The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-02-02
WHAT is COMMUNISM?

Communism is based a theory by Karl Marx that
under Capitalism the workers exploited and ground
down. When Marx published his theory there was some
basis for his casgaon of Capitalism But this longer
applies because today under the Captasc System the
get lions share of what they help to produce
Communism concentrates all wealth, control of all jobs
free speech into the hands of very few people Inev
ably this leads dictatorship That is exactly what hap
pened in Russia the only major country in which Commun
ism has been tried on large scale:
Communism presupposes that all people equal Capt.
taism knows this to be faacy but does believe that all
came dictator of Russia his first move away
from Communism He publicly declared all workers should
not share alike but that each should be paid according
his individual ability and productivity. He stated that
worker who worked harder and better than his fellows
should have better food better clothing and better home
in which to live.
This was tantamount to confession that wealth
not and should not be distributed equally AND RIGHT
THERE STAIN THREW KARL MARX AND HIS UTO-
Plan THEORY OF COMMUNISM INTO THE AsH-CAN.
Under Communism the people HAVE to be governed by
kind of rule fit to govern themselves and should
not be allowed to do The is true of all coectiv
istic systems.
In America the people individually practically all
the wealth of the country and lawmakers elected
political affairs If continue place more
and wealth in the hands of federal government
thus giving it control of and jobs these law
makers will to be elected representatives and be-
instead un-eected and self-appointed rulers
Communism kills all initiative all incentive Why
should worker try better job; why should work
harder if his reward only to be equal that of another
worker who has less ability and does not apply himself
diligently? In America, under Capitalism the skilled and
industrious worker gets equitable reward plus the op
portunty to advance to an executive position AS proof
of this latter take look the thousands of
ing key positions in American industry who started the
bench.
Communism idealistic but thoroughly impractical
and unavoidable theory This will be just long
human beings human To aspire to better things; the
ambition to outstrip ones fellows but human the
earlier days of mankind it the fellow with the strongest
muscle and who exercised it, who became the "boss
Since then civilization has marched until today is
fellow with the strongest BRAIN and who who
works his way to the top of the heap There an as
tocarcy of brains and such hierarchy will stomach
or
sit in the saddle of Dictatorship.
The greatest benefit for the material welfare of
kind not from placing control of wealth in the hands
of few under Communism but from allowing and en-
couraging wide distribution of wealth, with special re-
wards incentive to those who create it, under Capital
ISM The standard of living of any people only
in proportion to the amount of wealth created Wherever
Capitalism is permitted to operate, with government
prng but not controlling maximum of wealth created
On the other hand, wherever Communism has operated
creation of wealth has been down almost ire
duclble minimum George Peck