Thursday, August 29, 1940
m SIDES
To Every Question
By LITTLE HULL
NATIONAL INSURANCE AND
EMPLOYMENT
Our President has been strug
gling—since he went into office—
for a bigger army, a bigger navy,
a bigger air force. The struggle
is with elements in the Congress.
The people run the Congress—or
think they do. Ergo: it is up to
the people if they want complete
insurance and more employment.
Many Americans have been led
to believe that if Germany whips
the Allies, she intends to—and
will be able to—come over here
and make a colony out of us.
They believe, as did their proto
types in 1917, that our safety lies
in going to war against Germany
regardless of the many attendant
risks—and regardless of our last
lesson.
Some Americans believe that
this hemisphere will eventually
become parts of the British and
French empires. They base their
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conclusions upon the slow but
steady conquests of those two
perpetually hungry and always
grasping political entities, which
in the last couple of centuries
have swallowed half the world—
minus one big mouthful which we
yanked right out from between
■ their back teeth.
A growing number of Ameri
cans are of the opinion that
' Japan intends to invade us at al
" most any moment—but certainly
' when it has finished off China.
- They point out how easily the
- Japanese could take, and hold,
the Pacific coast—Harry Bridges
1 and The Ham and Eggs crowd
! notwithstanding. They prove to
you that from there to the East
ern seaboard, the little yellow
; men would have easy pickings.
A few Americans—but by far
the most analytical and least
emotional—are fearful, not of
military conquest, but of defeat
at the hands of an idea—Com
munism and Socialism. These
thinkers reason that only such
an enemy could overrun this
country.
There are Americans who have
such faith, that they believe this
country could lick the world with
bare fists.
As the above beliefs and
theories cover about all our in
vasion complexes, it is reasonable
to suppose that somewhere in the
middle is the answer to our rid
dle. The riddle is: How big an
army, navy and air force must
we have to make the country
absolutely secure in the event of
attack by any nation or group of
nations?
There are a few good argu
ments against building up big
military and naval establish
ments; but there are many bet
ter ones in favor of so doing,
particularly at the present time.
If we had a naval force on the
Atlantic coast as large as that
which we have in the Pacific; if
we had a standing army of two
million men; and if we had a
powerful, up-to-date air force—
added to tremendous facilities for
quick production of planes—we
would have insurance for those
who fear aggression and we could
then mind our own business. In
cidentally, we would add some
more teeth to our Monroe Doc
trine. (
Work makes jobs. The con- 
struction of a great navy and air
force would put literally hun- 
dreds of thousands to work in all \
the hundreds of industries which ]
would have to jack up their em- 
ployment to meet the demands of j
the shipyards and airplane fac
tories. A million and a quarter g
men added to our standing army l
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t would mean just that many more
> jobs for someone, and thousands
s upon thousands would go on the
l payrolls of the gun factories,
3 powder works, iron mines, coal
- mines, steel pjants, automobile
; factories, and so on down the
i line. We could use this work at
this time, if only as a bulwark
. aaglnst those vile isms which are
t so much more to be feared than
. any military foe.
r If we are worried about Hitler
. or Japan or anyone else, why not
s spend a few dollars and get back
, on our feet? It would surely be
i infinitely more profitable, and
L far less dangerous, than involv
> ing ourselves for the second time
in the damnable brawls of Eu
' rope's political gangsters.
We can't stop European war
. fare; no one has ever been able
i to stop it. They are so accus
tomed to it over there that they
, seem to be almost impervious to
it—like someone who has lived
among mosquitoes all his life. He
doesn't suffer from the stings,
but a stranger does.
In the last war Germany was
crushed and ruined; twenty years
later she Is on the crest of the
wave, while we are still suffering
from "unemploymentitis" and ov
ertaxation. In the Franco-Prus
sian war, France was crushed and
had to pay Germany a billion
dollars and give up the provinces
of Alsace and Lorraine. A few
years later France was rich and
prosperous.
If we "save democracy" two or
three more times, we should be
nice and ripe for plucking by
whichever of those old war
horses happens, at the time, to
be on top of the European heap.
It would be more pleasant to
have Britain as our master than
to have Germany or France or
Russia or Japan; but for one,
this writer prefers the present
status quo.
Instructions Given
For Soil Care
As a result of the record-break
ing rains during the past week,
technicians of the Soil Conserva
tion Service here urge farmers in
the Yadkin Work Unit, Yadkin
ville, to make a careful check of
damage to terraces and diversion
ditches.
If silt or other material ac
cumulated in the terrace channel,
they advise plowing out the chan
nel to permit the free flow of ex
cess water from rains that may
fall later.
When a channel becomes clog
ged with silt and debris and I
forces the water over the ter- I
race, it may result in a break.
One terrace break may result in
a breakdown of the entire terrace
system and permit water to rush
down across a field and carry
away considerable soil.
Technicians recommend that
breaks be repaired immediately.
If done soon after the damage
has occurred repairs can usually
be made more economically and
satisfactorily and will usually
prevent severe erosion later on.
NOTICE
Under and by virtue of the
power of sale contained in a cer
tain deed of trust executed on the
3rd day of June, 1936, by Paxil
Eidson and wife, Jettie Hampton
Eidson, to Wm. M. Allen, Trustee,
recorded in Book 133, at page 62,
Office of the Register of Deeds,
Surry County, North Carolina,
and default having been made in
payment of said note and deed of
trust, and at the request of the
holder of the note and deed of
trust, the undersigned Trustee
will on the 28th day of Septem
ber, 1940, at 2 o'clock P. M., offer
for sale at public auction to thte
highest bidder for cash, in front
of the Bank of El kin, the follow
ing described property, to-wit:
Situated in the City of Elkin,
County of Surry, State of North
Carolina, and described as fol
lows, that is to say: Beginning on
Front Street on the north side of
the Southern Railway Company
Right of Way and running East
with said right of way 189 feet;
thence North at right angles
74.5 feet to a point 50 feet from
the center of reiki n and Alle
ghany Railroad tract; thence
West with J. S. Bell's line 189
feet to Front Street; thence
south 50 feet with Front Street
to the beginning.
This the 26th day of August,
1940.
WM. M. ALLEN,
9~19 Trustee.
F-W CHEVROLET
COMPANY
Elkin, N. C.
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