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THURSDAY. OCT. 28. 1943 PAGE SIX THE NEWS - JOURNAL, RAEFORD, N. C. n The News-Journal Hoke Countv News Hoke County Jo""! Est. January, 1. 1929 Est. May I 1U By IMul Dkkson By s'" Poole Consolidated November 1. l'J'tS -North (oruiin.i ve MISS ASiuCIAuON Subscription Rates: For Servicemen Published Thursdays At Raeford, North Carolina S2.00 Per Year In Advance SI. 5rt Per Year DOl GAI.U t OXE. Editor-Manaser Entered as sccnd-class mail mattt M the post office at Raeford. N. C, under Act of March 3, 1870. Our Venereal Delinquents Just recentlv a representative group of men and women of the county heard Mr. Chester Davis, of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, speak here on the rise of juvenile delinquency in which he stressed largely the need for more su pervision of vouth in the home. Todav the News-Journal carries the report of Dr. Carl V. Reynolds, state hex 1th officer, which gives some rather alarming information on this growth of delinquency among the youth of North Carolina and the exceedingly high rate of venereal infection among this group. Perhaps a part of this increase was explained by the rBI-man's report in which lie said that many of the young girls had followed soldiers into North Carolina from other states. These girls and young women had married men either in camps. "or just before the men entered camps. Then the soldiers were sent overseas and the girls were left behind. After a time, these girls started going out with other soldiers, due to lonesomness or a craving for excitement. Con tinuation of this practice led to their dilenquen cy and eventual arrest and incarceration by lo cal police or by FBI agents operating under the May Act. The area around Fort Bragg, in which Hoke County is, soon became one of the worst spots in the country for venereal infections. Mr. Davis said, and the infection rate at Bragg was fearful ly high. Since the invocation of the May act in this area, the rate has graduallly dropped until last August it reached the lowest point in the history of the Fort. While many North Carolinians may have ob jected to the invocation of the May Act here, the reports of the FBI and of Dr. Reynolds are of sufficient extent to prove that, since our state"s local police and sheriffs' department would not or could not enforce our laws against vagrancy and prostitution, it was a justifiable action of the medical authorities and the -omr,-.andin3 of ficer of Fort Bragg to ask the Var Department to bring the FBI into the local law enforcement picture. Yet, jailing these unfortunate and misguided girls is not the answer to the delinquency prob lem. Dr. Reynolds and Mr. Davis concur in their indictment of the laxity of home discipline and training. They place the blame of so large an increase on the parents, and upon the communi ties which have taken no thought of this crav ing for excitement and have failed to provide supervised recreational advantages for youth who have neither the home-training nor the mental stability to guard themselves from the promiscuity which ultimately leads the dreaded venereal infection and lands them into the hands of the law. -O- . i ' :.s. ;.re n iti" c.tr: :cd magazines and the have cheerfully taken space, good-sized hunks of it, for every partiotic promotion ever con ducted in Hoke county. Their part in the pub licity of the recent 3rd War Loan Drive was the largest ever asked of them by this paper. Their response, with one exception, was completely whole-hearted and cooperative. It is true that the newspaper, large or small, cannot bear this big advertising load alone. But. the newspaper, backed by its citizenry-subscribers, is carrying its load of the war effort, and we feel it should continue to do so without any subsidy, grant or political sop handed out by politicians who want to get everybody's snout in the public treasury .... After all, when this war is over, the newspapers are going to have a lot to say about the utter idiocy of many of the present government expenditures which are not helping, but hindering, this self-same war effort, and we would like to see the newspapers un touched by this gr;:nt, and untied from the strings of politicians- .... free to denounce and decrv when the time comes. O War Wastes And Frauds-And Politics On Government Advertising Good newspapers, the ones which have estab lished themselves in the confidence of their sub scribers, have attained this confidence through their inclepcn ience. Though many of a paper's subscribers n ay c!i;-aeree with some cf its poli cies, its attiire.es and its opinions, th ;.-. sanv subscribers I. we given and maintained its life because of this confidence. When that confi dence is gone s'K.n the new?oaper g'-es. too. In recent months manv of the smaller papers have been having a hard time. Advertising rev enue has fallen off !::. ire many of their reeit lar buyers of space haw little to sell and v'vt merchandise they cm g-t is readily s.,lel without advertising promotion. Most of the giv:it na tional concm:; an- in v?r work. They I -.ive ht tle to a.lve-1 i.-.e exce pt in so far as they wish t keep their "smcs bef. re the public, to mri"t.tin a "good-wili" on whi' h tbv I yp sren! rr.i.H rs of d' ilars in buil'linc. - that w: n Ihev kI:mt, to the rruiir.'f ic'.ure .'' c:,. i!i.in -" !; th"ir vines v ;!1 have - ' he-n l'..;-vittcr. T '."- a'!-v-r!- l en!.;, w; .1 le-'-the nati.oi h e j:. ger daily pnners. The wc' i'' n i'ier. areas, i:; .. ". :: : j ' , crpt in c'T'.i.o 1 "'"i '. ?' ' f rat! mace. Vet the deiii. nd.; upon it for b'.th national and com mit iiy Sonne are far j rea'.er than in the nor mal peace times. As a sop to the publisher who is in difficulty, some of t! f o.Tiet-hnl iing ."oik up in V .T hing ton are asking an appropriation to pay for the Treasury Department's advertising of Bonds. Senator Eankhead has a bill named for him whicii has thot as its purpose. This might help a few publishers tide ever . . . but we doubt it. It would he'p. thourh, to vnke the weeklv press subservient to the ove- .merit. It would then help weaken that H'p-o-ic confidence those mi'lions of subscriber have in their local pa per :. and if continued would. '? fear, lead to the ultim ate destruction cf the weekly paper as a strong force of our DemocrEcv. On the other hand, the spier!....! sur . ort that local industry and bu-miss has given the drives locally leads its to believe that local business men would rather this promotion, as important as it is to the success of the increasingly large bond sales, be an entirelv local affair. Thcv Lindsey Warren, former N. C. Congressman and now comptroller-general, has fired a broad side at the army folks, and the contractors whom they superv.se. for needless and outragious ex penditures in 270 instances. Some of the money was paid for juke-boxes, or liquor, and even a set of false teeth for a worker. Officials of the War Department fires back, and savs: Not so! In the spending of such large sums rt such a rrpid rate, the War Department paid for many things that should have been paid for bv the in dividuals who got them. It also paid for a lot that it did not get. An instance! it paid one man, according to Mr. Warren, ior forty-one hours work in one day. There was plenty e' shovcl !o;.ning. too. At Fort Bragg there was a gigantic fire which burned for months during the construction of the expanded plant there. That fire burned up hundreds of thousands of board feet of lumber. Sure, it was scrap lumber, ends and split or knot ty pieces. But then, we had lots of lumber, plenty of wood; and that fellow Lewis and his coal miners had not thought about sticking up the government, so we had plenty of cral. Too. there was plenty of paper then 'and pulpwood won't scarce. Perhaps this scrap would not have done for pulpwood but it would have supplied Eastern North Carolina with kindling wood for the duration: or. sawed into fuel blocks, it would have kept all the woouburing stoves about Fav etteville redhot for at least a couple of winters. Just a matter of salvage planning and conserva tion, for both army and civilian needs. Perhaps, if Congress writs to do the right thing, it could set up a fiscal agency whbh would be empowered to investigate and approve or disapprove and adjust these contracts, without interference from whichever party might be in -entrol. Then the controversy over contract terminations, the justness or exorbitancv of them being definitely and impartially determin ed, would be settled and ne ither the' Democrats the Republicans, the New Deal nor the Ameri can Labor Party could make political use of money-spending during the emergency. O- OPINIONS and SENTIMENTS From Other Editors Habeas Corpus The Winner (Greensboro Dailv News) The row between military and civil authori ties over the supension of the right of habeas corpus in Hawaii is now nearing a satisfactory settlement. It started when two naturalized Ilawanans of German descent petitioned the federal court for their freedom on a writ of ha beas corpus, which the court granted. Lieuten ant General Richardson, military governor of the territory, however, em the ground that while martial law was relaxed habeas corpus was still suspended, refused to honor the writ, in which he was backed up by orders from General Ma--shall. ro. ' it . . . reoei juage Mctzger thereupon fined Gen- ordsfn f. T (' " t. 'T -.f -.1 . (;! , yi retaliated by fining the iud-'e $5 000 ''- ' "e was clloeted. There 'was" a .st-'--... "The power of the jii.ii-i;.rv was exhaust but the nov.-or t,t ilw. r,ti ,.i u.. t . i "!'' oi toe i mica 're was considerable win-rv. m,. cd.' idtrs tva, n !. Ili-re was consid, in ' End ror-forrinw nm.,.-, t. i, l. - , " n.iJiii!;ioii uigwics as a rc-u!' of which G ner.-il Kin,-..-.!.,,. thj ri lit f f hnhr.-.t; .'. ' '. . .. v l ot' IWO . rnt- end remitted the fine he had imposed me y.Hj- vashi..'n:i $u-.--cvted 'o iorioo that he remit the lin"cn hn mnov-i td i;it d to remit it in BehinmA ,.v t iTi)W?."i7 BLOTTING OUT THE MOON hole b'.d did re-r'ur" io ret ti to i. on tr.e p-oi.nH tti.it ,, ...u , , . ... 7 " .1 "Ui'i uc Jr. fr:'m contempt of t..ilTt 1 1. -is t:.c mt.er stands. Our thought is tut fudge Metier u right. Do ihta ss General Richardson l.elieverl he w-s actmg rightlv. aad indeed under his orders h'o "oli!'I n--t h-ive done otherwise. But the writ 0f habeas corpVs is the c. rner stone of hoerty ard cannot b- removed with saV?v- ;he -onstili.iMn provides that it ".shall not be susoender! unices when in case of rebellion or mvasicr, the pub'.i- safety mav .e.j.-.re it." Fven so, C;,rgre-s a:.-.r.r- can suspend it. It has done sa on',- once, anri .hen it limited its suspen sion to t.ie durrtion f,f the civil war, which we t'nt ers'and. is over. I s indefinite suspension would mean that mil i ary ofTicals might a: rest cili::et,s a.H hoi 1 tli'm tr ofimte ly in custody without trial or ey. n .n.licirnent. Habeas corpus is the worlds be antidote to tyranny. No abs, luiist govern ment irctst. nad r wh ,t have vou-can long flo.urish wi'hout eradic- t.ng this writ The Amencan and French revolutions were fought m no Sn all m. a sure to establish it as a card.nal ynd inalienable right. Therefore it is salutarv for courts and people to guard it with the most vigilant jealousy. Released by Western Newtpaper Union. NEW TAX PLANS PRESENT SERIOUS PROBLEMS WASHINGTON. How the average man will be able to pay a 30 per cent withholding tax, put the cus tomary 10 per cent into government bonds, and live on 60 per cent of his earnings or less, is the main stum bling block to the tax problem which ' the treasury is pushing ofl upon con- ! gress. j In some instances, as with govern i ment workers, an additional 5 per i cent goes to retirement, meaning that a single worker earning S50 a week would have to pay out $18.90 a week in taxes and live on $31.10 (allowing for the $12 a week basic withholding tax exemption). Wages have gone up, it is true. The official estimate of average weekly earnings (War Labor board) I is up 10.7 per cent from September, j 1942, to May, 1943. But the cost of I living is officially calculated to have increased 6.2 per cent in the same i period. i National statistics never aerurate I ly portray anything more than a ' cold generalization. Most people i think the cost of living, for instance, I is up much more than the official 1 estimate, which is weighted perhaps j with many things they do not buy anu cannot ti uiuhe uajs. Also, the wages of many war work er groups are up much more than 10.7 per cent while those of profes sional, clerical and white collar classes are probably not increased that much. But officialdom says there is ap proximately 50 billion dollars of sur plus money in circulation in the United States, and it wants to reach that reservoir of funds. The mon ey, of course, is being spent, is in banks, business and poekctbooks. There is no taxation method by which it can be extracted directly. because of the unevenness of its dis tribution. j In the face of this situation, it is ! obvious that the treasury tax pro i gram will be viewed in congress as a rather theoretical ambition. No : one there thinks anything lihe 10 billion more in money can be raised. ! It is likely that the bill if finally en acted, will be less than half of the , requested amount. j HOW ABOUT SALES TAX? I There is one way in which a large i amount of new money could be brought in, frim the surplus cash , reservoir, but it has not much back ! ing. This method, of course, is the sales tax. Mr. Roosevelt has always shared the common liberal viewpoint that such a tax lays more heavily on the poor man me ricn. ine iaci is ix i now would catch those who have the I money and are spending it. In normal times, the liberal argu- ; ment has a better foundation, but, ! in these days when the surplus mon ; ey is largely in the hards of war j workers, the liberal position seems i to me to be antiquated. However, ! in view of Mr. Roosevelt's opposi- tion, it cannot be enacted. I Clearly, the present income, cor- poration and excise taxes are near ! the workable endurance limit. You i read and hear some liberal and un j ion claims continually that corpora ' tiens r.rc making big war profits, but here again the national averare is somewhat misleading. The b?t war producers ''ke United States ' Steel, General Motors and others ore mrhirT less. Contract rt.-nea.itiatic.n is cutting still further i:.tn war plants income. The national cec ' t.gnre is Ir'led by such scnratior.al increases as those of the rp'lronds, for instance, , which are inatunei m(j: e money than ever in history. Cunscqtier.tly, it would not he sur prising it conf.rx.ss failed in the end to enact any tnx bill at all. I ... ; IS LABOK nr.AFT IMI I. 'DYING O.N THE V!K'? j The Austin-Waiisvvoith compulsory : labor draft bill is dying on the vine. The only one v. ho cot. Id poss bly re vive it and nut it t'-roiigh is Mr. Roosevelt. Ihs p .r-istent silence has disc-urjped the bf m rs ot the . legislation. They now kn-v they j cannot get the measure out of cither ' the horse, or the senate military rf fairs coirmiU'-e even as far as the i senr.te floor fo public discussion, j The only cd: unisti -ation authori : tics who have forcefullv edvwcated the measure are Wir Secretary Stimson and lis as e tart, Patter son. Centres: ner 1 avc hear! ru mors that at one ti ve the entire ftooseveit cabinet v..tU'd the bill, but appar?nt!; not r.v:. WAVES STAY A I MIME Tie scr.a'e a.va' alVans commit t ki' d tl." -re' r.on permitting WA f o to go o' : '.r, iaig.-.y on ll.t .r.v ie icc5:P!nt.-ui."tion o." some navr! cl'iiicis. The ecnmi'tee members made f re r,i ". ji.P- m etigat e-ns of tee WAVES oganizati n dunng their recent vacation trav!s. ar.t brnught back splendid report'. Hov-cvi-r. to transport them over - ns wtultt in volve complications ot housing which probably wouid cost more than their transportation would t e worth. i'?ivTS" I '; ; . ; ..' ;'-3--,,,'-...:.. I POOLE'S MEDLEY By 1. SCOTT POOLE A fellow ill Georgia grafted a to nato plant into a eueklebur r ot. mid i recently his plant has grown to a j .eighth of fie i r six tcet, and is fall of green tomatoes. If they arc kir. t ! eucklt burs they will ripen the night I before a killing frost. t.iethless mouths. I Tiny passed a sales tex law ir. 1931 j tn keep the st-hools open. I v nuld 'never again open a public fel.ool house door, it 1 hail to t..:ve pi: ipers I to keep the sciiu Is open. It is a question in my mind whether r iblie Uchools, as new operated are w I.-.'. The students have cnneludeci they have plenty of time to ler.rn all '.here is to learn, to tiiey aic m no l urry to study their lemons. Another tiling: The State pays the bills Xo govern ment has a cent until somebody pays Another thing, if that man attempts taxes. to graft to l ato plants into all the! cuekleburs around here, he will i se Prlcp lf rnrn ia no (m,T0,. ,Ute( all the tomato seed himsell. Cufk-j(m ,hc null.kcts. The price in Chica leburs are taking the tarms in this ' g() js $1 (17 pcr blishe. The ,-lce ;li ccuntr-v- the Chicago priee plus the freight 1 from that point to where it is pur- Editorial headline in the Charlotte chased. Now, I call that unwisdom. Observer eh;:n eri a few days ago. that the O. P. A. had put 100 North Carolina dairies out of business. The cause is the priee of dairy products are ceiled, and the price of feeds is ;:!lovt'd to go on up. Corn should be ceiled ihel. it SI per bu- Often cotton sells here at a hied. or priee than that quoted in New York: Cott' n docs not sell for the seme : price in any two towns throughout the "It is the common people who feel ; season. That is what the folks say the weight o: the Roman y, ke." Ad-: about it. In other words, the mark.'! ministering to the necessities of others Price of anything is what the edler gives people of means an oppurtuui- feels, ty to evade the burden of taxation, ! Tiiose who collect tribute for Tiber ius keep a quarter for themselves." I have believed in vocational train ing. Young people should be trained for the useful calling of life. Boys wc.e taught a trade, or preiession in the olden times. No other form i f taxation gives dishonest people so good an opportu nity to take something for their own i use. as a sales tax. And, poor people! pav more tiian their share of the bur- We read in the papers that millions den of g. veinment, because there are :01 people will starve in Europe and in more of them. I China. The Germans are robbing the ' I Europeans, and the Japs are rubbing Not only that, but it taxes paupers along with millionaires. An old Holi ness preacher and his w ife, both over 80, received from the relief board $2 the Chinese. Governor Broughton has called a holiday" in tobacco marketing. The each per month back in 1932, and the 'prices had to drop to stay within the great State of North Carolina reached 41 cent average, and there is more and took 12 cents from th. se old ' g eid tobacco than w as expected. OUR DEMOCRACY by Mat te.1 V. .; V AX'VV V vV. km 7 octoac. 28.iss6.- the libertv-lovins eoflc of france presenteo to the american people this svmbejc of freedom. October., 1941.- the statue of liberty is still a svmbolof freeoom to the liberty-loving peoples of the entire world.
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