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THE LEADER-TRIBUNE — Thursday, July 16, 1953
The Leader-Tribune
Established 1888
Published Weekly on Thursday
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Smith, Owners.
DANIEL K. GRAHL
Editor
“As a Man Thinketh In His
Heart, So Is He”
Official Organ for Peach County,
City of Fort Valley, and Macon
Division of the Middle District of
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Thursday, July 16, 1953
THERE IS AN ANSWER
More and more people are be¬
coming concerned more and more
every day about the economic con¬
dition of our country.
First, they are remembering that
the last depression hit the farmer
first—and moved on from hirfi to
small businesses and then even¬
tually to big business. The same
beginning is being felt now.
The farmer’s income is drop¬
ping — and dropping much too
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know what you get for your money. transmission — recirculating ball¬
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stepping smartly through traffic absorbers-a big, “Six-Footer”cab.
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travel. Clutch repairs or replace¬ you all these things. That’s what
ments are never necessary. En¬ makes a GMC the biggest bargain
t gine and drive line can’t be you’ve ever driven! Come in and
strained. Getaways are quicker see for yourself!
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In a GMC, it gets you 105 horse¬ optional at moderate extra cost on all others.
power and 8.0 to 1 compression. Up eetatsa!""*'
to 19% more power than comparable
sixes offer. Crisper response. Mile¬
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get all this on non-premium fuel. A General Motors Value
$1637.48
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quickly and steadily in the
ion of most experts. In particu
lar here in Georgia statistics re
cently released showed an alarm
ing decrease in farm revenue over
the same period of time for last
year.
At the same time many small
businesses are feeling a small
amount of pinch and people are
hoping, but beginning to wonder,
that we are not headed to an¬
other 1932-3, etc.
There is surely an answer to the
problem today but the answer does
not lie in the administration elim
inating such thing as TVA.
We believe, along with the ad
ministration, that there is plenty
of excess baggage, so to speak,
in the governmental functions. We
believe that there is a definite sur
plus of bureaus, etc. But we do not
believe that slicing the Air Force
potential, even if it won’t be felt
until 1956, will slove the problem
of adequate defense at less
We believe that the federal gov
ernment has become a mammoth
sprawling empire, run in part by
people who are sometimes called
“special interest” groups. We do
not believe the answer to that
is the elimination of sound and
sensible departments and person
nel. W e believe that too many peo
pie in this country, both in out
of of governmental positions, are
“fellow travelers,” etc., but we do
not believe the answer to them
is to be found in the McCarthy
style purges.
The vast bulk of all reform in
our governmental circles must first
start at home. We, the little peo
pie in the little towns, the b%
people in the big towns, and all
the vast thousands of rural dwel
lers must elect people to local
office who are honest and desire
only honest, fair government.
must then in turn elect state and
national figures to office with the
same desires and aspirations. And
then we as individuals must come
to the realization that our con¬
gressmen are in Washington to
serve the best interests of the en
tire country and not to fight
claw solely for the selfish desires
of the individual groups.
No administration, whether it be
Republican or Democratic, can
j so fl ve the problem without the
help and understanding of people
back home.
All of the above we admit. And
yet it is becoming more and more
difficult to understand how Pres
ident Eisenhower can continue to
iet Taft and McCarthy and his
big business cabinet members
} ■ run” the show. We believe whole
heartedly in the capitalistic sys
tern of society but we believe that
there is, or should be, a place for
“little” business along with the
big. There are many principles of
big business which do and should
! a PPly to government. On the other
hand there are equally as many
that should be forgotten from a
governmental standpoint,
Government was, and we assume
still is, a coldblooded proposition
j n Russia. There is no happiness
there less it be with the ruling
Washington was designed to
ser ve the people and the Repub
ij C ans as well as all others might
as well become resigned to the
f act that it’s going to cost some
money to operate. We believe, as
stated above, that often the gov
ernment costs too much. But we
believe that such things as TVA
j are worth the cost inasmuch as
jt has and does perform a hu
manitarian service to the people
and an area which were so long
denied such services by private en
j | terprise. In the particular case of
TVA it will not cost the tax-payer
a red cent in the long run since
the money to establish and op
erate it initially was “borrowed’
from the government and is be
j ng pa j d back,
I In this same general thinking
I we are reminded of a statement
made the other day by retired Chief
Qf the Air Force> Genera i H oyt
Vandenburg. He told friends that
j he has been a lifelong Republican
but what they are now doing to
the Air Force and the country has
made him sick to the extent that
he is sorely tempted to become
a Democrat. We hold no particu
, i ar brief for General Vandenburg
in this corner but he is one of
the truly great living Americans,
and if ever a man In this country
should be qualified to know about
the Air Force and its mission he’s
the man.
President Eisenhower is suppos¬
ed to be the captain of his team.
As such he is supposed to be the
one to lay down policy, etc., after
due consideration and study with
his personal and official advisors.
We’re ready for him to become
truly captain of his team. Such
action would help immeasurably
at the present reading.
The total and lasting solution
however, is with the people. Elect
honest, fair people to office from
the lowest level to the top and wi
cannot fail to have good govern¬
ment.
THE POT BEGINS TO BOIL
The gubernatorial pot for 1954
begins to truly boil.
Down at the Georgia Press As¬
sociation convention in Savannah
during the last week in June we
had one or two possible candi¬
dates for governor on hand and
one possible candidate for lieu¬
tenant governor.
Over in Augusta “king maker”
Roy Harris is fanning the bushes
in his weekly political paper in
an effort to promote somebody he
can tie on to and claim he elected:
governor. He’s done it before and
he’ll do it again if they’re not
careful.
Now Roy says that Jim Gillis
is in the No. 1 spot, Marvin Grif¬
fin the No. 2 spot, but that Gow
en, from Brunswick, has made a
bid already for governor and he
has a chance of making it ,too.
And on top of that he says Gowen
is a good man with only one strike
against him, that of being from
a coastal county.
We have gotten the impression
from Mr. Harris’ paper that he
is not exactly in favor of Gillis'
or Gowen but that all of them have
a chance and they all have good
qualities.
Nary a word has Brother Har¬
ris had to say about the possibil¬
ity of Earle Cocke getting the
governorship. That i«. if he has
said anything in particular about
him we missed reading that is¬
sue.
Brother Harris hasn't told us
anything we didn’t already know
about all of the candidates he has
mentioned — and wo still say that
of all the crop mentioned we’ll
take Marvin Griffin.
We know that some of the pa
pars are holding the “pardon rack¬
et” of Ed Rivers’ tenure against
Marvin but it is rather strange'
to us that so long as Marvin re¬
mained a comparative unknown
politically he was not particularly
condemned for the alleged misuse
of pardons. At that time it was
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LOOKING
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by GEORGE S. BENSON
Pmlthal—Manilaf Statef. Colit ft
Art a not
DOING THE BIG JOB
At the end of World War II,
General Eisenhower wrote a book
entitled “Crusade in Europe.” It
gave a detailed account of the
preparations for the actual inva¬
sion of Nazi-held Europe — the
rreatest military action in the his¬
tory of modern warfare. Every
\merican has a vital stake in Gen
«ral Eisenhower’s “crusade” in Eu
ope. It was the freeman’s cru
■iade against advancing tyranny. It
routed and defeated the vast arm¬
’d might of Hitler’s Nazi empire,
T n a very real sense it preserved
’he American way of life.
The success of the invasion was
due not only to General Eisenhow¬
er’s leadership as Supreme Com¬
mander but to the know-how and
experience of the team of subor¬
dinates whom he chose. His book
clearly shows that when he select¬
ed his subordinates he placed great
importance on military know-how
on actual battle experience, and on
experience in coordinating a big
military operation. With the safe¬
ty of his own nation and of all
other free nations at stake, he call¬
ed in the best military minds and
the most experienced combat lead¬
ers to make up his “team.”
Experience Is Priceless
<* I left the United States on Jan.
13, 1944,” he wrot“ in his book,
“to undertake the organization of
the mightiest fighting force that
the two Western Allies could mus
all Ed Rivers since he was one
of the kingpins in state politics.
Now Ed’s star has waned and
Marvin’s is on the rise — so, Mar¬
vin was the one responsible for
the misuse of pardons.
We wish they would make up
their minds just who was respon¬
sible.
At any rate, at the present read¬
ing and without committing our¬
selves irrevocably, we’ll take Mar¬
vin Griffin. It’s a long time until
election time and many things
could happen and we reserve the
right to study all possible candi¬
dates.
Marvin has the personality, the
dignity ,and should have the know¬
ledge and desire to do right. All
are necessary to make a good gov¬
ernor.
We like him personally and be¬
lieve he could and would make
Georgia a good governor. There
may be others who would make
better governors but we’ve got to
see them and know it before we
change our mind.
| ter.” Then he listed the subordinate
commanders: "Air Chief Marshal
Sir Arthur Tedder, Lt. Gen. Omar
Bradley, Gen. Sir Bernard Mont
gomery, Lt. Gen, Carl Spaatz, and
Admiral Bertram Ramsey, all test
ed battle leaders and all exper
ienced in the problems of devel
oping real allied unity in a large
operation."
In his long active military car
eer General Eisenhower had learn
ed a lesson that applies anywhere,
In warfare, as in business, and
also in the business end of gov
ernment, there is no substitute for
know-how and experience. A bat
tie leader is not chosen for his
ability to recite a military treat
ise. A man is not elected to
post of corporation president be
cause he holds a degree from a
school of business administration,
And in a government that has be
come big business a degree in pol
itical science or a man’s political
savvy is not as valuable to the
taxpayers as business know-how
and experience.
$75-Billion Business
Most citizens, I’m sure have
been heartened by two qualities
that have been consistent in the
the President’s appointments to
his governmental “team”—Chris¬
tian character and fitness for the
assignments given. It remains to
be seen how well the Cabinet and
the other key appointees withstand
the terrible political pressures of
Washington. These pressures have
been known to wreck Christian
character and thwart the use of
sound business judgment.
As in his “crusade” in Europe,
President Eisenhower feels there
is a great deal at stake for ev¬
ery citizen in the new job to which
he has been called by the Ameri¬
can people. With World Commun¬
ism dedicated to the destruction
of our nation without or within,
with grave domestic issues threat¬
ening our unity, and with govern¬
mental expanded in this crises to
a $75-billion-a-year business, ev¬
ery American can agree the he
has a genuine stake in how the
government is operated. His free¬
dom is at stake, and so is what’s
in his pocketbook.
Man to Fit Job
The most obvious fact in the
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whole Federal governmental pi<5
ture today is that defense 3pend
ing accounts for approximately 65
per cent of the entire federal bud
get. The administration of this
vast military establishment, with
its service arms scattered ’round!
the globe and its multi-billion-dol
lar armaments program constitu
ting the biggest production job in
our peacetime history, is a job
for a big man a man of char
acter and with business know-how
and experience in big operations,
President Eisenhower chose such
a man — Charles E. Wilson, the
top executive of General Motors,
And Wilson, in turn, chose as his
“teammates” men of unquestioned
ability, with outstanding records
of success in the dynamic Ameri
can business world — where^, in¬
telligence, sound judgment, imag
ination and courage are indispen
sable ingredients for success. As a
citizen’s stake, I’m grateful to
President Eisenhower for appoint
ing these men of unusual ability,
Next week I’m going to Washing
ton to report — as a citizen to
my fellow citizens — on some of
the key men and their plans in
the first new administration in
20 years,
life
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