RUBBER CRISIS
There still seems to be a number of people who won't
admit that gasoline rationing is necessary in order to save
rubber. But so far there seems to have been no other answer
suggested.
There is no doubt that rubber must be conserved to the
limit. Reports from Washington indicate that unless plenty
of synthetic rubber is being made by September of this year,
our nation’s rubber supply—and that includes the rubber avail
able to all our allies—will be practically exhausted.
Therefore, unless we are going' to let the Jeejrs and army
trucks run on their rims, the rubber pile must be added to at
once_even if .our civilian population has to ride around on
wooden tires.
Because of the good news from Russia and other wai
theatres, some of us are getting a lot too optimistic about
4the war ending in a short time. All the facts show that
there is still a long hard job to be done and there is no doubt
that it will be speeded up or retarded by the success or failure
of our government to get hold of sufficint quantities of rubber.
So. whether we have the gasoline or not, it is now al
most a criminal action for any civilian to burn up any of our
dwindling rubber supply on an\ driving which is not impera
tive
PAY-AS-YOU-GO
There is no doubt, as taxpayers begin to figure wtiat
their taxes are going t. he in 1943. that there will be an in
creasingly loud demand for a pay-as-you-go form of taxation.
The only hitch to the immediate adoption of a plan to
pay all of our income taxes in the form which is now being
useu far the payment of Victory tax is this: Certain con
gressmen can't get it through their heads that it doesn’t seem
right to excuse people from payment of taxes on their 1942 in
comes.
The pay as you-go plan would mean that a man would,
during 1943, pay taxes on his 11)4.1 income, instead of paying
those in 1044 and paying taxes on 1942 income during 1943.
It would mean that a man earning the same amount in 1942
and 1943 would pay exactly the same tax this year, but from
the bookkeeping standpoint he would be paying no tax on 1942
income.
Actually, the government would collect considerably more
money in 1943 with a pay-as-you-go plan, since the income
of the people will undoubtedly be. many billions more during
194 ; Ulan it was in 1942. The only people who would “get
a break." if \>>u want to call it that, by paying now on 1943
income instead of on 1912, would he those who earned more in
19T2 than they will earn this year. But since that only in
cludes the men and women who are taking a salary cut or
whose businesses are doing poorly, there should be few ob
jections And a pay-as-you-go plan would mean that we could
all pay our income taxes on time without having to borrow the
money.
JAPANESE PROBLEM
The uprising: at Manzanar, the Japanese camp in Califor
nia. where alien Japaneses as well as American-born Japanese
are being helil for the duration, has brought public attention
to a condition that requires careful consideration. This upris
ing showed clearly that there are a percentage of dangerous
Japaneses in this country. Not only are they dangerous to
everything that is American, hut they are dangerous to thous
ands of Japaneses who are undoubtedly loyal citizens.
Apparently the hatred cf the Japanese who caused the
trouble at Manzanar, is as strong or stronger toward the Jap
anese who are loyal to this country, as it is toward Americans.
Hence the lives of such Japanese are endangered when they
ai“ confined m the same locations with the alien Japanese.
The problem is a most difficult one when our government
is obliged to confine American born Japanese as well as alien
Japanese. A.- long as diie necessity requires such action,
however, it is evident the two groups must be segregated.
Furthermore, some method of procedure must be evolved
to give the loval Japanese a chance to. prove their loyalty so
that they will not be forced to associate with the aggressive
alien Japanese whose avowed purpose is to sabotage and des
troy if given that opportunity in the United States.
The people have confidence that our government will cor
rect this situation with full consideration cf the safty and hu
manitarian issues invlov'ed.
WAY TO WIN
Government expenditures have become so fabulous that
an inclination has grown on the part of many people to avoid
the subject on the ground that the war comes first. Ostrich
like, they ignore a cotfple of important facts: Before battles
can be won, the machines to win them must be built. That
takes money. Secondly, the all-important matter of how the
money is raised to build these machines may finally determine
who wins the peace.
During the coming year the government will have to borrow
upward of 60 billions of dollars, over and above the amount it
collects in taxes. It must borrow the bulk of the money di
rectly from the people in om manner or another. Treasury
experts know and the local banker knows that the banks cannot
absorb too much public debt without undermining the institu
tion of private banking which is the foundation of the ecenomic
system as well as bringing about disastrous inflation. ' Borrow
ing directly from the people is the hard, sure way of winning
the war—and the peace And that is the way we must do it.
IT TAKES BOTH!
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NORTH CAROLINA
LEGISLATIVE NEWS
BY DAVID P. DELLINGER
Raleigh, Jan. 13.—The North
Carolina General Assembly is now
in full swing. The organization
was completed last Wednesday at
noon after the members elect
were sworn in. In the House our
own Justice, Emery B. Denny, a
member of the Supreme Cornl,
administered the oaths to the
members and then the officers
were elected as follows: Hon.
John Kerr, Jr., speaked; Shearin
Harris, principal clerk; and Hon.
H. L. Joyner, a former sheriff
and member of the House, ser
geant-at-arms; and upon then
election, Mr. Justice Denny ad
ministered to them the oaths and
all was set for business.
Thursday morning the Gov
ernor, Hon. J. Melville Brough
ton, delivered his message in per
son to a joint session of the Sen
ate and House in the hall of the
House of Representatives. This
was a fine message and contained
a number of important recommen
dations which will be enacted in
to law virtually as suggested. One
of the first things was an increase
in the pay of teachers in the
state schools This will be done in
some form. Some members think
the best solution is for the state
to add on a month and take a uni
form nine-months term and make
no change in the monthly salaries.
In fact, bills have already been
introduced for that purpose. Then
someone has offered a bill to make
an iiKieoat U1
cent of the present salaries. This
of course, to be in consideration
of no increase in the length of
term. One man's guess is as good
as another but my guess is that
there will not be as much as
twenty per cent increase in sal
aries. However, if the nine
months term does not carry there
will certainly he an increase in
some amount of salaries.
There will be a substantial in
crease in the appropriations for
the State Hospital at Morganton
in order to greatly improve the
conditions there, as well as for
some of the other institutions,
However, the increase at the
other institutions will not be as
large in proportion in my opinion.
While there is and will be a great
clamor for increases on every
hand it appears the legislature
will be rather slow in allowing
large increases generally. In my
opinion the 1043 session will be
on the conservative order all
One of the first and most im
portant measures to come before
the session is that offered by the
Governor in freezing about $20,
000,000.00 in funds now in the!
State Treasury as a surplus. On
the first day of the session such j
a bill was introduced in the Sen
ate and being acted upon by the ,
committee in that body the am
ount was booted to $22,000,000.-]
00 and was finally passed by that
branch and is now in the House
before the Finance Committee. It
appears certain this will be pass
ed by the House and become a law
in a very few days This fund
will be taken out of the general
fund and invested in interest
bearing bonds and will be used
when times get tough instead of,
increasing taxes to carry on state
affairs. All agree this is most1
ABOVE i"' HULLABALOO
Planning for Present and Future
This is truly a world war. In
the few spots on earth where the
populations are not fighting each
other with deadly weapons they
are using their tongues. Guns and
voices shatter the atmosphere
from end to end of the earth.
Hatred has reached the pinnacle
of its long vicious career. Civili
zation—such as it is—has been
shoved close to the edge of the
precipice.
Out of the incoherent babel of
sounds can occasionally be heard
the tinkle of a constructive
thought, voiced by someone who
is at least trying to erect safe
guards against the post-wrar adop
tion of mad ideologies by a bewil
dered and angered humanity.
At the time of this writing the
voice of Mr. Wendell Willkie is
the last to be heard. The subject
_ “Post-War Planning.” Mr.
Willkie believes that the machin
ery for this planning should be as
sembled now. so that it w'ould be
functioning at the time the war
Tlie strongest argument against
a post-war planning board, com
wise and that it will prove a me
saver when times change and in
comes dwindle as they are cer
tain to do after the war.
It may or may not be news to
some peqple back home but theie
is much talk of Major R. Gregg
Cherry for Governor. He has a
strong following about Raleigh
and the east. And unless some
good strong man comes out and
makes a hard fight he will be the
winner. However, it is too soon
to be able to tell who will be in
the race. Hon. Odus Mull, Dr. Mc
Donald, Lieutenant Governor
Harris, and others may be in the
race in due time and likely there
will be the usual scrambe as in
past two primary elections for
Governor.
As to the delegation from Gas
ton county, Major Dolly is getting
lined up to do good work. He
will learn the business very quick
ly and will be a useful member.
The Senior Member from Gaston
county is going on as usual hav
ing had many years experience
and is considered one of the eld
er members in point of service.
He has all the Committee Assign
ments anyone could ask for in
cluding Judiciary, Insurance, Fi
nance, Manufacturers and Labor
and a number of others. Miss
Loy Stroup is on the list as sten
ographer in the Office of Prin
cipal Clerk, which appears to be
a much better appointment than
she has had in the past as com
mittee clerk.
Major Cherry was delayed in
coming down but he arrived with
his wife Sunday and they are here
for the duration. He is chairman
of the Committee on Roads in the
Senate which is a very important
connection He will be a most
useful man in the Senate this
time on account of his varied ex
perience in legislation.
posed of representatives of all the
United Nations, is—that we
should concentrate solely upon
winning the war upon the present
battlefields and not weaken our
united front by constructing an
other battlefield upon which to
squabble among ourselves over
our future uims and ambitions.
Mr. Willkie does not suggest,
however, that the proposed coun
oil of the United Nations gives
ail its time to post-war planning
(and squabbling). His idea ap
pears to be that such a council
working in unison now toward co
ordinating all the supply, econo
mic and strategic problems in
cidental to winning the war—
would not only syncromze our
present efforts but would consti
tute a well oiled, working ma
chine capable of grasping control
of the pri bably dangerous world
wide conditions which may follow
this violent interruption.
Such a council could, of course,
plan generally for the futul,e’
without getting involved in the
detailed aims of each individual
nation represented: and the over
all plans preclaimed by such a
council would undoubtedly hold in
check any very objectionable am
bitions which individual nations
might be inclined to indulge in.
It might also forestall a recur
rence of that fatal war habit of
making secret treaties—-which
proved so disastrous to Wood
Wilson’s plans for a sensible so
lution after the last World War.
If no such council is created
Juring the war, then, what as
surance have we that the same
sort of “gathering” as those
vhich are usually thrown hurred
lv thrown together to make the
peace terms, will not create the
same sort of conflict-breeding
‘ditagreements" as those which
soil the pages df history and
disgrace the name of theii mak
Mr. Willkie “gives tongue’’ to
many good—and some bad -
ideas, but he doesn't seem to
make them “jel.” Here is a
plan which embodies outstanding
ly vital features: a plan which de
serves the same thought and con
sideration as does a decisive bili
tary compaign. Will it remain
just a ‘good idea” until it is too
be anything else; or will some
men like Mr. Willkie, who is in a
position to do so, get behind it
until it is either adopted as feas
ible, or discarded as unworkable?
Here is a chance for Mr. WTillkie
to show us if he is capable of
sticking to something until he
“puts it over.”
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Meet the People
(Each week In thU space will beortspntedauictmf
and word portrait of someone whose name is news.i
Prentiss M.
Brown
•When President Roosevelt sent to the senate
the appointment of Prentiss M. Brown as head
of the Office of Price Administration he was
recommending a man who had a sound back*
ground for the difficult task.
•For Brown, former senator from Michigan,
was the co-author of the price control and anti
inflation acts of the last congress. It was his
leadership and knowledge, many Washington
observers claim, which put over these meas
ures in congress. Persuasion rather than arbi
trary methods represents his usual way of get
ting things done.
•Brown has said that if he were ever tr han
dle the affairs of price administration he would
concentrate on controlling the prices of a few
key materials, rather than all commodities as
Leon Henderson has done. In Brown’s opinion
much of the confusion and red tape would thus
be eliminated.
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Dale
Carnegie
Author •/ 4
"How to Win Friends and
k Influence People"
MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR HANDICAP
On a night in Mardh, 1918, a raw and drizzling rain
fell on the front-line trenches in France. It had been
raining for several days, and the ground was softened Dy
rain and by exploding shells.
One sector was held by the Royal Canadian regiment.
At about 10 o’clock that night an order came through to
send a rading party toward the German trenches. The
man selected to lead the raid was Captain J. Francis Smith
of St. John, New Erunswick, Canada.
They set out in the biting wind and rain. A shell burst
nearby. Phosgene gas. Phosgene, and shell-shock to
boot. ... ,
They gathered him up. hospitalized him. He couldn t
swallow, so they fed him through a stomach tube, then
nursed him out of the gas, and put him on an operating
table to cut some shrapnel from his thighs.
After the operation, Captain Smith got out of bed, de
lirious, fell and fractured his skull. He recovered con
sciousness but the gas and the jar had combined to put
his optic nerves out of business. He was stone blind!
When they invalided him out of the service, Captain
Smith returned home to Canada a despairing sight.
In his earlv twenties, the major part of his life lay be
fore him. What was he to do with it? What interest was
there for a man who couldn’t see? How could a blind man
make good? Before 1914 Captain Smith had trained as a
pharmacist and had intended to become a doctor. Now he
decided that he might, with the superior touch faculty of
the biind, become a physiotherapist. So he trained for
that, and eventually took staff positions as a physiother
apist in two military hospitals in Toronto.
The fineness of his touch continually increased. He
thought such a faculty ought to make him good in osteo
pathy, a science which treats disease by corrective manip
ulation of displaced Hones, nerves, blood vessels and
muscles.
So, acting on the hunch, he entered the Philadelphia
College of Osteopathy, where he was graduated with hon
ors for brilliant work in applied anatomy and for his bril
liant showing in his examinations.
Dr. Smith is an inspiring example for people who are
tempted to give up because of some physical handicap.
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