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Show are the people now turning down jobs, thus voluntarily accepting the condition they want protection protec-tion against. No Lower Standard . . . It may well be that the job refusers re-fusers believe that the acceptance of lower paid work during this transition period implies the acceptance ac-ceptance of lowered living standards stan-dards permanently; and nobody wants that either. But what breeds lower living standards than unemployment for any reason? Murray bill or no Murray bill, political strategy or no strategy, it seems that somebody ought to be taking a chance pretty soon that this economy can deliver the things it promises and help it deliver de-liver by making its wheels turn promptly. Xt aoesn l Laive crystal-gazer to know that the quickest road to mass unemployment unemploy-ment lies in the simple, voluntary refusal of available jobs. And there isn't any cure for -that, even in legislation. By CARL L. BIEMILLER Paradox . . . Among the oddities of this transition period which grow "curiouser and curiouser," is the j fact that USES offices in every major industrial ' -arear report! many jobs are going begging, 1 while, simultaneously, organized labor is strenuously backing the Murray "full employment" bill now before Congress the bill which guarantees the "right to work." Does this mean that the work now offered by the USES will not be taken until the "right" to it is confirmed by legislation? Or does it mean that American working-men working-men are using an older "right," long since made law that of exercising ex-ercising their own freedom of choice, even if that choice msans unemployment? If so, why the bill? The jobs going begging, are, for the most part, lower pa'?, jobs than those held in war work, and nobody can blame a man for grousing at lower pay. Higher Pay on Gov't Jobs? ... Does this indicate that Murray bill backers expect government jobs on public works to be higher paid jobs than those now offered by service industries, for instance? in-stance? Or does it indicate that, inasmuch as "unemployment Insurance" In-surance" is the backbone of the bill, it would be preferable at this time to have self-imposed unemployment unem-ployment rather than employment conditions which would appear to make the bill unnecessary? Nobody in the world can quarrel quar-rel with full employment as a great economic objective and. a "must'' for a strong, free enterprise enter-prise nation. No sane man can oppose op-pose any legislation on that premise. prem-ise. It is just one more paradox in a complicated era that the very people so firmly for government protection against unemployment tion, is that the extension of credit cred-it works to the advantage of the United States and to the benefit of the people of this country. As a great nation, playing its appointed role in the affairs of the world, the United States cannot can-not escape the leadership that comes to it by virtue of its immense im-mense financial strength. Whether Wheth-er we lend money or withhold loans, we act as the financier of the world. The position is inescapable ines-capable and the only course for the nations is to attempt to plot a wise policy. Every intelligent banker knows that it is the part of wisdom to extend judicial credit to a debtor making an honest effort to work out his financial salvation. In much the same sense, every far-sighted far-sighted statesman, charged with the responsibility of leading his nation and looking to the future, knows that it is wise to extend assistance to allied nations, with ,n i i . . .niGiiui, yeupiea, who xiave ueen on our side and who, in the future, fu-ture, will be likely found on our side in any international struggle. strug-gle. Consequently, in our opinion, it is the part of wisdom for the United States to extend financial assistance, designed to help Allies Al-lies in the process of reconverting from war to peace. |