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U.S. Counterpart of British
Socialism Dangerous Enemy
The most dangerous enemy of the traditional American way of
life is not the Communist, declares John T. Flynn in the lead
article of the February Reader's Digest, "but the American
counterpart of the British Socialist."
He denies he is a Socialist and operates behind a mask he calls
National Planning.' These So-
cialist Planners are enticing us
down the dark road that has
led many European nations to
their doom . . .
The same forces that ruined
Germany, Italy, France and Bri
tain are repeating their work
of destruction upon our eco
nomic and political organisms.
Unless recognized for what they
are, and stopped, they will de
stroy this country."
On Million Greenbacks Miss Velma Demaso stacks up
on million dollars to giv a graphic Idea of the amount of
money stolen from Brink's, Inc., in Boston. A $100,000
reward has been offered for the capture of the nine masked
men who staged the daring holdup of the armored trucking
firm. The bandits also escaped with $500,000 In checks. This
photo was made DEEP inside a wll-guarded bank vault.
(Acme Telephoto).
Odds and Ends Discussed
For Astronomical Fans
By J. HUGH PRUETT
'AMronomsr, Extension Division, Oregon Higher Education firstem)
1. On December 21, 1949, we heard over radio that a news
agency in Czecho-Slovakia was disseminating the line that "Sta
lin is akin to the sun, and on the day he was born 70 years ear
lier, the sun actually stood still in the heavens."
This would surely be quite misleading to multitudes who
were uninformed on matters
astronomical and perhaps it
was meant to be.
But it was true in a certain
sense. Stalin was born on the
shortest day of the year, or with
in a day of it if records are cor
rect, the time that is known as
the winter solstice. This word
means "sun stands still." Old
Sol has two apparent motions in
the sky. One is from east to
west, which is a daily affair.
Then there is the motion from
north to south and back to north,
requiring a year.
About June 22, the sun daily
moves across the sky in a seem
ing path that is as far north
ward as it ever gets in our lati
tudes. Then each succeeding day
it crosses the heavens on a curve
a little farther south. This con
tinues until the winter .solstice
when it is very low in the south
and "stands still" just before
starting back for another six
months trip northward.
Stalin was thus born at the
time the "sun stands still." But
it took some latter-day mind to
figure that this orderly annual
. feat of Old Sol was an obeisance
of a heavenly body to a baby
because he was to become
mighty man of the earth. It
might have made better publi
city material had he been born
at the summer solstice when the
sun was at its greatest ascen
dency in the starry skies.
1. A radio announcer said re
cently that he was not sure
whether the winter solstice in
1949 came on December 21 or
22. "Some dispatches give one
day, some, the other."
It came on both days, but not
in any one locality. In the Paci
fic Standard time zone the clocks
reaa o:s p. m., uecemDer zl
at the time the sun was "stand
ing still." In the Eastern Stan
dard time.zone, this was 11:24
p. m. of that same day. In Lon
don, however, the time was 4:24
a. m., December 22. And it was
December 22 in all of Europe,
Asia, Atnca and on eastward
to the International Date line
little east of New Zealand.
3. And what is this date line?
This is an imaginary line run
ning from pole to pole close to
the 180th meridian from Green
wich but deviating from it ir
places so as not to touch land
This is the place "where the day
begins." Immediately to the west
of this line it is practically the
same time of day as immediate
ly east of it but always one day
later.
Hearse Drivers Strike
Minneapolis, Jan. 24 () Min
neapolis undertakers today re
scheduled funerals and sought
emergency equipment to replace
service shut down when 40 driv
ers of hearses and limousines
struck in a wage dispute.
The men, members of AFL
Taxicab Drivers, Livery Chauf
feurs, Ambulance Drivers and
Helpers Union. Local 958, walk
ed off their jobs yesterday and
placed picket lines around the
four livery firms involved.
Condensed from Flynn's book,
"The Road Ahead," the article
warns, "We are much further
along the road than we suspect.
If we do not abandon that
fatal road, we shall inevitably,
perhaps in less than a decade,
be in the condition the British
now find themselves in."
Summarizing the results of
the British Socialist experiment,
in exorbitant prices, scarcities,
oppressive taxation and bureau
cratic rule, Flynn emphasized
that the similar movement now
infiltrating our social institu
tions should not be confused
with "what we have long known
as the Socialist Party ... It is
different, modern movement,
led by different men under
wholly different banners."
This modern Socialism means
State control of the entire eco
nomic system, Flynn states.
While it will not take over
every farm, mine, shop and fac
tory, it will operate the basic
functions of credit, power, fuel
transportation and insurance.
The rest of the economic system
may be kept in private hands
but must be operated accord
ing to State plans, under super
vision and compulsion of gov
ernment bureaus.
Just as this system fastened
itself on Britain by .a movement
that avoided calling itself "So
cialist," so it is being promoted
In America by persons and or
ganizations that never use the
word "Socialism." They call
their system the "Planned Economy."
The spearhead and the central
planning and propaganda ma
chine of the National Socialist
Economic Planners in this coun
try is an organization formed
in January, 1947 the Ameri
cans for Democratic Action.
ADA advocates "balanced
production targets for the whole
economy," and "price, alloca
tion, inventory and credit con
trols." Such phrases, Flynn
states, are actually a "costume
of words for Socialism."
While disclaiming any status
as a political party, ADA has
spread through 48 states, with
over 75 full-fledged chapters and
100 student groups. At the
moment it is backing socialized
medicine without using the
word Socialism. "That word
the author points out, "will not
emerge until the country is so
lar along the road that it can
not be disguised from even the
most ignorant."
Each Socialist proposal, such
as federal invasion of the fields
of banking, electric power and
medicine, "is promoted as if it
were just a single reform un
related to all others," Flynn
says. "But the fact is that each
is intended to liquidate some
sector of the private-enterprise
system and expand the aim of
Socialism."
Citing the recently proposed
Spence Act, to authorize the
government to use vast powers
"under certain conditions,"
Flynn warns that if the act be
comes law it will give the gov
ernment power of life and death
over industry, mean the begin
ning of the end of the price sys
tem, and extend the power of
seizure and search upon a hither
to unimagined scale.
The author urges all Ameri
cans who would preserve their
traditional way of life to stop
apologizing for our capitalist so
ciety, to guard against a single
additional step toward Social
ism, and to get rid of "com
promising leaders who are will
ing to surrender further.'
Girl, 3, Rejoins
Parents in U.S.
Seattle, Jan. 24 W) A small
but seasoned traveler is getting
reacquainted with her mother
and father after a separation of
14 months.
But the conversation of three
year-old Sonia Margarita Hinz-
man will be limited for awhile
until she learns the language
of the strange new country of
America.
The little girl stepped from
a plane here Sunday after
journey from Frankfort, Ger
many, where she had lived since
her parents Mr. and Mrs. Char
les Hinzman, came to the Pa
cific Northwest more than
year ago.
The greeting: "Hello, Sonia!"
brought no reply.
Then her mother remember
ed. "Begrussen, Sonia. Kennst du
deine 'mam' und 'pap' nicht
mehr?" (Greetings, Sonia. Don't
you know your mother and
father?")
'Yah, yah!" squealed the little
girl as she threw her arms
around her mother's neck.
Roast a loin of pork for Sun
day dinner and serve with a
fruit garnish. For the garnish
choose cinnamon apples, minted
pears, or canned peach halves
filled with currant jelly.
Capital Journal, Salem, Or., Tuesday, Jan. 24, 1950 13
Senator Morse to
File on Wednesday
Senator Wayne Morse of Ore
gon will probably file for the
republican nomination Wednes
day morning in the office ol
Dave O'Hara, registrar of voters.
Immediately following th
senator will proceed to Willam
ette university for a short talk
with young republicans after
which he will speak at the noon
day luncheon of the Salem Ro
tary club at the Marion hotel.
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Sub Sighted
Kodiak, Alaska, Jan. 24 (IP)
A cloak of official secrecy, to
day surrounded reports that an
unidentified submarine was
sighted Sunday lurking within
a half mile of one of the navy's
far northern bases.
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