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Show tttle Creek " i Just before Nikita Krushchev left Moscow for his historic visit to the United States, the Soviet scientists, technicians and craftsmen crafts-men gave him an epoch-making going away present. It was a rocket that sailed 240,000 miles into space and hit the moon within a few minutes of the predicted pre-dicted instant of impact. Upon his return home after a few days spent in conference with his Chinese Red counterparts, Mr. K. had a heartwarming coming com-ing home present awaiting him. It was another spectacular outer space accomplislunents. This time his Communistic comrades had placed an "Interplanetary "Inter-planetary Platform" in orbit around the moon and earth. The new Lun-Earthnik is described as a "satellite base to do things from." Powered with solar batteries bat-teries and chemical sources of electricity the gadget is expected to broadcast valuable scientific data. Touring Europe in the interest of peace and entertaining the wily Krushchev have been exhausting ex-hausting work for President Eisenhower. Eis-enhower. So much so that a rest in the California sunshine was prescribed by his doctors. To date, no mention has been made of any goingaway present being rustled up for him. And when he returns to the arduous duties of the White House, liis homecoming will be darkened by a nation-wide series of disheartening disheart-ening problems. The U.S. is in the throes of the most devastating strike in his tory and as a result the economy of the country is sagging perilously peril-ously and unemployment is zooming zoom-ing upward. As of Monday, Oct. 4, labor walkouts had stalled activity in steel, copper, shipping, meat packing, ship repair, glass products pro-ducts and automobiles, with a railroad strike just around the corner. Anybody like to apply for the job of President? Those of us who have maintained main-tained that workers will not produce pro-duce efficiently under any system of regimentation had better revise re-vise our thinking. Recent Russian Rus-sian accomplishments have changed chan-ged all that. The lesson is clear for anyone who cares to read. " This column is making no case for the Communists. But there are a few tilings both labor and management should take into consideration before it is too late. When greed for a few cents an hour or a per cent or two in net profits continue to throw this country into economic crisis after crisis, it's about time somebody started to act their age. The free-enterprize system is certainly better in many respects than any system of rigid regimentation. regi-mentation. But only if we are unselfish un-selfish enough to make it work. To date our "free" scientists and workers haven't hit the moon nor launched a space platform and many of our rockets are sputtering on the pad. But we do enjoy the luxury of senseless strikes, striped tooth paste, power pow-er windows and instant mashed potatoes. So long 'til Thursday. |