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The Freeman December 1953 DECEMBER 28, 1953 25¢ The Case Against Progressive Income Taxes F. A. Hayek Does Europe Hate America? Bogdan Raditsa Balance Sheet for 1953 THE A Fortnightly Our Contributors Fer F. A. HAYEK is universally regarded in both Individualisttl Europe and America as one of the foremost rreeman economists of our day. He has writtenexten­ sively on monetary theory, collectivis,m and Editor HENRY HAZLITT capitalism, and related subjects. As a result Managing Editor FLORENCE NORTON of his studies he has made some observations about the principle of progressive taxation which are of significance and special interest to everyone who pays an individual income tax. LOUIS ROUGIER, enlinent French scholar, is well known for his contributions both to the history of philosophy and the development of scientific VOL. 4, NO. 7 D:ECEMBER 28, 1953 logic. He has, in addition, written several criti­ Contents cal works on political and economic doctrines. Editorials PETER SCHMID appears in this issue with an­ other of his reports on key spots of the world The Fortnight 221 (see "Battle for Italy," November 16). In his Eisenhower's Dud 223 present piece he describes some of the cir­ A Republican Split? 224 cumstances contributing to the recent removal The Newspaper Fiasco 225 of the Sultan in Morocco. Gouzenko Trouble 226 BOGDAN RADITSA, who became an American Mme. Pandit's Little Joke 226 citizen not long ago, had therefore a special interest in revisiting the continent to learn the attitude of his former colleagues to the country Articles of his adoption. His conversations with them enabled him to answer the much-discussed ques­ Balance Sheet for 1953 227 tion: "Does Europe Hate America?" Mr. Raditsa The Case Against Progressive Income Taxes teaches modern European history at Fairleigh F. A. HAYEK 229 Dickinson College. France',s Worker-Priests LOUIS ROUGIER 232 BEN RAY REDMAN has had considerable opportun­ Carpet Bargaining in Morocco PETER SCHMID 234 ity to become acquainted with all facets of Does Europe Hate America? 0 •••••• BOGDAN RADITSA 237 American popular culture in a career as maga­ zine editor, motion picture executive, and writer. Our Culture Complex 0 •• 0 BEN RAY REDMAN 239 Redcoat Herring .... 0 ••••••••••• 0 •••••••• M. K. ARGUS 241 LAWRENCE R. BROWN, engineer and former jour­ nalist, was Assistant Dh;ector of the Chemical Branch of the War Production Board during Books and the Arts World War Two. The Kremlin's War on Russia 0 • MAX EASTMAN 242 HENRY C. WOLFE has long been a student of Space Flight-Fact and Fancy 0 ••• LAWRENCE R. BROWN 243 Russo-German relations. His books include·The Religion Under Red Rule 0 ••••••• ASHER BRYNES 244 German Octopus and The Imperial Soviets. Uneasy Axis 0 ••••• 0 ••••••• HENRY C. WOLFE 245 JOSEPH WOOD KRUTCH enjoy.s a long-standing A Desert King 0 •••••••••••••••••••••• SERGE FLIEGERS 245 reputation as one of America's leading drama Briefer Mention 246 critics. Until recently. professor of dramatic literature at Columbia University, he is now Minerva, 1953 JOSEPH WOOD KRUTCH 248 living in Tucson, Arizona; his latest book, A Celebrity SERGE FLIEGERS 250 The Best of Two Worlds, was reviewed in our December 14 issue. THE FREEMAN is published fortnightly. Publication Office, Orange, Conn. Editorial and To Our Readers General Offices, 240 Madison Avenue, New York 16, N. Y. Copyrighted in the United States, 1953, by the Freeman Magazine, Inc. Henry Hazlitt, President; Lawrence Fertig, Vice President; Claude Robinson, Secretary; Kurt Lassen, Treasurer. As we come to the end of 1953 the editors Entered as second class matter at the Post Office at Orange, Conn. Rates: Twenty-five want to thank you for your friendly interest cents the copy; five dollars a year in the United States; nine dollars for two years; and firm support throughout the past year. six doUars a year elsewhere. Your many heartening letters, your enthusias­ The editors cannot be responsible for unsolicited manus~ripts unless return postage or, better, a stamped, self-addressed envelope is enclosed. Manuscripts must be typed tic response in recent weeks to our ,special double-spaced. Christmas gift subscription offer have been Articles signed with a name) pseudonym, or initials do not necessarily represent the olf)ifii'On of the editors, either as to substance or style. encouraging indeed. To all of you we wish a ~ 11 Printed in U.S.A.,· by Wilson H. Lee Co., Orange, Connecticut. very Merry Christmas. An ancient river provided these ideal plant sites One of the most nearly perfect indus­ ancient valley is now a broad, gently cinnati. The fastest-growing subur­ trial locations we have ever seen is rolling plain set in the Ohio hills. ban areas of Cincinnati already reach the result of an unusual geological Down in the gravel a great stream out to within 8 or 10 miles of the site, history. Ages ago a once-great river of fine water flows through the old so ample labor is readily available. cut a mile and a half-wide channel river bed. Plenty more water is avail­ The main line of the Chesapeake through what is now southwestern able from the nearby Miami River. and Ohio Railway crosses the area Ohio. The glacier filled it deep with While this is a rural area, it is only and connects with other trunk lines gravel. After the glacier had passed, 12 miles from the center of Hamilton to afford excellent transportation to new rivers dug new channels and the and 17 miles from the heart of Cin- all parts of the country. It is served by the Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company. The C&O owns 88 acres alongside its tracks. There is plenty of adjoin­ ing acreage available. Seldom have we been able to offer industrial sites which had so many desirable features. For a Pin-Point Survey giving full information write to: Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Industrial DevelopmentDepartment, Cleveland .1, Ohio, Detroit, Michi­ gan, or Huntington, W. Va. Proposed development of part of the Fernald, Ohio industrial area. .~. ~. Chesapea.ke and Ohio Rallvvay • SERVING VIRGINIA • WEST VIRGINIA • KENTUCKY • OHIO INDIANA • MICHIGAN • SOUTHERN ONTARIO reemanTHE 1\10NDAY, DECEMBER 28,1953 This is the only possible way (if there is any way) The Fortnight for an understanding with the Communists to be reached. But it is inconsistent and foolish of us, President Eisenhower's speech to the United at the same time as we take this firm step, to be Nations, which we comment upon elsewhere, was pleading with the Communists for still other meet­ a fresh move in the direction of appeasement ings, where they can again haggle, obstruct, and of Soviet Russia. The Communists responded as stall, and once more humiliate, insult, and abuse they responded to the.Baruch plan and all other us, while we vainly try to "reach an understanding" such previous efforts. The IV[oscow radio rejected on an "atomic energy pool" or any other subject. the President's plan and denounced it as "war­ Unless there is good faith on both sides (and who n10ngering." This was a sufficient excuse for Mr. any longer is really so naive as to expect good faith Eisenhower to abandon a proposal that, if we from the Communists?), such understandings or tried to put it into effect, could only increase agreements can only prove disastrous for the side the threat to American security. Instead he chose that abides by them. to ignore "any twenty-four hour reaction by Soviet officials" and to press for acceptance. There stin trying to wisecrack his way into the White is grave danger, therefore, that Russia's reaction House, Adlai Stevenson declared at one of those will have its intended effect-which is to force Democratic $100-a-plate dinners that "four fears" us to go even further in our offers and conces­ had replaced the "four freedoms." These were sions in order to prove that we are not "war­ fears of depression, of Communism, of ourselves, mongering." Peace is a precious prize, but seldom and of freedom itself. We submit that at least won by those who too obviously seek it. When three of these are fears that Mr. Stevenson him­ will we learn that the road to peace is not self is busily trying to instill into the American through appeasement? It was appeasement of people. It is he and his left-wing clique who keep Hitler which brought on a frightful war that trying to intimate that a "Republican depression" early firn1ness on the part of the democracies may soon be upon us, that our present government could have prevented. It is precisely our earlier is not to be trusted, and that freedom of discussion appeasement of Soviet Russia that has built it is in danger. up to such a menace today. If it i.s in danger, it will be because the Stevensons Yet the Eisenhower Administration, and its envoy, succeed in intimidating anybody from mentioning, Arthur H. Dean, must be congratulated for at last for example, that Harry Dexter White was discov­ showing a capacity for resentment, firmness, and ered by the FBI to be a Soviet spy and that Harry decision. After listening through three hours of Truman promoted White after he was told this. studied abuse and vituperation from the Communist It is not this appalling act, but Attorney General delegates, during which they once' more accused the Brownell's courage in making it public that United States of having "plotted" with Syngman Stevenson once more denounces. If Adlai does not Rhee to free the 27,000 North Korean prisoners of himself fear Communism, it seems to be almost the war who were unwilling to return to' Communist only thing he doesn't fear.
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