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PAGE SIX The Week In Washington A Resume oi Governmental Happenings in the National Capital Washington. January 6.?A lot of new congressmen are now in the city and are full of plans for carrying out what they consider to be the will of bw people who elected them. Tins would all seem very well except thai they will take their seats lit. the new congress with diametrically opposed views on what the people want. Some Republican representatives are convinced that they v : c elected because the p ople are o..: satisfied with the way the war p -igrasti is being handled. Others f el that they were elected because i people are tired of wastefulness and inefficiency in the handling of it'iit .stic affairs Still others are coni k a that their supporters want the < mollycoddling of labor to stop, or r unt farm subsidies to stop or want i conttol to stop. On the other hand there are still iicw ueai representatives wno \. > re re-elected and are sun that ; a- : re-election was a vote of confi< once by their supporters in the way things are being handled at the prosv-t This means there are going to be plenty of fights in congress even if all congressman should forget selfish mbilions and only attempt to carry rut the wishes of their constituents. But m spite of ali the battles we ia .nticipate in congress, it seems ivr'v attain that the new congress i did the 1942 session, will give full ,-jipport arid the right of way to all . '.seres which bear directly on the ii oi.hing of war equipment to our da cer, over the world in the quickest possible time. O" f the first things tile new -- will face will be the gigani pi :oteni of coping with the raan owe situation. The powers which ;?v.- ' he given to the War Mant. p.vi C itliii : :.;on will be worked < at by sing: ss and will probably '.-suit in the passage of a national set vice act, giving the govern/..inthe fight to assign any man ii ?v, the ages of lil and 65 to any ..c1, which hi is needed to fill. A blue print for such an act has liivuiy been drafted by Clrcnvilk C!a k who -.v..:; sponsible for draflias tile selective service act. But i! ii. rocagm.vd that this new pvogran iiffei-: innumerable complication: which didn't arise with the selective service act. In the first place, oui laiv.irnm'oni had evneiaenr.' with ?... t- ctiv irvice of men lor the arntc-t Cnro.v: in '.be lost war, and was abk to Use the 1S16 measure as a guidt dor practical draft measure of thi. war. . , however, has 0111 government attempted to give tin qov eminent power to tell every max wiser lit should work and for how much. But .. the aeasure drafted bj Mr. Clark is an indication of vvlia tht- tir.a 1 r.u-Jsure would be, we ear .cpeet v t" able-bodied man anc anna. to he subject to the call o industry a- .vage in keeping witl that already paid for the particulai > j : to involved. The argument for such a measun will ? that when the goverwnen 11 tl:.- right to call men to give iheii blood to their country in the arinet forces, there is no reason ivhy i shouldn't call others, unfitted for the .. rmy, to do equally necessary job: at home. There is little chance iha lite labcr problem during the corn >og year can he solved entirely by voluntary methods, hut there an questions which arise which so far remain unanswered. Several congressmen have already pointed out that this proposed measure cannot be compared with selective service since the latter act is requiring men to work for Uncle Sam whereas, a draft board measure would require men and women to work- for private employees who are engaged in making a profit Those who offer this argument fee! that the rate of pay should be determined by the government and that the government probably should act as paymaster. Some think the government should virtually be given control over the plants for which men must be- provided and operate iiifin similarly to an army camp. But :t is more likely that plants will remain under private control with the government keeping a close watch over the relations with men forced to accept work in these plants. There probably will- be. for example, a regulation that these men are not required t.o join unions but will work under the same pay-hour plan as the union members. There is no doubt that, before any P|VaH 1 j ' 1 'jiq *inRT|Ti BOONE DRUG COMPANY Boone. If. C. *** ? \v Ambidcxtrmis Cadet t Aviation Cadet Michael 1). Benari two machines at the same time \vh?h center finance office. Cadet Bcnarcik is now taking his pro-flight (raining i center to become a combat aircrew pil Tor adding and calculating machine i Women 'Chain Gan< No Vassar daisy chain is this one, < to lie hired by the quartermaster corp arc hauling a big army truck out of and in ease you're asking, we don't I the motor and back it out. Kephart Writes Open " , Letter to New Head Of F.Ip.ctinn c Rnnrrf . . !tj j Iti view iif the many events cul- " 1 minaling in the recent election in ,j , Watauga County and the action of Sl . the State Board of Elections. I am p sending the f. Mowing letter to the .. new chairman of that board. s Col. William T. .Toyner. ? , Chairman State Board of Elections, j . Raleigh. N. C. iS| , Dear sir: t) ! In view of the irregularities in cj 1 the recent election in Watauga v, j County as found by the State Board ? t of Elections and many others in the ,, j same election and going back into',.; the years. I believe that 1 cypress the sentiment of the large majority n of tlie voters in Watauga county in ,A " suggesting that it will serve the hest ? ' interests of the county and the state p j to remove at once the present chair1 man of (he Watauga County Board ,, of Elections and replace him with ; someone who can command the re- p ^ spect and confidence of all the peo- p pie of the county. If this needs fur- n | titer support 1 will gladly, as soon g as my own affairs allow (he time, r, circulate a petition in the county 2! and send to you the names of thou-: p sands of volet s who join with me j in this request May I give you one illustration of the irregularities toi(j which I refer. This could be multiplied many times. Our present absentee voting law makes possible wide open tampering and illegal vo- _ ting. Find' tg it necessary to leave the state just prior to ihe election on November 3, nty wife and T went to I the Chairman of the County Board i r^f i * kjk j^iuv,tiu7i?> emu. prepared aosenico | | ballots according to his instructions, j J for u'e had never done it before, and L delivered them to him personally, and scaled. (You have probably not- t ed how easily these envelopes can a be opened.) When we returned we 1 found, and this is amply supported.! s that our votes had not been count- v ed because they were mixed?that c is, it was alleged that my ballots s were in my wife's envelope and vice versa. This glaring evidence of tampering with absentee ballots before sending them on to the various precincts is known not to be a new departure in Watauga County dur- j ing the term of service of this chairplan for drafting labor is approved, congress will make a strong effort to side-track that part of the Wagner act which provides for time and a half for all work over 40 hours j, a week. It is claimed that some in- 0 dustries cannot pay that rate for s regular extra employment without b losing money on their government fi contracts and this prevents maxi- d mum production in many plants. But v labor forces will continue to use ev- c try means possible to prevent alter- j' ations in this measure for which P they fought so hard. ' 1 rATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVER o Fly for Uncle Sam r rz*** ! ; I cik shows his ability at operating p blindfolded to clerks at a cadet , 2;>. who Is from Cc-mcnton. I*a.f it the San Antonio aviation cadet lot. In civilian life he set a record soectl. r for Uncle Sam pom posed of the first women ever s on an army reservation. They its car.ige at Camp Grant (III.), know wiry somebody didn't start I inn. I have made- iiumeimis attempts > got the chairman U> allow me to orify the above facts so that I might e absolutely sure just why our votes ere not Counted. Remember that hey were made out following his ivn iiistuclions. sitting right across he table. My efforts have l>een lwarted every time. Since the ab ntee ballots are in his custody and e is solely responsible for them I efiiutely charge hint with responibility for this tampering. My son erectly lost his life in the service of his country, trying to help deLioy international ixmditry and in efense of our own national freeon; Here at homo we have now .'ached the point where we do not itend any longer to tolerate such ranipulation by little local polili>1 gangsters. We want political de. irey restored. The chairman's reiov.il and the right appointment ill he the first and necessary step 1 this direction in this county. If re right appointment will be the rsl and necessary step in this disction in this county. If tire right ppointment is made we can praceally guarantee you that the State loard of Eelections will not again e embarrassed and the state disrated by election squabbles in our runty as it has been for many years id particularly during the term of le present chairman. Yours sincerely. A. P. KEPHART. Vdvertisement) Democrat Ads Pay. liJlusi 1j<Ht Buy WUU 11//in ii 11 htiip wan iJiillJ.l *_ The tradition of American cavalry breads back to Indian warfare days nd although modern armies are argely motorized today, the cavalry till plays an important role. Sturdy, pell trained horses and excellent quipmcnt and trappings are necesary. When men are in the saddle for ours, their saddles, saddle rolls and ther equipment must be made to tand the wear. Complete with carine and helmets, the equipment jr the cavalryman runs into hunreds of dollars. You can help proid e this with your War Bond purhases. If you have not done so. Din the Payroll Savings Plan and >ut ten percent of your income into liar Bonds, U.S.Tm*v,D,Hviwuat Y THURSDAY?BOONE, N. C. State College Hints For Homemaken By RUTH CURRENT N. C. State College. You will contribute to victory i you have the same goal in your henu as people in the armed forces, in fac toi ies and on farms?to win the war You hoinemakers. however, have at additional goal. You are expected t< preserve, in spite of the war's dial lenge, those spiritual ideals that hav< always characterized the Amoricar home The first thing in the morninj plan your day. It's the little thing: you do that help to bring victory. Inspect left-over food and foo< -upplics on hand. Read or listen to market reports Plan the day's menu. Review the menu to be certain i provides the nutritional foods neces sary in our daily diet. Pian the prepration of this day's food to conserve all essential vita mins and minerals. Spend 10 minutes seriously studying nutrition ? if you arc in doubl about a food problem, consult voui home economics teacher or home demonstration agent. Shop for needed articles. Plai menus by the week and take advan tage of week-end specials. Thi: plan is your daily check for necessary changes. Restrict shopping tc a minimum. Have fun at meals. Leave war t a lifer other times. We should sent to salvage only tin goods we cannot use?or our neigh bors cannot use. Buy Defense Bonds U^M UJ" I Begins | In accordance w | sons living in Wc ) real and persons k monSh of Januar i law for failure 1 ? All tax payers at 1 dates mentioned T addition to the lu I Jn min 1 nil m. j a V+*rB y J. ) Vt't- V I f i are to list their pi & under the law. i //ie same time T at the time of list T The full co-opera I making prompt li T TAX LI! | Mr. L. M. Hodges f taxes at the follow ] VILAS, Vilas Sen LOVILL, T. L. Mc < Rutherwood, E. D I Mr. Hodges will i house at Boone, I L : T Tax i. India now has 220,000,000 Hin dus. > ??????????????? Automobil r L have reopened my garage an highway 421. and am pair work. Good line of pai of farm machinery repairii ELECTRIC AND A< A SPI HAMPTOI A Word Of tj As my term ends as oenerai Assembly I want to take o friends and suppoi oration and kindtr in office i It was a pleasure fc pie of Watauga Ct and the relationshi most pleasant. I tri faithfully and wcl port of my efforts GORDON 1 frnitwiri&feaaia raa??raaatHfi i On Jan. ith ihe laws of Norih iiauga county are rec il nronertv for tayal i- r 1 ~?u? y, 1343. A penally i o lis! as set forth. -e requested to come o on posters placed in ding of real and perse lie persons between th oils during the same / it is required that a c ing. tion of the people of H stings, as set forth, wi STING IN BOONE T the list-taker in Boone To' ing places on the dates n? /ice Station, January 11, ist Store, Jem. 11, 1943, a . Cook Store, Jan. 12, 19' i be in the office all other for the purpose of listing B. WILS( Supervisor, Watauga JANUARY 7. 1943. 1 About 100,000 boats are now operating on rivers in Siberia. e Repairing ; at Laxon, 9 miles from Boone doing general automobile reds on hand. I also do all kinds ig:etylene welding * SCIALTY >PS GARAGE Appreciation ; Representative in the from Watauga County, evasion to thank my rters for their considsss during my tenure >r me to serve the peolurity in this capacity, ps which existed were cd to serve the people !. and their fine sun_ _ I, - t i > " ii> mgmy appreciated. H. WINKLER |W1| 1,1943 Carolina., all per- 1 juired io list their I inn tJnvinn 11* *? * 1UU UUJL1MIJ 111 C 1 s provided in the I ut and list on the I < each township. In r ( mal property, as of j e ages of 21 and 50, T ieriody as provided i rop report be made 1 7atauga county, in 11 be appreciated. ownship i 1 wnship, will list your y uned: I 1943, before noon. Y fternoon. ! 13, before noon. days in the court- i your taxes. 3N County. & i ?J
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