Milford chronicle., 1945-12-14

THE TRl-STATE PACKERS Association
at It's recent annual convention in Baltimore,
was given statistics by Carlos Campbell, Sec
retary Of the National Gamers Association,
which shows that the area comprising the
Tri-State Group (NeW Jersey, Delaware and
Maryland) contributed in large manner to
the successful feeding Of our troops during
the war period. This area produced enough
canned tomatoes to provide for our entire
European troop concentration. "NO other
single section" he said filled so high a
percentage of the armed forces total require
mentS. Other products sent from the Tr-
State area Tor our troops consisted of peas,
lima beans, pumpkins, broccoli and other
products. 1t l.; doubtful that the residents
OF the communities III which these plants are
located recognize the great value of these
plants during national emergency. Mil
lords tW" large canning industries certainly
produced we'll during the emergency.
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AMERICANS, with very few exceptions.
were shocked and greved at the news of the
severe injuries sustained by General George
;. Patton in an automobile accident in Ger
many on Sunday. Whatever his faults, it is
certain that the General was one of the out
standing leaders during the successful war
Just completed against the NaZiS Recent
disclosures on the part Of Germany military
leaders show that Of all the field leaders
among the Allied Nations General Patton was
the most feared by our enemy. There is more
than irony in the fact that this hard hitting
officer who was always among the forefront
OF his troops, and who faced every danger to
winch he subjected his men, should now be
q critically injured peacetime casualty Ger
tanly such an ending of so fine Il military
career seems unjust and undeserved-but
such is life. AS he fights his grim battle
against his critical injuries; the Nation as a
whole praHs for his complete recovery.
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IN a RECENT LETTER to Representa-
tive Gore, Democrat, Of Tennessee. Bernard
NJ huuch gave the people Of the United
States sound advice and warned labor and
management to settle their differences or
lace government intervention He recon-
mended an inventory of the resources of Our
nation SO we might have IAN overall pic
ture of the balance sheet Of the country"
tie also urged an examination of our pro-
ductlVe capacity ito see that enough of what
is pfoduced remains in the United States to
avoid disastrous infaton and then how
much to allocate for the rehabilitation Of
Europe, China, the Philippines
unlesN this dividing is done wisely, we
VIII SINK and the whole world will 20 down
with us. We should direct our aid to fOreion
countries by giving priority to those who
need the most and who will use it to helm
set themselves on their feet
III we promise loans to FOREIGNERS. the
money VIII be useless if they cannot buv the
goods for our production here.
Such demands will further initiation tom-
porarlly because they aggravate demands
here There is no use giving FOREIGNERS cred
II tof our citizens greater buying power
through increased wages and decreased
taXeS) unless we are willing to establish nri-
ofltleS which will ration our production where
we want 1t to 90 until production increases.
I'VE must be careful when we give aid to
0thef countries, that this aid is not used 70
natlonallze their industries against us to
deStfoy our own competitive system which
| think, should be preserved. Enoand
Czechoslovakia, France and other countries
are natlonallzlng or about to nationalize their
industries. Russia has tOtalized herSelf-one
buyer ana one Seller-and is tOtalizno all
countries coming under her aegis."
MI. Baru"h might well have gone farther
ana Sald that our Federal policy of maxine
ioahS ana grants IN our own country to ma
tlohallze great SegmentS of American in
uuStlH' through government ownership and
competition, Is as destructive of American
enterprise as are loans to foreign nations that
promote similar Specialization of productive
activity. ~ pi0"oo'iVe
Mr. Baruch stressed the inescapable fact
that the race between rising wages and nriceS
Is a creature Of "Our own procrastination and
neghgence. Everything should have been
included IN the original price control bill
all the elements of cost, wages, rents "Fail-
ufe TO do has started the race.
TAX reductions should have been more
considered. outlined and then put into effect
ana oi onlH after the inventory into our national
wealth and liabilities was knou.n '
now 1t would not take long. Thon wa
would have the facts-not ictions stirred hv
;'ll the contendlng pressure groups trvino to
nelp themselves in prices, wages and taveC
lof their own interests and ignoring the oen-
eral good '''e seA-
Are we too dumb OF too selfish as a neonIe
TO llsten to such elemental reasoning?