Cen. Patton Writes Poem "Fear”
While Dashing Across Reich
Lieut. Gen. George S. Patton, one of the best known and
most courageous commanders in the armed forces of the
United Nations, today was revealed as the author of a poem
‘'Fear.”
Written while the forces in his command were sweeping
Srresistably across Germany, General Patton’s poem appears
in print for the first time in the May issue of Cosmopolitan
magazine. The poem follows:
FEAR
I am that dreadful, blighting thing,
Like ratholcs to the flood,
like rust that gnaws the faultless
blade,
like microbes to the blood.
II know no mercy and no ruth,
The young 1 blight, the old 1 slay.
Begret stalks darkly in my wake
And Ignominy dogs my way.
{Sometimes in virtuous garb I rove
With facile talk of easier way,
deducing, where I dare not rape,
Tanng manhood from its honor's
away.
Again in awesome guise I rush
Stupendous, through the ranks of
war,
Turning to water with my gaze
Hearts that before no foe could awe
The maiden who has strayed from
right,
To me must pay the meed of shame,
The patriot who betrayed his trust,
To me must own his tarnished name.
1 spare no class, or cult, or creed,
My course is endless through the
year.
1 bow all heads, and break all hearts,
All owe me homage—I am FEAR! ;
G. S. PATTON. Jr. '
Lieutenant General U. S. Army
The big manufacturers of the
nation expect business to be very
good in that first year after the
war. The great expectations are
a»ot based just on easy optimism.
They represent the sober judgment
and planning of some 7,000 manu
facturers who, as a group, produce
about half the nation’s goods.
These are the same manufacturers
who reported to the Department of
Commerce their plans for spend
ing some $4-5 billion to enlarge
their plants in the first year after
the war. They want these increas
ed facilities because they expect
aales much larger than in 1939, the
last year before the defense pro
gram and the war began to affect
our economy. Most optimistic of
«U are the textile makers, the
makers of apparel goods and
leather products. As a group, they
expect their first postwar year’s
sales to be greater even than
record-breaking 1944, and about
twice the $9 billion volume of
1939. Even the iron and steel mas
ters, reconciled to less volume
After the war than now, see the
first postwar year as substantially
better than the last prewar year.
Food, beverage and tobacco manu
facturers also expect a volume
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about twice that of 1939.
Springboard for a spring—Buses
have been “springboards” for some
of the major automotive innova*
tions of recent years—the remote
control gear shift, automatic hy
draulic transmission, and safety
glass, for examples. Therefore, in
visualizing your postwar dream
car you might well take note that
hundreds of this year’s buses are
being equipped with what is lit
erally a “new twist" in vehicle sus
pension — a “torsilastic” rubber
spring, developed by the B. F.
Goodrich company. It works by
means of the twisting action of a
filling of rubber between a cylin
drical steel shell attached to the
axle and a shaft connected to the
vehicle frame. One of the “wond
ers” at the New York World’s
Pair, its development for civilian
uses was interrupted by the war,
but it has had a more-than-thor
ough workout on LVTs (landing
vehicles, tracked) for which more
than half a million of these springs
have been made. You can also
look for this new type of spring
in tomorrow’s swivel chairs, porch
swings, built-in ironing boards and
other places, as well as in vehicles.
Things to Come—A new insecti
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doctoring. It will make possible the
inocculation of crops by simply
mixing the chemical with the fer
tilizer, and the resulting crops will
be immune to bugs, beetles, etc.
Many new magazines from the
nation’s leading publishers . • .
Baby tractors, for use on farm
smaller than any mechanized be
fore . . . The memoirs of General
Eisenhower, in published form . .
A new soil tester making use of
the electric eye . • • Housewives
will buy their light bulbs postwar
handily packed in a new shock
proof carton ... A new railway
car for ordinary coach travel,
equipped with a luxuriolus lounge
for day, lavatories by night.
Meatier Chickens — Leaders oi
the two-billion-dollar poultry in
dustry assembled recently in Chi
cago to formulate plans to retain
markets poultrymen have wor
during the meat shortage period
They were helped in their planning
by a novel program developed anc
offered the industry by A & I
Pood stores.
The program centers on a three
year contest to develop a bettei
meat-type chicken, comparable tc
the famed broad-breasted turkey
which will have about 50 per ceut
more meat in proportion to bone
structure than exists today. Breed
er of the bird nearest approaching
this ideal will win a $5,000 award.
The conte'.'. also provides for $3,
000 in annual progress prizes. May
be one of your neighbors will win
an award.
The prize money has been turn
ed over to an industry committee
by the food chain, plus sufficient
funds for contest expenses. D. D.
Slade, Lexington. Ky„ poultryman,
heads the committee, which con
sists of members of every major
poultry association in the coun
try and key officials of the U. 3.
Department of Agriculture.
Business Owners — Are you a
stockholder? If so, you are part
owner of some business. Naturally,
you want to get a report from
time to time telling you how your
business is doing. Management to
day is doing a better job of keep
ing stockholders informed through
annual reports than in any other
period of financial history, says the
Financial World. This weekly jour
nal for some time has carried on
a crusade for better corporation
reports. Finally it set up a system
of awards to grade the pamphlets.
This year more than 2,500 corpora
■tions submitted their reports for
judgment by a committee of ex
perts. The results are heartening.
Some 30 per cent of the reports
this year could be classified as
"modern,” against only 6 per cent
in 1940. About one in three, how
ever, had not been changed in
ten years.
Preference Given
Vets In Purchase
Farm Machinery
Veterans of this war are given
preference in the purchase of new
farm machinery, W. A Kitchin,
Chairman, Halifax County AAA
Committee said here today. Kitcin
said, veterans who can show both
the need for and the inability to
obtain farm machinery to establish
or reestablish themselves in farm
ing may obtain preference certi
ficates that require dealers to give
priority to their needs.
“Dealers are required to honor
these certificates notwithstanding
any prior commitments or con
tracts for sale other than those
carrying War Production Board
ratings," Kitchin declared. “The
only orders carrying such ratings
are for the military,” he continu
ed, “or in rare cases, farmers fac
ed with emergency situations.”
In explaining the order further,
Mr. Kitchin stated that, " a vet
eran using a preference certificate
must be able and willing to meet
the dealer’s regularly established
price and terms of sale or pay
ment In case a dealer receives
more than one veteran’s certificate
for the same piece of equipment
he is required to honor the certi
ficates in the order of their re
I
ceipt.”
The order provides safeguards
against misuse of certificates, ap
peal procedure for both veteran
and dealer, and penalties for vio
lations of the order.
Mr. Kitchin pointed out that the
Director of Materials and Facili
ties, War Food Administration,
will administer the order and the
preference certificates will be is
sued by County AAA Committees.
Only country people will be free
to build cheap, modern homes
after the war. Building codes in
most cities forbid anything but
ancient methods.
Will Observe 44
Hour Work Week
As instructed by President Tru
man last week, the War Manpower
Commission and its United Stipes
Employment Service will observe
the 44-hour week in the future.
The instructions were effective
July 1. The office will be open
daily through Friday from 8:30 to
5:30 and on Saturdays from 8:30
to 12:30. For the past three and
one-half years these offices have
operated on a 48-hour work week
basis, including work until 5:30 on
-Saturday afternoons.
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