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Show AUTOCRATS AND AUTOSRecently AUTOS AUTOSRecently Recently a striking stril.inB strilinB . ' comparison \ was \ as made be- be between between be between - tween the United States and the three ( greatest peatest coun coun- countrIes coun- coun countries countries - - tries now under the rule of dictators , in a statement statementby statementby statement-by statement by -by by - - Stinlev St'1n1e St1n1e Stanley ' F Morse of tlie the Farmeis Farmcl Farmets s ' Independence IndependenceCOuncil IndependenceCouncil IndependenceCouncil COuncil of America , who declared that , while , hile this thiscountry thiscountry thiscountry country had an : automobile mtomoblle for every 1h five e persons personsthere personsthere personsthere there " Mas "as as was ' cnly 'Cnly tnly one for every e\ery e ery \ 68 peisons pelsons persons in German Germany Germanyone ' , one foi for every 109 persons in Itily It1ly Italy , . and one for e\ e eery every every921 \ ery 921 persons in RussIaMr RussiaMfr Russia RussiaMr : Mr Mfr Morse pointed out that If jf the radicals suc- suc succeed succeed suc succeed - - ceed in making malJnB ' over America only a chosen few v . gill gillbenefit willbenefit 111 111benefit benefit , . as is lllustiated Ulustlated illustrated in Russia , . where v.here vhere out cf of more morethan morethan morethan than 150 million people only about a million and a ahalf ahalf ahalf half are members mcmbers of the domimnt domin'mt dominmt dominant ' Communist partv party partvand , and the country is ruled by a . committee of ot 27 men menThis menThis menThis This committee is Ie ; ruled by the dictator , Joseph Sta- Sta Sta1m Stalin Sta Stalin - 1m . lin linft , chose -ft ft - hose power pov.er pover . Isirtua11 Is \irtua11 irtua11 \ % virtually trtuaily ' absolute absoluteA A similar slmiL'1r slmiL1r ' condition exists in both Geimany GCllnany Germany and andItaly andItaly andItaly Italy , where Hitler and Mu Mussolini sSoUm , respectively , hold holdautocratic holdautocratic holdautocratic autocratic power po\er po er , \ , , and Mr \ Morse 1\orse 1 orse Move { fears the UnIted UnItedStates UnitedStates UnitedStates States Is drifting toward a like l1ke concentration concetltratlon cencefltration of au- au authonty au authority . - thority thonty inVjashington in VjashingtonMany WjashingtorrMany \ Washington \Vjashington Vjashington Wjashingtorr WashingtonMany Many thoughtful and patriotic citizens in both bothpolitical bothpolitical bothpolitical political parties share this tills appi appiehension apprehension ehensIon , and Vlew view VlewWIth viewwith viewwith WIth misgiving misgivm misgivmgs * the extension of bureaucratic activi actIVI- actIVIties activities activities - - ties b by } ' the national government gQvernment governmentIf gQvernmentIf If the experience expencnce expenence of or other countries countlies is 15 worth con- con conSlde1'3t1ol1 consideration con consideration - sideration Slde1'3t1ol1 Slde13t1ol1 ' , it appears that with autocrats in control controle controlwe controlwe we , \e e \ may have ha\e ha e \ fewer fe\\er fe er \ \ automobiles utomobiles ltutomobiles , , and fewer fe\\cr fe cr \ comforts comfortsand comfortsand and d conveniences conven1enceIs con e1\lenC e1 lenC \ ( $ for the average family . Our fonn form formof ' of government govelnment govet ment ] Is s the best ever yet devised by man manand , ' and we 'We ' should guard against agamst any radical radtcal attempts to tochange ' change _ the/fundamental the fundamental the.fundamental thefundamental the4undamental / . principles pnnctples upon which it was wasfoundeMand wasfounded ; founded foundeMand . , tand < " ( and under . which v.hIch vhIch equality of opportunity opportunityhas opportunityhas has , " Cen been open to all . _ |