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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-23
BY Westbrook
Pegler

PROTHER FAY also spoke a
~ piece but he might have
been plaStered at the time be-
cause his remarks, as stated in
the record don't make much
sense. He said he hoped the
thing would go through because
Il feel that the integrity and
honesty and sincerity has been
well performed and should he To
the satisfaction of every dele
gate here"
Maybe you can figure that
out. Anyway, the pension thing
went sailing through and now
the boys can get together any
time and vote themselves, say
$4,000 a year or whatever the
treasury will stand, in sincere
appreciation of their own Serv-
ices TO the working man.
Well, then they came TO a
proposition which would have
raised the maximum death in
Surance to the widow of a stiff
in good standing for 10 years
from $3.50 as at present, TO $500
and hiked the benefits for MEM
bers of inferior classes TO SIS
and $500 respectively.
The resolution frankly said
the money IN the death benefit
fund had increased enor-
mouSly' but nevertheless, the
general secretary and others
spoke IN great alarm about
quick depletion Of the kitty If
this increase went through and
the tragedy of widows who
then would get no insurance at
all.
So this one was licked and
the maximum remains at $3.50,
even for a 10 year man.
Finally the boys pat through
a resolution which blew not
only the ceiling but the roof off
the pay of Worthy President
William Maloney. with his
farm and winter estate and rae
inc stable and ait, and OF
Worthy Secretary-TreaSurer +.
a Fitzgerald of Washington.
This one authorized the mob 10
raise these two salaries with
out any limit whatever up 10
the total of the entire treas
ry and provided only that Ma
ioncN'> pay should not be less
than SD 600 and FitZgerald'S
not less than $4,000
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-23

10 all the parties involved. in
tcreSt IN preserving II perma-
nently. becomes less.
For instance. if we are going
TO have a balance OF power poll
ties in Greece. II Will be diff
cult 10 preserve. II Russian
borders are TO be extended into
Poland, we will undertake
through Dumbarton action to
guarantee those borders forever
with our arms.
INDEED, II Is conceivable that
L such a situation may arise IN
Europe where not only the sem
ators. but the administration
might not be especially enthusl-
aStic about permanently guar
anteeing II.
This is new element which
has entered into the private dis
cusSions here. II will become
important only as developments
from Europe direct. and Will
simmer and die If those develop
ments become more satisfactory
For the present. ! would say
Congress is dividing into two
camps; those who say the At
lantiC Charter was a war ideal
which hardly could have proved
acceptable TO Russia in the end
hut well served its war pur-
poses. and those who suspect
the people will, be shocked 10
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itself was nothing new and
could have been anticipated.
The NaziS constantly used such
tactics in Russia when they
could not otherwise stop an adj
vance. But the whole course of
winter fighting on that front
may be determined by what
eventually happens TO this blow.
The NaziS have used up their
reserves for this fNht. When
their initial move met success.
they threw everything loose
into il. II the blow is crushed
without too great loss TO us.
our next advance should meet
less resistance.
EUROPEAN political events
II have en- ngered the
chances OF getting the Dunbar
ton Oaks agreement through
the Senate-when. and if, final
agreement is reached with
Russia.
That agreement, as far As it
has progressed proposed
cloSer-tied world organization
than ever before TO preserve
finally and forever the kind of
world VIC have at the end of the
war 1t would make permanent
the status quo AT the wars con-
cluSion.
Naturally A. the status quo
becomes less and less pleasing
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-23

branch Of the New Deal party,
which is no amateur activity.
Welt, they had a big Time in
Chicago. Ed Kelly, the mayor,
addressed the gang one day and
William Green, the president Of
the AFL. also showed up and
sounded off with that Set-piece
of has 20 the effect that
american workers will stand
together. come what may,
through thick and thin, unfiinch-
ingly. until victory is won over
the foul forces of oppression"
THERE were two propositions
Il before the convention which
made an interesting contrast.
One provided that the general
executive board. meaning Ma
loney. Fay and the rest of the
tight little corporation of bosses,
could vote themselves perpetual
pensions in case they should slip
politically and be heaved out.
The pensions are TO be irreVoca-
BILE and there is no limit on the
amount.
one fellow named Stoner,
who seems TO have been a work
ing stiff, had the nerve TO say
that the high-rollerS of the
ruling mob ought TO struggle
along like the rank and file on
the regular federal social secur-
Ity after the age of 65
I'VE are giving the general
executive board a great deal of
leeway when we say that they
may establish pensions for those
that they deem worthy" he
said. but Brother Thomas r
McGraw of Albany. n Y, and a
leading member Of the OCon-
nell branch of the partV- of
humanity got up and said he
believed IN pensions Tor the big
shots In addition 10 their social
security.
Brother MCGraw was fined
$1,000 IN the federal court
couple of years back for Shak-
ing down working stiflS for Job
fees on a big war construction
project at NoorhCcSville SO he
knows something about the oc-
cupational hazards and cmbsr-
easements which bcSct the de-
Tenders Of labor'S gains aS Iu
the present charges against
Brother Fay
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LiberatiOHl---
American Style

Going over the side, they
grinned their clean young grins and
Tipped thumbs up, and they said to
me as looked at them from the
bridge: For Botaan."
He spoke with pride and emotion
of American and Filipino flags fly
ing together from a tall Leyte palm,
symbols "of sovereignty re estab-
hshed with a dignity that should
make every American proud.
This is no hit-and-n,iss crusade,
but PLANNED VICTORY"
TT is not only victory and peace
Il those Americans are bringing to
the Philippines, but FREEDOM.
The people of the Philippines
know they are not being freed of the
hated japanese yoke, only to have
another yoke imposed upon them.
Liberation in the American style
means what the word itself has
meant in the dreams and hopes of the
Filipino people.
~ AuCdho CllCy Will 1lNC dS gill do
decent, respected human beings.
1t is the fulfillment of the dream
that kept them spiritually strong
throughout the ordeal of japanese
occupation and oppression.
Americans are not going back to
the Philippines as conquerors, but as
liberators in an honest and humane
sense.
The Philippines are not under
going mere change of masters.
This is in bitter contrast with
what has happened in the Baltic
nations, and in Greece; and with
what is in store for many other con-
quered nations whose peoples have
dreamed of liberation as the Filipinos
did but who are destined to awake in
tragic establishment.
America is KEEPING FAITH
with the Philippines.-
1t is. above all, keeping faith
WITH ITSELF
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s. MANAGEMENT

Under the American scheme of encouraging
private enterprise, men of outstanding vision
and initiative were attracted to business and
industry in choosing their careers.
Germany, the other hand, more
than any other nation, n,ossed her na-
tionol intelligence military activities
and in certain other countries most of the
ablest men found their careers in govern
nent service or in the church,
Also the open road to advancement on the
basis of merit has stimulated wide and con-
stfuetise competitions for the positions of indus
trial leadership.
BECAUSE OF THESE FACTORS,
WHICH ARE INHERENT IN A FREE EN-.
TERPRlSE SYSTEM, AMERICAN INDUS
TRY is NOTED 7 H R u G. HOUT THE
WORLD FOR IT'S HIGH DEGREE OF MAN
AGERlAL EFFICIENCY.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-23
By Paul
Mallon

find now that our advertised
war hopes have been taken
abroad so lightly.
TllE meeting of certain Re.
Il publican Senate leaders with
Gov. DeMeX-In New York TODAY
reflects lack OF confidence in
leadership by the Republican
governors who had such
prominent part in the last cam
palgn. 1t reflects also an earn
est opposition TO compromise
with the New Deal
In Indiana (now highly indus
trialiZed) and some other states
which the Republicans own. the
Republican campaign was more
uncompromising than Deweys
effort
MR. WALLACE, the V. p. ar Z
Nl parently had nothing 10 IN
with the abortive putsch of the
Guffey-Pepper New Dealers
against RooSevelt'S state de-
partment appointees. although
they are members of his clan.
He saw Guffey once, that's all.
The coming V. r. Truman got
some Republican senators on his
war investigating committee 10
help save the President.
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: = WAT % YOU KNOW? : =

Name the four women and
one disciple who were with
Jesus al the cross?
( Charge of the Light Bril-
Cadc' was written by. ta)
Alfred. Lord TennySon. tb)
Henry w Longfellow.
3 Does thoNword neuroSis per-
tain 10 chemistry physics
or psychology
g. Name one of the Pulitzer
prize plays since 1910
-Un>Cramble the following
inventors Cotton jim. OTIS.
nylon. Spcrry; elevator. with
brake Whitney; gyroScope
compass and StabilIzer, Car
others
s I'm boxing what is tho length
of Time for each round and
ior the reSt period between
each round
ANSWERS on opposite pagel
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FAIR ENOUGH

ALTHOUGH the funny bust
n ness occurred last April in
Chicago. IL still may be news 20
YOU that the mob who run the
international Union Of Operat-
ing Engineers of the A. +. of l..
did very we'll for themselves and
neatly waltzed around if they
did not crash right through the
governments verboten on wage
and salary increases " h C h
limits the earnings Of that pa
thetic object in more or less
human form whom the bleeding
hearts fondly refer TO as the
common man.
This is the outfit Of which Joe
Fay is vice president. he being
also a hoodlum and racketeer Of
the Frank Hague satrapy OF the
New Deal and at present under
indictment in New York charged
with a shakedown of sos, 900 on
the Delaware aqueduct Job. He
has been indicted before. 10 be
sure, but this time he may wind
up in Sing Sing after all these
years.
THE mob got together at the
Il big Stevens Hotel in Chicago
which, by interesting coincl-
dence. was knocked down by the
government TO a big Chicago
construction contractor and poll
tician who had a piece Of the
aqueduct Job and happens TO be
very friendly with the union
president, William + Maloney.
Maloney is a very frugal fell
low. indeed. for on a salary Of
$4,000 a year from the union
or racket he has managed 10
save enough 10 buy great farm
in Illinois and a winter home in
Miami Beach, Fla. for which he
paid so 500 and maintain
stable of racing SteedS and ship
them around the country for the
horse meets.
Fay, too. for that matter has
done very well on even less sal
airy for he has two homes IN the
North and one in Sarasota, Fla.
and is quite a clubman IN both
New York and Newark.
However, he is also a cOntraC-
tor, leasing heavy equipment 10
construction contractors on jobs
on which his union subjects are
employed and. moreover, ne I> 4
Hague politician Of tho hOOdMW
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-23

ORIG. GEN. CARLOS P. ROM
ID UL0, a member of the House of
Representatives in the American
Congress by virtue Of his office as
resident commissioner of the Philip
pines, gave his colleagues a thrilling
and inspiring account of the landings
on Leyte on his return to Wash,
ington.
It was a story of how liberation is
coming to the Philippines-AMERI-
CAN STYLE.
The disillusioned world has lately
been getting some disquieting and
shocking examples of liberation in
European style.
The latest example is in unhappy
Greece, where the fruits of liberation
have been bitter indeed.
Italy is another nation which is
yet to find happiness in it's supposed
liberation.
Various other European coun-
tries, once enjoying independence
and then crushed by conquering
hordes, have seen the Fascist tide of
conquest rolled back only to see
Communist tide rushing in.
4
TN MUCH of the world today, in
Il nations which have dreamed of
Liberation and have fought for it it and
sacrificed their sons for it, liberation
! has become mockery.
But there is at least one long en-
shaved and Inundated and mistreated
country in the world today where
liberation is NOT mockery.
Gen. Romulo went ashore with
the Americans on the beaches of
Leyte, and he came back to Wash
ington to tell what the landing of our
liberating forces means to the Philip.
pines.
81 felt the soil OF my own land
crunch under my boots" he said
gratefully.
Of the Americans who went with
him, he said:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-23

TO THE EDITOR:
THEY say buy more bonds.
Eisenhower says our boys
over there need more material.
Strikes and layoifS.
How will the bonds buy am
munition and the much needed
material our boys need If we
don't work 10 make the stuff?
We little people are willing 10
give and do all we can If only
the BIG people behind every
thing will let us. My two pre-
Pearl Harbor children gave
their dad. and my mother gave
her two sons 20 fight this war
for us
Why don't those big people
Let US help our men and boys
Can't We do something about
IT,?
ONE or THE LITTLE
PEOPLE.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-23
s. BETTER EQUIPMENT

The capital resulting from savings made it
possible to build up tremendous resources in
the form Of more efficient tools and equipment.
Thus, American workers are better equipped
than the workers of any other nation ruth the
result that Their output and rageS are highCr
than oHylchere else IN the cord.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-23
3. Observation-Disclosures

To greater degree than in any other cotr-
try the American citizen has had the opportu-
-HitF fer self expression, acknowledgements and
advancement on the BASIS OF MERIT.
Our form of government and the philosophy
on which it-was founded has encouraged the
development of self-relianee and the habit Of
self-reliance has in turn kept down the duties
and costs of government.
Thus tdIeS lcere iOW and eatcrprisiHg people
coud hope TO reap most Of the fruits Of their
Efforts
Nepotsm and class barriers were less i'm
portant in the United States than in other
nations, which meant more open road to dd-
roRcemeat on the basis Of ndicidual merit.
JUDGING EACH MAN on HIS OWN MERIT
ENCOURAGED MERIT AND GAVE 1T
GREATER OUTLETS FOR Usefulness.
Our country was less afflicted by bureau.
cratic red tape and the artificial restrictions Of
vested interests such as monopoes, cartels, and
restrictive labor organizations. This meant
GREATER OPPORTUNITIES for men and
women with new ideas and better methods.
Private citizens didn't have to worry much
about being robbed of their liberty, life or prop
-efty and so were free to concentrate their
energies on the production of useful goods and
services.
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Brain Game

srrrr 20 Per each CORRECT answer thtoofh
question .IN 40 each Tor tho rcmsiaVtur
tvo aursuous AuF. score IS af mghrf b.
sf-riirnt.
Rubber trees we're taken 20
East lu5.c> from where
= True 0r faI,G Pompano is a
fashionable resort ln fne
Italian alps
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-23
SUMMING UP

WE MAY say that the greatness of our eouf-
w try is due to the fact that our economic
system, down through the years, HAS EN-
-COURAGED the building of greater resources
of equipment skill, managerial ability and CO.
operative spirit than those of ANY OTHER
NATION on the face OF the globe.
Only where individual workers, consumers
and investors are free to plan their dfdirs,
choose their Jobs, make Their otrn purchases
md select Their OlCH WCeStmeHtS can zee get
great industry and great proSperHy'
freedom Of enterprise and individual
liberty must be kept within proper bounds.
Liberty carries with 1t certain obligations to
observe and protect the rights of others. No
person, for erdmple ShOuh hare the right TO
yeH "FIRE'! in croicded hedtcr Where there
IS no fire.
Such restraints or "disclplines" are pro- :,
vded in one of two ways
/. LEGAL RESTRAINTS-tHe passing Of
lates To be administered By governmental
agencies,
.. MORAL RESTRAINTS or seit-dlscipiipe.
$50 far as knotv this is the first time
that any modern economist has attempted
to present moral precepfs an indispenso-
- bic phase of economic Ueffdre. In fact, IT'S
one of the feW economic discourses PUe
eUer read Which gives adequate recognition
to the human aspects.
Legal restrictions and coercye measures are
necessary and desirable for curling activities
that are obt-ouSly injurious to national eff
cheney and welfare such rj0leRce, robbery,
Stare trodtrg, Tire peddttrg If narcotics, etc.
But legal restrictions are inadequate in deal
ing with these forms of fraud or vice which are
"a not capable ~ precise dCtH'tiOR, (bJ Whlch
are not easily dCtectCd, or (c) tChjch not
generally diSGpprored.
In such areas the restraints Of morality are
far more efficient than any restraints that can
be provided by law.
But the restraints Of morality are more diff
ficult to attain because they involve indriduoi
Scit-djScipiiae, deceacy logical reasoning. good
craftsmanship and n consideration for the
rights and liberties Of others.
It's easier to get law passed than IT is to
improve ones own character and we hear so
much talk about our rights and ouv pririegcs
that we are inclined to forget our dlotieS and our
obligations.
TREE ENTERPRISE does not mean free.
i don, to do pleases. IL means free
dom to compete Uith another in serving
the public better-it means men and Dor,en
working out their common destiny not
under the lash of coerciUe authority, but
under the discipline of heightened self inter
est and moral responsibility.
THE END OF MAN is not seIf-ndugence,
but achievement.
WE LIVE AND GROW through effort
not deness.
THE GREATEST OPPORTUNITIES FOR
LIE IN THE DIRECTION OF INDIVIDUAL
IMPROVEMENT. SELF-DISCIPLlNE- AND
RECOGNITION OF ONES DUTIES AS
WELL AS ONES RIGHTS.
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q. THE HABIT OF THRIFT

Because of the foregoing the habit of thrift
WAS deeply ngraned in the American people.
Instead Of spending all of their earnings on
goods for personal consumption there were
strong incentives to save and invest.
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knowledge lest
Ry Or. sABINA CONNoLLY

score one for zach ~ the FIRST h,t cues
tious, and hvs for the last question $40.
brilliant, "a, bntht &c, averars. Ga,
duil
1-JeSus was called fs1 the
Samaritan. Co the paIestfH-
ian. Co rhe Gahlean.
The island Of Capri in Italy
IS noted for it's lai blue
grotto. tbl red grot,o. co.
black grotto.
5-France'S famous art eaNery
rs Ia TIE Barbiz0n. tnJ mo
Louvre, tc) the Mon'par-
naSSc
I'm an adult the arm is "a
one half as long a. the icC
tbD threc-fourths as Iong. as
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-23

Before going further, let me say that
this is free and informal Interpretation OF
ideas l got out of the Watts book. To get
il condensed into Thought Starter" style
I've INDUCED in some rearranging and re-
phrasing-alsO a little reading between the
lines"-but to speed the flow of the text, the
use of annOtatiOns, quotes, unquotes, and
other distracting devices has been avoided.
If this has resulted i'm any distortion or mis-
representation of the Watts philosophy |
offer my apologies. He should have full
credit for the ideas that are really worth
while, and should be blamed for any short
comings.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-23
LETTERS

TO THE EDITOR:
7 RECEIVED the pictures of
L my son, Pfc Richard L.
ISbcl. marine artist, and | want
to thank you very much.
lie vas wounded while on
Prfciiu Island. October 6, and
these pictures mean lot TO me.
MRS. KATHERINE ISBELL,
252l Ashland Avenue.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-23

FREE ENTERPRISE AND WHY

The foHowiRg is reprinted from Booklet No.
113 Of the Thought Starter" series. published
bB the customer research staff Of General Mo-
tors, Detroit:
one Of the most exciting books that l have
" read in long time; in fact, the only eXclt-
inc book I've ever read on the subject of
economics is do We Want Free Enterprise
1t was written by a man named V. O. Watts,
who takes the position that the primary test of
an economic system is not the degree Of liberty
that IL prOUideS, but It's efficiency IN SUPPLY
ING THE NEEDS AND WANTS OF IT'S
MEMBERS.
Victory in war and progress in peace de-
pend primarily on production.
TO-DAY the United States is turning out more
/ airpanes ships and other war supplies than
all the rest of the world put together.
This did not come about by accident 1t has
been made possible as the result of our back
ground, our experience and our habit OF doing
things in big way.
With only per cent of the worlds popula-
ton and only per cent of the land area, the
United States possesses:
500 of the worlds automobiles
500 of the worlds telephones
So of the worlds railway mileage
800 of the worlds highways
.60et Of the life=insuranee poHeIes=
Before the war consumed
75Ce of the worlds silk
500 of the worlds coffee
500 of the worlds rubber.
We had one radio for every three people
as against one for every 80 people in Soviet
Russia New York City used lao gallons OF
water per day, per person; Parslans used Al
and Londoners only AZ.
In peacetime our high levels of production
have brought about: More sanitary HUing con-
dhionS, elimination of child tabor, adjustment
of bdck-breoking dyudgery spread Of Heracy
and enlightenment, progress IN science and art,
aud adta.eees 4t-tAe area Of ftAtteHttfopy kind
Illness and GOOD WU.
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2. SPECIALIZED PRODUCTION

The absence of trade barriers has permitted
a more efficient use of our resources through
logical specialization of production in different
areas: T. r., cotton m the South. 1chcdt IN the
Middle West, -four TT Minneapolis, automobiles
In Detroit. mories IN California, potatoes IN
hfninY GRd 0FaHnf&- II Et0lfd0 0Ad C0Iif0rhia.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-23

AS a result Of our economic and social &C
complishments we have to guard our borders
to keep out people who want to share our oppor-
tunities for good living, Whereas certain other
nations find 1t necessary to guard Their borders
to prereHt their peopte from LEAVING home.
lust what are the basic underlying differ
y ences between our nation and other nations?
Whv are we so far ahead?
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I. FREEDOM OF TRADE

In no other area comparable to the United
States do we find free trade developed to the
same degree
This is due to such things as the following:
Our people speak a common language and
we are free from the restrictive influence of
customs barriers between different areas.
The ready movement of goods is made pos
sible by our highly efficient transportation
SyStemS-0W r0iiroddS, orr waterways. orr
good roads and the ears and trucks that ran
Orer them.
Our common currency eliminates the COM
plications of monetary exchange.
Free trade is further expedited by our Gem
muncatons faclities-our telephone and tele-
graph systems our mails, our radios and our
widely circulated magazines and newspapers.
ALL THESE HAVE PLAYED IMPOR-
TANT ROLES IN CONTRIBUTING TO THE
MAXIMUM EXCHANGE or GOODS AND
SERVICES THROUGHOET THE LENGTH
AND BREADTH OF THE LAND.