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Pane 4 TH1 CUERO RECORD W#d. Aug. 18, 1971
Editorial—
Dream-Turned-Nightmare
PRESIDENT NIXON’S projected trip to Communist
China coupled with his Intent to seat Peking In the
United Nations have been described frequently as a per-
sonal diplomatic triumph for the President.
According to this curious reading of events, the
President has taken the first steps toward “normalizing”
relations with the Chinese Communists, who still stand
branded by the United Nations as an aggressor In the
Korean war, In which thousands of Americans died at
the hands of Peking “volunteers." Despite these uni-
lateral gestures by Nixon, Chou En-lal, Mao’s left-hand
man, says more concessions by the United States are es-
sential to Improve relations between Peking and Wash-
ington.
Chou says that only the complete withdrawal of
American troops from Southeast Asia (but not the
Chinese Communist soldiers In Laos and North Vietnam)
could even begin to generate any thaw In Peking’s hos-
tility. Nixon first must surrender Indochina to Hanoi be-
fore Muo decides what he will do. If anything, to en-
hance peace.
Chou demands the pull-out of “not only (U.S.)
troops but all military forces and all military Installa-
tions'’ from Southeast Asia, which Is almost verbatim
from Hanoi’s seven-point demands for an American cap-
itulation.
Nixon’s trip Is supposed to have created Soviet fear
that Peking and Washington might come to some agree-
ment at Moscow’s expense. Foreign Minister Andrei
Oromyko of the Soviet Union, however, continues to de-
mand that the U.N. seat Red China and expel National-
ist China, the same conditions Peking has set down as
its price for accepting membership. The Kremlin also
endorses Hanoi's demands for a U.S. surrender In South-
east Asia.
Far from any diplomatic breakthrough, President
Nixon simply has begged an Invitation from a country
that George Meany of the AFL-CIO accurately describes
as “still a slave state.” The visit is another In a long
series of dreams-tumed-nlghtmares, starting with Yal-
ta, that If only the President could sit down with the
Communists, we could talk them out of their designs to
destroy us.
Looking 'Ahead i
INDIAN LOVE CALL
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Lockheed
Just a few days after Congress voted to guarantee a
lean of some 250 millions to Lockheed Aircraft Corpora-
tion, reported In practically all quarters to be necessary
to avoid bankruptcy for the firm, the firm announced
earnings for the first half of this year higher than last
year’s.
Earnings, It was said, were based on the assump-
tion the firm would obtain massive, new financing Cong-
ress voted to underwrite. High finance being somewhat
beyond us, it’s difficult to determine whether Lockheed
is going uphill or down, on the verge of bankruptcy with
Increased earnings for stockholders guaranteed by the
U. £ taxpayer.
Nixon Buses
One of the most emotional issues In American socie-
ty today is that of school busing to achieve racial bal-
ance in the public schools. President Nixon recently
.spoke out against massive busing as more harmful than
helpiul in many cases, though he said the executive de-
partment would abide by court rulings.
The first conclusion one draws from this statement
u that the President, an astute politician, knows what
he Is saying Is popular with the majority. Since he says
he will abide by court rulings, he lessens the antagonism
among proponents of busing plans, who have long known
the President’s attitude In any event.
He scores heavily with the majority, however, In
speaking out against the position of the highly vocal
aiul sometimes self-righteous civil rights groups—which
very, very few politicians have dared oppose publlclly In
recent years.
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A FRIGHTENING
EDUCATIONAL FAILURE
One of the fatal omissions in
tlie present education of our
young people is the story of
American industry's contribu-
tion to the well-being of the
American people. In my work
throughout the summer in high
sch<*>l citizenship seminars in
11 Midwestern and Suthwcstern
states, I’ve had intimate con-
tact with approximately 7,000
high school leaders, youngsters
who have made outstanding
grades or who have won orato-
rical or essay contests. Atten-
dance at a week-tong citizen-
ship seminar — whore we have
sports and other fellowship tun
as well as classes — is, in a
sense, a reward for their achie-
vements.
Die one fact that seemed to
shock most of the youngsters
was that America (with only G
per cent of the population of the
world) produces nearly half of
the world’s manufactured goods.
And they didn’t seem to under-
stand also that this production
of goods and services means
production of wealth — the
wealth that all Americans live
on. As a matter of fact, I found
In each of the groups a general
Ignorance — more widespread
than in previous years — about
the basic facts of our economic
system — and an equally dis-
turbing factor: a small group
of articulate youngsters who
rose to criticize and attack Am-
erican Industry In particular
and the American economic
system generally. They almost
silenced the others.
To Wreck The System
If this generation of young-
sters continues to be denied the
true facts about American In-
dustry our system will grad-
ually, or perhaps even abrupt-
ly be changed into some form
Try eared Stop Mo
-By BENNETT CERF-
of governmental ownership or
control. The full story of Am-
erican industry’s growth —
from the backyard blacksmith
shop in the 17th Century to
the miracle of nroduction that
we now have — and its indis-
pensable role in American pro-
gress is not being given to our
youngsters in school. On the
other hand they are being hit
from many directions by criti-
cism against the system.
To prepare for the last big
seminar (400 youngsters from
six states) I made a special
trip to Chicago and interviewed
DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Do a
trouper'*
job
4. City In
Oklahoma
7. Solicit
30. Seaside
12. Judah
Ben——
13. Why T
(2 wds.)
14. -
glance
(2 wds.)
35. Zoo
attraction
36. Editor's
directive
17. Time
of day
90. Lion’s
21. Rowan
tree
29. Joshua's
companion
24. Montego,
for one
25. Pyrlte or
misplckel
26. Lummox
29. Extensive
31. Girl’s
name
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off
34. Halt
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d'oeuvre
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letter
38. German
pronoun
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driver’s
question
(2 wds.)
43. Ernesto
Guevara
44. Stadium
thrill
(2 wda)
45. Poet’s
■word
46. Contrary
(abbr.)
47. Adult-
hood
DOWN'
1. German
expletive
2. BUl’s
partner
3. Playing
marble
4. On
5. Noble-
woman
6. Grogshop
offering
7. Should
we
consider ?
(2 wda)
8. External
9. Emulate
Demos-
-thenes
1L Scruti-
nize
16. Hag-
gard
novel
17. Tiny
serving
18. Biblical
king
19. Is It
worth
it?
(2 wds.)
20. Tobog-
gan
22. Crotch-
ety old
fellow
23. Altar in
the sky
27. Collec-
tion of
anec-
dotes
28. Wray
Of the
clients
Yesterday7* Answer
30. Fish
egga
32. Season
331 Hide
34. Father
36. Portion
of
mutton
37. Jute, e.g.
39.1925
song hit
40. Memorable
period
41. Pull
42. Odd
number
the key people of five of the
nation’s top manufacturing com-
panies — a nationally known
food processor, one of the big-
gest petroleum companies, a big
farm Implement manufacturer,
one of the oldest manufactur-
ers of office equipment, and a
privately-owned public utilities
company. Together these five
make jobs for more than 350,-
000 people, pay about $1 billion
in taxes, and produce a sub-
stantial part of the wealth of
America.
Industry In Trouble
The report I brought back to
the last of our summer citizen-
ship seminars did not make a
bright picture for the future of
American industry. It shows A-
merican industry to be in se-
rious trouble; and this means
the people of America, in the
long haul, are In serious trou-
ble.
At the first company I visit-
ed, I talked with a top execu-
tive. His company's operations
are spread throughout the na-
tion and its products are in the
world market This mammoth
industrial enterprise, employing
nearly 100,000 people, is in trou-
ble. Although the company has
invested $100,000 In plant, ma-
chine tools, training and other
things to create each of the
job^, productivity improvement
in its plants all across the
nation is averaging three per-
cent a year, while “monopoly
union pressure” is farcing up
wages at from 10 to 20 per cent
a year.
Monopoly Power
"We can’t operate indefinite-
ly like this,” he said. "Infla-
tion, from just this situation
in companies throughout the
country, threatens the financial
stability of our nation and thus
the economic security of all
citizens. Labor unions are so
strong that industry can no
longer withstand unreasonable
demands. We either bow to the
power of the unions or they
close us up. Die monoply pow-
er of the unions we must deal
with today is such that they
could wreck our company In
six months. There is nothing we
could do to damage the unions
— in six months or six years.
"I certainly do not wish to
appear to be anti-union. We, on
the contrary, feel that unions,
without monopoly power and
with reasonable leadership, can
be beneficial not only to the
union members but to the com-
pany.” This job-maker for 100,-
000 employees fears most of all
AT A LITERARY cocktail party, a very pretty rir? was
asked, “If you were marooned on a tiny island in the
Pacific and could have only one thing to read, what v. ;uld
be your choice?” Her un-
hesitating reply was, “A
tattooed sailor.’*
• • •
The crew ot the cruise
ship “Olympia” will long
remember one lady passen-
ger who hung up a record
for the shortest stay ever
made by a tourist in the
lovely island of Bermuda.
When the ship set down
its gangplank at the Ham-
ilton dock, said lady was
the first to disembark.
Within three minutes, Bhe
had hired a motor bike and
within another two had lost
control of it. While other passengers panicked, she circled wildly
about the dock, streaked back up to the gangplank and crashed
into a pile of luggage about to be carried ashore. She was still in
the ship Infirmary, nursing various and sundry bruises, when the
“Olympia” set sail on its return journey to the States.
• • a
RIDDLE-DE-DEE:
Q. What did one tonsil say to another tonsil ?
A. “Better dress carefully. The doctor’s going to take you out
tonight.”
Q. What word, starting with a consonant, is followed by four
vowels?
A. Queue.
Q. Why do elephants wear green tights?
A. So they can sneak across a billiard table without being seen.
.O 1971, by Bennett Oerf. Distributed by King Features Syndicate.
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A SUBURBANITE informed his grocer that he was closing
JA- his account and planning to start a garden of his own.
“No more of your outrageous prices for me,” he boasted.
“Go to it,” urged the pro-
prietor, “but let me
promise you this: six
months from the day you
start that garden, you’ll
be wondering how on
earth I can afford to sell
my vegetables so cheap!”
• • •
Tallulah Bankhead, who
took a backseat to nobody
when it came to outright
bltchery;. brought three
friends to a London play
ostensibly to pay tribute to
an actress who had 00-
starred with her In a half
dozen other productions. For a starter, Miss Bankhead's devas-
tating comments were delivered so loudly that they could be
heard six rows away. Then she added insult to injury by taking
her friends backstage after the final curtain fell, embracing the
star fervently—and- telling her, “You were simply wonderful,
darling—except that nobody back of the fourth row osuld hear a
single word you Bald.1**
Government takeover: ''When
companies are weakened, with
their prices Jacked up so high
(by forced wage rises) that the
market dwindles, they must
either go out of business or
Into government ownership.”
And government ownership
stagnates production and ulti-
mately enslaves the people.
Hiese facts about industry’s
role in the economic well-being
of the American people are not
getting through to our youth,
and thus millions of them are
becoming radicals, accepting the
propaganda of the Communists,
and creating strife and grave
danger In our nation.
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Prentice, D. L. The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 195, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 18, 1971, newspaper, August 18, 1971; Cuero, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth703220/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Cuero Public Library.