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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 31, 1945
POINTING UP
President Truman points his administration's post-war
wage-price policy toward higher wages right up to limits
where inflation would set in—as if, it would seem, he feels
no inflation is yet present. The President says wages must
go up, without saying how high is up ; that leaves yet ground
for controversy.
His warning to labor not to make too great demands on
employers is as timely as his suggestion to employers that
they advance wages out ot profits, prospective tax savings
and other advantages he sees accruing to reconverted post
war industry with ready markets to consume products in
almost unbelievable volume.
The President’s policy is projected on the thesis that
an expanding economy -must necessarily be a high-level
economy. That is to be desired, naturally, within limits that
industry can carry its three-point obligation to support the
cost of increased wages, taxes and reasonable profits after
necessary reserves and replacements. For some industries
it will be easy to conform, for others difficult. Naturally,
an industry operating on three per cent net profit can’t!
adjust to ihe program as easily as one earning several times!
that; yet implications are about the same, even if it means!
price increases.
The way this thing will operate will likely be to disad
vantage of the little fellow who is not unaccustomed to get
ting it in the neck, anyhow; but since it is governmental
policy, it’s entitled to a fair chance with sincere hope it
works out successfully despite obvious likely headaches to
attend its application.
FOOTBALL AND NORMALCY
With no tires yet available and reconversion proceeding
only haltingly, we were wondering just how much of nor
malcy we had attained.
We feared the worst until we just happened to see the j
other day where football crowds for 1945 are 17 per cent
above the 1944 mark.
It is a cheering thought to think of that many more
citizens supporting the quarterbacks. A man in the stadium,
trying to figure out whether the play will be around end
or through the line is worth a half dozen worrying over the
doom of civilization. Civilization will not fall as long as
there are enough who believe in the healthy play of
youngsters.
A MISSING PRESIDENT
We share with Statesville but not to the same degree
perhap's, the disappointment that President Truman has |
cancelled his long-planned \isit to North Carolina Every
body was looking forward to the Presidents appearance,
which was to have been made day after tomorrow. Now
that he is not coming vve feel let-down.
Preparations had oeen carefully made. Arrangements
to handle the traffic, the crowds at Statesville, even down
to the business of providing for their nourishment and enter-1
tainment were well organized and up to the minute.
In one sense the news of the cancellation of the Presi
dent’s trip, delayed until the last minute, worked a greater
hardship upon the sponsors of this event for the very reason
that it was so late coming.
On the other hand, we are going to take this delay as
a token of the good intentions of the White House which
was hoping until the last that the President could come t«.
North Carolina.
In our disappointment, however, we must not forget I
that the first call on the President's time derives from situa-;
tions which develop with respect to the national welfare
We are sure that if this President, any president, could fol j
low his own personal wishes about the matter he would spend
most of his time visiting among his fellow-citizens who have
paid him the highest respect they know by electing him to
the top office in the country.
But a president cannot live the life of Riley. He must
meet crises and in short 1 e President. He cannot do this bv
flitting here and there all the time as much as we would
like to see him.
Just now, the President is faced with a particularly
aggravating condition in tr\ing to effect some sort of settle
ment of the troubled labor situation. Upon this settlement
hinges much of domestic happiness for years to come.
So North Carolina, Statesville and all of us who were
expecting to see him on this trip, yield graciously to more!
important demands on President Truman’s time. We would
have liked to have seen him, as we feci sure he wanted t
see us. But our country’s welfare comes ahead of any plans !
or wishes « e had. I
NOT THE SCARY KIND
Dl«tr. by United Feature Syndicate, Inc!
If Today Is
Your Birthday
B» STELLA
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31 —
Born today you are something of
a contradiction, even to yourself.
You have many potential talents
and many possible capabilities, j
Still, you appear to be lacking in
initiative and appear unable or
unwilling to assert yourself and
fight for your rights. This is
something you can correct, if you
recognize this fact and act accord
ingly, Unfortunately, however,;
you are much too inclined to car
ry a chip on your shoulder and
grouse about things generally, ra-j
thcr than roll up your sleeves and
do something constructive about a
bad situation. You may be high
ly critical of a fault in someone
else and completely ” ignore the
fact that you have the same short
coming yourself! Look into your
own mirror very carefully before
you start casting stones! Once
you have learned to be frank and
fair with yourself as well as with
others, you can achieve your goal, j
You have a great deal of magnet
ism and charm. You attract peo
ple into your orbit and seem to
have considerable influence over
them. Be sure that your influence
is a good one instead of other
wise. You women are excep
tionally fond of your home and
family ties and will probably want
to wed at quite an early age and,
have a large family. You will
make an excellent wife and mo
ther.
Disease Germs May
Be Used As Weapons
In Coming Wars
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 —..4\—
From navy surgeon General Ross
T. Mclntire comes an implied
warning against possible use of I
disease germs as offensive weapons
in any future war.
•'We have heard much about the
destructive power of the atomic
| bomb but who has heard of bio
| logical warfare?” he asked.
The vice admiral did not elabo- .
| rate on this remark made to the:
association of military surgeons of
; the United States at a dinner last!
, night.
"We have no right to let any
thing stop us in our planning for
any future war," he declared. "I
hope that the little that has been
done in preventive medicine in
this war will help us to go for
ward.
"I hope that as our reserve (na
val medica) officers go home
they’ll have a continued interest
in military medicine. It will be
one of the things that will save
us as we go along.”
Thirsty
CHICAGO, Oct. 31 — UP) —
Alex Aratri, 48, was asked bv
Municipal Judge Jay A. Schil
ler tu explain why he jumped
into the Chicago river.
‘ Vou weren’t trying to com
mit suicide, were you? The
court asked.
“Heavens, no!” Aratri said.
”1 ran swim. Just went in .for
a drink of wajer.”
A chargr of disorderly con
duct «u dismissed.
The Everyday j
COUNSELOR!
Bv DR. HERBERT SPAUGH
New and terrible days are ahead
of us in this atomic age. accord
ing to General George C. Marshall
of the United States army, who
recently released
his biennial re
port to the Sec
retary of War.
He said that
Ihe atomic bomb
is not alone in
the scientific ad
vances '‘that
make the possi
qilities of the,
future so terri
fying." The gen-j
era! then raised
the curtain on
some of the new
and hitherto highly secret devel-,
opments:
"We can direct rockets to tar-,
gets by electronic devices and new
instruments which guide them
accurately to sources of heat, light,,
and magnetism . . . ”
He said that within the next*
few years jet propelled bombers,
will be produced with speeds of;
500 to 600 miles per hour, filing'
to targets 1,500 miles distant at1
altitudes above 40.000 feet. "The:- ■
aircraft will have sufficient range:
to attack any spot on earth and
return to a friendly base ... At,
this very moment we are making
a single bomb weighing 45,000
pounds to keep pace with the bom
ber, already under construction,
which will carry such a load."
Discovery of the secret atomic
power, said General Marshall,
"can be man's greatest benefit"
or "it can destroy him." To meet
this possibility the general advo
cated intense scientific research
in development with a permanent j
peace-time citizen army, trained
and ready to take up arms.
As we read this distinguished
general's recommendations, we1
wonder if they are enough. How!
long can we hold in America the
secret of the atomic bomb? How
long can we hold the secret ol
these new and terrible weapons?
Is it enough to prepare to defend
ourselves against evil men who
acquire the secret of these new
weapons? is it enough to prepare
to defend ourselves against evil
men who acquire the secret of
these inventions?
REV. SPAUGH
inese terrinie discoveries and
inventions are made by man. To'
what end they are used will be
determined by the kind of man1
who produce and direct them. j
More and more urgent becomes
! the demand that we exert our best
! effort to make men of such spir-1
itual stature that they will not!
endeavor to destroy one another'
for selfish purposes.
We are compelled to admit that!
education and scientific achieve
ment alone will not save the
world, but in the hands of evil
men will destroy it.
Almighty God, who placed men
on this earth, planned that he1
should enjoy fruits ot the earth,
and fellowship with his fellow- j
man and his God. He has made'
repeated efforts to get men to see
this. The last and most complete
Plan was brought to cyU'th by1
Jesur, Christ. The Christian way I
of life is the only way of life
which will meet the demands of ^
fjLiterar
Guidepost
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Bv CHARLES 1IONCE
FROM MY LIBRARY WALLS, by
William Dana Orcutt t.Long
mans. Green: $3'.
On the bookshelves of many
bookl'overs. particularly those who
like beautiful printing, arc a num
ber of stately ibut intensely inter
esting volumes about books and
their makers. They include “The
Kingdom of Books." “The Magic of
the Book," “Master Makers of the
Book." and “In Quest of the Per
fect Book." Their author is Wil
liam Dana Orcutt who loves books,
designs them, sometimes prints
them.
Through his long time associa
tion with books and authors, he
has a library rich in bibliographi
cal detail. From this wealth of
material he has drawn the chap
ters of his new book “From My
Library Walls," an informal tour
of his library and an informal bit
of his autobiography.
Herein he tells stories of the
Garrick Club of Loudon (where
once you couldn't set 'em up for
a friend and where once also ciga
rettes couldn't be obtained from
Friday to Monday because the
secretary had locked them up in
his roll top desk while weekend
ing), of James Barrie, Rudyard
Kipling. William Dean Howells,
W. S. Gilbert 'of Gilbert and Sul
livan), Beerbohm Tree, Henry
James, Thomas Hardy, Charles
Eliot Norton. Joe Lincoln.
Mr. Orcutt doesn t think much
of present day writing and says
so on several occasions. He does
find, however, that as a result of
a revival of interest in book de
signing, present day books are far
superior outwardly to many pro
ductions of the past.
Incidentally, Orcutt will be re
membered by many readers who
are not particularly interested in
books about books, as a one time
best selling novelist, author of
‘ The Moth,” “The Jpel'.,” "The
Lever” and other popular fictions.
A BROOK OF OUR OWN, by Mar
jory Gane Harkncss iKnopf; $2).
After all the books that have
been written telling the human
side of a doctor's life and career,
and ditto for newspaper men,
preachers, rooming house keepers,
that someone would come up with
parents, etc., etc., it wa inevitable
that some one would come up with
one on the life and career of a
realtor. Here it is. Makes pretty
godo reading—M.J.W.
this new atomic age.
Between the world and destruc
tion now stands only one institu
tion— the Church of Jesus Christ.
Without its leadership, this new
atomic age marks the doom of
the world. Think about that, then
about the fact that less than half
the citizens of the United States
belong to it.
Federation Proposed
LONDON—1/11)—A note address
ed by the colonial secretary to the
governors of Bahamas, Barbados,
British Guiana, British Honduras,
Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Trini
dad and Windward Islands sug
gested the possibility cf a West
Indian federation. The object would
be to speed development of a self
governing unit within the British
Commonwealth.
Merry-Go-Round
Old Balance Of
Power Politics
Rampant Again
By DREW PEARSON
(Lt. Col. Robert S. Allen Now On
Active Service Witb the Army)
WASHINGTON — Inside the
closed-door sessions of the allied
economic directorate in Berlin
history seems to be repeating it
self.
It was Britain's defese of Ger
many after the last war which
played such a big part in the re
movel of the allied control com
mission and the gradual rebuild
ing of Germany. Britain was
then following her time-honored
balance-of-power policy of jock
eying France against Germa:/y.
The secret debates in Berlin show
that this policy was not changed,
except that she is now balancing
Germany off against Russia with
U. S. delegates generally siding
with the British.
Here are verbatim excerpts from
the secret allied debates taken
from the Berlin economic meet
ings of October 10. The meeting
began with a plea by Britain’s Sir
Percy Mills that the allies import
coal and building materials to aid
Germany. He spoke with consid
erable vigor and feeling—so much
so that the French delegate, M.
Sergent, took exception.
"Let me remind you." he said,
“that the French have a far
greater claim to building materials.
We too have many buildings de
stroyed. We too need coal. There
has been absolutely no activity in
building construction in France
for five years."
The Frenchman proposed that
a survey of th# building situation
be made by the economic directo-:
rate, and this was finally agreed.
The Russian delegate, General |
Shabalin, was then asked if he!
could not persuade the Poles to;
export coal to" Germany. "I ami
in no position to speak for the;
Polish government." he replied, j
"Poland can decide for herself
whether she has any coal to spare
for her old enemy.
"Besides." continued the Red
army officer, “why don't the
British send over some coal, since
Sir Percy is so worried about the
state of health of the German
people?"
AGRICULTURE REPORT
CRITICISED
The allied economic directorate
, next took up the report prepared !
on German agriculture prepared!
by a sub-committee. It was se-1
verely criticised by General Sha-!
balim The findings he said, were,
"silly'’ and ''childish.”
‘T would be ashamed,” he
grunted, "to iign such a report.” I
i. Shabalin singled out particular
ly that part of the report which
recommended seed fertilizer and
agricultural machinery for Ger-1
many. He also claimed that the
report dealt too much in general!-,
ties rather than specific recom
mendations.
I have been a farmer myself."
said the general, "and in fifteen
minutes I could draw up recom
mendations which would get to
the real heart of the problem, in
stead of dealing in cheap generali
ties.
“Let's go back to the Potsdam
agreement," he said. “It outlined
the basic fact that German agri-'
culture is to be increased at the I
expense of industry. Let's stick!
to that. The Potsdam agreement
is good enough for me."
Gen. William H. Draper, the A
merican delegate, then moved that
the report be sent back to the ag
ricultural sub-committee winit a
recommendation that the whole
report be re-submitted within 30
days.
RUSSIAN NOT SYMPATHETIC
French delegate Sergent next
raised the question of importing
oil into Germany from Russia.
This had been recommended by
the U. S. government, and, car
rying out this recomniendation.
Genera! Draper turned to General
Shabalin and asked his govern
ment to approach Austria, Hun
gary and Rumania regarding the
sale of oil to Germany.
Genera! Draper made quite a
strong plea, pointing out that
Germany's need of oil was serious.
Sir Percy Mills backed him up,
suggesting that Russia might ei
ther borrow or buy the oil from
Austria. Rumania and Hungary.
General Shabalin, however, was
not sympathetic.
“I was not at Potsdam,” he re
plied, "and don't know from per
sonal knowledge what was decid
ed there. Also I don't know how
much oil Austria, Hungary and
Rumania have to export.
“I must further remind you that
these countries have their own
government, and Austria and Hun
gary have their own control coun
cil.”
The then Russian general ex
pressed great amazement at
ingenuity of General Draper.
'The American delegate,"
said, “wants Russia to pay with
oil for the 15 percent of repara
tions which the Russians are sup
posed to receive under the Pots
dam agreement.”
Looking at Draper, a former
partner in the Wall Street firm
of Dillon Reed, the Russian con
tinued:
“Tell me general, how much has
the Soviet Union received in rep
arations? As far as I know we
have not received a single, soli
tary cent. So when we have not
received anything from Germany
why should we send good money
after bad, by now supplying Ger
many with oil? Since the Soviet
doesn’t know when the Soviet will
get anything from reparations,
why shouldn’t Germany in the
meantime try to help herself?
“For instance, Germany makes
rxcellent Diesel oil and benzine,"
Shabalin • went on, "why shouldn't
the German production be in
the!
he
Behind The
FRONT PAGE
i
By HOLT McPHERSON
Managing Editor
TONIGHT IS HALLOWE’EN WHEN WITCHES, DEVILS, FAIRIES
and other imps of earth and air hold annual holiday. At supper parents
will do themselves, their children and community a service by remind
ing the young hell-raisers that the fun-making privilege this evening is
not license for destruction of property.
Police are on the job, and while they want everyone to have all
the good, clean fun they can get out of this occasion, there will be no
rowdiness and destructiveness tolerated—and by midnight it’s time for
the elfs to be home. A sane Hallowe’en can be a pleasant one, too, and
that’s exactly what parents, children and the law want this one to be.
Talk it over at home before the kids take off, urge a spirit of sports
manly cooperation and Hallowe'en won’t leave a bad taste in the morning.
NO SOONER HAD FIRST BAPTIST GOTTEN IT8 CARIL
lon bells Installed than Central Methodist started patting In a
new furnace—that's working both ends of the religions front,
isn’t it?
IN A NEIGHBORING TOWN A PROMINENT MAN TOLD A
newspaperman that some of the salespeople, particularly in grocery stores
in that town, don’t seem to know the war is over, that they forget even
if supply of certain articles is scarce, there should never be a scarcity
of courtesy. That overworked and exasperating inquiry “Don't you know
there's a war on?'1 should have been forgotten, but some people are
even yet refusing to settle down to normal courtesy.
It causes one astute observed of the scene to remark that the public
is keeping “a little black book" in which notations of discourteous and
inconsiderate treatment are recorded for later reference—it’s a book not
hard to get on, but awfully hard to get off. Nor is it a malicious attitude
which causes customers who are entitled to courtesy to set down entries
in their ‘ little black book’’; merchandise won’t always be as tight as it la ' 1
now, and customers like courteous treatment—demand it. Common
courtesy is an unfailing support for sound business relations—it needi
to be abundant when merchandise is in tight as well as abundant
supply. Those “little black books" won’t be quickly forgotten, either,
depend on it.
JULIUS GARDNER, A GRANDSON AND NAMSSAKX OF TH*
late J. T. Gardner who served for nearly a quarter of a century aa mayor
of Shelby, is a pilot on the Eastern Air Lines, on the longest run of that
system—Miami-New York—seven and a half hours of travel time.
Young Gardner was in Shelby this week for a rest period and re
vealed that he had bought a private plane, so well does he enjoy flying.
At one time he was on the run between Washington and Atlanta, via
Charlotte, but recently ht was taken off this run and now splits the
two Carolinas. A shortage of pilots caused him to skip a day, otherwise h*
would have been on the plane which went down during the night near
Bennettsville, S. C., where all passengers and crew were lost. Gardner
says a report on this accident leads the officials to believe that a
passenger dunked a cigarette on a paper napkin stuffed in a paper cup
after the midnight meal was served aboard and the butt started a fire
in thd garbage bag underneath to the rear. Investigation revealed that
the plane was on fire wren it went down, that the co-pilot was in the rear,
evidently fighting the flame and all passengers were bunched at the
front.
Eastern, however, has a wonderful safety record of only two fatalities
since southern schedules were inaugurated. All plane engines art
changed after 600 hours of flying time. Some planes have been in service
as long as seven years and look like new. Additional schedules ara being
inaugurated and fares will soon be reduced to 4H cents per airline mile,
! it will be possible this winter to fly from Charlotte to Miami for leas
than $40—provided you can get a reservation.
Air travel is increasing and it is a common sight at a terminal
airport like Atlanta to see passengers clamoring for apace in th* wee 4
liours of the night—typical among them being young couplet with
their first born carried in a basket, elderly men and women and service
men galore hurrying home for discharges or on emergency leaves.
.
UNSl'NG BEHIND-THE-SCENES HEROES OF SHELBLT*
great horse show opening tomorrow are E. P. Riviere and his Jet
printing force who set a new track record producing almost
overnight the 64-page program for which only yesterday material
was finally gotten together.
O SOLE MIO! NO MORE SHOE RATIONING!
OCTOBER. PERHAPS THE LOVELIEST MONTH OF THE
year, comes to the close of its riot of color today and November!
heralding winter's approach, takes over. It's been a truly great
show, too.
IT'S LITTLE WONDER PRESIDENT TRUMAN CANCELLED HIS
North Carolina visit, even not considering the so-called emergency al
legedly holding him at Washington, after the show of politics, and
I cross-currents which came to attend his projected visit. Lynn Nlsbet 4
column yesterday was a particularly discerning piece of writing on the
i subject, something to make Shelblans end Clevelanders pleased that our
bid was withdrawn gracefully when it appeared the thing was getting
1 out of hand. Poor old Hugh Mitchell, who built the Frankenstein monster
| that was to be his coup de grace for succeeding Congressman Bob Dough
I ton when that worthy leaves Congress, had his house of cards topple down
j on him to put him In the doghouse rather than Congress. He built a great
! stage and show for It and carried the thing as If by magic as far as he
could till the topheavy structure collapsed on him. Perhaps lta fate, or
again it might have been politics!
: creased? Whv should Russia i
borrow from neighboring coun-1
tries instead?”
General Draper then called up
on Sir Percy to supply the figures
[ cn Germany's oil production,
1 which showed a deficit for the
I coming year 1946 of 727,000 tons.
! Briefly scribbling on a piece of
; paper, General Shabalin estimated
: that the British and American
{governments wanted Russia to
j supply 7,000 tons of oil per day.
“If we are able to do this,” he
asked, "will the British and Am
erican governments help us find
the transportation? The Soviet
Union has neither the rail nor
water transportation to perform
this task."
In case of oil for Germany, the
French delegate strongly supported
Britain and the United States
So finally, at the persistent utg
I
Ing of both General Draper and
M. Sergent, Oeneral Shabalin a
greed to discus* the matter with
Moscow.
f>
Defensive Sea Areas
On Coast Discontinued
WASHINGTON, Oct 31— (#) —
President Truman has ordered the
discontinuance of 10 sections of
the American coast line as de
fensive sea areas.
The White House today listed
the areas, which were set aside as
restrictive zones either at the out
break of the war or shortly there
after, as:
Portland, Me.; Portsmouth. H.
H.; Boston, Mess.; Narranigansett
Bay; New London, Goon.; New
York Harbor; Delaware Bay and
River; Chesapeake Bay-Norfolk;
Charleston Harbor at>4 Busagrds
Bay and Vineyard Sound.
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