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The common sense of the Amer-, ican people, which at times has ' seemed to go temporarily into hiding, but which when the chips are down always hps manifested itself, Will dictate the retention of Pri*• vate Enterprise. It is the nation’s one great hope jn the gigantic struggle to save us and the rest of the free world from godless, tyrannical communism.
From time to time rewards have been offered for the best definition of Free or Private Enter-prise. There have been numerous. .contests in which prizes have been offered for the best essays setting forth just what Private En« -terprise is, what makes it “tick” and what it has done for America. The scribes and poets of the na*. ’ tioa bent their pens to the task and many beautful compositions expounding the virtues of Private Enterprise have been written and publicized
One of the clearest descriptions is a little poem which appeared on the front pageofthe Septem. her 1944 issue of the Arkansas Banker, the official organ of the Arkansas Bankers Association.
Who is the author of this poem I am unable to tell. Apparently, he or she, with becoming modesty, prefers to be unnamed, for inquiry to the Arkansas Bankers Association failed to elicit a reply as to the identity of the poet who bas made this magnificent contribution. I cannot tell the author’s name, but I can pass on the poem:
PRIVATE‘ENTERPRISE The power to choose the work1
we do,
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