The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1957-01-03
Letters

Albemarle, N. G.
December Is, 1856
Editor
The Petal Paper
Petal, Miss.
1t is well that we, or a part of
us, can be thankful for this nation
of ours, which was conceived by
our forefathers, and dedicated to
freedom and justice for all
We have been rapidly going
away from free economic enter
prise where any person can start
from the most humble home, and
reach the very top pinnacle in
business, profession or politics, if
we have the ability and desire to
reach those pinnacles.
Today we have instead of free
enterprise for every one, a hodge
podge mixture of free enterprise,
welfare state, socialism and in
some cases bordering on commu-
niSm.
The economist yells WHAT
CAN BE DONE, the banks, labor
leaders and politicians seem to
have reached dead end impasse.
They all agree that the only thing
that we can do is more, and more
initiation. The fact is absolutely
untrue, because if the labor lead
ers, farmers and the leaders of
industry, the House of Represen-
tatives, the Senate, and the Presi-
dent would meet with a Christian
approach to what is best for all
America, these problems could
easily be solved. If any of these
groups should take selfish view
point, meaning to get all that
they can regardless. of their fell
lowmen, then nothing can be ac-
complished.
First, we must control initiation,
because if we don't the banks,
and insurance dollars along with
those in your pockets will buy
less and less. Should labor and
industry agree on some vital prob
lens such as labor agreeing not
to demand an increase in salaries,
and no strikes, giving full hours
work for an hours pay, and in
dustry agreeing to use their re-
search departments and all meth
DDS at their disposal to cut the
cost of production, and their items
of production would become grad
ually cheaper. This would help
the average working man, and
those in the labor unions, because
their dollars would gradually buy
more and more. AS it is at the
present time labor union bosses
have been trying to get more
money for their union members
than all of the other working peo-
pie over our country, which has
caused spiral of increased wages,
increased costs that has helped no
one, but hurt every one.
Industrial workers in all large
companies should be given the
privilege to buy stock in their
company at about two thirds the
rate of the price bid, because then
they would feel that ''this is my
company. Industry and labor
should work out a pension plan,
sick benefit plan, and a plan for
the workmen to get something
less than regular pay during a
depression or layoff. The housing
problem should be worked out
between industry and labor. so
that each man could have his own
home. Also have insurance to pay
off the rest of payments on the
home if the head of the family
should not live. These things that
suggest are preferable to the
working man paying large sums
J in his local union, which have
been found to be very tempting
to some of the local union leaders.
Some have been indicted and put
in prison for absconding with
these funds. The, government
should pay for neutral auditors to
check all funds at least once each
year.
This plan as suggested would
solve most of our problems of
! substituting to business of all
kinds, agricultural, and establish
free enterprise so that these
groups receiving subsidies would
not have to depend on the gov
eminent, because the products
would cost much less, therefore
would not be controlled by the
government.
Research and the increase of
the technical know how would
enable the American people to
buy a lot more with the same
amount of money, because it is
not the number of dollars you
have in your pocket, but how
much the dollars will purchase.
The government also would save
a lot of money, because of free
dom from all subsidies and de-
crease in all defense material that
the government has to buy. The
government, in my frank opinion,
Eshould stop collecting social Sc
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