| Show B Canadian U. U S. S Colleges F 1 Offer Plan for Prosperity I 41 1 Two Schools Offer Prescription for PostWar PostWar Post- Post i War Depression in Pamphlet Entitled It The and the Peace 1 c BAUKHAGE By News Analyst and Comm Commentator Service Union Trust Building Washington D. D C. C t Out of or the part of the world f farthest farthest est from the fighting literally and figura figuratively has come an interestIng interesting interest- interest Ing lug international prescription for the cure of the worlds world's war post-war headache head head- ache the ache the spell of depression that t we have to be ready for c- c The formula Is summarized in a page 43 pamphlet th that lt I wish everyone everyone everyone every every- k one could read The title is The if II f and the Peace The cover is an earthy brown embellished embellished embel embel- with alternating rows of golden gold gold- en grain sheaves fat porkers and trucks It is a report made Jointly b by the Universities of Minnesota and Mani Man toba It has nothing to do with departments de do- departments i. i of state it h has ls no official status beyond the fact that the American and Canadian governors asked their respective state universities universities to do the job if Ills is a splendid J to tacks example of the recognition of the common Interests of two important areas lying on opposite opposite op op- op- op sides of an international boundary line The gist of the report is this I. I Western Europe must arrange greatly to Increase Its imports of I wheat lard and pork after the war f II Canada and the United States must reorganize their automobile automobile- producing industries so that a maximum maximum maxi max f mum employment in Can Canadian factories factories factories fac fac- tories can be maintained cost of autos be reduced to Canadian buyers buyers buyers buy buy- ers and American car output increased in in- creased i III Agriculture In the prairie provinces of Canada and the central A northwest United States must continue continue continue con con- along the lines of agricultural agrIcultural agricultural tural specialization developed out of necessity during the war I The Connection Now at first glance the connection connection tion between these steps may not be evident but the report makes the whole effort clear and also shows how the program can be carried carried car car- ried ned out There Is nothing new or t revolutionary in the be methods discussed discussed discussed dis dis- dis- dis cussed nor In the reasoning concerning concerning concerning con con- their results but a striking assemblage of data gathered and arranged in such a n manner that It c. offers what appears to be a logical program of action In la the first place the report shows how domestic economic policies the ones I briefly summarized in inthe inthe the three points above are In fact international policies It demonstrates demonstrates demon demon- demonstrates strates with figures and explanation that sound and strong internal 4 economies in Canada and the United States must have resoundingly k Important effects on the external world E amples offered to prove this include include in in- clude elude the figures which show how I the rise and fall of demand in Canada Canada Can Can- e ada and the United States affected other parts of the world up to and after the depression hit us in 1929 In less than three decades Imports Imports imports Im im- Im- Im ports In the United States of ten different commodities increased c from to l 1700 million dollars 1 I worth Take silk the yearly average average aver aver- averI age Importation of f silk bought by the I United States from 1901 05 amounted amount amount- ed to 45 million dollars In 1929 I it had jumped to million dollars dol dol- lars But when the depression struck it fell to million dollars in 1932 The total imports of the ten commodities commodities cornI com corn I dropped from 1718 1118 million million mil mU- lion to million dollars dollars and and youcan you youcan can imagine what happened In the producing countries when these V markets disappeared One Interesting point brought out V Is that In this period of expanding trade both import and export In which Canada and the United States shared the MUTUAL Interests of V the two countries greatly INCREASED INCREASED INCREASED INV IN IN- CREASED and their competitive interests in V declined Industry Predominant V The report shows how agriculture agriculture ture has ceased to be our greatest V source of wealth how Industry has VV become pre eminent and to maintain main main- tam tain our agriculture a healthy condition condition condition con con- of f industry must be main maIn- tamed The old statement Is QUoted quoted V ed Tell me the amount of factory 1 payrolls and I will tell you the price of meat and butter The plans for our own agriculture are fairly simple simple maintenance maintenance ol 01 the same type of specialization now V going on The plan for Europe ismore Ismore Is Ismore more complicated but hut since the question of whether the people of ol western Europe eat at all for the next few years depends largely on what Russia the United States and the other other other- grain producing countries do these countries may be able to get western European countries todo to todo todo do what we want According to the planners an arrangement should be made whereby western Europe for fora a period period perhaps perhaps 15 years years would would absorb our surplus wheat pork lard and other farm products Production Production Production Pro Pro- of these products would be stopped in western Europe and resources resources resources re re- re- re sources saved would be put to ef efficient c- c f. f use The producing countries would assist in reorganizing European European European Euro Euro- agriculture to this changeover The producing countries would also agree to reduce certain tariffs so that the Europeans can pay for the agricultural products they absorb with goods they can make 01 Of course there is the tough spot As for changeovers in agriculture it is pointed out that they arc are not new Minnesota was once the greatest greatest great great- greatest est wheat producing state in the country That is no longer true Mixed farming has greatly in in- creased Diversified farming rose in Denmark and improved the standard standard standard stand stand- ard of her people these people these changes come about automatically because the new type introduced pays bet bet- ter Similar changes it is implied could be brought about by ukase too Unfortunately space does docs not permit permit per PI mit a detailed review of this report I but quite as important as its actual content are the forces which Initiated ed it it-in it in the first place it brings to lour our consciousness the mutual interests Interests interests inter inter- ests of this country and our northern neighbor which are plain to any American familiar with Canada and her people but which many in both countries ignore Again it shows how groups in two separate countries countries coun coun- tries can get together and work out steps mutually beneficial and likewise likewise likewise like like- wise advantageous to the whole world The most important thing of all however Is the emphasis on the fact that domestic problems are frequently fre Ire international problems Diary of a Broadcaster Let me tell you of another crazy rumor story that I heard today It Itis Itis Itis is so old that it has whiskers but people up and arid down this land are listening and believing it A reliable otherwise hardheaded man told me that an acquaint acquaintance of his wife had a friend or relative who had bad a letter from her boy a prisoner in Japan The boy said that he was being well veI treated and then made a reference to his stamp collection He had none so the remark got the people to thinking thinking they they repeated repeat repeat- ed It then the FBI or somebody took the letter steamed of off the stamp and under it was written written- Well before the man finished telling telling tell tell- ing lag it it I said I know what was under it They've It-They've They've cut my tongue ol out t. t How did I guess Well I heard that story a dozen times in the last World war vat V But to make sure I made a few inquiries simply to check the pro pro- In the first place prisoners of war dont don't use stamps They cant can't write direct to their then next of kin The messages all are relayed through the International Red Cross anyhow Before we got Into the last war I Iwas Iwas Iwas was sitting on top of a Fifth Filth avenue bus in New York reading an article by David Lawrence which reported how bow the department of justice had run down a story to the effect that sweaters knitted for tor the Red Cross were sold to soldiers The bus stopped stopped-a a Liberty Bond orator W was lS making a speech speech speech-I I listened He was telling the same story that the department of justice had run down and found it had absolutely NO basis whatever Remember this before you repeat these charming fantasies En Enlistment Enlist ment meat In the as fine a corps of American women as were ever gathered together has been slowed down by a cheap and dirty story made out of whole cloth and passed from one drooling lascivious mouth to another |
