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(Continuecl from Page 8) are of great future importance to us, and the development of their goodwill and their trade can be vital to the future of the United States. Just gd<e the matter of their size, for instance. Did you knoy' that: Mexico is about onefourth as big as the \it# fiatesl; Guatemala is about the size of New Vort< $/tf ; Honduras is about as big as Pennsylvania?; El Sah[d6r is twice as big as Vermont?; Nicaragua is twice as big as Michigan?; Costa Rica is about the size of West Virginia?; Panama is about the size of Indiana?; Cuba.is about as big as Louisiana?; the Dominican Republic is a little smaller than West Virginia?; and that Haiti, smaller in area than Mdryland is the smallest American republic, and with three million popula:ion is the most densely populated independent nation in the world? ***

Is this an old or a young man's world? The evidence seems to be that when it comes to carrying a gun, or labor that requires strength and staying qualities, the world is dominated by the young. But when it comes to the thinking end of living, the older men prevail, and are the most productive. An examination of the careers of some four ' hundred men-the most notable of their time and outstanding in many ways-5fteq75 that the decade between the ages of 60 and 70 is the best, according to these statistics. Between these years came 35 per cent of the world's best achievements. The time between 70 and 80 years produced 23 per cent; after 80 years, 8 per cent. Add them up and you find that a total of 64 per cent of the world's great achievements have been those of men over 60. Let that be consolation for you, you oldsters.

Who will the leading f.r.tTl."1-.n of this country be a generation hence? How many of them will be veterans of World War II? Believing that the vets of the recent war have a marvelous opportunity for future success and for outstanding leadership, one of the great advertising agencies, N. W. Ayer & Son, Inc., bought advertising space to hand out a message of hope and cheer to those who served their country well. They advised the vets of today to judge the future by the past and present, and offered them these facts and figures:

*rk* of course, those businJr" i."i"r" of a generation hence will only get there by working and thinking harder and better than the rank and file about them. They won't make the grade by asking the question that has been highly vocal in this country of late, which i5-"t{s\ r can I get more by giving and doing less?" No man will climb the ladder very high that way. And they won't accomplish it by spending their time loudly proclaiming their rights. The big trouble today is that so many men speak so loudly and often of their rights, and so softly and seldom of accepting the responsibility that naturally accompanies such rights. The business leaders of the next generation will be made up entirely of men who accept the r'esponsibility of doing harder and better work, and producing more and better things. The theory of "as little as possible for as muth as you can get," never made a leader.

They cited 143 top business men of this country TODAy, and went back over their careers to show how they grew. They showed that 27 years ago most of these successful business men of today came back from World War f, and began at the bottom. One of them started work for $1.50 a week. Eleven others started work at less than $5 a week. Forty-three others started work for less than $10 a week. Eighty-one others got jobs that paid between $10 and $25 a week. Only seven of these 143 business leaders of today got over $25 a week to start life over. The' average first week wage for these 143 men was $13.40 a week. AND TODAY THEY ARE AMONG THE MOST SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS LEADERS OF THIS ENTIRE NATION. The conclusion is that what men have done, men can do, and why should not the veterans bf today have as good a chance to hit the top deck of business anil financial success as did those who came back from that other World War?

And Ayer's draws the conclusion that America's future business top men will be exactly the same kind of men as those others were. "'They will be leaders with courage, ambition, initiative enough to come up the business ladder, rung by rung." Surely that is a message of hope for the vets looking for jobs today. And the text of this thought would seem to be that you don't have to start at the tirp to get to the top. As always, there is plenty of room up there.

I read the other a"y "forrl " lz-po,rrra head of cabbage that was raised in the State of Washington. It was displayed for a time and then cooked and eaten. Then f saw a picture of a bell-mouthed blunderbuss, standing in the U. S. Senate and speaking loudly in defense of the Soviet LJnion, and Communism. And I thought how differently the various states treat the champion cabbage heads they raise.

"And now, my friends,'l "J " I.*o.r, orator used to say when he was getting ready to annihilate his political foes, "we are approaching a very distasteful subject." So are we. We're going to talk about government bureaus and their unbelievable orders. If you think you've seen some fool orders concerning building materials come out of Washingtorr, (and if you haven't seen thousands you should immediately consult an oculist) then read THIS one and realize that they haven't really done their dizziest with YOUR business.

"No person," says the latest OPA order on the subject of women's skirts, "may distribute or exhibit apparel for feminine wear which does not conform to GOVERNMENT STYLE REGULATIONS." Get it? The sovereign government of the United States issues a solemn order telling all citizens what they can and cannot show or see with regard to women's clothes. Yes, this is still the United States. Yes, the war has been over more than a year. Yes, this is still supposed to be a free country.

Now, I ask you, "friends, Romans, countrymen," just whaT in the hell do you think of the nerve of,a bureau that issues any such orrler to the free people of this country? As Mark Antony said in the conclusion of his famous oration: "f pause for a reply."

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