French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-04-17
THURSDAY, APRIL Il, 1919
LET ALL OF Us HELP

The boys who barred their breasts
to German machine guns in order tina,
America might remain a fit place ii
which to live are daily returning &c
home and fireside. When the call tc
service was sounded these boys laid
down business responsibilities, sepa-
rated themselves from loved ones anc
placed their lives in jeopardy on
strange soil with the one object OF
safeguarding American liberty in
view. Many of those who babe an
afectionate goodbye to kindred anG
friends, to do battle for their country,
have made the supreme sacrifice ana
now lie in unmarked graves on for
eign fields. Others have contributed
an eye, an arm, Or a leg to the cause
and business is deprived of the fine
service Of which they were capable
pCAO4O Tx SAC~ClIOuS VI wal called
them to the colors. Through a sys-
tenn of vocational education, the Gov
eminent is endeayoring to prepare
the disabled soldier for positions
that may be open to them in the in
!dustries, professions and other pur-
suits.
Still another class includes those
who have run the gauntlet OF German
intrigue and the deadly machine guns
and are back home ready to assist in
rebuilding the world. These heroes
will need help into getting back in
to their former places in busiess &C
tiVities and Governor Beckett is inter-
Asting himself to the extent of urg-
ing united effort in the endeavor to
place our returning soldiers and
sailors where they may find favor in
useful and profitable employment. In
a ringing letter to this paper recently
the Governor makes the following ap-
propriate suggestions touching the
vitality important subject:
"Our soldiers and sailors are now
returning home in great numbers.
We are receiving them with open arms
and it is em%inently fitting for their
return to be celebrated with great
outbursts of patriotic enthusiasm.
But these men cannot live on cheers
and music and flowers and kisses.
The fairest and finest thing we can
do for them is to see to it that every
man of them at once gets a good JOB.
81 want every town and county In
North Carolina to highly resolve tina:
no soldier or sailor shall be denied a
chance to make a decent living.
Please lay this matter on the hearts
of your people. Make it a matter OF
community pride and patriotism.
Let each community be very sensi-
tive on this point. Let no community
be willing for another community 10
provide jobs\for its heroes.
"These men are neither afraid Or
ashamed to work. They seek DO
charity-they scorn it. They want a
job, and they must not he denisd."
The Governor is right. Flowers are
Strewn over the graves of the dead.
These living heroes must have breaG
and a way must be provided through
which they nay earn il. They are not
asking aims. It is the msaLs for earn
ing a livelihood that he, ); young men
desire. The very least any 81 rs nay
do will be to assist them in securing
employment in harmony with their
needs and capabilities. You can help
by reporting vacancies, or prospec-
tive situations to the Asheville branch
of the United States Employment Ser
vice. And the time to begin to show
your faith in the boys is right now
Hundreds of them are returning every
day and we want to convince them, IN
a practical way, of our appreciation
of the great sacrifice they have made
in the world struggle for democracy.
Let there be peace" said Grant
after the civil. war. Let there be no
more wars" a y President Wilson
after the bloodiest conflict of the
ages. Grant was a republican; Viii
son is a democrat, but they are alike
in their Americanism. So let the
small caliber critics of our ~peace-lov-
ing President rave. Their barking
will not shake the confidence of the
people of this country in Woodrow
Wilson. He still sits at the head of
the table.