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che problem of \'\
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PEACE.
No
nacion can Ji ve unco irself alone. Na–
rions are inrcrdependenc on one
anorher Each narion
needr
raw mare–
rials or manufacrured produces from
orhcrs. Bur rhc crouble gcrs righr
back
ro
whar
1
have been rrying ro
gcr rhis world ro see all along. Therc
is
a Ci\L;sr:
for cvery eíTccr. And rhere
are
tbe two
\X'AYS
of li fe, which
I
sta[(:
briefly and simply as che
"GET' '
way
and rhe
"GIVI"
way. All humaniry. as
a ·whole,
is
followi ng rhe
"GET..
way.
Each individual is looking ouc for
number one. Each narion is rrying
ro
prorecr
ícs
own intereses. and ar time:..
some have evcn rried ro
1t1ke
from
orhcrs by wars of aggression and inva–
sion.
PRESENTATION
to Prime Minister Tanaka of a gift of Steuben crystal, Represen–
tative lshii looking on.
rve explained before how rhe U. S.
goc rhe jump on orher countri es
in
ma:.s producrion. So far as
T
know. ir
was srarred. in rhe auromobile indus-
48
rry, ar leasr, by Hemy Ford. I've cx–
plained how. in early January, 1914, 1
was in Urica, New York as edirorial
represenrarive of America's largcsr
rrade journal.
I
reccived a relegram
ro
go immediarely ro Oerroir,
ro
ger
a firsrhand srory on rhe
!hCi1
!>Cnsa–
rional Ford S5-a-day wage policr- The
union scalc ar rhar rime was $3.75 a
da
y.
1
learned rhar Ford did ir by insti–
ruring rhe assembly-line sysrem of
mass production. Thc U. S. rhcn had
a mass marker. No orher counrry did.
~1achine
producrion mcanr ma:;s pro·
ducrion.
~fass
producrion by ma–
chines meant lo\ver-cosr producrion.
This provided lowcr prices for che
consumer. larger profirs
and
unions saw ro ir rhar ir also meanr
higher wages.
Thar raised rhe American srandard
of living - the U. S. wage became
50
ro
100
perccnr higher th:tn in orhcr
counrries.
Bur
110\\.
ocher countries have
gone inro machine producrion. bur
chey scill produce wirh
LOW-COST LA–
BOR.
Thar mcans ochcr narions now
can produce ar lower cose rhan rhc
United Stares. To mece chis siruarion,
and hold U. S. labor on a higher wage
scale rhan rhat of orher councries. che
Unired Stares is rhreacening ro raise
rariff barriers. Other countries would
bcgin ro fecl che pinch, and soon wc
would be in a
TRADE WAR,
which. in
the pasr. has led
ro
a shoori ng war.
PLAIN
TRUTH
September-October 1972