Milford chronicle., 1948-08-27

tAACoAAS 0APPOAb Va
''''' the citizen by the
government at least in specialized
instances.
IF MY INTERPRETATION is
right, and I do not insist that it is,
liberalism means more and more
'centralization of government; more
and more taxes to meet the cost of
liberalization; more and more of a
bureaucracy to operate the ever
increasing number of liberal insti-
.tutions. Liberalizing is nationaliz,
ing, and naturalization is social
ism. Why not call it socialism to
start with? Why not admit that if it
wins it marks the beginning Of the
end Of our American free enter
prise?
1T is OUR MONEY which
the advocates of liberalism
would spend in providing us
with presumably free medical
and hospital care; with better
homes; with increased salaries
to the school teachers; with
electricity; with farm subsidies
or a guaranteed price for farm
products; with irrigation for
our farms and water, telephones
and countless other things for
our homes. Paying for it all
and paying the army Of en-
plOyees who man the many
bureaus, means taxes, taxes
and more taxes.
THE ANNUAL SPENDING Of
the federal government now is
nearing so billion dollars. That is
approximately one-fourth-25 cents
d. out Of each dollar we earn. II
is not only Is cents out Of the rich
mans dollar, it is 25 cents out of
each dollar any one Of us earns. It
is paid to support what some call
liberalism Of which each political
party wishes to be known as a
sponsor.
PERSONALLY I should like to
vote for those whose purpose is the
preservation Of private enterprise
To me that is conservatism. Tc
applaud private enterprise and then
to undermine it by putting the gov.
ernment in business as a competi.
tor, regardless Of what the line may
be, is unfair to that system which
has given US the highest living
standard the world has ever known.
A conservative party would con.
fine its legislation to those subjects
which the Constitution designates
as provinces of the federal gov.
ernment. It would not appropriate
vast sums for doing those things
which are provinces Of the states.
I want my home state to pay its
own way and not attempt to pilfer
from the federal treasury.
I SHOULD LIKE to vote for a
party, and believe it would be
considered cOnSe ServatiVe, that
would play no favorites; that would
provide legislation along national
lines, for the benefit Of all the peo,
pie, and not for some minority al
the expense Of majority.
WE CANNOT JUDGE from the
platforms, for they are much alike
in their promises, and are largely
meaningless. We cannot judge from
the utterances Of party spokesmen
for they talk not to interpret, but
for the purpose Of attracting votes.
SO 1T is that on November
we will guess which party
will come nearest to represent
ing what we want; which party
will be most liberal, and which
one less. If we are seeking that
"semething for nOthing'' at the
end Of the rainbow we will
want the most liberal. II we
prefer the smaller tax bill that
comes with reduced apprOpri.
atiOns and a radical reduction
in the army Of bureaucrats, we
will try to 'guess" at which Of
the three is the most cOnserva.
tive.
IN THE END it can be only a
guess. There is nothing to give US
definite assurance. Personally ]
prefer the least New Dealism, and
have about decided on my ''guess. /"
l may be wrong. / do not know, an6
there is nothing l can point to as
a definite assurance that the sue,
cess of my ''guess" will insure the
result for which / am hoping.
know others who are seeking ex
actly the same result, but are moi
guessing" the same way that ]
propose. That proves how confus.
ing it all is. It was bad enough
when we had but two choices.
HVI m