The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-02-22
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i GEORGE s. BENSON
| Presidenf--Hafding college
Seary. ArkdHsas
Jungle Fever

When man loses the right use OF
his mind, his friends put him in a
state institution, but when whole
people start turning imbecile they
commit themselves to the tender
mercies of government. In one sem
tence, that's what l think about the
so-called Full Employment Bill, al
ready passed by the Senate and
scheduled for early consideration by
the House.
If our congressman fasten upon
the Federal government an obliga-
ton to provide jobs for everybody,
they will be saying, "We represent a
commonwealth of incompetents, un-
able to take care of themselves.
Americas vast resources, her enor-
nous productive capacity, trained
minds, skilled hands and huge mar
kets will amount to nothing if our
people lose their initiative, self
reliance and sef-starters.
Men Have Spines
God in His wisdom metes out
privileges and duties in proportion.
No man and no nation can revel long
in liberty and shirk the responsible
ties that go with it, for human free
dom is gift from above. Much re-
sponsibility for the future of man.
kind hangs on the American people;
we may we'll be thankful that our
liberties are many. This is no time
to recline in political armchair
among the old worlds decadent
tribes.
What supports the idea that gov
eminent ought to Cor even CAM guar
antee jobs for everybody? Answer:
Warped notions brought to America
by immigrants from the backward
lands of Europe and Asia. Many such
leases" can't quit thinking that citi-
zens must serve the state instead of
the state serving the citizens. They
actually seem to imagine that rulers
think better than other people.
Poisonous Insects
Foreign PHILOSOPHERS, spread qui-
city through schools, Fairgrounds
and market places, have poisoned
the minds of American boys and
girls under their parents very eyes.
1t is quiet enemy that long has de-
manded attention. =. When our sol
diers landed on Guadalcanal they
met Japanese attack from land, wa
ter and sky, and they overcame it.
But the tropical bugs did more dam
age, quietly.
Insects with bills like hypodermic
needles, hardly big enough to see
without glass, seemed like irri-
tants of small consequence. But
they turned out to be more dangerous
than the man-size enemies. Their
noise was small, their wounds were
negligible, but they planted ven
omous pestilence in the blood
stream, extravagant of life and ruin
Gus to the morale of those who sur
viVed.
There is a Cure
How parallel to Guadalcanal has
been the defense of representative,
constitutional government on the
home front. Deafening weapons of
the Axis powers failed to destroy
this republic. American ingenuity,
sharpened by hope of achievement;
American skill, whetted by ambi-
ton to advance; Americas power
to produce, fused in the furnace of
open competition: These won the
noisy battles.
But the same things will not cure
the plague of poisoned minds. That's
another problem. Helplessness, de-
PHILOSOPHERS are like tropical fever
in the blood. If it has penetrated
all the way to Capitol Hill, if we
enact federal law encouraging the
.analady, then the case is serious in
deed. The fate of the Full Employ
ment Bill will determine whether the
United States is becoming imbecile.