Milford chronicle., 1952-10-10
ApYERTlsEMEN1
FREE ENTERPRISE AND
PROFIT SYSTEM

The Business and Professional
Citizens Committee of Kent County,
Mr.. and Mrs. Voter, would like to
discuss some facts with you con-
cerning some of our State and Ma
tiOnal Problems.
Do you believe in the free enter
prise system where the individual
has a right to manufacture and sell
goods, services and labor?
Do you believe that the sO-called
profit motive" should be contin-
ued, or should we abanOOn it and
pool our energies and resources
and become the wards of the State
and Nation?
Listen to Mr.. Berle, assistant sec
retary Of State-''the government
will gradually come to own most of
the production plants of the United
States"
Porter of the War Labor Board
declares-'All owners of stocks.
bonds, mortgages, land, buildings,
or equipment shall be required to
surrender them in return for COM
mOnwealth bonds"
Durr, Federal Trade Commission
1.-THE government will provide the
market and say what and how much
is to be produced"
The three above quotations are
from men who are at the head and
directing the work being done in
their departments in Washington.
They were appointed to this i'm
pOrtant post by our Chief Execu-
tive, the President of the United
States.
We do not, we cannot agree with
their theOry-their plan is entire
/ ly foreign to our way of thinking.
Our children must not inherit from
us such a controlled government.
1t is to them that we pledge our
best effort to stop this attempt to
alter and change the form and
structure of our government.
All right thinking people believe
in Freedom" the most important
element of which is freedom Of
enterprise
Anyone with the desire, initiative
and wherewithal may buy and Op-
crate a business, q grocery store, a
gas station, a barber shop, or any
professional business rendering
services. Success or failure in Op-
Grating any business depends on
how we'll it is managed in compet-
ing with other similar types of bus
;ness. We believe that competition
and the profit or gain from these
various businesses should be the
mOtivating power urging us on to
greater production of better ser
vices.
The backbone Of our democratic
system and our American way of
life is our private enterprise sys-
TEN with it's profit motive. This is
what has made America a great
Nation. With so of the worlds
population, we produce 1870 of the
worlds food and over 500 of the
total Industrial goods.
We must not allow Creeping So
cialism" to thwart our American
energy. The army of State and Ma
tiOnal employees are threatening
our freedom. The aggregate num-
Der Of Federal, State and local en-
plOyees as of July 1851, not includ-
ing the armed forces. is estimated
at around 6,S56,OOO. How much OF
our time and energy is taken uT
in making reports to this great
army assigned to "cOntrOls?"
Price Controls" and prices &c
ever higher. Initiation Controls ,
and we have more imitation. Mon
etary Controls" and the value OF
the dollar continues to decline.
This has been and is a great ma
tiOn. We are young in comparison
with nations of history. We refuse
to believe that America has CAR
rived" We believe the work OF
making America greater can be
done even better than it has ever
been done. Let Capital and labor
farmer, business and professional
men all agree that we want to play
on the same team. Let's elect thai
great organizer General Eisenhower
captain. Give him a Congress t.
assist him and see what happens.
Will be back next week in thi:
column.
The Business and Profess
iOnal Citizens COMMITTEES
of Kent County.