Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-05-12
A Jungle Of Confusion

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~ enough to give anyone a splitting
headache. This applies to our domestic
problems, but particularly so to our inter-
national policies and ventures.
Practically all big daily newspapers
are clamoring for reduced taxes on busi-
ness - big and little. "The private capital
ist needs rehabilitation" declared the erst-
while Toledo Times editorialIy last Tues
day, "but that can be done only by re-
ducing taxes"
In the same issue of this highly opin-
donated newspaper we find large adver-
tisement placed there by the Republic
Steel Co. laundering against what it calls
Deficit Spending" the rulers of Republic
Steel point out that "from 1880 to 1841,
inclusive, the United States government
spent a total of 1870 billion dollars" But
''now, in the five years ending June, 1850,
it will have spent 217 billion dollars. That
is 81 billion dollars more, spent in the last
five years alone, than was spent during
the first century and half of our nations
existence"
OBVIOUSLY no one can dispute the
~ figures. They are facts. Nor can any
one find too much trouble with the urge
to reduce taxes. Although, in this connec-
ton violent controversy would rage as to
WHERE SUCH REDUCTIONS SHOULD
BE APPLIED.
However, while these opinions are
given the widest possible circulation, these
same newspapers and these same corpora
ton tycoons are yelling for MORE EX-
PENDITURES in the field of national de-
Tense
In the same issue of The Times, for
example, the widely syndicated columnist,
Edward Ansel Mowrer bluntly states that
"war is not likely until 1852" when, Mr..
Mowrer declares, quoting Adolf Berle, Jr.,
former Asst. Secretary of State, Soviet
Russia will be fully prepared to launch
war against us.
What's the remedy? Mr. Mowrer pro-
poses the establishment of an "over-
whelming military superiority" for the
US. to repel any possible attack. He goes
further, however. He suggests that French
Indo-China eliminate" the rebellion with
in its borders; that the Communicated
Huks in the Philippine Islands be dealt
x.,;tb IN tha capoa fashion and +hat Burma
be made safe, too, by the same means. In
other words, n a k d military conquest
backed to the hilt by the United States.
ON THE EUROPEAN side of the situa-
" ton we run into more trouble and
still more contradictions. Walter Lippman,
one of the most influential columnists in
the U.s. writing in The Blade last Tues
day, said in SO many words that our mill
tary assistance to Western Europe will
have to be doubled, at least, in the coming
years.
Mr.. Lippman further suggests that we
underwrite the defense Of Southeast Asia
Burma, Indo-China, Indonesia) in the
struggle against the Communists. This, of
course, means practically full involvement
in every phase of the fighting in that part
of the world.
But Mr.. Lippman does not stop even
here. He suggests, as IAN interesting pro-
posaP' that we make available our atom
bombs to Great Britain and France.
And to cap this all off, President Tru-
man just the other day declared that our
military expenditures for 1851 will not be
greater, but perhaps be even less than
what 1t is today. The President was rather
optimistic about the peace prospects of the
world. This when just few days before
that Gen. Omar Bradley, the top COM
mander of our entire military establish
ment, warned the country that the danger
Of war is more acute than ever before.
The same warning was issued by Gen.
Dwight d. Eisenhower, our wartime No.
soldier in ETO
OBVIOUSLY this chronicle could go on
~ endlessly. But we have already indi-