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AT THE MOVIES IN CHERRYVILLE VISIT THE COMFORTABLY COOL LESTER AND STRAND THEATRES THUR.-FRI.—2 DAYS AT LESTER “ROUGHLY SPEAKING—with ROSALIND RUSSELL SAT. ONE DAY—LESTER—“EAST SIDE KIDS” LEO GARCY. HENLY HALL “DOCKS OF N. Y. STARTS L. S- SUN. NITE 12:02 & MON.-TUESDAY With the cry of “Geronimo" the paratroopers hit the silk in the picture, •Objective, Burma," starring Errol Flynn, with George Tobias, John Alvin. WASHINGTON, D.C. <\’WNS) —President Truman has recently clarified his stand on a number of important issues including the “Little Steel" wage formula, civ ilian wartime controls and in creased pay for congressmen. As for the “Little Steel" for mula, which more or less freezes wages at their present level, the President has made it clear that he doesn’t intend to be an easy mark for labor leaders. Both Wil liam Green, head of the AF of L and Philip Murray, president of the CTO, have urged the President to permit wage increases now. but his answer was that the “Little Steel’’ maximum will stand. At least it will stand until the War Labor Board recommends revis As for wartime controls. Mr. Truman indicated that he does not intend to let the civilian problems interfere with maximum production of the war when he said that he would approve trav el rationing if the public did not heed his warning to end needless travel. Analyzing the tremendous problem of transporting millions of men and quantities of muni tions to the west coast, the Presi dent said: “The situation re quires the cooperation and self denial of all users of transporta tion. The speed with which our men and munitions can be carried to within striking distance of Ja pan will largely determine how ! long the war must continue.” Saying that sleeping oar travel by civilians must he out 75 pe. cent, Mr. Truman made it clear that this would he accomplished by •emulation if it couldn't ml hand led through voluntary methods. On the subject of increases in pay to congressmen the President said he would approve the meas ure passed by the House to give each congressman $2,500 expense money. Rut he indicated that he didn't like the "expense'’ method of getting more money and would prefer a measure giving a straight salary increase ty congressmen Saying that he considered mem bers of congress grossly under paid, he added that he would ap prove a bill, if one was presented increasing salaries from $15,000 to $25,000 a year. The national food supply pic ture appears to he a gloomy one In addition to the problems of , getting meat, poultry and butter, ! the War Food administration now 1 predicts a major cut in supplies i of canned goods. According to I Paul Stark, director of Home : Food Supply of the WFA, the supply of canned fruits and vege tables available in ■ 1945 will be from 25 to 40 per cent less than i n 1 9 4 4. H. W. Hochbauin, chairman of the United States Victory Garden | NOW COMES THE BIG THRILL SHOW at the STRAND “FIGHTING LADY” in Technicolor. Narrator R. Taylor “CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE”—A Murder Myster COMING TO LESTER One Day Only—JULY 23rd “DESTINY” with GLORIA JEAN & ALLEN CURTIS committee, has predicted that there will be from 19 to 20 milli on Victory Gardens this year. Compulsory military training after the war may be diificuit to put through congress even though the great majority of the public scenic to be for it at the present time A hearings oeing heil before the House select committee on postwar military policy, spokes men for the religious, education al and labor groups said iliat they considered it a threat to domocra ov. Speaking for the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, Dr. Herbert Burgstah ler urged that our nation put on \ "demonstration of good faith" | by concentrating on the limita-1 ‘ion and reduction of armaments. Rabbi Robert Gordis, speaking | for the Rabbinical Assembly of | America, expressed similar senti ments when he said: “History -hows that conscription has always ied to war because its adoption is a signal for other powers to do likewise, and the race for arma ments alw ays leaus to the same' bloody climax.” Those in favor of compulsory military training are yet to be j heard from, but there is no doubt I from the opposition already lined ; up, that this subject will he a heatedly debated one with the \ outcome still very uncertain. District Manager L. F. Manne- j schmidt of the Office of Defense i Transportation at Charlotte ap-| pealed today to applicants for j new commercial vehicles to re- | frain from unnecessary calls or telephone, inquiries regarding the | status of their applications. He said there has been a tremendous j increase in these calls recently j and pointed out that this tends to | slow down the processing of all applications. Mr. Manneschniidt [ stated that each applicant will be j notified of the disposition of his ■ application at the earliest possible moment. “With the closing of the Euro pean war a great many people apparently have the idea that here will soon be an adequate J supply ol, new commercial venic- , les." Mr. Mannsechmidt said, j This is not the case. The allot- j ment of steel for trucks, for in- j stnee, by WPB, now indicates a ( total of 180,000 \nits will be j produced for civilian use this year. ! We need more than a million fori WASHINGTON, D. C.—Strikes in war plants have reached a new high, following victory in Ku inpe. But, although many Con gressmen are angered and alarm ed over the situation in Detroit and Akron, which is causing ma jor delays in the production ol vitally needed war equipment nothing is being done to enact new legislation governing labor, j ItAis the attitude of most Con- j gressmen that, although laboi ; lavs do need to be changed rad-j 1... ,y, it is too late now to make; changes which would aid the im- j i. eiMutte situation. Instead, according to those who are studying the situa tion, we must rely on the ma chinery that already has been set up to control strikes—ap peals by the army, navy and War Labor Board—and, if necessary, seizure of the plants by the army under a president ial order. But, while this machinery has proved ef fective in many cases, it is usually slow and much harm can be done before the men go back to work. As in most labor disputes dur ing the past year, the heads of the major unions have referred to the labor troubles as “outlaw strik es'’ ami have issued statements j telling the men to go back to work, i An example is the series of strik-j es in Detroit which Drough pro duction to a standstill in many: large factories, when questioned, about it, Richard Frankensteen,: vice president of the United Au tomobile workers, called these strikes “tragic folly" and said the1 workers had been "misled into mobocracy, not guided by union principles of democracy." But these disavowals of res 1 omahility by labor leaders—anu J the difficulty of finding anyone v no will accept responsibility—| has made Congressmen aware of I the need for legislation which will( require the unions to a/ept re-j sponsibility for tlfe actions of iheii membership in the same way that management accepts res ponsibility. All of thi|e labor tlif fieulties, it is pointed out, will kelp to define the pattern for eventual new labor legislation. Meanwhile, protests received oy offic als here from all parts ol the country demand immediate ac tion of some kind to force war workers back to work. President Ti urn an will now have an oppor tunity to show whether he will take a firm hand with strikers who are impeding the progress of tne war against Japan. President Truman ha* pro mised to reduce or discontin ue government subsidies “a* rapidly a* feasible" but sign ed the measure to continue food subsidies for another year because “continuation ofese subsidy payments is es- , sential to assure necessary war output and to provide support for the stabilization program.” Under the RFC extension act, the agency is permitted to dis burse the followi\2 maximum a mounts: $596,000,000 to meat pro dueers; $190,000,000 for flour $290,000,000 for petroleum and petroleum products; and $188, 000.000 for miscellaneous items. Blueprints are now being drawn up by the government tor a $5,000,000,000 public works program to absorb surplus labor aftei the war and help stave oft serious unemployment. Although none of the details have yet been announced, it is known that the ' plan is based on a three-year pro ject calling for expenditure ol funds by the federal government and the states for road building^ improvements of rivers and har bors, construction of post offices, etc. It is understood that this plan does not include the huge airport construction plan which is under consideration. SECOND TERM OF SUMMER SCHOOL MAXTON, N. C„ July 17th.— The second term of the summer | session will begin at Presbyterian Junior College on Monday, July 23. Registration will begin at 10 A.M. Aptitude tests for all new students will be held at 3 P..M. The first term begin on June 11 with the largest sum-, mer enrollment in the history of the school. Boys and girls are enrolled from New' York, Vir ginia, North Carolina, youth Carolina, Georgia, and Cuba. Standard work is offered in the senior high school and in the Kreshmttn and Sophc-ore class es in the collegiate department. PUBLIC INVITED The public is invited to see a special picture showing at the City Hall tonight at 8 o'clock. Admission free. REED1E S. BALLARD BUY BONDS r— LETTERS FROM SOLDIERS Dear Fred: A few lines to let you know that my address has changed. Sure hated to leave the 45th Di vision too. But 1 am now in an other good outfit, and sweating out that trip home. Don’t know how long it will be yet. My new address Fred, is: Pfe. Basel S. Dellinger ASK '14778449 Hq. ( o., 39th. Inf. AI’O 9 c o Post Master New York, N. Y. Best of luck and hoping to see you soon. BASEL GRAIN GOALS SAME RALEIGH. July 18. — 1946 wheat and rye goals foi North Carolina farmers are the same as set for 1945. The wheat goal has been set at 600, 000 planted acres; rye at 35, 000 acres. 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