The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-07-05
THR(NEH
Hazel
EYES

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niversary of our Declaration Of In.
dependence from Great Britain !.
might be well to re-examine orr
position and that of our mother
country in world affairs 20
try to decide where we are going
for the next ITS years.
In l776 America was wilder.
ness, wild and untamed. filled
with peril and danger - not
the least of which was scalp-seek-
ing Indians. Thousands of orr
founding fathers and mothers
gave their lives in order that this
country might be taken for the
white man.
Great Britain during that per-
iod literally ruled the waves. She
was proud and mighty nation
with soldiers and sailors to pro-
tect her worldwide trade inter
ests = the vast empire on which
the sun never set.
Because OF the TYRANNY Of
Great Britain's rule in those DAYS
and because the early Ameri-
cans were brave enough to risk
death rather than submit to It.
we enjoy today, even under the
present administration, more free
dom than any people Of any other
nation in the world.
Our American system of free
dom in the way we live, the way
We think. the way we worship
God, has produced an economic
system known as the system of
private or free enterprise which
in turn has produced the highest
standard of living in material
things that the world has ever
known. N
Today that system of free, pri-
vate enterprise is not only pro-
ducing for America and Ameri-
cans--but it is producing now, and
has produced within short span
OF three years, billions of dollars
OF wealth in money and goods
which have been distributed in
England, Europe, Asia and
throughout the world. Some of
this aid is due to be paid back by
countries receiving it. Most
Americans are very doubtful
about any Of it ever being re-
paid.
Never before since God created
the world has there been any
thing like this -. the unheliev-
able pouring Of billions of dol
lars all collected from the
American taxpayers - into for
eign countries in an effort to In
f1uence their policies. Our Of
ficials have been saying this is
necessary TO keep these countries
from going communist"
Only ITS years have elapsed
since we were a tiny struggling
colony desperately engaged in q
revolution to free ourselves from
Britain's ruthless control.
Today we find the American
taxpayers toiling literally to keep
Britain afloat.
Our American dollars supplied
through the Marshall Plan have
helped keep the Labor Govern
ment in power and made il pos
sible for Britain to proceed on
schedule with the Specialization of
her industry.
At home we americans fight
specialization yet pay huge
taxes to make possible Marshall
Plan aid which helps socialism
progress in Britain.
We have the unusual spectacle
Of Britain socializing or national
izing her own industries and at
the same time fighting in every
way possible the naturalization of
the oil industry in Iran.-only one
of the numerous countries Britain
has exploited. for generations.
We find ourselves tied to Great
Britain in such a way today that
her interests are given considera-
ton even above the protection of
our own American fighting men
in Korea. We find her wishes die
tating our military policy-over-
riding the best judgment Of our
chiefs of staff.
We have engaged in see-saw
war in Korea under the banner of
the United Nations-with Ameri-
cans dying and being wounded by
the thousands-but the manner
in which they fought and died
was not strictly American. 1t is
not American to fight with one
hand tied behind your back-and
that's exactly what our troops
have been doing. They have not
had enough men or proper equip
ment, or enough equipment of
what they did have.
Meanwhile our administration,
in keeping with Britain's wishes,
has been engaged in program of
appeasement and do-nothingness
in an effort to keep the conflict
from spreading"
I'VE must not lose sight OF the