THE EAGLE
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PRESIDENT TRUMAN
The name “President Truman” still sounds very strange
to us. We had become so used to using the name “Roosevelt”
with the term "President” that it seems shocking suddenly to
use another name.
We do not leel that we know President Truman. Mr.
Roosevelt, on the other hand, was known to every man, woman
and child. We know his policies. We know how he probably
would act on any diplomatic situation. We were getting to
know the details of his thinking regarding the postwar world.
Both among those who approved and disapproved of his actions
we all felt as if we knew him well.
But President Truman? Will he be a New Dealer domesti
cally? Will he be able to lead our nation to a lasting peace?
Will he be able to carry the war to a rapid and successful con
clusion?
We think that y^ill be up to the people of our nation. It is
important that we gpt.'td. know what he thinks and how he will
act in Emergencies—but it is perhaps even more important
that we tell him, more volubly than we have ever told any
President, what WE think, what WE want, and what kind of a
country WE are seeking after the war.
! We have a new President. But we have the same
130,000,000 people running the- country. We should tell him
what we want and then give him our full support toward
achieving those goals.
A FEW MORE DROPS IN THE BUCKET
Will we get more gasoline after the fighting ends in
Europe?
The answer is “yes’—but the extra quantity we will get
will probably be very small at first.
The most optimistic estimate we have heard — made
hr Petroleum Administrator Iclces—is that civilians will get
200,000 barrels more per day. At- present; civilians are get
ting an average of 547,000 barrels daily. If Mr. Iclces is
right—we would get an approximate increase of 36% So,
if vou are getting two gallons of gas per week at present,
this might be increased to almost three gallons.
But holders of “A” coupons may not get even that much
increase. For the OFA has found that there are many holders
of “B” coupons who do not now have enough gasoline to carry
on necessary war work.
Before the war our nation consumed 1,760,000 barrels a
day. So even though we get a slight increase, we still won’t
have one-third of the gasoline we had in the “good old days.”
And ds the gasoline supply becomes slightly more plenti
ful, it looks as though the tire situation will become more seri
ous. All the signs indicate that this is not the summer for plan
ning any kind of a motor trip.
NO EASY ROAD BACK
There is so much loose talk in political circles about the
right to a job’ that it has become almost meaningless..
"Rights” have become confused with ‘opportunities.”
The United States Constitution and Hill of Rights guaran
tee every citizen fundamental rights that make him a free man
to enjoy the opporunity to go as far as he can, based on his
ability, ambition and energy. Beyond that, government owes a
free man nothing, except if he is DESTITUTE or MENTALLY
DEFICIENT, or HANDICAPPED in way6 beyond his control.
Government should then provide satisfactory means for his
care and comfort—that is what government is for. But to try
to fool the people with the idea that the government owes a
man a living and can create and maintain countless millions of
jobs, without destroying a free country, is rank hypocrisy.
Vote-seeking politicians are trying to make millions of war
workers think a benign government can take over all their
troubles after the war. Within reason, a government can widen
the opportunities whereby men can have jobs, recreation and
high wages. The extent to which one takes advantage of the op
portunities, depends upon the will and purpose of the individual.
As government or anyone else can expand "opportunities”, the
chances for advancement in living standards are greater, but in
no sense are such benefits "rights” to which anyone is entitled,
without respect to his own effort to obtain them.
History has shown that when the people of any nation de
pend on government to do their thinking and providing for
them, it is only a short time before they lose their ambition,
their initiative and their freedom. There will be no easy road
to full employment and prosperity after this destructive war.
Only a neonle who work and save and do not look to govern
ment for handouts, will survive and retain their personal liber
ties.
BUY MORE WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
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%W* The Light That Must Not Fail
WASHINGTON, D. C.— While
the administration is trying franT
tically to keep our domestic war
progiani going at full blast and is
fighting all signs of it taxation,
congress is apparently intending
to loosen up on war regulations
as rapidly as it dares. The Presi
dent tried to put through the iu
bor draft favored taking more
men out of industry for war sol
ve >>, his urged the draft of nur
ses and wants selective service
continued withoen apj mlerrup
• ion.
Bu* congiess even Hr. a / a vol
untary labor draft oie •>. me win
dow, is a pa to a.iimu the selec
tive service act so t hat youths
tier 19 won’t go into combat, nay
ieject the drat'1 01 nurses and
will probably critically study each
piece of wartime legislation from
the viewpoint of the requirement
of me war instead of two.
The war agencies are divi
ded >n their attitude. Where
the War Production Board
at first agreed all but key men
under 30 in war factories
should be drafted, it is now
reeking relaxations from that
ruling for many industriev. It
has asked, for example, that
the 30 per cent ceiling or de
feimenls of men unde.- 30 in
tile petroleum industry be in
creased to 60 or 65 per cent.
As victory in Europe approach
es finality, there will probably be
a great shifting of regulations, in
war pioduction orders, in war ag
ency personnel. In general, al
though the administiation may
discourage it, the trend will be
toward major decreases in war
pioduction and in the number of
men drafted, and an increase in
civilian production. Radios, re
frigerators, washing machines and
even automobiles may he back,
at least to a limited extent sooner
than you think.
If Russia joins the vvrr against
Japan it is possible that the Paci
fic war may not he the long drawn
out affair which it was expected
to be, but, as administration
spokesmen point out, it can be
considerably lengthened if we do
start taking it too easy too soon.
Although there is great interest
here in the San Francisco confer
ence of diplomats from all over
the world, many of the major is
sues of the war may not even be
discussed. Much attention will be
devoted to the formation of a
world organization which might
conceivable be able to prevent fu
ture wars, but such problems as
bounadry lines after the war may
not be touched upon at all. It
should be thought of in the na
ture of a preliminary conference
at which few if any definite agree
ments will be consummated.
Everyone here is guessing about
when Russia will actually join the
war against Japan. There seems to
be little doubt that Russia will de
clare war eventually and it is the
general opinion that it will hap
pen before the treaty between the
two countries expires. When Rus
siasia told Japan it would not re
new its treaty, the agreement still
had a year to go—but it is evident
that a treaty means little if a cer
tain war is in the offing. It is be
lieved that Russia’s intentions re
garding Japan were discussed in
detail at the Yalta conference and
that President probably knows
right now what Russia is going to
do. But to outsiders it is just a
e« being that Russia will will taka
* r
on Japan as soon as Germany is
out of the way. For it is agreed by
everyone who has considered the
problem that Japan is even a
greater danger to Russia than to
the other Allies.
TODAY
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TOMORROW
Bj DON ROBINSON
REBELS.meat
A United States Senator rec
ently said he was going to get
meat for his family “no matter
how.”
In a New Jersey community the
food panel of the ration hoard re
cently resigned in a body because
the town wouldn’t back them up
in trying to enforce ceiling prices.
A neighbor of mine who has
tried to live according to OPA in
structions, indignantly announced
that she was through trying when
she heard that German prisoners
had ham for Easter dinner when
she could get no meat at all for
her family.
A printer told me that he could
not see why he should “play ball”
on the paper situation if our gov
ernment continued to send tons of
paper to Europe.
me neau ox a war iiiaiii >am 11
seemed absurd to him to save
scrap metal when a company
which delivers synthetic rubber
to him in steel barrels refused to
take the barrels back as a gift.
And a little boy told me that
act as sufficient warning that
Pete’s daddy to get gasoline to
take Pete fishing every week
when his daddy couldn’t ever get
gas to take him fishing.
SUPPLY.demand
Throughout the war we have
all heard stories like these. But
as the end of the European war
approaches, it seems to me that a
rebellious attitude against restric
tions is becoming much more wide
spread. And most of the people
who do rebel can give you plenty
of reasons which they think justi
fy their actions,
A United States Senator
ought to know better than to
set an example for black mar
ket patronage by indicating
that he would go to one himself
if necessary. But there is no
reason why a housewife should
not become incensed over pris
she does, or why it should not be
oners getting better food than
hard for a boy, or even a man,
to understand the apparent
unfairness of individual cases
of gasoline rationing
But even though we may feel
like rebelling on plenty of occa
sions, it is important that we try
to think of each situation in the
broad view of what would hap
pen if everybody refused to obey
a restriction which particularly
annoys us.
Take meat as an example. The
meat situation is admittedly bad.
Plenty of people are buying meat
in black markets and are paying
above ceiling prices for it. But if
ill of us finally decided to give
up all pretense of trying to get
meat at ceiling prices—and if the
UFA enforcement broke down al
together—there is no doubt that
meat would become almost im
possible to get and would go sky
high in price. As long as the sup- i
ply of anything is considerably
less than the demand—and if the
people have money —— rationing
and control are necessary. The
people who patronize black mark
ets weaken the rationing program
but under the present circum
stances we are better off with a ;
weak program than we would be
with no program at all.
FREEDOM . . order*
We must obey orders for the
time being whether we like it or !
not.
But the growing public im
patience with rationing and
ilations of all kind* should
with taking orders they will want
.hi- people will refuse to be
regimented just as soon as the
emergency is over. And the
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BACKING A PAYING IDEA
Six years ago a young photographer in Chicago
named Oliver Z. Moss wasn't doing so well, so he thought
he would try his luck in New York.
Loading everything lie had in an old second-hand
car. He headed toward the Brooklyn Bridge. Steve Brodie
who jumped from Brooklyn Bridge didn’t have any hard
er going than Oliver 'Moss. For the city was jam packed
with protographcrs; many ot them better than he was.
He decided, after a while, to go into “quantity produc
tion.” the kind of business where he would make a thou
sand, or maybe two thousand prints of the same picture.
He was living in a shabby room, doing much of his
photo work from there. One night he went to a hotel
where a bang-up orchestra was playing. lie couldn t af
ford to go into the room where the orchestra was playing,
so he sat outside the door and listened. One of the musici
ans came out for a smoke and 01 lie Moss talked with him.
When the musician found that Moss was a photographer
Moss made the exposures, but didn’t have enough money
to buy the chemicals to develop and print the pictures,
he told him to come and make some pictures for him.
His first big chance; and he was missing it for lack of
money. If he could get a credit of $25 from his supply
house he could make the pictures. But how to get- that
credit? Finally he hit on an idea. He knew that an under
ling would not let him have it, so he decided to go to the
pre ident o' .he company. He knew that the president
would not have to tollow ordinary procedure,
lie got in to see him. The president was annoyed a *
first that he should lie approached about such a trivial
matter. "Why did you not take it up with one of the office
force?” he asked.
Because I knew they would be held down by conven
tion and that the bigger the man was the more inclined he
would he to back his judgment instead of depending on
rules and regulation.’’
The president thought a moment and said. “I think
that theory is right. I ll back, m\T own judgment and ex
tend you the credit.”
Ollie Moss got the credit, put over his deal, and thus
was able to establish the Moss Photo Service, New York.
He considered his backer his partner and now he turns
over to this man who trusted him about $3,000 a month.
people undoubtedly will be
quick to decide for themsel
ve* when an emeryency no
longer exist*.
A lot of officials in Washington
have probably learned to enjoy is
suing orders to the multitudes,
and they would probably like to
continue to direct bur lives even
after the war ends. But it they
have gotten any notion of being
able to do this, they had better
start now to get rid of it. For
there is no doubt in my mind that
wartime restrictions, which have
been hampering the free actions
of the people for four years, will
he so fervently attached by the
people the day aftei the .Japanese
surrender that enforcement will
be impossible.
Soldiers ar.d civduins alike, in
the postwar era, will probably in
sist on less .regulation than we
have had in many years. Fed up
with takinlg orders, they will want
n good tast(> of this freedom and
libertv we have been fighting a
terrible 'var to preserve. Later,
after things get back to normal,
various groups may turn again to
government for answers to their
problems. Rut during the first
year or two wo will demand all
out freedom.
Housewives interested i n
freezing foods for the home
should ask the county or home
agent for Circular No. 280 ’ or
write the Agricultural Editor, at
State College, Raleigh, “N. C.
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