If Pan American Airlines collapses, it will not be because the U.S. Government failed to come to its rescue, but because it has been the victim of the affirmative discriminations practiced by the U.S. Government. U.S. airlines must buy their … [Read more...] about PAN AMERICAN CRISIS
HEALTH RESTRICTIONS
Airline stewardess Kathy Truax has been fired from her job because she is four pounds overweight. Her airline set a weight limit of 135 pounds for her height of feet, seven inches, and she weighed in at 139 pounds. Kathy says this is … [Read more...] about HEALTH RESTRICTIONS
SUMMIT ON INFLATION
The recent Summit Conference on inflation tried to place the blame on all the wrong people: business, labor, the farmer, and even the consumer! The Summit conferees labored and brought forth such people-punishing proposals as a ten cents a gallon tax … [Read more...] about SUMMIT ON INFLATION
CAUSE OF CRIME
The FBI recently reported a six percent increase in violent crime for 1973, a 30 percent increase over the last five years, and a 120 percent increase since I960. What is the cause of this shocking increase, which Attorney General William B. Saxbe … [Read more...] about CAUSE OF CRIME
How Government Causes High Prices — October 1974
RETIREMENT PLANS
The passage of the 1974 Pension Law has focused attention on the problems of our senior citizens. And rightly so. It is good that workers will now be guaranteed against loss of the pensions they have paid for. Since the passage of the Social … [Read more...] about RETIREMENT PLANS
REJECTION OF SOCIALISM
The U.S. branch of the Socialist International recently held a convention in New York City. Under the chairmanship of Bayard Rustin, the Socialists mapped ambitious plans to work through the Democratic Party and the unions in order to achieve the … [Read more...] about REJECTION OF SOCIALISM
RUNAWAY PLANTS
A recent letter to a metropolitan newspaper by Prank Eyles, executive secretary of the Midwest Industrial Union Council, calls attention to one of the prime causes of unemployment at the present time. He charges that "more than one million American … [Read more...] about RUNAWAY PLANTS
EXPLOITATION OF BLACKS
Every time I drive through a predominantly black neighborhood, I am depressed at the exploitation of blacks by financial interests seeking a fast buck no matter how destructive the effect. What I refer to is the fact that there is a tavern or a … [Read more...] about EXPLOITATION OF BLACKS
USURY LAWS AND PRICES
A recent Federal Reserve Bank publication attacks state usury laws as "burdensome and inequitable" and indicates that they should be repealed. The purpose of state usury laws is to protect individuals from being charged interest rates in excess of … [Read more...] about USURY LAWS AND PRICES
