Show I LOOKING ri fAD AHEAD BY GEORGE S. S BENSON C Hows How's Britain Now Current news reports suggest that the British are still having a tough time though things seem a little better better better bet bet- ter with them lately Actually it is high time for lor signs of recovery How much better off of England would be right now now how how much sooner she would have come out of the kinks if it she had kept safe her traditional freedoms that freedoms that no one knows But if it the English mind and spirit come out of these dangerous experiences I unscathed it will surely be a miracle There are those who will give more credit for tor improvements to the Marshall Plan and to the generosity of the American taxpayer than they will to Britain's labor government The sad thing about it is that the Englishman is still the worse off oft having given up much of ot his heritage of freedom and liberty Mess l of ot Pottage The swap has netted a poor mess messof messof messof of pottage indeed England's experience ence is the lesson of the century for America There was the dentist for example who took his own life lite because because because be be- cause he found it impossible to operate operate operate oper oper- ate his office as the government or or- dered His Ills suicide note cited too many forms to be filled out for the government and declared he could not do his work and the tape red-tape too What about small business Take I filling stations petrol there From Froma a London newspaper After two years of ot deliberations a committee of ot 13 men has reported to the government government government gov gov- on the technical considerations considerations considerations which should govern the number num num- number ber capacity and distribution of ot petrol stations Imagine That is the result when people hand over ment their individual initiative to govern govern- I I How to Make Tea Under the heading First Warm in British the Teapot an item a newspaper advises that the food ministry ministry ministry min min- is sending out an expert who will visit restaurants in Tottenham and educate the restaurant staffs on the subject of ot how to make tea Asif As Asif 1 if by now the English people have not learned to make tea I Some of ot these seem a bit lous The They are Like the report of demands for free wigs having risen under socialized me medicine tine to more than a week week week-at at a cost of ot I I more than yearly It is reported reported reported re re- ported also that Application Order No 2 will entitle hairless men and women to Ia the nationalized wig cleaning cleaning cleaning clean clean- ing and dressing service once every two months From cradle to grave indeed Liberty in Flight In Froxfield England K K J J. J Kilford KU Kil- ford was building a house He wanted wanted wanted want want- ed a round hall window in his new home But the area planning ng committee committee committee com com- said no the window must be rectangular A round window would be out of ot place in a rural area the panel declared Commented Kilford There is no individual liberty today to to- day That happened in England The whole British story of snarling snarling snarling snarl snarl- ing bureaucracy may remind readers readers readers read read- ers of ot wartime experiences in Amer Amer- ica It indicates too that government government government govern govern- ment control clashes with individual freedom Shall we in America be beable beable beable able to keep our freedom Have HATe you ou heard Dr Or Benton Benson and the radio drama drams Land of the Free Cheek your Jour local Iota station for time |