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PAGE TWO i????= ???? mmmmmm???j THE STATE PORT PILOT Southport, N. C. PUBUSHED EVERY WEDNESDAY JAMES M. HARPER. JR., Editor Bnterad as second-class matter Apnl 20, 1628, at Post Office at Southport, N. C., under the act of March 3. 1879. Subscription Rates ONE YEAR 31.50 BIX MONTHS 1.00 THREE MONTHS .75 NATIONAL cDITORIAL|f)id( ASSOCIATION Id i Wednesday, June 3, 1942 _ ???????? The only thing about this war we can | not afford is to lose it. Any man smart enough to be a success f ful politician could make more money . i doing something else. i |] Why Is Rationing? i 1 * _____ ' The next time you feel inclined to be ] impatient with the rationing program be- i r cause it causes you some inconveniences,\ with regard to tires, gasoline or sugar, ( just remember that the sacrifice you anc. j members of your family are being asked i to make are simple compared to the suf< fering and hardships encountered by the i S boys in the Army, the Navy, the Marine j i Corps and the Coast Guard. J The idea behind this whole rationing t program is one of conservation. Right ( novf, there is a critical shortage of rub- i berj and if there is to be enough to keep i up-the flow of trucks and planes andjt tanks then the civilian population will i have to make sacrifices greater than any ^ of which they have ever dreamed. t "This is a good idea," you say, "so 1 long as it doesn't bother me and my 1 ' business. Of course, that is different. Now r L if I can just get, etc., etc." I Well, that's not the way it is. The pro- s gram is going to have to fit you just like r it fits your neighbor; and things that you t think now it would be impossible for you v to do without are sure to be demanded j of you if the war effort is continued and J successfully prosecuted. a i About Paying Debts c One thing that has always been a puz- I zle to us is why so many so-called respec- ' table people hate so badly to pay their * honest debts. Right now we know people * with a good bank account who would a need practically every cent of their sav- f ings to pay up their obligations. f Thrift does not consist of saving some- c body else's money. They have another r name for that. * Now some of our readers may wonder s what got us off on this subject. Well, the reason is that there probably is the big- c gest weekly pay-roll coming into this r county now that has existed since the v days of the last war. Many of our men ^ from Brunswick are making the highest L salary they have ever received, and at a 8 time when there are definite limitations v on four purchase of luxuries and other * non-essentials. f 6ne mighty fine thing to do with some v of these funds, then, would be to pay up 1 some debts of long standing. Maybe it r is to the doctor; maybe it is to a merch- * ant who carried you week after week f during a period when you really were in 1 c Ct i i rrlif onnf mmrKn |l ? cpvi. vi ma) uc it is cin uuugauon . that you owe to your church. Pay up 1 now. Money may not be this plentiful indefinitely, and you'll get a real kick out s the feeling you'll get from being an honest, debt-free citizen of your community. C 1 C Soldiers?Present And Future \ Last January, an official announce- | ment said that the United States Army ( would reach a total of 3,600,000 men by ^ the end of 1942. Since then, the actual size of the Army and precise plans for its \ expansion have not been announced, in- ( as much as they are military secrets of the first order. Some commentators have , forecast that in time the Army might to- ( tal nine or ten million. The best available ^ information seems to indicate that a total ( of at least 6,000,000 will be attained. ^ That is obviously going to have a re- j VOlutionarV effect on the mnnnnwer ef this country. However, there is no factual evidence to support the scare rumors 1 which say that every physically fit man under 36 is certain to be placed in uniform. Selective Service heads are making a genuine effort to create an Army of the size needed with minimum dislocation of American family life. Here is how matters shape up at this hi, ??? V ! 1 1 ' 11 time, according to published statements: First, practically all available single men in the 20-35-year bracket have beer called. Many who were given temporary deferment for occupational reasons are now being summoned. In time, women and older men will replace thousands oi young men in defense industries. Second, the Selective Service Boards are placing in the 1-A classification all men who have no genuine claim for dependency. That includes men with working wives, ' men who contribute little tc the support of their households, and men with means. Almost all of these men will be in uniform by the end of the year, unless they are unable to pass the physical examinations or perform vital work in war industry. Third, it is universally believed that Congress will soon approve a bill providing government grants to dependents of service men. These grants, as now projected, are small?around $50 a month for a wife and child. But they will make it possible for the Selective Service Boards to call thousands of men who are now deferred for economic reasons. Fourth, a new draft classification, 3-B, las been adopted. And that is a matter of rery great importance. At the present ime, men with genuine dependencies are ilassified as 3-A. The 3-B classification is or men with genuine dependencies, who, n addition, are employed in war work. rK" +lir*iieQr?r1c nf mpn wVin I XIV; 11UJJC 10 llUkb HIWMOWUMU V* " * " * iq\v have non-war jobs will shift to war obs, in order to obtain the 3-B defernent. Some observers say that eventually he Selective Service Boards will operate >n the "work or fight" policy which exsted in World War I. In other words, a nan will be given the choice of going in0 the Army, or leaving a non-war occulaticn for a war occupation. The industries which are classified as sssential to the war effort are definitely imited in number. Lawyers, store clerks, lewspapermen, wholesalers, advertising nen, etc., have no claim for deferment. Deferment is given only to men who hold 1 job which is directly and absolutely lecessary to the production and transporation of the raw and finished materials vhich are involved in war. What this all adds up to is plain. If ou are single man, under 36, in reasonible health, you will go into the Army mless you are virtually irreplaceable in ome war industry. If you have depenlents who look to you entirely for sup>ort, you will be deferred for the time leing?but there is a strong likelihood hat in time the continuance of your deerment will depend upon your obtaining . job in war industry. If you have minor ihysical defects, you are not exempt rom military service. The original physial standards have been relaxed, and nen with defective eyesight, hearing, eet, etc., are being called to the colors md assigned to non-combatant duty. Many a problem remains to be worked nit. An army of 6,000,000 men would nean that four to six times that number vould be needed in industries manufacuring and transporting supplies. On top f that, agriculture must be kept going, md on an expanding scale, inasmuch as ve are sending tremendous quantities of oodstuffs to our Allies. Selective Service leads, such as General Hershey, have ad'ised the Board to exempt enough farm abor to keep food production dp to the lecessary level. But, reports say, in some ireas the draft is virtually denuding the arms of labor. Furthermore, farmers :annot pay the high wages paid by war ndustrv. and workers are nntnmllv fair. ng jobs in war factories instead of on 'arms. This seems to be one of the most lerious of the unsolved problems. It is probable that the immediate course >f the war will have a direct bearing on \rmy expansion plans here. If, for initance, Russia continues to hold the Gernans, and Japan is stopped in the Paci!ic, a U. S. Army of the largest size possible will not be necessary. If, on the >ther hand, Germany manages to crack he Russian defense this summer, and if Tapan continues to wip victories, you can ook with assurance to Army expansion >n a tremendously accelerated scale. It is reported that men between 34 and 14, which was the second group registerid, will, as a general rule, be taken only for behind-the-lines Army service. It is expected that the greater proportion of ;his group will go to work in war industry. No plans have been made for the 15-65 group of registrants. COST OF WAR Cost of the war in which we are engaged, is expected to increase from the present three and a half billion dollars a month to more than five billion by the end of the calendar year, which is one more reason why the purchase of war savings bonds must tc expanded substantially.?Charleston Evening Post. ~ ' ~ THE STATE PORT f ; THEHOMEl FRONT * _______ We're really getting tough, ' these days. We have learned to I take it, and because we have . learned to take it, we are ab'.s to dish 'it out?to dish out the tanks and planes and ships and i weapons which will lick our eneL mies. I Right now, Rome Fronters are ' taking in their stride develop> ments which might have thrown | many of us off balance a few months ago. In our progress to1 ward the efficient practice of total war, we have been like the . army recruit whose training takes off fat, puts on muscle and sinew. ! The barrack bag which dragged ' along the ground at first now is , hoisted shoulder high in one quick, easy movement. That bag is heavier, if anything, than before. But he is stronger. He's a soldief now. Launch Manpower Program The past seven days brought new proof that we are growing lean and hard, that we are putting everything we have into our punches. For Instance, the groat program for complete mobilization of our manpower. We are fightipg a three-sided war ? wap on the field of arms, war under the factory roofs, war on the rolling farms. To win this war, we are raising a fighting force of at least 8,000,000 soldiers and sailors together with a laDor fqrce of 20.000,000 and an agricultural force of 12,000.000 men and women. If any one of these armies, fails, all will fail. The War Manpower Commission has been casting around for a source of these armies. It estimated that 7,000.000 to 8,000,000 i will come from suspended civilian industries, 400,000,000 to 600,000 from the farms, 400,000 from the . professions, 1,500,000 from the temporarily unemployed and 2,000,000 from the home. The peacetime mechanic, the mechanically- i inclined farm hand, the retired ' workers, the woman without chil dren, boys under the draft age and girls in their late teens are sought for enlistment in the Army 1 of the Home Front. ' If you fall into any of these categories and want to do your i part, get in touch with the near- > est office of the U. S. Employment Service and see if they have a war job for which you are fitted. If you have the aptitude but lack the necessary training, there are 2,400 vocational schools and 10,000 public schools shops throughout the U. S. wb'ch offer technical courses. Or you may be able to get a job in one of the < 3,195 factories providing "in- i plant" training for their cm- i ployees?teaching them while th^f i work. Must Not Waste Manpower i The first rule of total war is i not to waste manpower. Everyone i must be fitted into the task for < w.iich he is best suited?there must be no square pegs in round i holes. j Here's an indication of the speed with which the Home Front i is mobilizing. The U. S. Employ- ( ment Service placed 605,200 per- j sons in jobs in factories, ship- | yards, offices anu on farms in i April, 19 per-cent more than in j March. At the same time, jobseekers on the records on the bu- i reau dropped to 4,400,000 or four < per-cent below March. i Rice was brought under the price ceiling last week after re- i peated price rises. Rice in the < hands of the millers was frozen ] at the level of the last days of ] December, 1941, or the first two j weeks of March, 1942. Rice is the i staff of life to millions in our I Southeastern ar.d in our territor- i ial possessions. Cuba has been : leaning heavily on us for rice since the war cut off her Far Eastern i supply. i OPA Rolls Back Rents Our readiness to get tough with i ourselves was further demon- i strated last week in an order : from the Office of Price Adminis- i froHnn OP A otor> no /I into turon f*r i i c*viu^a *a. ??vw vnviikj J of the original "defense rental" i areas and rolled back rents of all j habitations from hotel rooms to i trailers to dates as far back as January, 1941. OPA acted because : local authorities had failed to I remedy the situation within sixty i days and cents were on the up- i grade. OPA's action affects 9,- i 000,000 persons in thirteen states 1 containing some of our largest war production plants and mili- ] tary training centers. Thus, Federal control of residential rents : becomes a fact for the first time i in our history. i Now that school is about to close for the summer, boys and girls may join in the great, nation-wide program of salvage. Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and other juvenile groups are invaluable in systematic campaigns to collect rubber, tin, steel and cooper?all the materials we need so badly. WPB's Bureau of Industrial Conservation has opened a drive to salvage tin cans in 36 selected cities from which the scrap can be easily shipped to detinning plants. Now is the time to go allout for "getting in the scrap." We'll never need it more. Many Orders Affect Home Front More evidence of our ability to take it and dish it out ? Price Administrator Leon Henderson has watted membett of che megt industry not to try to get oql from under the price calling. "Ignorance -? professed or actugl," Henderson said, "will not be accepted . as an excuse . . . . . WPB has cut down drastically on civilian use of mahogany, domestic and Philippine, in such kinds as are used in building combat ships and airplanes. On the other hand, 1t modified the "freeze" on softwood construction lumber so that it now affects only about 55 per-cent of the industry. The Office of Defense Transportation has authorized the Des Moines (Iowa) Railway Co. to shift from street cars to electric busses on one route?the first exception to the rule. ODT has also started a survey of intercity bus and rail travel out of 100 cities as a step toward travel rationing and has placed bus service between Washington and New York on a war footing. The bureau of Industrial Conservation tossed a bouquet at a New Jersey plant of the DuPont Company for. a record salvage campaign. Under the direction of its war production drive committee, the plant collected in one month 100.5 tons of scrap iron, 9.5 tons of hard lead, 5.2? tons of copper. 3 tons of brass, 1.75 tons of aluminum, 1.75 tons of stainless steel, .25 tons of nionel and 1,073 pounds of rubber. OPA decreed that the 1942 fall lines in wornens, girls' and children's outer clothing shall be priced at the same level as in 1941. And that goods sold at auction shall not go above the price ceiling. .Among nine WPB industry advisory committees recently appointed, one will advise on snuff. Goose and duck feathers over a certain length have been released for civilian use in pillows and upholstery. The price ceiling over ice has been lifted a trifle to permit dealers to sell ice in the summer months at the same prices they got in the summer of 1941 instead of at the March, 1942, levels. WPB has liberalized the rules under which distributors may sell molasses to farmers for use in preparations to kill insects. A supply of molasses was neces sary to combat a threatened spread of boll weevil in the South, federal Security Administrator Paul V. McNutt reports that 2,500 of the 3,070 counties in the country have organized nutrition committees in the past year. And that 6,000,000 children in 93,000 schools are receiving free lunches as a result of the Federal Nutrition Program. WASHINGTON LETTER WASHINGTON. June 3.?With ivriting -on-the-wall indicating active participatibn of American troops on European battle-fronts at an early date, the feuding between bureaucrats and lawmakers now raging appears a little less important to the people. However, the dissension in government circles is provoking tense situations ivhich definitely do not make for the necessary wartime unity. The fact that the War Manpower Commission is taking a tough attitude in shifting men and women from non-essential jobs to war production wqrk is taken as a ?rim reminder that the "muddling along" policy has been abandoned in favor of direct action. Rationing, which is essentially designed to distribute the burden 3f civilian sacrifice more equitably, is rapidly becoming a political football. Contradictory statements issued by government leaders have confused the public mind. Legislators, realizing the intense public interest in what is primarily an administrative warcime function, are intervening in seeking preferentia1 treatment fpr their localities. Frictions developing from the welter of words is weakening belief that these disciplines in the consumption and use of rationed articles is actually necessary. The probable effect of this recent trend may be gleaned from the franH statement of David Ginsburg, O. P. A.'s chief counsel, that "never has any Important Government control been 30 completely dependent on the good will and the confidence of of the people themselves." For instance, the average citizen wanting to cooperate, finds it difficult to give credence to official statements when there are distinct differences of opinion among the nation's policy-makers. The President's optimistic comment that inventive genius would provide a synthetic tire, knocked the wind out of Donald Nelson, Leon Henderson and Joseph Eastman, the three top-flight Federal officials who have the direct resVOO, Too, I ; CAN SINK 0-BOATS ???? ? auy a '. i ? Wt?J State tjr Sinn* n sas=ssssaaa? U. S. Treasury Depart9**l ' I II. - ."J I !-' | ~ NQ1 L i ' mi It's bad enough that they stoppf sheets on one side of the safety r what troubles us is why they n the side we strike first . . . One c tical results of the recent class i Aid instructors may be the eSti first * aid station by Morris Cr Beach. ! Incidentally, we heard over thi the Long Beach Pavilion will < next week . . , And while we i locality, we might mention that < [ tiest speckled trout we have seen caught there Saturday afternoon 1 "Shanghai Gesture,, starring Gi Victor Mature, is the feature Mc day at the Amuzu. A' story of < the story has an unusual appeal present war interest . . . There's the wrestling bill in Wilmington B)ack Panther?whose Identity \ Y'ealed until somebody pins him ii ponsibility for our military and civilian needs. They had issued a joint prediction that tires in any form would not be available for ordinary civilian use for at least two years. The O. P. A. has recognized that the people must be convinced that rationing, price control', etc., were required by war to obtain a public understand- J ing apd acceptance. The "brass hals" are now warned that skepticism may frustrate their well-) laid plans to place the country onj a full war-footing. Further controls will, of course, await the turn of the! wheel. Control of wages presents a major problem of a political and economic nature. The trade union angle is a hurdle difficult to jump. Variations in local standards of pay, working conditions and living c03ts also figures in ] the complexities. Price Administrator Henderson has stated that additional rationing of commodities will hinge upon the course of events. Clothing rationing would come if a real shortage of pure woolen goods developed. Inventory controls for retailers and wholesalers have merchants jittery because the plan effective this fall may revolutionize selling methods in the average store. Henderson will have a heart-toheart talk with about 20 Governors at a special conference in Tennessee June 24. With the O. P. A. setting up state boards for administrative purposes, he needs the suppBrt of the state executives. In an effort to prevent a wave of business casualities, the Des 1 That's ho An in 0% 11 eontu uii in ail OUIK cally, socially (CLIP T1 Enclosed please scription to The Stat paper to the followii R.F.D. I City or Town U.i.wwaiiwv.iinwaa \ WEDNESDAY, JUNE w is-1 ive a try Friday night Th7^ > feature yill show Cowboy u unooka, 300-pound Chetokee y. r to spend a morning or a(tfr now is to go crabbing This >ou fun, but in good eating at a softball league would p.-. lusement and recreation for y, ort this summer. Already th?,e ent of fans making regular tr.p, see the games played there bv -usually against the soldiers, rot only has been able to brie? ast and fancy trotting maw, > t her on some jumps and his he is a natural . . . They say Dr. Fergus bought recently a running walk . . . We stick to ! Welsh pony belonging to Be; ociest piece of horseflesh v.,Vf Wilson County 4-H~auiT^. y11 ?= ' EXACTLY HI >d putting emery ber McCoy will hs natch boxes, but half of the double ever have it on rell vs. Chief Sa >f the first prac- dian. here for First A favorite waj ablishment of a noon around here anmer at Long only results in g< We still think th i week-end that vide a lot of art >pen within the people of Southp ire still in that is a good contingi sne of the pret- to Oak Island to this f?ason was the Coast Guardon a surf rod. BHlie Bragaw i ?ne Tierney and out Hilda as a fi inday and Tues- has been workini >riental intrigue, discovered that s because of the that the pinto 1 a new hate on plenty good in a these days?The the idea that the vill not be re- Plaxco is the fai a a match. Bib- seen lately. partment of Commerce is establishing business wartime clinics throughout the country. It is a program intended primarily to help the small business man weather the trials of adjusting his business to a new economy. The clinic will be strictly a local affair with government experts present to explain new regulations and answer questions. Instructions have been issued to these Federal agencies to avoid telling a man how to run his business. The theory is that this system will give local industries first-hand information without writing or traveling to the Nation's Capital. Hereafter it will be necessary to clear all war production jobs through the U. S. Employment Service. The War Power Commission has ''cracked down" on the floating workers who leave orfe job a higher price position in another locality. The Service will follow, in allocating manpower, much the same system of prioriJ ties?the system of "putting first things first" ? which the War Production Board follows in al??otnrlola TVin War Man. , iUVCLklllg J.' ' ? * power Commission has asked unions which have agreements with employers to furnish them with labor to observe the same priorities followed by the United States Employment Service. Qualified workers who do not want to comply with this system will find themselves before the draft board for induction into the armed services. (Vatch the date on Your label. Don't let it run out. You need the paper?the paper needs you. UBSCRIBl -TOTiePilo w to keep up with his of your home c( , scandalously or o MS COUPON AND MAIL T * find one dollar ($1.00) in ] e Port Pilot to January 1, 19 ig address: No Box . . > t UCI3 canning uiuuu sou pro iff N are following a swine sanitatf system recommended by tile y C. State College Extension Sen. ice, says Assistant Farm Agent J. A. Marsh. Charlie Dillard of Sylva . Jackspn County repot ts *Jnt lime has been responsible for s better stand of desirable grass.; and clover on his pasture aa! that grazing has come earl* where lime was used. A pronounced improvement ii the health of Edgecombe Cour.tt 4-H Club members was noted at the annual health examination held In the various clubs tha year. Watch the label on your paper. Don't lot it run out. You need the paper?the paper needs yon this m bank'S m\K[ Invest ifour moneq in WM tev WAR SAYINGS 60NDSAND STAMPS! U. S. Treasury D<(?<tu4 E | t i I 1 what's going >unty, politiitherwise. ODAY) ) j I payment for a sub1 43. Please mail my I J ? ; j
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