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Show The Dead End Kids FIBBER McGEE & MOLLY Backv08 the Air Every Tuesday 30 TONIGHT " PROVCX UTAH COUNTY. UTAH. TUESDAY. OCTOBER 7, 1947 Edit o r i a The Case of Britain I... Two able writers of quite different social and economic viewpoints have recently visited vis-ited England and come away with the same . conclusions. John Dos Passos, in a magazine maga-zine article, and Henry J. Taylor, in a series of newspaper stories, have decided that England's Eng-land's greatest difficulty is not the dollar shortage, but the. stumbling inefficiency of a socialistic bureaucracy. Mr. Dos Passos tells of a town of "form fillers and form filers." Mr. Taylor relates the story of a farmer who spent $600 raising rais-ing a crop of cucumbers,-sold half of it because of unrealistic pricing regulations for $72, and took the rest home and fed it to the pigs. The United States saw much of the same thing during the war. The British government, govern-ment, both writers agree, has a lot of smart young theoreticians who know more about running businesses than the people who have done it for more years than the smart boys have lived.' Production is stifled by over-regulation and paper work. . There are bureaus and sub-bureaus and sub-sub-bureaus and much red tape. Furthermore, it is apparent from reading both writers that the party in power is emphasizing em-phasizing class-consciousness." on the one hand, while it levels class distinctions on the other. The living standard is drastically lowered low-ered for many. But for the pre-war have- nots, the present mode of living, bad as it is, is a distinct improvement over what they have known. This, it would seem, is about the smartest thing that the Labor government has done. Its bumbling practices have brought the United Kingdom to the brink of economic disaster. But in the midst of this degradation degrada-tion the government apparently has never forgotten for a moment its obligation to the one-third or more of a nation which supports it. There is less fpod and less clothing and less comfort and. less pleasure for Englishmen English-men in general today. But though food may be poor and badly distributed, there is more of it for the pre-war poor. They receive re-ceive a little money for the support of their children, and the children receive free, nourishing nour-ishing school lunches. Millions of voters remember re-member that it wasn't like that under the Tories. For such reasons Labor has not lost a by-election by-election since it came to power. For all the present drab austerity,; a great percentage of the British peopleuever had it so good; - Thus, it might be said that the failure of socialism in Britain 'is less importanf and less disastrous than the failure of capitalism capital-ism Or norVi ana if wrvulrl Via mnfa -s4- say that an unwise, inept socialism has failed less conspicuously than an unwise, unthinking un-thinking capitalism. British socialism has failed,, obviously. The trouble seems to be less in the system than in its operators. In two years they have failed to raise a power once great, important im-portant and prosperous very far above the level at which the war left it. Yet it appears ap-pears that the British people are going to stick with it, even at the risk of total collapse. col-lapse. How badly, then, the Conservative governments gov-ernments must have done by much of the people, , How the shoe of class-consciousness must have pinched when it was on the other foot. How badly the wealth must have been distributed, how callously the poor must have been dismissed to make them cling so eagerly to their present misery and to resist re-sist all change. These is certainly something for us in this country to think about in this example. We know that' a capitalistic system wisely and humanely administered, can work wonders. But we can also see where unintelligent capitalism cap-italism has carried Britain. All Americans on the operating end of our economic svst m can ponder the case of Britain to their profit. The Washington Mrry - Co - Round By Drew Pearson Bidault Recalls Discussion . With Byrnes Over Barbershops W SHINGTON .When popular French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault came to Washington last week he saw his old friend Jimmie Byrnes for the first time since the much-loved Jimmie retired as secretary of state. Their meeting recalled to Bidault Bid-ault a conversation he had with Byrnes about a year before in Paris. Apropos of loans to France, Byrnes nad complained: "Mr. Minister, the trouble with France is that Frenchmen won't work." Bidault challenged this statement and Byrnes .went on to explain: . "Look at your barbershops. They're not open all day Monday." "Mr. Secretary," replied the French foreign minister, "we Frenchmen like to be cleanshaven clean-shaven at least one day a week, and for that reason onr barbershops stay open all day Sunday. That is why you couldn't get a shave on Monday." Note In 1S37 Byrnes went to Europe as a delegate to the interparliamentary union. Stopping Stop-ping in France en route he was impressed with the fact that the French closed their stores and offices at 11:30 a.- m. Saturday and didn't open them again until Tuesday. In Germany, on the other hand, everyone was working hard, with large placards proclaiming "joy in work." Byrnes went back and reported to FDR that in the eventual even-tual European war, France would be defeated. "When I come back to this earth in a reincarnation rein-carnation says Jimmie Byrnes, "I would like to be a Parisian. They are such delightful people." But he also thinks no people can recover from war without working a full week. Amos 'N' Andy 7:00 pMn. Red Skelton 8:30 p m , Hope 8 :00 p. mN Milton Berle 9 :30 p . rn. I VANISHING GOVERNMENT SERVANTS Credit conscientious Kenneth Royall, secretary secre-tary of the army, for hammering at one of the worst weaknesses of government today the need of all-round, able manpower. Evei since the war ended, it has been increasingly in-creasingly difficult for the government to draft good men for important positions. During the war, men from every walk; of life volunteered to come to Washington but now though in some respects the emergency is almost as serious government agencies literally have to get down on their knees and beg qualified executives to come to Washington. Wash-ington. Speaking in his home state of North Carolina Caro-lina last week, Secretary Royall pointed to this difficulty, and urged not only businessmen, business-men, but labor and farm leaders to give part of their lime to the government. In the opinion of Washington . observers, Royall Roy-all put his finger on one of the most important factors in government. No organization is any better than the men in it. I Bob ' " "hM'1111 i I Mm ("bsc ) n3 . . . . . , . jyQ is O out TRUMANESQUE SIMPLICITY Historians will never describe Harry Truman as having the great radio appeal of his predecessor in the White House. But sometimes when the president speaks impromptu or is with only a few people, he becomes almost Lincolnesque In the simplicity of his eloquence. The other day a group of Gold Star mothers. went in to see the president. They had only a few minutes with him, and grandmotherly Mrs. Matilda Ma-tilda Burling of Richmond Hill. N. Y., the national na-tional president, scurried among her charges, trying try-ing to shush them along. The president shook hands with each, then spoke briefly. No stenographer was present, and his words will never be recorded for history. his-tory. However, there was something about the way he concluded the last impromptu line which caught in the throats of his visitors. "What we are all trying to do," he said, "is to make it unnecessary for us ever again to have any Gold Star mothers." Some of the ladies wept. Afterward, the president pres-ident cheered them up by inviting them outside to pose with him for a picture. "These gentlemen are what I call the 'one more club'," he bantered at the photographers. Blaming It On the Farmer Once News Now History From the Files of The Provo Herald 30 Years Ago Oct. 7, 1017 The new war revenue law required re-quired a tax on all income over 1,000 the LDS conference sustained the proposal to put $250,000 of church tithing funds into Liberty bonds a committee com-mittee to investigate the proposal of organizing a junior commercial Club consisted of Seymour Gray, George Leven, Ralph Irvine, Jack Robinson, Clarence Loose. Fera Decker. Jr.. and Lamar Craven Rev. Ludwig Thomsen was! complete their 1847 harvest the named principal of the Procter I department of agriculture csti-academy csti-academy ' new principal of ! mates that national farm income By PETER EDSON I Bear in mind that these are Nf.A.AashriJ?on. Correspondent national averages for all farms from 10 acres in suburbia to 10,-000 10,-000 acres in Texas. Over the years, the size of American farms has been increasing. Today the WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (NEA) The tendency of city folk to blame the farmer for today's nigh cost of living is worth a second look. Earm prices are nearly three times as high as in 1910-1914. Many farmers would be . satisfied with lower prices. But they would also be chumps if they refused to accept the high prices city fellers are willing and eager to pay for crops and livestock today. Only 52 cents out of the consumer's con-sumer's dollar go to the farmer. The other 48 cents go to railroads and truck lines for transportation, the food packers and canners the wholesalers and retailers. But, as U. S. farmers this month tne .mery stake - academy was Arthur L. Beeley Daggett county, recently, cut off Irom Uintah county, elected its first set of officers. Manila was the county seat. 20 Years Ago Oct. 8. 1927 A great University of Utah football team threw a scare into iNortnwestern, Dut lost u to o oans is put at $8 billion, as the Colorado A. & M. de- against $7 billion last year and feated BYU 29 to 0 at Fort Col-kin billion before the war. lins, Colo. the thrill of aj These big figures on the na-lifetime na-lifetime in golf was experienced tional farm nrnstieritv are lm- by J. Edwin Stein when he made pressive. They indicate that U S. a hole in one on No. 1, 180-yrdsjfarm income has nearly tripled, The New York Yankees I that the farmers' net worth has nearly doubled and that their in- will reach the all-time totai of $29.5 billion. Last year it was $25.3 billion. In 1940 it was only $11 billion. The combined assets of American Ameri-can farmers their land, livestock, live-stock, machinery and savings are today given a value of $111 billion. Last year it was $98 billion. bil-lion. Before the war it was $54 billion. Total of farm mortgages and NAVY CENSORSHIP Who's to Blame? Washington has the price jitters. Both Republicans and Democrats are on edge about soaring living costs. Both camps of politicians-will Jye looking for something upon up-on which to pin the blame for high prices: the scuttling of the OPA : too large promises of food for hungry Europe; business men intent on keeping up prices in order to make pruius; unions' pushing up for production costs through spiraling wage boosts. The intelligent citizen knows there is no single cause of higher living costs. Complicated Compli-cated adjustments following a gigantic war effort cannot be reduced to simple black or white by any method; certainly not by blaming blam-ing any one group or cause. One of the underlying reasons for high costs can be laid squarely at the door of consumers: war-time shortages added to present good wages have made eager buyers of the public, which is intent on having its steak, its radio and its new car no matter what the sales tag is. A little restraint in the purchasing enthusiasm of the ordinary citizen would do much to check mounting prices. Washington's politicians, both Republicans Re-publicans and Democrats, know this. But it's better party technigue to use the other camp as the scapegoat. Must we sacrifice good sense to party rivalry in so serious a time ? f The navy's attempt to censor part of the news of the Neptunis Rex initiation ceremony when the battleship Missouri crossed the equator has brougttt to light another equator-crossing ceremony cere-mony which was completely censored aboard the airplane carrier Wasp. Strangely enough, this jamboree occurred in September 1944 during the height of the Japanese war. The Wasp had just finished bombing Manila Bay. but for some reason best known to himself, its commander, Captain W. J. Slattery, decided that it was the appropriate time to initiate those who had never before crossed the equator. Captain Slattery is the same officer, who as commander of the Banana River (Fla.) air base, used navy planes so lavishly to stare a clambake on the Bahamas to which he invited high-ranking admirals up and down the coast. In 1944, despite the act that the Wasp was in the red-hot Philippine battle area, the sister earner ear-ner Hornet was ordered to take over the guard, and irresponsibility reigned supreme on the Wasp. According to a report by one off icer . aboard the ship: "The initiation ceremonies were none other than brutal. Several planes were damaged beyond use and shoved over the side. The morning after the ceremony, I was informed by the assistant medical officer and flight surgeon R. B. Collins that forty bomber pilots were' unfit for duty." One officer. Commander Elliott Earl, engineer engin-eer officer of the Wasp, was so badly beaten up that he was hospitalized for several weeks thereafter. THE GRAVY TRAIN As for Russia, Americans naturally remember re-member an old motto, "Trust in God and keep your powder dry." Congress may be adjourned, but the old gravy train is running right along on schedule. One place where the gravy is being ladeled out is the senate folding room, where documents, speeches, etc.. are prepared for mailing. It is asUopy Df the British constitution? Dusy as a oargain oasemeni inese aays as senators up for re-election in 1948 begin to bombardiheir constituents with campaign propagandi. Busiest part of this propaganda . mill is the so-called service department, where nine persons (three times as many as employed under the Democratic congress) are now employed. Biggest job being done, by the senate folding room is for Senator Wayland Brooks of Illinois "Curley" to his friends. The gentleman from Illinois, who preach-. preach-. ed economy so ardently at the last session, has now ordered 425.000 farmers' bulletin lists mailed to his Illinois farm constituents. This is an index of farm publications published by the department of agriculture. What Illinois farmers may not know is that they, as taxpayers, are paying the bill for this campaign propaganda from their senator. Brooks got the bulletin lists free, also the envelopes in which they are mailed out are free. Finally they are maiiea out unaer tne Illinois senator's, frank also free. In the end, however, someone has to pay the bill. Note The last session of the GOP-controled ! congress spent more money on itself than any other in history in fact, triple the amount spent i in the lush days of the new deal (Copyright, 1947, by The Bell ' Syndicate, Inc.) won the world series in tour straight from the Pittsburgh Pirates. Babe Ruth was the batting bat-ting hero and Herb Pennock the star pitcher. 10 Year 8 Ago Oct. S, 1937 A series of damaging fires in Lindon resulted from a traffic accident when a can driven by Howard Harper crashed into an electric light pole, knocking the wires across the Orem railroad line overhead line. Homes damaged dam-aged were those of Ben Walker, Leonard Harris, Joseph Neidln, Walker service . station and the Cullimore store Roy Green-, wood, former mayor of American Fork, died in a St. Louis hospital . Kay Kirkwood was elected president of the senior class at the Provo high school, Frank Gardner, president of the juniors and Eugene Faux, president of the sophomores. debtedness has gone down a fifth Under such conditions, the average aver-age farmer should be feeling no pain. To get the feel of how well off this average farmer should be at harvest time, divide the above dollar totals by 5,800,000 the number of U. S. farms in operation. opera-tion. , It will show the average farmer's farm-er's income this year should be $5000, as against $4300 last year and $1900 before the war. It will show his land and equipment worth $19,000 today as compared with $9300 before the war. The average farm indebtedness is shown to be $1380 as against $1720 before the war. average is 220 acres. In 1935 the average acreage was 154. Actually, there is no such tiling as an "average farm" that can raise a little bit of everything grown in the United States. In trying to get at the condition. of the mythical average Ameiican farmer, allowances- have to be made for sectional difference In general, the great plains area has shown greatest advance. Meat and wheat, the two staples of the war, have given midwest farmers a real boom. The cotton belt has not done quite as well. New England Eng-land farms have shared least in the war prosperity. The physical volume of crops and livestock sent to market this year will probably be down a little from last year's peak. The fortunes of farmers rise and fall as the yields go up or down. It is the continuing scarcity of farm products, plus higher levels of consumption, that have driven up prices and brought the farmer his new prosperity. But, even here, there is an unequal un-equal spread in the division of farm income. The big, mechanized factory farms using scientific methods get a greater proportionate propor-tionate share of the profits than the old-fashioned farmers. That may soud like a truism, but it is the big story. Three-fourths of the total farm income this year may be earned by the top third of the nation's farmers. At the other extreme, the bottom third will get less than five per cent of the take. Reducing this to averages again, it means that in round numbers, the 2,000,000 top farmers farm-ers will take in more than $11,000 apiece or $22 billion for tneir year s work. But the two million farmers at the bottom of the scale will gross less than $1.4 billion, or $700 each. This is still the tragedy of American farming today the one-third of the farmers who live on marginal land' and barely make a living. " RCA VICTOR S famous tone system Anywhere Any Time! At home! At the ball game! Up the canyon! Fishing! You take RCA Victor's amazing "Golden Throat" reception recep-tion with you in smartly styled, easy-to-take-along Portables. Hear them today! The GLOBE TROTTER Beautifully styled weather-ized weather-ized aluminum case . . . Powerful performance and "Golden Throat" tone quality qual-ity on either house current . or batteries. 6995 The ESCORT No more battery worries with, the "Escort." It charges itself on house current cur-rent as it plays. 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