The Sidney herald., 1962-02-07

fraternity at MSU.
been undergoing great changes
since its birth.
Provision is made for progress
in our basic law by amendment.
Our supreme law provides that
the people and their elected re-
personalities shall vote changes
by amendment. In some instances,
i'm violation of this principle, we
have seen our Supreme Court
warp the intent and the meaning
of the written law. We have seen
that Court violate our supreme
law by legislating, thus depriving
the Congress and the people of a
guaranteed right.
To those who are critical of our
Constitutional form of govern
ment, l would say this: under that
Constitution We became the great
est Nation on earth. We have the
highest standard of living on earth.
Our system of education is I'M
equaled by any nation. We enjoy
more of the good things of life
than any people anywhere.
Our government is our indivi-
dual freedom and free enterprise
system. Our freedom and free
enterprise system is our govern
ment.
The Constitution is our legal
guarantee of freedom to practice
free enterprise. Destroy our Con-
stitution and you destroy indivi-
dual freedom and our free enter
prise system. Destroy individual
freedom and free enterprise and
you destroy our form of govern
ment.
This is the greatest Nation or
earth. We attained this position
because OF a Constitutional form
of government which provided fol
individual liberty and freedom
and allowed us to grow and devel.
op under free enterprise and com.
petition.
Do you realize that there are
people in foreign lands who would
lie down and die if they could jus
live portion of their lifetime in
these United States of Amerca?
Yet, with all that we have, anC
all that we are, there are those
among us who would have us be.
Geve that some other form Of gov.
eminent is better; that Socialism
in its ultimate degree, Commun
ism, has something to offer; tina
the time has come for us TO aban
don our Constitutional government
and accept in its place a lone
world" utopia.
On a recent conference on tn
problem of feeding the people o
the world, those in attendance
were told that free e~nterprisr
would fail to do the job; that i
had not and could not work inter
nationally; that we should have
world food budget, a world none,
budget for food; that we shoult
shed our nationalism for interna
tionalism.
What did that speaker thinl
would work? Communism or So
Icialism? Has he forgotten tina
farmers and ranchers of this coun
try, under free enterprise, have fel
hungry people the world over
Has he forgotten that we fed mil
lions of people in the Union O
Soviet Socialist Republics? Has h
closed his eyes to the perennia
famineS in Communist Re
China.
He belittles the accomplish
ment of our system, but / woul
have him know that if he and hi
ADA friends would remove tn
shackles from American agricul
ture our farmers and our rancher
would meet any challenge.
He spoke of a world money bud
get for food. He condemns FIRE
enterprise, but he would use tn
product of that system - none
= to attain his objective. He be
lieveS in a world welfare stat
and asks us to abandon our ns
tionalism.
With a wave of his hand, h
would destroy the gains of Amer
can industry and business. II
would wipe out the accomplish
ments of American labor. II
would destroy the incentive j
American agriculture.
If the thinks so little of fire.
enterprise, how does he explai
the rise of West Germany, from
defeated and crushed country :
a rubble if you please, to a pos
ton of economic strength an
wealth? Possibly he does n,
know that the West Germans turr
ed their backs on the socialist
program recommended by some
the ADA planners and elected
follow the course of individu
freedom and competition.
The philosophy of this on
world idealist was, and is, total
lacking in the element of realisr
So, also, are those who knowing
or unwittingly sell the Communi
line, reluctant to open their ey,
to true facts.
If Communism is so good, WI
did the East Germans build a wa
of concrete and barbed wire? ]
!, keep the West Germans out? N
, at all. The wall was built to ket