The midland journal., 1946-03-08
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y GEORGE S. BENSON
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SeanfE ArkaSsas
With Thanks

Free schools are still tree 1nStltu-
tions in the United States, thanks to
the bravery Of ten congressman, five
Democrats and five Republicans.
Jointly, last December IL, they
broke up a piece of law-making
strategy that might have wrecked
American freedom completely. Thus
ended Round 5 of a long and costly
fight to top our public schools with
q bureaucratic boss in Washington.
The House Committee on Educa-
ton, by a ten-to-nine vote, rejected
the famous bill to provide federal
aid (?) to education. The threat of
collectivism to American liberty
was greater at no time during World
War II than it is now, and all people
who appreciate the privileges our
pioneer grandfathers won with flint
lock rifles, may be thankful to sane
congress.
Many Good Reasons
What happened that day made the
best news Of the week but, impor-
tant as it was, did not eclipse the
brilliant tidings of the previous week
when President Truman signed q
bill to place a group of government
corporations under control of Con-
gress. These highly privileged, wild
entities had been foraging without
restraint in rich fields of industry for
varying numbers of years.
The Chief Executive compliment
ed Congress for roping and brand
ing these freebooters, as well he
might. Indeed the 10th Congress
deserves a great deal of commenda-
ton. One of its most notable
achievements of the First Session
was that exhaustive job by the
Manasco Committee, X-raying the
so-called Full Employment Bill. It
deserved to be diagnosed thorough
ly, and was.
ToOthleSs Enactment
Several well informed Washington
observers are predicting that de-
horned and fangless version Of the
Full Employment Bill will pass
into oblivion. As originally written,
it was a viper, a sort Of two-edged
Townsend plan of pensions with an
appended government guarantee of
every-ready, gainful employment to
everybody out Of jails and hospi-
tails, drunk or sober, on borrowed
government money.
Addressing q few belated travel
ers in a highway hamburger en-
porium recently, red-nosed tramp
declared: There's plenty of every
thing in the world for everybody to
live easy, if greedy guys would quit
grabbing everything and holding US
up for our share" I submit that
as a parallel to the philosophy of
the Full Employment Bill. It is SIM
ply not true. Good living depends
on work.
Wealth and Plenty
wish every American could live
on farm long enough to learn how
plenty depends on production. The
more Of anything people produce,
the more Of it they have. There's
q difference between abundance and
prosperity; production is only one
ingredient, but an essential ingredi-
ent. Idleness and scarcity lead d.
rectly to poverty and want. It Is
true of a man. It is true Of q na-
tion.
Prosperous, productive people can
afford to yield their substance freely
to help genuinely unfortunate folk
who are in reed. On the other hand
it is not a kindness to quench any
mans desire to make his own lv-
ing and build his own success. Do
ing such things for people Is unfair
to them. We should be proud Of
our 10th Congress for holding that
everlasting truth In mind.