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Editor The Times:
Have you a “feeling” that our
national government isn’t well
directed? At the moment I’m not
thinking of Mr. Truman; I’m try
ing to think beyond the present
confusion in Washington.
Most people seem to be in
agreement that this nation should
give and spend and lend to all the
world year after year virtually
without limit. Much of it seems
near-sighted, wasteful and foolish
to me. Perhaps it is excessive
far-sightedness. I think I know
something of Europe, from months
of travel through a considerable
part of it. I was in touch with the
people, the people at work. I
mention that with emphasis be
cause many of our representatives
see a country somewhat mistily
in a club room, a hotel bar, or a
banquet hall. And these men paint
the picture for us.
Here we are, three years and a
half since Europe lay at our feet!
Those of us at home may not
know exactly what is wrong, but
we know that something is wrong.
A sick man may know beyond a
doubt that he is afflicted with
something without diagnosing it
correctly, much less prescribing
competently for it.
A board of directors might not
know exactly why the manager
doesn't show a profit at the end
of the year, but they will not
support the manager year after
[ydar because he makes a good
speech; the demand for profit
able results will make it neces
sary to try a new man.
What is the score today? Ap
parently we have blundered bad
ly in China. It appears that we
deceived China, betrayed her;
played fast and loose with China,
telling the Chinese one thing and
almost selling out the Chinese
to the Russians. We have blown
hot and cold with China.
What have we done for France?
Everything, apparently, but the
French can’t manage themselves.
I was in France, all over France,
for months. They are likable peo
I pie, especially the plain, ordinary
(people one meets in the ordinary
1 course. As we know, all French
j people are capable of exquisite
j courtesy, even courtliness, but
1 refer to the native habit, rather
I than to the refinements of special
| occasions.
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does not enable one to judge fair
ly; he becomes too close to the
subject. It is better to judge by
over-all results. And those results
prove that our delightful friends
are mercurial as a thermometer.
As my Charleston friend says,
‘they won’t stay put”.
We have been generous to i
France, almost incredibly so. And j
the result? We haven’t the least j
idea of what France will do. Cer
tainly we can’t give billions of
oollars every year to buy favor.
What about Italy? More or less
the same, but on a far smaller
scale. Even sturdy old Britain:
What is she doing? Becoming more
thoroughly Socialistic each year.
What are we Americans trying
to do? Are we feeding and financ
ing all the world? Why continue
this policy of coddling? And now
are we to arm Europe, using bil
lions and billions every year? What
is the reason for this? Are we the
chosen Jehovah to battle, single- j
handed, for our idea of govern
ment?
As a good teacher would tell
you: State your problem and pro
ceed to the solution, but here is
the problem: Everybody is afraid
of Russia herself, her army and
her air force; but most nations are
equally afraid of the Russian meth
od o f spreading Communism
throughout all the world, includ
ing America. In Russia six million
people dominate a hundred and
eighty million people, but that is
a quibble, unless we take a leaf out
of Stalin's book and sow the seed
oi discontent, with organized re
volt and widespread disorder. Why
not give the Russians something to
worry about? As the old Romans
used to say “Let us carry the war
into Africa.” That was when the
Carthaginians of Northern Africa j
used to send great armies under
the remarkable military genius, I
Hannibal. In course of time the
Romans decided to carry the war
to the enemy’s country.
So we have the problem: Russia
and her missionaries of Commun
ism. Against Russia are America,
Britain, France and the smaller
nations, Belgium, Holland, Den
mark and Norway. But are we ful
ly cooperating? No; France has
too many Communists. Obviously
a revived Germany would be a sure
bulwark against Russia. So it might
have been if our crystal-gazers
hadn't decided on toadying to Rus
sia on the one hand while holding
the Germans down with the other.
While we play at this the Ameri
can taxpayer must feed the Ger
mans and give billions of dollars
to the others.
Now there comes a problem:
if we revive Germany as a wall;
against Russia we threaten all the
world again. Britain, France, Bel
gium, Holland, Denmark, Norway
and Italy are more afraid of a
resurgent Germany than a spread
of Communism. But Germany now
seems likely to become Commun
unistic. What have we gained?
Could we not encourage the Ger
mans to rebuild their war power?
That should be a simple matter
for the masterminds. If that pol
icy isn’t adopted are we Ameri
cans to feed the Germans forever?
The world is full of “scares”
and threats. The American and
Russian diplomats seem like school- j
Brevard F F A Chap. •
Now Has 69 Members
The officers of the Brevard Fu
ture Farmers of America chapter
opened the last meeting which
was held Wednesday at the high
school. A membership of 69 boys
reported at the meeting, and ac
cording to Randal Lyday, advisor,
this is the largest chapter ever or
ganized here.
The opening devotional was led |
by Richard Mackey. The program
was a debate, Resolved: That It
is More Profitable to Produce Beef
Cattle than* Dairy Cattle in Tran
sylvania. Buel Ferguson and Bob
McGuire represented the affirma
tive, but the negative, represented
by Randal Monteith and Elmer j
Sentelle, won the debate.
boys, nagging, blustering, instead
of acting like men.
I presuce to prescribe the home
ly philosophy that “If we can’t
get along with a neighbor we’ll
have to let him alone, in all kind
ness.” That is where I think we
are with Russia: we might say—
while yet there is time—“We are :
peaceful people; we want nothing |
that you have but your good will,!
but since we can’t agree on any |
plan, our best course is a mutual 1
agreement of non-intercourse.”
The wise men will tell you that
so simple a proposal would be
ludicrous; perhaps so; but what is
the result today of all the wisdom,
skill, adroitness, sagacity, resource
fulness and finesse? Ask your
self: what is the result? Could any
man, any plan, have been less ef
fective than those already tried?
Don’t we reach a point at times
when a simple idea far transcends
all the acumen of the tortuous pro
fessional mind?
—John K. Breedin
Manning, S. C.
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF TRANSYLVANIA
IN SUPERIOR COURT
MAGGIE BALLARD,
Plaintiff,
WILL BALLARD
Defendant.
The atyove named defendant.
Will Ballard, will take notice that
an action entitled as above has
been commenced in the Superior
Court of Transylvania County,
North Carolina by the plaintiff to
secure an absolute divorce from
the defendant upon the ground
that plaintiff and defendant have
lived separate and apart for more
than two years next preceding the
bring of this action; and the de
fendant will further take notice
that he is required to appear at
the office of the Clerk of Superior
Court of Transylvania County, in
the Court House, in Brevard, North
Carolina, within 20 days from the
14th day of November 1948 and
answer or demur to the complaint
in said action, or the plaintiff will
apply to the court for relief de
manded in said complaint.
This the 11th day of October
1948.
N. A. Miller,
Clerk Superior Court
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j Democratic Candidate
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| Opposes Motor
Vehicle Law!
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j When the Motor Vehicle Law re
quiring the inspection of all motor
vehicles was passed the majority of
our people endorsed it in the interest
of “public safety.” However, it’s ap
plication and enforcement have not
been satisfactory in the following
particulars:
(1) Adequate inspection facilities
have not been made available. We
cannot expect our people to lose a
day’s work waiting* in line for an in
spection and then be told that they
must go through the same process
again because of a minor defect.
(2) It is unreasonable to expect
the individual to bear the entire ex
pense of the inspection, especially in
view of the other fees required for a
driver’s license and fees required for
the operation of a vehicle.
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(3) Properly qualified local gar
[ ages should be allowed to certify the
mechanical condition of our vehicles.
(4) These aspects of this law are
another illustration of the deplorable
| fact that we have too much “govern
ment” interference in our affairs
already.
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W. B. HODGES
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR
STATE SENATE
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE
j W. A. WILSON, Chairman
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