Milford chronicle., 1952-10-17
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LET Us THINK SERIOUSLY

The Business and Professional
Citizens Committee Of Kent County
would like to chat with you,
through this column about our
friends and neighbors being divided
into two camps.
The first Camp contends that a
small group should plan for all
the rest of US. This is on the as
sumption that the majority of us
cannot be trusted to plan, or to do
for ourselves. Harry Hopkins, one
time advisor to the President of
these United States said, People
are to damn dumb to understand"
I'VE must tax and tax, collect and
collect, elect and elect" This Camp
insists that a small group Of plan
ners, appointed by our Chief Exec
utive and not responsible to the
public for reelection, be given the
power to make the people do what
this group of planners considers
best for the welfare of all. This
group of planners are all inclusive
and.all powerful. 1t begins with the
President of these United States.
Upon taking Office and assuming the
New Deal policies in an address
February 10, 194S, he said, Con-
ditiOns are too grave in the world
today to put a Congress in control
of the purse strings of this cOun-
try" From the top of our govern
memt we go now to the o. P. S.
checker who tells your grocer what
he can charge you for an article.
This federal checker officer also
regulates what you must pay for
an article. Neither your grocer nor
you as q purchaser can deviate
from this federally set price with
out being in violation and subject
to a hearing before a federal judge.
We feel that the whole spirit of
the above outlined program is in
direct opposition to the freedom
guaranteed in our Federal COnsti-
tuition.
The present governmental pro-
gram makes a prophet of the late
Alfred E. Smith, four times COVER
nor of New York State, in an ad-
dress in Washington January &c,
1886 said-"Stop attempting to al
ter the form and structure of our
government without recourse to the
people themselves, as provided in
the Constitution. This country be-
longs to the people, and it does not
belong to any administration"
In this second Camp is a group of
individuals which has a far differ
ent idea. 1t does not believe that
the Well-being of society can best
be served by controlling us by di-
receives from Washington. 1t be-
lieVes we should center our efforts
on enlightening men and women so
that they themselves are competent
and disposed to make good choices
in making Democracy operative un-
der the liberal Interpretation of our
Constitution.
Amend this Constitution if you
will, but il must not be changed in
letter or in spirit without being
submitted to the people whom it
governs.
We Of the second group list a few
of the characteristics of the govern
ments, both East and West, that
have tried to conquer us.
A huge national debt, unbalanced
budget, deficit spending, confsca-
tory taxation, concentration of pow
er in the Chief Executive, sapping
the indeDendence of courts. a plan
ned economy, a greatly enlarged
bureaucracy, Private investments
restricted, subversive forces en-
cOuraged, class conflicts stimulat-
ed, Thousands of publicity experts
to carry out the governments pro-
gram of indOctrinatiOn.
Ke believe we should act now to
bring about a better order of peace
with other nations and tranquility
at home
We believe we should act now to
and the great part good govern
ment plays in giving them OppOr-
tunities. Young men and women
must be allowed to marry and es-
tablish homes and families as we
have done rather than military ser
vice. The legacy to our pOsterity
must be hope, courage, freedom
and peace.
Kenneth c. Royal, of Green's
boro, North Carolina, former Sec
retary of the Army, under the pres
ent administration, said, Il intend
to vote for General Eisenhower,
and do what 1 can for him within
reason. He is perhaps the only man
in the world that Stain and his
associates fear. He's got the best
chance TO keep us out of war"
The Business and Professional
Citizens Committee of