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The above reminded me of a speech I heard long ago, falling fr.om the lips of Joseph Weldon Bailey, who was the greatest orator I ever heard. He said that the grandest title any man can ever trear on this earth "is the kingly crotvn of an American "or.r.ttt. * * a government. Could any individual, any business, any corporation, or any family elude bankruptcy if they handled their affairs as the affairs of this American goveinment are being handled today, do you think? *** with all the laws o, ,,lr,rl", lr "rrppty and demand, of sound finance being deliberately thrown out the window in our national planning; with God being replaced by government in the direction of our affairs, what is to become of us ? Since all the Americans whom I trust and rtlspect are asking this question today, it seems but proper that the rest of us should likewise consider it. from within. f recall hearing another eloquent American orator issue the solemn warning that "it COULD happen here." He said "the fabric of our civilization may fall crumbling to unmeaning chaos and formless dust; where oblivion broods and even memory forgets." Lincoln said the same thing, yet in his always simple words. He warned that if this nation is ever destroyed, 1, read, and hear.

' I have revelled in that magnificent thought ever since. And now that the day has arrived when a basic struggle has begun between security and freedom-between planned and controlled economy on one side and free enterprise on the other, I begin for the first time to wonder if Bailey's incomparable title will be*permanent.

History bids us beware. Time was, you students of history will recall, when to be called a Roman citizen was the proudest title on this earth. "I am a Roman citizen" were words that for generations fell boastfully and proudly from the lips of millions. Yet the time came when to be a Roman citizen was a pathetic reproach.

Can you deliberately throw thrift, and conservatism, and saving, and hard work, and the payment of just debts out the window, and continue to prosper indefinitely? That is the question before us this day.

Some wag has said ,rr", ,r* .la. -" .r"ln.orr.rsing we will soon be able to fly around the world in two hours; one hour to fly, and one hour to get to the airport.

And likewise, at the rate we are traveling down the dark highway of socialism, it will not be long until we have left to us only two time-honored fundamentals; the purgative properties of castor oil, and the killing qualities of carbolic acid.

Recently in the public press I have read the quoted words of many of the best Arrrrericans now living, saying just as seriously if less eloquently, those very things. These are not partisan political thoughts tainted by personal pessimism, but rather the opinions of good men and true who shudder at the things an?

One of my most esteemed friends, an old timey dyed-inthe-wool Democrat, said to me the other day, "Did you read the President's speech on the state of the union, and also his budget speech?" I said I had read both, very carefully. He said, "If he were running a business, how would you like to orvn stock in it?" f said no, if Harry Truman ever goes in business again, the same old fate will befall him. He'll go broke. * * ,<

All practical men agree that the same fundamentals prevail in the affairs of an individual, a family, a business, or

It has been said. arr.r" I..*a*l ways to kill a cat. one is to muss him all up with a club, and the other is to convince him that a big dose of chloroform is good for his fleas. ***

And it has been repeated so often as to become an axiom of late, that there are two ways to destroy a Democracy and create a socialistic state: one is to muss it all up with open revolution, while the other is through bloodless taxation. Taxation without cessation will do it more certainly than revolution.

No rational human d.ir;.;" l"r.n .n" general aims announced by Mr. Truman in his messages to Congress. They are lofty and honorable and desirable. "All men are created equal," he said. "They are entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. America must be a land of opportunity for all of us. We seek to establish those material conditions of life in which without exception men may live in dignity, perform useful work, serve their communities, and worship God as they see fit." And "business must continue to have the incentives necess:rry for investment and for the development of new lines of enterprise."

Bcautifult Wondcrfull Splcndidl But how? Ah, Junior' therc comer the rub. Eithcr Mr. Truman did not tay' or he proporcd that thc govcrnmcnt do it rll. Billionr to be handed out in all directions. Governmcnt programr for incrcasing purcharing powcr, governmcnt rticking itr nore into more businege financing, government help to builderc' to education, eubsidiea and still more eubsidies, increaeed benefits for all those now receiving benefits, lomcthing for everyone, high prices for farmera, high wages for unione, comfortable peneione for millions, free medical carc for all, handoute and circuses galore. All of which means higher taxeE, higher pricee for all.

He spoke of huge ,""rJ"ri i,l ,n. national income, but did not mention tfie fact that with such increases, the price of everything the consumer buys, must go up. He did not say what butter and meat and bread and milk would cost if his generalized program should become effective. And not once in all his remarks did he nlention such things as thrift' economy, the honest repayment of debts, the merit system which made America great by giving every individual a goal to work for; things our fathers esteemed more than precious gold. These things are one hundred and sixty years behind the times, as he said once before.

The President's program leans toward socialistic philosophies, wants higher taxes, proposes to continue deficit financing, which means living on borrowed money even with the huge income of today, wants to repeal the TaftHartley law, wants to stuff a fair practices law down the throats of the Southerners ,outlines a vague future for the American people in which everybody gets something for nothing, and an all-wise and all-benevolent government takes care of it all and makes all things right. That is, it makes all things right for those who vote right.

And one wonderful ,"".;.; "1" o" doubly certain he did not m.ention (but can you doubt that he had it in mind when promising something to so many?) was the marvelous relationship between government hand-outs and those so desirable things called votes. But did you know, Junior, that in the present fiscal year federal and state checks went out to 25,700,000 individuals; and in the recent Presidential election Mr. Truman received ovet 24 million votes? Coincidence, you think?

There was once a fellow named Thomas Jefferson. He said so many wonderful things, uttered so many thoughts that should rightfully be our guiding lights and road maps in times like these, that I find myself going back to him for comfort. But I fail to see how his advice and philosophy can be much comfort to our political leaders of today. Wonder what red-headed Thomas would say about the recent Truman messages? If I have the faintest under standing of the English language, I can only conclude that if he knew what is going on in this country today, he would be doing flip-fops in his grave that would make "Whirling Jim Smith" look lazy by comparison.

You may rcmcmbcr the famour ltory of thc attractivc widow of Jim Smith, who, aftcr Jim dicd, livcd a rathcr erciting life. Beforc dying Jim had rworn that if lhc cvcr loved another man, he would turn ovcr in hir grave. Finally she also died, and gctting to heaven she arked St. Peter where she could locate her husband? St. Peter asked her if shc wae looking for the Jim Smith who had taken that oath about turning over in his grave? She admitted that she was. St. Peter taid, "\Afe have many Jim Smithr up here, but I think I know the one you are looking for. We call him 'Whirling'Jim Smith."

So I think if Tom Jefferson could have heard the rccent Truman messages, he would have become "Whirling" Thomas Jefferson. His pet philosophy was, "I place economy among the first and most important virtues, and the public debt as the greatest danger to be feared. To preserve our independence we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. wE MUST MAKE OUR CHOICE BETWEEN ECONOMY AND LIBERTY, OR PROFUSION AND SERVITUDE. If we run into such debts we must be taxed in our meat and drink, in our necessities and in our comforts, in our labors and in our amusements. If WE CAN PREVENT THE GOVERNMENT FROM WASTING THE LABORS OF THE PE.OPLE UNDER PRETENSE OF CARING FOR THEM, THEY WILL BE HAPPY." So, you see' Junior, o'ld Thomas Jefrerson was 160 years behind the times, too. If a man rose in a New Deal and Fair Deal gathering today and made the speech just quoted, he would be rotten-egged and run out of the so-called Democratic :"tlt.

Let us close with a bit of recent cynicism on the difference between the old and the new that says, "The old trails where two cars could barely pass without colliding, are happily being replaced with wide highways where six or eight cars can collide t ,1" same time."

And finally with this bitter description of our present day Supreme Court: "A tribunal made up almost entirely of lawyers who will never be judges, and judges who will never be lawyers."

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Yotrr editorials are aln'ays so fine and I thought the Christrnas message about Dr. I-uke u'as exceptionally l,r'onderful. Since I read your Decernber message, I have been reading the book of Luke again, and am r-eally enjoying it all over.

I have just read your latest message "A Year of Opportunity" and it is u'onderful too.

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