The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-10
Rv G W. BABSON

Compared with any other land on
earth, we, the people of North
| America. now are sitting on top OF
the world. Relative to any former
period, we today have the greatest
opportunity, both as to current con-
ditions and future prospects. When
YOU tune out the radio croaklng,
long enough to attend to solid fact:
and figures, you sense the speed o.
recent reconversion. The outlook
is much brighter than some o.
the out-lookers.
During the recent big strike:
there was an interval when a lit
tie grousing by me and others was.
perhaps, excusable. 1t was a kline
of low Monday morning, a natura
let-down after the victories of l945
That period of Indulgence, how
ever, has gone; and I recommend
that the time has come for all O.
us to cut out the grabbing ane
resume business. Despite the &C
tons of labor leaders here at home
and of Russian leaders abroad, the
situation, fundamentally, is cheer.
full. Today, the chief cause fol-
complaint is the chronic com
! planning.
Reserve Trends
The time for growing and grum-
bling is when the goose hangs
high, with everybody feeling SNUG,
self-satisfied, and over-complacent,
Then crepe-draping and fault-find'
ing may do some good. Grabbing
can help to restore balance. Today
calls for pressure on the opposite
side:-for assurance, cheerfulness,
good nature. The very disputes We
deplore arise in part as a reaction
of the widespread mood of dissat-
~isfaction and lament. It is time to
reverse these negative trends.
This need for a more construc-
tive spirit is doubly true in view OF
the new role of the United States
in world affairs. UN leadership
will not be won by formal di-
plomacy, but by the daily attitude
which u people demonstrate
What would our international sta.
tus become if measured by to
days chorus of self-condemnation!
Our global standing will not be
helped if the United States becomes
known throughout the world as
Uncle SquaWk instead of Uncle
Sam.
Reports Impressive
Particularly impressive are the
the reports of technical observers
who have been surveying the
economic ruins of Europe. One OF
these experts set down a cold.
blooded appraisal of the wreck
age. Then his feelings got the
better of him and he summed up
his engineering data: BLESSED is
the land that has known no bombs,
where everyone has plenty to eat
and where people are not worn
down by years of deprivation"
America took full share of COM
bat, but we led the world in pro-
ductnon. We have come to possess
industrial facilities beyond any
thing heretofore imagined. Ou1
research and technique in a few
years scored advances that normal
ly might have taken a quarter
century. America has cause for
great thankfulness. Yes, 1 am still
bullish on the United States.
New Highs Ahead
After the V-days, Washington
prophets forecast dire unemploy-
ment. They were wrong. Further
more, instead of sagging, retail
trade has scared, brisk even in
strikebound areas. Overriding the
shortage of goods and stoppage OF
output, business vitality has defied
the grief mongers. Ample buying
power points to still further ex-
pan5ion.
Besides the stricken nations of
the world, there are key groups of
u W people right here at home
who should let UP their gloomy
forebodings. A reconversion to
confidence will aid wage workers
to raise output and aid farmers
to raise crops. A holiday on crab
bing will put fresh heart into post
war plans of executives and return
Ing veterans, extra pep into cam
paigns of statesmen.
BIackOut Blues
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