Freedom ls Not Free

Bv H. Park Arnold, Vice President and General Manaser oI Fox-\iloodsum Lumber Compony, Glendale, California

And in conclusion. let me briefly point out some of the proofs that freedom is not free; some of the trends and danger signals that are so apparent and so challenging to all of us today; a few things, the diagnosis of u,hich is so plain but whose therapy and cure, if accomplished, will require hard work on the part of a great number of courageous, worthy men and women. \Vithout getting too dramatic but with great sincerity and certainty, I can tell you that our nation is marching straight dorvn a road that leads, without a doubt, arvay from the basic principles of Americanismar,vav from the simple democratic ideals of self g'overnment and the dignity and sanctity of the rights of private citizens u'hich our founding fathers wrote into the Constitution and later into the Bill of Rights.

the part of many citizens so appalling that we wonder if they hear or care as the cry from people in other parts of the earth reaches their ears; people stripped of their right to own property, create their individual enterprises, or enjoy the fruits of their toil.

Very soon you and I must reach a decision, must anslver these two questions that burn in the minds and hearts of thinking people:

Shall we return to the principles of productive liberty under the law which is the tradition and heritage of the American people ?

H. Pcrk Arnold

I hesitate to say this but I firmly believe r,vith Ken Smith, when he says "Our nation faces turmoil, conflict, and a planned program of confusion, may have passed the last cross road on which it might have turned arvay from a positive socialistic end-or worse."

We find, to our dismay and deep concern, men in highest places of public trust playing a slimy game of penny politics rvith gangsters and hoodlums.

\\re find 88 Federal corporations and countless bureaus existing and functioning without the slightest provision or authorization of the constitution from which government should derive its power to govern. These 88 corporations, manv of them in direct competition with private citizens and tvith private business and industry, cost our taxpayers during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1951, $19,100,000,000 in operating costs and losses-an amount nearly one-half of the total Federal budget for that same period.

We find at election time and afterwards an apathy .on ooThe Payroll Sauings Plan is one of thc importnnt personncl sertices gf:rd n the-em' plryees iy ou, *^piny" At the present time 1om9 !5,!00 ernployees in alJ branches of.our are mhiig ad,uantnge of this splcniliil plan for systzrnan:9 ^saulngs. In times oirntional emerge@this plni asiists ii stobilizing the ecorwmic life oJ th'e emplayeeo the anmmunity anil the nation." lf youhaven't conducted a person-to-person canvass to put a Payroll Savings Blank in the hands of every man and woman in your company there is still time to join the thousands of companies which have added nearly a million employees to the Payroll Savings Plan through person-to-person canvasses.

Or shall we, by default and silence, surrender to the gathering forces of tyranny which are loose in the .ivorld today ?

There can be no middle ground. We either appraise the situation and do something individually about the restoration and support of the American ideal against those at home and abroad u.ho would destroy it; or, by doing nothing, lose the sovereign rights which are the rich heritage of our nation.

The purpose of every one of us must be to strive to reliindle the basic ideals upon rvhich this nation u'as founded, and defined by Thomas Jefferson as being "A wise and frugal government which shall restrain men from injuring one another, leaving them otherwise free to regulate their o'ir.n pursuits of industry and improvement."

It is our sacred duty to so live and so think and so r,r'ork that lve may be rvorthy; worthy of our friends ; r,vorthy of the ideals and objectives of good citizenship; rvorthy of free speech and the freedom of the press; u'orthy of the right to achieve our ambitions and capacities; worthy of parental love and the wholesome happiness of our families; r,vorthy of the right to worship God in any manner we choose; worthy of the stewardship of the better things of life given us so abundantly by a Divine Creator.

No, freedom is not free ! Some of us must work and pay the price if we regain and retain the freedom we believe to be the heritage of our generation.

Let us all take our citizenship more seriously.

Last call for the 1951 Defense Bond Campaign!

While the campaign was scheduled for six weeks, beginning Labor Day, the accounting period will include all Payroll Savings Plan bond purchases and enrollments in September and October.

Phone, wire or write to Savings Bond Division, U. S. Treasury Department, Suite 700, Washi I'reasury L)epartment, '/00, Washrngton lturldr Washington, D. C. Your State Director will give you Building, e vou all the help you need-application blanks, posters, envelope stuffers, personal assistance.

Give your employees an opportunity to save for their fu' ture and at the same time, help to maintain America's eco' nomic security-put an application blank in their hands.

Results of o few recenl person-lo-petton (onvostet Firestonc Tire ond Rubber Compony (40,000 cnployeesl, ST/o porlicipotion, Universol Allos Cement Compony, 67.870 ol 4/89 employaes Morfho Mills,7l/6 ol 2,2OO employees

Lit Brotheis, 52/6 ot 3,600 employeei . . D.lto Air tines, 65fr of 2,100 employees; Aerolet Engineering Corporotion, 78.1!6 of 2,000 employees Brown-Lipe Chopin Division of Generol Molors, 87Vo ot 1,750 employees; Fobricosl Division, Generol Motors, 85ls of 1,7OO employees.

Person-lo-person (onyosier now under woy indude:

Bel-Air Door Co. Building New Warehouse

facilities of their products, the Bel-Air Combination Doors and the Tydor Hollorv Core and Solid Core F-lush Doors, has necessitated the construction of additional storage space.

In order to avoid interrupting operations, and since no other office space was available, the new building has been built all around and over the old office site. The nerv offices will be located on the second floor at the front of the new building, and the old structure will not be torn dorvn until they have moved into their new quarters.

At that time the old building in which the Bel-Air Door Co. r,vas founded will be demolished and the balance of the warehouse floor will be poured. Even now the back portion of the 11,000 square foot building is being used. for the storage of some doors, and ultimately the building will contain sufficient doors in all sizes to allotv them to fill almost any size order on short notice.

The above picture shotvs construction of the Bel-Air Door company's new *"r"hotr." and office building, in Alhambra, Calif., which is being erected over their present office structure.

Administrative operations of the firm have been con_ ducted from the small building in the center since the firm rvas founded. Ho.rvever, rapid expansion of the production

Tilt-up construction of preformed concrete slabs has been used in the 'construction of the building, r'r'hich r,r,ill have two extra-large loading docks at the front for loacling convenience. Speed, service, and complete shipments will be the keynote of the ner,v rvarehousing operation. Conveyor systems will bring completed doors from the plant, rvhich is located behind the warehouse structure.

In the foreground of the picture are, from left to right, Morris Tyre, founder and owner of the Tyre N{anufacturing Co. and the Bel-Air Door Co.; Richard Davies, general plant superintendent ; Ann Harvkes, bookkeeper; Florence Leutrviler, secretary; Stan Berk, office manager; Paul Weil, assistant to Mr. Tyre; and Len Hohman, order clerk.