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THE EAGLE Published Every Thursday in the interest of Cherryville and surrounding Community. Entered as Second Class Mail matter August 16th, 1906, In the Post Office at Cherryville, N. C., under the Act of Congress March 3rd, 1879. ^ongre m K. HOUSER_. .._ _ Editor and Publisher MRS. CREOLA HOUSER (Local and Society Editor) Telephones Office, 2101 — Residence, 2501 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Payable in Advance One year _ Six months — Pour months _ Three months $1.50 .85 .60 .50 MetUnel AdvtrMtlef American Press Association Nrw Tork • Chlcogo • Ottroll • PKIIadtlphle WHAT WILL THE END BE? Writing in the Saturday Evening Post of April 15, Ed Will, the operator of a small farm near Odessa, New York, shows how the grip of bureaucracy is tightening on the farmer. A subsidy which independent farmers do not want, is forced on them to offset the cost of feed which the price of milk is not allowed to cover. It has grown from pin money to one fifth of the dairyman’s income, thus making him dependent on political handouts. The inevitable conclusion from Mr. Will’s article is that the farm subsidy is a political expedient to hold the price of food below its production cost, at the expense of the taxpayer at a time when the consumer is best able to pay the true cost of food. - As the subsidy program increases its hold on the farmer, ha becomes less and less a free man, and government grows in its position of overlord toward him. This is indeed a “New ■Order” for the United States. THE ROAD BACK One of the biggest threats to private enterprise after the war is the tremendous amount of money the federal govern ment now has invested in all kinds of business, as a war nieas . ure—some $20,000,000,000. When the war emergency is over, the postwar employment emergency is over, the postwar employment emengency will he tused as an argument to keep the government in business. Hence, planning by private enterprise, such as is being done by the American Road Builders Association, to provide peacetime jobs, is of the utmost importance. Highway construction is important at any time, but after the war it will be doubly so. Like all transportation facilities, roads are being pounded to pieces by war traffic, many of them .are not being repaired, and badly needed new construction has been postponed. Highway expenditures in 19.’!0 amounted to nearly a1 billion and'a half dollars. In l'.M.’L they dropped to but $200,000,000, and in 1944 to about $150,000,000. As upwards of 7,000,000 jobs depend on good highways in normal times, it is easy to see how important road construc tion and maintenance will be in any postwar planning to put American business back on a sound, self supporting basis. LESSON FROM SMALL TOWNS Out of the genuine concern which most government and bus iness leaders feel for the welfare of this country in the post war period, is growing a recognition of the need for the kind of deep cooperation which has long characterized the activities at a small town. Country people know that they must often rely on each other's help in times of hardship and trouble, and just so, it is now apparent that a large nation is dependent on the combined . strength of all its people. Mr. Donald Nelson, chief of the War Production Board, has Idng been an outstanding advocate oi real national unity. He has made one more step forward—the appointment of a nine man advsiory board on the problems of reconverting our economy to a peacetime basis. , This advisory committee in cludes representatives of labor, management, heavy industry, distribution, consumer groups, agriculture, public opinion re searchers and financiers. The problems of changing our geared-to-war economy back to one keyed to civilian life will be numerous and complex. But the only possible solution for them will come front just such a group as this—ai group aware of the varied needs of all the people, and a group working for a harmonious anil balanced ad ' justment of those needs. THE PRIVATE AND THE GENERAL After reading the latest story about Cen. Dwight L'. Eisen hower, one could paraphrase another famous Amercan’s signa ture, "William Allen White of Emporia, Kansas,” to read "Dwight D Eisenhower of Abilene, Kansas.” A young air force mechanic, Pvt. Walter J. Thorpe, recent ly walked into general headquarters in London, and said cas ually that he would like to see the general. Military aides in Uy. office were considerably startled when, a few minutes later, General Eisenhower stepped out, and escorted the young man into'his office. They chatted for a while about home doings juad people. Then the private asked for a note to show his comrades, and General Eisenhower wrote: "Dear Thorpe: I’m delighted that as a fellow citizen of Abilene, Kansas, you called at my office to see me today. Sincerely, Dwight D. Eisenhower.” That kind of simplicity has made American democracy a living thing. As long as there are great leaders who, even with tha enforced rank-consciousness of the military life, are suffi ciently humble to do such a gracious thing, we do not have to f^;T for tha continuance of our philosophy of living. The ‘Hull* Story, Briefly Stated om M Pourv We are Determined to destroy Nazism and Pascism, to establish :*eedom »and to enforce Peace. c<y^cUej^j£ I NI.J. rettmu “BEHIND THE SCENES IN AMERICAN BUSINESS” —By John Craddock— NEW YORK, May 1.—Ameri ca’s living habits and standards are being changed by rationing, shortages, travel, high taxes, ser vice in the armed forces and the influx of women into factories. T o what extent the changes will cany over and alter the normal buying habits of the average family after the war is naturally a 11 nest ion of great interest to manufacturing and retailers. Some of the consumer patterns that may be expected have been projected in a study by Modern Industry magazines. Changes in eating habits are forecast as a re sult of Army and Navy life for so many persons. Northerners, for example, are learning to eat and like the South's hominy grits; the midwesterner is developing a | taste for the Easterner’s fried oy sters and roast lamb. Millions of I men and women in service are for the first tithe getting the habit of adequate medical and dental care, and thousands are having their first try at wearing glasses. Women are gaining through war plant’experience a certain mechanical mindedness, plus a greater appreciation for automat ic and labor-saving household ma chinery in the home. The great growth of middle income family group has reduced the commercial importance of both the previous high and the previous low income riod, manufacturers are likely to concentrate production oil goods j for the medium-quality, medium price range market. This will total the largest number of families, by groups so that in the post-war pe tal-, of any income group in Amer 1 ‘MIRACLE MAKESS’—'The au tomotive industry, America's lar gest is living up to its peacetime reputation as a performer of ‘mi racles' by continuing to skyrocket its armarnent output, which cur rently has hit the stupendous rate of $ i ,000.000 an hour. Latest an nouncement in a long- series of wartime accomplishments is the report by Willys Overland Motors that it has turned out its 200,000 th Jeep—a vehicle that less than three years ago was still in tlvf proving gorutul stage. I his total, according to Ward M. C'anaday, president of tlu> To. ledo concern, dates from .June of 15M1, when the company's model was selected as “standard” by the army. At the inception of the gov ernment contract, he points out, the firm’s Jeep and its commercial vehicles—which utilize the some engine—were turned out on ad jacent assembly lines Hoever, six weeks after Pearl Harbor all man ufacturing facilities were conver ted 100 per cent to war work. THINGS TO COMK — A plas tic-bonded plywood that is “flame proof,” reported by American Lumber and Treating company Razors that you can buy! After two years of war work American Safety Razor company expects to resume production shortly for ci vilians.-Rainproof matches. Their tips are enclosed in a waterproof solution and will light in the hea viest of April showers. CANTEEN REJUVENATION —Taxpayers have a personal sta'ke in the Jersey City Quarter master Repair Sub-Depot, which is saving them approximately $1,_ 500,000 a month through reclama tion of army t pfipment and cloth ing. One of the newest items to be added to the reclamation list is the dented and battle scarred ean Millions of canteens which be fore would have found a home on the metal junk pile will ,be re turned to active duty as a result of machinery developed by engi neers of the American Gas Com pany. Only previous method of re claiming! canteens was by ham mering out the dents by hand. The machines make ingenious use of the hydraulic pressure principle to salvage approximately 1,00(1 canteens a day. The first of the two machines tills the canteen with water, using ordinary city system pressure up to 60 pounds to restore the canteen to its orig inal shape so that it will tit into the mold of the second machine. In the latter hydraulic pressure up to 00.000 pounds call be ap plied to remove till dents. These, with other operations that straigh ten the nicks and reclaim the tops and chains, make the canteen look —and work—like new. SAVK A BAG—Housewives can Intake a daily contribution to vic tory by carrying home one less paper hag from shopping expedi tions. Heavy demand for paper for war use, labor shortages in the pulp industry and the dwindling of pulp imports have made it ne cessary for the War Production Board to allocate only one-third the amount of pulp for wrapping paper and bags that we had this time last year. Twenty-five tons of blueprint paper help make a battleship, 12 pounds of paper make the rings of a 500-lb bomb and l.S pounds of paper make a 75 nine shell container. To save paprjr For uscvh vital purposes, here's what can be done: Several items can be put in a bag. Food buyers can bring bags to the store to be used for loading their own groceries. They can use other types of shopping bags. They can carry home paTkaged items unwrapped. It's estimated that tons of paper would be saved in America every day. BITS OF BUSINESS: Industry must graduate more than 100, I 000 apprentices a year after the war to rebuild and maintain a normal reserve of skilled techni cians and craftsmen One tanker (carries enough aviation gasoline to supply all the motorists in a city the size of St. lands for three weeks. A vast fleet of such tankers | plies regularly between this coun try and England carrying fuel for bombers and fighter planes. ARMY SPECIALIZED TRAINING RESERVE PROGRAM OPENS The Charlotte recruiting sta tion announces that the War De partment is now informing all qualified young men who passed the Army-Navy Qualifying Test on March 15th of their eligibility for the Army Specialized Train ing Reserve Program. All young men receiving such instructions are urged to report to the U. S. Army recruiting station, 400 Lib erty Life Building, Charlotte, N. ('., for enlistment in the Enlisted Reserve Corps. The new program of military scholarships offers a minimum of six to nine months education at selected colleges, with uniforms, tuition, housing and meals furnished by the govern Candidates for the ASTRP must have completed high school by July I, 1044, successfully pass ed the Army-Navy Qualifying Test, enlisted in the Enlisted Re serve Corps, and be not over 17 years, !) months of age on July 1, 1,44 Especially qualified candidates have opportunity to enter the ad vanced course of Army Specialized Training Program upon successful graduation from the Reserve Pro gram. All reservists receive an uninterrupted education at gov ernment expense during that pe riod between high school gradua tion and induction into the Armed Forces and receive important training for Army and civilian oc cupations. DRAFT. Newspaper men (meaning women too) often get what you [LEAVES ! OF LAUREL : ELVIA ■ CRAHAV : MELTON might, call an all-over view of things rather than a biased close up. Not because they are any smarter than other people but be cause the very nature of their work trains them to be objective, and again because of their wide contacts— both public and confi dential. So 1 like to get together with my colleagues pretty regularly for off-record shop-talk and summa ries of how things are jelling and what's cookin’. Their analyses, while not one hundred per cent ac curate, do score bullseyes more often than not. For public opinoin polls in gen eral, tbe best of them are proba bly those conducted by Fortune Magazine and George Gallup. But these do deal primarily with cross section public opinion Taking a poll or trading opinions with news writers has the advantage of not only covering general public re action but adding, the quiet, be hind-the-scenes strategy and opin ion of Congressmen and other leaders interested in specific ques tions of legislation. Take the "Civilian Draft" ques. lion, for example. Most of the newspaper people 1 know believe there will be no draft law passed. This in spite of the fact that a lot of polls seem to favor it than otherwise. Mr. and Mrs. Average Citizen, when asked what they think of a civilian draft automatically remem her (and FDR and others have re minded them too) serious strikes that have occurred during the past year or so. So they say: “Well, maybe it would be a good idea." Or words to that effect. However, those who study such , problems in detail can see little, j if any, merit in such a proposal. A civilian draft amounts to a decla ration of martial law, and a regi mentation of all people in order to make a few carry on their work. Which doesn’t make good sense. Also war emergency powers al ready exist (if exercised properly to solve strikes and manpower problems. Another argument used by the proponents is: the soldier is draf ted— so why not the civilian? Which seems logical until you ex amine it. Men drafted into the armed forces considering practical matters now, have their entire living arrangements solved and cared for by the government— under a long instituted and well planned system. All are treated alike as to pay and privileges. And they don’t have to wrestle with problems like transportation and housing, to mention only two On the other hand, civilians, if drafted, according to proposed conscription, could be uprooted from present jobs and homes and sent hundreds of miles away, at less money, and with their family and housing problems dumped in to their laps. Anyone aware— and who isn't these days—of transportation and housing problems, knows there are at least two of the greatest stum bling blocks to any efficient or successful execution of such a I plan. Not only would all our ordinary civilian everyday living problems increase—real hardships would result. And, just think what an army of administrators and expe diters it would take to cope with the intricacies and red tape of a “civilian draft” problems! As examples of the complex! ties of administration of such a ; huge regimentation—why all we i have to do is remember the pres-| ent and past confusion and mis takes surrounding- Selective Ser vice a-nd the induction of only a j small segment of the population | into the army And again. Ration- j ing and OPA regulations and the problems of their institiution and enforcement. That's why the prediction that Congressmen, regardless of Chief j Executive, and even milit:ai\ . | pressure, have a “thumbs down' attitude toward an ovei.all con-j seription of our people. Added to that, many of our I Senators and Congressmen, Item ocrats as well as Republicans, re sent what might result in an at tempt at totalitarian control: they fear such a complete degree of regimentation of and dictation* to the individual by concentrated j federal authority. OUR FREEDOM We, in America, have many free-j Each one zealously held. These freedoms which we still Our hoys are defending today. j Let us not hold them lightly Because we have always known They are (iouhly precious now; . Let us make use of them in the' full Lest we, undeserving of such a \ heritage. Awake to find them wrested from,: — Ruth Fortney Maxwell. (From the Country Bard ; Madison, N. J.) BUY WAR BONDS FOR GOOD SHOE REPAIRING At Lower Cost, See COLEY’S SHOE SHOP of 2-Way Help* ’See directions on ...UNRATIONED! fee LIGHT CRUST For Healthier, Happier Meals You Can Bake Biscuits, Rolls and Pas'ries as light, tender, white and fluffy .as you like with Light Crust! -telephones are hard to get Tlie telephone luliine^ is deep in the war and getting deeper all the time. The farther Aineriean force-. advance, the more switchboards. wire and teh-phum-s they need. And folks at home seem to want more. too. Since the National Ib-fcn-e program started in 1940, we have supplied the needs of Vriny, Navy, war producers and most other-.. In all, Southern Bell has increased the number of tele phones in service hy over hah a million. The equipment to do thi- came from reserve# that are about used up. No more can he made for civilian use. That’s why we can’t till orders as fast as we’d like. But we’re doing all we can to serve as many as possible as soon as possible hy — Reconditioning and using every facility that will givo good service. Recovering facilities quickly when service is dis continued. Converting one-party lines to serve two or more families wherever possible and necessary. Operating central offices beyond their normal CO- - Taking extra-good care of equipment that can't be replaced. If you are one of those who are waiting, we’d like you to know we want your patronage and will take care of your needs at the earliest possible moment. 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