Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-07-25
| Might Be.
WrOng--But
WITH so MUCH argument for
By
p. G. STROMBERG

the public cannot escape natural
confusion. Our inherent convic-
ton that the law of supply and
demand ultimately determines
the worst price problems is hard
10 overcome and yet we are
forced to recognize the ills
which follow loss of government
control. 1t would
Confusion be a good thing
Caused By if everyone could
OPA get a full pic
ture of what the
ultimate in initiation does to a
country. In Hungary right now
money is so worthless that it
takes a figure with SO many
ciphers that it is beyond our
comprehension. According to
reports it takes Il am merely
using the figure quoted) 2OO,-
0O0, 900, OOO, 600, 900, 100000. pen
goes to buy a roll and a cup of
coffee. Fact is that Hungarian
money has no value. The coun-
try is threatened with civil war.
Efforts have been made by the
government to keep prices in line
and to that end directives on
cost of labor have been issued
granting increases as high as
TWO HUNDRED PER CENT
in one week. Employees have
reached the point where they de-
mand food and clothing as pay.
To relieve the situation the
u. S. Government has freed
$32 ,OO0,OO0 of Hungarian gold to
back a new currency. The only
apparent hope for the people of
that stricken country lies in con-
tinued help from the U. s. and
Russia.
The point, however, is that we
fail to realize what dangers Turk
in wild imitation. While we all
, hope that our
Danger economy is too
4 Turks In well established
Imitation and our none
tary system too
we'll backed to permit any runa-
way initiation there is always a
possibility that, once out OF con-
troll, we might face loss of all
our savings and investments and
have instead so many dollars
that the average person could
not read the figure. Think of
paying $4,000. for a newspaper!
Or think of paying 100000.
for a loaf of bread!
Blythe time this paper reaches
the reader We will probably have
a renewal of OPA with &C num-
Der of changes. But am con-
WINGED that a great majority of
, our people will accept rest1ic-
tons with a greater degree of
satisfaction than was the case
before we had the experience of
price rises in July, 1916.
The only way / can see Russia
Is with that kind of hope which
springs eternally with a poker
player when Lady Luck has
taken a walk" The farther we
go in our hope of working with
Mr.. Molotov the more we should
realize that he just doesn't want
to work with US.
Russia Has And still we try
Taken again hoping
A Walk" that the next
deal will bring a
different answer. The harshest
recent illustration is the atti-
tude official Russia assumed with
regard to our Atomic Bomb DEM
onstration at Bikini. "A costly
and unnecessary exhibition of
saber rafting" is the way one
Russian spokesman expressed
himself. The entire Russian
attitude, according to reports, is
one OF bitter denunciation. Some
VI the expressions include "atom
diplomacy, "belligerence", Sag
gressiveness", and common
blackmail".
All this criticism can Mt least
be construed to mean tina, the
soVlets have nothing to COM
pare with our atom bomb and
that we are fortunate in con-
trolling il while such imnortant
negotiations are in progress. The
cause OF peace is well served