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Show BOX Im Not A Socialist Says Missionary, ELDER NEWS Brigham City, Utah Wednesday, October 19, 1949 weekly newspaper, established In 1896, published at Brigham City, Utah. William M. Long, Editor Charles Claybaugh, Business Manager Publishede ery Wednesday and entered as Second Class Matter at the post office in Brigham City, Utah, under the act of March 8, 1879. A Home From 26 Months In British Isles Its a real pleasure to see Bill Davis back in town after more than two years in the British Isles. The first time we met Bill, we werent so sure we liked him. About the second time we talked with him this was more than seven years ago, and he was we started catchschool board clerk then we ing on, and by the third conversation had him bracketed definitely and positively in the group of always delightful and interesting people, people with whom any conversation was a refreshing and stimulating experience. Like the other Bill Davis, and Vosco Call, and Ilervin Bunderson, Walt Mann, George Anderson (nearly always, anyway, with George) and Ardith Beck, the parlor pink who irritated us immeasurably but now, we understand, has become just as enthusiastic a capitalist. The thing about Willie T., as they call him sometimes, was that he would rather drop dead In his tracks than pull a punch. He said and still says just exactly what he thinks, and youre never going to offend him by doing likewise. Hes not only honest that way, but hell go out of his way to apply the needle wherever he feels the needle should be applied. And yet he does it in such an impersonal, way its hard to take offense. We remember a few occasions, before Will went on his mission, when hed get up at Rotary club and the needles would fly like a fight between two boar porcupines. Ah, those were wonderful meetings. Even when we, ourself, caught a goodly share of the barbs, it was such fun to see the other brethren squirm, too! But how did we get off onto a character sketch of Willie T., anyway? What we wanted to say today, and what w'e want to say at every opportunity as long as we have a voice that will be heard, is that every citizen of the United States should be and must be wary of the welfare state. If youll read Willie T.s remarks in to-t- paper,, surely .you. can see that what Great Britain now has isnt something the United States wants. All the people over there seem to want is enough money to eat and go to a movie they call it the cinema every night, Bill says. They dont work hard. Factory managers told me they cant get nearly as much work out of their men as they did before the war. The people have lost their initiative, theyve given up their ambition. Theyre secure, because the government takes care of practically everything for them. And theyve traded their freedom for this security. Its a false security, because it isnt security at all. Can the American people well fed, w'ell educated, alert, smart in the head can we see that? Can we see that without individual liberty there is no such thing good-natur- ed oy 8- The foreign gained a briefly, and lost one this correspondent, week. William T. Davis got back from Wales where hes been representing the the past 2G months (so far as we know we havent had any other representative over there during that time), and Bob Crompton, who wed call our city editor if we were willing to admit the News and the Journal are city newspapers, is soNews-Journ- No Use For Freedom "" PIER. News-Journ- ,dWliaJb T. Davis Home From Mission . Subscription rate: $3.00 per year payable in advance; in combination with the Box Elder Journal (published Fridays) $4 00 per year; $2.00 for 6 months; single copy 5 cents. Member United Press, Audit Bureau of Circulations. Utah State Press Association. National Editorial Association. Advertising Representative: National Advertising Service. returned City Friday from Wales, British Isles, where he has spent the past 26 months on S. church. a mission for ttie L. Prior to his departure for mission service, Davis was clerk of William al al journing with the delegation in Navajo-Ho- pi land. Wills dispatches have been brief and infrequent, but very interesting, and in our prejudiced opinion hes provided us with a humdinger of a story this week upon his return home. Bobs story, sent by Western Union, day press rate collect, yesterday, is in the top spot on Page 1 today. Bob will extend himself when he gets back and tell you all about what he saw and heard, when he can do it without Western Union charging him so much per word. Incidentally, and very insultingly, we gave you plenty of notice when Bob took over the news end of this paper, that any mistakes that occurred thenceforward were his, not ours. Now, this week, well have to admit that with Bob out of town any mistakes that occur are ours, not his. And were keeping our fingers crossed. Burt Taylor sicks us onto a fine campaign to see if we cant arouse some public sentiment for a new town clock. We can see right now its going to be a tough campaign, but we believe it and well keep nagging aw'ay until somebody gets tired of hearing about it. The town clock in the court house clock tower, says Burt, is 87 years old, having been moved to this court house from the old court house (or maybe it was the old city hall, or fire station) when this court house was built. The six gentlemen pictured at top left on the front page today undoubtedly will correct Burt if hes got his history mixed up on that statement. Anyway, the clock not only has seen better days, its just about shot. It cant, Burt implies, be fixed so that it will stay fixed. Well, a community with a clock showing its four big, round faces day and night in the most conspicuous spot in the center of town, has a certain obligation to the public. In a way, its immoral for a clock to be wrong. And the complications that could develop are terrifying. Say a local parent tells a loval teen-agthat he or she must be home by 11 oclock. comes dragging in at two, The teen-agand the parent starts to hit the roof, but could blandly point out that the teen-agthe town clock now says 10:47. The town clock is likely to say 10:47 on one of its four faces at any hour of the day or night. er the Box Elder board of education. He also is a former mayor of Brigham City and for many years was cashier of the State Bank of Brigham City, the Bank of Brigham City and the First National bank of Brigham City. and Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil Pontypool were the Welsh cities in which Davis spent most of his time. Cardiff, the capital of Wales, is a city of 250,000 people. Merthyr Tydfil, named for a girl myrtyred by the Druids centuries ago, is a city of 8,000, and Pontypool has about 40,000 people. Merthyr Tydfil at one time was the principal steel manufacturing city of the British Isles, and Davis was told that some of the rails used in completing the first transcontinental railroad in the United States came from fhere. The first steam locomotive to run on steel rails is olaimed by iMerthyr Tydfil, in spite of U. S. claims. The steel mills at Merthyr Tydfil were dismantled and moved down to Cardiff about 23 years ago. to visit avis had occasion London three or four times, and visited Nottingham and most of the other principal towns in England. His mission duties consisted of serving as president of the Merthyr Tydfil branch, then of the Pontypool branch, and finally as president of the Welsh mission, with headquarters at Car- tion, that If there Is anything that should be socialized, it is medicine; so that those who cannot afford medical and dental service can get it, on the basis of need, the same as those who can afford it. There are some things about it that are really good. Aside from socialized medicine, Davis doesnt know of anything else about the socialist government that is any good. I dont think these politicians can take over and successfully he operate private business, says. "In my opinion, its the first step toward communism. They take you from the cradle to the grave, over there, Davis says, jokingly. They bury you, when its all over. The only thing you must pay is seven shillings to the preacher. havent socialized the They preachers yet. They also have a deal whereby a family gets a pound a month for every child under 15 years of age, after the first one. It is a common practice in Great Britain, Davis found, for the entire family to work to As help support the family. soon as they are 15 and out of school, they go to work in the shops, factories or mines. Its a pretty country, the prettiest country on earth, DaThe farms are vis thinks. small, with little pastures and hedges along the fence rows. There are no north and south to fedi tiatoes. V but everything else j short supply you :' get egg every two week f bacon every Pect ' Pint of milk a we(ki an(j While there on Davis says, he man hi, missi enough to eat with g?0 sent to him from lions.1" ,he "Al CONVENTION A Democratic convention is hereby called for WEDNESDAY , OCTOBER 19, William T. Davis government controls n P. M. to be held in the courtroom. County Courthouse, for the purpose of placing in nomination a Democratic ticket as follows- . . bodys fight, and a special election may be called this fall to see if the majority of the people still will support the socialist governments program. In the local elections, the conservatives have been winning a good share of the offices. The people over there are 100 percent in favor of socialized Davis said, "and as medicine, far as I have been able to learn, there has been no opposition to the program except from the dentists in some part of of the The papers, in comcountry. menting on the dentists, say diff. iHe didnt do much tradi- they are now getting around ng, he says, but was privileged four or five thousand pounds a to baptise 30 converts in the year. Welsh district in the past year. The British government is tryDavis ing to retain the domestic purIm not a socialist, says, "but I could see merit in chasing power of the pound at some of the Socialist programs. its level. For example, he cites the ad'Five pounds a week is what ministration of (building and would be called a good salary, housing under the socialist gov- over there. ernment. No one can get a per- The people in Great Britain mit to build a private dwelling, j live almost entirely on the min- iBuilding materials are allotted ing of coal, and manufacturing. to the cities, who build housing, They have to import about 75 then rent it at a low price fig- percent of their food. ured to return the cost plus Public schools run to the age three percent interest over a per-io- of 15 for youngsters now, he of 60 years. People in this said. Until this year, it was 14 way have housing which they years. Generally speaking, when could not afford under high U. a youngster gets that old he S. rent standards. goes into employment, either in The government also relocates the coal mines or in a factory. where Most of the stores have clerks manufacturing plants large numbers of people are'qtn-employe- 15 or 16 years old. They get ' furnishing employ- them for very low wages a ment for those people. pound or so a week. On the other hand, he says, The British make nylon hose any industry which has been by the thousands of pairs, but nationalized now is .boosting its theyre for export only. A woprices. Its services or products man in the British Isles cant are beginning to cost the peo- buy a pair. A woman working in a nylon plant can get one ple, the users, more money. The socialist government pret- pair every six months. The tax ty well controls the individual on nylons imported into Britain as well as business, he says. is just about the cost of the Right now, Davis reports, the nylons. Davis believes, from his obbig question is the socialization of the steel industry. Its any- - servations of the British situa- - 19498:00 Mayor - 4 year term 2 Councilmen 2 Councilmen year term 2 year term City Recorder 4 year term City Treasurer 2 year term 4 to be placed on the official ballot for the municipal election to be held at Brigham City, Utah, on Tuesday, November 8 and the election of a chairman, secretary-treasure- r for the coming two years. vice-chairma- n, Edward Ward, Chairman Blanche N. Burt, r Secretary-Treasure- N "IT HAPPENS EVERY MY VHV VJOHVIMULI YOU'LL ACR IVf OKI ftiT. ? TtMV YOU'Rl STAYING fOTi A MONTH ? 5-7- isJ'AC WiLL V IT' By ONt MONTH CofOUnV TMt UMfyPiCTtV --AMD MV CAT ISNT RUNNING 60 'MOT' ElTME-T?- ! trc. ETC. PLOTNER A MANS 'best mm s ms ,9 MOTOR? AVOID THE UNEXPECTED BV 7?GUi.A3 CMiCIt UPS by our SKILLED MECHANICS STourmALlwu er er as security? For eight generations and more, here in the United States, weve wanted security. Weve fought for it in several wars. Weve Or suppose theres an accident on Main worked and built and dared. Our ancestors street at 5:30 oclock in the afternoon. have given their lives to provide security for You come barging through the stop sign us. off of Forest, and Im driving carefully And now, in the last two or three decades, along the main stem and you run into me. the poison theory that security can be legisYour fault of course. But you tell the arlated, can be obtained in a simple trade for resting officer, He didnt have his lights individual liberty, has swept the world. I on. Why should I have them on? Willie T. says and weve heard it doz- protest. "Ho It was broad daylight. ens of times that Great Britain is operating ho, say you, I looked up at the town its welfare state, its program of cradle to clock just as the accident happened, and it the grave security for everyone, on U. S. said 7:50, and everyone knows its dark dollars. The United States, at the moment, at 7 :50 this time of the year. is afraid to withdraw this support because the inevitable alternative for the people of Britain would be communism. We dont Maybe we could take out the clock and want Britain to go communistic just now. fill those spaces with portraits of early-da- y Sooner or later the United States is go- Brigham City mayors, or even of the two ing to quit keeping Great Britain. Sooncandidates for mayor in the election next er or later we wont be able to afford it any month. Maybe we could use the space for a longer. Maybe by then the people will be sign, Phone central for the correct time, rested up, and ready to take a new grip on or even rent it as a billboard sign to local life, and display the fortitude and stamina jewelers. that held off the Germans during the dark years. But it will be a period of sacrifice, But as a community, we have no right to of blood, toil, sweat and tears as great as so prominently the frequently incordisplay the worst days of the war. time. The citizens have a right to rect muddle somehow, Maybe, theyll just through. The British are noted for mud- know, accurately, when all this is happening. dling through. But theyre really building up some handicaps and problems that will We predict it will be a red hot issue, require some mighty fancy muddling. Or maybe theyll go Communist. Thats along with the parkng meters, in the forthwhat Russia is counting on. A Russian coming city election campaign. puppet government will seize control, and some of the jieople will starve, and the best But thats what makes it really dangerous. will be assassinated, and the rest will be An intelligent and Christian program of caring for the sick, the needy and the aged slaves. Dont the youth of Britain face a prom- leaves such a short step to cradle to the ising future, though? IIow does that song grave security. For every benefit from Britons never, never, never shall be Washington, D. C., we trade something of go? our liberty. slaves. T. old Willie an and Lets be ery, very careful about unloadhes Britain, says banker, and understands mure than aver- ing our normal fears and worries on the age about such things is bankrupt. Theyre broad shoulders of our national government. as secure as an individual would be living on Those fears and worries are very close to borrowed money. that intangible something we call initiative It is our opinion that much of the social and ambition. And when weve lost our progress and enlightened political thinking imti.it is e and ambition, we base no further of recent years in the United States is good. use for freedom. Tliis Fall...tberps just one way to look nur wonderful w you hear rvervone rawng many thing-- . 'feel aliout? 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