Show 4 r Released by Western Newspaper Union GIVE AMERICANS Al THE FACTS WE TALK ABOUT BILLIONS as we formerly talked about millions or even thousands and not one of us including the most intelligent of our public men has any idea of what a billion really is We talk about a 65 billion dollar debt and none of us can visualize such a sum or apply it to ourselves In an interview a short time ago Joseph W. W Martin publisher of a small smaIl daily newspaper in Massachusetts leader of the Republican minority in the house of representatives tives and national Republican chairman chairman chairman chair chair- man interpreted that debt for us as individuals He said it meant the individuals individual's share in that debt- debt men women and children children amount amount amounted ed to For each family of five the amount is 2465 The annual interest charge each individual pays is 1275 and for each f family mily of five it is It is certainly time that governmental governmental governmental govern govern- mental operations be interpreted so sowe sowe sowe we average individuals individuals and and that is practically all of the American people peo peo- can can understand just what is going on Give the American people the if facts acts so they can understand them and the American philosophy of government will be maintained HONOR ALSO DUE TO CREATORS OF WEALTH WE ERECT MONUMENTS and establish shrines to the memory of our distinguished scientists soldiers statesmen musicians artists inventors inventors inventors tors preachers and educators but we have only condemnation for those Americans who have aided in creating our national wealth Col John Jacob Astor and Commodore Commodore Com Vanderbilt as representative tive tine of past generations amassed great fortunes represented by new newfields newfields newfields fields of endeavor that meant more jobs a higher standard of living When they died what they had created created created cre cre- remained for us to use It was a part of the national wealth In the nearer past were such men menas menas menas as Cyrus McCormick John D D. Rockefeller James J. J Hill Marshall Field P. P D. D Armour and many oth oth- ers Regardless of our opinions of them as individuals they created wealth and opportunity that is today being shared and enjoyed by thousands thousands thou thou- sands of Americans We erect no monuments to them but they contributed much to Amer Amer- ica Today men have jobs they and their families live in comfort on the basis of an increasing ever-increasing standard because those men lived They took nothing away with them What they created they left for pos pOSe Such men were the builders of our American industry our American American Amer Amer- ican lean prosperity ORGANIC CHEMISTRY THE LABORATORIES of American Ameri Ameri- can universities have accomplished many wonderful results in the way of scientific research Our state universities especially should give greater attention to the field of organic organic organic or or- ganic chemistry It offers a solution for the American farm problem Through organic chemistry we can probably find many industrial uses for farm crops we are now producing ing or find new crops which w will 11 fit into industry and which can be grown instead of the continuous production of a surplus of present crops An expressed demand on our universities uni uni and the legislatures providing provid provide ing funds for their operation would undoubtedly tend to greater efforts along these lines and prove beneficial beneficial bene bene- to American farmers THE AMERICAN workman should certainly have the opportunity of working without having to pay a gangster for the privilege CA CAUSE USE OF STRIKE OUR STANDARD of living is determined determined determined de de- de- de by the national annual in in- come The income of the federal government from income and corporation corporation corporation cor cor- taxes is from the same source Whatever affects the national income directly or indirectly indirect indirect- ly affects each of us Every strike in American plants reduces the annual national income In his book The liThe Dead Hand of Bureaucracy Bureaucracy Bu Bu- Bu Lawrence Sullivan quoting from a congressional report says the cost of each strike is per man day On that basis the theFord theFord theFord Ford strike for example involving men for 10 days took out of the national income for each day or a total of That made g q serious dent in our national national national na na- na- na income for 1941 and each one of us paid a part of it EFFICIENCY REQUIRED THE MOST extravagantly operate operated ed business in this country is gov goy It is not to be expected that government can operate what is now privately operated business as efficiently as os that business is being be ing operated Without that efficiency cy we will destroy business destroy destroy destroy de de- stroy our national wealth reduce our individual incomes and our standard of living To destroy business business business busi busi- ness means putting all of us on the rocks I |