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CHARLOTTE, N. C„ THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1945
WEEKLY BIBLE QUOTATION
•Without controversy great is the mystery of godli
ness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the
Spirit, semi of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, be
lieved on in the world, received up into glory.”—I Tim
othy 3:16.
THE ALTAR OF SACRIFICE
By RUTH TAYLOR
Early on D-Day I went into the great church on Fifth Avenue,
where I go to pray for the solution of any problem that harasses me.
Even then I .was not alone in the Gothic stillness. Worshippers were
before me, kneeling in silent prayer. ;
I looked ap at the great stained glass window that glowed with
Bring bine as the morning sun struck it. It seemed like a promise of
the eternal beauty of an earned peace.
As I knelt, there came to'mo the realization of a fact I had not
fully sensed. To see the promise of beauty and peace—I had to look
across the altar of sacrifice.
So it waa on D-Day. So it is today. The altar of sacrifice is not
always an altar of marble. It may bo—it is, in many homes—the altar
of the hamaa heart, giving sadly but freely its most cherished poe
Only as we are willing to sacrifice ourselves for the right can that
right prevail. Oar boys overseas are giving their all for us for a
belief that tyranny, oppression, persecution are denials of the Father
hood of God and the Brotherhood of man in which—ho matter what
ritual they follow—they all believe. They are not divided by creed.
They are not separated by class, or national background. They are
just our boys fighting for ns and for our way of life, for that creed
of democracy which holds that all. men are created equal and are
endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights—to Bfe, Ub
erty and the pursuit of happiness.
They are giving their all—their fatnrea, their hopes, their dreams,
their Bves. Those who come back will not be the same for they will
have passed through the refiner’s fire. They will have become so
accustomed to death, that it will he hard for them to face Bfe. They
will have laid their youth as a sacrifice upon the altar.
It is for ns rather who remain at home to see that that sacrifice
is not in vain—that beyond the altar my be built the mosaic of beau
ty—the deep Mae of peace, the clear rone of a world free from war—
a meoaic through which the sun may ever freely shine. *
Let us pray as we all did on D-Day. Let us also resolve in our
hearts that this time the sacrifice will not he in vain!
CHEAP LABOR, CHEAP WORKERS, CHEAP BUSINESS
Cheap labor not only makes cheap workers, but makes
cheap business for any city or community. Cheap labor
makes for cheap jobs. Cheap jobs mean little money for the
storekeeper, butcher and the baker. Ask the merchant if
he prefers WPA to well paid laborers.
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RED CROSS SEEKS LABOR’S HEEP
TO RENDER PEAK SERVICE IN
1945-BUDGET WILL INCREASE
WASHINGTON, D. C.—American Red Cross operations at
home and abroad will reach their war-time peak in 1945, Chair
man Basil O’Connor announced. The minimum goal for the Red
Cross War Fund to be raised in March 1945 has been fixed at
$180,000,000.
To mobilise the support of organized labor in achieveing this
goal, agreements were reached between the American Red Cross
and the official war relief committees of the American Federation
of Labor and the CIO. Special labor posters, literature and re
cordings for local broadcasting and for use over loudspeaking
systems in industrial plants now are being prepared in anticipa
tion of the campaign.
"Our new budgets,” Mr. O’Connor said, “represent an appre
ciable increase in the services we win render in Europe, in the
Pacific and at home but we have been able to keep the total 1945
goal slightly under the one for 1944 because of oversubscription
of our earlier campaigns and certain economies in this year’s
operations.
“After personally inspecting our operations in England and on
the continent, and after conferring with Generals Eisenhower,
Bradley, Patton, and Clark, I foresee an increase rather than a
decrease in the need for American Red Cross services on the con
tinent from now and for some time after the European fighting
is over. Likewise it Is obvious the American Red Cross must ex
pand its Pacific and Far Eastern operations during the coming
year.
"It is our intention that Red Cross stay with our troops until
all of them are returned home and continue to serve them through
i their readjustment to civilian life. For this reason we must ask
; the American public to consider our goal of $180,000,000 as an
; absolute minimum.”
Free Labor Will Out-Produce Nazi Slaves
LABOR DEMAND INCREASE
IS RESULT OF STEPPED-UP
PRODUCTION OF MUNITIONS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.—The War
Man-Power Commission’s labor mar
ket area classification for January
reflects increased labor demands as a
result of stepped-up munitions pro
duction. Three areas showed im
proved labor market conditions and
were moved down from group 2 to
group 3. They are Fresno, Calif.,
Green Bay, Wis., and Wilmington, N.
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