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Show - L i n fc 1 1 af i 4 1 1 .,M a I f I I f r r,ciy. -- I Page 3 UTAH FARM BUREAU NEWS FIRST OF A. SERIES: KLINE-O- N The Greeks started THINKING. It was die product of an emphasis on the individual. Man could explore his world without being told what to think. In 585 B.C. a man forecast an eclipse of the sun within a few minutes. And that without modem mathematics. He had just been looking at the stars and the sun and die moon and figured it out. FREEDOM Allan B. Kline was president of the American Farm Bureau Federation from 1947 until his decision to retire from die presidency in 1954. Since that time he has contributed much toward public understanding of such complex problems as farm economics and national freedom. BY: In 385 B.C. one man said that die earth was round and that it was a certain thickness at its center. He missed it by 50 miles. These Athenians could not have been great if they had not been free. They were men whose minds had broken the bonds of slavery. They were not held in check by authority. The fact is that ve in the United States with roughly six percent of the worlds land area and six percent of the worlds population, are producing and consuming from 25 to 30 percent of the world's supply of beef, pork, lamb and veal. This is three times as much beef and veal and nearly twice as much pork as is produced in Russia. In this country each consumer spends less than 18 12 cents of each after-ta-x dollar for food. In Russia, the food tab comes to 53 cents out of each dollar. ALLAN B. KLINE V If you believe in freedom and are interested in it, you live at the right time because in America our institutions of freedom have been operating quite awhile. There isnt any question in my mind but that, if flue institutions of freedom do survive, they are going to survive here. Farmers have always been, and are now, interested in freedom. Some intellectuals think farmers are too dumb to understand, but some other people may be slightly dumb, too. As a matter of fact, freedom is not die usual order of mankind. Man has lived through most of history under some sort of .absolute power a monarchy, an emperor some sort of governmental authority which denied freedom. Practically everybody dead didnt have it. Most of the people alive dont have it Look around. Theres a lot of talk about the natural rights of man. I cant think of anything more unnatural than the natural rights of man, when I look at history. Mankind has lived, not always, but generally under dominance of some kind which denied the rights of individuals. We have been richly endowed in this country. We are the one place in the world where there is both liberty and the strength to defend it. We eagerly seek allies to' join with us, but, as it now stands, without the U.S. there would be no one to join. There are those whoHhink that we have come to a situation where, with the United Nations, we can relax a bit, that some so-call- ed of the defense of the institutions of freedom will be passed-oveto this great 'international set-uWell, it isnt true. The UN is not set up so that it could possibly maintain peace in our terms with consideration for the rights of man. If you ask people what is the purpose of the United Nations, they would say it is to keep the peace. What is the institution in the UN whose job it is to keep the peace? Some will tell you that it is the Security Council. But how is the Security Council set up? The fact is that it cant do anyand they arent thing that the Russian government is against for what were for. They have used die veto over a hundred times. The Security Council is completely stymied without a yes vote from the government of Russia. You cant keep the p. HOW TO SAVE $216.00 ON THAT NEW TIGER IN YOUR DREAMS Simple. Trade in the original equipment tires and buy a set of Unico Mark IV's. We know that with proper care these tires will take you 40,000 miles. And according to our figures with a 7.75x1 4 tire that's what you'd save instead of buying that second set of original equipment tires. But not just jazzy looking truck passenger car tires, either. Farm Bureau buys all kinds of and implement tires and passes the savings on to you. Hard dollar savings whether you drive one of those new sporty cars or a fifteen year old veteran. Get in on the FARM BUREAU TIRE PROGRAM now. After all , it only makes cents. hard-worki- r WHAT A TIME FOR MY PUMP TO BREAK DOWN peace that way. What about the General Assembly? How is that set up? One nation: one vote. Most of the nations with a vote have not been able to take care of their own internal affairs, yet, when they get into the Assembly, they seem to think that they can take care of the affairs of the world. but I dont think that Then there is the Secretary General world. many people want one man making the. decisions for the The UN can do a lot of things. It is a great forum. But do not fhinlc that die American people can escape any responsibility for the survival of freedom by wishing it off on the UN. It just isnt set up to do that jobl For die first few thousand years of recorded history of die West there was no freedom at all. The Ptolemies in Egypt were God, and you couldnt argue with him. The few people dose to die Pharaohs had some rights, but only at die instance of die divine ruler. The Euphrates Valley had a long civilization and notable achievements, but no liberty for the people. The king was a direct representative of God. He had authority, but the people no liberty. The people had myth, mystery and were under authority. There were numerous ways of divining what the supreme authority was for or against There is no contribution to liberty as we know it in the history of man until you get to Greece. And this is only Athens as we think of it. One estimate is that Athens had 50,000 free men. and die women But the machinery of Athens was slaves Irrigation can't wait while you send that pump back to the factory for repairs. You need service fast! Our service trucks are on call day and night. If we can't fix it at the well, well pull it and service it in our shop which features the only submersible pump testing equipment in the region. We offer complete pump and electric motor repair and rebuilding. Depend on us for engineering, installation, sales and service. Mob, 9tc. Sales Service 1839 South 8th West Salt Lake City, Utah werent citizens. If you were going to be bom a woman, you had better be bom today in the United States! 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