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UPTOTH* SENATE.
WILLK1EF0R ALL AID.
LANDQN OPPOSES BILL.
PARTT VOTE IN HOUSE.
REPUBLICANS DIVIDED.
PEOPLE FOR THE BILL.
OTHER ISSUES IGNORED.
THE PRESIDENTS POWER
The passage of the Lead-Lease j
Bill by the Senate is considered
?snared by Administration leaders,
who are working to speed the
measure to the President as soqn I
as possible. Public hearingB on
the hill were concluded by the!
Senate Foreign Relations commit-1
tee last week, which immediately f
began the consideration of amend
ments, with clear indications that
a majority favorable report would
soon permit the debate to begin upon
the Senate floor.
v' The highlight in the hearing be
fore- the Senate Committee, of course, I
was the appearance of Wendell Will-1
kie, who came back from Great Brit
ain to tell Senators that if Britain
falls, America inevitably will be at I
war a month of two later.
The Republican nominee for the
presidency expressed the opinion
that this country should send all its
- bombers, except those needed for
traing and five or ten destroyers a
month to aid the 'British, because
"mad men" are loose in the world
and while no man "can guarantee"
that aid to Britain will not involve
this country in war, he expressed the
opinion that Hitler is far less apt to
be aggressive toward the Western
Hemisphere while England stands.
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Mr. Wlliibe's testimony amerea
widely from that of former Governor
Alfred M. Landon, Republican can
didate for the presidency in 1836,
who declared that he parted com
pany with the President's foreign
policy over the Lend-Lease bill, which
he described as a "guess-and-be
damned" policy.. Mr. Landon be
lieves that a British victory would be
to our "very great advantage," but
fears that the President will attempt
to impose American ideals and ways
of life on the. entire world.
Previously, the House of Repre
sentatives, by a roll call vote of 260
to 165, had passed the bill. The vot
ing was largely along- Party lines,
with 263 Democrats and'24 Republi
cans passing the measure over an
opposition which included 25 Demo
crats, 135 Republicans and 5 mem
bers of the minor political parties.
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Described as a measure "to pro
mote the defense of the' United
States," the bill gives the President
broad powers to manufacture and
dispose of defense articles to nations
whose defense is necessary to the de
fense of the United States.
No limit was placed upon the
amount of aid that could be given,
but defense articles procured from
funds already appropriated could
not be transferred beyond a value
of 11,300,000,000. Congress retain
ed power to rescind the Act by ma
jority action by both houses and
terminated the authority on June 80,
1943, but allowed three additional
years to carry out commitments
i made by that time.
Politically-minded observers were
impressed- with the opposite views
expressed by the former Republican
presidential candidates, Messrs. Lan
don and WAlkie. The fact that Re
publican members of the House vot
ed almost six-to-one against the
Lease-Lend measure is taken as an
indication that Mr. Wiilkie will have
a hard time establish big his views in
the permanent policies of the Repub
lican Party.
* While many Republicans are on
record in favor of ??Great
Britain in her struggle, they "view
with alarm" the immense powers
granted the President and think thftt
the mad in mind can be accomplished
in a better way.
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Along tfak Um. It la interesting to
rapoet .that^urvey by themmariea* 3
Institute ?f Public Opinion indicate^ ;
te '^fty-four per c?t ofthe peoi ?:
pie of thu na*? ttynk the Lend
Deaae Bfll sh*ttld pa* \
fifteen per csat favored the bill with
qualifications. Only twenty-two pea >
cent cast their ufvfceiA tj? negative
and nine per cent reported tSat they i
were undecided.
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Once again, the Domocaatic South i
appeased likely to lead the net of
the country in support of the bill. A <
break down of Democratic and Be- J
publican voters showed that slaty
nine per cent, of the Democrats were
in favor of the bill against thirty
eight per cent of the Republicans
questioned Twenty-three per emit }
of the Republicans favored the. bill <
with qualification against ten per 5
cent of the Democrats of like mind j
Opposing the bill were thirty par <
cent of the Republicans questioned j
-and thirteen per cent of the Demo
crats. Those undecided included
nine per cent of the Republicans
questioned and eight par cent of' the
Democrats.
Generally, the Survey finds that ^
public opinion in this country favors
increased aid to Britain "even at the j
risk of war," and believe* that Amer- :
ican aid is more likely to prevent
war for this country in the king ran
than it is to draw us into the pres
ent straggle. ,|
Consideration of the Lend-Leaee >
bill has about engaged the undivid- <
ed attention of the Capital for the ,
past few weeks and there is little (
likelihood that other issues will take ?
the spotlight until this controversial ?,
proposal is disposed of. Certainly, <
no one can dispute that it gives vast
power to the President of the United ]
States and, so far as we know, this ,
is unprecedented in the peace-time |
history of this country. , I
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Nevertheless, it snouia oe re- j
membered that the President, on- ]
der the Constitution and as Com
mander-in-Chief of the armed forces
of the Republic, possesses vast pow
er and that so far as war or *peace 4
is concerned, the Chief Executive <
of this BepuhUc cap. issue orders at- j
moat certain to involve the action In t
war.
The passage of the Le&d-ifi?ae
bill will not constitute, we think, t%t h
surrender of congreeaional powers,' ]
but will rather represent the deliber-1 (
ate conclusion of legislatures that, in <
the present condition of world af
fairs, with dictators in absolute con
trol of practically the entire re
sources of Europe, it is necessary <
for democracies to place probable t
power in the hands of their responsi- t.
ble officials. Otherwise, it is fear- I,
ed, democracy will be unable to func- (
tion with the speed and dispatch |
that is necessary to protect the vital j
interests of the people of the demo- i
cratic nations. I
There can be- little doubt, we be
lieve, that the majority of the people
of this country are positively against <
entering the war unless it is neces- <
sary to actually defend the United ?
Stages. Preponderant public opin- ,
ionion is also against the dispatch ,
Of American soldiers to Europe, re- <i
gardless of what transpires on that
Continent.
It is noted that Winston Churchill, i
British Prime Minister, in his radio ,
address, frankly declared that so far
as he could see there was no need of (
American soldiers in Europe. This
view is upheld by Quentzn Reyonlds,
well known war correspondent, who
insists that British officials, do not
expect soldiers from the United
States, although they would welcome
trained technicians and frankly ad- j
mit that they must have supplies in '
order to complete the war success
fully. '
CHEESES
Argentina is continuing to fumfeh j
American^tables with large quanti- .
ties of cheeee to replace the imports 1
of Italian varieties cut, ctf since the ,
closing of thp . Mediterranean.
STBON6EB
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The hog market's growing J
has bean attributed by livestock man
to moderate rewpto, .good consumer :
and forecasts for reduced
?ante, thi, ytu.
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TT.m ifltfi t DirvAftAtMU *?- J
iTMIJiCDv aOO86V01v r6Cwiy I
cruisers, included ill the naval ??]
pension program. Twenty-seven ojf
the ships will be named tor Ameri
.111-- 4La -iU-_ .??til ' I
can cities, out tne otaer six will car-1
ry tiie names of outlying Alaska,
Guam, Hawaii, the PhiMpptaea, Puer
to Rieo and Samoa. A
PUT TO TORK
William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor,
estimates that two million unemgloyv
sd have been pat to worlr ^hrough
reermanent efforts t?f the nation dur
ing the past few months. Be sajys
there are six million unemployed in
the country now.
SELECTIVE SERVICE
The age' limits for Selective Ser
vice registration Were 21 and 85]
years and a man who registered can
be legally inducted into service even
after reaching the age-of thirty-six
yean. However, it is expected that
steps will be taken to amend the law
to eover this situation.
BEAPOHHONMENT
Because reapportionment of - the
Beats in Congress in the House of
Representatives will be automatic
unless Congress acta by March 9th,
the House Rules Committee has pre
pared a bill to reapportion the pres
ent membership of 486, rejecting a
proposal to increase membership of
450. As .a result of the last census,
California will gain three- seats, and
Arisona, Florida, North Carolina,
New Mexico, Oregon and Tennessee,
me seat each. States losing repre
sentation are Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas, Massachusetts, Nebraska,
Ohio, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania.
Bach will lose one member of the
Bouse.
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ARMY PLANES
The. VUmy, %hi4h has 19,000 plants
mi order, plans %a ask for $2,000,000,
It ppCMtd* 15,000 additional
pi sun and place its projected fleet
it 40,100 planes.
SECRET SERVICE
Tjte.$f?rot Service of the Treasury
Department made 3407 arrests in
1940. In. 2,215 cases, there were
sannctaons; 912 cases still await
Mauri action.
PURSUIT SHIPS ,
The first delivery of 400-milee
fm-thoor heavily armed pursuit
ihips, now in production by The Bell
AircraftCompany, have been turned
jver to the Army which expects to
ic<juire hundreds of these fast pur
suit ships. First deliveries did not
include the latest improvements but
were taken tot permit the start of
training with high-speed craft
BOMBERS
Assembly plants for the produc
tion of medium and heavy bombers
from parts to be manufactured by
automobile plants are being con
structed at Tulsa, Oklahoma, Kan
sas City, Fort Worth, Texas, and at
Omaha, Nebraska.
UNEMPLOYED
The Census Bureau estimates that
6410,270 persona over fourteen in
the nation were seeking employment
on April lft, #40. Of tfcase, 96$,
029 were between 14 sod 19 years of
age.
I^ABOR FORCE
The Census Bureau estimates tint
the total labor force of the nation^
on April lft, 1940, comprised 27,
204,000 white and 6,637,000 non
white persons. Duping the past de
cade according to Census statistics,
new social legislation is removing
men over sixty from the labor force
and prolongation of schooling and
the extension of social legislation is
keeping children out of industry. It
is noted that more women between
twenty and sixty-four years are
working now than formerly.
MEAT PRICES
Miss, Harriet Elliott, ootnoux^er
I member of the National Defense
[Advisory. Commission, asserts that
Army purchases of meat have pot
been large enough to. fertify any
bereaee ip price and says that con
sumers will do will to look for mppt
substitutes if prices continue to rise.
BANKING
Private .banker* and officials of
the State Department are .conf#*;
ring about the proposed ?100,000^0
Inter-American P*wir. Private banks
with branches in Latin-America, are
anxious to avoid Government-spem*
Spred iOompetition and v/buld fiaiit:
the field of the new bank GOvefp
ment and Central of the Lain*
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CQLB8
Alleged cum tor colds will be tor
eluded to the Government's program
of eftftocement ef tfcr *to>d,Drugfc
and CbsmetireA^whlch isjje^gned
benefit to be derived from the use of
such medfettkm. '-Btekers of 'eeld
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trffliiiirTn? are TnMinir daiins<"^iot
tiWto'ffftn tii '? n ? iiH' : m_-_?.^ ? ?-*-?? ? *
justiried by soentmc itets,^ IM.
Commissioner W. G. Campbell, whp
points out that "present-day medical
opinion supports the view that there
ida jika * vattitabk i
is no Known mamro or Hnxturo or
substances which can be relied upon
to prevent or to cpre colds."
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LUMBER
Fifty-nine lumber corporations and
fourteen individuals engaged in Upj
pine lumber industry in ten Western,
States were recently fined-$81,500 aft.
Leg Angeles on charges of violating
-the Sherman Anti-trust Law. Tom
C. Clark, special assistant to the
Attorney-Coastal, explains that .the
proaeeutionof the case <Sraa instat
ed ' far toa reason that a close-knit
conspiracy has for many years ex
isted to the lumbar industry," result-,
tog in "a curtailment of production
and a stabilisation of prices."
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? It's a good thing nobody is attack
ing the United States; they would
take the country before Congress
debuted and decided what to do
about it
"Build-Up" Good News
For Suffering Women
KuA of women's periodic dis
tress may bo unnecessary!
?w 1*0 ftwa headaches,
nervousness, cramp-liks pain, other
lyzofiwQi oi pmaumof oysmcnor
rAAdoe to malnutrition are helped
by?ABDVL
Xate way it Mpe relieve periodic
distxeea is by famsshig appetite
aniflsiw ofgastricjake. Hps it '
pftm aid* dlg^on; helps build
to
disturbances.
find help for periodic dia- ?
comfort tide way: Stall a few days
bate* and take (S/OUHJIwntil "the
time* baa pstieri. Women bare
used GAgBUi pace than 60 yearn.
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Colored Sehoql
Here To Sponsor
Religious'Services
In the process of public education,
the mastery of the three R's is essen
tial. However, the importance of a
good character, both to the individual
and his community, is so outstandihg
that it should not be overlooked.
In the process of character educa
tion, there is no code of ethecs that
offers a firmer foundation than the
teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ.
With this in mind, the Parmville
Colored School will sponsor its an
nual Christian Emphapis week be
ginning Sunday, March 2nd, and con
tinuing throughout the week. In
.these services the plain, simple teach
ings of the Lord Jesus Christ will be
discussed as it should be'practiced in
our daily lives, with special emphasis
upon its relation to one's success and
happiness m this life as well as the
life /after death.
The services will be held one at
each church in the community. We
are calling upon all of the people to
forget denominational ideas, for the
time beinfr at least, and come to
gether in love and union with united
forces for the advancement of the
kingdom of Christ.
Services Will Be Held As FoIIowb
Monday night, March 3rd, Mace
donia Baptist Church; Tuesday night
March 4th, St Stephen A. M. ??
Zion Church; Wednesday night,
March 5th, St James Free Will Bap
tist Church; Thursday night, March
6th, St. John Free Will Baptist
Church; Friday night, March 7th,
Mount Mariah Holiness Church.
Everyone is cordially invited.
Farmville Colored School,
H. B. Sugg.
Here is a record for The Enter
prise advertisers to shoot at: One
large retail chain store spent $11,
000,000 in newspaper advertising
space in 1939.
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makes of cars for nine of the latt ten yaow... Jf
and now the U.S.A. Is giving this stmanrdict 1
again ty. showing olear?cut preference for the *
new Chevrolet tar '41!
"The VS.A. picks Chevrolet!" Ax A, if you'll
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