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ud surrounding Community.
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1945
DRESSING FOR VISITORS
As soon as tires are back in abundance, and new car:
become increasingly available, we can expect ihe big
gest country-wide tourists’ expedition in our nation’s his
tory.
Not only are most people itching to take a good long
trip as a release from the war curbs on driving, but mil
lions are eager to drive to former home towns and flu
homes of friends and relatives which they were unable
to visit during wartime.
Next summer the roads of our nation will be over
flowing. Every town will be on exhibition. Thous
ands of people who have never been in our state be
fore will undoubtedly pass through it and pass judg
ment on it.
We like to have our state well thought of by the peo
ple In the other 47 states. But. since many of the tourist:
will merely see it from the highways, it would seem wise
for us to begin now to look over those highways with ar
eye toward making them as attractive as we can.
PEACETIME PATRIOTS
Patriotism runs high during a war, when a people i:
drawn together by the necessity ot .meeting a common
foe. Then self-interest and prejudices are likely to be at
their lowest ebb. Then the positive characteristics of a
country stand out in the minds of Its citizens, who search
for the answer to "What are we fighting for'.’"
Despite pessimistice reports to the contrary, most serv
icemen knew why they had taken up arms, in the strain
of wTar, the people on the home front, too. found an ans
wer.
But with the peace signed, comes the real test.
When the emotionalism of war is done, and Ameri
cans being picking up the threads of their old exist
ence, will they forget those things they learned dur
ing the struggle? Will they find now only their coun
try’s negative characteristics? Will they feel their
patriotic contributions ill spent in the face of resurg
ing self interest and prejudice?
JUST ANOTHER INCIDENT
A few months ago there was a nationwide furor over
the bureaucratic shortcomings of the Veterans’ Adminis
tration. Shamefully inadequate and obsolete practices
were exposed in the veterans’ hospitals. But the rush of
events quickly pushed the incident onto the back pages.
And, like many such incidents, the public has heard no
more.
Here is a typical illustration of what would happen if
the whole country should be included in a politically ad
ministered medical system Individuals would be sub
jected, as the veterans were and perhaps still are, io
questionable or incompetent care. As individuals, they
could do nothing more than vent their displeasure. Try
ing to ferret out officials responsible for ill treatment
would be akin to grappling with your shadow. When the
situation became bad enough, a rash of condemnation
would appear in the press. Investigations would be pro
mised—as they were in the case of the Veterans’ Admin
istration—a few of the most glaring faults v, on Id be cor
rected, and then the evil system would settle down for
another twenty years or so of dozing dogma and ineffi
ciency.
This is no exageration. II is what would be faced by
the people if they permit slate or socialized medicine,
whichever you wish to call it. to settle upon the country.
It is the normal procedure of bureaucracy.
ONE WAY TO END STRIKES
There may be something to say for public ownership after all.
A few weeks ago, when union workers of the Lower Colorado River
Authority went out on a strike, closing four government hydroelec
tric and stopping electric service to a large area of central Texas,
they were promptly fired. Their jobs were offered to war veterans.
The manager of the Authority accompanied the firing with the com
ment that, “The men who walked off are out of their jobs and will
not be re-employed." Spokesmen for the workers claimed that the
sole issue was the right of the worker,, to organize and to bargain
collectively, whereupon they were told that the Lower Colorado Ri
ver Authority was a state-created agency having no legal power to
delegate matters involving hiring and firing.
If labor wishes to continue to enjoy the privilege of organizing
umon8 and bargaining with employers, it had better begitfto sei
lously question the federal program to blanket the nation with eight
giant ectnc power “authorities.” At the present moment, a Mis
souri Valley Authority is awaiting congressional action. Thi5 sin
gle authority would eventually wipe out private electric companies
m a large area just as was done in the southeastern part of the
United States under TV A.
So far, the status of persors employed in government projects
competing against private industry, in general, has been handled
with kid gloves—with the exception of a few spots where the mailed
fist has chafed through. However, in view of the threatened expan
sion of socialized industry, at least in the power field, labor -Jhould
ask now what its prerogatives under government ownership are to
be. Even after it has been reassured by the honeyed words of
ftdroit politicians, it should go slow. The history of nations where
government controls the jobs of the people, is a history of oppres
sion.
‘Good Will Toward Men’
m i llions of
displaced, -
^TAWWd, >
-®£
AKD SSCfc jlX'T"
PEOPLES f &,
TODAY
. tai
TOMORROW
By DON ROBINSON
BILLS
The other dav I !,
of people discus i
tolls.
“I just hud a lew
one won: < ■ ' l in
would mo ; i
d o you !• : e;U \ hut 3
"Don't talk to
bills," said ano. b
“Including denii
have been ojiv 3;
this year ! Of coo -
care of rr.y ap;
I.
up-lit the
U Mel-b
, ill was
Woman,
ur bills
ix opera
tive dic
tion and Job
couple of new
fore we're i I: •
tors are gong
last nickle of nor saving
at once—-all wanting to give
stances of how the, ha,1 b
howled over, on one m eo -ion
another, by th antotmt i.f u: :
ad
<a,'n!e
the disc
was the
Lung-res
I'-ngcl!
meat in- li
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thing w!
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light
of th<
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INSURANCE
The people f hr:,]
hout their <iifrir ult:
i*imedical ON;x nrr:
this lee-'-lation. Th
‘Vqeia'izfcl \
u;rh;":.
liiin't 'av
ivnd " !.>!■■■■ ■
“socializ (1 mm :i«-inc ar.if they
suspected fi -!• i would ii ‘riiVir
with medical in tigress, that it
would make ir.t icinc •> pnfitu-nj
football', as.d t! at ;t .would in
general, he a had tin - fbt the
l!ut they weir tinaniiiious in
their opinion that so met dim
shoml tv,, ■'one to take -ho fit ..mi
al headache out of srekne
W hen those present had all
.11 a nam'd t,, • ,|u
; plaint ogainst ike im, i.ui- off
’hei • e!’( t •!. talk turned to
possible solutions.
One man wild was in the
insurance business became
the chief target of attack.
“Why, ’ he was asked, “can’t
the insurance companies is
sue policies which really pro
tect us ag'inst doctors’ hills
so there won’t he any need
for government insurance?”
lie bepan explaining- u't
various types of health, insii'-mep
his company did i:. ne. Hut
was stopped by a young man who
said, “I hsui on - of those policies,
but when I had stomach trouble
and collected on it, the company
said they wouldn't insure me any
more. Your cmn any and all the
others want to insure \vt II. people,
but they won't take any chance.
on those who are apt to be swk,’
The insurance man e.xplainia
that insurance companies ha I t
go in for that practice in < rde
to keep tales down-—but that ex
planation, although understand:
able, didn't satisfy this grot.;
who were seeking a better solut
ion for the care of the sick
through non-governmental chan
RISK .... .plan
“Here’s a possible answer,' an
other member of the group said.
“When I bought a home before
the war I got a 00 per cent mort
gage on it. No private organiza
tion would have given such a
large. mortgage on its- own—Inn
this mortgage was guaranteed by
the govV-i nroent. That is. Hi ■
transaction was handled hy a
hank, hot it was (lone with the
tuuiprstaitdmjr that if the bank
lost nioitey on the loan tie
government would pay the loss.
“Why." lie asked, “couldn’t the
same thing be worked out with
in ; l h insurance? 1 can under
stand why insurance companies,
winch are in business for profit,
i efuse to t ike poor risks. Itnt tt
is the people who ate classify d
as ‘poor risks’, who need the help
I he most. So, instead of having
direct government- insurance, pn
I :ut the government and the in
ui'ance companies could yet to
gether, agree ni tin all-inclusive
policy from wh.it h no one would
be hatted, and issue it with the
tin del-standing; that the govern
ment. would make up f> r any
losser incurred by eomp,anh-.s
issuing that policy.’’
That plan seemed to meet
with the imnedate approval
of those who heard it. As far
as they could see. it would
answer the problem without
putting the government di
rectly into the insurance
business.
Periia s the exports could -•••
why t'lic particular plan tni.r...
ie imprat t i:il, but it liclj'i I !
is.-uic me that there i-s . c rPiir.P
■ ome sound answer which dot
tot involve the direct socialr:,
:it'n of medicine.
In my opinion the majority
Relief At Last
For Your Cough
Creomulsion relieves promptly be
cause it goes right to the seat of the
trouble to help loosen and expel
germ laden phlegm, and aid nature
to soothe and heal raw, tender, in
flamed bronchial mucous mem
branes. Tell your druggist to sell you
r bottle of Creomulsion with the un
c r standing you must like the way it
ouiekly allays the cough or you are
to have your money back.
CREOMULSION
for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis
succx
in l!)2t) tneiv wa.- -an o\ >
lire most brilliant eaucah 1
fOl" IhonS.iflUS Of illlfS Ini’
y me; l.-it a |• >in ui . • i' • ■ i
inauguration a .i youug rif:
fourth t ichest uyiyo-rgiti tj
vvi Chicago : a 11 ut-i; 1 y v
million dollars,
l in yotnv-v n.
CALLS I CR ATTACKS
t in Chicago which aUractedg^
in die country. People canio^P
in i ccasion. Aot a l'-ootbuil
>\v. I\o, the occasion was the
of thirty as president of the
this Voumry; live . University
iduwnieiit of seventy
ni
10 v.
be inaugurated as presi
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t)r.
am
it on r
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■raid
Th’S wt:; ■ i
c'hir.-s’ hau - .
bitterly >.h nca c -d
Doctor 1 i u tell hi.
ing, then said quit
is a waiter. But
Loin it Maynard Hutchins,
gi; it it from the late
, * r: :c i pA side.it of llar
:< . Te' ; s, Doe toy Sandefer
■ 1‘at.h r of the new presi
. "1 notice that one of the
ok on your son today.
, for young Doctor Hut
*c e.itaclmd Ly the mwspa
a .i nr 1 bif-wi hut hat! been
t for i moment, think
hat’s *rue. But remem
ber, no ( • <
Rememh -r
!-;c,_s a dead dec.”
t the net time senrteo ne attacks vou
Tlie
!:<••. 11 even
the
hiim ! iiiooln
htiy above
11 <! Ucover a lot of
th'e rr or ready to
’ . r! b ills \ ill
h ppvtluojr in the
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