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"WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 2, 1944.
EMPLOYMENT PROBLEM AFTER WAR
The CAPITALIST system, as developed in the
United States, is not a perfect economic system,
its advantages more than offset its defects.
No state-directed economy, controlled by bu
reaucratic officials, has yet functioned in the world
to discredit the American system.
The American system was under heavy fire
in the early 30’s when despairing men vainly
Bought employment to take care of their families,
and the nation witnessed the spectacle of want
aiipid plenty.
To provide employment for idle people, the
government undertook, through new agencies, a
variety of enterprises. Generally, the people of
the nation approved the action of the government
and it is probably a settled conviction that *;very
American who wants to work is entitled to a job.
Full recognition of this pronounced conviction
appears in the continued discussion of “full em
ployment” in the post-war years. Many business
men, including Eric Johnston, president of the
United States Chamber of Commerce, have assert
ed that private industry, if unhampered by restric
tions, can and will provide work for everybody.
Many prominent economists doubt the ability
of industry to guarantee full employment and they
think the leaders of industry are making a mistake
in promising something a free enterprise system
cannot deliver.
There is only one way by which capitalism
can abolish unemployment. It is to provide em
ployment, regardless of market conditions and
profits. Obviously, private industry has never done
such a thing and never will. z
In appreciating the virtues of the American
economic system, it is not necessary to endow it
with mythical power. Business and industry in
this country operate for profit and not for social
reform. Production is subject to expansion and
contraction and any attempt by private capital to
employ all workers all the time would bankrupt
most businesses.
The average American has sense enough to
understand that no business can continue to eixt
if it is compelled to employ twice as many workers
as it requires.
The answer to the problem requires acceptance
of the idea that the government must be prepared,
through an intelligent program of public works, to
toke up the slack in periods of depression.
There are many projects which the govern
ment can build in years of depression that will
prove to be profitable. Many of them will be
self-liquidating and others provide values to society
that justify their cost.—(Juneau Empire).
T
A HE EVACUATION of Berlin, which reports tell
us now is under way on a gigantic scale .will have
a telling effect on German morale. How deeply it
will penetrate the hearts of the Nazis we do not
yet know; but that it will do much to hasten the
end of the war is certain.
London underwent a long and ghastly series
of air attacks earlier in the conflict, but it is diffi- I
cult to compare accurately the Berlin situation with
that which existed in England. The tempers of the
two nations are basically different; what served to
put steel into British resistance probably will not
work the same way on the German populace.
Then, too, the fury of the London raids were
nothing to compare with the attacks which RAF
and American bombers have carried on against the
German capital. Allies are dropping tons of high
explosives for pounds which the Nazis carried over
London. The tempo of the fight has been longer
sustained; promises to continue to increase rather
than to decrease.—-(Cincinnati Inquirer).
LITERARY
GlIIDEPOST
By JOHN SELBY
"TO ALL HANDS: AN AMPHI
BIOUS ADVENTURE," by Ll.
John Mason Biown, U, S. N. R.
(Whittlesey; S2,75>.
When we were preparing the
Sicilian invasion, when, in fact,
the ships were at sea, the com
mander of one ship begot an idea.
It was that the men in the ship’s
capacious bowels deserved to know
v/hat was afoot—or perhaps awash
would be better, speaking of a
ship.
And in his somewhat war-bloat
ed crew was a man whose 30b-had
been odd preparation for a naval
command of any sort. This was
John Mason Brown, the theatrical
reviewer. It was arranged that
Lieut. Brown should "broadcast”
daily to the ship, over its loud
speaker system, and when the ac
tual invasion began, alter the,per- '
iious Atlantic crossing and it<? re
curring alarms, Lieut. Brown was
permitted to stand in a hail of
descending flak on the bridge of
the stup. assemble what news there
was, and tell that to his shipmates
ns well. • •
This would h&ve been only a
pleasant and thoughtful gesture
but for two things. Ope of .these 1
was Lieut. Brown’s curious idea
that he was broadcasting to men
of brains—instead of attempting
to talk on th*» comics magazine
level, he spoke intelligently. He
even quoted the classics, and he
made jokes that presumed a little
scholarship on the part of the lis
tener The boys liked the tone
of the talks.
And the second factor was the
presence on the ship of George i
Sessions Perry, who thought the
broadcasts too good to be lost, and
suggested that they be made into
a book. This has been done, and
"To Ail Hands: An Amphibious
Venture” is the book It has been
leavened with a collection of ex
cellent photographs, and it is the
just and very Human history of
the oar: of our fleet that touched
at the small Sicilian town ofi
Seoglitti. It reflects the general
outline of the venture, and a
number of specific adventures,
Lieut. Brown’s book is a minor
military classic.
CARD PARTY
SERIES BEGINS
The Pioneers of Alaska’s annual
series of card parties will begin
tonight at 9:00 p m.. at the Odd
Fellows Hall. All -who enioy
playing Whist should attend the
parties. There will be several
prizes each evening and several
grand prizes at the close of the
series. The games will. be played
every second Wednesday, begin
ning tonight.
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1- 3 cup shortening
2- 3 cup sugar
1 egg, beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
1-2 teaspoon grated lemon rind
1- 4 teaspoon salt
2- 3 cup milk
2 1-2 teaspoons baking powder
Cream shortening and sugar.
Add rest of ingredients and beat
a minute. Pour into shallow pan,
lined with wax paper. Add fruit
topper.
Pruit Topper
1-2 cup chopped prunes or dates
or raisins
1-3 cup broken nuts
Speck salt
1 tablespoon orange juice
1-4 teaspoon cinnomon
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The first series game of the Pio
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open tonight at 9:00 p. m. at the
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