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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1943
A Historic Conference
About the best news that we have heard
since the war started eame from Moscow
this week with the announcement that
America, Britain, Russia and China—the
great allied nations—have jointly deter
mined to crush their enemies into uncondi
tional surrender and then, as peace-time
partners, work together for international
peace and security.
This solemn pledge, therefore, should
remove all doubt from our minds and from
the minds of our enemies that Russia will
not co-operate with the United States and
England to defeat Germany and to help
restore world peace.
It should dispel all doubt that Russia
might sign a separate peace with Germany
and disregard the rights and wishes of the
allies. It should be an assurance, too, to
all small nations of the globe that the allies
are determined to have a lasting organiza
tion of peace-loving nations and to confer
cold vengeance on all enemies who have
bloodied their hands with barbarism.
The conferees also pledged to have fur
ther meetings, to provide ways of confer
ring through diplomatic channels, to set
up an advisory commission in London on
European affairs and another advisory
council to deal with Italy.
A plan for banning fascism in Italy and
setting up a democracy was outlined and
General Eisenhower was given the author
ity for its execution. It may even provide
for the resignation of the King, which was
requested this week by Premier Badoglio.
The four decisions of the conference
that stood out, however, were as follows:
1. There shall be unity of action and
consultations between powers with a com
mon enemy (Russia is not at war with Jap
an and there was no intimation she should
be) until the day of unconditional surren
der.
2. There shall be established as soon
as possible “a general international organ
ization, based on the principle of the sove
reign equality of all peace-loving states,
and open to membership by all such states,
large and small, for the maintenance of in
ternational peace and security.”
3. There shall be cooperation by all
hands “to bring about a practicable gener
al agreement with respect to the regula
tion of armaments in the post-war period.”
4. There shall be swift and sure justice
for those Germans guilty of atrocities in
occupied lands. America, Britain and
Russia joined in this; Japanese of this type
have already been promised punishment
by President Roosevelt. The German
slaughterers of helpless people will be
tried in their victims’ homelands and if
necessary will be pursued “to the utter
most ends of the earth” for delivery to
their accusers.
This was, indeed, a historic conference
and has served severe notice on our en
emies. To Secretary Hull goes much credit
for the success of the conference. The an
nounced agreements follow closely the pat
tern designed by this nation.
50 Years of Progress
In 1893 a group of Waldenses settled in
the edge of Burke county and established
a community which was later incorporated
as the town of Valdese, which is the Italian
word of Waldensian.
During the fifty years that have passed
since that time, Valdese has grown from
a small community to a fine little town of
nearly 4,000 population, and today Val
dese is standing on the threshold of a new
era of expansion and development.
This remarkable progress has been due, '
in a large measure, to the fine character
of the Waldenses. They are hard work
ers, resourceful, thrifty, tolerant, honest,
reverent, patriotic and have dteep love for
home and abiding faith in God Almighty.
In celebration of the Golden Anniver
sary, an observance was staged in the town
last week, with Gov. Broughton delivering
an address and unveiling a marble monu
ment dedicated to the founding of the
town.
An inspiring story of the founding and
growth of Valdese was told in a special
32-page anniversary edition of The Val
dese News, which is published by Miss
Beatrice Cobb. This was an excellent is
sue and we congratulate Miss Cobb and
other members of the staff.
To the Waldenses, we also extend hearty
congratulations and best wishes. You
have already made an inspiring and envia
ble record.
Tax Committee Reports
After weeks of hearings and delibera
tions, the House ways and means commit
tee has practically completed its work and
recommendations on a new tax bill which
will provide $2,183,000,000 of additional
revenue—80 percent short of the $10,500,
000,000 requested by the administration.
The committee has said “No” to increas
ing individual income taxes next year but
has recommended raising the excess profit
tax on corporations from 90 to 95 percent.
It has recommended increasing postal
| rates and certain excise taxes that are sum
! med up as follows:
i
Liquor—Raised from $6 per gallon to
$8 ; beer—$7 per barrel to $8; wine—now
10 cents to $1 per gallon, to 15 cents to
$2.00.
Cigars—Present excises of $2.50 to $20
per thousand doubled.
Electric light bulbs and tubes—Increas
ed from 5 per cent of manufacturers’ sale
price to 25 per cent.
Jewelry—10 per cent retail, to 20 per
cent; furs—10 per cent retail, to 25 per
cent; luggage, handbags, wallets—now 10
per cent of manufacturers price on lug
gage only to 25 per cent of retail.
Toilet preparations (soaps, tooth and
mouth washes, dentrifices)—now untax
ed, to 10 per cent of manufacturers’ sale
price; other toilet preparations (lipstick,
etc.)—10 per cent retail, to 25 per cent.
Local telephone—10 per cent of bill, to
15 per cent; long distance phone—20 per
cent, to 25 per cent; telephone, radio and
cable—15 per cent domestic, to 25 per
cent, and 10 per cent international, to 15
per cent; leased wires—non-services, 15
per cent to 20 per cent.
Transportation of persons—10 per cent,
to 15; transportation of property—3 per
cent retained and to include parcel post.
Postage—In-town letters—two cents to
three; out-of-town letters—three cents to
four; airmail—six cents to eight; second j
class mail—doubled, except newspapers |
and religious and church papers exempt- i
ed from boost; third class — doubled; !
money orders—now six to 22 cents per
order, to 10 to 36 cents; registered mail—
now 15 cents to $1, to 20 cents to $1.35;
insured and COD mail—doubled.
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Obliging Bus Drivers
How about the bus drivers? Well,
how? We read of old that there once
flourished in peace, happiness and plenty
a man named Job. In course of time he
lost his fortune, his family, and his health,
and was covered with sores. He was true
to the faith and lives in memory as the
world’s hero of faith and fortitude.
“Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him”,
expressed the essence of Job’s religion.
We sometimes, think the bus driver of to
day is the modern miracle of patience and
good humor.
Down the road goes the bus, but the un
musical alarm announces that.some one
“wants off”. So the bus stops. Perhaps
a couple of hundred yards farther some
one “wants on”. Then, the modern Job
starts again. A mile down the road a
figure stands waving frantically. He or
she is flagging the bus; a passenger gets
on. The bus starts again and gets up
speed—then somebody “wants off”. And
so it is.
One reason why most of the drivers are
such nice fellows is that they have passed
through much tribulation and have reach
ed a sort of beatific state.
"BLUE MONDAY"
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Washington, Nov. 3 — Senate
and public discussions on how to
preserve the peace of the world
have tended to devolve into poli
tical abstractions, forgetful of one
basic, concrete fact, more impor
tant than all the accumulation of
words and ideas, namely:
The United States will have a
navy at the end of this war which
will outclass Britain's historic sea
power by a ratio of probably five
to one, unbelievable though that
guess may now seem to the public.
The most conservative estimate
places our contemplated superior
ity at three to one.
Indeed, no less secretive a
source than the World almanac
was able to show, as of November
two years ago, that we then con
templated approximately a two to
one advantage.
While few appreciate the grow
ing extent of our sea power, or
its prospective peacetime usage,
a magazine of the navy league of
the United States currently re
ports (October issue) that our
growing fleet the first six months
of this year acquired six new air
craft carriers, five cruisers, 39 de
stroyers, and 18 submarines.
Apparently, the British have
not been able to build replace
ments for their losses (much
heavier so far than ours) and,
while the building plans of Tokyo
are hardly guessable, it is plain
from known and published facts
that the United States soon will
have a five-ocean navy, double or
treble the size of any fleet hereto
fore known to the history of the
world.
Therefore, the American navy
will have a dominant controlling
factor in the future peace of the
world and its economic and poli
tical operation. Britain may have
the bases, but we will have the
ships, the old way of a five to five
ratio with Brittania, the former
Mistress of the Seas, obviously is
gone forever.
It is inconceivable that these
ships will be scrapped at the war’s
end to repeat the folly of the 1921
disarmament conference, which
enabled the Japs to build, and
later to sneak-build against US
and Britain to the point of mak
ing her war against US feasible.
Indeed, no other nation will be
close enough to us on the sea to
be interested in promoting a
scrapping program.
Such an unrivaled fleet, topped
with an adequate, alert air force,
and a moderate-sized army, con
ceivably could guarantee the se
curity of this country for another
generation or more.
While the Hull-Stalin talks in
Moscow are not likely to even
touch upon such a subject (Russia
no doubt will come out of the war
with the largest and best single
army) and a current post-war dis
cussion persists in avoiding such
mundane matters, the real actual
planning behind doors here is apt
—and indeed should be worked
out from this basic consideration.
Guiding fact to be remembered
about the Stalin-Hull news from
Moscow is that the Russian news
papers exist, not primarily for the
purpose of giving out news, but to
further the interests of the Soviet
government. Commenting upon
the trend of the talks, therefore,
probably will remain quite useless
until official announcements are
issued afterward by the partici
pants.
The only worthwhile suggestion
which can be made is the rather
obvious one, namely:
Mr. Hull is primarily interested
in trade, not in military matters,
and Russia will need goods of ev
ery character after the war.
Politics killed the sales tax and
is likely to kill any important tax
action before the next election.
Congressmen just figure there is
no advantage to be gained by
identifying themselves with a
sales tax, (the administration and
labor being against it) although
many are agreed privately it is
about the only remaining feasible
method of tapping the source of
swollen war incomes.
House Ways and Means Chair
man Doughton has accused the
Republicans of playing politics be
cause they have been against most
tax proposals, but he and his fel
low Democrats are no less guilty.
Indeed, so was the treasury in
making its rather political propos
al. Election time is too near for
tax realism.
FOR SALE — Typewriter ribbons,
new shipment, for Standard and
Portable; also carbon paper and
stencils. At The Times office.
zadok DUMKOPF says it
would be interesting to know how
many thousands of gallons of ink
have been saved by cartoonists
since that big chin of Mussolini’s
retired from the realm of big
news.
! ! !
Yanks in Australia viewing their
first emu must naturally wonder
how such a big bird can fit into a
crossword puzzle.
! ! !
“Nazis Put Out Peace Feelers”
—headline. This is no football
game, Adolf, so it’s no use call
ing for time out.
! ! !
To be made a Kentucky colonel
has been the life-long ambition of
grandpappy Jenkins, who thinks
he’d look pretty sharp wearing a
goatee.
! ! !
Weeping, according to a noted
medico, is good for the health.
Hitler, boasts the Nazis radio, is
in fine physical trim.
! ! !
Speaking of duration cham
pions, some sort of award should
be made to the New York Giants.
They’ve just endured one of the
worst seasons in their history.
! ! !
The next time Rumania, Hun
gary and Bulgaria thumb a ride
on a battlewagon, they should
first make certain it isn’t a tobog
gan in disguise.
Blankenship rraises
Ecusta Paper Plant
S. G. Blankenship, president of
the American Pulp and Paper Mill
Superintendents association, visit
ed the Ecusta Paper corporation’s
plant last week-end and declared
that “it is the finest paper mill
in America”.
Mr. Blankenship spoke at the
annual conference of the South
ern and Southeastern division of
his association held in Atlanta last
week.
The national president is pro
duction manager of the Port Royal
Pulp and Paper company, Ltd., of
New York City. While here he
visited Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Van
nah and Mr. Raymond Bennett,
new chairman of the Southeastern
division of the superintendents
association.
Brevard Boys Are
Elected To Office
Bob O. Brannon, popular Brev
ard boy, has been elected presi
dent of the pre-college group at
Brevard college, it was announced
today. Brannon is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. M. O. Brannon, of Brev
ard.
Alex Kizer, Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. H. Kizer, of Brevard, was
chosen as vice president and Bet
ty Lou Buckner, daughter of Mrs.
Pauline Buckner, of Asheville,
was elected secretary-treasurer.
NOT WAR
BUT FUN!
This Picture Packs More
Punch, More Thrills
Than Any Other Anti
Nazi Film Comedy
YOU WILL LAUGH
YOU WILL CRY
YOU WILL SHOUT
WITH |OY
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T. E. REID
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