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Medford and Jackson County
History from the file of The
Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30 and
iO years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
July 15, 1946
(It was Monday)
Purchase of the Neustadter
building in Portland has been
announced by Bill Chrysler, gen
eral manager of the Chrystal
Brewing company, Medford.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: The 1946
colts are cavorting on the coun
try leas. Kirk Gearhart, a Kan
sas refugee of the Applegate, has
one that whinnies every time a
rooster crows.
20 YEARS AGO
July 15. 1935
(It was Wednesday)
Joseph F. Fliegel, Medford at
torney, elected commander of
the American Legion post here.
On June 30 only 44.8 per cent
of budget appropriations for the
general fund had been expended,
according to Chief Clerk Tucker.
30 YEARS AGO
July 15. 1926
(It was Thursday)
A group of Ashland people
have started an initiative peti
tion to shift the county seat to
Medford and the case is meeting
with opposition.
With all forest fire under con
trol in Crater National forest, the
fire situation in Jackson county
is said to be satisfactory.
40 YEARS AGO
July 15, 1916
(It was Saturday)
The Woodmen of the World,
camp 90, hold campaign to in
crease membership to about 300.
The Medford band, directed
by Reginald G. Rowland, holds
concert in the city park.
What's the Answer?
Can You Get 4 of the 7?
Gopr. 1955. Editorial Research
Report
1. The U.S. could still with
hold diplomatic recognition from
Red China if admitted to U.N
membership; right or wrong?
2. Three 20th century Presi-
dents were from N.Y. state when
elected. Two were Theodore
and F. D. Roosevelt. Who was
the third?
3. American Telephone and
Telegraph has many more stock
holders than General Motors;
right or wrong?
4. The Arabs are a Semitic
race; right or wrong?
5. Repairs during the year cost
about two, three, four or five
times as much on an average 3
year old car as on an average
1-year old one, or about the
same?
6. The Atlantic or the Pacific
entrance to the Panama Canal
is farther west?
7. The "Gashouse Gang was
which of these baseball teams:
N. Y. Giants, N. Y. Yankees, St.
Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs,
Brooklyn Dodgers?
. The answers: 1. Right. 2. Ei
senhower. 3. Right. 4. Right. 5.
About three times as much. 6.
The Atlantic. 7. St. Louis Card
inals. MENZIES VISITS JAPAN
Tokyo (U.R) Prime Minister
Robert Menzies of Australia and
Mrs. Menzies will visit Japan
Aug. 10-15 at the invitation of
the Japanese government, the
Foreign office announce Friday.
The prime minister will confer
with Emperior Hirohito and
Japanese Prime Minister Ichiro
Hatoyama.
MAIL TRIBUNE
"Quo
The GOP press has started to sharpen its knives
for the Morse barbecue.
Not only have they announced receipt of "The
Documented Record of Senator Wayne Morse," which
the always reliable Eugene Register Guard declares
"weighs 2iy ounces, contains 226 pages and is bound
in a glowing red with black lettering," but several of
them have already revived and brushed off that pri
mary alarm clock for sleeping Democrats of Oregon,
to-wit: That they have no
return Oregon s senior senator to Washington that he
won t desert them and go
A LL OF WHICH indicates a certain mood of fear
and desperation.
The Grand Old Party
fearful their well-laid and richly financed plans to
kick out Senator Morse and replace him with a tried
and true "vote er straight
tary of the Interior McKay,
their big guns early and
In golf it is called "pressing." Golfers who start in
"pressing" seldom win. Over-anxiety is the foe of
success !
AS FAR AS this "record" of our senior senator pre
pared bv his political enemies is concerned, we
have no doubt the "Old
out of it. They not only oppose Morse they hate mm.
But we seriously doubt it is going to make many votes.
For the people who have not already made up their
minds regarding this senatorial contest and they in
all probability will decide it will look up Senator
Morse's two-term record for themselves, not let either
his foes or his friends, do the job for them.
And they will decide whether that is a record of
which they approve or disapprove, and whether it rep
resents the sort of fearless and intelligently progress
ive record they wish continued or discontinued.
No matter how damaging or expensive the anti
Morse propaganda ever may be, they will go back to
the facts and the facts not only concerning Senator
Morse, but even more important, the facts concerning
his opponent.
AS TO THIS effort to alienate Democratic votes,
by stressing the party-loyalty issue,, this is one
of those talking-points so dear to the hearts of certain
politicians, which listens well but "butters no parsnips."
The trouble is, no one
who advance it.
The facts of the Morse record demonstrate, as
clearly as anything in politics can be that Wayne
Morse left the Republican party for the same reason
that President Eisenhower CONSIDERED leaving it
and forming a third party, namely: because he lost
faith in its principles and its leadership. "Ike" decided
to stay in the party and try to change that old guard
leadership. Morse, who was in no position to change
the leadership, decided to go the whole hog, get out
and fight it.
IN SPITE! OF the cynics and the 100 partisans
this was a perfect example of placing principle
above partisanship.
Naturally, this action was regarded as an "unfor
givable sin" by the 100 partisan Republicans, and
just as naturally it was regarded as a complimentary
move and a courageous one by the Democrats.
But the members of both parties who really know
Wayne Morse know this: that so long as he remains
in public life, no matter what the party label may be,
he will stick to what he believes to be RIGHT at any
given time best for his state and for his country, let
ing the chips of party devotion fall where they may.
If this be treason then let his enemies make the
most of it which, of course, they will, and are doing.
Our senior senator places principle first and he
places his conscience and his independence and free
dom of action, a close second.
There he is. And back in
is his record.
We don't believe the voters of Oregon, regardless
of party, need any ponderous volume bound in red and
black, and prepared by his enemies to convince them
whether they want a person of the Morse type and
with that kind of independent record to continue to
represent the state of Oregon in Washington or wish
to have it terminated.
It will be for them to decide. R. W. R.
Editorial Comment
MORSE'S BATTLE
Anyone who doubts the in
terest of the Oregon Republican
organization in the defeat of
Senator Wayne Morse in Nov
ember ought to get hold of a
copy of a book just issued by the
party.
Entitled "The Documented
Record of Senator Wayne
Morse," the book could be dam
aging to Morse's hopes for re
election. (Incidentally, the book is
bound in red. Wonder if there's
any significance in that?)
The people who got the book
together did. have a litUe sense
of humor, even though much of
the project is carried out with
the fervor of an evangelist try
ing to save a sinner.
The opening page carries the
following statement:
"This lean man with the
swarthy mustache and lantern
jaw has reduced to an exact
science the technique of leading
a political double life. No Pari
sian roue ever dashed more ex
pertly between boudoir and
counting house than does Wayne
Sunday, July IS, 1956
Vadis"
assurance, if they should
back to the Republicans !
in Oregon is apparently so
Republican like ex-becre
they are opening fire with
we fear overdoing it a bit.
Guard" will get a big bang
believes it including tnose
Washington in the senate
Morse between the dinners of
the ADA and the annual ban
quets of the West Coast Lumb
ermen's Association." Senator
Richard L. Neubergerjn Fron
tier magazine.
Now we'U wait for Senator
Morse to put out a book, the
"Record of Wayne L. Morse."
Presumably he'll have a sense
of humor too. Perhaps he can
dig up some quotes himself. Like
some from prominent Republi
cans urging the election of
Wayne Morse in 1944 and 1950.
Bend Bulletin.
Concert of Church
Music Scheduled Here
The Concordia Seminary quar
tet of St. Louis, Mo., will pre
sent a concert of sacred Luther
an church music at St. Peter's
Lutheran church, 1020 East Main
st., Medford, starting at 8 p.m.
Wednesday, July 18.
The concert is one of several
which are being given by the
quartet throughout the country.
This is the first tour of the Pa
cific coast the quartet has taken.
Today and
By Walter
THE QUESTION OF HEALTH
The decision, which the Presi
dent made known to the Con
gressional leaders on Tuesday,
was taken, it
would appear,
1 m m e d lately
after his oper
ation as soon
as his doctors
were satisfied
that the opera
tion had been
successful and
that they could
expect a good
Walter Lippmann
and reasonably rapid recovery.
The decision taken then was
to consider that this second ill
ness was accidental and inciden
tal. It was not only unrelated to
the heart attack. Not only had it
no negative bearing on his gen
eral fitness. It was even likely
to make him more fit by correct
ing a chronic ailment.
This was the picture given to
the country at the press confer
ence held by Mr. Hagerty and
the doctors a few days after the
operation. It was followed by a
pause of a few weeks while the
good recovery the doctors proph
cied was being confirmed.
On Tuesday, feeling much re
covered, the President told the
Congressional leaders that he
had not had to make a new de
cision about running again. He
faced the issue last winter after
his first illness, which did real
ly raise the question of his fit
ness. He had not had to face the
issue again because his ileitis
and his operation, now that he
was feeling himself again, , did
not affect his general health.
'THE President will have no 11-
lusion about whether his
health is going to be an issue in
the coming campaign. There
may be all sorts of views as to
whether,, and to how, the Demo
crats can legitimately raise the
issue. But it is the kind of issue
which is already in people's
minds. It will be talked about
privately, whatever the politi
cians say publicly. It is in the
nature of things the paramount
issue.
Who is in fact likely to exer
cise the powers of the Presiden
cy during the next four years
the President in the full vigor of
his capacity, the President hav
ing to spare himself and to de
pend on his staff, or the Vice
President?
The discussion of these things-
Matter of Fact by
THE HISTORICAL EVENT
AT GLATFELTER HALL
Gettysburg There occurred
here this week an event as his
toric in its way as the battle
which
G e 1 1 ysburg's
chief industry.
The event
didn't look his
toric, because
it was care
fully planned
not to. Even
so, it is worth
5k
recaUing what
Stewart AJson
happened, as
it appeared through the eyes of
mis reporter, wno was present
ay cnance, wnen it was an
nounced that Dwight D. Eisen
hower would again be a candi
date for the presidency.
The whole thing was rather
like a brief, three-scene nlav,
But it was different from most
plays, in that every effort was
made to make sure that its
drama would seem undramatic,
ana its climax anti-climatic.
QCENE one was the arrival of
the President to confer with
the Republican Congressional
leaders. The place chosen for
tne meeting was Glatfelter Hall,
a gingerbread Victorian build
ing on a local college campus. As
a small crowd of onlookers
watched, the President stepped
rrom his limousine, waved his
familiar brown felt hat, and
grinned his familiar grin.
He was visibly thinner, and as
one on-looker whispered, "You
can see he's been through some
thing. But his color was ruddy,
and his whole manner as cheer
ful and casual as his tweedy,
country squire attire. He step
ped into Glatfelter Hall, and
that was the end of scene one.
QJCENE two was the reappear
& ance of the President, this
time with the Congressional
Leaders (who crowded hunerily
close to him, for the benefit of
the cameras) on the steps of
Glatfelter Hall. Still cheerful,
still casual (but was he not a
little pale?) the President waved
his hat again, grinned again,
laughingly refused a boy's re
quest for an autograph, climbed
carefully into- the limousine and
disappeared from public view.
Scene three took place in the
sparsely furnished office of the
college president, occupied by a
dozen or so reporters, looking
professionally bored, and the
Congressional leaders, looking
smug. In his inimitably earnest
manner, Senate Minority Leader
Knowland ticked off a whole
roster of legislation which the
President still hoped . to get
through Congress.
At last, there cam the anti-
Tomorrow
Lippmann
is a horrid duty. But It is a duty
imposed upon public men and
upon the press by the Presi
dent's decision to seek another
term, despite his age and his se
rious illnesses. To refrain from
the discussion, not to try to in
form the public and to lead it
and to enlighten it, would be to
engage in a sentimental conspir
acy of silence. It would be to at
tempt to conduct a momentous
national election without talk
ing about the main issue which
is in everybody's mind. The re
sult would be to make the elec
tion turn on a vast whispering
campaign.
e
THE discussion will be a diffi-
- cult test of our taste and of
our common sense. No doubt,
the medical profession will be
heard from, not so much in pub-
lice pronouncements as in pri
vate by doctors talking to their
patients and their friends. But
there can be it is evident, no
such thing as an authoritative
and conclusive medical opinion.
For the question before the
American people is whether
General Eisenhower can be
counted upon to carry a burden
of stress and strain which can
not now be predicted and ap
praised. For nobody has a right
to count upon four long years in
which the President is under a
little stress and strain as has
been General Eisenhower since
his first illness last September.
The people will have to judge
the question of health by the
common sense they have acquir
ed by experience experience
from having known about the
older generation in their own
family and among their friends.
They will be asking themselves
and they will be asking each oth-
er whether it prudent to reelect
him, given the President's age
and his medical history and the
modest reserves of energy which
even before his illnesses, com
pelled him to work short hours.
There will, of course, be a
great division of opinion on
whether it is prudent to reelect
him, the Republicans rating the
risk as reasonably small, the
Democrats as very much larger.
Much will almost certainly de
pend on whether, once his con
valescence is concluded, the
President displays a convincing
vigor in the conduct of his office.
1956 New York Herald
Tribune, Inc.
Stewart Alsop
climatic climax in answer to
the inevitable question, Know
land announced the President's
intention to run. The wire serv
ice reporters rushed for the tele
phones, and so ended the historic
event at Glatfelter Hall.
TT WAS a brilliant performance
- in its way. The choice of the
locale, the occasion a routine
meeting with the Congressional
leaders the casual manner of
the participants, the fact that
Knowland rather than the Presi
dent himself made the announce
ment, all this was designed to
one end. It was designed to sug
gest that the President s second
illness had nothing in common
with his first; and that the deci
sion was not really a decision at
all, but a simple routine, and in
evitable re-affirmation of t
choice long since made.
Everything that went before
was also designed to take the
drama out of the three-scene
play at Glatfelter Hall. First,
there was the announcement that
Sherman Adams had discussed
the convention arrangements
with the President in the hospi
tal arrangements based square
ly on the assumption that the
President would run.
Then there were the broad
smiles of Press Secretary James
Hagerty, when he volunteered
that he had discussed politics
with the President. And there
was the announcement that the
President himself had persuaded
John Sherman Cooper to run
for the Senate in Kentucky, with
tne obvious implication that he
had promised Cooner that he
himself would run. And so on.
THE performance was not only
brilliantly planned and timed,
it was also entirely legitimate. In
the current session of Congress
the Administration has shrewdly
aborted every really major
Democratic vote-getting issue.
The Democrats are therefore
banking everything, or almost
everything, on the issue of the
President's health. Muting or
aborting the opposition's main
issue is a legitimate and neces-
s a r y practice in American
politics.
One further point is worth
noting. The details of the per
formance which culminated in
the carefully undramatic event
at Glatfelter HaU were no doubt
planned and arranged by Hag
erty and Adams. But they were
certainly approved by the Presi
dent, and the President certain
ly set the tone of the public
handling of his second illness.
This suggests as many shrewd
observers have been coming to
believe that the President has
the most faultless political in
itincU of bis generation. It also i
POTLUCK
(By M-T Staff and
Contributors)
A recent chamber of com
merce bulletin, which goes out
periodically to members, prais
ed the members of a commit
tee for "their fateful attend
ance" at breakfast meetings.
Dave Holmes sends us a little
publication which records the
fact that one food company is
conducting research to see
whether canned porcupine is
practical as a new food product.
"It is reasoned," the bulletin
says, "that since these animals
are frequently eaten, preparing
them for commerical canning
just might prove profitable."
We wish them success, but,
having talked to people who
have eaten porcupine meat
(usually just one bite), we
wouldn't bet a plugged nickel
on their chances.
Kiwanians (just kids at
heart) sometimes wear loud
shirts to their luncheon meet
ings. On one such recent oc
casion, several paraded wound
to display the colorful crea
tions they were wearing. Ray
Johnson, attired in a plain,
white shirt, joined them. But
he removed enough of his
shirt to display a bright pink
sunburn which he felt quali
fied him. (One Kiwanian ob
served that Ray "deserved a
pat on the back" for the
entry).
We know an eligible Miss who
lives alone (and claims she likes
it) in an apartment. She was.
therefore, astonished recently to
learn from a letter from her
insurance company that her
automobile liability insurance
premium rate was going to go
up because of the fact that there
was a man, aged under 25 years,
in her household. This may be
just a case of wishful thinking
either hers or the Insurance
company's.
A family dropped by Haw
thorne park last week, and a
strange bathtowel somehow.
soon thereafter, mysteriously
appeared on the blanket they
had spread. It was labelled,
too, not "His" or "Hers."
but "Mine." They waited In
vain for the owner to arrive
and claim it, and left it drap
ed on a handy bush when
they departed.
In a recent picture appearing
in an upstate paper we- saw
picture, taken at the "Governor':
Day" parade . of the National
Guard encampment, which show
ed the reviewing dignitaries
taking the salute of of the march-
ing-by Guardsmen. It was
study in contrasts.
Ed Geary, Klamath Falls,
speaker of the house of rep
resentatives and acting governor
that day, responded with right-
hand salute to the forehead
though dressed in civilian
clothes. A trio of uniformed
generals also gave military hand
to-rorehead salutes. Doug Mc
Kay, former governor, former
secretary of the interior and
former Army major, gave the
approved civilian salute, hat-
on-heart.
Secretary of State Earl New-
bry simply stood at business-
suit attention, as did State
Treasurer Sig Unander, a form
er lieutenant colonel.
That same family at Haw
thorne park had another mis
hap the same afternoon. The
underclothing of the type
usually 'called "unmention
able." worn by the little girl
in the party, somehow disap
peared and was nowhere to be
found. However, the searching
group did run across another
pair of the same sort of at
tire but not, it was reported,
nearly as pretty nor as dainty
nor in such good repair as
the missing pair, and not
nearly as clean. They left them
there, too.
Congressional
Quiz
(Copyright. 1958
Congressional Quarterly)
Q What nominee instituted
what has become a convention
tradition the acceptance
speech?
A Franklin Delano Roose
velt at the 1332 Democratic
convention. In his speech he
said, "The appearance before
a national convention of its
nominee for President, to be
formally notified of his selec
tion, is unprecedented and un
usual, but these are unprece
dented and unusual times. I
have started on the tasks that
lie ahead by breaking the
absurd traditions that the can
didate should remain in pro
fessed ignorance of what has
happened for weeks until he
is formally- notified of that
event many weeks later."
suggests that all his doubts are
stilled, and that he is not only
willing to run again, but very
eager to win.
Copyright 1S56, New York
Herald Tribune, Inc.
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not exceed 400 words.
Rheumatism and Diet
To the Editor: In October 1955
I suddenly realized that rheuma
tism was afflicting my left hip
and knee. It was a most discon
certing discovery for I had lived
a life free from pain. My obser
vation of rheumatics led me to
decide to endure the pain and
never resort to drugs and most
certainly not to cortisone for I
had seen its effects on others.
So I said nothing to any one
and continued in my accus
tomed way. But by March the
pain was so intense I could
scarcely climb the post office
steps nor conceal a limp as I
walked.
One day in March a friend
noticed my limp and immediate
ly asked what was the matter.
Upon being told she went home
and returned with a copy of
Arthritis and Common Sense
by Alexander. "Read this," she
said, "It may give you some
useful ideas. As I read I was
impresed by the writer's sin
cerity. He explained the cause of
rheumatism and gave detailed
dietary instructions including
the use of cod liver oil. After
reading the book I realizd that
my chief dietary sin had been
my use oi sugar, i naa Deen com
placent in regard to this for
it was about 50 pounds a year
the average per capita consump
tion for the country at large is
now lue pounds per year,
would have to add cod liver oil
and take it according to instruc
tions. No drugs were required,
the diet prescribed could not
hurt me so I decided to make
the necessary very minor dietary
changes and give his plan a fair
trial. To make a long story short,
it has worked. I am not free
from pain but I am better, and
at my age (73) that, is wonderful
Even if there is no further im
provement, I can live very hap
pily witn myself as I am now.
Two other improvements which
occurred were the disappear
ance of the muscular tension
which made writing difficult
and the scaly texture of the skin
which had' caused considerable
difficulty with skin cancers so
characteristic of old age.
This is very personal but it
has been written with the heart
felt desire that it may give ideas
to otners before it is too late.
Anna M. Streed,
36 North Peach st.,
Medford, Ore.
For Duncan and Boyer
. j.o ine Editor. .During a
political campaign '. there . are
many arguments as to why one
candidate is better qualified for
office than another. One being
tne question of age. Provided
health is not at issue; is this im
portant when each age group
(tne younger and the older) have
very definite assets the other
cannot attain? I believe after a
man has reached maturity, j he
may De juagea on nis own special
brand of abilities irregardless of
his age.
For the first time in many
years the voters of this district
have an opportunity to elect to
the State legislature, two vigor
ous, capable men whose abilities
are a matter of record in this
county. Bob Duncan and Bob
Boyer are experienced attorneys
trained in the Law and it's func
tions. Surely this training has
better qualified them to repre
sent us in our State Law-making
body than would be the training
Editorial Comment
SHORTER BALLOT
Oregon, in some ways the cra
dle of the "direct legislation"
procedures of initiative and ref
erendum, has used that device
for enacting and repealing .legis
lation with vigor and sometimes
with good result. But this year,
for a happy change, voters will
get some relief from the long
lists of "measures" that usually
appear on general election bal
lots.
Only one initiative measure
will appear. That will be a bill to
prohibit commercial fishing on
coastal streams south of the Co
lumbia river. Other attempts at
initiative measures (including
the infamous federal plan" for
rigging membership in the legis
lature) fell by the wayside for
lack of signatures on petitions.
Voters will also pass on six ref
erendum matters. One, the cigar
ette tax, was passed by the legis
lature and then suspended by the
petitions of citizens. And the le
gislature itself referred five mat
ters to the voters. These call for
enabling the legislature to place
an emergency clause on tax laws,
authorizing the state to receive
gifts of corporation stock, repeal
ing the constitutional provision
Which fixes the governor's salary
at $1,500 a year, doubling the
$600 annual salary of legislators,
and imposing qualifications on
candidates for county . coroner
and surveyor.
That's a total of seven meas
ures, far below the 1952 total of
18. The last general election
when Oregon voted on so few
measures was 1942 when seven
were put to the voters. To find
a year when fewer than seven
were presented at a general elec
tion we must go back to 1934
when there were only five.
Eugene Register-Guard.
Letters submitted for publication must
received for instance of semi
retired business men whom I'm
quite sure would never think of
trying a case in court.
This next session of the State
legislature is going to be verv
important due to the definite tax
problem that is facing us now.
We should have men represent
ing us that understand the legal
ities concerned, who will work
for the majority good in this
State, to give us an equitable tax
system. Bob Boyer and Bob Dun
can will do this because they
are both able and qualified to do
so.
Ken Corliss
1564 Myers Lane
Medford, Ore.
The Humane Society
To the Editor. Now that
we have a refinanced Humane
Society let us have a reorganized
one. The reason the Humane So
ciety receives so little support is
because it does not fulfill the
needs of our growing commun
ity. We need a humane officer.
free animal ambulance service.
free disposal of sick, crippled
and unwanted animals and the
kindred services generally of
fered by a humane society.
I have had my dogs at Mrs.
Richardson's kennels several
times and the place is generally
full and with the current rates
for boarders the organization
should be self-supporting. If the
Humane Society expects to feed
at the puf lie trough that is, the
U.M.C. it should publish a fin
ancial statement in regard to ex
penditures, salaries paid, etc. and
also what services it will render
the community. .
Elizabeth Adams
N. Pacific Highway
Medford, Ore.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Foreign financial note:
The French franc has dropped
to its lowest value in 32 months
following news that the French
government wants the American
equivalent of 480 million dollars
more revenue in the next 18
months to put down the Algerian
revolt.
The official rate is now 350
French francs for one U.S. dol
lar. On the black market (which,
on the basis of supply and de
mand, represents the true value)
the rate is 403 francs for a dol
lar. WHY is that interesting to us?
' Well, the reason for the
drop in the value of the franc
is that it looks like the French
government is eoine to snend a
lot more money that will have
to be borrowed. Borrowine a
lot more money (considering the
fact that France is already VERY
deep in debt) means thinning out
the value of the franc. Its effect
is the same as pouring water
into the milk.
The result of it will be more -
inflation, and Inflation means
that the money in the French
man's pocket will buy LESS of
the things he needs.
AGAIN
A Why is that interesting to
us?
TT'S like this:
If you have read the news
carefully, you must have noticed
that our present congress has
Deen a pretty heavy spender
and at the moment it looks like
it will spend considerably more
before it adjourns some two
weeks hence.
Our country is fairly deep in
debt although, of course, con
sidering our resources we are
not as deeply in debt as France.
But if we keep on spending at
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be more inflation.
And
The result of more inflation
will be that your money will
buy less.
TUT, you say, under inflation
our wages will keep going
up.
Sure they will. But prices will
also keep going up. As inflation
grows, the normal result is that
prices go up faster than wages.
Here's another thought:
We're all in these days more
or less looking forward to the
future when we'll retire on so
cial security or a pension or on
the interest from our savings,
or something of the sort. Most
of these expectations revolve
around a fixed sum per month
or per year.
These fixed sums won't go up
as inflation proceeds. That is to
say, when you retire the chances
are if inflation keeps on grow
ing your retirement income
won't buy enough to support you
in the style you now look for
ward to.
THE real point is that a ma--
jority of the members of our
congress believe that heavy
spending, with its inevitable ac
companiment of growing infla
tion, is POPULAR among the
voters..
If that is true, heavy govern
ment spending will continue as
long as the spenders keep on
getting elected. It will stop only
wnen (and if) the people begin
to VOTE AGAINST the spend
ers.
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