THE FRANKLIN TIMES
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"Economy battle will rage again on Capitol Hill" is
a headline in Tuesday's daily papers. Better late
than never.
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It now edehis that the entire of Europe is becoming
iuvolvAl in a general war. The old saying "Hell bent
, on War" seems to fit the whole situation.
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Speaking of airplanes, it is reported that the automo
bile industry is planning to go in for plane manufacture
soon, due, of course, to foreign demand. It is a com
paratively easy matter for the auto makers to, change
over plants and gear them to plane proditetion. Also,
plant expansion is said to be planned. OtluJKbusiness
" news indicates a general confidence that times ace go
ing to get better. Thoughtful economists continue to
point out that a "war prosperity" is an exceedingly
dangerous thing ? that industrial expansion to prepare
for war buying simply paves the way for a terrific col
lapse in the future. But that doesn't affect immediate
profits. As a result of all this, reemployment has been;
going ahead. The unemployed total now is undoubted
ly at its lowest level since 1931. And it is still going
down.
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It was indeed unfortunate the reporters of the
dedication of the CCC Camp arXashville on Anuistice
Day took occasion to play up a misconstruction of the
speech of Col. C. L. McGhee, the principal speaker for
the occasion. Certainly on the day that the dedication
took place the speaker was thoroughly justified in pay
ing tribute to the boys who offered and gave their all
to the Country's Call and we believe any reasonable
thinking man would prefer, even our boys, fighting a
war on the other fellows soil than in this country, where
so much property damage and death,_ destruction and
suffering would be brought to the noble women of our
country. Those of us" who know the Colonel recognize
his Military inclinations, and appreciate his sincerity in
the belief of the wisdom of preparedness, and his desire
for the safety of our Country and its womanhood, but
none of us believe him to be an advocate of going to war
just for iflory. If the reports had been written in the
light of an Armistice Day tribute, 110 doubt the con
struction would have been different and commendatory
? a consideration the Colonel should have received.
FRANKLIN FIGHT
Under the above heading the Durham Sun of Nov. '2'2,
1939, carried the following editorial:
"Franklin County is going to the poll* again on the
liquor question. The "l)rys" are attempting to drive
the county legal liquor stores from the scene.
"We have always felt that we could see both sides to
most questions and that we were able to appreciate the
other fellow's argument, but, after having witnessed
prohibition and its successor, legal sale, in our . own
county of Durham, it' is extremely difficult for us to re
gard the Dry forces as a true temperance unit ami still
"understand their attack on legal sale.
"If prohibition could be realized to any practical de
gree ? that is to say, if virtually none could get liquor ?
prohibition would advance the cause of temperance, but
long and bitter endeavors, under both North Carolina
state and federal prohibition, to outlaw strong drink to
any effective degree have shown all of us that effective
prohibition is contrary to the temper of the American
people and- therefore, just about" as unattainable as
Utopiau society.
"Indeed, Americans seem more jealous of their inde
pendence and more insistent upon what they seem to
regard their inalienable right to drink, than upon most
of the other rights they enjoy under our democratic sys
tem.
"The theory of prohibition is tenable, but tlie practi
cal consequences of prohibition are: (1) to increase
drinking because of the tendency to regard the law as a
challenge and to defy it, and (2) merely to shift tlio pro
fits of liquor from the public treasury where the monies
serve useful purposes, to the pockets of criminals where
those same monies form a great reservoir of funds finan
cing other and even more grave crimes.
"Take Durham. Our liquor stores make a great deal
of money, yet drinking at the Duke-Carolina game was
negliblc. Public drinking and excessive drinking are
no longer "smart." They are, hence, under legal sale
on the decline. Were those stores to be wiped out and
liquor handed back to the criminals, those profits would
be available for criminal enrichment and criminal ac
tivities and the lure of the verboten, especially among
our youth, would create again, within our very midst,
the problem of "thrill dringing."
"Prohibition may one day be realized, but experience
seems to teach that the best approach is through legal
nnd orderly control, gradually instilling the instinct of
temperance."
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Repeal of the arms embargo naturally caused most of
ns to give our principal attention ftOipotential war busi
ness from beleaguered Europe. Of late we've become
so accustomed to looking across the oceans that we
haven't paid much attention to what is going on at
home. As a result, to quote; Newsweek, "In surveying
business stimulants, many analysts have almost over
looked another factor ? Gurijpwn national program ?
which will become increasingly important after the turn
of the year."
This country isn't at wiir and, going by the pro
nouncements of public offioials and the various polls
which are designed to measure the pulse of public opin
"ion, we aren't going to war. But, at the same time, we
are going to do our best to make sure that war doesn't
come to us ? and the general opinion is that The only way
to do that is to build a national defense system which
will make this hemisphere look mighty unhealthy to any
possible aggressor. To create that system will cost a
great deal more money than we ever spent for military
purposes in peace-time before.
At the moment we are spending substantially more
than $ 100,000,000 a month in furthering the arms pro
gram. It is forecast that by June the monthly rate of
spending will reach $135,000,000, and very possibly ex
ceed that. And' during the last half of I040, the esti
mates continue, arms spending will probably jump far
beyond that figure.
This year's War Department budget was some $732,
000,000. The Department is now getting up its pro
jected budget for the next fiscal year, and reliable re
ports say that ft will be about ajhird higher, or ino?e
than $1000,000,000. Much of the money will be spent
with existing basic "peace" industries, as well as with
4he makers of guns and shells ? a moderu^anny h oves
more and more on wheels and less and less on foot, and
such articles as trucks are as vital as the actual wea
pons of combat.
Expenditures of the Navy Department will touch a
tremendous to!hlv Close to 100 new ships, large and
small, will be built, ^according to current plans. ? Other
ships will be revamped and modernized. Purpose is to
make our fleet the most powerful in the world ? a dis
tinction which some experts think it may already claim.
Shipyard facilities will be strained to the limit, and
there is an excellent possibility that once the building
program gets underway, the principal yards may oper
ate 'J 4 hours a day.
A defense program such as this obviously^ touches
every phase of our industrial life. The demand for pow
er and transportation increases along with the denutn^
for steel and lumber and machine tools. Biggest bene
j fieiaries are the heavy industries, which took the worst
| licking during depression. Plant improvement and ex
j pansion all along the industrial front may be eontident
I ly anticipated.
j The program will also have a beneficial inlluence on
i the unemployment problem. Hundreds o?t thousands of
j additional workers will be needed in shipyards, tool
factories, truck and automobile plants, etc. On top of
that, there \*ill be room for many thousands more ill the
army and navy. At present the Army is> increasing its
numbers, both in the regulars and the National Guard,
and it will not be a great while, say tlioso in touch with
a tTairs, before the Army rolls reach the present peace
time limit of 400,000, men. -
Just how much warring Europe will be able to buy
here is still a moot question. But whether foreign or
ders go above or below expectations, it is a certainty that
our own defense precautions will be a tremendous, tem
i porary stimulant to business in this cojyjtrv.
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WILL HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF?
The public at large seems to be somewhat puzzled by
the slothfulness "with which the war proceeds. Remem
bering li'l 4. when hostilities on a tremendously bloody
scale started very soon after the declaration of war, the
bulk of lay observers are wondering why history doesn't
repeat itself.
To tlie military experts, that is less of a puzzle. For,
they argue, sensible English and French strategy calls
for a defensive war in which men and resources are care
fully conserved ? in other words, a war of blockade. The
British navy pretty well controls the seas, and few ships
reach Germany. Allied authorities are convinced that
Russia is not proving of much help to the Reich as a pro
vider of essential supplies. For one* thing, Russia has
none too much of most commodities for the needs of her
QWQ vast population. And recent Russian pronounce
ments indicat*>that, in spite of the alliances, she is not a
real friend of Germany's ? that she regards both sides
as being about equally at fault.
It has seemed logical to expect a large-scale German
offensive-Mime works with the Allies. But if Germany
shot the works in one desperate effort' and it failed, as
most experts think it would, she would be through. One
school of thought has it that matters will drag along
comparatively slowly until both sides become sick of it.
\yqen some sort of a peace will be effected.
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The November meeting of the
Youngsville Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation was a most enjoyable one
to all present. The musical se
lections of the toy orchestra and
the vocal selections of the Wake
Forest College Glee Club served I
to make a most delightful and en- !
tertaining program. Professor D. I
L. Pfohl, Director of Music at
Wake Forest College, gave a very
instructional and inspirational
talk on music in the schools.
On November 15th Uje Parent
Teacher Association sponsored an
oyster supper at the Youngsville
Community Building for the pur
pose of raising funds with which
to secure a sound system for the
Youngsville School Auditorium.
We wish to take this opportunity
to thank the students of the
school, the parents, the teachers,
and the friends of the school for
their fine cooperation in this ef
fort. The returns were very grat
ifying.
The December meeting will be
on the evening of December 4th,
at 7:45 in the school auditorium.
The Youngsville Choir is prepar
ing a Christmas cantata, "The
Inn," for presentation at this
meeting. We feel that this will be
too good to miss, so come and
bring your family. (Cor.)
Clarence ? Thinking of me,
dearest?
Annabelle ? Was I laughing?
I'm so sorry.
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