Milford chronicle., 1943-10-15

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''Swab the deck!" cries out pet
ty officer and the men fall to with
their holy stone" equipment and
in a short time everything is spick
and span.
Buy War Bonds and more War
Bonds and you know that you are
sharing in the effort that will free
the world from war lord domination.
U. S. Treasury Department
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CHALK UP another great vic
tory for the Allies. Portugal grants
use of the Azores to England and
the United States and already the
"TOmmies" have moved in to pro-
tect the new bases from possible
Axis attack With the use OF these
Atlantic Islands granted to the
Allies. the Nazis may attempt to
move against brave Portuguese.
We predict, however, that they will
get Il warm reception if they do.
Nazi subs will find that these bases
in the Azores will knock a good
portion of their famed submarine
warfare into a cooked hat.
/S/s/
MANY self-termed ''realists" de-
clare that as far as the millions of
men and women who work in large
corporate enterprises are concern
ed, it makes little difference whe-
ther government or private man
agement runs industry and signs
the pay checks. For them, it is
claimed, opportunity and free en-
terprise are merely empty words.
Government domination is encour-
aged on the grounds that it is the
easiest solution to the complex
problems of an industrial society.
Such "realists," and they are found
in industry as well as in the ranks
of labor and government, are SOW
ing the seeds of destruction of our
republic. The problem of main
tanning individual security and op-
DOrtunity cannot be solved by the
spineless eXpediency of govern
ment ownership. Government own
ership of basic industries, of mines.
other natural resources, power and
transportation, would open the way
to termination of the liberty of ev-
cry citizen. No matter how large an
industry may be, as long as it is
privately owned and operated, it
fC frnn1nnl IN
those who work in it. That is, they
are economically free of any form
of political coercion. Their jobs do
not depend upon how they vote.
Destruction of private industry
means destruction of representa-
tive government This is funda-
mental truth which every soldier
and every war worker must keep
clearly in mind during these
troublesome times.
/s/s/
THE ARGUMENT has been ad-
vanced that if one believes in a
free public school system. one
should not object to free medi-
cine" controlled and paid for by
the state. There is considerable
difference between public school
system to give every individual a
chance for mental equipment with
which to earn a living and care for
himself, and furnishing the indi-
vidual, at state expense. the var
iOus necessities and luxuries of life.
Cradle to the grave security"
sounds appealing, but a nation
which accepts that plan sells it's
independence and admits that its
people cannot care for themselves.
The American medical system has
been the wonder of this war 1t
was not developed or fostered by
the state. 1t was the result of en-
terprise and initiative of American
doctors who over a long period of
years have been determined to
make American medicine supreme.
medicine probably gives
more actual free service to those
who need it, than do the so-called
socialiZed medical systems of for
eign countries, which load the cost
of their free" service onto the
individual in the form of special ;
taxes. Why should we in this
country even consider disrupting
the greatest medical system in the
world to copy experiments of ma
ions which cannot match ours in
progress?
/S/o/
THERE HAS BEEN loose talk !
about the poor administration of ,
he affairs of our island territory
If Puerto Rico by the United States
government. There are interests
hat would like to see the United !
States surrender it's sovereignty
,ver Puerto Rico. One sure way
o destroy friendship and trust be-
ween the island and the United c
states, is a campaign to convince
'uerto Ricans that they are being t
,adly treated by their fellow citi- |, t
ems on the mainland, and should v
'e free of United States citizen +
hip. President Roosevelt, in his &
ecent recommendation of increas- /
d self government for Puerto Rico L
aid: There is no question of +
'uerto Ricans' ability now to adj r
iinister their own internal affairs il
nd to assume the attendant re- Il
That being the case, e
Thy should Puerto Rico not now s
e admitted to the union as the 49th o