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Show 1 THE AMERICAN YAY t " LET'S f k, IT DeWitt Emery This Korean thing has most people a lot more worried than they care to admit. They aren't woried because of what might happen in Korea, but rather are deeply concerned over what may happen elsewhere. Russia delinately has the initiative and may break out any time in one or more of a half dozen other spots. Personally, I'm most concerned concern-ed over what may happen to this country if the shooting is not confined t o Korea. It's a well known fact that plans have been drawn to conscript everything every-thing and everybody in the United States in the event of another world war. If the absolute dictatorship which is now on the legislative legisla-tive drafting boards is ever established, es-tablished, none of us, yes, not even our children or our grandchildren, grand-children, will live long enough to see freedom of speech, freedom free-dom of religion, freedom of opportunity op-portunity and all the other freedoms we now enjoy, restored re-stored in the United States. Heretofore in this country when the killing and destruction destruc-tion were over, those who survived sur-vived took up more or less where they left off. They resumed re-sumed the pattern of their lives in the American way. They were free to work where and when they wished, to worship as they pleased, to speek their minds on any subject, to meet with their fellow men for any peaceful purpose, to be secure in their possessions, and to have their day in a free court. This time, if there is a this time and if the military and defense de-fense planners have their way, all this would be wiped out in the very beginning; freedom, opportunity and justice would perrish from the United States for along, long time if not forever. for-ever. This is what we must a-void a-void even though we may not at this late date be able to avoid being forced into another war. I understand why, if we get into a full scale war, wages, salaries and prices should be frozen immediately and taxes increased. I also understand why rationing of civilian goods and allocations of the materials of production in a total war effort ef-fort are both necessary and desirable, de-sirable, all of which can be done without changing our government gov-ernment to a dictatorship. I don't believe, for example, that when you chain a man to a machine or bench or for that matter behind the wheel of a truck that you'll get as much production or service from him as you would if he were a free ag'ent. Yet, that is exactly what conscripting manpower means. Conscription of wealth means that the government takes whatever what-ever you have that it wants by simply telling you to turn it over. Due process of law and just compensation are all the way out the window. Maybe some of you don't like the name "dictatorship" as applied ap-plied to this country. I don't either. But if the War Powers Act as now drafted should be passed by Congress, it would conscript manpower and wealth and if that wouldn't set the president up as an absolute dictator, you'll have to tell me what it would do. It is not necessary, desirable or in any sense practical to conscript con-script manpower or wealth. All history shows that free- men outproduce slaves (a conscript is a slave whether you like it or not) by a very, very wide margin. Also hT people have never ft, V subscribe everyf 't. fenng made to always will as derstand the needgaa5 S people. u and jy. The way then to r10, 1 out-war, if that bj4 sary, iS to increase:1 freeze wages, salaS? V . at once and immedtffli rationing 0f civi i 5 I allocation of ma.'a" M lfe. Then puH;'. and the best sale, ?e b: United States ha, get everyone in th er do his or her inl l0i and faster than ever K' i to buy bonds aikf , fered. as H j,: This will get ti . quicker and much Vb-:any Vb-:any other method : ftfr I our freedom and nn it with our Rennh me 'Whether you&', our American way 0, l0! greatest blessing V. on mankind any nil : ; face of God's earth |
