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SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1945 SOUTHERN EXPOSURE The Commerce Department’s glowing report on eco nomic opportunities in the South after the war, advising southerners to concentrate on the development of small busi nesses, fits well into the theme the University News Letter has been paramounting that our industrial opportunities have been multiplied by national and world developments in three great fields. “There is not a village or hamlet in the entire South too small for a small processing plant, provided raw mater ials are there and markets are there," said the Commerce report citing these points concerning the South's future: 1. It would be hard to select a region in the United States with greater opportunities. 2, The South is an area with abundant raw materials. It has ample manpower. 4. The war has greatly stepped up its management know how, skills, plants and equipment. 5. Income earned in 13 Southern states increased from 15 per cent of the national Income in 1929 to 19 per cent in 1943. The Southern income in 1943 was $26,000.0000,000. 6. The per capita income in those states increased from an average of $372 in 1929 to $672 in 1943. In the scientific field, as the News Letter has pointed i out in a remarkably lucid analysis, the highly technical treatment of products of farm, forest, fishery and mine to * convert them into an ever increasing variety of useful foods c —as Dr. George W. Carver did so brilliantly in developing c manifold uses for the peanut—challenges more than ever. 1 This scientific technology operates on materials that are * versatile such as coal, wool, cellulose, fats, oils and proteins, j It depends .not only upon basic resources, suitable soil and f climate, but also upon adaptable producers of these raw * materials. Second development highly favorable to our turther in- { dustrialization is sociological, for vast changes have come * in the habits of people whereby the markets demand highly * processed goods, the ready-to-eat, to-wear, to-use articles; r the making of these requires labor that is plentiful, able j and willing to learn new operations. n Third development might be cal’ed psychological, for c instead of the age-old inertia and resisiance to change, there t is now evident in the South an eageri ess for the new, the * convenient, even for the startling and often exotic product. It is a psychology offering opportunity ior imagination, for pioneering and for a promotional spirit "essentially Ameri can and exemplified as often in industry as it used to be on the frontier.” North Carolina, this section of it in particular, has the resources, actual and potential, for new industries. We have farmers willing to raise different crops; we have labor capable of learning new and greater skills to carry the work < of the expanded industry challenging us. Nor do we have 1 to go looking for vast new industries to be pulled out of the y air—electronics, aviation and such—for the expanding | economy that beckons us will so develop the primary fields J of food, clothing and housing, together with their support- ( ing lines, that their growth will constitute whole new in- t dustries in themselves. The food industry, for instance, it ( has been shown with current expanded wartime income de- 3 spite shortages of meats and many items, is supplying con- J sumer demand as much greater than five years ago that the ] increase alone there amounts to more than twice the total • volume of business enjoyed by the automobile industry in 1 1940. That gives some idea of the industrial opportunity j that faces the nation. It challenges the South particularly, 1 as the Commerce report cites in timely fashion. -v_ 1 SUPREME COURT PERSONNEL Resignation of Justice Owen J. Roberts and rumored likely resignation of that veteran Justice Harlan F. Stone causes concern among all who recognize in those men two of the ablest members of the nation’s highest court. However, President Truman’s ascendancy has lately confirmed again that there is no such thing as an indis pensable man in this government, but nonetheless loss of men of the caliber of Justice Roberts and Justice Stone is a blow to a court that has taken so much stability from the sound counsel of those men. They are not irreplaceable, of course, but it will be difficult to replace them with men of the sanity, courage and understanding they give to that bench. President Truman, who has shown real acumen in picking men to fill important spots in the government, faces a major test in fill ing shoes left vacant by departure of men of the character and quality of Justice Roberts and Justice Stone. VACATION TIME ^W5S*W. waffWMWawn WELL, I WON I HAVE TO PACK ANYHOW/ A Daily Prayer In War Time OR AN AWARENESS OF GOD “Behold, the heaven and the eaven of heavens cannot contain 'hee," O Jehovah; yet Thou con escendest to dwell in houses dedi ated to Thy worship, and in the learts of all who love Thee. Awed y Thy great greatness, and sensi le of our sinfulness, yet we lift up lands of supplication to Thee, leading that Thou wilt baptize us nth a fresh consciousness of Thy ’ather nature. We would cast all ur care upon Thee, for Thou carest or us. Make Thyself to us, as we ere humbly pray, a living, bright eality; closer to us than breathing, earer than hands or feet. Our eed beyond all other needs, in this ime of war and of world travail, i for a more vivid knowledge of 'hee, whom to know aright is life ternal. Press Thyself upon us, by ay and by night, that behind all vents we may ever find Thee, the ving God and omnipotent Ruler of vents. Amen. If Today Is Your Birthday Bj STELLA SATURDAY, JULY 7 — Born to ay, you are a natural executive, lince you have an excellent busi less head, you are bound to be a uccess. Careful and cautious in all our undertakings, especially those laving to do with finance, you re sure to make a great deal of noney. You are shrewd when it omes to making a business deal, it the same time, you have a na ural kindliness for others and will ;o all you can do to better the ilot of those less fortunate than ourself. You can always be de icnded upon to help those in dis ress when called upon to give a land. Not as robust physically as rou might wish, it would be well ,t all times. Guard against a leavy diet and make sure that you ;et plenty of daily exercise and resh air” Marriage will probably iring happiness, but you should lot enter the marital state $\ im lulse. Be sure that you know what s real love and what is infatua it>n. You women will make excel ent wives and mothers. You should iring happiness and contentment x> your mates as well as under itanding upbringing of your chil iren. It is possible that you might ved someone who is quite wealthy. Bishop To Hold Informal Talks CASHIERS, July 7— (£>) —Only informal discussions, with no for mal action to be taken, will be held it the college of bishops of the southeastern jurisdiction of the Methodist church at High Hampton inn this week. Bisop Clare Purcell, president, said this was decided because only ;hree members of the college will ittend. A meeting of the college will be leld at Lake Junaluska August 14 15 when business probably will be ransacted. The Everyday COUNSELOR By DR. HERBERT SPA UGH Courtesy pays, sometimes In ex traordinary dividends. Retiring Civitan International President I. H. Gibson of Nashville, Tennessee, told the follow ing story at the recent Civitan convent ion in Charlotte, N. C. It occurred during World War I days when Gibson was in the laundry business. Among Gibson's customers was a colonel from a nearby Armp post. REV. SPAL'GH °ne day the col onel sent in with his laundry a suit of woolen under wear which was not separated from the cotton clothing during the laundering. When it came out it had shrunk several sizes. As the colonel was a preferred customer the predicament was explained tc Gibson himself. He immediately telephoned the colonel's adjutant to learn the correct size, then sent ■ out and purchased a new suit tc replace the one which had shrunk in laundering. This was sent tc i the colonel with his laundry with a note explaining the circum j stances. i Several months passed and the war was ended. In the post-war ad I justment Gibson found it necessary j to file a claim with the government j amounting to several thousand dol lars. I do not recall the cause ol the claim, but it was legitimate. Weeks passed and he heard noth ing from it, so he decided to gc to Washington to follow up his claim. One day he was walking through the War Department of fices and passed an open door. He glanced in and saw a number ol colonels attending a class, being taught by the colonel whose under wear his laundry had man-handlec several months ago. vjiuauii pauacu txi cue upei. door the colonel recognized him stopped in his teaching, called Gib son in and introduced him as e thoughtful laundryman who hac gone out of his way to be courteous and helpful. He then requested hint to wait until the class was over. Ir the conversation which followed he asked Gibson what brought him tc Washington. When the reason was given the colonel explained thal there were hundreds of these claim! backed up in unopened mail bag! waiting sorting and classification That afternoon the colonel callec in a number of clerks who openec the mail pouches and found Gib son’s claim which was then pui through promptly and settled to th< satisfaction of all concerned. Gibson says this taught him £ lesson which he decided never t( forget. Long ago the writer of the Bool of Ecclesiastes wrote, “Cast thj bread upon the waters; for thoi shalt find it after many days.” Courtesy and politeness are vir tues which need to be rememberec and practiced in these strenuoui wartime days. Homes are fallinj apart from lack of it; friends an becoming estranged; future busi ness is being lost. Now is a good time to cast th< bread of courtesy and politenesi upon the troubled waters of every day living. It will bear pleasant fruit tomorrow. Literary Guidepost By W. G. ROGERS “The World, The Flesh And Fath er Smith,” by Bruce Marshall (Houghton Mifflin: $2.50). It’s odd, I find, that this novel can be made up of many very i good people and yet be a very bad novel. All the virtues are here: religious, moral, social; all, that is, i but one: the literary virtue. Marshall writes about the Ro man Catholic Father Smith, his Bishop and his colleagues and some members of their flock in a Scottish city. Despite an occasional comment that is both smart phrase and profound observation, the ma terial is tasteless. Murder is not exciting, humor doesn't draw laughter and pathos doesn't draw tears. The book opens before World I War I, closes in World War II. j i It boils down to about three j decades of conversation on what | the priesthood should do about life, ; love, labor, liturgy and other j things. Catholic himself, the author has a perfect right to take down the clergy's hair and reveal what goes on behind the scenes. My objections : have nothing to do with religious 'or sectarian matters; I just find ■ it inept. I Without doubt the author in j tended this as an optimistic book, ! ending on a note of hope. Some 1 how it got turned around into a I discouraging book ... at least for I me. It's a Noble Endeavor gone wrong. “Desert Island Decameron,” select ed by T. Allen Smith (Double day, Doran; $2.50). If you're a castaway, a book Is ! probably a poor substitute for a girl, but if it has to be a book, this would be an excellent choice. It contains some 40 stories having ■ to do, most of them, with the girl who isn’t with you. It would re pay reading before you’re ship “The Bridge,” by Stanley Bum shaw (Dryden; $$2.25). “A poetic drama,” this book has for subject the construction of a “bridge” to a better tomorrow. The chief characters are capitalist, ma terialist worker and dreamer. I must confess myself in complete disagreement with both Alfred Kreymborg and Louis Untermeyer, whose high praises appear on the jacket. Bill Would Allow Families To Join Overseas Soldiers WASHINGTON, July 7— I/P) — Civilian dependents of overseas servicemen could join them in any part of the world except in cases incompatible with military require ments under a bill introduced to day by Rep. Pulton (R-Pa). The bill also provides for the replacement of many overseas ser vicemen by civil service employes on tasks “not essentially of a mil itary or naval character.” Independent U. S. retailers re ported a four per cent decrease in the value of inventories accompan ied by an eight per cent rise in sales during 1944. Merry-Go-Round Byrnes Facing Revision Pro Franco Policy By DREW PEARSON (lit. Col. Robert S. Allen non on Active Service with the Army) WASHINGTON — Wise-owl Sec. State Jimmy Byrnes has decided not to consider State department reorganization of personnel until he returns from the Big Three conference. Most other policy matters, unless of major import ance, will also wait. One policy matter which will come up for review soon—it may even be brought up by Stalin at Berlin—is our continued close re lationship with Dictator Franco of Spain. Byrnes’s predecessors in the State department, led by Jimmy Dunn, have followed a policy of sending oil, sugar and other strat egic materials to France. If we withheld these or withdrew our ambassador, Franco would fall overnight. The extreme lengths to which Byrnes predecessors in me state department have gone to protect Franco is known to very few. For instance, it has been kept a care fully hushed-up secret that, in advance of the San Francisco con ference, State department offic ials brought pressure to bear on several Latin American govern ments to keep them from breaking with Franco. Latin American countries are sovereign nations and not suppos ed to require advice on how to conduct their relations with Eu ropean neutrals. However, on April 4. when a resolution to break rela tions with Spain was about to be presented in the Cuban congress, the American embassy in Havana discreetly but vigorously protested. So. virtually taking orders from the U. S. A., Cuban foreign minis ter Cuervo Rubio met in secret session with the committee on for eign affairs and urged that no ac tion be taken toward a break with Spain. Temporarily, the resolution was held up: to be passed over whelmingly about a month later. Again, on April 26, the Venezue lan chamber of deputies was dis L.tctisj' iiuv/imm uiab u> uiuob mi draw its resolution calling for a break with Franco. A much more diplomatically worded resolution was substituted. Also, the Costa Rican congress voted 36 to 3 to break relations with Spain. But suddenly U. S diplomats called upon the Costa Rican president and foreign min ister, and assurances were given that no action would be taken to break with Franco. In the end, such a surge of an ti- Franco resentment boiled up at San Francisco that State depart ment officials were powerless to stem the tide. However, more show-downs Re garding our pro-Franco policy are certain to come unless the new State department under Jimmy Byrnes beats Latin Americans to it by revising our pro-Franco pol icv. SUGARED SPAIN Meanwhile, at a secret meeting just before Byrnes took the oath, State department officials propos ed sending 60,000 tons of sugar to Spain. This is a reduction from the previous year's shipment to Spain, which totaled 100.000 tons. One official sitting in on the hush-hush meeting remarked: "Wait till the newspapers get hold of this one.” State department officials claim that if we do not sell sugar tc Franco he will'come into the Cu ban market and buy it anyway ir competition with us. However, the Cuban government is anything but pro-Franco, and not likely to dc as mu£h business with him as the State department seems to think. HURLEY’S OIL FEES One State department headache which new Secretary Jimmy Byrn es Is inheriting is a letter address ed to Under Secretary Joe Grew from forthright Senator Langex of North Dakota which so far has not been answered. Langer has asked Grew about the circumstances under which Patrick J. Hurley, U. 8. ambassa dor to China, received $75,OOC from the Sinclair Oil companj during 1945, and $108,000 from Sin clair in 1942, while In U. S. arm> uniform. Senator Langer also asked how many times Ambassador Hurlej has visited the oil-rich countries of the near east on his way tc China, an area in which U. S. of companies have a tig stake. The senator also asked whethei Hurley, while in the employ oi the U. S. government, proposed s system whereby the United States would send economic and politics advisors to help govern the oil a reas of the near east — a move which undoubtedly would aid U S. oil companies, including Sin clair. It Is decidedly unusual for s U. S. ambassador to receive monej from a private oil company while engaged in diplomatic duties, anc Senator Langer has asked to have all the facts. CHICKEN RACKET INCREASES Just before Congressman Clintor Anderson became secretary of ag riculture, two FBI investigator! brought his food committee t startling report on the black mar ket in chickens. It showed that New York hospitals are able t< get only a dribble of poultry, while tons of it go to the black market Investigators also reported thai the local war food administrator seemed to play into the hands ol the b'ack marketeers in the Dcla ware-Maryland-Virginia area. "All the persons Involved In thi Behind The FRONT PAGE By HOLT McPHEBSON Huifini Editor SHELBY’S BUSINESS DISTRICT IS IN FOR SUCH A FACE lifting and building boom just as soon as materials and labor are avail able that some of the late returning service men and war workera may have to rub their eyes in startled amazement because they won’t recognize the gay old girl in the bright, shiny new dress planned for her. And that’s just a small part of the construction to break looae In this general area to create in the next few years a building boom of proportions hitherto undreamed hereabouts. Estimates by men who ought to know put the building and renovations already planned In the business district alone at not less than a million dollars. With two large fertili zer pants to be built at a cost of upwards of $300,000 each, it’s probable that industrial construction will turn loose another million, probably two, of new construction. With the Gardner-Webb expansion program, the hospital program for the county, the projected community center and airport, well over another million will be turned loose—that, too, may run upwards toward two millions with other likely projects of a more or less civic and public nature. Nobody knows how much residential con struction there will be, but that it will be of unprecedented proportions for this area is undeniable—it will be well into seven figures. It takes no chairvoyant to see that Shelby and this general area it infk for building such as never before seen. New industries building their own** plants, new stores complete with air conditioning and all tha latest gadgets, a new radio station, schools, private and public buildings spell ™ business and prosperity. Some of the smart-money fellows are busily engaged trying to fig ure which way the business district will move out of its present limita tions. Opinions differ as to direction, but that it must break out In one or more directions is so generally agreed that lines are out to deal when | break through develops. It's as complex as a military operation, and it ! discounts a lot of factors but not at all the prospects for booming bue j iness hereabouts when construction can get into full swing. PFC. JOHN H. POSTON, WITH THE 327TH GLIDER IN fantry Regiment. 101st Airborne Division, in Germany, visited Beechtesgaden which he tells his parents “looks like a xoo with out animals.” He said a constant flow of curious goes there, and every visitor has a camera. Some of the boys had sought to fill their bottles with wine from the two 1.500-gallon storage vats in Hitler's private stock but they found it had turned to vinegar— how Ironic! Young Poston said there was no shouting with the appear ance of V-Day but rather that the men of his unit gathered not for rejoicing—for prayer. WORD COMES THAT THE RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE COR ; poration is now offering for sale some 3.000 surplus electric power units ' made by manufacturers to meet the rigid requirements of the Army. The announcement is made through the Office of the Agricultural Adjustment Agency and should be of peculiar Interest to rural folks because the units are of varying capacity and are suited for furnishing electricity to fatms, country stores, churches, schools and the like. Some of the units are re presented as in excellent state of repair, some need work on them. The prices range from $178 to $480. depending upon condition. The infor mation is passed on to readers of this corner and the general public because of the interest in such facilities so that those wanting such might discuss it with their electrical supply dealer and thereby get quick service. The disposal of governmental surpluses will afford unusual opportunity for many individuals and groups to get long-needed things, t ' such as these, and in the service of such this column may mention from * time to time such things without undue infringement upon the ad vertising department, we trust. A RETORT COURTEOUS COMES FROM “INSIDE WASH ington" in the Chicago Sun, which tells of a Chicagoan who, an route to Washington after a long trip through the South, on which almost every train was one or two hours late, found himself In Richmond, Va., three hours late. With some Irritation, he said to the conductor: “Is it a standing rule that all trains in the South have to be late?” The conductor smiled benignly and said: “Did you see that train we just passed on the siding? Well, it's even later than ours, it's carrying Confederate soldiers from Georgia to reinforce Lee at Gettysburg.” | Washington ! fn Wartim* WASHINGTON—At last #he o Uncle Sam's departments has dis covered that the best way to ge people to quit asking for lnforma tion is to charge them for it. It': the Census Bureau. You don’t hear much about th< j Census Bureau these days. Ever i in days of peace, when the worlc isn't cluttered up with big news you don’t hear much about thi Census Bureau except at 10-yea Intervals. But the Census Bureau has beer as harassed by the war as any o us. Even with no noses to coun for another five years It has beer tossing in its sleep over manpowc: problems. Since Pearl Harbor, abc»t om out of every 100 Americansi th< CB likes to put things that way has asked for information tha will help in establishing citizen ship. Many persons, even durini peacetime, ask Census aid to t>rovi where and when they were born Where birth certificates cannot bi obtained, Census records rank higl in legal acceptability as proof o time, place and parents. • • * • But to get statistical again, a chicken business, from grower t dealer, in that area are chiselers, the investigators quoted Ciiffor Shedd, WPA representative a Dover, Del., as saying. "As our investigation progress ed," the FBI continued, “we learn ed that this statement apparentl is true. The black market busi ness is so lucrative,” investigator reported to Anderson, "that pay ment of fines in some cases ha come to be considered by the blac marketeers as merely a license t further violate the law.” Most important in abolishing th black markets, the FBI reporter is the need for severe jail sentenc es. Black market convictions us ually carry only suspensions c small fines, which do not worr the operator. Furthermore, OP. enforcement efforts are ineffectiv because of the small OPA stal and the failure of the public t go to OPA about violations. Census Director J. C. Capt nearly always does— Since Pearl Harbor the bureau has mailed out more than 1.400,000 transcripts of personal data, re quiring more than 3.000,000 dip* | I into Census files. Thus doesn't take into consideration 750,000 queries .made on other than personal mat ’ , ters. Two out of three of these tran scripts were sought to qualify for war industry or government jobs, I which gives you some idea of what ',the war has done to that division of the bureau. By the middle of 1942, the num ! ber of requests for personal tran scripts had mounted to 19,000 • [ week and more than 800 person! ’ were doing nothing but dig through the records to answer them. Even with a crew of that pro ! portion, the division was drifting far behind. Something had to be ’ done. So the bureau slapped a $1 ! charge on the service. About the same time, Civil Service took some , long-delayed action and quit ask , ing for proof of citizenship from many types of applicants. Requests for personal data went ' down like a lead duck. In no time ^ at all that 19,000-a-week business ; had dropped off half. Capt doesn’t know just how ' much of it was due to the fact that : : some folks wouldn't give a dollar ! ' to know when and where they i were born. At tlie same time Capt had to . do something about the irate folks ’ who chafed at the delay in getting out the facts, so he set up a spe ■■ cial service—for $3 you can get j a special searcher. These days the t $3 jobs are negligible. If you want to spend a buek or three, all you have to do Is send ~ same along with your exact place ’ of residence and names of parents ’ or head of the house on the date of any federal census. If you can’t s remember that, don’t bother be cause the Census Bureau won’t s bother without that information. 4 Capt says to tell you not to come 0 along trying to find out how old Aunt Minnie or the widow next e door is, either. Since 1880, Census '• Bureau personal records have been • almost as secret as J. Edgar Hoov - er’s dossier. They are released only r to the person who owns the y monicker. t j - « e Normally in medieval drama all 1 parts were taken by men, though In c | France there are records of women jon the stage prior to 1660, t
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