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FRIDAY, SEPT. 7, 1945
" BIBLE THOUGHT
HE FIRST LOVED US. Song of Songs 8:7; Many waters cannot quench
love, neither can the floods drown it; if a man would give all the substance
of his house for love it would be utterly condemned.
-V
PLENTY OF WORK TO DO
Washington seems to be greatly concerned about the
problem of unemployment now that the wars are over, war
workers are being discharged and service men are return
ing home.
We can't believe this is any great problem unless we
make it one. The world is naked, hungry and ill-sheltered.
This particularly applies to the war stricken countries.
Those who survived are anxious to establish themselves in
a world of peace. There is construction to do, food to pro
duce, factories to run, mines to operate—all the resources
that God has given us to develop for our comfort. The world
has never been a richer market for civilian goods, both here
and abroad, and yet we talk about the problem of unem
ployment.
There is plenty of work to do for willing hands. There
is not an industry or business in America that has all the
labor it needs just now. Millions of workers can be employed
if they are willing and anxious to work.
The trouble with us Americans is that we are a little
bit too choosy about what we do. If we have been accustom
ed to a war-wrorkers pay, v e are unwilling to accept less in
civil jobs. It is this situation that adds to unemployment.
The government can’t cure this trouble. It can and will
aggravate it if it follows President Truman’s suggestion and
pays every unemployed person $25 a week for 26 weeks. As
Representative Doughton says this puts a premium on idle
ness. If Uncle Sam pays a man $25 a week for .not working,
what wage inducement will it require to get him to work
during that 26 week period ?
The unemployment fund already collected over these
years has a reserve of seven billion dollars. Here in North
Carolina we have an unemployment fund of over 105 millions.
Doesn't it seem that this is sufficient to tide over those who i
justly deserve unemployment compensation by being thrown
out of work for causes beyond their control until the period
of reconversion is over.
If Washington would busy itself half as much toward i
creating jobs on the farms, in the factories, forests and mines
as it Is giving to solving the so-called unemployment buga
boo, this country would catch its stride quickly and move
right along into a period of prosperity and happiness*
IN THE NAME OF FAIR PLAY
At first blush, one is apt'to agree with Speaker Sam
Rayburn who has told reporters that he himself doesn’t see
any need for further inquiry into why the Japanese were so
successful at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The war
is over and whatever decision is reached about- the responsi
bility for the disaster which opened the war for the United
States could not alter national events as they are shaping
up now. Pearl Harbor is almost a dead issue.
Almost, but not quite. There is far more involved in
the investigation than an academic matter. Most members
of congress know this and that is one of the reasons we be
lieve they are insisting on a full opening of the facts.
The release of documents and information since the
surrender of Japan has already tended to show that General
Short and Admiral Kimmel, who were cited by the Roberts
commission for dereliction of duty in January of 1942 are
not the only ones, who were negligent.
We must remember, too, that these two officers who
bore the brunt of general suspicion of incompetency all dur
ing the war have had no opportunity to introduce their wit
nesses or to question those who did testify. They were con
demned by a commission which had no authority to conduct
a trial and which was acting solely on the direction given it
by the President to whom most members of the commission
were beholden for their jobs.
Don t get us wrong. \\ e are not trying to clear Messrs.
Short and Kimmel whom we are well content to leave to their
own defense. Neither are we going out on a fishing expedi
tion seeking what we may find in the net.
But we do believe that, inasmuch as so much blame was
laid at the door of this high army and high navy officer dur
ing the war, and that without giving them an opportunity to
answer back, the case should be followed through to see if
the country was correct in >ts severe criticism which amount-1
ed almost to threats. Moreover if these two are guilty, may- '
hap there are others as has already been intimated who!;
should bear equally the yoke of shame. For the sake of i
those already condemned and in the interest of fair play the
whole story should be told. Congress should proceed with
the investigation.
BRIDGE TO SAFETY
i
INACTIVE
VAR PLANT
Distr. by
DlPPlCULTfES
A PRAYER
FOR TODAY
All life is compounded of littles;
and we pray, O tireless Creator and
Ruler over all, that in the routine
of everydayness, our sons in ser
vice, and we ourselves, may be sus
tained by high purposes and by
hidden springs of strength. May
none of us grow weary before the
goal is reached. Give us under
standing minds to perceive the es
sential use of commonplace duties;
and to discern the vast unity of all
our labors. Keep waving in our
hearts the flag of our country and
the banner of Christ's cause. Make
us big enough to do well all of life's
littles, and to glorify Thee by faith
fulness and efficiency in ordinary
tasks. We confess our many lapses
and discontents: and we thank
Thee for renewed opportunities.
Help us to regard each day's duties
as drill for the decisive battles. So
prepare us for victory and for a
fresh fitness for peace. Amen.
If Today Is
Your Birthday
By STELLA
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7—Bom
today you are or,o^of--those ima
ginative souls who spends part of
his time day-dreaming and the
rest of the time making those
dreams come time. In other words,
you have that valuable combina
tion of practicality and original
ity which goes toward making a
substantial success in this world.
In fact fortune, as well as fame,
is yours at quite an early age. You
are intuitive and should heed your
intuitions to the letter. Never let
anyone talk you out of doing
something you feel you should do.
Your hunches are always to be
trusted and to deny them vou/
be doing yourself an incalculable
harm. You are fond of travel and
will undoubtedly see a large part
of the earth during your lifetime.
You are interested in the occult
and the mysterious and the Orient
will appeal to you. Although vou
do not appear to care for money,
you always manage to ha,ve a
comfortable amount! In other !
words, you make a sufficient liv- ,
ing without too much hard work
If you really wanted wealth, vou '
could have it. if you only would j
put your mind on it as seriously
as you do on cultural and intellec
tual subjects. You are affectionate
and will be happiest if you wed
early in life. Be sure you select j
someone temperamentally suited to
you, or you may wish to change
partners. However, your sense of
honor and justice is high and if
you made a mistake, you would
never hurt anyone by separating.
Hence, it is important that you
make sure it's real love rather
than temporary infatuation before
you wed at all!
The Place Was Littered
INVERNESS, Scotland—(/Pj—The
mascot of the Cameron Highland
ers. a shaggy black collie "march
ing” along with a column of
iroops. stopped by the wayside to
jive birth to two pups. Then she
ran to the head of 'the 'column,
five minutes later she delivered
:wo more pups. She repeated the
performance until eight were left
along the road.
cZ! L
erary
Guidepost
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Bv W. G. ROGERS
TTTERS OF RAINER MARIA
RILKE: 1892-1910, translated by
Jane Bannard Greene and M. D.
Herter Norton (Norton; $3.50).
Rilke, born 1875 In Prague and
died 1926 in Switzerland, is a poet
whose American following, which
deserves to be larger, may well grow
considerably with the publication
of this volume.
Son of a family that wanted him
to be anything but a writer, troubled
by ill health, handicapped by po
verty, married but for long periods
separated from wife and child, he
chased all over Europe in search.
of a place where he could live for :
nothing, or on the trail of a friend,1
or in pursuit of his studies, or j
simply in flight from the dis
advantages of his last habitation.
The present volume includes let
ters to his friend Lou Andreas So
lome, his wife Clara Westhoff the
sculptor, and to or about the finer
creative spirits of his time.
These letters are in the great1
tradition, beautifully phrased,
most expressive, most revelatory.!
His judgment of Cezanne would
stand word for word today, though
we might revise his exalted opinion
of Rodin and we would not regard
Carriere an Zuloaga as worthy of
the essays he planned about them.
He was all creator and “consid
ered art not as selection from the
world, but rather as its total trar.s-1
formation into the glorious." You
see what he means, and see him
demonstrate it, when he writes!
about an artist, or even about a
loaded dinner table.
LUST FOR LIFE, by Irving Stone
•,Doubleclay, Doran; $3>.
This is a new edition of the novel
about Vincent Van Gogh, who of
all modern painters lived a life
which lent itself most tragically to
the art of the novelist.
More than any other piece of
writing and undoubtedly even more
than the tormented Vincent's
paintings, this story has given the
general public its idea of this artist
and his work. Poverty scarred him,
of course, but what cut deepest
was the wretched fact that his ut
most efforts, efforts that cost him
his life, secured for him no contem
poraneous recognition and appre- ■
ciatlon whatsoever except from a
few painter friends.
Few fictionalized accounts of
artists are as authentic and stir
ring as Stone's.
DICKSONS BVY
GASTONIA LOT
GASTONIA. — Another real es
tate deal, recently consummated
and announced today, involved the
Shuford building at 173-175 West j
Franklin avenue which has been
purchased by Ralph A. Dickson, of j
the firm of Moore and Stewart, and ■
his brother, B. w. Dickson, mana-1
ger of the Shelby branch store of
Moore & Stewart. The building is
a two-story brick structure, front
ing 48 feet on Franklin and run
ning back 100 feet. The lot, how
ever, is 200 feet deep. The property
was purchased from Sam S. Shu
ford of Gastonia who erected the
building some years ago. The con-.
sideration was $26,000. I
| The Everyday j
i COUNSELOR|
| By DR. HERBERT SPAUGH (
“Life's Extras" is the suggestive
title of a charming little book by
Archibald Rutledge. The author
points to the
beauty to be
found in all of
nature if we have
eyes to see.
So many pass
through life us
ing only the mini
mum require
ments of food,
shelter, together
with some amuse
ment and recrea
tion.
REV. SPAL’GH Those extras by
which we grow
in mental and spiritual stature do
not interest them much. For them,
food for the soul is just another
extra, and not a very important
one at that.
But if the truth is admitted,
these extras in life, so called, are
essentials for full and happy liv
ing. The beauty of a sunrise, the
magnificence of a rainbow after a
storm, the soul-stirring experience
of a view from a mountain top,
the sparkling dew on a humble
flower of the field, a favorite Bible
verse, an old hymn—all of these
feed the soul.
In his little book Rutledge tells
the story of two men between
whom a great bitterness had devel
oped. Finally they almost came to
blows in one encounter, but were
separated by a friend. Each one
threatened the other, and both
carried guns, in anticipation of
another encounter.
The tension increased Finally
one resolved to go over to the oth
er’s house and have it out. On
the way over, he saw his enemy
approaching from a distance. He
turned aside into the woods and
waited. "There I sat still on my
horse with the bushes all around
me, with my hand on my gun and
the devil in my heart," he said.
Then suddenly he saw a flower
one of the kind his mother loved.
He recalled that as a boy she had
asked him to plant some of these
In her yard. When she died she was
buried with one of these flowers in
her hand.
Then something happened in this
man's heart. Hate left him. When
the man he had intended to kill
approached, he rode out of the
bushes a different man. They were
fast friends thereafter.
Almighty God has placed all
about us these "Life’s Extras" by
which He would redeem men’s
lives from destruction and restore
their souls.
Why struggle along on the mini
mum requirements for existence
when you may have the fullness of
God Himself?
For list of recommended books
and special articles dealing with
personal problems, write Dr. Spaugh
in care of The Shelby Daily Star,
enclosing a long self-addressed,
stamped envelope and ten cents,
stating your problem.
Ministerial Meeting
The Shelby Ministerial associa
tion will meet Monday morning
at 10 o’clock at the Central Me
thodist church to make plans for
the city-wide revival which will
be held September 30 to October
7.
1
Merry-Go-Round
Byrnes Has
Hardest Job
By DREW PEARSON
(Lt. Col. Robert S. Allen Now On
Active Service With the Army)
(Note—Drew Pearson today
awards the brass ring, good j
for one free ride on the Wash
ington Merry-Go-Round to j
Secretary of State James i
Byrnes J
WASHINGTON — No secretary
of state in years has inherited
greater responsibilities than Jim-:
my Byrnes. No man in history!
carries with him as he goes to >
London or as he goes about his [
daily work greater hopes of all
mankind.
Dimly at first, but definitely
now that the horrors of the atomic
bomb are known, the mothers and
fathers who sent their sons to war
and the wives who suffered at
home and the men who fought
the war, realize what would hap
pen if there should be another
war. And their hopes and fears
center on the one man who must
pilot our foreign affairs through
the tangled skein of misunder
standing, through the internation
al jealousies, the rivalries, the
clashing interests and personali
ties—to the difficult, elusive goal
of permanent peace.
Pew men in history also have a
more rounded background to pre
pare them for being secretary of
state than Jimmy Byrnes. He
has known what it was to battle
things out in both houses of Con
gress for 26 long years. He has
sat on the highest court of the
country. He occupied the all-im
portant, nerve-racking job of co- j
ordinating war activities' under,
Roosevelt. He has had experience
in every walk of government lift.
CAPITOL HILL CRITICS
Some of Jimmy's old friends on
Capitol Hill will tell you that he
is ambitious, that he is an oppor-j
tunist, that he is always out for
Jimmy Byrnes, that he undermin-!
ed the late Senator Pat Harrison j
of Mississippi with F.D.R. Some;
senators, such as the venerable
Tom Connally of Texas and Wal
ter George of Georgia much pre
ferred ^having cooperative Ed
Stettinius as secretary of state
land weren't at all enthusiastic a
bout having Byrnes assume that
office, even though they reluc
tantly went through the motions
of endorsing him. They figured'
he would be headstrong and un
cooperative.
Despite their criticisms, nor.
! ever, Jimmy Byrnes is ideally suit
ed to be secretary of state — ex-'
cept for one defect. He has no]
first-hand, intimate knowledge of
foreign affairs.
In other words, Byrnes will have
to take the word of his foreign
affairs experts. If they give him
the wrong word on a certain sit
uation. he may stub his toe. He
is largely in their hands.
| This is a danger which always
exists in one of the so-called
"career" departments of govern
ment. It is hard for a secretary
of war or a secretary of the navy
or a secretary of state to come
in green and go counter to the
career officers, who have func
tioned permanently for decades.
Josephus Daniels was the only
secretary of the navy In years who
has had the courage to buck the
tide, and that was one reason he
was so hated by the navy. Charles
Evans Hughes was one of the few
lecent secretaries of state who
rose above the career officers and
really ran the state department.
Cordell Hull, who sensed this
problem, sometimes with obvious
frustration, in the end was taken
in by subtle charm of the men
around him, until without realiz
ing it, he became their mouthpiece
and spokesman rather than their
taking orders from him.
BYRNES vs. DIPLOMATS
This is going to be Jimmy
Byrnes' greatest problem Will he,
despite all his other fine qualities,
get sucked in by the career ex
perts who for decades have made
a specialty of taking new secre
taries of state into their camp?
For instance, here is what hap
pened to Cordell Hull. During
the first months of his adminis
tration he ran into a personal
feud with Professor Raymond
Moley, the brain truster whom
Roosevelt had made assistant sec
retary of state and who rushed to
London for the avowed purpose of
"rescuing" the London Economic
conference. Hull was a leader of
that conference and quite rightly
felt that he didn’t need anyone
to rescue him.
The man who helped Hull at
London was the State depart
ment’s chief of protocal, Jimmy
Dunn, whose job it was to make
hotel reservations, arrange place
j cards at dinner, and check on ah
i physical arrangements for the
conference. Dunn is one of the
nicest, most likable men in the
State department, and simultan
tously one of the worst reaction
I aries. He makes up in charm for
what he lacks in brains.
But Hull never forgot Dunn’s
help with the formalities of run
ning the London conference. And
| later, when Jimmy piloted Hull
through the Pan-American confer
I ence at Montevideo, he became
| a permanent fixture as Hull’s
! closest State department adviser.
It made no difference that Calvin
| Coolidge had picked Dunn as
chief arbiter of social affairs. In
fact, he became Hull’s most trust
ed confidant on intricate political
problems.
And, as such, his influence was
! almost always thrown against
! Russia even after she became an
I Ally, and for Franco Spain, even
1 when it was obvious that Franco
was kept in power only through
the Axis.
Last winter, for instance, Dunn
. was charged in the senate with
] having instructed the American
Behind The ^
FRONT PAGE ;
By HOLT McPHERSON
Managing Editor
V
!
NET GAIN IN SUGAR SUPPLIES TO U. S. CIVILIANS RESULT
ing from war's end will be negligible and the shortage will continue
acute through most of 1946 and possibly as far ahead as 1947. That’s the
consensus of the International Confectioner, magazine of the candy
industry which has a vast stake in the availability of sugar. Clyde A.
Short, the candy man, directs the serious situation to attention of this
corner, and its readers who all are concerned with the critical shortage.
The quantity of sugar available for civilians in 1945 will be nearly
one-fifth less than last year, and one-fourth below the 1935-39 average.
End of the war has reduced military requirements in some degree, but
there combine these further factors to prevent any appreciable rise
in civilian supply: (1> part of the reduced military supplies will go for
war relief purposes, and (2) release of manpower from the military ,
services will add that many more sugar consumers to the civilian popu
lation.
Some slight gain is possible on the latter score, in view of the fact
that the per capita consumption of sugar by men in the Army is great
er than out of service. Also there is the fact that in the transfer of
relief activities from the military to UNRRA and other agencies, lesser
quantities may be involved.
World sugar production in 1946 is likely to be greater than this year,
but it will not be enough to meet the unrationed demands at current^,
prices for sugar.
World sugar supplies in 1945 are the smallest since start of the
war. This is largely the result of a reduced crop in Cuba this year,
and a reduction in world stocks of sugar of about 2.4 million tons in
1943 and 1944. Increased needs for sugar in Europe also reduce the
quantity of sugar available for consumption in the United States, Cana
da and Great Britain. A furtrer reduction in world stocks of about 1.3
million tons during 1945 is in prospect, reducing world stocks to their
minimum working level. Nothing sweet about that talk!
SECRETARY ICKES WARNS THAT AMERICANS MUST
go easy on coal to avert riots in Europe. That's news which leaves
us cold!
SHELBIANS SCATTERED ALL OVER THE WORLD IN VARIOUS
branches of service are getting the greatest pleasure out of our Junior
Legion team's winning the national championship—it gives them a
good chance to speak up for a home town that to them is the center
of the universe but about which callous fellows from elsewhere sometime*
annoying profess never so much as having heard. In such instances the
victory has been soul-satisfying, definitely making Shelby a even more
important spot on the map.
I have Just had from Blanford. England, word from Pfc. Ray
Bruce who sends greetings and good wishes for victory for the team from
himself. Pfc. Bub Hopper stationed in northeast England, and Cpl. Ralph
Kale stationed in Germany, the trio having last week spent a week-end
reunion at Bournemouth. England, where they read The Star's smashing
news of the tournament play they saw leading to victory in the Little
World Series. They were so thrilled, says Ray, that "we took a ten-mlnuta
brake and had a spot of tea."
When baseball subsided as the chief topic of discussion they went
swimming in the English channel, also boat riding. Bournemouth has
the largest and nicest beach in England. More people spend their holiday
| leave there than anywhere else. Ray said that sometimes the town gets
so crowded whole families spend the night on the beach where they can
rent beach chairs for three pence for 24 hours—but nice and enjoyable as
all that is, the trio are hoping to be home soon. ‘
JIST ANOTHER ECHO OF THAT FINAL GAME:
Intuition - Seeuvision - or Winuvision: After Trenton had been
leading Shelby for five innings bv the seore of 2 to t, the aeore
keeper handling the board in front of the Star office, at the begin
ning of the seventh inning placed a small figure of 3 runs for
Shelby. When Shelby scored 2 runs in the seventh to tie the
score, a man close to the board said, “That man has Intuition ;
one of the small boy* crowded near the board yelled ‘'Intuition,
nothing, he has Seeuvision". At the beginning of the eighth in
ning of the seventh inning placed a small figure of 3 runs for
keeper placed 2 runs in the Shelby box: then Shelby scored 2 runs
to lead Trenton 4 to 2, and a fan said. "I told you that aeore
keeper had 'intuition'," Then one of the small boys yelled
"Intuition. Hell, he had W'lNL't ISION”.
minister in Switzerland, Lcland
Harrison, to stop reporting on the
Nazi murder factories which Har
rison reported were killing Jews
by the thousands. Harrison had
sent a long cable on these fright
ful atrocities, but received a stop
order from Washington that the
State department wanted no
more of such reports.
BTRNF.S’ BAROMETER
W'hat diplomatic observers are
watching as the chief barometer
of Jimmy Byrnes as secretary ol
state is whether Jimmy Dunn can
take him into camp as he did
Cordell Hull. The betting odds
so far are in favor of Dunn. The
1 newshawks in the State depart
: ment press room, whose job it is
to watch every move of the secre
tary of state, are betting strong
that Dunn once again will emerge,
, as the fair-haired boy, once again
will lun the State department.
Also the society ladies in Wash
ington are gossiping about rhe
close friendship between Mrs.
Cordell Hull and Mrs. Jimmy
Byrnes and how, because of pettl
I coat rule, Byrnes will eat out of
, Hull’s hand.
However, this columnist,- who
has watched Byrnes over a period
of many years, has a different
opinion. When Byrnes became
war mobilizer, it was generally -
reported that Bernie Baruch, his I
close friend and political godfa-i
ther, would control Jimmy. But!
he didn’t. Byrnes went his own
; sweet way, to such an extent that
Baruch sot indignant and went a
round telling people what a mesa
Jimmy was making of things.
So this columnist is betting that
Byrnes, as secretary of mte, wtll
eat out of nobody's hand—neither
Hull's, nor Jimmy Dunn's, nor
anyone's. Byrnes will rely on his
own mature judgment in his dif
ficult job of trying to achieve tha
hopes and ambitions of mankind
for the future peace of the world.
30-Hoar Work
Week Proposed
WASHINGTON, Sept 7— l/P< —
A 30-hour work week for federal
employes was proposed today by^.
Senator McCarran (D-Nev).
He announced he was introduc- .
ing legislation to provide for such £
a basic work week with overtime
for work in excess of 30 hours—
to be distributed over five 6-hour
days.
The present basic work week
reduction in the basic work-week
is 40 hours.
"An increase in wage levels by
will do more to improve the work
ing conditions of government em
ployes than would a bill provid
ing increased annual compensation
on the basis of the present work
week,” said McCarran. ‘'Further
more, such a reduction in tha
work week is in keeping with tha
American trend of providing work
ers with greater leisure."
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