Show Released by Western Newspaper Union VALUE OF A TWO TWO- PARTY GOVERNMENT With a one party system of gov gov- government government government one man rule is inevitable America never has had and docs does not want such a government Under our two party party system when it happens hap hap- happens happens pens that the legislative branch and the administrative branch are controlled by different parties partie there are occasional times when it would seem party advantage is con con- considered considered considered as above national good Of comparatively recent in instances in- in instances instances stances of that character one was in the winter of 1918 A compulsory military training bill was before con con- congress congress congress gress and the Republican majority would pass it To those who had originally sponsored the meas meas- measure measure measure ure President Preside it Wilson let it be known that when the bill was passed by bythe bythe bythe the majority he would veto it unless it was withdrawn given a new number numb r and reintroduced reintroduced reintroduced I by a member of his own party as an administration meas meas- I ure When that was done the Re- Re Republican ReI Republican I publican majority refused to pass as a Democratic administration 1 1 measure it would have passed as a Republican measure Had there not have been that clash of party interests the nation would have had hada a trained citizenry from which to draw an army for World War II In 1932 the Democratic party con con- controlled controlled controlled trolled congress and we had a Republican president Immediately following the national election of that year when the Democratic party had elected the President to be in inaugurated in- in inaugurated inaugurated the following March the incumbent Republican President Herbert Hoover proposed legisla legisla- legislation legislation legislation tion to stop the alarming bank fail fail- ures He could close the banks bank but without legislation he could re re- reopen reopen reopen open them The Democratic major major- majority ity in congress refused to pass the legislation without instructions from the incoming Democratic president which instructions could not be se se- se- se cured The banks continued to fail until immediately after the in in- inauguration inauguration inauguration of a Democratic president president president dent on March 4 1933 when a special special special cial session of a Democratic con con- congress congress congress gress passed the identical bill intro intro- introduced introduced introduced as an administration measure it had refused to pass in January Such instances can happen only when different political parties control the legislative and administrative branches of the federal government Under such conditions both parties may maybe maybe maybe be guilty of placing party ad advantage vantage above national good ECONOMIC UP SET-UP FOR POSTWAR EUROPE MUCH OF POSTWAR EUROPE including France Belgium the Bal Bal- Balkans Balkans Balkans kans and possibly England and oth oth- other other other er countries will have as an eco eco- economic economic economic system a cross between state socialism and private enterprise It will in reality be the present day communism of Russia mixed with a greater amount of private enterprise than is now found in Russia but to which Russia is moving The De government of France has nationalized the coal mines with the announced purpose of the same pro pro- program program program gram for all industry dealing with natural resources and national de de- de- de That means nationalizing all transportation and heavy industries such as steel and steel products In Inmany Inmany Inmany many ways it is the economic system system system tem of against which the Al Al- Allied Allied Allied lied nations have been fighting It is isa isa isa a system toward which we too have been drifting It is a long way to the left of what we have had for our last years It is where we will land unless land unless and I do not know what that unless may be that might save us or how far we may go if it does not happen ANOTHER REQUEST FOR SUBSIDY IT IS EXPECTED THE CALI CALl CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA FORNIA summer orange crop though unusually large in numbers will be small in size and California citrus growers are fearful of the price they will get Some of the growers have proposed asking the he government for a subsidy to com com- compensate compensate compensate them for any loss in value because of the small size Why not they say everyone else expects the government to carry their losses why not we orange growers Others Oth Oth- Others Others ers propose they ask the govern govern- government government government ment for a higher ceiling price so the consumer will make up the loss instead of passing it on to all the th tax payers The former Cormer American way would be to take the bitter with the sweet and let the increased quantity make up so far as it would for any decrease in quality The Th new way with all of us is to ask the government the tax payers to carry the load IN THE ALLIED PEACE PRO PRO- PROVISIONS PROVISIONS VISIONS as announced by the Big Three nothing was said about an American loan to Germany with which she could pay for the devastation devas devas- devastation tation she has caused We set a precedent pre pre- precedent precedent at the close of World War I that Germany will expect us to fol fol- follow fol- fol follow low with the close of World War II She would much prefer to pay reparations with American money than with German labor but pos pos- possibly possibly sibly sibl there is a limit to our au gen gen- We were hearted good boobs once and that should be enough |