Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-12-27
BY
Clayton
Rusch
Chairman
Political Action Committee

our economic problem that a
just social order would pro-
vide place for private enter
prise, corporate enterprise, CO.
operatives and municipal own
ership.
A careful survey of the sit
uation establishes the fact that
although private enterprise is
necessary to preserve initia-
tive in our society, we cannot
allow property rights to take
precedence over human rights,
Corporate enterprise makes
possible large projects in new
ficlds and need not be de-
.stroyed, but must be controlled
to protect the rights Of the
people.
Co-operatives are a neces-
sary part of modern society.
They prevent excessive profits
and create more abundance,
while municipal ownership Is
the only effective way to pre-
vent monopoly in public utili-
ties.
There is, of course, a neces-
sary place for all of these eco
nomic syste m s in a we'll
rounded industrial democracy.
The citizens of England are
In some respects more ad-
vanced than their American
cousins In political thinking.
Before the war was over they
voted out the conservatives
and voted in the labor party.
TARDY BRITISH
II any intelligent criticism
can be made of the British La
Dor Party, it is their slowness
in carrying out their program
to nationalize basic industries.
The not-too- distant future will
require effective measures to
meet the challenge of unem-
ployment and this challenge
cannot be met by an admins
tration that hesitates and de-
lays.
In the United States the last
election had a different result.
The people were weary of re-
straints and controls, and
weary of statements. They
failed to realize that the very
reactionary legislators who
stymied progressive legislation
the last few years belonged to
the same political cliche as
those who blamed the admin
istration for stalling.
1t is now quite obvious that
the reactionary block in the
Republican Party realizes that
they cannot stop the coming
depression with their program
of more profits for the rich.
Proof that they recognize
this fact is their brazen pro-
posals to legally limit the civil
rights of the people. BY so do
ing they hope to prevent the
people from using their con-
stitutional rights to remove
from power a political group
who would solve everything
by going back to horse and
buggy controls in an age Of
streamlined production.
EXAMPLE
A typical example of the at
titude of the reactionaries Is
the case of William E. Um-
stattd, president of the Tim
ken Roller Bearing Co., who
on returning from a trip to
stated that England
will drift slowly into socialism
and ultimately communism"
Toledo Blade, Dec. IL, 1946).
For Mr.. Umstattd's edifica-
ton it must be pointed out
that nations do not drift"
into communism. Communism
comes into power through rev.
olutions of force and violence.
become prey to such
catastrophies when they are
governed by reactionary re-
gimes who attempt to stynnie
social evolution on behalf of
the wealthy interests.
Communist governments do
not ':drift" into power, and If
ever dominates
the British or American scene,
1t will be because men of the
stamp of mind of Mr.. Um-
Stattd's control the govern
ment and attempt to thwart
the will of the people for So
cial progress.
On behalf of the PAC staff
and officers ! extend to the
of this column our
best wishes for a happy and
New Year.
And as if the state of in
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