Milford chronicle., 1951-12-28
CHURCHILL'S VISIT

form a much closer AnglO-American part
nership than has ever existed in the past,
as a means of bringing Russia to terms, as
surfing a long period of world peace, and
strengthening the shaky British economy.
This is a very large order indeed 1t has
been the goal of British and American states
men ever since the last great war ended, and
all of them have failed. The international
situation has deteriOrated with almost in
credible speed. The Russians have made
enormous gains at the expense of the West
without firing a shot. The billions we sent to
Britain under the Marshall plan served only
as temporary palhatiVeS-Mr. Churchill has
inherited a new economic crisis which is ev-
cry bit as bad as those which occurred be-
fore, and it is extremely unlikely that Con-
greSs will approve much more economic aid |
on similar terms. Mr.. Chuchill is the cock
swain of boat which is so leaky as to be |
in danger of sinking
Yet, despite all these SOmber cOnSidera-
tons, the return of Mr.. Churchill to power
has raised high hopes that he can pull
rabbit from the hat and achieve the near
mpOssible-precisely as he did during the
black days Of the war when England was
next to defenseleSS and beseiged by an enOr-
mOusy powerful enemy. Certainly no one
now living has Mr.. Churchill's prestige or
record of accomplishment under stress, and
quence, or his will-tO-do.
In the words of John Hartman of the
North American Newspaper Alliance, Mr..
Churchill believes that what the West needs
lis the infusion of a new idea new con-
cept into military situation that is marking
time and an economic situation that is act
ually deteriOrating.
Churchill is the one man to do this.
He, and he alone, can put the naked facts of
Ahn GOLD 10 h. L.,
the facts of World War II to the British
people, in his famous speech offering blood,
sweat and tears"
In his Washington meetings with Presi-
dent Truman and others, Mr.. Churchill will
deal with such controversial questions as
our air bases in Britain, the command of the
North Atlantic and Mediterranean fleets,
and so on. These are important matters and
they must be settled. But they are details
There is reason to believe that Mr. Churchill
has in mind some grand plan for handling
the Russian menace. AS Intelligence Digest
has put it, "He is bent upon making the su-
preme effort of his career to avert third
war" And it is clear that he believes he can
do it.
In working toward this great goal, Mr..
Churchill is aided by a cabinet of extraOrdi-
nary quality. Anthony Eden, Lord WootOn,
and the other top deputies are all men of the
highest integrity and ability, and their
knowledge of world problems is probably
unmatched anywhere. The Labor govern
ment had none to compare with them on these
scores. The British government of Mr..
Churchill is a very different thing from that
of Mr.. Attlee.
DESTRUCTION FROM WITHIN
1t is as easy for country to weaken Oh
destroy itself from within as from without
Our course since the war is calculated to Gre
ate and nurture the very evils against which
we are supposed to be protecting ourselves
The first of these is large scale financial in
stability. Our policies are leading straight
toward progressive decline in the value OF
our money, investments and cOntractual OBJ
legations. However much we tax we shall
not arrest these trends. If we are to StOI
statism throughout the world, the first place
to stop it is at home. By this time, the Amer
lean people should certainly have awakened
to the menace of spendthrift government. l
is estimated that One-fOurth Of the income
OF family receiving the modest sum O
$500 year goes for taxes, open and hid
den direct and indirect AS income bracket
go up, the tax burden skyrOckets. And flu
ture tax increases must fall mainly on peOpl
in the middle and lower income brackets
for the simple reason that this is the Onl
possible source of substantial revenue tina
is left. It's no longer case of just sOakn
the rich. The rich are soaked to the hilt now
and if government took every nickel of thei
, income it wouldn't begin to pay the cost!
Fiscal responsibility has destroyed thOu
sands of families-and it can destroy nf
tiOns just as surely.
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OF FLEAS | SING
John B. Dunlap, Commissioner of Intel
nal Revenue, has announced that only
handful" of his $4,000 employees are il
vOlved in recent scandals and basically II
agency is sound.
This is like saying one has most mon
' trOus barrel of apples and only handful
rOtten-althOugh after 20 years of sittin
it could be the rest are "little high"
= Mr.. Dunlap was quoted as saying TIL
: the scandals disclosed through COngressiO
n al investigation probably arose because s
: pervisiOn wasn't as strong as it should
This is correct. No thief in the wOr