The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-04

Socialism's S ere ct weapon is
money. Governments orm g + ly
gained power by the sword and
sEelled their Golfers by conquest
and tribute. That method is still
used but chiefly against foreigners.
Modern governments obtain power
oyer their own people in a more
subtle fashion. They tax away the
earnings Of their people, and then
dole some Of it back to them in
subsidies. gifts, grants-in-aid, and
the award Of huge government con
tracts. BY this process they become
the masters of men, and cease to be
their servants. The historic relation
ship is reversed Instead Of govern
ment coming to the people for its
support. the people come to the
government for their support. Hitler
put all groups in Germany in pawn
to hir 9ia the. money route In the
face OF the granting or Withholding
Of public money, opposition died
away. People began to keep their
mouths shut--buSiness men first
but. finally. editors, educators and
ministers. He thus united both con-
serI atiyes and radicals behind him.
This is very important point
In this country, gov ernors Of
states, mayors Of cities and mem
bers Of business organizations
Chambers Of Commerce including
those most opposed to Socialism in
the abstract, become beggars at
Washington for a return of some
Of the money collected from them
in their own communicates the
political brokerage As beggars,
they faWn and smirk. Big govern
ment breeds little men. The great
power of the purse, with which
the representative Of the taxpayers
once held the executive branch in
check, is rapidly passing into the
hands Of political Santa Claus.
Not one of the extensions Of Soc
lalism could be put into effect with
out money Cut off the money sup
ply and the power to borrow-and
You stop them in their tracks. AS
jefferson said. I'VE must make our
selection between economy and lib
erty. or profusion and sarvitude ="
Tax and Spend
Harry Hopkins gave the formula
for Socialism-taX. spend and elect.
Yet because they fail to grasp the
grand strategy Of freedom. various
groups exhaust themselves on scat
tered tactical skirnlishes-good in
themselves, but futile in the face of
this empowering Hood of money.
Justice Holmes used to say, eve
must strike for the jugular and let
the rest go I would urge no one to
abandon the fight for his own group.
but the number one plank in all
platforms must be the exact reverse
of the Hopkins formula" Reduce
taxes and spending, especially at
the federal level Keep government
poor and remain free .
Make that the number one plank
in all platforms for freedom The
doctors can then fight socialized
medicine; owners Of real estate can
fight public housing; others can
fight federal control of education,
business can fight government com
petition: others can fight to relieve
privately created wealth of some of
the tax burden With reduced Fed
eral spending and sharply reduced
taxes as the number one plank of
all groups, they can then fight with
some chance Of success. As it is,
with each group fighting some
single phase of Socialism in which
the others are not particularly in
terested, they are picked off like
sitting ducks.
The Socialist planners lull the I'M