The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-04-04

cooked up a housing program with
out first consulting the Congress.
And now there's a division of coun-
sci, procrastination, passing of the
buck.
Furthermore, it is said a fast
growing black market in building
materials is under way. This is
hard to prevent. Many express fear
lest the new curtailment order viii
make matters worse.
The Washington report further
says that talk of millions of houses
under the government program is
largely a pipedream. Private sour
/ ces estimated a short time ago that
the MOST that could be expected
this year would be 100000 new
houses. Now the same authority is
convinced that because of govern
ment delays the 100000 estimate
is too high. Is someone bungling?
What's your answer?
Is there to be no end to this con-
fusion? The war has been over for
months, and yet there continues a
maze of uncertainty, doubt of the
future, a wonder as to what new
edict is to follow This nation as
founded ourselves and the world
with the mountains of war mater
ials that we produced. Rigid con- 4
trolls were probably necessary IN +.
der war conditions. But now one
is impelled to wonder if the time
has not arrived for the ending of .
0OVarrroapf dirt afiOD
The freezing, paralyzing hand of
bureaucratic dictation has the
nation in its grasp. Millions of
federal employees are parasites on
the economic life of the nation. This
latest edict Will add additional
to the already staggering
number. And past experience with
the gentry teaches us not to expect 4,
much ability in those who will have
of the new order. It {;
merely means another huge force 4
of employees to blanket the nation
and to live off the labor and sweat
Of those who work and produce
Mere and more one is becoming
forced to the conclusion that the
supreme need of the hour is a dras-
lie Tightening of controls and more
for American industry
and labor Stop and consider the
conditions that confront US. We
nave a powerful and rich nation /
With stupendous productive capa- l
,ity. The peoples pockets and bank !
accounts are bullying with money
| sum of money greater than ever q
n the history of the nation At
he same time there is a tremen-
lous demand for everything the fac !
cries can produce Merchants find 7
n instant market for everything J.
hey can obtain. We are short of y
lothing, short of food, short of n
trucks, radios, farm Z
ng equipment, electric machines (
nd gadgets of every kind in fact /
hort of everything this huge Amer
ca is crying for. And yet our
productive machine falters and fails :
o get under way and the people +
till wait for the many things they
o badly need and want
What would happen if some p
right morning the order would 6
ONE out from Washington that all b
kept the most vitality necessary ii
nd usual controls were lifted from o
abor and industry? What if the r,
dict would come out to Hop to IL
{, men of America, let's see what
GU can producer" Can you imagine
ne result? In short order factory "
himneys would be belching smoke.
heels would be whirring, there
'ould be a shortage of men for the
billions of jobs, humming, a cease y
ess activity would be heard
this broad and rich land.
tut no! Instead, we founder
round and wonder why the paraly-
IS has so suddenly hit US why,
IS worse than during the war, is
common remark.
How long, Oh Lord, how long
lust this one-time independent
people have to be die