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'Today and Tomorrow | __BY WALTER LIPPMANN_ Through Rose-Colored Glasses j A STATEMENT about shipping ssUed at the House f 0 r ‘Plication in the Sunday news PuD rs says in conclusion that: Paple progress made thus far is _jn, our shipping problem, but re will be a shortage of ships ' ,il sinkings throughout the ur‘ .. are brought under better w°r‘ l and the shipbuilding pro con„ „ets into full production. °raie American people can be that the shipyards will do aSSU ob assigned to them.” thK \ther in what says nor what . , ves unsaid is this, I submit, a l( ,;tnc report on t h e shipping problem. The grim truth is that P‘ are being sunk faster than f'f are being built; that almost tainly the German submarines are coming into action faster than are sinking them; that while he need for shipping is increasing order to supply our outposts, ‘ , our main war fronts in the pTciiic in the Middle East, in Russia and in Great Britain, the cuonlv of available ships is dimin if any one, then, allows him<eif to become “assured” or ‘ believe that the shipping prob lem is being “eased,” that it is not critically serious and of de cisive importance on the outcome and length of the war, he is not facing the facts. The brightest aspect of the pic ture is the one which the White House statement dwells upon, namely the fact that the shipyards are now geared up to fabricate an immense number of ships. The ca pacity of the yards is now beyond anvthing ever attempted in the history of shipbuilding, and if this fabricating capacity could be put to full use. the output of ships m the next eighteen months would be enormous. How big it will actually be does not depend primarily on the ship yards but on the fiow of materials and parts to these shipyards. Thai is why there are many who, recog nizing what Admiral Land and Ad miral Vickery have accomplished in the shipyards, nevertheless ar gue that the basic problem of ship production has not been mastered. The fabricating yards are the end of the process of production, but only the end of it, and that is why we shall not be able to speak of the success of the shipbuilding pro gram until the war production board has organized much more effectively the flow of materials. This has not yet been done. To get it done will require ardent in itiative within the government and the pressire of constructive criti cism outside. Mr. Nelson and his associates will need a great deal of strong public support if they are to overcome the inertia of gov ernment departments and the rou tine of private business and thus be able to allocate and ration and regulate among the vast number of primary and intermediate pro ducers. Rationing gasoline is child’s play compared with this problem, and much more depends upon it. Nevertheless, the fact remains that the shipping problem cannot be solved merely by building ships and it is a very dangerous error to think that we can build more ships than the Axis can sink. As things are going now the equiva lent or more than the whole year’s output of the American shipyards will be at the bottom of the sea even if the program is fully re alized. With the ships that are be ing sunk faster than they can be built there go down the precious cargoes and the eVen more prec ious lives of the crews. We have, therefore, no ground whatevr for any such complacent feeling as the White House statement could lead the people to have, and it is our imperative duty to cast aside all complacency over the shipping problem. We are not solving it, and we are not even “easing” it. The problem is getting the better of us. and no matter how favor able the news from Europe seems for the moment to be, if we do not master the shipping problem we cannot play our part in the war, we cannot hasten or even participate effectively in the de cision. the really critical point now is in the use and in the protection of ships. These two are much more closely related than might at firt appear. It is plain that by taking extraordinary measures, it would be possible to dig up for direct mil itary use more ships than now seem to be available. This was done m 1918, and it can be done again. Now in so far as these mobilized ships are used to carry the war in the enemy—by reinforcing the British air offensive and the Rus sian front, by making possible Commando raids and the occupa tion of strategic points—they make all shipping safer. A ship which carries to England a load of bombs that are then dropped on a sub marine base has made shipping in Jbe Caribbean that much safer. The more we utilize our existing supply of ships for the offensive against ihe enemy, the better is our defense' against the enemy’s submarines. Therefore, we should make drastic sacrifices and take targe risks in regard to imports and exports in order to assemble smps for the military offensive. * * * But at the same time we cannot afford not to do more than we are doing to protect the ships that we ffn<* °ut and to rescue the crews. NOTHING can do more for you Asn??ent k? of aspirin than St. Joseph woriH,n ^0ne faster, none safer. The in err,8 iarBe3t Seller at 10c. Also sold tabl??. «y sjzes —36 tablets. 20c, 100 dts, 35c. Demand St. Joseph Aspirin. It is plain, of course, that the re sources of the Navy are strained severely by the task of escorting convoys to Australia, to Britain Iceland and Russia. These are primary tasks and no doubt they wWh01 muSt °f the combat ships which can be spared from the bat tle line for such purposes But the plight of the merchant fleet is so serious that we cannot rest content until we set out to deal with it in a spirit like that of Dunkerque, where anything that floated was put to work. We must assume that if the task of pro tecting these unprotected ships and at the very least, of doing more to rescue the crews were givn to younger officers who have been in action in this war, a good deal could be improvised with the help of the fishermen and the yachts men and the merchant seamen and the airmen themselves. It was a group of younger officers who solved the submarine problem in 1918 and, while we wait for the delivery of enough orthodox com bat ships to master the submarines it woule be reassuring if some thing of the same sort were at least being attempted. 5 I What People Think About This, That By HUGH HUMPHREY. Four persons, picked at random from the streets of Wilmington were asked this question yester day: “What do you think of the proposed plan to increase income taxes?”, and the following were the answers: Newton Kelly, clerk — “As long as we’re sending men across the oceans in the armed services, the taxpayers have to bear the burden of the cost. I can’t go over to fight with them because of my depend ents. I’m willing to do my share to win this war by paying for it. I think that anyone who kicks about the taxes now is no true American.” R. L. Smith, clerk — “I hate to think of more taxes as a lot of us have received no salary increases to meet the increased cost of liv ing. But, if we have to do it to win this war, let’s pitch in and get it over with.” A. B. Resse, welder — “There’s no help for it, if we have to pay more taxes to win this war, we’ll just have to do it and that’s that.” John Mathews, machinist — “I only hope that Congress will make the means of paying the taxes as easy as possible. I don’t mind pay ing if they can figure out a way to do it so that my family won’t suffer.” TRAINING COURSES I NOW OPEN HERE Opportunity Exists For At Least 100 More To Learn Trades Opportunity now exists for at least 100 more people to receive training in the six trades taught in the national defer.se training pro gram being conducted at New Hanover high school, Superinten dent of Schools H. M. Roland said Thursday. Fourteen classes now are being taught in the following trades: ma chine shop, welding—gas and elec tric-ship carpentry, sheet metal, blueprint reading and drafting and blacksmithing. Mr. Roland said 1,726 persons have been placed in jobs due to their training in these courses dur ing the past 20 months. Two types of classes are being conducted for each trade, he said. Pre-employment classes are offer ed for those with previous exper ience. These classes operate on an 8-hour day schedule. Supplemen tary classes, designed for those who are employed and looking for advancement, operate three hours per day and, in as far as possible, at an hour when it is most con venient to the workman. Instructors for all courses have been taken from industry and are well qualified, Mr. Roland said. He added that the building was well equipped with the latest ma chinery necessary for the courses which are offered 24 hours a day. Present enrollment in the clas ses includes trainees from South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia as well as scattered points in North Carolina. “A splendid opportunity presents itself in this training for the high school boy who wants to learn a trade and help his country,” he said, and explained that the mini mum age limit is 17 years and 9 months wiith no maximum. “There is no question as to placement,” he declared, “as the shortage of skilled workers is becoming more acute each day.” 3 -A Officers Ordered To Remain At Posts COLUMBIA, S. C„ May 21.— (JP) —“The ever increasing pressure" of the training schedule was given today by First Army Corps Com mander Maj.-Gen. Charles F. Thompson today as the reason for a recent order that officers of units under his command remain at their posts not less than five nights a week. “When duties permit it, officers may spend one or two nights per week at home with their families —but the tempo of future training necessitates that they arrange their persona laffairs so as to spend most of their week-day nights in the immediate vicinity of their commands,” Thompson said in a prepared statement. Fads On Ceilinn Prices! HOW ... as always Big Siar saves you more. The ceiling price regulation does not establish identical prices in all food stores. Prices will continue to vary with dif ferent stores under different management. NOW .. as always you are invited to compare Big Star's every-day low prices with those charged by other food stores. You, too, will be convinced that Big Star offers greater economy on fine quality foods. 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