The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1951-12-06
This Week
I'm
Washington

u@A@5 S' p" ASOIly olIGILlOT
of the office of defense mobili-
zation, is planning to take the
defense mobilization program of
the nation to the grass roots
editors in an attempt to clarity
just what the program means to
the average American.
Says Mr.. Wilson: 81 can't help
but feel that defense mobilization
is everybody's job-yours as well
as mine-and that without the
cooperation of everyone, in all
fields, we cannot meet our de-
fense goals and our overall goal
of preventing war and preserv-
ing the peace.
The material to be sent to
small town weekly and daily
newspapers will consist of arti-
cles prepared by the office of de-
fense mobilization, the economic
stabilization agency, the defense
production administration and
the other agencies connected
with defense mobilization. The
program, Mr.. Wilson said, is to
clarity the entire program "how
far it has come, where it is going,
what it wants and needs to do
and how it affects the individual
citizen"
The bureau of the census has
issued figures showing that the
10 anking states with the larg-
est rural population are Penn
sylvania with 3,094,976 rural
folks; Texas with 2,837,134;
North Carolina, 2,693,828; Ohio,
2,368,353; New York, 2,147,746;
California, 2,O46,803; Illinois,
1852, ,905; Georgia, 1,885,131;
Michigan, 1,868,682 and Ken
lucky, 1,860,736.
The 10 states with the largest
percentage of rural population
are: N. Dakota, 1874; Mississippi,
72.1; Arkansas, 81; South Dakota,
66.8; North Carolina, 66.3; West
Virginia, 65.4; Vermont, 63,6;
South Carolina, 63.3; Kentucky,
63.2, and Idaho, ST..
In cooperation with the civil
defense administration, Secretary
of Agriculture Charles Brannan
has requested heads of state de-
partmentS of agriculture to help
tighten up the system for detec-
tion and reporting of unusual oc-
currences in livestock and crop
diseases and pests. eve cannot
ignore" Brannan said, "the fact
that farms and ranches as the
source of so much that is vital
to our existence, could be targets
for attack by an enemy, either
openly or through sabotage"
D. A. Hulcy, president of the
chamber of commerce of the
United States, in answer to a
statement by Robert Ramspeck,
cfiaIrnan of the civil service
commission, recently issued a
statement in which he said:
when we consider the recent
revelatins of shady dealing by
some government officials, we
must bear in mind that he who
buys government influence is
just as culpable as he who sells.
If there were no business men
willing TO hand out deep freezes
and mink coats and costly vaca-
ton trips in return for public
favors, then, certainly, public
officials would not be tempted
into wrong doing. l hold no brief
for any public officer who uses
his office for personal gain. But
at the same time, we who are
engaged in this struggle to pre-
serve the free American busi-
ness system must be just as
quick condemn Immoral practic-
es by business men in their rela-
tions with government, as we
are to condemn those in govern
ment who take the business
mems bribeS :"
Mr.. RamSpeck had said: Il find
it strange that with all the hull
abaloo about misbehavior of a
handful of public servants, there
has been no outraged indignation
expressed by business regarding
the role played by business in
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