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Page Two THE PILOT, Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolittft Friday, April 19, 1935^ THE PILOT Published every Friday by THE PILOT, Intorporat*^, Aberdeen and Southern Pines, N. C. NELSON C. HYDE, ManaginK Editor JAMES BOVI> STRl’THERS BURT WALTER L1PP>IANN Contributing Editors SubKoriptlon Rates: One Year $2.00 Six Months $1.00 Three Months .50 Address all communications to The Pilot, Inc., Southern Pines, N. C. Entered at the Postcffice at South ern Pines, N. C.. as second-class mail matter. CONGRESS AND AVAR PROFITS BY WALTER LIPPMAN The underlying question pre sented by the agitation about war profits is whether the Unit ed States should now pass laws that at the declaration of war there shall be an automatic con scription of persons and prop erty and a complete military dictatorship. The traditional American policy has been to have the Congress which declares the war and the succeeding Con gresses which continue it decide what drafts on the life and pi’op- erty of the nation are required and are justified. It has been as sumed that while the war pow'- ers of the President were very great, they should remain sub ject to the control of Congress. That control consisted in the power of Congress to grant or to refuse man power and funds. This democratic control of the con duct of war would be swept away un der the program which Senator Nye and Representative McSwain are sponsoring. Both bills provide that once war is declared the President can commandeer at the price he fixes the total resources of the American people, and both imply, though they do not appear specifically to say so, that he may conscript an unlimited army. They also, though they do not specifically say so, vest him with powers over all business which could, without any practical difficulty what ever, be used to establish complete control of the printing press, the ra dio and other means of discussion. Maybe that is the kind of w’ar ma chine we ought to have. But we should not set it up unintentionally, as an accidental consequence of a desire to deal with profiteers, or un der the delusion that it is anything but what it is: a proposal to create an omnipotent war machine. My own view is that once the people take a good look at this thing they will re coil from it — as the House already has from conscription—saying that they are not going to suspend repre sentative government and have a war dictatorship all signed, sealed and ready for instant delivery in order to have the satisfaction of feeling that at some date in the unknown future, during a war of an unknown char acter, certain men wlii not make ex cessive profits. these bills became so blindly inter ested in preventing war profits that they did not realize that they were setting up conscription and dictator ship as the supposed remedies. In their passion to catch every lEist prof iteer they extended the executive war power to the absolute limit in the feai’ that anything less than an ab solute dictatorship might fail to catch a profiteer. The result is grotesque. For however great may be the in fluence of war profiteers in ferment ing and prolonging wars, no sane man can have any doubt that an ab solute military machine is a much greater danger to peace. The sup pression of war profiteers does not require, and would not be worth the cost if it did require, the destruction of democratic control over war and the establishment in America of an automatic military aasolutism. As a matter of fact, there is no rea son why Congiess could not Icgi.slate intelligently to deal with war profit eers. The tax provisions of the Nye bill, or some modification of them, could be separated from the rest of the bill and put on the statute books. They are probably too drastic and would probably defeat themselves in some measures for that reason, but in principle they are sound enough. Tax ation is the most effective way of reaching war profits. Moreover, the more the country taxes and the less it borrows, the less war inflation it will have. The enactment of such a w'ar tax bill would be a very different thing from giving the President complete power to commandeer everything and it would not seriously tie the hands of Congress after war was declared. If, for example, it seemed desirable, as it did in the last war, to increase the production of wheat by offering high prices and large profits for wheat, the law could be amended. For there is nothing so automatical ly absolute about a tax bill as there is about thw conscription of life and property. Civic Loyalty Pays Big Dividends Sponsored by CAMERON’S REALTY AND INSURANCE CO. Try Your Home Town First balance when the festivities end ed. The week can well be con sidered a splendid success. It at tracted many visitors, it held over our winter guests w’ho woul<l otherwise have left ear lier, it entertained our own res idents, and it brought endless favorable publicity, something the slight unfavorable balance could not possibly^ have purchas ed. The program was well worked out. The opening day parade of floats, the gymkhana, the fire works. Old Slave Day with its galax,* of aged colored folks as the center of attraction and in terest, the fine Festival Chorus, the Military Day features, the tennis match and baseball game, the danct-s and the band con certs each day were excellent en tertainment. Thanks and appre- ciation are due those w’ho spent Grains of Sand OUR E.ASTER FAITH On Easter by our silent dead Stands One who walked in Gallilee; And Hope lights golden lamps o’er- head Since life with Christ may end less be. No far off time or foreign strand Enshrines our Lora. He liveth still. Our homes are in the Holy Land; Our times are holy, if we will. | No absent Lord iu skies afar j Will save us here from woe and strife; j We pray not to some distant star, I But share today His risen life, j ! In country lanes and city streets ; The living Christ walks day by day; , And when dire need with mercy i meets | We see His footprints by the way.! I For when fair Faith defeats distrust, When star-eyed Hope sees grief' depart. When Love lifts life above the dust,- Our Lord abideth in the heart, j —C. REXFORD RAYMOND.; I OMMBIS BILL NAMES COl’NTY EDUC.VTION BOARD Named for membership on the Moore County Board of Education in the biennial omnibus bill appointing boards of education are the follow ing; John W. Graham, F. H. Under- W'ood, F. W. Von Cannon, W. P. Saun ders, W. B. Graham PERTUSSIN SAFE FOR EVERY COUGH PRESCRIBED BY IPHYSICIAIVS 49c. A 1.1^ THROWER’S PHARMACY, West Broad St. Southern Pines We make your clothing mothproof! of their time and money on stag ing the w'eek’s events. And let all join hands in sup port of such measures as the Festival Committee and the Chamber of Commerce may adopt to raise the necessary funds to met the expenses. A single ruined Rown or suit would ntiore than pay for a treatment — in our warehouse or in your home—of the new Konate spray process. For full details ask for MONTESANTI Dry Cleaning Telephone 5541 I-IigHland F^ines Inn ariidL Cottages (WEYMOUTH HEIGHTS) SOUTHERN PINES SEASON DECEMBER TO MAY Highland Pines Inn with its Splendid Dining Room Service and its Cheerful Homelike Atmo.sphere Caters to the Requirements of those Occupying Winter Homes in the Pine Tree Section. The Hotel is Situated on Weymouth Heights (Massachusetts Avenue) Amid De lightful Surroundings. Good Parking Space is Available for Motorists. All Features of First Class Hotels are Included at Highland Pines Inn. Best of Everything. M. H. TURNER, Managing Director W. E. FLYNN, Resident Manager This legislation ought to be rejected because it destroys representative government once war is declared. The American national defense, owing to our fortunate geographical position, is based on the theory that the two oceans, an adequate navy and a small professional army, are sufficient pro tection as a first line of defense, and that behind that shield the nation can take the time to organize as big an army as Congress and the President think necessary in the circumstances of a particular war. The British, who are far closer to any potential ag gressor than we are, have not thought it necessary to set up in advance a complete militarism. Were our posi tion like that of France or Germany, we too should probably have to pre pare for total and absolute mobiliza tion at the moment war breaks out. But why should we, in our much safer position, suddenly, thoughtlessly, and irresponsibly now put laws in the statute books which mead that the moment Congress declares war, Con gress dies and can revive only by consent of the President or by mus tering two-thirds of both houses to override him? Does Congress really wish to abdicate in advance? Does it really wish to sign away now its con trol over life and property? Does it really wish to say that the represen tatives of the people during a war shall have no right to say how mucb of the life and property of the peo ple is to be commandeered? If that is what Congress means, it should pass these bills. If it does not mean that, it should stop, look and listen before it goes any further. For my own part I am more inter ested in measures to prevent war than in theoretical schemes that go j into effect after war begins. What \ can be done, for example, to prevent muniJ.ion makers from creating war scares at home or abroad? There is enough evidence to warrant the be lief that this is not an imaginary evil. I should suppose that the best method might be to license all manufacturers of lethal weapons and of military transport and require that their books and all their correspondence should be continually open to inspection by j some responsible government author- ! ity. What can be done to reduce the dangers of our being drawn into a war in which we mean to be neutral ? This is a very difficult problem. But I think we know enough to justify the position that direct trade with the belligerents is at the risk of the i trader. But even this position would not meet the most difficult problem of neutrality, and that it trade with a neutral country which is really des tined for a belligerent. Mr. Charles Warren, who is a great authority in these matters, thinks that this trade must be protected by direct diplomat ic negotiation. A very troublesome problem is that ' raised by propaganda designed to force the country to take sides in the war. What can be done about that? For one thing, it should be made illeg al, I think, to recruit troops on Amer ican soil. For the rest the surest dis- j infectant against propaganda would be supplied, I think, by a Congres sional committee continually inquir ing into the activities of organzations conducing propaganda. The best antidate to propaganda is publicity which exposes its tecnnique, reveals who is running it, and shows who is paying for it. The only kind of propaganda which is really danger ous or which can be called objection able to American freedom of speech | is masked propaganda from concealed sources and by devious methods. Sup pression is impracticable and unde sirable, but exposure to the light of day is very important when the war fever is raging, and nations, desiring to subvert our nuetrality, will stop at nothing to gain their ends if they think they can get away with it. HEY MOM! Now I want to take a Bath As nearly as I can make out what happened was that the authors of No one must suppose that any of these measures provides more than a small additional protection against the danger of war. The real protec tion is to be found only in a foreign policy that deals with the real Issues of war and peace and is strong enough to prevail. Copyright, 1935, New York Tribune, Inc. BLOSSOM FESTIVAL GREAT SUCCESS Those who worked ably and diligently'in putting on Southern Pines’ second Spring Blossom Festival should not feel discour aged that their budget did not I EASY TERMS *^5 24 MONTHS TO PAY Now, you and all the fanuly can have the wonderful comforts of Runni ng Hot Water. You can use the simple small payment plan. Then you have hot water, instantly, whenever you turn the faucet. Hot water—soothing and cheering —to save your hands and lessen your work—to save heating and “toting” water—to help you 100 times a day. 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