The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1951-05-24

top down must be active propagandists Tor Soviet trade.
Note this emphasis on SELLING the Soviet system
to it's own people.
Free enterprise, which has given the world more
of the comforts of life than mankind has received in the
previous 5000 years of civilization, deserves the loyalty ana
the most determined advocacy from each American.
We must tell the world that by our system OF re-
ward to the most alert and ingenious, free enterprise I'M
bues people with initiative. Society benefits by higher Nv
ing standards for all, since competition leavens the spirit
and stirs the people to greater effort.
The Soviet way of life is no match for our system
even if both are compared only in practical material terms.
Income per person in the Soviet is only S3Os as compared
to 81, 453 in the United States.
This should lead us to contrast the difference be-
tween Russia and the United States as to the number Of
hours one works in order to earn the simple necessities OF
life.
In Russia, to earn a loaf of rye bread, one works 81
minutes; in America, seven minutes. To earn a pound OF
sugar in Russia, 2a hours; in the United States, five MIN
utes. A pound of veal over 5 hours in Russia; in the United
States 90 minutes. A pack Of cigarettes, 2 hours and 4
minutes work in Russia; in America 9 minutes. A mans
suit of clothes $50 hours in Russia, 25R hours in America.
The most fatal defect, however, of the Soviet sys-
TEN is it's thought control which is backed by extreme,
ruthless force. This deprives society of the ferment OF crea-
tive ideas, the source of all the worlds progress.
How about communism in America? Do you under
stand it's aims and purposes? Can you spot a communist!
It is important to know a communist, although we shoulo
exercise care against hasty or false accusation.
Deciding who is a Communist is not easy. A pro-
fessional Red can adopt a protective coloring to hide his
true crimson hue. Recently, a confessed Soviet spy testi-
fled at a trial that he was told by his superior never toI
read the Daily Worker or any liberal publication, or toI
express any liberal thoughts, or even to give any thought
to liberal IDEAS"
Mr.. Justice Jackson of the T.. S. Supreme Court said
that the Communist party is "a conspirational and revolu-
tionary junta, organized to reach ends and to use methods
which are incompatible with our constitutional system"
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American to equal treatment before the law is wrapped
up in the same constitutional bundle with those OF these
Communists" We must have freedom of thought because
"a free man must be a reasoning man"
The party, Justice Jackson said, stands Tor tnese
things and we ought to know this:
l. "The goal of the Communist party is to seize
power of government by a minority rather than acquire
power through the vote of a free electorate"
2. "The Party alone among American parties past
and present is dominated and controlled by a foreign
government.
3. "violent and undemocratic means are the cal
party's goal"
A. 1T has sought ii gain this leverage and hold on
the American population by acquiring control OF the labor
government"
S. Every members of the Communist party is an
agent to execute the Communist program"
On the other hand, America stands for equality OF
all people, trial by jury, a system of checks and balances
in government, life, liberty and the pursuit OF learning ana
! happiness, live and let live regardless of race, color or
creed, equality of opportunity, the value and dignity OF the
individual as against the state, freedom OF speech, assem-
bly,, worship-equal protection before the law, the right
to security of person and property, the right to petition
the government and to vote for a candidate of ones choice
Those are not empty words.
The Communist says, you can't eat freedom" But
there is economic democracy within the framework of our
free enterprise system, rewarding each of us according to
our ability and industry. Too many people do not realize
this. Surveys show that the man in the street believes what
the Communist has taught-that most of the money paid
out to individuals by American business goes to the boss"
when, in fact, out of every dollar paid to individuals by all
u. S. manufacturers, 90 cents goes to employees in wages
and salaries. Only 10 cents of that~dollar goes to manage
ment, and to the stockholders as dividends. This is the way
America has progressed, by giving political freedom and
economic democracy to all. The proof is in our high stand
ards of living and our civil rights.
So, let us not be like that so-caled patriot disliked
by scientist Albert Einstein, who, ne said, takes pleasure
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