Newspapers / The Perquimans Weekly (Hertford, … / Sept. 15, 1950, edition 1 / Page 5
Part of The Perquimans Weekly (Hertford, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
nrs r"QtnaANa TSTrraY,, , gsjgrFOD. n. c. Friday, September is. 1950 PAGE FIVE Is J WHY NOT HAVEi . C LABOR, BATJAUONSr ; The neys story from a small town, which annoonced that 105 oat of 110 ; men called for examination under e ; lective service, were rejected is some ' what amazing1. The same observation i applies to the implication that the high rejection Tta Was'dtie, dot to physical . defects,, but to a intelligence leveL ' r This biSntstff iiind "the obvious " necessity that, confronted by, such a - record, the Army shonld Jbe given the power to ofgaqire abor ., battalions out of those' who are not intelligent enough to serve in the fighting line. Our understanding is that, as a rule, it tales three men behind the line to support each fighter. If this is true, there is no reason why labor and ser vice units should not be filled by any body able to perform physical labor i under competent direction. t ' , It might develop that, confronted with a choice of serving in a labor unit or in a fighting unit, more of our young men would posses the in telligence necessary lor a modem ; combat soldier. At any rate, the labor units would save tne lighting men ' some of their work behind the lines. - BUSINESS MEN WHO BUY "INFLUENCE" , By this time everybody knows that there exists in Washington a consid erable group of people who attempt to sell "influence" to those who seek special favors from governmental of ficials or contracts for the making . of products at a nice profit. The setup constitutes a reflection, not only on the "influence" peddlers but upon the business men who. are 'ready to offer bribery in the ordinary course of commercial transactions, The business man who pays an indi vidual a special bonus to get a favor under existing laws is as guilty as the man who accepts the money, Recently, in Washington, a man who organized a candy firm in 1945 told of the black market dodges that he adopted in an effort to get additional allotments of sugar. He paid a fee of $1,000 to somebody because he had been greatly impressed by an array of photographs showing the man shak ing hands with distinguished public figures. "I thought I was getting in with the right people," the candy maker testified. Then, finding that he got no extra sugar, the man paid another fee of ( ' $2,500 to, a lawyer Jnit, again, he got no sugar. Thereup, he testified,' he heard that- another company had se cured a quota of $14,000,000 pounds . of sugar and he immediately got in T) touch with the representative of the .comnany, On the strength of what he heard, the candy-maker sold a half -interest in his company for $25,000 or $45,000, but, as a result, he declares, "I never got enough sugar to sweeten your coffee." The company, however, dis V covered another plan for getting corn syrup for the company's needs. These ramifications led to the Middle West : where cash money would pay a corn , elevator a bonus for a carload of corn, averaging about fifty cents a bushel. ; This was shipped to a refiner, who was billed at a legal ceiling price, and the corn was converted into syrup. About half of the syrup went to the candy company at ceiling price but . the refinery kept the rest and the by products as an extra commission. The candy company must have .done fairly well because the owner testified that its assets increased from an. original $45,000 to $940,000 in the nine months that it operated. -There is no use wasting any ( sym pathy on the business man who be comes a black marketeer in time of war. He seeks to get advantages in the commercial world through bribery and corruption and if, upon occasions, he loses some of his money to a slick talker, without getting results, he de serves no sympathy. , In fact, the rea son the "influence peddlers" operate is because they . find it profitable to trade upon the gullibility and culpa bility of criminals who happen, for the moment, to be in a legitimate bturinesa. -V Wi : $185,000,000,000 FOR DEFENSE The defense of the United" States might cost as much as $135,000,000, 000 up to July 1, 1953, according to the testimony of high ranking offi cials before a congressional Bubcom pfttee in . July,v Tie testimony has jam oeen made pubuc It revealed that the President's original request for $10,489,976,000 in. ciuaea an estimated 4,600,000,000 for current cosia in &orea ana o.oiw.uuu, 000 for aA'basic build-up" in the arm ed -forces of the nation, . fk-s - Secretary of Defense- Louis John son expressed the opinion that ' the Korean campaign was a "six or eight months proposition" and al8o, declared that the original decision not to de fend Korea had been made on a level other than the military. He pointed out that neither General MaoArthur nor the Joint Chiefs of Staff had ex pected to be called upon to defend the Republic of Korea and that the policy was "top echelon. General Omar N. Bradley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, empha sized that the greatly increased funds would provide the armed forces with a ready, highly mobile, stand-by force which we could bring to bear at any threatened point in the minimum of time." He said that the require ments for manpower and material was not a make-shift plan, occasioned by Korea, but a long-range program worked out by the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Another interesting item was con tained in the release of the July testi- onyf It .fclated to- the flayy's 'calf, for reserves. Admiral Forest P. Sher man, Chief of Naval Operations, told the committee that 53,000 reservists had been called from the organized reserve group and that 85,000 other reservists; were to be called, 'This program, when completed, would give the Navy 579,805 officers and men in the next eleven months. This com pares with 875,482 when the fighting started in Korea. PERISHABLE (FARM PRODUCTS A PROBLEM In its effort to support farm prices under existing legislation, the Gov ernment has acquired huge stocks of spoilable foods, but Secretary of Ag riculture Charles F. Brannan says that tiie war emergency will not solve the problem. The Government now holds 200, 000,006, pounds of butter, well over 350,060,000 pounds of dried milk, 100, 000,000 pounds of cheese and 107,-: 000,000 pounds of dried eggs. We do not have figures on other spoilable foods, such as Irish potatoes, but it is quite evident that the Government faces a problem in connection with agricultural products of this type. ' Under existing legislation, the De partment of Agriculture , can jrive such foods to organized chairty, provided the agencies pay shipping costs. Strange to say, officials report that charity organizations are reluctant to take the food on such conditions. In order to get rid of the surplus, there fore, the House of Representatives has passed a bill to permit the Govern ment to pay freight costs on surpluses of perishable foods that it gives (Concluded on Page Two) CCCEGT G.1rX2 ;o? d.ig:mg:ies " Aa we fet (liar, itraa and itraln, ore - exertion, eieeatlve imokinf or expoeure to cold aometinwe dow down kidney fnno- ; tion. Thia bT ted many folk to eoa ' nlala of utftat backache, lorn of pep sad rarer, headache! end dieaiaeie. fiiAt 3. do night or (request ptimtt mmf remit -from minor blsddar irritation da to sold, dampnaai or dietary iDdieeretioaa. ' If your dlMomtortd on do to thoM eaoeaa, don't trait, try Doan'i Pflta, mSU diuretic. Cud raeoMafolly by auUiosa lor orar 60 you. WhiU thaae lymptoma nay -of ta otbanrlM oew "t'e aaw-'-t bow $ Biaay tiawo Doan'i tn fc t 9 the II BOM at kk T tone d falter tfc a out waete. Get loan'a Nl today)- ''"SKILLS-' . P '::-'MiuHMauVX-:-:' 1 STAR OF STAGE, SCREEN AND TELEVISION 'AS AN ACTOR, I RELY ON MY VOICE. I SMOKE CAMELS. THE 30-DAY MILDNESS TEST PROVED THEY AGREE WITH n MY THROAT! rfU CAMELS ARE SO MILD that in a coaat-to-coatt tort of hundrodt of man and woman who anokad Cantab and only Camels for 30 day, noted throat ipecialitti, making weekly examination, reported Mot CR3 dnlb cess of throcst imtafion dsta to anoking CAf.lELS vein Cloimty Fair "ALBEMARLE ON PARADE' 6 BIG DAYS 6 BIG NIGHTS Elizabeth City, N. C. PASQUOTANK, PERQUIMANS, CHOWAN GATES, CAMDEN, DARE, CURRITUCK All Next Week-Sept. 18-23 FEATURING Harness Horse Racing Four Nights Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Agricultural Exhibits Livestock, Cattle, Swine, Pigeons, Home Demonstration, 4-H Clubs Vocational Agriculture Field Crops, Junior Swine Department, Floral, Farm Machinery Daylight Fireworks 4:30 P. M. Tuesday and Friday Night Fireworks Every Night at 10 O'clock Prell's Broadway Shows On Midway "BROADWAY AT YOUR DOOR" IT'S YOUR FAIR ... BE THERE Perquimans County Cchool Day (White) Friday, September 22nd. All school children from Perquimans admitted at main gate for 5 cents up to 7:00 P. M. Colored schoolchildren admitted on Wednesday. r iv " 1111 -"""a . - -a lrr-'"':i 1 ..i n hi ,. -.u'iSm '' ? 5' TT' I I A 'riiiitfi;""-&'m'--'"'" r- 1 """' " ,- fT"" n-nwiiniii m mrnii i i inin ninTii"iii - -"" .. ....ia... ' -v...jrt the smart new sedan that converts In seconds Into a sports car or cargo carrier. Twice as. useful as any onfinary earl Use) It as a beautrful sedan seating sixl Or fold down the hinged back seat and cthion;.cdyouhavea level deck 6V4 feetJong..You can sleep on it . . Iood..oll yow hunting and (wing gear . . . haul farm irnpienMirs, fence posts a thousand and one things no regular car can carry. It's like having two cars in one. Come see how the new Chrysler Traveler makes your dollars do double duty. Take the wheel.. . . find out how Chrysler's bvSt-in value all tne way through is combined with new utility that beats anything on the road today. -0 1 Se how th reeir sjrf CUtMon foldt forward against the front seat back, and V rear tat back turns down to form flat, level-loading platform. Spare tire can be carried m Y fxrmogef comparhrwnt, or in wU at rshi of luggage compartment " ' ' v. i', i, ."TV '1 V, 1 1 11 mil Counter-balanced trunk lid opens easily, and stays open for aty loading. Sturdy luggeg rack en roof adds convenlentfy to me huge carrying capacity of this car. tlnfeahtiv l eiMiiilt Alti ek iaklM nmtmMA rtlttnrttnr UA . ' TOWE - WEBB MOTOR CO., INC. Hertford, N.C Phone 364l
The Perquimans Weekly (Hertford, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Sept. 15, 1950, edition 1
5
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75