Milford chronicle., 1951-11-23
NIX ON PULLING BRITISH
CHESTNUTS FROM FIRES


The way modern transportation has
brought all areas and peoples of the world
within easy reach of one another, it could
be expected that the more backward peoples
would develop a yen to have some of the
things the more advanced nations have ac-
quired.
independence and self-government, a
spirit of natiOnalism, can be whipped up
without much trouble in these nations
People can be persuaded to throw off the
power of outside governments, no matter
how benefcent those governments have
been; regardless of the fact that the nations
operating under protection of a larger pow
er would be even farther behind the pro-
ceSSiOn of nations if it hadn't been for the
protecting power
The revolts against Great Britain, in
Iran and Egypt, are nationahstic move
ments. Leaders in those countries have
reached the point where they think the cOun-
tries can go it alone. The fact that the re-
volts may have/been given impetus by COM
munist quislings within the nations is a
natural part of the picture. Even without
the communists underground activities, it
is to be expected that leaders have been de-
veloped in Iran and Egypt who would feel
confident they could guide the nations with
out outside help.
1t is entirely likely that the leaders in
Iran and Egypt have much the same attitude
toward Great Britain that the American col
Onists had toward England in 1775. In Iran,
of course, there is the difference in that the
government there thinks it should take over
the oil refinery as gOvernment-owned prop
erty. American cOlOniSts had no love for
government or government ownership of
anything. They had seen too much of gov
ernment. That's the reason they came over
to these shores.
From the standpoint of the people of
Iran, they appear. to lack the ability to run
such a highly technical operation as an oil
refinery. However, Britain is in no moral
position to object, because its socialist labor
government has taken over private business
within its own country. On what ground
could it logically object to Iran Matchmaking
an Oil refinery in Iran?
Unfortunately for the people of the Uni
ted States, our government has been sucked
in to playing the British game; to backing
Britain up in its decadent Imperialism. And
back of it is the threat that, if we don't back
up Britain, Soviet Russia will move in. If
the truth were known, Soviet Russia's moves
into Poland, Rumania, CZechOSOVakia and
Eastern Germany have begged down it's die
tatOr's talents to the point where Russia
has its hands full. Russia can do nothing
constructive 1t is simply a disruptive force
in the world.
Rather than risk a single American life
IN either Iran or Egypt, we would give Brit
ain to understand that she must make the
best bargain she can in Iran and Egypt. By
the looks of things, the United Nations is
going to be of little or no help in the matter
N>@0~S&
YOU'RE A VERY LUCKY PERSON
Why should you gripe?
Without as much as a by-yOur-leave we
are going to toss before you a few short
statistical sentences which anybody who can
read can understand.
You think your lot is bad? That some
other system of government, perhaps, might
improve it? That some dictionary definition
OF an ism" holds out more to you than the
ism which is preixed by American?
Hold your hat, you dreamer!
Of necessity we speak in averages, for
while we might know how much an Ameri-
can worker makes, we cannot know what a
peasant in Communist Russia can call his
own after 60 minutes of labor
II you want One-pOund loaf of bread
and i've IN the U. S., you work six minutes
Tor 1t. In Canada and Great Britain Won
would work the same six minutes, in France.
nine minutes, and in Russia, 19 minutes.
For pound Of butter you would work 81
mn minutes in the y. S., S9 minutes in Canada,
81 minutes in Great Britain, 1859 minutes in
France and 373 minutes in Russia.
Want quart Of milk! Then work eight
minutes IN the u. S., nine minutes in Canada,
10 minutes in Great Britain, 20 minutes in
france and 81 minutes in Russia.
FOR q dozen eggs you work % minutes
IN the Y: S., 20 in Canada, 66 in Great Brit
ain, SO in France and 291 in Russia.
10 buy pound Of coffee you must trade