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| Tuesday. October 9. 19.11 S
B ho's Talking Mon ?
Jesse Jones, that keen financial wizard or
manipulator, says the Reconstruction Fin
ance Corporation should be closed up He
is quoted as saying that the RP'D has violat
ed all moral standards and the public trust,
whether it has violated any laws or not.
The agency was created to serve an emerg
ency. Jones is quoted as saying.
Possibly the emergency was over when
a certain spot in Texas was built up. Of
course, the emergency still existed when a
certain railroad was lent close to $100 mil
lion.
Of all the people in this fair land of ours
to talk about the RFC, it would seem that
Jesse Jones should be the last to open his
mouth.
The RFC was created under Hoover. It
was created to meet an emergency, so
everyone said. We are told that it is no
longer needed, but there ar so many who
are still hollering about the condition of the
country, declaring that it is on the brink of
ruin.
Iranian Oil
Instead of flowing through pipes and into
gas tanks, Iranian oil is flowing in the form
of words 'hrough the UN Security Council in
New Voik.
It is readily admitted that Britain has
about three billion dollars tied up in Iran,
but there must be some reason why the in
vestment rests on such shaky grounds.
Some are charging the British with hav
ing fomented the crisis because:
The oil company has its headquarters in
London and there isn’t a single director in
Iran,
The British treasury gets more from the
oil firm than Iran gets in taxes and royal
ties combined,
Britain's navy buys oil at a price unknown
to the Iranians,
The Iranians uo not know how much oil
is sold; they only suspect the amount taken
from their lands and sold,
Iran gets less for its o>l in the form of roy
alties than received by other countries
whose oil resources are being exploited by
outside interests,
There are few Iranians in important jobs,
and the British went about the business >1
taking oil from Iran just as if it wasn't any
of Iran’s business.
At one time it appeared that the Britons
would stick there even if such action would
lead to all-out war. meaning that it would
lose all the oil lighting the war and leave
none for anybody os- * imi* constructive
puipu.se. iiowevej, a British government
leader comes along and declares he isn’t
ready or willing to cause total war on ac
count gi Iranian oil.
Dot* hla Disgrace
Miserable conditions surround the hous
ing problem in military base areas, and
judging from pictures appearing recently
in the State press, the situation could be
little or no worse in the bombed out areas
or even in the countries behind the iron
curtain. The housing facilities in the mili
tary areas are a disgrace.
And now comes along a report maintain
ing that the Air Force is asking an appro
priation to cover the construction of 910
homes in Alaska at a cost of more than $58,
000 each. That’s the other side of the dis
grace.
To aggravate it all is a story telling how
the Army dismantled a $16 million camp in
Alaska and shipped the lumber to Seattle
where another agency took over and ship
ped the lumber back to Alaska, stopping it
at a point within ten miles of the site where
the original camp stood.
J'ivid Portrayal
Washington Daily News.
Dr. Tzvetan Litov, native Bulgarian, made
a vivid portrayal of the impending clash be
tween decorcay and communism at the Ki
wanis meeting in Washington recently.
Dr. Litov spoke out of his own experi
ence. lie has lived under both systems of
government, and he knows of what he
speaks.
Perhaps the most dynamic presentation
we could have of such a state as that of
communism comes experience o!
those who have lived under the regime be
hind the iron curtain.
It is difficult for an American who has
never known what it is to be without
freedom to appreciate conditions as they
really are under a communistic state. We
have not had police check on us daily. Wo
do not have loved ones disappear and
vanish completely. We do not have con
centration camps, and we do not have cen
sored radio programs. We are allowed to
read in our newspapers the full news with
out any idea that part of it has been cut
out or censored so that it will conform to
the principles of the party in power.
We even allow the Daily Worker, com
munist paper, to publish. We are allowed
to criticize our government and even the
president of the United States.' We may
own property, and we can travel anywhere
in the United States we please without fear
of police persecution.
Yet, we Americans fail to realize and
appreciate the fact that behind the iron I
curtain people are existing under fear. !
They do not know the meaning of the word
“freedom.” They hear a few broadcasts
from Free America, but to them those
broadcasts picture more of a dream to be
sought than a reality to be known.
We in America have never known what
it is to be really hungry. We have never
known what it is to be without trial by
jury. Since our conceptions of the way of
living are so different from those of the
communist dominated people, it is natural
ly hard for us to understand such a state
of affairs
If somehow, all Americans could live
under the communist rule for one week and j
then at the end of that time, we could go
back to democracy, we would surely get on |
our knees und thank Clod that we live in a
democracy where we decide issues by the
ballot and not the bullet. ' I1
What a revelation such an experience
would be to all Americans! It is not that |
any of us want to live under communism j
even for one minute. But the truth is that
we have something : o great and appreciate I
it so little.
It is sad, but true. Think what our free- I
tlom and our material wealth mean to a j
foreigner coming to this country for the j
first time! Dr. Litov lias had all these ex- j
periences.
Yes, America is a pretty good place after
all When we even try to understand how
the other half of the world lives, we are
engrossed with a fear and a strange con
ception of liberty and freedom. To us what
is reality is taken for granted. To those be
hind the iron curtain, reality is grim and
heartbreaking.
W lier^'H Byrd and C.i*minm\Y
-- ' * m
It would seem that Harry Byrd and some
of his followers are so everlastingly busy
hollering about economy that they can’t
find time to do anything about bringing
about economy in certain places, to be sure.
Not so long ago the United States Senate,
the august body that it is. passed S-4d(i. As
far as it could be learned the Virginia bird
did not even vote. No report could be had
on Hoey and Smith. Maybe they did and
maybe- they didn’t, but it is reasonably safe
to bet they were not against it.
It is true the measure does not mean a
great deal, bu* by voting for the measure
the august body just favored handing ovei
about fifty-seven million dollars to the big
commercial airlines in the form of a mail
subsidy.
The subsidy will come out of taxes, and
it comes at a time when the penny postal
is being supplanted by a two-center.
The people want to know where Mr. Byrd
hides when he can lend a helping hand to
economy as it affects all the people. May
be he’s off with Hqpy figuring bow to in
crease the little guy’s tax, lower the big
fellow’s tax and give the difference, if any,
to the big boys.
Will Mr. Byrd Chirp?
The United States Department of Agri
culture is stepping into the Virginia apple
market, according to a recent report com
ing out of Richmond.
Surely, the Virginians are entitled to con
sideration. But will Mr. Byrd chirp about
aconomv when action is taken in behalf of
apple growers?
No pleasure is comparable to the standing
upon the vantage-ground of truth.—Francis
Bacon.
Employment In
Martin County
Average monthly employment
in North Carolina for the first
quarter of 1051 was 10 percent
above that of a year before, but
slightly under the average for
the last quarter of 1950, it is re
vealed by Chairman Henry K.
| Kendall, chairman of the Employ
j merit Security Commission of
North Carolina. This is employ
ment covered by the Employment
I Security Law .
Total average monthly employ
ment in January, February and
March amounted to 090,022, pull
ed down some by low employ
ment in January. Average month
ly employment in March reached
the highest point recorded since
October, 1950. Due to high inven
tories reached in later months,
employment probably shows a do
cline in months since.
Payrolls in covered employment
in the first quarter of this year
amounted to $441,201,210. This
gives an average weekly wage of
$49 18, which is above the first
quarter average for several years,
but below Ihe last quarter of;
1950. This is due to the fact Ihul
bonuses, commissions and ,'im
tingent or incentive pay are fre
quently distributed at the and of
the year.
In major divisions of employ
ment, the figures on average em
ployment, total wages, and aver
age weekly wages for the two
principal classifications, are as
follows: construction; average
employment, 47,241; total wages,
$28,097,279; weekly wage, $45.85 -
manufacture: average employ
ment, 428,354; total wages, $277,
185,203; weekly wage, $49.79 -
transportation and communica
tion: average employment, 35,
1)98; total wages, $25,153,478 -
trade: average employment, 123,- j
J44; total wages, $68,708,853 - fi- j
ranee, insurance and real estate: j
iverage employment, 16,430; to- |
,al wages, $12,981,055 - service,
md other: average employment,;
19,757; total wages, $19,117,150. I
Martin County, in the first
juarter of 1951, had average cm
jluyment of 1,438 covered work
ts, which '' as a loss of 5.21 per
■ent, as compared with die lust
matter of 1950 Total wages paid '
n this county during the -juar j
,er reached $718,849 witti an av.-i |
ige wage of $38.45.
In the five major divisions if |
■mplu\ inent, the figures for diis
•oL.nty follow: construction: aver
age employment, 35; total wages, |
(>16,464; average weekly wage
(136.18 manufacture; average!
employment, 776; total wages,
$369,797; average weekly wage,
$38.24 transportation and com- j
munication: average employment, I
101; total wages, $84,833 trade
average employment, 431; total
wages, $198,625 finance, insur
ance and real estate: average em
ployment, it ;totul wage, $4,944 -
service and other: average em
ployment, 87; total wages, $28,
186
Number Drunken
Drivers Gaining
Raleigh Drunken drivers last I
month l>99 of them -comprised!
the shite's third highest total of1
driver license revocations since
the fiist of the year The Septem
ber summary of tipsy drivers, all
of whom were icq aired tosurren-|
der their license, climbed from |
tlie ti54 persons convicted of sim |
dar charges in August It topped !
every previous month since March
b> a substunti d mar ,in the De
partment of Motor Vehicles e
ported today In March 723 North
Carolinians U si their licenses •' u
drunken driving and 791 m iari
uary for the same offense
Speeding over TT> miles per hour
■ost the driving privileges of 5»l
persons, up 18 over the Off per
sons convicted of the same charge
in August Thirty five were con
victed of two counts of reckless
driving, automatically cancelling
their legal right to drive.
Other offenses, including lar
ceny of automobile, driving after
license suspended, transporting
liquor, improper use of driver
license, habitual violator and fail
ures to maintain proof of financial
responsibility resulted in 1,117 re
vocations and 394 suspensions
during September.
MARRIAGE STATISTICS
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There are three marriages ev
ery minute in the United States,
according to the latest statistics
of the Institute of Life Insurance.
The big rush in romance followed
the outbreak of the Korean war
last summer, just as it did during
World Wat II and couples con
tinue to rush up the aisle at the
rate of some 1,500,000 marriages
per year.
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