The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-07-20
Looking Ahead
By GEORGE s. BENSON
THOUGHT CONTROL

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said that las a man thinketh in his
heart. so is he" believe this means
that If person can control his
own thinking powers, he can make
himself whatever he wants to be.
A man is what he is. because of
what is deep inside his heart and
mind. At the same time. his ac-
tons are the product of his thought.
A mans deeds reflect only that
which lies within him.
A person living in free country
like America, has the perfect liberty
to think whatever he will. This is
a great freedom. But not to be over
looked is the heavy responsibility
that goes along with this privilege.
An American has the duty of mana
eing his mind In such a way that
his family, his neighbors, his coun-
try = even he, himself - will bene-
fit because of his way of living.
This freedom brings duty and res
possibility.
Control Is Yours
A man, then, should endeavor
to think straight for the good of
America, the land that grants him
this freedom. Well, then, do you
and I have a chance to be straight
thinking citizens? Yes. good
chance, much better than you
could hope to find anywhere else on
the globe. If you're young, you have
better chance of getting an edu-
cation. If older, you have more
newspapers, books, and other things
to read.
More radio, more movies, more
television. You see, these things are
not yet controlled by the state, or
by a political party. You have a
chance to do your own thinking and
TO say what your thoughts are.
That's one great reason why the
planners and plotters, who desire
to have full thought control" in
their hands, are not getting you in
their power as soon as they'd hoped.
Thought control in America is still
in your hands.
What of the Future?
Yet, sometimes I wonder whether
your thoughts will always be your
own, even in America. We do not
picture the idea of Thought Con-
troll" by the State, or "Propagan-
ola Ministry" as belonging to the
American way. But there are those
who would very gladly grab control
Of the thinking of the nation. They
would not do this openly. They
would do it by methods that seem
to have nothing to do with thought
control
Here's a typical example. One of
the leading thinkers" in Washing
ton in the Thirties, Presidents
Brain-Trust group, once had this
to say about the health and well
fare" proposals: There is a little
group of a quarter million men in
this country who visit each and
every family in the home at least
cnoe a year or who are called on in
their offices. They have in their
charge the most precious thing that
each and every individual citizen
has - his or her health"
Government Thought
They are chosen because they
are the one person in all the world
that these citizens, who are their
patients. will trust their most cher
ished possession to. Those men are
the physicians and the dentists of
the country. If we can ever control
the medical and dental professions
we will control the thinking of the
entire United States" In other
words, give us government medicine
and the rest will fall into our hands!
Thought control, that is it. Author
of the statement was Prof. Rexford
G. Tugwell, whose socialistic text
books have been thrown out of many
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