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

i I.' -.,;. 'I .,16:,,. ~,. - ! Will America keep bolstering ! an UNGRATEFUL WORLD ... ? • 1'111."i i- tl,e ,,.,:mu/ 11/ two article• /rum l\'ort/1 ,411ll'ri1·11 11·rillf'n -11eci111/~· /or 1'I,e t :m,rier-Afoil l,y SIR I.EOI\' 1'ROLl1', llri-111111,. ,,,,_;,,,,__ lr111/Pr ,1111/ l\'11tim111I .-trt t~11l/1>r,· ,·l111in111111 , 11·/w i• • ,-,;,;, 1rnrl1i Ti',;,,:-: , , I 'Go Home, Yank!' i the CHARITY ·CLUB From SIR LEON TROUT 111ii,,.1 EW YORK. - The average " American is generous. If his neighbour has a Lincoln motor car or a bigger or better house, he doesn't resent it but goes out to earn more money to compete and buy a better one for him– self. He is generous with his friendship and gives and returns hospitality very freely. MRny AmerlcRnR renlise thnt grent wealth in– volves great respon– eibilities nnd they spend their money to the beet Rdvant.nge or themselves and others Iese fort unn le. Thi• i•nero1lty nr In– dividual• I• •hnwn In their rnuntry'• ienero1lty lo other ,ountrl••· Since 1945 the U.!'.A. hM given economic and military Aid of over Sl22 billion to more than JOO countries. HOii,' would Russia or Rrd China stand up to these when they hRve needed help so badly hn• come fnrwRrd tn assist her with I he flRht. agamst Com– munist aggression In Sout,h Vietnam. Brll Aln I~ a ,•crv relur– tant nllv with her ielt.-wing •oclalist.s openly hostile. Do these people who Rre so crltlcnl of Amrrka ever stop to think what they would be doing now ff America had not rome to their RS~ustnncc in two world wnrs nnd not 1ti\'rn them Unancinl Rid for the lnst 20 1rr.ar . slncr. the wnr? The Am•rlcan'• reward hi. 1 'Gn home \'ank," If one wants to mnke an ll~ures? Here are flclarlea: the mRln brne- ~~~~,~~ 0 ~;e mo~l~~ ~ 1 :~~ Area million• of S ,~:ir..t':. ··. ·: mm Near Ea•t and North A•la . . . 25,300 American Natlt1n• . II ,6RR Arrlea . . . . . 1600 Au1tralla Rnd New Fra!~alrl~~ie\t indl- lOO vldual N!tlplenll ffUO Great Britain . . . 9085 Italy . . 61511 We • t Germany . . 4005 YuJMlavla iB30 With few exceptions every one of these countries has forsaken Amerlcn. France. the bl~gest bcne- {l'itr, t~t ~l/{cn is t~~~ ~~~ tel'e•ted In America's pro– blem or prot.ectlnR the dollar from del'aluntlon. WII h the exception of Australia onct New Zealand, none of t.he nations Ame– ll• helped flnanclally the •nme Applies to coun– tries. If there e\'r.r wn~ n na– tion thnt cmtld hnl'e aul'– ,·i,•cd nnd kept out of both \\'l\rS It wns the U.S.A. It I~ no wonder mRny Americnns At'e bCRlnnlnR 10 believe th•t chAritv be~ln• nt home. And there are no rewards or even thank~ for Rs.slstlnR other countries Gold drain If and when Amem:a withdraws from Its world– wide battle against Com– munism we and the free- ~~':,J;l°~\?f h~~P\~~.t it_!.11e Ten years ago Americn hnd golct reser1·es nl 21.9 bllilon dollars and ol hel' countries hnd 14.3 bllllon. Now America has onlv 13.5 billion and other coui1trle1 have 27.3 billion. •The U.S.A. hn• loot 8.4. and other countrl,. hal'e gamed 13 bllllon. Ten ~·enrs nRo dollnrs held by othel' naI.Ions for which ROid cnn be demnnded. totnllcd 13.8 blUlon. Now 11 Is ~R.2 bllllon. All told the outside world tells U.S. now holds ~8.~ hillion In gold And dollnrs. Thi~ is nenrly l\\'lr(' n~ murh a& IO year8 •~<>-and America Is •till ,,ourini:? out. Rld And has o\'l~r one mlll1nn troops m·ersens. llow Iona c·an lhla ancl "~-~~ ,~~ 1 " ~~n:~1;•n1ls l\gr~e thnt, thl~ monr ~• wnuld he mol'e nch'nntRReousJ~, spent in thelr own country. If I were a l'er~· selllsh Amerlcnn I would n~ree. but., rort.unately for the world, there nre mnny unselfish Americans. There must. he • haIt: otherwise I.here will he serious llnnn!'IAI repercus• sions to t,he dolln r and Lo t hr economy. Inflation ........................ Canada and the 11,!ii.A. are havlnr lnrta tlon proh– lemt1. Recently a well-known American urRed the ~•nuth nf this countrv to beware of I.he welfnre· slate that prn– tect.s one from the crndle to the ~rr,ve. He pohtl.ect out t.lrnt heln~ tnkers nnd not ~l\·ers lrnlli been the ruination of many cl\'lllsntlnns. Tnkin~ Canada and the U.S.A. ns the best exnmpleo ?!mth~n~,e~ 0 ~~lt:!:r.~~se tl~~i,; with the Sociatfst nnd Com– munist counl ries. thl!\ is what happened : GROSS NATIONAi. PRO- llUCT PER CAPITA. l '.S.A. 33200 Canada $22011 Britain (with 11ar- llally controlled Snclall•t ern- nnm,· 1 817110 !'{uula Sl200 l.:nmmunhl China S108 Jrhe world'• po11ulatlon ts rxpected to doub e b\' the yenr 2000. and unless prn– ductt,·lty lncrenscs under }.~:rir~1~11i"~errinr: h~i~e~ feedl:l~ everybody. Thel'e Is a beatnik ment In Amerlcn, but most of the anccessful compnnlea won't. tolemte even 1 one ma~t:.firhl~~;::.~.~•;~c~ mn!'t ~o to work with a 5enslhle haircut and In rlean ancl nnrm11.I cloth,,., or R,tt a .lnh ,nm• place el•e. The senidhle conform; the nuhl 110 t.l!lewhere. The future or America will depend verv largely on the condurt of the trnde unions nnrt tl1e politicians. The Irnde unlons Are very well or~nnlsed . l'lcl1 and pnwet'ful. Thev o/,enlv use their funds fol' ·po ltlcai pur– poses. Big pay ................... Thev publicl\' support a cnndirinte for ~o,·crnor n:Ht ••~· they 11'111 support him w1t ~1 $1 million ror his cn m– pnl~n. RLl1g1~ 1 Sa}~~~~l A~~\-i11~:n~~~~·:; lot' pnllllrRI purposes. The union~ nre not . It. Is A Sll'hlR of I he pendu– lum of .,·enr~ 11go whP"i rich rorpornttorn, nnci cnmpanle~ 11sert their ru:ids lnr pollt l– cnl brnellts. Thcrr. Are clm;cct 1111IClllR n11<1 d o~cd shnpi-. If A nrnn ~·~11 ~L ~ :,~i,~cer_n t g~ir~~~~~-c{1\,.~ 1\'R~e• ror the lnrtl1•ldunll but cause 1nen1 Joss 10 t 1ose who are not In that union ftnll to Ihe nRI Ion. An 11nsk11led IAbol'rr or e\'en youths recel\'e about Sl.50 an hour minimum 11·age. One AmerlcRn anld yenrs ago j>Olll lclnns used 10 openll' pnv n voter SS !or his 1·ote. · Now Ihrv do the same thin~ In • more Indirect way - they make promise~ ~!\~:~ "~~~1,:: 1 1, ltf~ t~~ Nntlonal Interest or not. They hal'e R grent ad– miration ror Sir Rol>l'rt Menzies because he ,,·enL to the Australian public on several occnslon• nnd said : "I don't Intend to buy your 1·01es," and the Australians supported him. They re– fused to be bou~ht. and as a rrsult we pre\!entrcl in– flatlon. can canadn. A111erlcR, and Grcnl Britnin be R!-i suc– cessful as Austrnli• In unions tell him he mn v :1A,·e to wait fll'r yenrs before he ,...,.....,........, Rets n I lckrt IP:~l r~;~1l~rho!!1r~k;~rt i: hr works n,·rrthnr hi~ ln– tomr rouhl hr up lo s:m.ono. That ·s n101·r t trn n t hr !'-.tlarlr~ of nur ( 'hlrr .Jusll«•r or rrlmt! ;\llnlstrr. •,.1,..,,., .. RI I' 1101 ~ll ff il'irnt rnr skll l.c.. mnn.,· 11 'tkf'.C. lrn,·r hf'l'I\ , cr tr itn! 41lc llr 1 handlln11 Inflation? It will be in teresting to aee. The colour problem In America lo a real headache and then• Is no a111n of any PA.i;y soltll ton. :\lore and more Amerl- ~~!1.'ia•~!r •:~!"fn:~\.:::,. The,· say "we like your l ,ol1tlcAI climate Rnd you 1n1·e &0 much to offer for 1 he ruturr - with no major prnblem5 to 101\!r . unllke ao mnnv ot he1· countries:• ~~Y.~~~y They verv much ap- l~·•ct1~fn~'i;'; 1 ~~~tyo~~ ~:~ will not be quickly for– gotten. The American business– man has a very high opinion of John McEwen. He la a 1•erv sincere and competent advoca1e for Australian 1.rnde and they ndmlre him for h is tenacity of purpose. The~· regard him as R blll mnn. I bclie,·e wr have 50 very much In common with the Amerlcnns and our futures will be more and more rloselv linked as time goes by.