Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-11-14
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SEES PLANNED ECONOMY'
AS FORM OF FASCISM
WASHINGTON is figuring on the
war in Europe continuing at least
into, and possibly all through 1913.
and that we will be part Of it.
No one has attempted to say when
or how up to this time, but it is
expected the opening may be with
Japan and Hitler's support Of the
JapS against US.
Washington hopes to stay out Of
active participation in the war un-
til our war production can be great
ly increased, in fact trebled. That
would mean an annual expenditure
of so billion dollars year. 1t would
also mean cutting production for
civilian use by at least so per cent.
The opinion in Washington is that
all small manufacturing concerns
that cannot be adapted to war rro-
duction will have to close and get
out of business. It will mean the
closing of thousands of small fac
tories, large proportion Of them
located in small towns.
Big business is to be regimented.
as the farms are regimented. The
government will not operate them,
but will dictate what they will pro-
duce, whom they will employ and
how they will operate. It is to be
planned economy" for American
business.
When the war is over the planned
economy" is to be applied to BUSH
ness throughout the world, as well
as to America, if America has the
"say So and in Washington they
believe America will be in a posi-
ton to dictate. 1t is through such
planned economy" that an after
the-war depression is to be pre-
vented.
That, briefly, is the program at
Washington for the future. To me
it is not a bright or promising fu-
ture. either during the war or after
it is over. To me it is the end Of
the American way of life, the
American system of free competi-
ton under which we have grown
great. To me it is the state capital
ism of Fascist Italy.
INITIATION WOULD MEAN
EQUALIZATION OF POVERTY
WE ARE TOLD in Washington
that America is to spend SO billions
year on preparations for war and
aid to the democracies. That is
about three times as much as we
have spent during l94l.
Where are we to get this so bill
lion dollars a year? What are we
to use for money Does it mean
the printing presses? If it does, it
means initiation that is disaster. It
means destruction of all our values.
as individuals and as nation. It
does not mean the equalization OF
wealth, but it does mean the equali-
cation of poverty, and it means
poverty for every one, with nothing
to divide.
Our domestic and foreign policies
are so tied together that it is impos-
sible to determine where one stops
and the other begins.
Americas future is in the bal
ance, with the scales tipping def
initely against our American way of
life, our American civilization.
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THEY, TOO, SERVE
WHO MAKE CHEESE
THE DAIRY SECTION of Wiscon-
sin, one of the greatest dairy pro-
ducing districts in the world, is a
two to five-hour haul to the Chicago
market. Wisconsin cheese is now
going to England, purchased and
paid for on lease-lend account by
the United States for the English
government. Wisconsin cheese is
selling in English stores at less
than people in Chicago can buy it.
To help England, it is necessary to
provide more than war supplies.
Food is a major item OF the first
seven billions appropriated by con-
gress for British assistance, prac-
tically one billion will be used for
food products from American
farms, and American farmers have
reason to be proud of the job they
are doing.
OUR ARMY
FOR A REPUBLIC to create an
effective fighting force there must
be a purpose, enthusiasm. equip
ment, discipline. Today we have
an army of one and half million
men, but to the rank and file Of that
army, all four ingredients are lack
ing. To assemble and maintain
that army has cost close to two bill
lion dollars. If we are to equip
and feed the democracies Of the
world, it would have been better Il
we had kept that million and a
half men on the farms and in the
factories, where they might have
been doing their part in providing
the food and equipment % badly
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