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facing. We have won a war over communism but are now in danger of losing the peace we have earned. Yes, we did indeed win but at what tremendous price to those thousands of the suddenly unemployed who did their share of helping to win the peace.
Until a year or two ago, this country was prospering with the highest percentage of employment in our nation’s history. With the achievement of peace, however, the President quite properly ordered the armament and defense industry to stand down. This set up an unfortunate domino effect throughout the American industry. Many of those unemployed, in theri perplexity and dismay, must be wondering if this is what it’s like to win, then what if. . .? With the most dynamic economy in the world we can be certain, however, that we will bounce back. How we bounce back is the question the voters will decide on Nov. 3.
In spite of the hew and cry reverberating from the hustings, thoughtful people pray that the voters will still pause to think, rather than vote with emotional outbursts that could easily jeopardize our long range future.
My family knows first hand about the “price” we are paying for the peace we have achieved. A key member is suddenly among the army of unemployed as a result of the cancellation of a defense contract for the development of a new piece of ordinance.
He realizes that with the receding of the communist threat it was a proper action to cancel plans for a new weapon that is no longer needed. Instead of crying in anger and looking for somebody to blame, and although he is in financial duress at the moment, he is philosophical, and actively engaged in the search for new employment or a return to his old profession of teaching, quite confident he will soon be returning to normal lining. He and his whole family remain unshaken in their trust and confidence in our president.
I feel a chill of fright when, on television, I see or hear an Arkansas governor rushing madly about the country mouthing far-out, sometimes weird, promises, to whatever the group of the moment seems to want. It all boils down to more Federal government spending for more new government programs - but “where’s the beef?” Why, it can only be in more Federal taxes, where else?
While seeming to promise a future Utopia, the Arkansas governor, and those supposed to be advising him, must know deep down in their hearts that piling up more Federal programs and spending is no way to buy a solid and lasting prosperous future.
In the frustration of the moment,
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