Milford chronicle., 1947-12-19
THE WORST PROBLEM confront

the world today is what might be called,
''the disease of government"
The whole history of civilization since
the dawn of time has been the story of mans
struggle against oppression. Every school
child is required to study the great mile
stones in that struggle-the signing of the
Magma Carta, the writing of the Declara
tion of independence, and the rest. All the
revolutions ever fought have marked the at
tempts of peoples to free themselves from
the chains of emperors, dictators, and cor
rupt and cruel governments.
Now almost all of Europe and much of
the rest of the world have turned back the
clock They have, willingly or otherwise,
succumbed once more to super-government.
They have apparently placed the goal of a
dubious physical security ahead of that of
freedom They have accepted the disciplin-
ary weapons of dictatorship-the whipping
post, the execution block, the concentration
camp, slave labor. Even England, though she
still clings to the basic civil liberties, has
gone a long way down the road that can end
only in spiritual darkness and the submer
sion of the Individual spirit.
In the United States, we have gone far
ther along the same road than most of US
realize We have created an enormous ever
growing bureaucracy which saps our ener-
gies and our wealth Worst of all, we have
largely lost the definite distinctions estab-
lished by the Constitution between the three
branches of government-executive, judicial,
and legislative. The result of this is more
and more administrative government" -
which is simply supplanting a government
of law by a government of men.
Nations, like individuals, can learn by
example Europe is showing us what hap
pens when we turn to government to give us
"security" of necessity, make govern
ment the dominant factor in our lives. This
is the way that tyrants come to power, and
the process has not changed in two thousand
years of recorded history. If we permit it,
it can happen here as well.
FOR WEEKS AFTER CHRISTMAS,
people will be receiving Christmas cards,
packages and other greetings that persOnify
the Christmas spirit They will be irritated
in the delay in receiving these messages Of
Christmas cheer, and in nine times out of ten
will blame the Post Office for the delay. This
on the whole is not where the blame lies-lt
lies on all of us. We take our time in sending
out cards and gifts and on the whole don't
realize that the Post Office staffs all over the
nation are so rushed now that they are
working to the point of exhaustion. There
operate with the men at the Post Office now
that will not only help them but insure early
delivery of your Christmas messages
Send your far-away cards via Air Mail
and be sure that they will get to their destina-
tion before Christmas. Another way to in
sure prompt delivery is by sending your
Christmas cards by first-class mail. By doing
this you are guaranteed that such greetings
are dispatched and delivered first, given dir
ectory service, and, if necessary, forwarded
without additional charge If unbelievable
they are returned without charge provided
the senders name is on the envelope. On the
other hand, printed Christmas greetings
mailed in unsealed envelopes at the third
class rate are not entitled to free forwarding
privileges, and are destroyed if the person to
whom they are addressed has moved. Fol-
that reason it is the hope of the Post Office
officials that you mail your cards by first
class mail, have your name on the envelope
and above all, mail them now