Milford chronicle., 1952-11-28

Soviet officials are being very polite these
days to certain Of the Western nations-par-
ticularly those in which there are substantial
anti-American blOcs, and in which the gov
ernmentS are something less than StalWart in
their allegiances. The officials are trying hard
to sell the idea that Russia has no designs
on these nations, and wants to be friends.
Third, Russia is going all out to streng-
then and harden her agents and sympathizers
IN the Western countries, with special en-
phaSis on the u. S. The American Comnun-
list party has in large part gone underground.
1t is reported that membership requirements
have been greatly stiffened-nO weak sisters
are wanted. 1t is also reported that Russias
system OF schooling her foreign agents is
really IN high gear. The curricula is an ex-
tenslve one, including everything from prop
aganda techniques to how to sabotage indus
trial plants, power and rail systems, and
other key installations.
Fourth, the problem of what to do about
communists IN our government is more cru
clal than ever The testimony of General
Walter Bedell Smith, head of our top intelh-
gence agency, In this regard was most re-
Veallng. General Smith, an extremely able
officer who was EisenhOwers Chief of Staff
during World War II and afterwards Am
OaSSadOr to Russia, said that communists had
wOrmed their way into important places in
his agency and elsewhere. Also revealing is
the charge of the Senate Internal Security
subcommittee that American communists
have gained key positions in the United Ma
tiOnS Secretariat.
Last, but certainly not least, it is clear
that we are as far from a Korean truce as
ever, that no one in responsible position
has any definite plan for ending the blOOdy
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thing possible to keep it going and to force
us to spend material and manpOwar there in
an endless stream.
The campaign is over, the candidates have
said their says, and the people have supplied
the decision. But the great problems con-
fronting the American government and the
chosen representatives of the American peo-
pie remain.
THE MEANING OF THE ELECTION
General EiSenhOwerS landslide victory. in
the face Of all the political advantages held
by party which had been in power for 20
years, was a remarkable expression of the
faith his fellOw-citizenS have in him. 1t also
was much more than that. 1t was clear-cut
demand by the American people for a return
to simple, fundamental ideas-ideas which
the preSldent-elect emphasized time and time
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The Democrats put their best foot for
ward. Governor Stevenson is an admirable
and attractive figure who lost with honor.
1t is to be hoped that he will continue to
devote his high abilities to the public serv-
ice. But, unavOidaby, he was the inheritOr
OF philosophy of government which the
election vigorously disavOwed.
That philosophy holds that it is the duty
of government to provide the people with al
legged security from the cradle to the grave.
1t holds that, in various fields, it is proper
for the government to go into commercial
business to the partial exclusion of free en-
teTpriSe, which is socialism. 1t is a philosophy
that must forever result in greater and great
er taxation, and more and more waste and
extravaganza and corruption, regardless of
how high-minded the men at the top NAV be-
Most important of all, it is a philosophy that
must result in less and less freedom and op-
pOrtunity for enterprise and individuals alike
1t is said that PreSident-elect Eisenhower
offered cOpy-bOOk maximS Whatever thew
may be called, those maXims have been the
source of this nations strength, freedom, and
spiritual and material progress. The Presi-
dent-eleCt did not hesitate to pasSiOnately as
sert his faith in thrift, honesty, the dignity
and responsibility of the individual, the
rights and obligations of the states, the vigOr
OF a free enterprise ecOnOmy-nOr to point to
the menace of super government. These were
the principles he stood fOr-these are the
principles the American people endorsed on
November 4, and on which this nation was
founded.
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