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Show Looking Forward Looking Forward should he (he pass-word during 1941, for any many respects the passing of the old year is not to De regretted. Although it was a year which will probably play a significant role in the annuals of history, it was not one of which' the world may be particularly proud. War ravages Europe . . . peaceful peoples attacked attack-ed and subjected to totalit; irian rule without warning warn-ing or notice . . . the fall of France, a great democracy democ-racy . modern air warfare shown at its worst . . . rumors of approaching famine in stricken Europe Eur-ope . . . conscription passed in United States . . . those were the many headlines that screamed through the newspapers in 1940. But this nation has a great deal to look forward to in 1941 and a great many things to be thankful for. We have awakened to the dangers, of unpre-paredness unpre-paredness and this nation is now well organized to take care of any immediate or future danger. The prospects of this nation becoming involved in the European confligation are remote. To' assist the democracies yes,' but to be involved' in the war, no! We can, be thankful that national unity is rapidly becoming a fact, and that economic recovery is on the upbeat. True, this nation will become saddled with additional burdens due to preparedness expenditures expen-ditures and for the unbalanced budget of the past few years, but big business, suffering the "jitters" in the past, is out to make a coinqback. Expansion of plants, additional employment, and more national nation-al income will be the natural result. And most of all business, big business that is, is rapidly regaining regain-ing from a shattered confidence in the future. Business experts who make careful studies of economics have looked with favor on 1941. Many have predicted that it will be the best business year that this nation has seen since the boom days of 1927-28. Farm incomes should see a substantial increase in-crease in 1941, according to predictions, and as far as, the western agricultural states are concerned, that in itself will be a boon to business. The experts can be wrong-, possibly there are, unseen un-seen events that can't be predicted, but present indications in-dications are for a boom in 1941, and we for one like to look oh the brighter side. |