Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-10-31
It's News
To Me
By O. J. Pecmd

Everybody is stealing my thunder this week
Clayton taking off the ancient Beau Drummer
movies Richard Gosser making eloquent appeal fo
Tom vote the editorials comprehensive
the immediate needs of the moment ana ola man
Pecord is left in intellectual vacuum
OF course subject that hasn't been overdone
in the press particularly the press that happens to
he president Trman call for special session Congress
European crisis which contains as much or more
dynamite than Germany did before embarked upon It's eh
zied to take the world
kid ourselves about the seriousness OF the sua
ton which Europe On the other hand we shouldn't
let the belief that cure Europe
by sending few million bushels of wheat
of other food the folks on the European continent
1t is going to take more than that
Essentially trying prevent the spread of COM
unism by containing beyond its Imposed iron cur
tain but ideas angels confined by material
Communism be effectively and completely nu
fled by the placing of loaf of bread under the arms
man, woman and child In Europe
AN IDEA
Communism is an idea. 1t has existed for long time
quite the idea which lead to modern capitalism
know that cannot be suppressed by
force propaganda or wishful thinking
When Karl Marx wrote his book "Das Kapltal ne MADE maae
prophet of order. His theories of thesis
anhesS ynthess while they strike the average per-
intelligence still guiding rules
How meet and destroy the ideas which Karl Marx
advocated by the mere placing OF 1000 wnm .ne @ nunsg cry
eliminate the which have brought about this condition IN
the first place?
How can we insure the contanment communist ideas
the entire world and nation has become infected
with the virus either in concentrated or diluted form
OUR PROBLEM
Our problem cannot be solved either by
demnng Communism by trying to talk or feed it out OF
Our problem meeting the threat of communism cannot
substituting other dictaorial fascist
the only possible alternative to communist dictatorship
prevent the spread of communism by sending
out reactonary speakers from the National Association OF
organizations who its
overthrow by the udcous dumping of few well
directed atom bombs behind the iron curtain.
insure ourselves against the communist virus
labor leaders silly afdavits while
the boring from within still continues
ONE WAY
There can be possible way that meet the
challenge the world It's
communist dominated nations and that is to make democracy
work.
We cannot make democracy work if have political
democracy monopostc industry the other
nation and half free. Neither
democracy survive without both industrial political democ
racy. It's simple as that.
Our trouble is that merely applying temporary
when attempt to future and the
the world by tossing few loaves of bread at the
people of Europe And while the necessity for aid
other countries will wasted effort
permit ourselves believe that the spread
by bread alone Remember Marxism the basis
the dea and does not live by bread
alone.
really going do in the coming special
sion of that communism be slowed down
food but that its spread has not been entirely result of
stomach Those of who communism would
like thing combatted above the well below
the diaphragm
Sen Arthur Capper (R Kan) and Rep Edith Nourse
Rogers joined Congress recently praise
they long neglected Commemorating
'his great Capper declared that When the world
dark for labor he called for higher and better working
worlds leading pacifits
Nobody got tell Capper "hiS great
man. has reputation of organized abors
enemies that he fought organization of his employees
tooth nail and that far being he worlds leading
pacfist he practically of starting the
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