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Friday. May 8, 1942.
It'* Ju*t Human Nature
Hans von Kaltenborn, a close friend of the
mighty and a self-declared friend of the work
ing man, is going on a vacation. Accompanying
his announcement of plans for week-end vaca
tions, the commentator whose work in recent
weeks has paralleled that of the German pro
paganda agencies, lambasted labor for not stick
ing to its knitting 24 hours a day, seven days a
week. It is quite true that Mr. Kaltenborn can
go on a vacation and little or nothing will be
lost to the war effort. In fact, theres' much to
be gained by his silence. But it is human na
ture for him to claim the right to rest and at
the same time deny that right to others.
While Kaltenborn rakes in the thousands of
dollars, he shouts long and loud his objections
to a living wage for the common worker. When
President Roosevelt suggested a $25,000 income
limit, the approximately ? 50,000 in that group
started yelling and shouting their claims that
they could not live on that meager amount. And
yet, that very group has tried to deny millions
of common working men their claim to a living
wage. Despite all the talk about high wages, ov
er-time and double-pay, the average working
man last year received less than $2,000 in the
war industries. And then there are those who
are begrudged their $2 a day, part time
It is human nature for one to claim leisure
and pleasure for himself and deny them to oth
ers. It is human nature for one to say he can't
live on $25,000 a year and at the same time ex
pect others to live on one-tenth, one-twentieth
or even less.
Hurninn Up The World
While direct war in other Sections of the
world is taking much in human life and prop
erty, over here our people casually go about
the routine business^ ol killing and destroying.
In France where forest products are few, the
..people look upon the destruction of our forests
With horror, just as we look upon the slaughter
in war with horror.
Somehow or other we can't recognize the
value of our forests and go ahead with mark
ed unconcern in the burning of our timberlands.
Possibly some of the fires can't be prevented,
but it is estimated that 90 per cent of the fires
are the result of carelessness. Then there is the
report that some deer hunters are fanning, if
not actually starting the fires that the under
brush will be burned out and they will be bet
" ter able to shout deei next fall. "
We are actually burning up the world, and
the sad part about it all and in addition to the
loss of valuable property we are complacent
and even indifferent to the costly practice. Our
complacency in this is just another bit of evi
dence to the claim that we are living for today
only, caring little about tomorrow and those
who follow in our train.
One Tree Hides The Forest
Dissontion in the ranks of labor and manage
ment has subsided considerably, but the hate
and contempt for the common working man is
still held by some. Certain agencies, subsidized
by industry and speaking the will of industry
rather than baring all the true facts, are still
pointing out unusual cases in an effort to be
little the cause of the working man. At the very
same time they are overlooking major facts that
are of far-reaching importance to our war ef
fort. They can't see the forest for one tree.
The agencies in question do not look at the
labor problem as a whole; they merely pick
out isolated cases and play them up for public
consumption. They do not bother to condemn
racketeering on the one hand and plead the
cause of the worker on the other. It is a mat
ter of labor-baiting and labor-hating with them.
There is racketeering in the ranks of labor, but
is it right to enslave all workers because there
is racketeering within their ranks? There's
racketeering in the financial world, but do we
propose to close all financial institutions. We
are sorry to say it, but there's racketeering in
the religious field, but are we to close all
i church doors becauae of a few isolated c
that do not measure up to the expectations of
Ood and righteous-thinking men?
A groat deal ha* been said about union ini
tiation fees and dues, and in some cases they
have been bogged down by racketeering. But
the fellow who points out that an American
has been denied employment because he could
not or would not pay an initiation or member
ship fee leaves much unsaid. The union man re
ceives benefits from his membership fee and
dues, just as the members of the Martin Coun
ty Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Association
receive benefits from their payments. The mon
ey paid into a union is used for good purposes
with some few exceptions, of course. Unem
ployment benefits are distributed, but one nev
er hears the labor baiters and labor haters talk
ing about or praising that policy. And too, there
are so many organizations one is obliged to be
long to these days besides labor unions. The big
corporations belong to their organizations and
there is no bone of contention about member
ship dues. Lawyers belong to the bar associa
tion, and it is not so bad for them to pay fees
-and--duesr-They are not compulsory? But all
of them think it advisable to join up.
Then we have other systems. For instance
the patent system. Billions of dollars in royal
ties are paid for the use of patents. The invent
oj is entitled to something, you know. But we
do not necessarily complain about paying roy
alties as long as they are reasonable. The labor
union member pays his membership fee and
dues and he has an equity in the gains accom
plished for labor as a whole. He has a claim to
unemployment and other types of benefits. In
fact he is doing no more when he pays his mem
bership fees and dues than millions are now
doing in paying social security taxes. Try and
dodge membership in that organization.
So union fees and dues are not as bad as some
would picture them. And remember when the
hater of all men who earn their livelihood by
the sweat of their brow, points out all the evils
and forgets all the good about anything be it
labor union, management, politics or what not,
he is a traitor to truth and a destroyer of unity.
It Mined The Front Pages
I
If it had been a strike, even a small one, the
front pages would have had big headlines con
demning delay in the war effort. But a recent
announcement by the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers Union, a strong group in the CIO or
ganization, tells how the workers have pledg
ed their unqualified support to the President's
seven point plan.
Possibly a like pledge of the big-salaried boys
to give up all but, mind you all but, $25,000 a
year would make the headlines. But that can
be skipped, for the big-salaried boys are not
going to make such a pledge. In fact, they are
already talking about fighting such a drastic
plan, a plan that would limit their pay to $25,
000 a year and reduce them to abject poverty.
The pledge declaration by the union work
ers is so contrary to what one hears, that it is
published, in part, as follows:
"We will not make our loyalty to the Nation
in this crisis conditional upon others who will
rather stay loyal to their private, sordid inter
ests Let us give the law and the Government
reality by our support and let us then help the
Government put teeth into the law if it is nnt
strong enough to get those who seek to evade
it. It is our country, our law, our war and ?
woe to the shirkers,'evaders and traitors, whe
ther open or veiled.
"All too many unionists and leaders have
come to like the easy way of unionism. Get
workers to join on the promise of wage in
creases; keep them in the unions by holding
out promises of more increases. But?while im
proving wuges is a primary task of the union
movement, there is a great deal more to trade
unionism than just exercising the arithmetic
of addition.
"If we measure wages in dollars and not in
real purchasing power, we will often find that
the more we add, the more we miss. The wurk
ing man who gets a 15 per cent wage increase
about three months after living costs had gone
up 20 per cent is not making great profit. Trade
unions are concerned with real wages, not
nominal pay."
Stink Pot In Raleigh
Politics in Raleigh have smelled to high heav
en, but the disgusting smell in that quarter was
placed on the perfume shelf when the revenue
department came out with a stinkpot all its
own recently.
The thefts traced to employees shake the
people's confidence in their government, and it
is no more than reasonable to believe that in
a state where political parties enjoy a strength
about equal, the sorry mess in Raleigh would
turn the tide for the opposition party. For four
years, the boys in the department had been
digging into the public money box, stealing
from the struggling merchants here and there.
It will take more than prison terms to off
set the damage; it will take a thorough cleaning
out of the entire department where necessary
if confidence in Raleigh is to be maintained in
the by-ways.
Satmget Due An Apology
As one turns his thoughts to the far comers
of the world, and he picks up the frightful stor
ies coming from those prisoners who have and
are being mistreated by the yellow Japs, he
can't help but think that the savages in the
jungles are due an apology. If what we are to
day constitutes civilization, then well have to
change our ideas about aavagery.
"Love Your
Enemies". . . .
By REV. JOHN HARDY
Church Of The Advent
There is no harder saying of our
Lord to understand in war time than
this: "Ye have heard that it hath
"been said, Thou shatt love thy neigh
bor, and hate thine enemy. But I say
unto you. Love your enemies, bless
them that curse you, do good to
them that hate you, pray for them
which despitefully use you, and per
secute you."
Was Jesus Christ a realist? Did He
foresee that a time would come when
wicked men, drunk with the lust for
power, would set out ruthlessly to
enslave the world? What would he
have said at the tragedy of Dunkirk?
Or the atrocities of Hongkong, or the
agonizing sacrifice of Bataan? Would
He have us love the Nazis, bless the
Japanese that curse us, and do good
to the Italians who hate us?
The question is not ar easy one
to answer, and many Christians, ev
en Church leaders, prefer to leave it
unanswered in war time. The Bible
is not just an anthology of sayings,
among which we can pick and choose
at random. It is the record of God's
continuing revelation of Himself to
man: and the life and teachings of
Jesus Christ is the climax of that
revelation. The sincere Christian
cannot ignore His words, or save
them for a more convenient season.
As a matter of fact, the teachings
of Christ are intended for just such
times as these. His earthly life was
not lived in some ideal Utopia, In
which love of one's enemies was
easy. He lived in a time of hardship
and cruelty. He lived in a Vorld con
quered and ruled by the Fascism and
military might of the Roman Em
pire. His own people were a subju
gated race living under the yoke of
a foreign invader exactly as much
as ate the Belgians or the Poles to
day. And eventually He was betray
ed into the hands of those same for
eigners, and put to death as a com
mon criminal by the soldiers of the
occupying power.
res, our i.oru, was a reausi. in
His human life He knew all there is
to know of cruelly, and greed, and
selfishness, and the lust for power.
He had His Dunkirk in the Garden
of Gethsemane, His Hongkong in the
cruel scurging by Pilate's soldiers,
His Bataan in the agony of Calvary.
How shall we apply this hard say
ing, "Love your enemies," to our
own times and our own situation?
Like Jesus, we live in a cruel
world. The abuse of the scientific
progress of what we ironically call
"civilization" has intensified the
cruelty many times over. Herod at
his worst tried to wipe out all first
born Jewish boys under two years
old, in the small country of Pales
tine; Hitler bids fair to starve and
kill or stunt an entire generation of
non-Germans in all of Europe, while
his Japanese allies, with their gen
ius for imitation and refinement, do
the same, with even greater cruelty,
for the Far East. And our own young
manhood, fighting In all parta of the
world against their oppression, must
suffer and die by the thousands be
cause of these things
Shall we then teach our soldiers
and our young people to hate their
enemies? Shall we urge them to out
do the enemy in cruelty and ruth
lessness? Shall we call upon them
to exact vengeance many times ov
er, when .they gain the upper hancT
over the enemy, and have his con
quered subjects to deal with?
No?a million times no! A right
eous peace can never come that
way; only an armistice leading to
even more and bloodier wars. And
we cannot do in the name of Christ
ianity what the Founder of Christ
ianity expressly forbids us to do.
Our Lord shows us the more ex
cellent way. It is not an easy way.
It is, in the famous words of Wins
ton Churchill, a way of "blood and
tears, toil and sweat." Our Lord
knew all of these; but He did not
hate His enemies; He hated only
their sins. And He prayed for them
in the hour of His death
When the first word came of Jap
anese migtrcntmont of prisoners in
the Philippines, General MacArthur
declared that the American and Fil
ipino troops would not retaliate with
similar mistreatment of prisoners.
We would, he promised, fight with
clean hands. And because our troops
kept that promise, through three
months of increasing agony, until hu
man bodies could endure no longer,
General MacArthur was able with
out blasphemy to compare their suf
fering with that of our Lord on Cal
vary.
"Love your enemiei"?it is a hard
saying indeed. But it is a vitally
necessary one. Until the world
learns it, there will never be any
thing like a just and durable peace.
And how shall the world learn it if
we, who profess and call ourselves
Christians, forget it in the stress of
war?
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BAPTIST
Special Mother's Day Service at
the morning hour, 11 a. m Pastor's
topic: "The Incomparable Mother."
Subject for the evening sermon,
"Can Sin Be Forgiven?" Following
the action of the Ministerial Asso
ciation the hour for all evening serv
ices will be 8:S0 o'clock until further
notice.
Training Union service, 7:30 pjn.
Sunday school as usual at 0:43 a.
m.
In view of the weekly half holiday
having been set by the Merchants
Association for Wednesday, the mid
week prayer and study service has
been changed to Thursday night
Mrs. Burrell would like to meet
all the prospective members of the
Y. W. A. at the parsonage on Friday
night.
Daily Vacation Bible School, un
der the direction of the Rev. John
Goff, will begin Its sessions on Mon
day, May 10th, at 0:40 a. m.
CHURCH
NEWS
CHURCH OF THE ADVEN1
?Rogatiot) Sunday.
The Collect
Almighty God, Lord of Heaven and
earth; We beseech Thee to pour forth
Thy blessing upon this land, and to
give us a fruitful season; that we,
constantly receiving Thy bounty,
may evermore give thanks unto Thee
in Thy Holy Church; through Jesus
Christ, our Lord. Amen.
Church school, 9:45 a.m.
Celebration of the Holy Commun
ion and sermon at 11 a. m. In order
that we may witness to the sacred
ness of Christian Family Life each
family is to commune together.
Evening prayer at 8:30 p. m.
Since the Diocesan Convention
meets in St. Mary's Church, Kinston,
from May 12-14, there will be no
celebration of the Holy communion
on Thursday.
CHRISTIAN
Bible school, 9:45 a. m
Morning worship, 11 a. m. Sub
ject, "A Returning Faith." Mother's
Day sermon
Young People's meeting, 7:30 p.
m. Subject, "Sharing One's Self with
Things Go Wrong."
Evening service, 8:30 p. m. Sub
ject, "The New Testament Church
for Today?Steps into the Church."
Prayer service Thursday, 8:30 p.
m. Subject, "Sharing On's Self with
the Church." Choir rehearsal fol
lows.
Weekly devotions on "The Living
Church?The Wisdom and Strength
of Unity."
Monday, The Cement of Togeth
erness, Matt 22:34-40.
Tuesday: The -Common Task of
Mercy, Matt. 25:31-46.
Wednesday, The Unity with Christ,
John 15:1-12.
Thursday, Unity of Motive and
Purpose, I Cor. 12:1-11.
Friday, A United Mind and Out
look, Phil. 2:1-9.
Saturday, Jesus' Prayer for Unit
ed Disciples, John 17.
Sunday, All Things Summed Up
in Jesus, Eph. 1:1-14.
For a number of years it has been
the very beautiful custom at the Bi
ble school hour to present to the
oldest mother and the most recent
mother a basket of flowers as token
of honor to the recipient and a sym
bolic token to all mothers. Surely
the hearts of others today are be
ing pierced by a literal sword like
the mother of Jesus has been figur
atcly portrayed. Truly in these days
of care and anxiety it would behoove
the mother-heart to ponder upon the
things that made the mother of Jes
us "ponder and hide certain things
in her heart." A cordial welcome
awaits all mothers to attend the Bi
ble school and remain to hear the
pastor speak on "A Returning Faith"
a Mother's Day message.
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METHODIST
Church school, 9:45 a m.
Morning worship and sermon, 11
a. m. Mother's day will be observed
at the morning service with appro
nriulo mucip unH cprmAn ??
p? **? tv IHUDtV t"IIU DC I TllUtl,
The Epworth league will meet at
7:00 p. m.
Evening worship und sermon 8:30
p. in.
The Wesleyan Service Guild will
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neet Monday, 8:30 p. m. at the home
>( Miss Sarah Cook, with Miss Reba
2ook, joint hostess.
Prayer service and Bible Study,
rhursday, 8:30 p. m.
Notice the change of all the eve
lmg services from 8:00 o'clock to
1:30, and the change of the Prayer
neeting from Wednesday evening
a Thursday evening.
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Piney Grove Baptist
Regular services will be held at
'iney Grove Baptist Church Satur
lay and Sunday at 11 a. m.
Sunday school at 10 a. m. Mr. Clar
:nce Griffin will teach the Bible
lass. t
Sunday will be Mother's Day. We
ihould dedicate and keep sacred this
lay in honor of the mothers of our
?ountry who are giving their sons in
acrifice, that we may continue to
neet at our churches and worship
Jod according to the dictates of our
iwn conscience. The public is invited
o worship with us.
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fill County Will Reach
Peanut Acreage For Oil
ll- - a a 1 _
aretoil luo
joal of 12,000 acres of peanuts for
>il will be reached in Pitt County
his year, reports S. C. Winchester,
assistant farm agent.
Large Surplus Of
Wheat In Country
As America goes into full swing
in her fight against aggression?
wheat bins already are bulging with
the largest supplies on record and
transportation facilities are over
burdened with movements of war
materials and troops, according to
W. Herbert White, of Caswell Coun
ty, member of the State AAA Com
mittee. litis is in marked contrast
to the situation which existed when
America entered the first World
War. Wheat supplies on hand on
July 1, 1942, are estimated at 1,423,
000,000 bushels, enough for two-*
years domestic use and exports, Mr.
White said. This estimate is based
on a carryover of 630,000,000 bushels
and a 1942 yield of 793,000,000 bush
els. In 1917, the wheat supply was
approximately 700,000,000 bushels,
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Notice ot
Registration
For May .'{(I Primary in Martin Coun
ty Beginning Saturday, May 2,1942
Books for the registration of new electors
will be opened in the thirteen precincts of
Martin County on three consecutive Satur
days, ending May 16th. All persons becom
ing 21 years of age or who have established
residence in the county since the last elec
tion are eligible to register. No new regis
tration of old voters is necessary.
The registrars will have the books open each
Suturduy from 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. at the reg
ular polling places unless other arrangements
are effected.
No registrations will be in order after 6 p.
in., May 16th. The books will be opened on
Saturday, May 23rd, for the challenge of any
names improperly listed.
Sylvester Peel
Chairman
Martin County Board of Elections
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