WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 14, 1960
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Rogue Basin Project
It is our pleasant task to report that things
are looking up for a succesful outcome, in rela
tively good time, to the long struggle for a bal
anced development of the Rogue River basin.
Henry Stewart, of the corps of Army engi
neers, and lravis Roberts, of the fish and wild
life service, were in town this week to confer
with groups interested in the project.
Stewart said he is "very optimistic," and Rob
erts only slightly less sanguine.
THE project has a long, long history. But now
for the first time, there is reason to be hopeful
that it actually will become a reality.
The key to this success is a 1958 law which
permits the fish and wildlife people to work in
closer cooperation than they could before with
dam-building agencies, and which permits fish
and wildlire benefits to be figured into the con
struction allocations of cost and water develop
ment projects.
As a result, both Stewart and Roberts agreed,
their two agencies have worked in close harmony
in developing plans for the long-sought project.
And it is looking as though the plans, when com
pleted and presented, will meet the approval of
virtually all interested groups.
IN 1948, approval of a Rogue River basin plan
bogged down when fish and recreation inter
ests objected to what they felt was undue empha
sis on power ana irrigation benefits or the pro
posals at that time.
Later, because there was little controversy
concerning it, the Talent proiect. actually a Dart
or the overall Kogue Basin project, was approved
ana is now near completion.
Ihe overall proiect, however, lay idle until
the floods of the winter of 1955-56 caused many
people living along the river to call for flood
control. And the newly elected congressman from
this district, Charles Porter, soon introduced a
bill for the Rogue project so that the necessary
studies by the agencies involved could begin.
Since then, progress has been somewhat
sporadic, but progress has been made particu
larly since the fish and wildlife service entered
fully into the planning phases.
THE engineers and the fish and wildlife service
haup hnnn pvfhano-inff cni'vot inf nmaf irm
each bit necessary to additional progress by the
other agency.
It now appears that this information exchange
will be completed shortly after the first of the
year, that the additional studies will be clone by
early summer, that a public hearing can be held
in Slimmpr or pavlv fall nnrl rhp final vonnrt nrvm-
From Arthur Perry's "Ye I ,.A :." T , ' .V r V, i-
Smudge Pot" column: "Out- l"cieu in tune lor sUDlTUSSlon 10 congress in ine
session 01 muz.
Exploratory drillings and seismic explorations
maicate tnat Dotn uie Liost creek and JlJk creek
sites will accommodate dams considerably hich-
er than originally contemplated. This will Drovide
for greater (and colder) water release, thus mak
ing the Rogue far more hospitable to fish.
Ana this, m turn, will make the fishery benefit
a positive asset to the project, rather than a bone
of contention and dissent.
Flight o' Time
Medford and Jjckjon County
Hlslory from the files of Th
Mail Trlbun 10. 20, 30.
and 50 vtars ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Dec. 14. 19S0 (Thunder)
The reactivation of Camp
White is under active consid
eration, it appeared today,
when two groups from the
corps of Army engineers were
reported visiting the area of
the WWII Army training installation.
20 YEARS AGO
Sac. 14. 1940 (Saturday)
The Southern Oregon col
lege and Medford High school
basketball teams both won
their ball games during a
dedication double-header ol
the new $20,000 Central Point
High school gymnasium last
night.
Dennis the Menace
M, y Q (ZD Q)0fl
' TrlOUSHT I'D START EARLY ON SOTE EAST&Z BOSS."
South Korea: Observer Finds Communist
Danger Side by Side With Friendliness
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Analyst
When student rioters top
pled the government of South
Korean President Syngman
m R h e e
last
spring, there
were several
mixed results
For one
thing, the
demonstrators
brought about
the downfall
of a govern
ment often
Newsom c o n d e mned
for having grown old and
corrupt.
But they also set a prece
dent of rule by riot, an instru
ment whereby a minority
could make violence an arm
of government.
This, in turn, opened a
natural avenue for Commu
nist infiltration into a land
whose people are proud of
their independence and whose
sentiments have a history of
anti-Communism.
... Communications ...
Litters to th Editor must btar in nam and address of - thai writer, although under
certain circumstances the us of a pen nam or initial for publication is nermissibl.
Th Mail Tribune reserves th right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and
condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters
printed in this column do not necessarily represent th views of the paper; in fact the
contrary is often the case.
door enthusiasts got enlhu
siastic last week and went
skating, and skiing. The cold
was biting, causing them to
hug the fire, and each other.
30 YEARS AGO
Dec. 14, 1930 (Sunday)
The Medford city council
will consider bids for the new
Cottage st. bridge when it
holds its regular meeting to
night. '
More than 30,000 Rogue val
ley turkeys have been shipped
to eastern markets so far this
season.
Recent rains have made the
Lake Creek rd. nearly im
passable. 40 YEARS AGO
Dec. 14, 1920 (Tuesday)
A punclurclcss tire demon
stration was held here yester
day; nails were driven into
tires of local residents cars
and the cars were then driven
to Ashland and back.
SO YEARS AGO
Dec. 14, 1910 (Wednesday)
The city council meet to
night to fix the city's 1011
tax levy which is expected to
be lower than last year's levy
of 17.1 mills.
What s Your I.Q.?
Nina or tan correct la luearUr;
iivon or alfhl Is antalltnt; five a
is Is good.
1. What is the largest coun-
try, according to area, in the
Western Hemisphere?
2. What type of Joint is the
knee Joint?
3. How many degrees is (lie
equator from each of the
poles?
4. Name three of the four
prominent European moun
tain chains.
5. Rome is credited with
several contributions to mod
em times; can you name
those three which are con
sidered the greatest?
6. Stars seem to give off
three colors: yellow, red, and
blue-white; list these In order
of heat.
7. Federal Trade Commis
sion, Interstate Commerce
Commission and National La
bor Relations Board as known
as what type of agency?
8. Name th capital of Mis
souri. 9. Who was the first Post
master General under Frank
lin D. Roosevelt?
10. Is the spoils system com
monly connected with govern
ment, preparation of mold
drugs, or processing of mash
for alcoholic beverages?
Answers. 7. Canada. 2.
Hing Joint. 3. Ninety. 4.
Alps, Apennines, Pyranaas,
Urals. 5. Laws, roads and gov
ernment. 6. BIu-whit, yal
low, rod. 7. Regulatory, t, Jtf.
(arson City. 9. Jamas A. Far
ly. 10. Government (hiring).
THE Copper damsite on the Applegate already
IS nlinrnvprl VinlVl tVla pnrrivmm-G mvi4 flio fioVi
and wildlife service. If necessary, an additional
dam on McNeil creek could be added to bring
water now up to tne neeaeel minimums.
When these final question marks are erased
and the answers determined over the next few
months, it is hoped and Stewart, we repeat, is
optimistic that a report deserving the support
ui an interests win De presented.
ine project, it present indications are true
will generate power, provide added irrigation
water for now-dry lands, do much to control the
worst of the flooding which sporadically endang
er lives and nronertv alone- the middle river, male
possible higher and colder river flow during sum
mer months to the benefit of the fish, provide ad
ded aquatic sports facilities and other recreation
al benefits and all without materially damaging
any anigte group at interest.
fF COURSE, even with such a glowing report.
w completion of such a huge project costing
muoaoiy m tne nunareas 01 millions or dollars
is some time in the future.
If it can be authorized by the 1962 Congress,
it wouia presumably receive the first appropria
tions in 1963, with construction not to start unti
late that year or in the sprinrr of 1964. And. m-e
sumably, it would not be built all at once, but
one unit at a time. It could take 10 or more years
to see substantial completion.
But this is pure speculation. The thing of im
mediate importance is that the outlook for a cood
icpuii i optimistic. Ana, alter ail tne unproduc
tive disputes in the past, this is good news suf
ficient unto the day.
WITH all this in mind, we see no reason for
anr nnnnoitl.tti I,-. Ilm A fn 1
"j vjyjwi mm iu me rvj;uv.c uctiit aiiu reser
voir uroiect. a relntivolv small f$i snn nnn
posaf of immediate benefit to a sizeable nnrrinn
of the valley, which is ready for submission to
congress next month.
It has no opposition, except from those who
have thought it mitrht nose a threat to annrnvnl
of the bigger, more important Rogue Basin project.
Such fears, we believe, are nnfniinrWl nnrl tho
discussions with Mr. Stewart and Mr. Roberts
tend to corroborate this imnression.
In any event, we are far closer today to gen
eral agreement and support on the Rogue River
Basin development project than ever before. And
this must be classtTl as good news. E.A.
EDITOR'S NOTE:
A communication which
appeared on this pag last
Nov. 24, in which certain
criticisms of the Camp
Whit Domiciliary war
voiced, apparently was a
forgery and a hoax.
Th letter was contained
in an American Legion n
valop and bora a Port
land postmark. It was
signed "T. B. Wilcox Jr.,"
with a Portland address ap
pended. It was accepted and
printed, in good faith, by
th Mail Tribune.
Subsequently, however, It
was learned that Mr, Wil
cox was not th author of
th lotlar, and strongly dis
claims th views set forth
therein.
This abuse of the commu
nications column is deeply
resented by the Mail Tri
bune, and w also extend
our apologies to Mr. Wilcox.
Happy New Year
To the Editor; This may be
ine wrong season to bring up
question or nils kind, but
wnen u m is great democracy,
1 mean the one I twice foucht
to save, going to Drove tn mi
at least, that it has been
saved?
When are we noine to fpll
our former ally, Russia, who
owes us about a billion dol
lars in lend lease and refuses
to pay a dime, where to get
Instead we meeklv llcion
to threats and ultimatums
"get out or else." Are wr
afraid? Should we wait until
she lines up the rest nf Smith
America before we assert our
selves? I only know what I read in
the papers, but if I am to
believe one half of what I
read, we are in a real predica
ment with Castro. Niklta sure
has a long arm. Once the U.S.
was friendly toward Castro.
He then slapped our face and
we meekly turned the other
cheek. We then received a
real boot in the pants.
Machinery and parts which
were banned for shipment to
Cuba are being sent by our
friendly neighbor, Canada, to
Castro. No protest is being
heard from the companies
who manufacture these ma
chines and parts, because sub
sidiaries in Canada now do
the exporting of these items.
The American companies can
also export these items to
Canada for trans-shioment In
i-asiro. Nice going, eh?
The world has been saved
for democracy!
Happy New Year,
Malcmute Slim,
White City, Ore.
American Eagl
lo the Editor: After read
ing a letter in Monday's Mail
Tribune by David P. Dyer of
Shady Cove, we note that the
subject matter of Lynn M.
watkins article was the
American Bald Eagle - not
gold eagle.
The bald eagle's habitat
seems to be more confined to
the plains sections of the U.S.,
from the Rocky mountains
eastward. We do recall see
ing one golden eagle in the
midwest that had been re
leased from entanglement in
an osage hedge thicket. A
short time after that the cap
tured eagle. served as mascot
in a Fourth of July parade.
A peculiar habit is told
about the young fledgling
eaglets. When the mother
bird thinks it time for the
young to take off on their
own power, she begins to
dismantle the nest by remov
ing one twig at a time until
all vestige is gone, then per
hape flys away with the young
one on her back and suddenly
shakes off her cargo to take
wing on their own, but always
guarded closely by the parent
bird until fully able to pilot
tnemselves safely.
All honor to the great U.S.
emblem - the American eagle.
Bert Kissinger
520 Boardman st.
Medford.
Sam Ting
To the Editor: The morning
Oregonian says; "It ain't a re
cession, it's a high level stagnation."
Ve got der same ting in
Bear Creek.
Everett Acklin,
Ashland, Ore.
Th Arizona Memorial
To the Editor: This letter is
directed to Ella H. Fitzsim-
mons and anyone else who
seems to misunderstand the
purpose of the Battleship
Arizona Memorial.
My father was stationed
aboard this ship for 15 years
prior to the bombing at Pearl
Harbor and I myself have
been aboard it when the Pa
cific Fleet was anchored at
ban Diego. So it is only na
tural that it is a subject dear
10 my neart.
The money for this memo
rial is coming from donations
and to think that the 1,100
men whose bodies are en
tombed in the wreckage are
not entitled to a marker on
their grave is narrow minded
indeed.
Also, mis memorial is in
tended to be a reminder to
the American public that the
U.S.A. must never let itself
be caught with its defenses so
low as they were Dec. 7. 1941
in my opinion, to sav that
this is a waste of money, as
Mrs. Fitzsimmona did in her
letter to the editor, is to say
inai u is a waste ol money to
donate to the March of Dimes
unless you have had polio.
Valerie M. Wmningham,
Route 1, Box 81,
Jacksonville, Ore.
Th Invadars
To the Editor:
Our home has been invaded
But not by men from Mars,
J hey never wear a uniform
Not even any stars.
They creep along all in the
dark,
The light they try to shun
And when I get my hands
on mem
I kill them - every one.
They crawl around in all
the drawers,
In boxes they delight.
I have to keep the jars of
juice
Completely out of sight,
Those ants - they are so
pesky.
They'd better stay away,
Or just an empty ant hill
win men be found some
day.
Mrs. Delbcrt Casey
Route 1, Box 358
Central Point, Ore.
Reading and Dancing
To the Editor: Is it Dossiblc.
can it be true, because these
ladies from T I g a r d care
enough about their children
and the quality of books their
tax dollars are buying, you,
Mr. Editor, have the nerve to
call them blue-nosed busv-
bodics?
Because you, Mr. Editor,
have read the ninth grade
English book and did not find
if objectionable does not prove
14 year old will not be in
fluenced by this same book.
In view of the statement vou
made, quote, "This is mild as
milk toast compared to some
of the stuff we and our con
temporaries used to read," un
quote, I can well believe you
wouldn't find anything to ob
ject to.
I also disagree with your
statement quote "When you
look for dirt you can find it."
Some dirt is so subtle it can
be very easily hidden if scat
tered about in different ave
nues of our daily life.
Medford's ninth grade Eng
lish book contains the follow
ing, quote:
"The new pink shirtwaist
which she wore made her
cheeks look so like ripe peach
es, that for a forgetful instant,
he anticipated with satisfac
tion the kisses he would pres
ently press upon their downy
softness.
I'm not overjoyed at find
ing a story with this in it re
quired reading for our 14 year
old, I'm not happy with mixed
dancing taught in P.E. class,
starting in grade school and
encouraged through school.
Of course you may be excused
to go to the library. Since
when is mixed dancing part of
physical education? Many
mothers feel the same, but we
are not as brave as our Tigard
cohorts, as yet, and are silent.
No one likes ridicule. If the
time has arrived to be count
ed, though, we stand beside
these wonderful (quote) blue
nose Americans.
Mrs. W. W. Brawn
507 Kenwood ave.
Medford
Dr. Dorothy Frost of the
American-Korean Foundation
is a trained American observ
er just back from a Korean
tour sponsored jointly by the
U. S. State Department and
the United Nations.
The thing that gave her the
most concern?
"The new Communist dan
ger." Dr. Frost is a smiling wom
an with the beginnings of
gray in her dark hair. In her
tidy, picture-lined office near
New York's East river, she
warms to her subject quickly.
She witnessesd a meeting
of the United Nations and
Communist truce teams at
Panmunjom and saw and felt
the hatred flowing back and
forth across the conference
table.
Rioters in Streets
In Seoul, she saw student
rioters take to the streets
against the new government
of Premier John M. Chang.
"The students regard them
selves as the conscience of
government," she said.
Some of their leaders are
not students, but professional
agitators. Some, when arrest
ed, proved to have "addresses
unknown." They are the Com
munists. ' Helping the Red agitation
is poverty and unemployment
which leaves two million of
Korea's 21 million population
without jobs in a nation
where practically everyone
except infants work. Youths
with idle hands are turned
easily to destructive purposes.
South Korea's new budget
calls for expenditure of
around $500 million, of which
about half will come from the
United States. Dr. Frost in
sists that the money is being
welt-spent.
Earthan Dam
In a valley devastated by
war, she saw an earthen dam
built painstakingly by hand
by the Koreans. It lasted only
until the first spring floods
because the Koreans had no
concrete.
She saw a village where the
people, with an old generator
and waterwheel, built their
own rice mill. With its pro
ceeds, they built a brick kiln
and their own church and
their own school.
She saw new buses in ths
streets of Seoul whose sides
were built from pounded-out
gasoline drums.
Korea, she says, is an im
portant piece of real estate.
It also is filled with people
who want it to be friendly to
the United States.
Cabinet Members Sometimes
Clue to President's Strength
By LYLE C. WILSON
Washington-IUPIl-Would you
believe that the cabinet of a
president of the United States
is not a con-
s t i t u t I o n-
al body? Be
lieve it or not
that is the
fact.
Neither i s
the cabinet
unconstitutional
There is, of
course, a dif
ference. The Constitution pro
vided only that each executive
department should have a
principal officer and, further,
that the president may ac
quire of such an officer opin
ions in writing.
These principal officers, as
a group, came to be know as
the president's cabinet and to
function as such. The stipula
tion of the Constitution does
not authorize a principal of-ficer-or
cabinet member-to
offer an opinions on his own.
That is to say that the Con
stitution deliberately avoided
creating an advisory group of
any kind to limit or otherwise
to influence a president's
judgment. James Norton's
"Constitution of the United
States" explains in a footnote
that:
Convention Refusal
"At least twice the consti
tutional convention refused to
hamper the president with an
Visiting Englishman
Punctures Balloons
Of Common Beliefs
Aft
By DICK WEST
Washington tUPIt There Is
an Englishman now floating
around this country who is
really a cau
tion. This
bloke, who
travels under
the improb
able name of
Malcolm Mug
geridge, spe
cializes in har
poon i n g sa
cred cows. He
is, to draw a
rather far-fetched comparison,
a sort of literary Mort Sahl.
Muggeridge functioned for
a number of years a editor of
Punch," an English-language
magazine aimed at the car
riage trade and noted, among
other things, for the pugency
of its cartoons.
There are some who say
that "Punch" has an Ameri
can counterpart in the "New
Yorker ' magazine. But from
limited observation, I would
say, it could better be des
cribed as a sexless "Playboy."
At any rate, few British in
stitutions, including the royal
family, have escaped being
festooned with the brimstone
of Muggeridge's tongue and
pen. This makes him a rather
unusual U.S. visitor.
Works A Switch
The normal run of English
authors and lecturers who
come here to disgorge enlight-
ment and, incidentally, to salt
away few shillings in fees and
royalties, can hardly wait un
til they get back home so they
can regale with tales of our
mercenary and bumptious be
haviour.
Muggeridge, however,
works a switch. No sooner is
he on our shores than he starts
to harpoon the shibboleths of
his own countrymen. This na-
urally is confusing to us
Americans.
For instance, he told a col
lege audience in South Caro
lina recently that Sir Winston
Churchill, whose books are
best sellers in America, is a
very bad writer" with a
prose style that is "the worst
penned by man."
To our cars, this sounds
heretical, if not downright
treasonable. It's like someone
saying that President Eisen
hower is a poor golfer. If,
however, we can withstand
advisory council which might
influence his conclusions. In
colonial times the royal gov
ernor had a council with con
siderable power. But, in the
course of events there has
grown up a cabinet somewhat
resembling the council which
the convention rejected."
Thomas Jefferson, the third
president, called in his cab
inet meetings for votes and
counted his own vote as one
with the others. Jefferson,
however, held that he had the
right to independent action.
Other presidents have avoid
ed consultation with their cab
inets on certain policies. Nor
ton cites Lincoln's action in
writing the emancipation
proclamation without prior
consultation with his cabinet
although he read it at a cab
inet meeting and invited sug
gestions. The constitutional point
with respect to the cabinet is
this, as stated by Norton: "It
is not a constitutional body
and the president is in no way
bound by the opinion of his
cabinet nor is he obliged to
consult it at all."
Strong vs. Weak
So, the concept of the cab
inet just grew, like Topsy.
It has grown a lot. Strong
presidents are likely to have
weak cabinets. Put another
way, a strong, aggressive
president overshadows his
cabinet individually and col
lectively. The cabinet of a
weak president is likely to ap
pear to be strong by contrast,
It is because there is no
fixed constitutional relation
ship between the modern cab
inet and the president that so
much interest attaches to the
principal departmental offi
cers now being assembled by
President-elect John F. Ken
nedy. Once they all are known
it may be possible to judga
whether the president-elect in
tends to make all of the policy
decisions, some of them or,
which is not remotely likely,
none of them.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
the shock long enough to ana
lyze the statement, we can
see that Muggeridge was only
pulling our leg.
Shakespeare "Worst Writr"
I'll admit the fact that the
1953 Nobel Prize for Litera
ture that Churchill won could
even be charged against him.
Considered alone, this might
give some weight to Mugger
idge's indictment. But in Sir
Winston's favor is the fact
that, at least in the editions I
have examined, he has not yet
been enshrined in Bartlett's
"Familiar Quotations." If
Churchill were such a bad
writer, the publishers of Bart
lett's would surely have recog
nized it by now.
The only Churchill thus
honored so far is Charles
Churchill, who immortalized
himself by writing, "Be Eng
land what she will, with all
her faults, she is my country
still."
I wonder what Muggeridge
would have to say about that.
At any rate, it's obvious
that our English visitor was
just being facetious in tweak-
T i ii, ""'"j wnier. oucn a tribute can
?i . o J K""w.,nal ne Knows only be properly bestowed on
that Churchill isn't the worst William Shakespeare.
An old story with a happy
ending:
Away back tn 1931, a Los
Angeles couple got scared of
the banks and hid their sav
ings in the mattress. During
the scary days of 1932 and
1933, they continued to park
their savings in the mattress.
The habit grew on them, and
they kept it up.
Then
The other morning
They forgot to turn off the
heating pad when they got
up and the mattress CAUGHT
FIRE. They were lucky. They
retrieved the money before
the smoldering fire got to it.
rOMMENT?
Well, this would be a
good time for them to read
again the 25th chapter of
Matthew, in which the Para
ble of the Talents is related.
As Matthew tells it, a man
was traveling to a far coun
try, so he called In his serv
ants and delivered to them
his goods. To one, he gave
five talents. To another, he
gave two talents. To the third
he gave one talent.
When he returned, he call
ed in the three servants for
an accounting. Hie servant
who had received five talents
reported that he had put them
to good use and had gained
five other talents. The serv
ant who had received two
talents reported that he also
had put them to good use and
had gained two other talents.
The servant who had re
ceived one talent reported
that he had got scared and
had buried his talent in tha
ground, in order to keep it
safe..
Try and Stop Me
By BENNETT CERF
AS MATTHEW tells it, the
master said to the two
servants who had doubled the
number of talents entrusted
to them: "Well done, thou
good and faithful servant;
thou hast been faithful over
a few things, I will make
thee ruler over many things;
enter thou into the joy of the
lord."
But
To the servant who had
buried his talent in the
ground, he said: "Thou wick
ed and slothful servant, thou
knowest that I reap where
I sowed not and gather where
I have not strawed. Thou
oughtest therefore to have put
my money to the exchangers,
and then at my coming I
should have received mine
own with usury. Take there
fore the talent FROM him
and give it unto him which
hath ten talents."
TT WAS to the Parable of
1 the Talents that David
Noyes Westcott was referring
when he put into the mouth
of his salty New England
character David Harum these
words:
"There ain't nothin' truer
in the Bible than that sayin'
thet them that has gits."
A MAN HOME from his first European vacation Paris,
Rome, and London in nine days boasted to his bar
mates, "And plus everything else, I learned to speak French.
.cfc a iiuu ui una; ol,
Signor!" "You stupid
cluck," jeered a friend.
"That's not French, that's
Italian." "What do you
k n o w," marveled the
tourist. "You mean I can
speak Italian too?"
The first time Toots Shor
ever played an 18 hoi
round of golf he made a
211 (with several conceded
putts). On th eighteenth
green he asked his com
panion, Jackie Gleason,
"What do you think I
CI, SI, SIGNOR
should giv th caddie?" Cleajon tuggeated, "Your clubs"
Chet Osborne defines an osteopath as "someon who rubs you
th right way." a diner aa a "chew-chew car," and a lipstick u
"something that gives a new tang to an old paatlme." I
0 1M0. r Buaatl Cart. Oiitrlbutri fcau rnturtj UiiiliiL.
AS WESTCOTT'S wise
fraplrincr Won 4a4np n,if .
it, it sounds rather cvnical.
But, really, it isn't.
Money that is buried in the
ground (or hidden in a matt
ress) docs nobody any good
WHILE IT IS HIDDEN. Mon-
ey that is deposited in tha
savings department of a bank,
or in a savings and loan in
stitution, or into life insur
ance, or invested in shares of
stock of a sound and progres
s i v e industrial corporation
goes on working day and
night.
Not only for its owner. For
what we call the ECONOMY. .
It is out of SAVINGS, for
example, that NEW HOMES .
are financed. There has been
a lot of talk lately - especial- '.
ly among our "liberal" poli- .
ticians - about TIGHT mon
ey. Why is money tight -".
when it is tight? It because
not enough money is being
SAVED UP and put to use.
TT IS a truism of our econ
1 omy that before a dollar
can be loaned a dollar must
be SAVED. Our "liberal" pol
iticians contend that govern
ment ought to "make money
abundant." When government
starts in to make money abun
dant, it usually starts the
print ing presses. Printing
press money is funny money.
In the long run. funnv money
does more harm than good.
Those who save their mon
ey and put It to work are the
real builders of our economy.
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