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are III no0Q Oh anu lUdt over fO,UOO,UOO
people are covered by private insurance COM
panies against loss of income because OF dis
ability.
/ The ANA spokesman also said, "The levy
ing of additional social security taxes by the
| federal government in order to distribute
cash benefits to the permanently and totally
disabled would inevitably be followed by fed
eral control of the nations physicians, who
would be forced to carry out the regulations
established by the government"
Finally, these dynamite-laden changes in
| the law could undermine the financial struc-
| ture of the whole social security system, on
which so many millions of people depend.
There is no humanitarianism in that!
HARVEST FESTIVAL
Beef and vegetables go together like the
| fingers of hand. So it's only logical that the
two should be combined in promotion cam
paign
That happened last fall and the promo
ton was highly successful from the view
point of producers, consumers, and the others
concerned. 1t is to be repeated this year in a
Harvest Festival celebrating the arrival of
the fall beef crop and plentiful fresh vege-
tables, with the spotlight on potatoes.
Back of the campaign are organizations
representing two great industries-the Uni
ted Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association
and the American Meat Institute. Cooper
ating organizations include the u. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture and the National Live
Stock and Meat Board. The combined indus
try promotion will be launched September g.
and millions of readers of newspapers along
with radio listeners and TV viewers will
learn of it.
The beef-vegetable campaign, of course
has its roots in commerce. The purpose is to
move the supplies and bring fair return to
the producers. That can only be done, as the
Festivals hackers we'll know, if the consunl-
ers whose interest and support they seek are
given good buys. X s.ak s4sA@es14s
Moreover, there is another highly impor-
tant matter at stake. The head of the Ameri-
can Meat Institute described it when he said
that the agricultural industries involved be-
lieve that they should voluntarily and as-
gresslvely assume the responsibility of mar
keting to the consumer our own products
without benefit of government subsidies or
supports" All consumers should be happy
that these independent producers Of basic
farm products are able to maintain an unre-
stricted free market on a profitable basis.
HOW TO GET THINGS DONE
There are two ways to get things done.
One is through the use of force coercion and
threats. The other is to offer incentives and
high hopes. good example of these diamet-
rical opposites is found in oil production in
this country as contrasted with Russia
| Searching for oil is long-shot PROPOSE
ton. The great majority of wells drilled in
New territory turn out dry and worthless
One Texas Gilman has actually sunk 1876 dry
holes in row. But he's still working and
still hoping. For, if the dream of big strike
is realized he'll be able to reap good profit
in return for the time and money and labor
he expended, and the risks he freely took
In Russia, according to a Soviet geologist
who escaped to this country, it's criminal
offenSe to fail to strike OIL Under Soviet law.
a geologist who brings in dry hole can be.
and sometimes is, packed off to forced labor
in Siberia.
How do these two systems of getting re-
suits work out, comparatively speaking?
Here's the answer: American oil men pro-
duce close to 6,500,00 barrels of crude oil
daily to Russia's 100000 barrels. Putting
it another way, we produce 46.3 per cent of
the worlds oil, while Russian together with
all her satellites produces only 11.5 per cent
You can make a man work by putting a
gun In his back-but you'll always get mini
mum results. Prison labor is less productive
than free labor. And that's why an economic
system based on free enterprise-on getting
results by voluntary action spurred by in
ducements-ls always far more productive
than system based on the power of govern
ment to order men and women about
Soo(<
TWO SENATES
Our senators may we'll envy Canadas s.
and Canada's may with equal justice envy
ours. The recent appointment, by Prime
Minister Louis st. Laurent, of 13 new mem
bers to Canada's upper legislative house is a
reminder that those selected serve for life,
a feature which our senators, who have to
| fight for reelected every six years, may we'll
wish they enjoyed
I'm tho othor houd fbo Canad;o, Co,,4o
has little power. In theory it can defeat or
| drastically alter bills sent up from the House
| of Commons. In practice it seldom exercises
| this privilege, lest the Commons retaliate by
| limiting its few remaining powers or even
abolishing them.
| Presumably the Canadian Senate has
! been copied roughly from the British House
!, of Lords, whose members also serve for life
and have some legislative power n both
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