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Page Two THE PILOT, Southern Pines, Norlh Carolina Friday, May 15, 1942, THE PILOT Published each Friday by THE PILOT, Incorporated Southern Pines. N. C. JAMES BOYD, Publisher CARL G. THOMPSON, JR., Editor CHARLES MACAULEY Advertising Dan S. Kay, Mhtv Thunipson, Helen K« Butler, Hestiie Cameron Smith, Charlet Cullingfurd. Associates Subscription Rates: One Year $2.00 Six Months SI.00 Three Months .50 Entered at the Postoffice at South ern Pines, N. C., as second class mail matter. PLANNING FOR PEACE BEFORE IT COMES While our major efforts today must be devoted to the winning of the total war, it is encourag ing to note that in official circles there is serious and expert thought being given to that per iod following the end of the war. With our productive capacity greatly increased now, there has been growing the fear of a post war industrial collapse, with “millions of workers thrown into the street as a result of the demobilization of the Army and the shutdown of war industries.” This problem is discussed in an article in the current “Labor Information Bulletin.” published by the U. S. Department of La bor, in summary of a pamphlet; “After the War—Full Employ ment.” written by Alvin H. Han sen of the National Resources Planing Board. “When the war is over, the Government cannot merely dis band the several millions of sol diers to compete for jobs with the millions of other workers re leased from the factories and plants now engaged in the pro duction of guns, airplanes, and other war equipment. The Na tional Resources Planning Board takes the position that this coun try must develop a position pro gram to provide jobs either in private industry or on public projects to the workers who are to be released from the Army and war industries.” The article continues by point ing out that the productive ca pacity of the country has al ready been considerably increas ed by the war, and that, after the war, this productive capac ity must be kept at a high level, in order to maintain employ ment. by a program designed to raise the standards of living for workers, farmers and other eco nomic groups but to keep the cost of this raised standard low. because of the abundant produc tions. “What must and is being done for war purposes can and must equally be achieved in times of peace." the article concludes. “The only difference is that in- .stead of devotmg more than half | of the Nation's energy and re-i sources for war purposes, the I Nation's energy and resources I for war purposes, the Nation's! production effort will be concen- j trated on producing goods need-| ed for civilian consumptioon." This is a hopeful sign that | there's now thought and consid- ^ eration being given to a problem that is more likely than not to result from the war. If we can help ?t. v.’e want no more stop gap. hastily executed, mt-asures to deal with a problem that pen etrates deep into American life. When the u'ar is o\’er—and we hope that will be .soon—we will be thankful that the thinking and planning for peace is being done now. We were mi"htv late in preparing for the War. be cause of native obstructionists, so Ici's not be late with plan ning for the peace. pared to fill out correctly the application forms or by others who blamed the schol teachers because they weren’t getting enough sugar and by still others who wanted more gasoline than was geing allowed. Here in North Carolina we ex pect a good deal from our teach ers. and don’t worry too much about the remuneration they get. This task of assisting the ration ing board in the registration of sugar and automobile users was adding a burden to the public school officials and teachers, many of whom are already over burdened. It w’as asking an en tire group for a contribution of time and energy which has not been requested of any other sin gle group of people. .\nd the ro- sponse, certainly in our locality, was one which does full credit to public spirit, patriotism, and unselfish energy of the person nel of the public schools. They deserve much more public rec ognition and thanks than they have yet been accorded. SCARE-HEAD VICTORIES The daily papers win the war nearly every morning in the headlines. This past week we have had: “JAP FLEET ANNIHILATED” and “CHINESE DESTROY BIG JAP ARMY” Well, it turns out as we read on down the column that no bat tleships were even engaged and that the big Jap army number ed 4,500 a mere raiding party. What do the editors figure? That we need to be cheered by blow ing up important but mmor ac tions into major victories? That it helps street sales? That it scares our enemies? There must be some theory be hind it for the practice is not new. If you should read the his tory of this war from the start in our newspaper headlines, you would think that by now Ger many must be about through, not that the United Nations are fighting for their lives. When we really do win. what will the headline writers do? They have already shot their bolt. They will be in the fix of the Hollywood writer to whom Sam Goldwyn gave a big idea. ‘‘Start with the San Francisco earthquake.” he said, “and work up to a climax.” THE Public Speaking HELP THE MERCHANTS TO SERVE THE PUBLIC For several years it has been the custom of retail stores in Southern Pines to close shop each Wednesday afternoon dur ing throe months of summer— June. July and August. This year there seems to have arisen some difficulty and controversy over the Wednesday closing, and a group of organizations repre senting the merchants of the town have asked THE PILOT to conduct a poll of public opinion concerning the Wedne.sday after noon closing. Details of this are on the front page of this issue of THE PILOT. Although it is expected to get only a cross section of opinion, it is hoped that everyone will vote on the issue. E\-ery effort has been made to make the expres sion of your opinion easy, and to make the decision easy. Being in the service of the public, it is apparent that the lo cal merchants are interested in pleasing the public and acceding to their wishes. F’ill out that bal lot on the front and cast your votel A single domestic hot water boiler would yield enough steel fur a 37- mm gun. A LOST PASSENGER To The Editor: You and 1 have been companions or many years. The time has come for us to part. 1 was very fond of you once in the days when Nelson Hyde :an your kindly, oa.sy-goins sheet. Nelson had a fjiwiial manner and a wiiimsical humor that at times was .second cousin to Mark Twain's. He was a good newspaper man, he made friends, and The Pilot shaied in that friend.ship. With his gomg sianething disap peared. What is worse, with the cliange of ownership something camc in, something that is pink and pernicious, and that is becoming in creasingly red and radical, some thing that I consider evil. I object especially to the editorial in your is sue of May 1 entitled “Any resemb lance is purely coincidental.” The inane title prefaces a vicious attack on Westbrook Pegler, and your ar ticle reaches an all-time low in poor grammar and worse logic in an at tempt to prove Pegler inconsistent, dishonest and "a worshipper at the base of the Golden Calf.” whatever that means. Now I do not know the object of your malice, but I have read his column long enough to be certain that Westbrook Pegler is as honest as his freckles, fearle.ss to the point of persona] recklessne.ss, and that he faces death daily at the hands of the "doubtless criminal elements" whom you attempt to white-wash. •As to inconsistency, Pegler is more of a piece than any man I cai\ think of offhand, Go to Walter Lippman or to Dorothy Thompson for that quality, or to some of our states men who blow hot and cold on the subject of government extravagance, communism m Washington, the pampering of the Jew and negro, the violation of state and individual rights and other embarrassing ques tions. Perhaps you think him incon sistent because, though no great ad mirer of the President, he is now for a united, all-out. no-40-hour- limit effort against the common en emy. Well. Emerson had something to say about the inconsistency of great minds. I prefer to believe'that the many Americans who. you grudgingly admit admire and respect W’estbrook Pegler know more about such things than a country editor who dips his pen in vitriol to assault a man who risks his life for de cency. Mind you. I do not demand that an editorial agree with me or reflect my views. There is stimulation in a good clean argument, and a man is a fool if he ». ill not change his mind when he hears a better reason. I do not cancel my sub.scription to the New York Times when they claim that my white is *heir black. The Charlotte Observer's editorials are respected by many who disagree with its political line-up. The opin ions of such papers are sane and logical and generous. There is no malice or rancor in them. They are decent. I do not find this true any more of my old friend Tlie Pilot. When you insult Westbiook Pegler. you insult the intelligi-nce of too many thinking men and women. You insult the I judges who recently gave him their highest award for putting some "un- I satisfactory and doubtless criminal elements" (that “unsatisfactory” is a classic) behind the bars. When you call him inconsistent, you show your I ignorance. When you call him dishon est, you display your venom. And when you conclude "As the Ameri can Labor Movement flees the Phar aohs and seeks its way clear from the wilderness, it can look back to see Pegler W’orshipping at the base of the Golden Calf," why. then you are stupid and sophomoric and silly. So come to me no more, old Pilot. You would lead us into unsafe wa ters. Your compass veers too much to the left, ('r perhaps someone hss ' spilled a bottle of red ink on your chart and made the soundings illeg- ' ible. Those things that you think are fly specks may be dangerous reefs. Frankly I don't believe you know much about navigation any how, especially in this troubled sea, I prefer to trust myself to a cap- . tain who is recommended by mil- I lions of enlightened passengers. lUs I name, in case you are interested, happens to be Pegler, —DONALD PARSON. , Pinehurst. N. C., THE PILOT'S BOOK REVIEVt.S I By MRS. E. V, HUGHES I Wanting to get down to concrete I thinking on our civilization and whpt it may or may not become, a good [starting point would be "The l-’es- tiny of Western Man. " by W, T. Stace. In this volume t’ioti-ssor I Stace contributes an apt int.Tpr.'ta- ! tion of our institutions, custon',.-; rncl beliefs as the outgrowths ef a civili zation. This advancement iii ^otial culture he calls "organi/ed gi'od- ness."—a reaching out toward ;i good life, which everyone wunl.^ un less he is irrational. What is the good life for ni.m is potently digested for us by Profes sor Stace. Do we prefer our civiliza tion just becau.se it is our mvri or do w« have a rational jus'iiication for our belief in it" For the an-iwers to such questions he takes us l-.ack to the origin of the idea of goodness and the inner nature of nuirals, bas ed on two theories of ethics .the Greek of Palestine, from which was developed the Democratic wtv of MOORE COUNTY'S PATRIOTISM To The Editor: Please, may I have another word’ I’ve just had a very nice letter from Southern Pines saying things I was glad to hear about my letter on de featism which you published not long ago. But my friend also re gretted that I had not .said in print the things she had heard me say about Moore County's splendid war effort. Moore County! it never occurred to me! That Moore County does the right thing and does it well 1 take for granted as I do its superb cli mate: it's what 1 expect to find when 1 get off the train. Moore County's superior behavior, in fact, is as much the background of Southern Pines as the pines themselves and the leason that defeatist utterances and at titudes stood put so starkly that they were pecuriarly distressing. Here, in the same occasional iso- | lated shocks, I am hearing the same sort of talk, alien to America as i lion hunting on ice in a pea soup | fog. Here, 1 am told, it emanates j from a group mourning the Europe ! they used to play in and more terri fied of losing the- personal advan tages our system has brought them than of losing liberty it.self. I cannot imagine Moore County i ever being terrified, ever losing i faith in democracy (Good heavens, ' it IS democracy!) or ever doing less j than its excellent best. .My letter. I I thought, had nothing to do with ' Moore County itself: I was writing entirely about outlanders whom j Moore County has taken to its hos- pitable bosom, as. I thank fortune. I it took us. I Best love. Moore County! Plea.se | forgive me for not making mysflf ' clear as your patriotism. LAETITIA MCDONALD May 7. 1!)42. New York City. A man in .-Asheville. N. C.. has in vented a machine which he says will ^ pull up trolley tracks as easily as a ' dentist pulls a tooth. He w;,nt< to ^ use It in the Salvage for Victory campaign. ' ' life. The Greek theory contributed reason and moderation and the Christian, sympathy and selflessness. Our author proves that society i.« happ.v only when it realizes the nee- fssity for sympathy in its original interpretation. But a rival theory about human nature has also developed in A'l st ern Europe—a tlu.'ory of will and pc)wer based on Neitzschean think ing. This theory ignores .sympathy, but imitates it, when to imitate .sym pathy IS impossible unless sympathy has already planted altruism in civ- ilizatum. this thinking leads to a proof also that the state cannot have a spirit, which is not already inher ent in the life of the people. Professor Stace uses as proof for his statements, not emotional be liefs made applicable through cus- Him. but the principle of the prim acy of sympathy found in the very nature of things. He shows how the power of sympathy has bi\>n enhanc ed by reason and faith, through which It has been given its prouer place i nour social scheme, Hj be lieves this civilization wortli defend ing and holds out promise for its final triumph, not because it 's ours, but hfcause it is just. I PROMPT MODERATE DRY CLEANING SERVICE THE Telephone 5651 Southern Pines V ALET D. C. JENSKN YOU CAN HELP THE WPB conserve our TIN SI prr.Y 1. When you buy TOOTHPASTE or SHAVING CREAM in tubes, please bring and turn in ANY empty met al tube in exchange. 2. If you DO NOT have an empty tube, remember you can purchase Tooih Powder in Cans Liquid Tooih Cleaner in Boiiles Shaving Cream in Jars and Cakes BRING YOUR EMPTY TUBES—and Your Drug Needs to fjnudike TavtkPaaii 04ui Skai>e(keam7ii^ UIOCATII Cliff Johnson Telephone 5411 Albert Bretsch Southern Pines CONSIDER THE TEACHERS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION i There was a big job to be done and it had to be done quickly, and courteously. And so the teachers of the nation were call ed into service for one of the most far-reaching civilian un dertakings of the war—the ra tioning of sugar and of gasoline. And if we can judge from the way the teachers of Southern Pines and all the rest of Moore County went about the job. ther^ was a difficult task well done. Without hesitancy, the teach ers rolled up their sleeves, or pinned back their hair, depend- ing upon the sex, and got down to work. They studied the regu lations and the forms. They con tributed their spare time, after they had already performed a full day’s work for which they are hired, in the service of the public. They were patient and courteous, even when their nerves must have been strained, not only by the task itself, but by many of us who came unpre I Dr. J. L Neal VETERINARIAN Southern Pines, N. C. Telephone 6161 J. N. Po>vell, Inv, Funeral Home 24 hour Ambulance Serrice D. Al. Blue. Jr. Manager Southern Pines BOTTUD UNDER AUTHOtliy Of ?ME COCA-COIA COMPANT COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO., ABERDEEN. N. C.
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