Milford chronicle., 1947-05-30

NO ONE IS GOING to dispute United
that our Nation would benefit from IN
creased foreign trade.
The trouble is that American goods sold
in European markets lin the present and
coming years will be paid for with American
money, loaned by soft-hearted Umted
States Government. We might just as well
make up our minds that these loans will
never be paid.
Foreign countries must produce their
own goods, for their own markets, and pay
wages to their own people. That's the only
way they can get ahead American grub
stalking cannot last forever-and we might
just as we'll face the facts.
A report that has been rather disturbing
to statesmen and officials in Washington
comes from Moscow where, it is said, Stain
and his dreamy Communists are waiting ~ Iof
the depressions, panics, and hard times that
thev are predicting and hope, will Overtake
the United States.
Our own unsettled conditions seem to have
been brought about through the waste OF bill
lions of dollars, lot of which was spent IN
efforts to save Russia from collapse. It's
time for the United States to paddle our own
canoe.
Incidentally Congress does not agree with
our own State Department that millions OF
dollars should be spent in radio broadcasts to
Russia. Congress is right. We have been
talking through radio mikes for the past two
wears trying to explain the value of Ameri-
can Democracy to an embattled WOrld-and
we haven't made any material progress, de-
spite the great efforts made by men like
Byrnes, Marshall, Vandenberg, Connally and
other undetermined Americans.
~SoNS
GRATIFYING, INDEED, it must have
been to the hundreds of "grass roots" editors
attending the recent annual convention OF
the National Editorial Association in Fort
Worth, Texas, to hear the following tribute
from representative of the country's largest
industrial organizations:
"No group in this country has as much
power to influence the thinking of the people
i'm the areas from which they come as you
men and women before me in this audience.
You as editors of our cherished small news
papers represent the fountain of our national
thinking"
Citing the more than 10000 Independent
newspaper prOprietors in America, Paul
Garrett, vice president of General Motors,
declared that "America is the cradle of indie
pendent industry. Success in industry as in
the newspaper business comes from the ef-
: forts of many individuals seeking competl-
lively to get ahead. Like you the only way
. we in industry can work our way forward
is to serve the needs of more people better
than the other fellow. Ours is nation OF
Individual successes. But success for indi
viduals is not imposed by national decree. Il
begins in the local community"
s Stressing the community of interests
! among all sound individual enterprises, whe
ther small or large, Mr.. Garrett concluded
1--WE need free press We need free in
dustry A free and vigorous press to shet
the light of truth, and free and vigorousl!
] competitive industry to provide opportunit.
!, for the betterment of all is an unbeatable
/ combination. Together they can guarante
for us the basic freedoms. You editors o
Americas home communities are out wher
/ the job begins. Fight to hold the enterpris
L that is America-the nation that is today tn
+ hope of the World"
We shall strive to live up to that oppol
/. tunity and fulfill that responsibility.
g @So~S
TWO YEARS AGO THE Texas Corpu
Christi Caler-Times went all the way out
criticizing the decision of a Texas Judge, an
three neWspapermen were sentenced to Jal
Now the Supreme Court of the Unite
States has handed down the final word
which it holds that newspapers have til
right to print news as they find it and con
menu as Lney cnOOSe, WltnOut Delng In COZ
tempt of court. Therefore, the Texas pape
was right in its news reports and in an ed
torial which put the finishing touches Q
Judge Browning because he decided the Cas-
without hearing and argument. The ed
tOrial used such words as "high-handed" ar
"travesty unjustic."
"Muzzling the press" by Judges on IL
bench is an old American custom which h;
quieted newspapermen through long, lor
years. The Supreme Court of the Unite
States rules that Judges cannot punish Il
press even for false reports and unjust cor
ment, unless the publications bring Gle;
and present danger to the administration
justice.
Editors everywhere will find their ne
charter of liberty in the majority opinion.