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Show f WASHINGTON SiSS 1 J I and SMALL Jlllfflp 1 BUSINESSliPfc I Is Isolationism AllBad?f I bloc, the British secured economic econ-omic sanctions. Fortunately, the Thirteen Colonies back in the revolu-tonary revolu-tonary days did not have a State Department or the colonists colon-ists would probably have never made a stand on Bunker Hill. The United States was sucked into going along with the British pique with the result re-sult U.S. industry was denied access to Rhodesian chrome. But it just so happened that Russia produces chrome, and it was clad to help out American Ameri-can industry in this regard. Ol course, they Jacked up the price from 3Q per ton to 1 per ton, even though the Kremlin Krem-lin every once in a while issues is-sues a blast at the "monopolistic "monopolis-tic practices" of capitalism. There is great concern expressed ex-pressed in some quarters that the American people are turning turn-ing more and more toward what is called isolationism. This is considered as very bad. But perhaps it is well that the American people do look toward to-ward the welfare of this nation more closely than of other nations. For a long time, in repeated polls, the National Federation of Independent Business has found strong opposition in the independent busness community commun-ity against the continuation of so-called foreign aid programs which have taken out of the American productivity an estimated esti-mated 150 billion dollars. Of course, the strongest support sup-port for such give aways comei from the State Department. Obviously, Ob-viously, the jcb of those boys Is made easier if they can go into negotiations with a handful of cash. www This has caused American consumers to pay about $112 per ton more for stainless steel, while official Washington wor-red wor-red and stewed about inflation. Fortunately, at long last the Congress took action on this matter and non-Russian chrome will be coming intq this nation as pf January J, In the mean time Britain has decided to patch up th differences with Rhodesia, Russia thus will lose its chrome monopoly with its Jacked-up prices, while the Amer4an consumer should be freed from this bit of international interna-tional extortion. With fiascos like this going on, little wonder the American people tend to revert to what Is considered In some quarters as one of the seven deadly sins, namely, solatloiilsm, SI w But the costly debacle over chrome, which was finally ended end-ed only by Congressional action, ac-tion, illustrates the fallacy of permitting the State Depart jnent to wag the nation. Several years ago the former British colony of Rhodesia in Africa decided they wanted no more of British rule, somewhat reminiscent of 1776. They declared de-clared their Independence, and the then British Labor government, govern-ment, ran to the United Nations crying "foul." With the backing pf Russia and the rest of the pommunist NnUcful Federation of Independent Buaine |