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Time To Take Hood
Back in his heydey Adolf Hitler defied the
laws of God. He said, “This is what we are
fighting against, the curse of so-called morals,
idolized to protect the weak against the strong
in the face of the mmortal law of battle, the j
—great law of divine nature. Against the so
called Ten Commandments we are fighting.”
Hitler is dune with. His country is in ruins
and his people homeless and deserted.
While Hitler openly dared to defy the laws
of God, many in this country are ignoring those
laws and traveling our own courses. Could it
be that we are heading for a similar fate after
a little different fashion? It isn’t a matter of
whether we defy or ignore the lasting laws,
but one of whether we will recognize and obey
those laws.
Much truth can be gained from Hitler’s fate,
and unless we take proper heed there can be
no lasting peace or any semblance of sanity in
the world.
4 Soviet Fiscal Episode
Washington Post.
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau was asked
the other day if we could trust the Russians '
to fulfill their part of the Bretton Woods monet- j
tary agreement. He answered in this way:
In 1942, the Russians needed $6,000,000 and
we exteneded credit to them for that amount. ;
The Russians promised to send gold as collator- !
al. The gold was put on a British freighter that 1
was sunk in the North Sea by a German sub.
The Russians made no claim that the obligation
had been met. Instead, they asked us to land
a ship at an Alaskan port and eventually the
gold arrived, hidden away in garbage cans on
the ship.
A Treasury official accepted the gold and
chartered an American plane to take it to the
States. The plane developed engine trouble
and it couldn't gain altitude. The pilot, looking
for baggage to throw away to lighten the load, j
ordered the Treasury officials to “throw away
those old garbage cans.” The plane made it, j
after all, and now the gold is buried at Ft. Knox. ■
Made Up In One Day
Smiihfield Herald.
Nt spaper headlines In recent weeks have
left the impression that strikes have just about
crippled American war production and seri
ously imperiled our chances to whin Japan.
Statistics released by the Bureau of Labor
may help to place a better focus on the labor
situation The bureau reports that there have
been 13,585 work stoppages, costing 31,562,000
man days, between Decemoer 7, 1941, and June
1, 1945. This, it says, is about equal to a single
plant, office or store in the country.
While there were around 50,000 strikers idle
on July 4. the Associated Press that day re
ported that "time lost in all the strikes since
Pearl Harbor was virtually offset today by the
millions of workers who observed Independence
Day by laboring at their machines and benches.”
If the Bureau of Labor statistics and the As
sociated Press report are correct, the time lost
in strikes since Pearl Harbor represents the
equivalent of a one-day holiday for the work
ers of the nation.
Nobody would suspect that the total time
lost constituted such a small proportion from
the headlines read and the screams heard about
current, labor disputes.
Wilson’* San Francisco Voice
More than a quarter of a century ago Wood
row Wilson raised his voice at San Francisco
in support of world peace. A busy world did
not hear his voice and heed its advice. But for
twenty-six years his voice has carried and the
following is just as applicable today as it was
then :
“I look forward with confidence and with
exalted hope to the time when we can legiti
mately and constantly be the companion and
friend of those who are struggling for right
everywhere in the world, and no nation is
likely to forget that behind the moral judgment
of the United States resides the overwhelming
force of the United States."
The U. S. Senate’s Foreign Relations Com
mittee has approved the World Security Chart
er 20 to 0. Its passage is assured. The progress
in the peace march are encouraging. At least
we are assured the acceptance of a peace plan.
But we must not stop there. To have an in
strument and not use it will mean little.
Nothing To Brag About
Martin County is transporting its little folks
to and from school at a cost figured to be only
one-fourth the national average. It is all right
to apply economy, but the record is, in our
humble opinion, nothing to boast about. In
fact, we sincerely think it is shameful. There
are crowded bus conditions; in other words,
the great State of North Carolina is hauling
little children just as if they were herds of
swine. Possibly under existing conditions the
service now is about as good as it can be, but
North Carolina will do well to stop boasting
about its low cost school transportation until
safety and decency are given more considera
tion.
When conditions permit replacements and
additions, the public should demand better con
ditions for those little folks who have to ride
the busses. Let the authorities eliminate crowd
ed conditions. Let them give the little folks
heaters. Let them provide older and experienc
ed drivers. Let them offer the service they
would want their own children to enjoy.
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