Show t I I I I I I 1 I 1 I I I I I I I I t tl I t I l The Column Boys I LILACS CS AGAIN ARE lilacs here again in the land landof THERE Tag of the sun the earth wakes early and her where sleep i Is light north across the frozen mountains moun- moun farther has bas found the snow and the thein The sun miracle begin again Do you remember member in soon hundred bundred miles of lilacs on the road The From Prom Fargo northward The Red River Valley Burst into fragrance eln in the spring fulIr fulfillment fulfillment ful ful- Ir Hundred bundred feet of lilacs in our dooryard dooryard dooryard door- door And ADd a yard Woke i with the sudden sureness of a adream adream adream dream dreame northland blossomed and the the When rejoiced e earth rejoiced I Allen E. E Woodall I ass o o o I I VS U UNTRUTHS j VARIOUS DECEPTIVE stratagems are used to delude the public periodicallY I to the true size of the profits earned as hv industry industry and and what happens to them by For instance It Is commonly claimed hv labor leaders and others that business I by can grant major wage Increases without raising tag the prices of its products by y taking tb them m out of allegedly huge profit pro pro- fit fits Yet last year according to Economic Economic Economic Econ Econ- Intelligence dividend payments were while compensation to totalled nearly 20 times as much If every nickel of at divide dividend d payments had gone to em em- leaving the owners exactly nothing nothing noth noth- ing wages could have been increased by byan byan byan an average a of only 5 per cent Another malicious and basically dishOnest dishonest dishonest dis dis- dis- dis honest technique Is to cite the magnitude magni magni- magnitude tude of industrial profits before taxes Nothing could give a more false picture of actual conditions At current rates taxes take some 60 per cent of all corporation cor corporation cor- cor profits And If taxes arent aren't a basic and lI Inescapable escapable part of the cost of operating a business nothing is The money a company pays to the government government government govern govern- ment cannot be used to build plants pay wages or dividends or anything else It is gone forever Furthermore F the money left to the corporation after all aU bills are paid Is not as so 50 many many think divided up up among the shareholders Since the last world war more than 50 per cent of corporate profits profits pro pro- fits after taxes has been spent on plant expansion to create more production and to provide more Jobs for workers These are facts facts facts-as as against the untruths untruths untruths un un- truths and truths half-truths disseminated by bythe the enemies o of free enterprise The public pub- pub lic should know them O aaa O 00 O OTHE THE TilE SECO SECOND D EDGE THE IMPLICATIONS involved in the seizure of the steel industry go far be beyond beyond beyond be- be yond any statistical question o of wages and profits and arguments as to whether er steel workers and steel makers are getting more or less than they should For one thing if the philosophy y underlying underlying underlying un un- the seizure ever becomes reflected re reflected reflected re- re in the laws of the land collective collective I tive bargaining will be dead As the head bead of one steel company put it The union with nothing to lose will always refuse managements management's final and best of offer offer offer of- of fer gambling on the chance that astrike a astrike astrike strike to that point will force seizure and create new pressure on management Conversely management will hesitate to tomake tomake tomake make offers feeling that they will merely mere mere- ly become the trading basis upon which government will build new proposals under under under un un- der threat of seizure Furthermore F he went on The impact I of or this seizure upon labor unions themselves themselves themselves them them- I selves cannot long escape the attention I of the thoughtful worker Each sword that cuts a foe has a second edge Unions themselves can be seized Their right to strike is obviously limited Their records and funds can be confiscated confiscated confiscated and their officers removed with strangers put in their places who would do the government bidding If It a government may seize plants to install a union shop it may likewise seize to forbid forbid forbid for for- bid the union shop Entirely aside from the debate over how tow high steel wages should be and how much the industry should charge for Its products one thing is certain Free labor cannot continue to exist unless unless un un- n- n less the freedom of enterprise continues to exist These are two edges of the same sword If the government can dictate dictate dictate dic dic- tate to Industry it can can and and will dic will dic dictate tate to labor A A A a V a V a V SETBACK FOR SOCIALISM 1 YEARS AGO the the Oregon State Medical I Society set up a prepaid hospitalization program which Oregon people could Join at a modest monthly cost if they wished to to In 1949 the government brought an trust anti-trust suit against the Plans Plan's sponsors in which the main claim was that participating doctors conspired to eliminate prepaid medical care plans not sponsored by themselves After Arter a months five-months trial resulting inan in inU inan an U page court record a Federal Judge threw out the suit in toto He held that the Oregon doctors had established es established es- es their plan to save their Profession from socialism and that no court should require organized medicine to jo remain remain a sitting duck while socialism socialism socialism social social- ism overwhelms It it This didn't s didn't-s satisfy the government however At a a. heavy cost to both the taxpayers and the defendants the case was way taken to higher courts It finally ended ended last April when the United States ates Supreme Court with but a angle single dissent upheld the trial court and tossed rv out the thc m monopoly n P ly charges Ot Of this ms the president of tho the Oregon State Stat i iOn Medical Society said In my opinion opiniOn m this decision is a sharp setback for the administration forces in ln their campaign camPaIgn cam- cam tai to regiment the American people and ancl i the American medical profession tin Under a Federal compulsory health Insurance in- in Bura system And the Portland Ore- Ore States Staton said editorially The United lightened SuPreme court upheld an enlightened en- en effort on the part of medical men to meet a a. social need need- The decision de- de ha has T tried Is a Victory ry for or a profession that successfully to solve a pressing r Problem by its own initiative So 80 o socialized medicine has taken one ono L l Continued on Page Two The Boys Column Continued from Page One I m more re setback setback and and the cause of free voluntary action by a fr free e people has hasI I taken a step forward I I o o o I TIm LOW V DONN DOWN FR I I In n ony CI HICKORY GROVE E i i TODAY I take a peep into the political poli poli- arena and nd you know she l looks pOll pOll-I I like the paint and gilt on the old bandwagon bandwagon bandwagon band band- wagon and calliope h have ve wor worn thin thin thin- the wheels creak thc creak the tinsel is tarnished thin 1 1 the the clowns' clowns Jokes and antics dont don't seem to have the old punch At After r 20 I j I I i i I 1 I j I years folks are beginning to catch o on n that what the barker said out in front frontI didn't happen once you put down your 4 bits at the ticket wagon and passed inside to the big performance For years we been told everything would be sweet and grand in no time at all But today ringmaster Harry says and ana I quote this country is in the midst of the greatest emergency it has ever had So we see a a new show show new new faces faces faces- this summer is going to be interesting Mr Kefauver riding by on his bicycle I In his coon skin coon skimmer skimmer Mr Stassen splitting his votes with others others Mr Warren sprinting along trying to keep keep up with the procession procession and and Uncle Harry there on the sidelines but with his his' hat h hidden under his vests vesti vest but ready to haul it out and shy It into the q fray If it it looks like he has a ghost of ofa ofa ofa a chance Then in the heavyweight class we see Mr l Taft and Mr Russell and Mr Eisenhower I I would not choose choos to tangle with any of these 3 sober gents We are not sunk jet anyway yet anyway not com COOl I Yours with the low down JO SERRA I |