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rr T PAGE SIX (First Section? THE WAYNES VILLE MOUNTAINEER ammm. j I 1 1 IT : ; 11 it J i-. ' '.J ' H I? v ( t M r 1 t 1 in mi rf;::(: ' MM viif!: m ' , j r ' ! ! : I Critical Farm Labor Famine Still Problem WASHINGTON A m e r i c a ' s farmers have been warned by gov ernment experts that they cannot expect any immediate relief from the critical farm labor shortage, despite the end of the war and the cutback in draft calls. Officials said workers probably would not start flowing back to the farms in substantial numbers as long as they could get higher wages and better hours in city factories. America's rural population dip ped from approximately 31.000, 000 in January. 1!)42. to slightly more than 25.00(1.000 on January 1, 1945, under the pressure of draft inductions and a steady migration of farm workers to better-paying War jobs in 1 he cit ies. That trend was reversed slightly last year when the rural popula tion crept back up to 25, 5120. 000. The experts said even that slight gain may be nullified if the recent prediction of the Veterans Admin istration that there will he 57.000. 000 job openings by the end of the year should materialize. Non-farm workers in March. l!)4(i. totaled only 44.700.000. The total number of farm work ers on the same date was (i,9!J0, 000. This did not include some 12,000 prisoners of war and 92.000 foreign workers who were import ed from Jamaica, bahama and British Honduras to meet the criti cal farm labor shortage. Officials conceded that farm wages have increased sharply dur ing the war years and still were rising under the impact of fierce bidding by individual farmers. But they contended the increase has not been anywhere near as great as the rise in industrial wages. As a result, ihey said, many families who left the farm during the war and arc now unemployed still are living in the city, hoping that they will be able to land a factory job. If a shortage of industrial work ers should materialize as predicted by the Veterans Administration, these people probably will remain in the city. 11 they continue job less for any length of time, how ever, they will begin drifting back to the farms. Meanwhile, the farmer can ex pect to find the labor situation even tighter tins year than during J. Richard Queen Director Asheville Square Dance Team J. Richard Queen, of Waynes viUe, who is connected with the Veterans Administration in Ashe ville will accompany the square dance team of eight Asheville high school couples to the annual Na tional Folk Festival to be held in Cleveland, Ohio, this week. The group is sponsored by the Asheville Junior Chamber of Com merce and Mr. Queen is serving: as director of the team and will also serve as its caller at the festival. WARDEN TELLS ALCATRAZ STORY Just Received . . . ROLL ROOFING 55 lb. f.5 lb. 90 lb. BllLDF.RS SUPPLY CO. Sixteen Arrests Made By City Police This Week The city police department have made 1G arrests since last Monday, with 14 since Friday. One was for larceny, another charged with carrying concealed weapons and another for assault, while 13 were charged with public drunkenness. Two of the cases for public drunkenness have been tried in mayor's court and required to pay costs and fines. The remaining 14 cases will be tried this week. orf- (mm 1 -"" . :m I f -9 r-4 t Make Dtshclothi You can make yourself some dishcloths if you save the mesh bags which oranges and onions often come in. Boil them for 15 minutes in hot soapy water to which a little bleach has been added. This will shrink them to proper size and remove the coloring. , Then wash them thoroughly in suds, rinse. the war. There now are about only 20. 000 war prisoners assigned to American farms and the last of these is scheduled to leave on June 20. In addition, congress has pro vided funds to import only be tween 70.000 and 75.000 foreign workers this season instead of the 92.000 brought in last year. Officials said this meant that city volunteers would have to pitch in again this year during the harvest season unless thousands of acres of crops are to go to waste. The U. S. needs about 8,000.000 farm workers during the peak harvest season In 1945, approximately 5,000. 000 volunteers helped bring in the crops. They were particularly val uable in preventing great losses of fruits and small field vegetables. They included members of 4-11 clubs. Boy Scouts and the Women's Land Army. BREAKING A 12-YIAR PRECEDENT when he Invited newspapermen to the Federal penitentiary on Alcatraz Island, Cal., Warden James A. John ston (shown in center, talking) reveals details of the desperate 44-hour iege by rebellious convicts. At right Is James V. Bennett, Federal Direc. - tor of Prisons, as the dramatic story is unfolded. (International) IT S A GOOD SIGN FOR THE DUTCH if; i ;;' Lijisisl fcMHUMi, . - I'mmtf.inmmitmmm M-MmHm-nr 1 ""l'J'Ttff 1 HilMltMMMtliiiMh. M 21 ' nil- a mm THOUSANDS of wildly cheering Dutchmen thundered approval of Win ston Churchill as he stood oo the balcony of the Royal palace in Amster dam beside QueeD WUhelmina and raised his hand in the familiar V-sign. For, it was during Churchill's prime ministership that British aided in liberating the Netherlands from the Germans. (International) If s Time for a Chaoge 'if , o 1 WOTE The Veteran's Ticket GEORGE F. PLOTT Candidate for Chairman Board Of Commissioners JOE SLOAN Candidate for Clerk of Court We fought for you during the war and earned our stake in the future. I j jf3p i T Mm . V seek now a voice in but not control of our comity govern ment. In this asking too much? FEED Y. CAMPBELL Candidate for Sheriff SEBE TAYLOR BRYSON Candidate for Tax Collector Let's Have A Spring Housecleaning! Vote For The G I Ticket! Food And Homes Is Top Problem In Germany Now BERLIN Twelve months ago, Alfred Behrendt, his wife, Use, his 20-year-old daughter, Vera, and his 18-year-old son, Herbert, spent 12 days in the dank, unlighted cellar beneath their bombed-out apart ment house while the Ked army stamped out the last remnants of Hitler's military machine in Berlin. Like tens of thousands of other Berliners, the Behrendts will not celebrate or even observe the first anniversary of the war's end. "We don't want to remember any military anniversary," Behren dt explained simply, "We just want to forget the terrible war which brought hunger and misery upon us.'' Forty-eight-year-old Behrendt, who works as a clerk for the Ber lin Traffic company, might be con sidered the head of a typical Ber lin family were it not for one thing: He does not believe, as do many Germans today, that new war clouds are gathering over Europe. "We do not believe there is an other fool like Hitler in the world who would risk a new war," Behr endt said. "We know there are many differences between the west ern democracies and the Soviet Union, but none that could reas onably cause a new war." In Behrendt's opinion, the prob lems of 1939 could have and should have been settled by peaceful means. "But there was a fool who want ed and who started the war," he added. "Today the political tension is more severe than in 1939, but, thank God, there is no political leader who would dare to start a new conflict. My family and I have unshakable confidence in UNO." Behrendt is a member of the Communist party. With his family, he lives in a small two-room apart ment in the Russian sector of Ber lin. His monthly salary from the Berlin Traffic company is 340 marks i$13(i at prewar exchange rate), of which he must pay 80 marks in taxes. As one of Berlin's so-called "vic tims of Fascism" (Behrendt's moth er was Jewish), he enjoys certain little advantages. But his big wor ry is still food and shelter like everyone else in this bombed out city. Behrendt firmly believes that the biggest danger for the new German democracy is what he described as "the hunger and misery which now rules our daily life." Unless this problem is solved, he believes there is a great danger that Fascist ele ments again may gain control. "A year ago, when we hid in our cellar, we swore never again to grumble about dry bread if only the terrible killing would cease, Behr endt said. "But we all know that human beings too soon forget bad times." Behrendt believes that Ger many's reconstruction must have strong Allied support at least for two years. He also believes that too many peaceful industrial plants in Germany are being removed as reparations or destroyed. It is his opinion that food at the moment is Germany's biggest and most urgent problem. The Ger mans also must have living quar ters, textiles and shoes, he pointed out. Almost all the. energies of the Behrendt family are directed to ward obtaining their daily rations, which they admit are adequate to prevent immediate hunger, but not sufficient to maintain their health for more than another year. Behrendt and his daughter, who works for a reconstruction com pany, have No. 2 ration cards which entitle them to purchase daily: 500 grams of bread, 65 grams of meat, 15 grams of fat, 20 of sugar, 100 of dehydrated potatoes, 60 of cereal, 13 of salt, three of coffee substitute and a pinch of tea. Herbert Behrendt, who works as an office clerk, has card No. 3, which entitles him only to 400 grams of bread per day, 40 grams of meat and 10 of fat. The other amounts are the same as for No. 2 card. Mrs. Behrendt, who has no outside job, draws the No. 5, or "housewife" ration of 400 grams of bread, 20 grams of meat, seven of fat, 20 of sugar, 100 of dehy drated potatoes, 13 of salt, three of coffee substitute and a pinch of tea. The Behrendt family spends' many evenings now learning Span ish. Behrendt said he hopes they soon will be able to imigrate to Buenos Aires, where Mrs. Behr endt's brother operates a massage VFW Auxiliary To Be Formed At Canton At Y.M.C.A. Tonight A meeting will be held tonight at the YMCA in Canton for the purpose of organizing an auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, according to an announcement by Robert D. Coleman, Jr., newly elected commander of the Canton post of the VFW. Mothers, wives and sisters of veterans of foreign service are eli gible for membership in the aux iliary, Commander Coleman an nounced. Officers and committee men also will be elected during the meeting, it was said. Nice Another nice thing about writ ing to your congressman is that you don't have to enclose a couple of tops from breakfast food packages. salon. It is the hope of many hun dreds of Berliners today to be able to leave Germany. Va Your Car Hr ruiiu-,1 iA , . , "jf ! lift' timing J Bowel Cleansing Power Of Inner-Aid Medicine One man recently took INNER AID three days and said afterward that he never would have believed his body contained so much filthy substance. He says his stomach, intestines, bowels and whole system were so thoroughly cleansed that his constant headaches came to an end. several DimDlv skin emotions on his face dried up overnight, and even the rheumatic pains in his knee disappeared. At present he is an altogether different man, feel ing fine in every way. INNER-AID contains 12 Great Herbs; they cleanse bowels, clear gas from stomach, act on sluggish liver and kidneys. Miserable peo ple soon feel different all over. So don't go on suffering! Get INNER AID. 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