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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1944
Aid To The Enemy
“Striking,” says Addie Mae Cooke in
her Cherokee Scout, “is dirty business
when our boys are giving their lives on the
fighting front, and no adequate excuse can
be offered by either the strikers or Wash
ington for permitting such interruptions in
the flow of war materials.”
Strong language that, and we agree
with it fully.
Strikes in 1943 were almost twice as
numerous as in the 15 years preceding our
entry into the war and totaled nearly 14,
000,000 man days.
Organized labor—or unruly elements
of it—are getting so fractious and arrogant
these days—even when their utmost ef
forts are needed to preserve the privileges
they abuse with impunity—that men strike
for frivolous reasons and in spite of the
“no strike” pledge given the government.
Equally as inexcusable are the deliberate
slow-downs and absenteeism.
The shortsightedness of labor leaders
who tolerate these things is nothing short
of astounding. Their chief concern seems
to be that their following shall get theirs
now, with as little exertion as possible.
They do not look forward to the day when
the men whose efforts on the battlefield
they are obstructing will be in a position
to break the labor movement. The men who
are today fighting the nation’s battles will
be in control of the government and in
dustry ten or 20 years hence. What will
be their attitude toward organized labor?
It is conceivable in wartime as in peace
time that conditions arise which give labor
a grievance, but, to our wav of thinking,
they could not be serious enough to justify
a strike, for, as Miss Cooke points out,
striking is very real and direct aid to the
enemy.
A Great American
Nothing that we might say could add
to the stature of George Washington,
whose birthday we celebrated last Tues
day. Washington was an austere man of
strong convictions. He had not the sweet
ness of spirit, the gentle approachableness
of Lincoln; he was a tower of strength, a
massive figure, a colossus among men, sur
passing by common consent a hundred men
of conspicuous virtue, integrity and bril
liance, any one of whom might have con
ferred distinction on the feeble nation by
illustrious abilities.
'The key to Washington as a statesman !
may be found in his memorable words and
firm attitude at the constitutional conven
tion. Others quailed before the work of
their own minds. Weeks and weeks of
patient, enlightened, luminous discussion
resulted in the great document we call the
constitution, And then the quality of states
manship receded, and the taint of politics
appeared, as the delegates feared what the
people might say. That didn’t deter the
Great American; he had done his best; his
mind, his heart, his conscience, approved
what he had done; that was all that count
ed. And so he spoke with characteristic
brevity and wisdom to his doubting and
wondering associates:
“If, to please the people, we offer what
we ourselves disapprove, howr can we af
terward defend our work? Let us raise a
standard to which the wise and the honest
can repair; the event (outcome) is in the
hands of God.”
We’re Not Surprised!
We were not surprised to learn that the
circulation of the Transylvania library has
doubled since it was converted into a pub
lic library a few weeks ago.
Among other things, books are now
available to every man, woman and child
in the county without charge and recently
the library purchased 300 more books and
500 others are on the shelves, having been
loaned to us by the state library commis
sion.
There are many children’s books in the
new collection and dozens of new books
that every adult would, no doubt, like to
read.
As more money is raised and received
from the state fund, additional supplies of
good books will be bought.
If you haven’t visited the library recent
ly, we suggest that you do so. Its facilities
are at your service! Patronize the library!
State Hospital Program
Long before the war began, there arose
in certain quarters a demand for some form
of socialized medicine. This demand had
its roots in the growing scarcity of doctors,
particularly in rural areas. The argument
was advanced thht the government, to
safeguard the public health, should formu
late a program designed to increase the
number of doctors. The medical fraternity
as a whole, has strongly resisted the pro
posal in its different forms.
It is generally recognized that the need
for medical care will be greatly enlarged
and accentuated after the war. Accord
ingly the trustees of the University of North
Carolina have given their approval to a
state program of hospitals and medical
care and a commission of 29 has been
named by the governor to study the plan.
It is proposed that the university’s 2
year medical course be extended to four
years, that a hospital be erected at the
university with free service for charity
patients, and that other hospitals be estab
lished over the state as medical centers.
The commission is to make its recommen
dations before the next legislature meets.
The ultimate aim of the program, ac
cording to Governor Broughton, is to in
sure that poverty prevents no resident of
the state from having needed medical care.
Representatives of the schools, medicine,
labor and business comprise the commis
sion.
“Adventure In Prosperity”
Many people foresee a terrific slump
at the end of the present war, but Bernard
M. Baruch, assistant to Mobilizer Jimmy
Byrnes, says the adjustment should be “an
adventure in prosperity.”
Mr. Baruch submitted to President
Roosevelt a few days ago a report de
scribed as a “blue-print for tightening war
production, as well as a plan for post-war
mobilization and re-conversion.” Its prin
cipal recommendations were:
Appointment of a work director to
develop machinery to aid in job placement,
after the armistice.
Appointment of a surplus property ad
ministrator to direct the disposition of war
time surpluses.
Withdrawal of government from busi
ness at the earliest possible moment after
the war’s end. f
Liquidation of wartime controls and
the agencies administering them when they
no longer are necessary. However, the re
port suggests that these controls be con
tinued as long as they are needed.
As to employer-worker relations, the
report emphasizes that there should be no
excessive profits on the part of business—
and no wartime strikes by labor.
The report also favors the preservation
of small business. And it recommends that
small firms should receive preferential
treatment in any program designed to
speed reconversion to peace-time produc
tion.
Government leaders are said to have
j been profoundly impressed by the scope
and soundness of Baruch’s suggestions. Al
so, claiming the attention of post-war plan
ners in Washington is a bill by Rep. May
calling for compulsory military training
for youths in their ’teens. Secretary Knox
has endorsed the proposal, and it has al
ready been suggested that if the bill is
approved immediately the first men train
ed under this program might be used to
garrison enemy countries after they sur
render. May is said to be eager to have
hearings on the bill start without delay.
THE/ft
By" BvulMallqn
Washington, Feb. 23 — We are
faced with world revolution as well
as a world war. It will not be over
when the war is won. We must
plan our way.
It is not a new revolution, not
alone a political revolution, but a
revolution of ethics and culture.
It started unnotice-bly back in the
revolutionary philosophies of Nie
tzsche and Freud, as well as Marx.
While Marx is the glorified pro
phet of the anti-Democratic socie
ties which have sprung into being
in ever-widening scope since the
last war, Nietzsche and Freud are
the non - political re - socializers
whose so-called enlightment lured
great masses of people away from
their ethics and .social ways and
plunged them into this dazzling
materialistic era in which we are
now groping our way toward yet
indiscernible solutions.
The Soviets first brought these
revolutionary theories into practice
in a way which aims at every foun
dation of our historic Democratic
way of life—not only toward the
auomiun oi capitalism, out tne up
rooting of our conceptions of moral
justice which were founded on the
ten commandments and Christian
teachings.
I say this now without criticism,
but as pure statement of fact, for
we must discard both criticism and
prejudice if we are to see where
we are now, or where we are go
ing.
Today, weighed truth is the
scarcest article yet unrationed—
or has it beert rationed by censor
ship?
The communist experiment has
not drifted into socialism in Rus
sia. but, on the way, it inspired
such counteracting, imitating sys
tems of single-headed materialism
as Fascism in Italy and Naziism in
Germany.
Fascism or Naziism will be
stamped out or chased under
ground as a hunted minority. But
Russia is apt to come out of this
war the dominant nation of Europe
and Asia, and, in my opinion, in
the following years, she is apt to
become the greatest nation on
earth.
Russia would be the last nation
on earth to be swayed in her poli
cies by emotionalism, so we must
look at these things as coldly and
as straight as she does. And we
must get our people to look at
them the same way.
This is the greatest revolution
in the history of the world and its
philosophies have encroached upon
this hemisphere into your mind
and mine. We have borrowed
greatly from the totalitarianism
this revolution preaches as its first
commandment.
We have inched our Democratic
way closer and closer toward cen
tralized federal government con
trols in various ways, even toward
socialism a little, and certainly we
—by our new laws and federal
actions—are far down the road to
ward establishing that the state is
no longer the creature of man, but
the man is the creature of the
state.
To meet the revolution, the gov
ernment seems to have primarily
in mind some kind of a new social
security and labor union Democ
racy for post-war.
The cure for unemployment is
employment — not insurance. The
cure for old age need is a good
wage and a stable country in which
savings are protected—not a tax
collection scheme which drains
money out of pockets in a volatile
economy where inflation and ris
ing or falling prices make social
security insecure.
The fundamentals of security
are not in government tax reser
voirs, but in economic stability
New Income Tax
Office To Be
Opened!
Charles Cook and Larry
Bryant will maintain office
hours from 6 to 10 p m. in
Dr. Goodwin’s waiting room
beginning March 1 through
March 15; also open Satur
day afternoon, March 4 and
11, from 1 p. m. on.
For prompt tax services
call Cook at telephone 425
or Bryant at 515 for appoint
ment, or call during above
hours.
which protects employment, wages,
prices, leisure, private insurance.
This is a middle class country,
unlike Europe and Asia, where
there are only two classes, the
very rich and the masses of very
poor. In this nation, our superior
Democratic way of life has lifted
the average standard of living so
that our average middle class per
son has an automobile, a radio,
electric comforts, a home, etc., be
yond the hopes of the average
European or Asiatic.
This, I think, is the fundamental
thing wrong in Washington. They
have forgotten or abused the great
middle class.
There are only two organizations
of the people getting rich out of
this war—the labor unions and the
churches. This is because neither
is subject to taxation. No other
wealth can possibly spring up un
der the 90 percent excess profits
tax.
I am not afraid of what this
wealth will do to the churches, but
what it will do to the force and
power of the labor union leader
is a problem to warrant the atten
tion of all, including the union
man.
There must be a new birth of
liberalism founded on justice in
government for the average (mid
dle class) man, and an internation
al liberalism founded on the same
principles of Christian and Demo
cratic justice.
The old professional liberals
have gone over to totalitarianism.
They like subjection of man to the
state, just as long as they can run
the state. The New Deal is burrow
ing its head in the slums and its
hand in the ballot box toward con
tinuous re-elections.
Where then is leadership for
liberalism to spring, if not from
the press? You know your com
munities as perhaps no other citi
zen knows them. You deal with
the public, with all business, with
the workers, the politicians, the
churches, the bankers. Your busi
ness peculiarly fits you to under
stand the difference between a
man-made state and a state-made
man. You have only to compare
your own newspaper with Pravda
or the Voelkischer-Beobachter or
the Populo Romana.
Good leadership can not be con
servative or reactionary, or, in
fact, bound by any labels in this
revolution. It should be sympathe
tic to the interests of all groups,
analytical of the propaganda causes
of all, and strive only to be just
and sound in the interest alone of
the great mass average.
with the
Transylvania Boys
in the
Military Service
CpL N. A. Miller, Jr., completed
the aerial gunnery course with the
army air forces gunnery school,
Laredo army air field, Laredo,
Texas. He graduated the first of
the year and was promoted to the
rank of corporal and received his
aerial gunner’s wings. He is now
a tail gunner on a B-17 with a
combat crew detachment, station
ed at the army air base, Pyote,
Texas. Cpl. Miller is a graduate
of Brevard high school and was a
senior at Mars Hill college when
he was inducted into the army,
February, 1943. He was a member
of the Brevard high school football
team and was interested in extra
curricular activities both in high
school and college. He was presi
dent of the Philomathian literary
society at Mars Hill at the time
of his induction. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Miller, of Bre
vard.
Franklin C. Tankersley, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Quay Tankersley, of
Brevard, has recently been trans
ferred to the naval training school
at Morehead State Teachers col
lege, Morehead, Ky., for two
months of electrical training.
Franklin is a graduate of Brevard
high school, where he was presi
dent of the student council and
manager of the school store.
Seven new recruits from Tran
sylvania county are now taking
training at the naval training sta
tion, Great Lakes, 111. Upon com
pletion of this course, they will
be home on a 9-day leave, accord
ing to information received from
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Powell, Elmer E. Galloway, Joe E.
Talley, George C. Galloway, Berlin
Ashe, Walter I. O’Shields, Free
man C. Galloway and Valley E.
Powell.
The remaining three men to be
classified by the board here were:
Lloyd E. Ray, in 1-C; Charles A.
Meece, in 3-C; and Willie Owen,
in 4-F.
COLLEGE CAGERS WIN
ONE & LOSE TWO GAMES
Brevard college cagers lost to
Moore General Tuesday night in
Gold Medal tournament at Canton
by the score of 31 to 44. Brannon
was high scorer with 12 points.
Thompson and Tweed scored 6
points each and Crowell 4 points.
Last Thursday night the college
boys lost to Gradegg 28 to 38 and
won from Adams Millis team from
Tryon on the local court Saturday
night 32 to 28. Brannon was again
high scorer Saturday night.
station headquarters. The seven
men are: Joseph Gaston Hamlin,
Grier Leonard Barley, James Don
ald Brewer, William Frederick
Wright, Thomas Glenn Shipman,
Charles Adrian Alexander and
Charles Luther Corn.
The three Barton brothers, of
near Brevard, now in service are:
Pfc. Vernon G. Barton is an en
gineer stationed now in Italy, and
has been in North Africa; T-5 CpL
Fred G. Barton is somewhere in
England, as engineer, and has re
cently been awarded a medal for
good conduct and a letter from
the lieutenant commanding officer;
Pvt. Charles H. Barton, of the
ground crew air corps, is now at
Harrisneck, Ga.
Alfred E. Hampton, Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Hampton, of
Brevard, is in the navy somewhere
in the Southwest Pacific where he
has been in service over a year.
He has recently received his new
rating as radioman first class. He
has been in service two years.
James Walden, seaman second
class, has arrived safely in Aus
tralia, according to a message re
ceived this week by his mother,
Mrs. G. D. Walden. He is in the
Seabees and has been in service
since last July.
I wish to announce to the car and truck owners of Transylvania county
that I have leased and will take over the Gulf filling station opposite
the primary school on March 1. After that date the station will be
operated under the name of—
Bill Bailev’s
GULF SERVICE STATION
I will have on hand at all times a full line of Gulf products, which are
widely known for their excellence. I will endeavor to serve the motoring
public of this area in an efficient and obliging manner and cordially in
vite the patronage of the public. Harold Bagwell, who has operated
the station for the past several months, will remain with me.
★
War Time Cars Demand
Extra Attention!
Proper care will definitely prolong the life
of a car. I will have the experienced men
and the proper equipment to do first-class
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