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    "ocrText": "prominent visitors, he continued his cam-\nother assignments he earned a reputation\npaign against present national policies. He\nas a brilliant and capable administrator.\nshowed a blindness to our problems in Eu-\nGen. Ridgway comes to his assignment\nrope because he was, as for many years\nin Japan with an outstanding record of jobs\npast, preoccupied with our problems in the\nwell done. America need have nothing but\norient.\ntrust in this man who takes over its des-\nThe situation was rapidly becoming im-\ntinies in the far east.\npossible. Confusion, fanned by political\npartisanship, was growing at home. Our\nToward Economic Disaster\nfriends overseas were bewildered at the\nThe much needed warning of the senate-\nsight, wondering at the stability of our gov-\nernment and at the worth of its interna-\nhouse economic committee that our gallop-\ntional pledges. The situation was one in\ning inflation is a threat to our economic\nwhich only our Russian opponents could\nstrength and must be checked immediately\nfind satisfaction-and helpful propaganda.\nis shocking no one into action.\nEveryone is too busy to listen. Business,\nGen. MacArthur's removal will brew a\nindustry, labor, the farmer are all too con-\ngreat storm. Already there is talk of im-\ncerned with \"getting theirs\" while the get-\npeaching President Truman, an unlikely\nting looks good. To the extent that each\nprospect. Gen. MacArthur is mentioned as\ngroup wants controls that are necessary to\na presidential candidate, although he is\nhalt inflation, they are controls for some-\nnow 71 years of age. And the statement\nbody else.\nis heard that \"the last bulwark of the na-\nOur present course could lead us on an\ntion against Russian communism is gone.\"\never upward inflationary spiral that could\nSuch a statement is nonsense. The des-\nbring an economic smashup as dangerous to\ntiny of the United States does not rest on\nour nation as military defeat. In the face\none man-be his name MacArthur or Tru-\nof that danger, industry struggles to hold\nman. It rests on the people and the people's\nits bloated dividends, labor fights for auto-\ncourage and common sense. In the days\nmatic pay increases hitched to the inflating\nahead, when the fury of this controversy\nprice index, the farmer battles for his sub-\nwill fill the air, we must exercise that com-\nsidies and defends his parity fortress. Gov-\nmon sense.\nernment is doing little more than expand\nIt is unfortunate, we repeat, that things\nits spending, pushing inflation faster with-\nhad to come to this unhappy pass. It will\nout providing it with the brakes it must\nbe a real loss if Gen. MacArthur's experi-\nhave.\nence in the far east and his administrative\nCongress, instead of acting, concerns it-\nability cannot still be used to national ad-\nself largely with quibbling over such mat-\nvantage. We believe he is of a caliber still\nters as whether escalator clauses in wage\nto lend his advice and prestige in the draft-\ncontracts are needed because of inflation\ning of a treaty with Japan. We believe\nor help cause inflation. It's the \"chicken\nPresident Truman is of a caliber to seek\nand the egg\" argument all over again.\nGen. MacArthur's advice. After all, what-\nThe central fact in our current economic\never the disagreement between two Amer-\npicture is the struggle to \"get mine.\" No-\nicans charged with great responsibilities,\nbody does anything effective to curb infla-\nthe nation comes first.\ntion. Nobody appears too worried over the\nBut as to the matter of Gen. MacArthur's\nfact that there must be a breaking point,\nremoval as over-all commander in the far\nthat inflation cannot go on without eventu-\neast-it is hard to see how Mr. Truman\nally leading to an economic smashup.\ncould have taken any other action and still\nIf conditions are allowed to go that far,\nretained the responsibility and authority\nour own greed will have accomplished\nthat is vested in the presidency of the\nwhat the Kremlin has been scheming to\nUnited States.\naccomplish without a shot being fired.\nHow badly this country needs the leader-\nTaxing 60 Tons of Snow\nship to arouse the corroded conscience of\nAt Hampstead Heath, England, ski jump-\nindustry, labor, the farmer-all of us-in\ntime to halt this crazy race toward eco-\ners who have been happily awaiting a free\nnomic disaster!\ngift of 60 tons of snow being sent them\nfrom Norway were brought down to earth\nLabor Unions and Farmers\nwith a jolt recently. The British customs\nFrom the Wisconsin Agriculturist and Farmer.\nauthorities informed them that the snow\nLabor unions are organized to benefit union\nwould be subject to £20 duty, according\nmembers. Farm groups aim to help farmers.\nto the London Times.\nThe two cannot work in the same harness.\nDairy Farmers' union, AFL, is trying it.\nWhat interested the Times, in comment-\nBut AFL labor union members are already\ning on the matter, was how the customs\nantagonistic. And why shouldn't they be?\nofficials arrived at any measure of value\nLabor men want cheap food. Dairy farm-\nagainst which to assess a tax.\ners want all they can get for their products.\nWhat's snow worth, anyway? To anyone\nThey can dicker and bargain, but they can't\nwho just went through our Wisconsin win-\neat from the same trough. Their aims are\ndifferent.\nter, nothing. It's just something you have\nThat's why the two groups can never com-\nto pay people to shovel away. To anyone\npletely join forces. Co-operate? Yes. But mar-\nfeeling the first freshness of spring these\nriage is out."
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