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The Enterprise Publiabcd Every Tuesday and Friday by the ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO. WILLIAMSTON, NORTH CAROLINA. W. C. MANNING Editor ? 1908 1938 SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Strictly Cash in Advance) IN MARTIN COUNTY One yeer:... ? Sis months OUTSIDE MARTIN COUNTY One year 12-2 Six months 1.2 No Subscription Received Under 6 Months Advertising Rate Card Furnished Upon Request Entered at the post office in Wiiliamston, N. Cm as second-class matter under the act of Con gress of March 3. 1879. Address all communications to The Enterprise and not individual members of the firm. Tuesday, March 31, 1912. About The ff ar Ag<tin*l The IS etc Deal And Labor Kenneth G. Crawford in the newspaper PM: There is still war on the home front. Talk as we will and do about national unity, we cannot, if we are realistic, close our eyes to the exist ence of that war It is a continuation of the nine year-old domestic fight of the Old Deal against the New Deal, of the haves against the have nots, of capital against labor, of the prosperous farmer against the poor farmer. So long as we are fighting that war, that long will we be diverting part of our attention and our energies from the war on the common en emy at our gates. Almost everyone now agrees that this internecine war should be stopped so that we can all get down to the business uf whipping Hitler and Hirohito. The question, then, is how to make peace at home. The anti-New Dealers through their press have given us their answer. Since the New Deal is the thing the country fights over, they say, let us simply liquidate the New Deal. Let us turn the clock back to 1932. Let us unshackle private enterprise by removing any effective restrictions on profits. Let us remove the safe guards we have thrown up around organized labor and the collective bargaining process. Let us quit spending money for anything bat war. Let us have an end of reform. The New Dealers also have given us their answer, although it has not received much at tention because most of the press is unfriend ly to the New Deal. They have said, in effect, let us throw down our arms where we now stand. We shall not advance the social frontier forward during wartime. But neither shall we permit it to be pushed back The gains of the last night years shall be frozen where they are The New Dealers have backed up their pro posal with action. They have persuaded labor to surrender voluntarily its principal weapon in the home fight?the right to strike. The Pres ident has cut his budget for non-defense agen cies to the bare bone of continued existence. Where possible he has put these agencies to work on war projects. The Treasury's tax bill proposes to dig deep into the pockets of the poor as well as the rich to finance the war effort. But the Old Dealers are not satisfied with a truce on these terms. They insist, against the overwhelming weight of evidence to the con trary, that the Administration is trying to make the war an excuse for furthering its reform pro gram at an accelerated pace. They are assuring the Nation, through their press, that this "is" so. This is a deliberate falsification of the New Deal's record and the New Deal's position. But it is the only way they can justify their in sistence upon continuation of the home front fight. They must say that they are being put upon by the New Deal in order to explain why they continue to fight the New Deal and to demand unconditional surrender on tjie part of the New Deal as a condition to national unity. And they are fighting with everything they have. The Byrd Committee of the Senate is try ing to make it appear that the New Deal is en gaged in a peace-time boondoggle of unprece dented proportions. In the House the South ern Tories are backing the Smith Bill, which would, in effect, repeal every law now on the books protecting labor?particularly the Wages and Hours Law. The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) is sending out phony strike figures to support the Smith Bill and [at the same time presenting a tax bill designed to protect corporate profits while loading the cost of the war on the consumer. The anti-New Dealers have made the 40-hour week issue the spearhead of an offensive count ed on to deliver the coup de grace to the New Deal and its labor allies. With the help of H. V. Kaltenborn, the radio commentator; Frank Gay lord, the Oklahoma publisher, and many oth ers, they recently started spreading the false report that the 40-hour week was holding up war production. They tried to make it appear that the Wages and Hours Law limited war workers to 40. hours a week although the fact was that 46 hours was the average in war industries. The built up "strike wave" stories *f a time when less than one-thousandth of one per cent of war workers were out on strike. President Roosevelt, trying to promote na tional unity, ignored all this for a while. Final ly, this week, he answered the oppositions' lies. So did Donald M. Nelson, chief of the War Pro duction Board (WPB), Lt. Gen. William Knud sen for the Army, James Forrestal for the Navy, and Labor Secretary Perkins. All of them said there was no need for labor legislation of the kind proposed by Rep. How ard W. Smith, author of the Smith Bill. Yet Smith assured a House committee that then; was still danger of "labor insurrection." There is more than danger. There is insurrec tion. But it isn't a labor insurrection. It is Tory insurrection. Its perpetrators arc revolting against the New Deal, knowing that in doing so they are helping Hitler, Hirohito and Co. They are revolting because they are determin ed that peace at home shall be made on their terms ? unconditional surrender by the New Deal?not on the New Deal's terms?a freezing of the status quo. It would seem that President Roosevelt, since he has been elected three times in a row by ov erwhelming majorities, speaks for the Ameri can people with more authority than the Tories. His peace terms, moreover, would seem to be more than just to his enemies at home. If they insist on continuing the fight, on disrupting na tional unity to the advantage of the Nation's enemies, what can we do about it? The least we can do is show up their lies and investigate their methods. The President and Nelson already have shown up some of their lies. A Senate Appropriations subcommittee is threatening to investigate the NAM. The Tru man Committee may look into what seems to be a well-financed campaign to start a prairie fire. Once the American people understand who the aggressors are in this home front fight, the aggressors will be taken care of Even radio commentators, newspapers and Congressmen are not immune from the wrath of a public that finds it has been fooled. When the wind changes no one will be scorched worse than those who set the fires. ('.limn Reynold* Speak* Again Clown Reynolds, the big disappointment North Carolinians sent to the United States Sen ate. has spoken again, not against the aliens but against his own countrymen His words, ap parently supporting the thoughts and wishes of his recently annexed rich wife and her mamma, are those of those1 who would dictate to the ma jority?the working millions. The nation's No. 1 Disappointment (Mr. Rey nolds), acting with the slyness of an aged fox, tempoivd his attack with an empty threat against industrial profits. After enslaving the worker ,old Reynolds would limit profits to six percent. The six per cent profit is just about like six pe'r cent interest. The' big fellows bor row below six per cent and the little fellows pay above six per cent. Some say there is a law lim iting interest charges to six per cent. Well, say there is such a law But ask the fellow who buys or did buy a car on the installment plan about six per cent interest. Ask the installment buy er how niui.li inteiest lie pays 111 one way or an other. Often the interest is figured at six per cent plus premiums, charges and services. Six per cent profits are little different from six per cent interest The manufacturer pads his payroll, hires his relatives and relatives' friends and pay them big money for doing lit tle or nothing. The Jack-Heintz steal just un covered out in Cleveland, for instance. And while Mr. Reynolds is attacking the workers and jesting with the industrialists, he is a party, according to Pearson and Allen in the Washington Merry-Go-Round, to the sneaking scheme to: 1. Tap the taxpayers for $171,000 to finance travel at the rate of 20 cents a mile. 2. To furnish trunks free to the lawmakers. 3. Increase allowance for laundry 4. Appropriation of $30,000 for folding speeches, including those of the eneriiy, for free distribution to the "suckers" back home. And speaking about the franking privilege, the same Bob Reynolds is sending out a pile of adulterat ed crap and helping to run up the mail deficit by nearly a million dollars. And the regrettable part about it, there are those "important" newspapers who headline the scoundrel's pithy words on their front pages and bury or refuse to print the startling facts as they fall from the high places. It was bad enough to hear the Reynolds with the ragged rain coat tail and old Model T, but it is still worse to hear the Reynolds with the limousines and McLeans. . Dictator? It is an established fact that the Steel Trust dictated to the government of the United States in the last war. And it now appears that the Standard Oil, sugar and aluminum trusts are dictating to the government in this war. How ever, there are those who would set up a dic tator for common working man. and talk about Roosevelt being a dictator. Permitted To Be Crucified Over 1900 years ago today men and women and boys and girls waved palm leaves and branches at Him and then permitted Him to go on and be crucified. Are we doing any bet ter? We'll join the crowd that is waving on Sunday and remain with that same crowd and see His- cause suffer and Himself pushed far ther and farther into the background. Will we dare to own His name, espouse His cause and follow in His train??Church Bulletin. TAKE YOUR PICK! u flIXTY SI6E -he wants ter know, Ef a real Dimocrat wont prove his I sef, re-gardles of how he rides? I was a-confabbin with a-feller tu ther day, and he up and ast me, Was I a dimocrat? I told 'im. I want nutlun else but; fact was.- I was a dyed-in-ther-wood, fore-and-aft Dimocrat. both a-goin, and a-cummin. Then he ast me. What wus a Dim ocrat? And I ast him, Had he ever read Abe Linkins Gettysburg speech"' And ef he had, then Ole Abe told 'im right in tiler last lines He says Abraham Linkin was a Re-pub likin. I says, Abryham Lfti kin rid-into office on the Autocrat hobby-horse named Re-publikin, but his de mocracy rid->in with -im, and stayed with 'im long as he stayed, and much to the worn ment of his Autocrat office-sharers. I says, Yas sir, Ole Abe was a Dim ocrat. Ole Hickory was a Dimocrai Tom Jefferson was a Dimocrat. Gro ver Cleveland was. Woodrow was. Teddy was. And F D R shore is. Then he says, How do 1 figger all that" And I says, They-all figgered that evry feller ought to be able to live decent on lus-own labor, and ef ther country was run right he could do it ,and ef it want, then it was the Govments place to right the wrong I ast 'im, ef a eity had a po lice to keep the honest folks frum inter ferin with the A1 Caponcs, or was it to keep It" r-ip.,1..,. up ergihst the honest-workers? I told 'im that all f.his d?-prr>Kgi"P want caused by Gov in en t hand-outs to on-willin workers, but by the gan gin-up of tin- Figgerin Wf/.zards, and wormin .ill ther profits onto ther high-piles of ther Few, leavin so lit tle for ther real creaters to live on that htey had slipped into a sand-pit, with no hope but to holler fer help, and that thar happened to be a Gap tain a-standin at ther helm of ther old ship-o state that hecred ther cry and stored to ther rescu That ther world want one cent por er by cause of ther de pression, but that all ther money had jest bin garrged-up sos it Wouldnt percolate in a dim-ocratic way. I ast 'im, Did he ever watch ther willin little honey-bee, a-bringin in they winter supply and then see ther hrainv-keeper, '?lip it all out, clean down to ther mere moisal and then watch lliei willin little workers git all ca-flabber-gasted over they bad luck, and dive'out to ther fields er gin, to find ther freeze had hit ther flowers and ther frost had hit thay wing, and that want nuthin left to live for, not even a load to bring. <a> .... American Industry Setting High Mark p p Exact statistics on industrial pro duction are coming more and more under the head of "strategic inform ation." But American industry as a whole is producing at a rate never before equalled. Example of fast work: Iron Age magazine reports that already the low point in Detroit employment resulting from the 100 per cent changeover of the auto industry to arms manufacturing has been passed . . At the sprawling, blacked-out, grimly guarded plant of Consolidated Aircraft corporation, near San Diego, Calif., a button was pushed that set in motion the first continuous moving assembly line ever to be used in the fabrication of giant four-engine bombers. Powered assembly lines, of course, are noth ing new in the aircraft industry, but this is the first time that typically American production technique has been applied to a war-plane of any such size as this one . . it's bigger than the Flying Fortress, contains 101,650 parts Workstock If properly handled, workstock au thorities estimate that 12.000,000 of the 14,000,000 horses and mules in the United States can do as much work this year as 18.000,000 in peace time. ( undulate Makes Public Statement To the People of Martin County: As 1 ask my friends of Martin County to allow me a second term as their representative. 1 do so with deep appreciation of their loyalty and support m the past. 1 have 'al ways felt that it was unwise ta be a member of our State Legislative lx>dy unless one could serve at least two terms. It is elementary that with more experience. 0410 is better able to serve the people whom he rep re I stmt*. I During the 1941 session of the [General Assembly, which was my I first experience as a member of our Stat.' legislature, I tried t?? support those measures which I felt were for the best interest of the people of my county. I was one of the few mem bers who opposed increasing the salaries of several of our State de partment heads from $6000 to $6600 per year I supported every piece of legislation which T thought would be to the best interest of our farmers, including the act to reduce the cost for license on farm trucks. 1 support ed the retirement act for State em plovees. just as I supported the-pro vision for a 12th grac^e in our high schools. As a member of the appro priations committee. I voted for in creased appropriations for the State Blind Commission in order to pro vide eye operations for the handi capped children who are unable to pay their own expenses I felt then as I do now. that it was a good in vestment for- our state to spend mon ey La remove the cloud of darkness I from some of the poor blind chil dren of North Carolina I These were some of the things which I supported that touched the [welfare of our entire citizenship | 1 am personally acquainted with a number of those who will be mem i hers of the next General Assembly, j I and 1 feel that with increased exper- I ienco and acquaintance with the I membership, I can better serve the i people of Martin County It will be impossible for me to see all of the people of Martin County personally since there is a tire short- ) age 1 assure the citizenship of Mar j tin County that their support will br (appreciated and that if they will give [ line their confidence and nominate me their confidence and nominate me their representative for a second [term. 1 will always be faithful to their trust, Political Advertising. | ^ 1 Were Business Visitors Here Messrs J (.' Smith and J K Wins low, ot Kohersonville. were business I visitors lie re yesterday EXECUTOR'S NOTICE Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of F L Haislip, late of Martin County, North Carolina, tins is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said de ceased, to exhibit them to the under signed on or before the 26th day of March. 1943, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery All persons indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment Tins the 26th day of March, 1942. Wachovia Rank & Trust Co.. Executor. Estate of F L. Haislip, m31-6t Deceased. Hamilton. N. C E. S. Peel. Atty r 7ioU( rou u THSIU TO PICK fOSAH. HOI IJWOOD'S SIMMS ST AS. AM) m (f \ ptrrtn u?mxr 7*u*eyM?r/7iir*t' 'AND PAKDNIK. WAIT TIU YOU NIAK) ^ PPfTTY PW04Y PfPPfU \ HIKSIIF WAKtUN' THOSl WTS71KN I They're all brought to you by DR. 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