Queensland Art Gallery Presscuttings Book 3 : Presscuttings, Sept 1959 - Sept 1967

From SIR LEON TROUT N EW YORK. - The overage American is generous. If his· neighbour hos o Lincoln motor car or o bl9ger or better house, he doesn't resent it but goes out to earn more money to compete and buy o better one for him– self. He is generous with his friendship and gives and returns hospitality very freely. Many Americans re11lise that great wealth ln– volve11 great respon- 11lbllltie11 and they spend their money to the best advantage of themselves and others less fortunate. Thi• renero1IIJ of In– dividual • I• 1hown In their country•• 1eneroolty to other countrle •• Since I 945 the U.S.A. has given economic and military aid of over SJ22 bllllon to more than JOO countries. How would Russia or R<'d China stand up to these fl11ures? Here are the main IM>ne– flclarle1 : mllllon• of ~ :::er."'·: .·:. . :: R~ Near Eut and North Asia . . . 25,300 American Nation• . 11,6RR Africa . . . . . . 3600 Auotralla and New Fra.,7;,~a•r1~:1e\t indl• 300 vldual N!clplent) ff410 Great Britain . . . 9085 Italy . . . . &Un Weit Germany . . 4005 Yurostavla 2830 With few except.Ions every one of these countries has forsaken Amerlcn. France, the bl~gest bene- fi'.t~f• ii'!;\ ~~,~n r. t~bi l~~ te1·ested In America's pro– blem of protecting the dollar from develunf.lon, With the exception of Australia And New Zea1and, none of the nations Ame– s helped financially when they have needed help so badly has come forward t,o assist her with the fight against Com– munist ag11resalon In South Vleln&m. Brllnln I• a verv reluc– tant nllv with her left-wing soclallsts openly hostile. Do these people who ue •o crltlcnl of Amertra ever stop to think what they %~~~Cabe har~no' ~g~e i~ their assistance In two world wars nnd not. given them rtnanclal Rid for the last, 20 rear.a since the war? The American'• reward 111, "Go home Yank," II one wants to make an cncmv 11lvc him or lend him ·some moncv - and the same applies· to coun– tries. It there ever WAS R nR– llon that could have sur– vived and kepi. out of both wars It w·as the U.S.A. It Is no wonder many Americans are beglnnln11 lo believe that charity begins At, home, and there are no rewards or even thanks for &s.slstlng other countries Gold drain II and when America withdraws from Its world– wide battle against Com– munism we and the free- ~-~~;i°~.WF hrv~pi~~.t1tY'" Ten years ngo America had gold reser1·es of 21.9 billion dollars nnd other countries had 14,3 billion. Now America has only 13.5 bllllon and other coui,trtes hnve 27.3 blllion , •The U.S.A. ha• IO!lt R,4, and other countrlea ha\'e gained 13 bllllon. Ten )'enrs ngo dollars held by other nnlions for which gold cnn be demanded, totalled 13.R billion. Now It Is 2R.2 billion. All told the outside world Brl1blne, Q. tells U.S. now holds 58,5 bllllon In gold nnd dollara, This Is nearly twice as much as 10 yeara ago--and America Is 1tlll pourin11 out aid and hao 01·cr one mllllon troops o,·ersens. How lon11 ...n this and wlll 1h1 1 110 on? Man,· Amerlcnns agree that thl, money would be more advantageously spent In their own country, Ir I were a very selllsh American I would agree, but, fortunately for the world, there nre many unselfish American•. There must be A halt: otherwise there will be serious flnanclal repercus– sions to t.he dollar and t.o the economy, Inflation Canada and the U.S.A, are ha,•ln11 lntlallon proh– lemfl. Rccenllv a well-known 1 American·ur~ed the youth of this country to bewa1·e ol t.he welfnre state that pro• tect.,, one from the cradle to the li(rr,ve. He pointed out t.l1At betn~ ln kcrs and not. givers hn• been the rulnntion of many cll·lllsntlons. Taking Canada nnd the U .S .A. As the best examples r:m th :n~ 1 e~o~,t=~r.~;'° tii~~; with the SoclalPst nnd Com– munist countries, this Is what happened : GROSS NATIONAL rRO- DUCT PF.R CAPITA, u.s.A. 93200 Canada $2200 Britain !with par• tlally controlled Soclall•t ero- nom,·) $1100 !{ussta· $1200 l.:~mmunlst China $108 '1'he world'8 polmlalton rs expected to doub e by the yenr 2000, and unlesa pro– ductlvlt,y Increases under 1~:r:r~~llei~erriw: h~~eg/ feedl:ig everybody. There Is a beatnik ele– ment In America, but most of the successful ccmpanle• won't tolernte evcn·one mnklng his own rule• · Their emplo~·ee!II mud go to " 'ork \\'tl h 11 !lltnsll1lr haircut and In r.ltan Rlld normal clothe!II, or get a .tnh •ome place el••· The """•Ihle conform: the nut. 10 r.lsewhere, The future of America wlll depend verv lnrgely on the condurt. ot the trnde unions nnd t.!1e politicians. The I rRrle unlonR. arc \'el'Y well or~11nlsed, rich and powerful, The.v n/ienly 11,c their funds for po lt.lcnl pnr– poscs. Big pay ............. - - ...... Thev publlrl)' support n cnncltdnte rnr r;:m·crnor R:1d sny they wlll support him wtr i, $1 million for his cnm– JJAll(n. sL~ i r~'J"'}\ 1 g~, a~fl'i,~:a~;~,;~~ fnr poltllnn1 1111rpoaes. Tl1e unions nre 110 1. II Is n swln~ nr 1hr penrlu– l11m or .,·cnr~ ngo when rich corporn t 1011,; n11cl compnnle!-i used rheir ru:ids for polltl– cnl brncllt•. There nrc closed 11111011" nnd r1o~ed ~hnl)~. tr R mnn w1Hll!II lo he n nlumher or n 11t1ck driver, lhe rcspcl'tl\·c 11n 1nn,1.1 trll him hP mn,· '1nr r ,1 . , u lie 11·ages for the lndlvldualhbut cause great loss to t ose who are not tn that union and to the nation. An un•ktlled laborcr or even youths receh'e about Sl .50 nn hOur minimum \\•age, One American ••Id years ago pollt Iclans used to grsn.!citla·v a voter S5 for Now thev do the same thing In a more Indirect way - they make promises ~!~=~ "~~~:tr t ritr~ t~~ National Jntere•t or not. They have a great nd· mlratlon for Sir Robert Menzies because he went to the Australian public on several occasions and said : ;:~1~i!!\~~te5~ tt~~laft~~~ supported him. They re– fused t.o be bought, and as a result we prevented In– flation, can Canada. America, and Great Britain be as suc– cessful as Austl'RIIR In handling lnllatlon? It will be lnLereatlng to 100, The colour problem In America la a real headache and Wiere I• no sign of any easy aolutlon, l\loro and more Amerl• ~~:.~. ·:-:.·::~!"rn:~\.:~•. They say "we like your political climate and you have ao much t.o oiler for rhe ruture - with no major problems to 1olve£ unlike 10 many other coun rlea," Loyalty .................... They verv much 11p- j~·ec~i;~n~1:,!; 1~1~ty 0 ~ ~=~ wlll not be quickly for– gotten. The American business– man llas a very high opinion of John McEwen, He Is a verv sincere and competent advocate for Australian trade and they admire him for hi• tenacity of purpose. They regard him as a bill man. ' J believe we have so very much In common with the Americans And our futures will be more and more clo•el.v linked a. time 1001 by.