| Show q Sunday Morning ljc n n n April 30 1939 Salt £akc tribune -“I i Li L-- j i J I 5 1 V J 0 A European correspondent who has seen the dictators rise writes a story on what you can expect if the U S ever loses its mind and goes totalitarian " ie t S 4 H"0— r "w w i ST $ r s f ' 'rs t it f $z t' at4 'A tfr v r V vSf pO J - i Jf 3J 7v 1 1 4 r —— 4 ’ 4 QHN SMITH s ?s his i j - vx Hr Hail at' fif- - By Milton Bronncr sJm It’s a bleis-in-g manage on what you are earning that the government does not let the landBut by the time we pay lords raise the rents the rent and the gas and the electric light and water and your social insurance and your contributions to the party funds and the Winter one-tim- J by his Jones told the workers they would have to work longer hours but there could be no pay increase bodyguards according to the locality where he was camNo outsider knew for sure where paigning a n Relief Fund and food there is nothing left for savings and nothing for new things Bobby And needs a new pair of shoes poor lamb Annie really needs a new coat And you need shoes too" "Yes I know said Smith sadly "Before — you know before what — we could have put his money came from When Jones formed his own private army his he gave young hoodlums a dark blue shirt and a dollar each Sensible Americans never quite realized how Jones swept the nation in the 1952 elections in this thiid year Smith skilled an April morning ITofwasthe onJones regime that John sat at breakfast with his wife children James 16 Annie their and Mary 12 and Robert 7 iron moulder “Anything new his wife “New s I Don't in the make papeis John?” asked Iheie laugh Here on the never is any news any moie of a five solid rolumni first page there are in last Pittsburgh night speech Jones jnade The Secretary of War poke in Oklahoma City me r § it r owe more to the Leader than to my father" the boy said m I But the white-face- d boy did not flinch: “You are my father and I owe a lot to you We are But I owe a lot more to the Leader taught in the Jones Youth League that our paramount duty is to the Leader — more than to any religion more than to our own parents I won't report to my chief what you said this time but next time I will have to do my duly" The boy strode out leaving his breakfast The held out the can "You are a good party man Blue-Shi- unfinished rt nv high-soundi- words" “What did they say?” asked his wife “Same old tripe — live great achievements of the party How Jones had made the United States the most respected and most feared Oil yes the Secretary of power on earth He said so gave us some good news long as Ameiica needed more guns it would have to do with less grub and lower wages hat’s all mighty fine corning from that fat his wife “I didn’t tell you about the Hills next dc)or Yesterday mornHe ing Hill was home because he was sick tuned in on Mexico and listened to the news they were sending out about the United States Somebody informed the secret police They arrested him last night” John Smith picked up his dinner pail and started for the mill where he worked War 1 tul) who is known to out eat any three ordi” nary decent Americans “Dad I jut won't stand any moie of suddenly exclaimed James “You won't what?" said the father gered amazement that!" in an- TTL had not walked 100 yards before he aw a Blue Shirt with one of those familiar tin cans the party men used for collecting Jones money for the Winter Relief Fundi had boasted that when he came to power there were 10000000 unemployed Thanks to him and the earnest intelligent planning" of his political organization the National American Party he said (Ojzrlirht do you?” was asked more as a threat than as a quest for information Smith parted with another nickel He contributed a dime to the Fund every day During the morning it was announced that at the lunch hour Leader Jones himself Was coming to address the ‘2500 men employed in the mill Everybody was expected to finish his lunch in 15 minutes and come to the The Leader would main hall at 12:15 sharp speak for about 45 minutes At 12:15 w'hen the men were all assembled Jones and his uniformed minions made their appearance His secret police were on all sides of him closely scrutinizing the crowd Smith mused: “He is always telling the world how Americans love him And he is scared of every one of them" As usual Jones in his booming voice which sometimes rose to an almost feminine hysterical shriek told the pathetic tale of how he did not want to spend millions on armaments He would rather spend it on schools and hospitals and parks but had to arm because of America s ring of enemies Then he got lown to brass tacks He told the men their mill was one of the important links in the rearmament Therefore they would have to work program lioui s a day instead of 10 He was sorry but their pay could not be raised I hey must consider themseKrs soldiers serving their counquestion 135-0000- “John” said ain’t you?" — two more columns of ain’t The A JiX "Someone informed police He was arrested last night" 1 That being so thousands of people were puzzled as to the necessity of this Winter Relief Fund There were furtive whispers that a goodly part of the "relief” went into the pockets of good party men "Winter Relief Winter Relief” called the Blue Shirt as Smith approached Smith dug out a nickel and put it into the slit in the can "Come across with another nickel buddy” said the Blue Shirt "You are a good party man d ' I don’t know how we are going t “John Surrounded came home that night from His wife met him hours of labor "Any more pay?” "Not an extra cent" jonesi” That was the cry heard across e land of the free and For it was the home of the brave 1955 the third year in the reign of President-Dictato- r Jones Jones had been considered a crank and a joke when he started out as a windy politician But he knew from west of the Mississippi how to work on prejudices arymg his line But there he was in the White House lording it over a Jones Senate and a Jones House of Representatives Those bodies met only to hear a Jones speech Jones lauded the Constitution in seeches and tore it to pieces with decrees he secured the resigBy various hocus-pocu- s nation of the members of the Supreme Couit and filled the court with his party men He smashed down all state lines making of the United States one big state ruled by decree issued by him and his cabinet He dissolved the Democratic and RepubNo party was allowed but the lican parties The trades unions were dissolved Jones party and all laboring men were compelled to join American Labor Front the Jones-ruleAll religious societies both Protestant and The Bible was Catholic were made illegal A propa- no longer read in the public schools controlled the minister ganda press and the radio Nothing could be published in five newspapers nothing could be spoken in broadcasts The minister also unless it passed the censor all the controlled over the country and police in addition had a secret police force which kept tab on the doings of the citizens The Secretaries of War and Navy piled up armaments and built up an immense army and navy The'Jones pretext was not that he wanted to be an aggressor against peaceful nations but that the United States was ringed by enemies waiting for a chance to attack 1 at the door “I was worried about you John" shr said "You are an hour later thari usual!" We heard another "I’m sorry Mary speech by the Leader today at noon And hs broke the glad news to us that we were t work an extra hour per day starting today W’ a 1 unemployment lilt bjr was past KreryWeek Maaaalne) 1 00 1 try in an emergency When the speech ended the regulation “1 lail Jones" repeated over and over again resounded in the hall Jim to work and even though his earnings would have been small they would have helped Now they will soon be grabbing him to send him to a labor camp for six months and when he gets through with that they will bouncs Two and a half him right into the army to him! Mary and his lost life of to us years we could couldn’t we save a little on food-sthe need?” kids what they buy "I am afraid not John Potatoes are cheafl Carrots and enough — four cents a pound But a round steak cabbage are not expensive costs 70 to 75 cents a pound and pork chops cost 80 cents a pound Sugar is 10 cents a Eggs are 6 cents pound and coffee 50 That apiece and butter is 60 cents a pound is nhen you can get them "Strange things happen in this neighborhood 5 oil I don’t always tell you all I hear John But not long ago that have enough Worries I?town woman’s husband was taken away by the secret police - She wrote to the authorities Sire said her husband was innocent of any would they not send him bar wrong-doin- g to her? They wrote they would "Last night the postman delivered a par to her and said there was 75 cents chaiges parrel si When she opened the brown-pape- r note said A found the ashes of her husband he had died in a concentration camp "Damn the National American Party! Damn tlviT Jonesi Damn the lot of fat grafters w i who live in palaces and ride in big cars they grind down the people “Oh John John be quiet! walls have ears now I” i There was a sound of footsteps of men 1 heavy boots Knock knock knock — at the door WAKE up John dear" sleepily looked up at "Why did you Sundfiy” “I know hut Ins Wl wake It’s you mumbled sounds John having is a nightmare" weie making I was sure you 1 bank Go "Nightmare— you said ill still free Africa My disam was terrible" 'r |
