Milford chronicle., 1951-08-03
NE sTALIN PLAN

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Stain does not want War-and he does
not want peace That is the theme of an
unusually interesting feature article in u.
S. News and World Report called "Stalin's
Master Plan."
The broad basis OF this plan is described
in a spbhead, which says: A tFiple-threat
combination is being tried by Stain. Here's
the way it works:
81 Keep Russian strong and ready. 2
Let others fight on the fringes. 3. Use Com
mOunist parties to soften nOn-C Communist
countries.
"Idea is to keep everybody on shaby
ground between war and peace, try to con-
quer the world without firing a Russian
shot
AS the magazine points out, this master
plan has been working extraordinarily we'll
so far. Six years ago. the Soviet dictatorship
was confined To the 193,0O0,00 people who
live within the USSR., Today the Kremlin
bosses huge empire with population of
more than 800,O00OO0. And, during that
brief span Of time the number of people
who may be regarded as allies Of the United
States has been more than cut In half
from 1,8OO,000,000 to 725, 100000.
The master plan has its roots in the rel
atiVely new concept of power called geOpOli-
tics. Russia spraWls astride the vast Eura-
sian lind mass. AS u. S. News puts it, con
this ailo mass trated nearly four
fifths of the world S population and the great
er part of the worlds raw materials Stain
seeks to dominate this land mass and, thus,
to dominate the world. -
Looking at the situation logically, there
is every reason to believe that Stain does not
want a war directly involving Russia's ar
mlies-eEen as he does want "littIe wars"
involving his satellites and the Western ma
tons. Korea obviously, is the perfect ex-
ample. It is the Chinese Communists who
have fought and died, not Russian COnlnun-
lists. It is the Chinese Communists who have
tied down the bulk Of our military force and
who have inflicted terrible casualties on our
Army. Russia herself has not been weak
ened by one iota-her contribution to the
war has been confined to relatively modest
amount of military equipment much of it
obsolete. And Korea finds its reflection in
Indo-China and other places where native
Communists are fighting troops Of the Wes-
tern powers. .f
What is our counter plan to all this? Ae-
cOrding to u. S. News, it docs not exist.
There is arms aid to q. S. allies abroad The
United States itself is rearming. But the
u S. and allies find it hard to agree on
strategy And neutrals like India leave big
gaps in Western defense lines"
Eventually, the magazine also points out,
the Western countries may take the 'initia-
tive, and try to break UP the satellite en-
pire. Events and policies are definitely
turning in that direction, In the meantime,
Stain is exploiting his master plan to the
absolute limit-and no one can say that he
has not been incredibly successful
4SGD&&
COMMON SENSE INITIATION CONTROL
Our successful free American system is
challenged today. Ii lis in the balance along
with all the other elements of our civiliza-
ton. People Of the world look to America to
see If freedom can SURVIVE Probably Moth
ing is more important to world peace today
than the question Of how we will handle our
economy. America. is already well down the
road to imitation. The 1910 dollar is worth
only Ale. The national debt nearly exceeds
the national income. A child born today inn
mediately assumes a personal debt Of over
$l,8OO.OO before it has opportunity to fill its
lungs with what we facetiously call our free
air. What is suggested by our politicians to
meet this situaton2 Not more faith in the
American system Of private enterprise
Whlcn built this country, but greater owner
ship and control Of production by govern
I1ent. Not economy in government IN the
hope Of holding down taxes, but constant
expansion Of Federal spending and higher
taxes. AS q substitute for American initia-
tive we are being offered much the same
kind Of Socialism which has all but wrecked
England. Price controls do not decrease
money; they do not decrease credit; they do
not create things to buy. Controls of any
nature decrease cur capacity to produce and
certainly, controls utilize tremendous res
eEVoir Of manpOWer that should be prOdac-
ing things to buy. DO we stop kidding our
selves and insist on common sense manage
ment Of our economy or do We continue to