Milford chronicle., 1948-01-02

tackled genuine national problems and issues.
But as time moved forward the Nation elect
ed Woodrow Wilson, who was one of thel
brainiest men that ever ruled from the White |
House. He brought great National issues
before the American people, and-reviewing |
his tenure in office there was real progress in |
our National affairs But all the wheels be-
gan to slip -Then the New Deal ruled. 1t !
would be a mistake to forget the work of the |
Dies Committee which operated in Congress.
That committee began to hunt down the Reds |
and the infiltratiOn of Russian Communists |
into the United States Today the fight is out |
in the open with the spotlight on the Commu-
nists who have had the nerve to claim over
and over again that the United States is try
ing to conquer and rule the nations through |
out the world. There is not an essence of
truth in that abusive, misrepresentation of
the American Republic Our Administrative |
and our Legislative and Judicial Governments
are absolutely honest and earnest in trying !
to make better WOrld-and to do'sO they |
are spending American wealth so generously
that the economic condition in our own cOun- !
try has been weakened. There is no use |
mincing words and trying to kid ourselves |
that we are rich enough to carry through the
Marshall Plan-because we are simply spend
ing beyond our ability And that is why Con-
gress is going to appOrtiOn the distribution of
AID to Europe and other countries over a per-
Iod OF years instead of going so deep in the
hole as General Marshall and President Tru-
man have recommended. In short, we will
pay as we go.
THE COORDINATOR of PRODUCING
Tor one OF our leading oil companies says
that greatly expanded effort to find more
OIL IN the United States and accelerated de-
velOpments of foreign oil resources are es-
sential to the peacetime world as well as to
provide vital reserves for this country in
any national emergency.
lie observed that many nations, includ-
ing the l6 countries which fall within the
scope of the Marshall Plan for European
rehabilitation, are asking for more oil than
present development plans indicate can be
made available in the next few years. zone
OF the first facts we discover, when we try to
assess our ability to meet the worlds needs
for liquid fuels nOw," he added, ''is that the
time is probably past when the United States
can supply unlimited quantities to all who
ask" -
The oil industry has a man-sized Job
ahead OF 1t. At present it is producing some
5,3OO,OOO barrels a day-a record figure
Yet it is forecast that in two or three wears
domestic demand alone will rise to $500, ,0OOl
barrels daily The solution of the problem is
aggressive development of every oil re-
source, here and abroad, which the industry
can find and prove.
The Middle East constitutes the most inn
pOrtant under-develOped reserve now known
IN the world. American capital and engineer
ing genius have a tremendous development
program underway there, and by 1861 the
region will be producing up to 100000 bar
rels each day. Much of it will 90 to oil-thirs- |
ty Europe. Every possible step is being taxi
en- Dy the OIL industry to meet the worlds |
need.
THE FASHION DESIGNERS of New
York and Paris have bedecked the distaff Fl
side OF our population with longer skirts that
are said to give them (the girls, that isl a
new look" And if there is any truth to the
rumors we hear from the very chic fashion
circles OF Fifth Avenue and the Rue de Ia +
lax lax the men are eventually going to get
new look" in clothes, too
Well, there are a lot of "new looks in the
ot1ng for a lot of things and one of the inn
portant ones is apt to be in our highways.
we use the word capt" advisedly and with
considerable reservation because many things
can happen between the time the notOrist-
taxpayers hand over their gasoline and other
automOtive taxes to the tax collector and
the time they are invested" for them by the |
After years Of war service during which
tIney received little in the way of repair, our
highways rlghtfully deserve a "neW look"
and there is no earthly reason why thev
shouldn't have it. Gasoline tax collections
have, reached unprecented heights, motor ve-
hlcle registrations have made an unexpect-l
edly early comeback after a natural wartime
slump, and road fund prosperity reigns
throughout the land. With this healthy con-
dltlon, highway requirements can be boun-
TRULY fulfilled without single new tax OF. a
single increase in an old one being levied
against highway users.
Motor vehicle owners have paid dearly
for roads and they should have them But
there is caution which they should heed:
They should look below the surface Of pres
ent highway plans before accepting them as
the gospel truth on what is best for the high
way system. For in many of these plans one
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