Show CONTROLS FOR FOREVER EVE R. R It has long been obvious ious that some men in key government positions positions positions po po- po- po want price and wage controls controls con eon trois of a permanent penn nature instead instead instead in in- stead of the theoretically temporary temporary temporary tem tem- type we we are burdened with now flow A bill to bring about that end is on paper and it will probably probably probably ably will be offered to Congress if and when the time seems ripe i That time may never come the last Congress showed shO shoved less stomach for even materially relaxed relaxed relaxed re re- re- re price c controls than did any my of its recent However However How How- However ever the fact that responsible government government gov gov- officials seek permanent controls is evident of one of the most dangerous and contagious of the bureaucratic diseases The official who would willingly give up power is s so rare as to be a museum piece Officialdom by its very nature always wants more and more power more and more authority r to order people about about about- and of course more and more of our money to pay the bills Controls Con are sold to Congress and the public on the grounds that they are necessary to deal with witha a temporary tempora r emergency Then regardless regardless regardless regardless' re re- re- re of what happens happens' to the alleged emergency every ble effort is given to continuing them forever on a control for controls control's sake basis No one need suffer any illusions as to what permanent tough controls would do to the country there there is plenty of historical precedent precedent precedent pre pre- here and elsewhere You Youcan Youcan Youcan can tell a manufacturer that he can charge only so much for an article at wholesale You can tell the retailer that he must sell it to his customers at such and such sucha a price But Bitt you cant can't force the manufacturer to make it or the retailer to stock it if the legal price is too low to allow some kind of a profit That simple exam example shows why in the long longrun longrun longrun run controls always create scar scar- city And when that happens everyone everyone everyone ev ev- suffers except the black market operators Most 1 important of all controls always lead to a political dictatorship dictatorship dictatorship dictator dictator- ship of the econom economy and when we reach that point we can quit talking about individual freedom and representative government for they Uley will no longer exist |