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The Cost of Government

In various campaign speeches. Governor Dewey
has dwelt on the need for rigorous economy in
government And that, whatever ones political af-
filiation, is absolutely essential to the survival
of an economic system which has done more for
more people than any other and which is based
on individual incentive enterprise and ambition.
No one can deny that the American people,
through their government, have accepted enor-
nous financial cohmitmnts for foreign aid the
national Defense and other unavoidable projects.
And the very size and burden of these commit
ments is all the reason for cutting every pos
sble nickel from the domestic Federal budget and
for pruning duplicating bureaus to the limit
We must have a government which will divorce
itself from activities which can be carried on by
busless-as, for example, the production of cleo.
trio power. We must have government which
will recognize that there is limit to social secur
ity,' and that the people must stop looking to
government fer benefits they should provide
through their own work and thrift and foresight
Finally, we must have national policy that re-
cognzes that ruthless taxation long enough con.
tinued, will stop our development as a nation
destroy the roots of progress and court actual
bankruptcy
An affirmation of these principles by the next
President and Congress, regardless of the politi
cal party in power is necessary to the preserva
ton of this nation
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-10-23
by William Henry Huff

and stiU have nothing of his except the re-
ceipts How long will my people be dupes?
It is said that we travel in the direction we look
# follows then that if we look in the direction of
pessimism we will travel that way. On the other
day. if we look toward peace, happiness, and sue
cess we will travel that way and reach that goal.
Until recently there were no Negro motormen
and conductors on the public carriers OF the city
of Chicago Today we count them in great num-
bers and theyy appear to be select lot OF people,
comparing favorably with those of other groups.
Until few years back there were no Negro
meter readers for the gas company, but today
there are a number Of persons acting in that ca
pacity.
Until very recently there were no race coin box
collectors for the Illinois Bell Telephone Company.
Today find number of young men working
in that capacity And, until recently there We're
no Negro telephone operators Today we have
quite number of them, and they compare favor
ably with those of other groups.
We have social workers in great numbers This
of course came about to a great extent by reason
OF the late depression, where more case workers
were needed than has been the case before.
They, too. a representative group Many of us
who have been here over the yyars remember the
time when stores, even in the Negro neighbor-
| hoods, refused to employ Negroes for anything
other than porters, dshwashers, ct cetera Today
almost every store of any consequence in the Ne
gro ne1ghborhood has Negro workers, cashiers and
the like This is progress because no race can
grow great ii it has workers other than porters
bootblacks and flunkies. God grant that the num-
Ders increase with the coming years and that the
efficiency OF those employed by increased with
the coming years.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-10-23
Prices, Like Water, Find Level

K An authority the marketing of meat recently
observed that meat and livestock prices move
together-what meat packers pay for livestock
matching what consumers payy for meat"
In other words, meat is governed by the law
Of supply and demand here are more than 4O00
meat packers in this country They Compel
ing Tor the available supply of livestock at all
times-each must get share of it if he is to keep
his plant in operation And meat packing is one of
the most efficient enterprises in existence AL
most nothing is wasted-hides, horns, hair, hoofs
and other inedible parts of animals used in
lengthy list Of products ranging from soap to-
medicines Last year, the profits of packers
averaged about two-thirds of one cent per pound
"a sum which had only microscopic influence
on the price paid by the ultimate consumer.
We hear much of the enormous total income of
the farmers and ranchers who produce our live
stock But todoYy the cost of labor, feed and
everything else the farmer must buy to keep in
business is also at record levels 1t takes around
two years to grow cattle to weights suitable for
marketing, and about year in the case of hogs
So the investment the producer has in his live
stock is heavy by the time he can sell it. and this
must be included in wholesale and retail prices
1t cannot be Repeated too often that IN a COM
own level. This is true true of steer suit OF
clothes house and lot Prices are an accurate
reflection of the economic forces of the day.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-10-23
Economic High |ights

trying to break up the air lift and
isolate the city. And no one be-
lieves thsoe Russian commanders
did that without xplicit instruc-
tons from Moscow.
One rather interesting theory
as to why Stain may have chang
ed his mind is finding some cur
rency now. He is supposed to-
have received reports that Henry
Wallace, with his strong pro-
Russian campaign, will get many
millions Of votes, become an inn
portaEt influence on policy, and
so be a factor in forcing a change
in our. attitude which will lead
to our withdrawal from Berlin.
Certainly, none of the standard
American polls indicate that
there is an atom of truth in that
theory. If they are right, the Wal
lace vote will be extremely small.
And Governor Dewey isn't CIV
ing any ground to the Kremlin-
he has gone out of his way to
praise the American delegation
aboard, and to say that the whole
country is united behind it.
However, it may be that the
Russian newsmen and to say
that the whole country is united
behind it. However it may be
that the Russian newsmen and
others who report on American
activities are very careful to
color their summaries so that the
top men in Moscow will read
what pleases them most.
All in all, the line taken by the
Western group has been streng-
thened more than most of us may
realize. here is q directne5s Of
language that does ] not often
characterize exchanges among
the rep ,sentatives &c tceoretir-
cally frindly powers Secretary
Marshall and Foreign Minister
Bevin have minced no words il
placing the blame for the worlds
unrest. And this attitude is not
confined to the big countries.
Paul-Henri Spaak of little Bel
gium, speaking before the Unit
ed Nations General Assembly
made one of the sharpest at
attacks on Soviet foreign policy
and said, in addition, that Rus
STA has organized fifth column
in every one of the IS countries
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WASHINGTON, D. C.. -. The
United States never needed it's
security bolstered any more in
it's history than it did when Harry
Truman attempted to pull the
sneak play with Il ike old Joe"
Stain.
Governor Thomas E. Dewey
and Senator Arthur H. Vanden-
berg promptly Gained the tur-
bulent international waters with
sound confirmation of the CO.
operative policy toward Russia
to which we are pledged with
Britain and France and other
western European powers.
A strong saving factor in the
situation created by the Truman
o-Vinson-tO-Joe double cross
combination was Governor Dew
ey's position of being the ma
TONS overwhelming choice for
the next President of the United
States.
The New York Governor had
long before made his position
clear on the international picture,
and Secretary of State George
G. Marshall knew as he flew back
to this country that fate had made
it imperative for him to take a
stand against his own President.
He knew that if he could block
the Truman blunder, which he
did. that the solid foreign policy
built up through bipartisan ef-
fort would be saved for a Pres
ident' after. January 20 who is
/ pledged to make that policy
strong and who keeps his Pied
ges.
1t must be disconcerting to
Secretary Marshall and those
with whom he is working toward
trying to bring peace out OF a
chaotic situation, to be forced
depend upon President who in
four months reverses his EufOp-
pean policy without as much as
consulting with his Secretary OF
State.
On last June IL, while Mr..
Truman was cavorting about the
country on a "non-political' trip,
he said in a speech at the Uni
verslty OF California that there
would be no two-handed IDEALS
between this country and Russia.
| He went even further to say:
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-10-23

pulstanig novel of adventure, re-
lvenge and exotic love in the
West Indies of the seventeenth
century, when the might Of i'm
perial Spain was making its last
stand to retain its conquests in
the New World.
Frank VERIFY. was born in
Augusta, Ga. September 5, 1916
and attended the Haines Instit-
ute and Paine College in that
city. He received his Master of
Arts degree from Fisk Univer.
sity and later studied at the Uni
versity Of Chicago in the Depart
ment of Education.
''He began writing verse at
seventeen and has appeared in
many Of the little magazines.
He first gained attention, how
ever, with a short story, HEALTH
CARD, which appeared in Harp
er's Magazine and later won a
special o. Henry Award.
I'm addition to THE GOLDEN
HAWK, Mr.. VERIFY is the author
of THE FOXES OF HARROW
and THE VIXENS.
HE is married, has three chill
dren, and is a present living in
a suburb of New York City"
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-10-23

figured by leprosy, weeping out
his loneliness and pain in his
tiny cabin until he decides to put
an end to it all; Bernardo Diaz, a
converted Jew, who witnessed
the tortures and humiliations OF
his people by the relentless hand
Of the Inquisition; Lady Rosa
lind Parish, an English beauty
who labored under the impress
sion that she could never achieve
happiness with any one man;
Ducasse, governor of Sainte Do
mingue, whose dreams saw the
French supreme in the New
World; Blanca del Toro, married
partly against her will to Dom
Luis, but loving Kit with all her
heart and soul; and Rouge, an
English gentlewoman of high
birth, turned pirate. It was at
Don Luis hands that she had
suffered to such an extent that
she turned aainst the entire
masculine sex. She fought Kit
with knife, with lash, and with
pistol, goaded along to redoubled
fury by the slowly dawning reali-
cation that he was the one man
she could never master.
THE GOLDEN HAWK lis a
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-10-23

| then asked if he would go to the baseball game
and he said playing baseball was sim then toid
him to get out of MY sunlight
Today as never before, the pesslmlts are at
tempting to swarm between us and our sunllght.
They are predicting calamity on all sldes-predlc-
lions that baseless as baseless Itself But
there are those who are paying heed to these false
prophets.
A man told m the other day that he would not
purchase q home now because of the coming de-
preston Yet, he looking for an apartment to-
rent which nowadays, is like looking for needle
in a stack of Of hay Even if he should find an
apartment he would pay the price in rent
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-10-23
The Great Difference

Even socialism, it seems, must initiate capital
ism occasion
In England a number of the socialized coal
mines-tEose which are losing the most money
are to- be closed and their labor and equipment
is to be shifted to mines which have better
financial reco, ID Before this be DONE however
the govrnment must make surveys and plans, in
the fashion of bureaucrats the world over and so
mines which lose as much $2S each ton of
coal produced will continue in business for some
time
CCmmentin on that, one Of this countrys prin-
cipal business newspapers said that it looks like
those who are most hostile to private enterprise
are acting like benighted capitalists themselves.
However, it went on There is difference De-
tween the capitalist and the government. When
the capitalist no longer made p,ofit he did not
call a board of statsticians and get up blue
print; he just quit and saved such portions OF his
hide as he could. Unlike the government, he had
no authority to tax all the people in the country
to continue to substitute his operations while he
made retreat which would be orderly and face
saving
Look at the Anne ,-can coal mines by contrast
Private enterprise has built them to point OF
efficiency where each miner can get out several
times as much coal each dayy, and with less labor,
than his English counterpart. AS q result, the
American mine,- gets a wage which would seem
actually unbelievable anywhere else. If a mine
operator loses money, it is his tough luck. Under
this system, OH coal production has been stffi-
cient for our great needs, with margin left over
for export to other countres-and experts say it
can be further stepped up if required. Things are
certainly different in the socialist paradseS, where
everything is in short supply.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-10-23

which are members Of the UNI.
News services said, at the end
OF September, that the English
people were reluctantly coming
to fear, for the first time. that
war was a possibility. Up to
then, they had felt that the sit.
uation was somewhat exaggerat-
ed, would be solved in one ia
shion or another, and the situa-
ton was somewhat exaggerated.
would be solved in one fashion
on another, and that no power
would be so insane as to plunge
the world into another holocaust
The change in sentiment was I'm
doubleday caused by the British
governments announcement that
generalization would be slowed
that the armed services would be
built up, and tina civilian defense
activities would be Immediately
accelerated. Too, top British Of
ficials, in the Foreign Office and
elsewhere, have demonstrated an
increasing pessimism.
Yet, in this country the feel
ing in informed quarters still
runs against an inevitable war
There will be many more Incl
dents, the experts think, and the
talk will get increasingly acri-
INGENIOUS. Yet 41ey know that
the y. S. will not pracipitate a
shooting war, and they cannot
bring themselves to believe that
Russia is in a position to fight
one. She is carrying on a tough
and extreme intensive plan for
building up her military strength
and her industrial potential, but
it is long way from completion
Her production Of essential ma
terials, notably steel, is SO far
below ours as to make compari-
son nearly impossible. And our
scientists, almost to a man, are
sure she does not yet have atomic
weapons in anything resembling
useable form some say
hopefully that it may be many
years before she has them.
In any event, once election is
over, we will probably get still
tougher in our dealings with
Russia. And look for a big in
crease in military expenditures,
plus a step-up in the draft, at
about the same time.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-10-23
YOUR FREEDOM
y TO READ
BY GEORGE S. BENSON
President Of Harding College
l+ SedrcY. Arkonsus

Educating ADVERTISING IT
Masses SELF performs the
major service of in
creasing constantly the already
high standard Of living which
America enjoys. Our industry de-
ponds upon advertising to do its
share in the efficient distribution
Of all the things that it makes in
meeting the needs and desires of
the people. And whenever some
thing new is developed, advertis-
ing carries the message to those
who may want the new product
or new service. I'M
Not only does advertising sell
goods, it also sells the desire to
improve. Americans have never
wanted to become static. When
people have no desire for better
living standards, then your great
output of factories will have to
stop. Advertising creates the de-
sire to buy that keeps our econ-
omy on the move. It sells goods
and in selling them it is the great
educator of the masses. a
These facts show US that the
business of advertising has an
important bearing upon our free
dom of press. If we cherish free
dom Of tho nrpSS wQ must alSO
respect our publications as BUSH
ness enterprises. We need to unI
derstand that expenses Of gather!
ing news from all over the world
for American readers, are paid
in large part by revenues from
advertising space. s5,ss
/ say these things because
there are those who attack the
American Way by the sneak
method. These destroyers (from
within and without) will not at
tack freedom Of the press. They
know we cherish it. But they
will attack advertising. They will
not attack our high standards of
living, which they envy. But they
will attack the profit idea, with
out which American initiative and
enterprise would cease to give us
jobs and goods. May we ever be
on our guard against those who
would knock out the very props
from under America!
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-10-23

dancing, his attitude toward Jews
and toward labOr-as it does into
the workings Of the industriaiL
and financial colossus which is
identified with him.
''The author pleads no special
case. He is content to provide all
the evidence. The result does
much to resolve the known con-
tradictions in the Ford personal
ity and to separate myth from
fact"
''Keith Sward was born in Oak
land, Nebraska and educated in
st. Paul, Minnesota After he re-
ceived his Ph.D. in Psychology
from the University of MINES
ota he held social science re-
search council fellowship at
Stanford for one year working
with Professor Lewis M. Terman
and DR.. Walter r. Miles.
'He then taught at the Uni
versity of Minnesota anG Western
Reserve University in Cleveland,
and later served as public rela-
tons counsel for the several CLIO
unions. For the last few years
ne has had a regular practice as
cliDical psychologist and psy-
chotherapist. He has written q
number of scientific papers for
journals in the field of social
and abnormal psychology.
ga this, Of course, has been
in addition to his ten years of
research and writing on THE
LEGEND OF HENRY FORD
which included reading through
four libraries and spending a
year Of field work in Detroit"
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-10-23
OTHER PAPERS SAY

sue after repeated elections. Very
littl is now being voiced about
lynching. The Captivating theme
is Civil Rights.
There are no available reasons
for colored Americans to conclude
that Nh. Truman can invest them
with Civil Rights, even if re-
elected. Nothing in the past re-
cord of the man shapes him UP to
be the Great White Father.
A comparative analysis of the
public records Of Governor Dewey
and President Truman will lead
to the inevitable conclusion that
Dewey has been practicing what
President Truman started, 'sus-
piciously, to preach a few months
before election time. Governor
Dewey has directed and caused
to be incorporated into the law
creating Civil Liberties for color
ed people much more than Pres
ident Truman has even dared to
promise. Dewey has been a prac-
tical and successful exponent and
worker for Civil Rights when
President Truman was pal of the
present-dayy Dixiecrats. This
ridiculous attempt of scheming
politicians to have Mr.. Truman
loom up as the Great White
Father of Colored people proves
| offensive and nauseating.
I When the political campaign
Tor President of the United
States wakes hotter and the: peo-
pie begin to Glamour for red meat
and turn up their noses at sauces
and gravy, then the utter and
miserable failure of the Truman
administration to deal fairly with
housing for colored people will
De revealed. And thereby hangs a
tale. In truth the problem of
securing homes for our people
transcends some Of the visionary
needs that are now projected be-
fore the American voters. The
tragedy OF the Federal Housing
Administration in dealing with
colored citizens will puncture
some OF the lofty nebulous senti-
ment that is now being expound
ed.
| American colored people can
not stand to be found ungrateful
| Theyy never have been and never
will be, but they will be untrue
to themselves if they are delud.
led and deceived by catch-all pro
misses and political trickery.
Mr.. Truman has made forward
strides and shown estimable
courage. He is a very. clever poll
tician and should SO be consider
ed, but no Great White Father
The Promised Land will not BIZ
: found through him.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-10-23

There is a science called
semantics, which has to do with
the meaning of words and phras-
es. An apparently plain state
ment may mean one thing to one
man-and quite different to an
other. The purpose of semantics,
which hasn't made much head
way in the world, is to get rid
Of this. confusion, and give words
an absolute precision.
This illustrates one of the diff
ficulties which has helped pro-
duce the current crisis between
Russia on the one hand and the
Western allies on the ether.
American and British diplomats
have met with 1Molotov, Stain,
and other top Soviet leaders, and
have apparently arrived at agree
ments. Then, a few days or a
few weeks later, it appears that
the: Russians put an entirely
different light Interpretation on
what was said and written. That
happened at Yalt where, appar-
emily, President Roosevelt came
away with an anna ingly differ
ent idea Of what had been agreed
upon than that held by Premier
Stain. The same; words were used
on both sides-but the meanings
read into them varied enormous
ly. .. -.
In the Moscow conferences,
over the Berlin blockae, the Wes-
tern Representatives thought they
had made progress. Our ambals-
sador, General Smith, had little
to say for publication, but news
men reported him cheerful and
optimistic after his meeting with
Stain. 1t is generally believed
he was sure that the Berlin
blockade was about to be lifted.
We had made a number of con-
cessions to achieve that end, of
which the most important was
an agreement to use Russian
currency, under four-power con-
troll, in the area.
But subsequent Russian actions
immediately bissipated our
hopes. Regardless of what Sta
lin said to Ambassador Smith
or what Ambassador Smith
thought Stain meant-the top
level Russians went right ahead
with the blockade, and kept ON
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-10-23

AMONG PRIVILEGES we enjoy
as Americans, free speech and
free print are of first rank. Most
of US prize these and other free
doms, though we give little
Thought to them. We just take
them for granted. A Gallup poll
on the Bill of Rights would en-
barrass a majority Of our citi-
zens. Try your own poll and see
how many of your friends can
name the freedoms listed in the
First Amendment to the Consti-
tuition. -s+
Freedom Of the press is ore of
those freedoms. We are benefited
by this freedom every day. The
information that helps make in
telligent citizens comes to US
freely. Our press is not curbeG
nor restricted by the ill-cUnceived
notions of some tyrant or dicta-
tor. We can buy the public prints
we choose, and at very reason
able price. We can buy many of
them, including those with oppos-
ing points of view, without TAX
ing very much change out OF our
pocket. .asa-t=a ..s.s ea--rs ". ~z;a'Tass
Independent & WHY THE small
Press T price Of Of ne Tvs pa
zines? Just the paper and print
ing costs would amount to as
much as we pay for them! Does
q fearsome dictator pay the diff
ference? Does a tax-rich bureau
cracy foot the bill just to keep
itself in power? Are our public
'prints" subsidized by Congress
sional appropriations? No, they
are not. Then how do we have
freedom Of press, when we are
able to buy for a nickel what
costs so much more?
These things are accomplished
through advertising. Advertising
thus becomes one Of the basic
features Of American democracy.
It is easy to see that the adver-
Using space sold by the publish
ers Of our newspapers and maya
zines makes it possible for pub
fishing enterprise to pay its bills.
Because of advertising, our great
press is able to remain indepen-
lent, and at the same time rem
der important service to the
American people.