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weden Said Operating Capitalistic Society in Welfare State
By ARXE BJOHKIX'ND
I'nited Press International
STOCKHOLM (UPI)-Swwlen.
the "great neutral" of Europe.
operates a capitalistic society
in a welfare state and Swedes
enjoy one of the highest stand
ards of living in the world.
The country has not been en
gaged in a major war for al-
most 150 years. It most notably free enterprise one and more of 67 and at the same age every j
stayed out of both world wars in tnan 90 Per cent of ind"s"'' antt man or woman wh has held a i
square miles in wnien live
slightly more than 7 million peo-
mI 1nra th:in hylf the lumntH.
major exports, and in more re- In labor relations Sweden has which represented a climb from
cent years Swedish glass aill set standards much of the civil-1 1959 of more than 2,000 crowns
furniture. ized world has tried to copy. The $400. Wages have climbed again
' last Tiajor labor strife in Sweden since.
WKATIIKR ltl'HEAU BEAMS i took pa(.e shortv aftcr World' Sweden is a constitutional
ALBANY, N Y. (UPI) The ! War II. It was Communist-led ! monarchy with a government
this centurv. Swedes are aut to " J"- '"V'"
s century. Swedes are apt to rulrat(w1 , a, npnsiun ba'sed on earnincs. ': tion lives in the country's cities.
be a little touchy about their ' . The "working pension" is paid ' Stockholm, a city of modernistic
which thev main- Firn,.v K'tali'Uhed
neutralism wnicn tney main- -' bv emulovers. business and apartment Duild-
tain is strictly a military one. In this framework of democ
The country's" political svmpa- racy, the welfare state has be-!
In Europe, onlv France. Spain i '"Rs. is the capital. More than
i ik. uccB i.r... mi i l.l'25.l)O0 oersons live in Stock-
normally staid U.S.
Weather I and resulted in a major delcat similar to Britain s. its rung is
tnies lie squarely witn tne west, come iirmry esiauusm-u. e!.h countlv covers 17VI78 hulm an Its environs.
To the Swede, there is also a state takes care of the unem-1 t : , ,
wide misunderstanding of the ployed, the sick, the disabled' ., Hisnost Mandard
country's "socialism." It is not and mentally ill; health inusr-' I'AI'KKh PL III IIAM-.n , industry, enterprise and imi-
bureau nere entnusea over melh , . ,w voice in 1 Sweden there is discussion of
brightness and position of the I Swedish labor unions. ) whether the monarchy should be
moon Wednesday night sent the j ... . ... ' abolished. The King is in his (list
A1CTIC Citctl
a sncialistir slate in the accent- ante is compulsory for every BUiafc, toano iliii I in
ural resources have aiven Swe- fn,,wim. nnto n its leleiviie ! ' year and the Crown Prince. Carl
ed term. Sweden has been gov- citizen and includes maternity cnase oi me doisc morning ana don Europe s highest standard .:,.. I SKiuca woiKers are wen pair, uustai. is not yet lit. proponents
lerned since 1M2 except for an benefits. There are state allow- evening newspapers by heder- cf living. Swedish steel, ball. ' . . in all forms of enterprise. The of doing away with the mnn-
: all-party wartime coalition by , ances for all children under 16 ated Publications of Battle bearings, pneumatic drills, guns I lu'' evoiyone ... iook aiCoumry's average national in-1 archy have argued that upon the
a labor majority government, years of age: all Swedes get a Creek, Mich., has been announc- j and matches have for many that moon ... to the east ... j come in the last year reported, King's death the succession
But the economy is largely a government pension at the age ed by James Brown, publisher, years been among the nation's 1 wowee." '19U1, was 10,919 crowns $2, ISO could be done away with.
F NORTH jj ftfS S
CHEAT MXTHAl.'-Sweden, shown in this map. is known as
the "great neutral" of Europe. Swedes enjoy one of the highest
standards of living in the world. The country has not been engaged
in a major war for almost 150 years. (UPI)
"eick -we: st
Gclfing Farmers
May Break 'Parity'
Bv DICK WEST ; the fairways. This created some
WASHINGTON (UPI ) Back rather unusual hazards,
in the days before Arnold Palm- It was customary for golfers
er was invented, people in rural playing that course to carry
areas used to ridicule the game three woods, nine irons, one put
of golf by calling it "pasture ter and a shovel,
pool." Times do change, however.
This rude jost was particular-' and I gather that golf has now
ly meaningful to the golfers in i become a popular bucolic pas
time. I gather this from a
press release reporting that
the Agriculture Department in
the past nine months has '
granted 20 loans totaling Sl.ollO
million to build golf courses
for farmers.
At first, this information rath
er startled me. But upon second
thought I could see that it was
a logical extension of the federal
farm programs of the past few
decades.
I mean, if the government is
going to pay farmers for not
growing crops, it seems only
fair that they should have a
place to spend the time they
save not growing them.
And what better place than a
golf course? Instead of plowing
the "back forty," they can try
to shoot 40 on the back nine.
Some golfers, of course, play
better than other golfers. These
differences presently are adjust
ed by a system of handicaps
my home town in Texas because
the course they played on actu
ally was an old pasture.
Being unable to afford a
groundskceper. they used to let
the cows graze on the links to
keep down the jimson weeds on
Crater Logging Bids
High for Timber
Crater Logging company.
Prospect, was high bidder re
cently for 1.010.000 board feet
of national forest timber in the
Minnehaha Blowdown area. Un
ion Creek Ranger district, Rogue
River National forest.
Forest Supervisor, C. E.
Brown said the high bid totaled
S12.248.50. compared with the
forest service appraised price
of $11,916, an increase of ,1 per
cent.
Next high bidder in the oral
auction was Kogap Manufactur-; Bu( j( go) has Decome a part of
ing company ui niuuiuiu. tne fa,.m program, 1 assume
that the handicap system will
be replaced by a system of sub
sidies. Instead of paying a fine,
farmers who exceed their !
acreage allotments will re
ceive a two-stroke penalty.
After a day on the links, they
Timber in the unit consisted
of 150.000 board feet of Douglas
fir bid at S2(i per thousand board
feet: 250.000 board feet of west
ern white pine, pondcrosa pine,
and sugar pine bid at S12.50 per
thousand board feet; 160.000
board feet of Shasta red fir bid
at $10.85 per thousand board
I u-ill nn hnmu anrt hrap tn their
feet, and 450.000 board feet of wives (hat they "broke parity."
white fir and other species bid; inevitably, as I see it, some
at S7.75 per thousand board leet. I fa,.me,.s wjH fail to lose their
.. . I quota of golf balls, thereby crc-
Enrollments Being aling a surplus. This will force
. rr the Acriculture Department to
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inioctorf aiPl a Program of price sup
interested ' .hih .i,. crn,,,c
will increase.
Congress will then be asked to
pass a new farm bill which will
propose two possible solutions to
the problem: Either sell golf
balls to the Russians or bring
back Billie Sol Estes.
I may be needlessly alarmed
about this, but I thought I should
sound the warning anyhow. Or.
as they say down on the farm
"fore."
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