Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-10-29

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genius and brains;
the other had Drawn and hands
Henry Ford was born with the
brains of genius tucked away il
his small head. AS he grew he de
veloped that genius. He put wha'
had been given him to work. At frs,
he applied both head and hands tc
the job. Out of them grew the Ford
plants and all they represent.
ANOTHER MAN, JOE DOAK,
was born with Drawn and hands. As
he grew he found he must work il
he was to eat and he looked for
job. He wanted the job at which he
would receive the most money for
the least work. If he had genius
he did nothing to develop it. His
only tools were his Drawn and his
hands, and he worked with them
at whatever would pay the most.
WHEN JOE DOAK WAS so years
of age his Drawn and hands, not his
head, was employed in the Dear
born plant of the Ford Motor COM
pany. His pay was six dollars for
each eight hour day. That was more
pay than he could get for any other
job, working with Drawn and hands,
at any other plant.
IN YEARS GONE BY 1 knew
Joe Doak, although that was not his
name, and occasionally spent an
evening with him at his humble
home. Invariably he would turn the
conversation to the Ford wealth,
and the unfairness of any system
that gave SO much to Ford, and SO
little to himself.
In no one of those cOnversa-
tons did l ever succeed in con-
vincing him that, endowed with
his equipment of Drawn and
hands, he was fortunate in hav-
ing a place with a Ford who
had genius and brains, with
which he had been able to build
and equip vast plants that hum
dreds of thousands of others
might live. Because of that he
had better job at better wages
than he would otherwise enjoy.
HENRY FORD and Joe Doak are
dead. Neither took out of the world
more than the other, but Ford left
the world legacy which will benefit
those of Drawn and hands who come
after him for many generations.
The wealth he accumulated con-
sisted of buildings, tools and mate
rails. His 'know how" made it all
possible. 1t was a wealth that can
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the wealth of the nation.
Doak left family that needed
the means of livelihood. They
had it in that Dearborn plant, and
succeeding generations would have
the essentials of life because Henry
Ford had capitalized upon the oppor-
tunities our economic system had
provided
A HENRY FORD is to be
found in every community. They
are the men who create new
businesses or expand old ones;
they are the farmers who pre-
serve the productive fertility of
their acres. They accumulate
wealth but when they pass away
they take none of it with them.
1t is here to provide Jobs for the
Joe Doaks of the future.
INSTEAD OF CLAMORING for
distribution of such wealth these
men should receive the commenda-
tons of all of US. They should be
encouraged to continue the practice
of wealth accumulation and create
new products and new jobs. 1t is
through such jobs that the vast
majority of us all, the Joe Doaks,
are provided with food, clothes, a
roof, heat, car, and all the hun
dred and one things that were lux
uries of yesteryears. Without the
Henry Fords we would quickly slide
backward into the primitive age
of our grandfathers. We would be
carrying the tub into the stove
heated kitchen for our bath.
WHEN RUSSIA PROTESTED
against ruling by General Mac
Arthur prohibiting strikes by Jap
anese workmen against the govern
ment, the general did not ask for a
conference He told Russia in I'M
diplomatic language that America
was running the Japan show and it
would run as the American COM
mander directed. Russia shut up.
Possibly a less number of confer
ences, and some of MacArthur's
undiplomati, language might helr
in the Europe , zone. The Commies
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