. following which he
moved to Anchorage where he
had made his home since that
time.
He is survived by a son. H. T.
Roach of Anchorage.
Members of the Palmer Elks
lodge served as active pall
bearers. Honorary pallbearers
were Robert Pfeil. Carl A. Wil
liams, Robert Peters, John E.
Manders. Bailey Bell and L. E.
Grammer Interment took place
in the Elks plot at the Palmer
Cemetery.
Funeral arrangements were
handled by the Evergreen
Memorial Chapel
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! equipment that has been in
storage since the installation of
j dial telephone facilities in An
| chorage in 1949.
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Palmer's Walt Stevens was
cited recently as one of the
most dependable performers
on Coach Braumm's Univer
sity of Alaska basketball
team in the season just clos
ed.
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Returned to the Valley this
weekend were Arthur Thomp
son and Terry Starns of the T
and T Sourdough Bar and Mr.
and Mrs. Victor Contini of little
Susitna Lodge.
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The Herbert Caulkins family
| returned to Palmer last week
! end after visiting friends and
relatives in Roy, Montana,
! since last August.
Charles K. Wilson returned
to Palmer from his trip Outside
last Friday with assurance that
the survey of the Chena River
, withdrawal area east of Fair
i banks will go ahead as planned \
| this coming summer.
The girls of the Palmer
High School Pep Club travel
ed to Seward by bus last Sat
urday for a Play Day, which
was sponsored by the Girls
Athletic Association of Sew- j
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Assembly of God
Rev Paul E. Riley,
Pastor
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Morn. Church Serv. 11 a.m.J
Even. Serv. 7:30 p.m.*
Prayer and Bible
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Phone FR-6-3161
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JUNICR BOWLERS WILL COMPETE
SATURDAY IN MAIL-O-GRAPHIC
Thirty-five junior bowlers of
the local area will on Satur
day, March 31, participate in
the American Junior Bowlers
ing tournament, it was an
nounced this week by Beverly
Schroeder, bowling instructor.
Games will be bowled at the
Palmer Bowling Center.
Mrs. Schroeder announced
that scoring for the tourna
ment must be done by adults.
Four adult scorekeepers will
be needed for the 11 a.m.
shift when four teams of the
senior division will be bowl
ing and another four adults
for the 1:30 p.m. session when
junior division bowlers will
roll their team events. Par
ents are particularly invited
to help with the scoring—or
if they are not interested in
this phase of the tournament,
to just turn out and watch
their youngsters participate.
Palmer will have seven, five
member teams bowling in the
national event. Each team will
bowl three games and scores
from the games will be sent to
Chicago where they will com
pete with team scores submit
ted from the other 49 States
and 14 foreign countries.
All bowling fans are invited
to drop in and encourage the
young bowlers.
ST. JOHN
LUTHERAN
CHURCH
Hev. R. H. Fri It, pastor^
Palmer, Alaska
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Divine Services 1100 A. M.
Sunday School 9:45 A.M.
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THE CHURCH FOR ALL . . .
ALL FOR THE CHURCH
DIFFERENT
EW.
The Church it the greatest factor
on earth for the building of char*
acter and good citizenship. It is a
storehouse of spiritual values. With
out a strong Church, neither de
mocracy nor civilization can »ur
vive. I here are four sound reasons
why every person should attend
services regularly and support the
Church. They are: (I) For his
own sake. (2) For his children's
sake. (3) For the sake of his com
munity and nation. (4) For the
sake of the Church itself, which
needs his moral and material sup
port. Flan to go to church regu
larly and read your Bible daily.
Here and there America
is building modernistic
churches.
No one’s quite sure where
the trend will lead ... or
whether it yet should be called
a trend.
But the thousands who have
worshipped in these contem
porary sanctuaries seem cer
tain of this: The new archi
tecture hasn’t changed the
age-old faith.
Christianity has known
many forms of worship, many
terms of expression.
But there has always been
Unity underlying diversity.
Christians worship the same
God and Lord; they revere
the same Cross; they search
the same Scriptures.
Through human architects
who express their devotion in
different forms, The Divine
Architect is pointing all men
to the spire of Faith.
Monday
I Corinthians
3:10-17
Tuesday
Ephesians
2:17-22
Wednesday
Ephesians
4:1-8
Thursday
Ephesians
4:0-16
Friday
Hebrews
11:4-11
Saturday
I Peter
2:4-8
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