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THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1940
Vandals
Persons who would wilfully go through
a cemetery and turn over grave markers
and monuments represent the lowest type
of humanity we have.
Probably these words here are wasted
because a person who has no respect for
himself, the dead or their relatives is not
going to read a newspaper and certainly
not an editorial column.
But we cannot refrain from using a few
words here to condemn tvith words which
are as strong as are permissable in print
the action of the one or more parties who
overturned grave markers in Greenwood
cemetery Saturday night. Such action de
serves the strongest condemnation that
public spirited citizens know how to make
in order to discourage any other vandals
who might think such actions as “smart.”
Such behavior does not belong to th'.
human race and we would not want to in
sult the animal kingdom with saying that
it belongs there. Only persons with hair
brained and perverted minds could be
capable of such dastardly deeds.
everything that true Americana deapiafr-^
the great radio networks of thia country,
agreed to broadcast the convention pro
ceedings.
This gave hundreds of radio stations
throughout the country the “opportunity”
to schedule the Communist Convention. It
was at this point that the true difference
between two ways of life was revealed, for
almost all of the stations exercised their
democratic right to turn down the pro
gram and play “canned music” instead.
They know that their American listeners
would not be interested.
If the same situation had occurred in
Russia, or Germany or Italy, the stations
wouldn’t have had to make a choice. They
would have been told what to do. And
there wouldn’t have been any minority
party convention for them, to accept or re
fuse.
Little incidents like these point up the
distinction between the two systems—and
incidentally, the stations in question exer
cised their democratic rights well and
judged the interests of their audiences very
wisely!
ATRIOT. NORTH
Lowcir Limib
THURSDAY, JUNE
Food For Millions
The most thickly populated nations of
Europe are in the throes of the most dis
astrous conflict in all history of the world.
The loss will ndt only be in lives of sol
diers, but in homes, food and clothing.
This means that the nations not at war
are going to have to feed and perhaps
Mussolini Contemptible
Tt^ people iif all the great democracies
world, including this nation, the
greatest of them all, are sincerely hoping
that Mussolini caught the wrong bus when
he plunged Italy in war against the Allies.
To the remainder of the world, the ac
tion on the part of Mussolini looks like the
maximum in cowardice instead of courage
or valor. F*resident Roosevelt aptly term
ed the action of Mussolini a “stab in the
back.”
If Mussolini had declared war on Bri
tain and France on the day they declared
war against Germany the opinion held for
Italy would not have been what it is to
day.
Instead, Mussolini sat on the sidelines
and watched the war up to the very point
where defeat for Prance appeared im
minent and then decided to fight France.
The situation could be compared to two
men who hate each other. One decides
not to fight until he sees his enemy being
beaten up by a third party and decides to
get in on the finish. That is cowardly and
contemptible.
France may or may not be defeated by
Hitler’s powerful war machine which a
present seems to be almost invincible, but
the British Empire is vast and may carry
on the war for years and eventually win.
Woe unto Italy should the British,experi
ence the elixir of victory! Italy would be
60 completely wiped up that it has been
suggested that Mussolini be placed in a
concentration camp and Haile Selaisse
placed over him as boss.
Italy did not have to go to war and there
was not the vestige of a reason for the act
when it was done. We do not and cannot
believe that Mussolini has the unqualified
support of a preponderant majority of the
Italian people as Hitler has the Germans.
clothe millions in Europe or let them
starve.
We, Americans, are a Christian nation.
This means that we shall not let people
perish because of the lack of food, clothes,
and shelter.
The task is going to be awfully great.
It may mean that we must sacrifice in or
der to carry out our obligation to humani
ty. But if we are grateful for the securi
ty which is ours and if we are a people
w’orthy of the blessings we now enjoy we
shall not fail.
The American Red Cross is the best me
dium for rendering aid to war sufferer-s
and we should respond nobly and liberal
ly to the present call for funds.
There are other things which can be
done. America has long been noted for
its surplus of farm crops. With farming
disrupted in at least a half dozen thickly
I populated countries in Europe, millions are
j going to need food from America. It looks
I like America will have to feed many of
them. In instances where the food cannot
be purchased it means that the Ameri
can people will have to give, and perhaps
give until it hurts, but we have a duty to
humanity greater than mometary interests
involved.
VHal'iTQ. Cot'Tte
Deaths On Roads
The flhort-eut to greeter street
and highway safety is entorce-
ment of sane speed limits, accord
ing to Xnllen H. Harvey, na
tionally prominent safety author
ity and managing director of the
National Conservation Bureau,
accident prevention division of
the Association of Cesnalty and
Surety Executives.
Borrowed Comment
A YEARLY TRIBUTE
(The Renfro Herald)
Gone are days when a commencement
speaker would stand before an audience
of young people and inspire them with the
thought that the world was their oyster
and all they had to do was open the shell
and digest the morsel therein. Education
was supposed to show how to open the
shell with the least anfount of difficulty.
'That was yesterday.
Today the youth leaving the campus of
knowledge for the arena of a larger, more
exacting life, knows that what awaits him
is no more than he expects to find;
achievement through work and oppor
tunity sought through endeavor. The
graduate of today is not too proud to ac
cept the blue jeans as a stepping stone to
security. The era of the wkite-colJared
‘Tf every citizen would study
the statistics of America’s unfor
tunate accident record for 1939,”
Mr. Harvey declares, “they would
recognize instantly that the
greatest, single cause of traffic
fatalities Is sp^d. It requires no
expert to see that at the first
glance.”
The question of what is sane in
speed limits, Mr. Harvey says,
depends somewhat upon street
and road conditions. In congested
business districts, he points out,
speed usually is held down hy
lights, traffic officers, and the
density of traffic itself; but out
in the residential districts the
tendency is to "let ’er go’’ a lit
tle, and on the rural highways
the sky is the limit.
Sees 25-MUe Limit
“We know beyond a shadow of
doubt,’’ Mr. Harvey declares,
“(hat in most cases speed limits
are now too high for safety. Tests
prove that if we are to save lives
the very top speed in any City,
town or other place of dense
po'pulation should he 25 miles an
hour. That refers only to resi
dential districts and under most
favorable conditions. On the open
road, again under most favorable
conditions, a little higher limit
can bte allowed, but nothing like
the dizzy sq)eeds that are now
permitted.
“Let us quickly analyze the
1939 statistics. The appalling
truth is that we killed approxi
mately 32,600 persons in traffic
in a single year. Add to this ap
proximately 1,150,000 injured—
90,000 of whom were crippled or
maimed for life—and an econom
ic loss of 31,500,000,000. There
you have the shameful story of
how we used our streets and
highways last year. And hack of
these figures is the real story of
the No. 1 cause.
Deaths High In Smaller Towns
“Preliminary statistics, which
seldom have more than slight var
iations w'hen final tabulations are
completed, show that while traf
fic fatalities in cities of more
than 10,000 population were re
duced an average of 3 per cent
during 1939, deaths in rural
areas and cities under 10,000
population increased approximate
ly 2 per cent over the previous
year. In fact, of the 32,600 per
sons who lost their lives in traf
fic in 1939, more than 23,000
were killed in rural districts or
cities under 10,000 population.
“The reason is obvious. Speed!
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Sixth Annual FHA Reptn’t
Cite* Adwences Mede
During 1939
Xlexfble *7Btem for the j|iisu«nco
of mortgage* on tht mMt favor-
wfablo t«n» in ■ the Uifiory of the
jhantr^—a syatam dlp^tly do-
to aaitet ail of odr cltizonB
vyliiSi po*«iblf'''iban‘do *o to under*
take the borne ownership to
which they l«g have *«idred.” .
Speed out where there are few
policemen, few lights, and lots of idustry today is
space. Compared to the greater |designed and
An optimistic outlook for home
building In 1940 was expressed
hy Federal Housing Admlnistra^
tor Stewart McDonald, who. In
submitting the FHA’g Sixth An
nual Report to Congress pointed
to last year’s striking achieve
ments and the current home-
mortgage insuring activities as
the basis for the favorable pre
diction.
Commenting on the satisfac
tory results of six years of FHA
operations, Mr. McDonald declar
ed that approximately 12,000,000
people have been enabled to im
prove their housing standards and
conditions under the FHA pro
gram, including the moderniza
tion and repair provisions of the
National Housing Act.
Notable Advances Claimed
In his letter to Congress trans
mitting the FHA’s report. Admin
istrator McDonald said that home
construction made notable ad
vances In both quality and quan
tity during 1939.
At the present time, he contin
ued, applications for mortgage in
surance covering new homes are
running from 30 to better than
50 per cent ahead of the corres
ponding weeks a year ago, and
the number of new homes being
started under the FHA program
is showing weekly gains of as
much as 35 per cent. In the week
ended May 11, 4,377 new small
homes were started under FHA
inspection, he announced, adding
that this was the largest weekly
number on record.
Developments Summarized
Mr. McDonald in his report
summarized developments in the
residential building field last
year. The year was featured by
the largest number of nonfarm
dwelling units since 1929, with
an estimated 465,000 units built,
he said.
’The number of new one-tamily
homes privately financid, approx
imately 325,000, was even larger
than in 1929, the report declared,
and It was estimated that the
133,000 new one-family homes
financed with FHA-insured mort
gages represented over 40 per
cent of all nontarm homes in this
class built during 1939.
The quality of home construc
tion also was improved because a
larger volume of it than ever be
fore was financed with mortgages
insured by the FHA, Mr. McDon
ald said.
Aim at Low Oo^ Homes
In line with the FHA’s con
stant emphasis on the need for
good homes at low cost, the Ad
ministrator said, builders and de
velopers are making rapid strides
in this direction, and private in-
producing well-
well-constructed
number of traffic officers on pa- )dwellings within the financial
trol duty in the cities the rural |reach of families with incomes as
highways and small-town streets jlow as $1,000.
are almost without protection. Continued progress was achiev-
The city streets have lights and )ed during 1939 in making the
other curbing devices; traffic con- architectural, land planning, and
ditions themselves slow down the
motorist. Control devices on the
open road are few and far be
tween, traffic seemingly is light,
and an attitude of dangerous len
iency has developed. Consequent
ly, the driver opens the accelera
tion more and more as be hurtles
over the so-called ’open’ high
ways; if he slows down at all for
the small towns. It is only slight
ly.
BsadfaK-the *ds. t*t joa men
for Ism BOBtrt toy it
FHA’s underwriting, appraisal,
technical services valuable to the
public, the report stated.
Progress under the FHA bar
accomplished at little cost to the
Government, Mr. McDonald said,
with charges against its insur
ance reserves remaining extreme
ly small at the end of the year
and with Its Income exceeding
operating expenses.
“Starting January 1, 1940,’’
the Administrator concluded,
“the FHA had In efect, I helleve,
a completely rounded and highly
Two Ways Of Life
This is Convention ’Time in the United
States. Once every four years, the vari
ous parties get together with considerable
fanfare and choose their candidat-as for the
Presidency ctf this country. It is a notable
affair always, and especially this year
when so many countries are at war and so
many lands are living under a system
where one party is all-supreme and un
changeable by the orderly processes of
election.
In .country, the Communist partj'
was one of the first to meet. Small in num
bers, it has been loud in its insistence upon
its rights in our democracy, rights which
no citizen enjoys in Russia, land of the par-
. Vshk^L R^pectful of the rights of min-
'wttiea—even ■ 'a ‘ minority • standing for
job is giving away to a realization that
manual labor is on a higher level than
ever before.
The number of jobs open will not go
around and the youth knows this. He is
going to try and prove himself to be more
valuable than the other fellow. Don’t for
get that the graduate has been employed
these years while atteaiding school, for
getting an education and retaining it, is a
difficult job in itself. The big factor is in
what way has the studenit handled the job
of getting the education? If with intelli
gence, energy and diligence, surely the
fellow will put up a stiff fight and society
will take advantage of his talents. There
is much to be done and too many hands to
do it, but congratulations still go lo the
new workers who are adding their sub-
stantian weight to the wheel.
Candidate Dewey says: “It is becoming
increasingly clear that the New Deal ac
tually intends to use the unfortunate con
ditions to which it has brought the coun
try as an argument for keeping itself in of
fice.” And if fought out on that issue, Mr.
Dewey certainly would ccmtinae at his so-
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On October 22, 1938, C. B. Deane enter
ed into an agreement for determination
of the Democratic nominee for Congress
in the Eighth District.
Mr. Deane Publicly Accepted the
Decision Under That Afreement.
Mr. Deane Openly Supported Mr.
Burgin As The Nominee Of The
Party.
The agreement, the decUion, the action of
Mr. Deane in accepting the decision, are
all matters of record. Th-2 decision was
based upon study of the record of every
controversial issue involved in the pri
mary of July 2, 1938.
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