Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1934-11-09

to turn the entire basin Of the Missls-
sippl north and west of Kansas City
into an abode for the coast popula-
tions. and the unemployed are building
there, understand, quarters for ten
million poolle Most Of them are tenn
pornry They are also planting vast
areas Of lands 10 crops. imagine that
they are going to compel the mlgra-
tion wien the interior Of the country
is prepared as well as possible to re-
ceive It, and when the danger Of tidal
waves draws near. AS matter Of
fact. every industrial center is work
ing at rop speed. and Chicago is head
quarters for their produce. don't
Just remember the figures. but an ap-
pallinp iuautity Of canned goods. cloth
ing. n llcal supplies. and things like
that ia being prepared and dlstrib-
uted t. bases in the Mississippi valley.
Granted that the valley remains In
habitabie, ! really believe that u ma.
jority Of our population will be sue
cessfully moved there and installed for
an indefinite time"
"It's wonderful. isn't IT." Eve said.
Tony nodded "'fhe machinery which
organized millions of men during the
war was still more or less available
for this much bigger undertaking, from
the Standpoint Of plans and human
cogs. The hardest thing is to convince
the people that IT must be done: hui
the lie 4ers have recognized the fact
and al 60 ag ahead sort Of pros
perity has returned. of course. all
prices and wages are risidly fixed
now, hit there is uiore than enough
work TO go around, and keeping busy
Is the secret of holding the masses in
emotional balance.
II cent give you really good pic
ture Of It all. l really know very little
of It 1t OIL came in dashes-things
read ii newspapers. things heard over
the RI 10, things told me; but this
eonatr az least has grnsped the basic
idea t.ai there is going TO be trouble,
land greet trouble, in a short time"
"Quiie~ So Hendrop said. Now
how about the rest of the world7p
1.-THE rest Of the worId?v Tony re-
peated Hendron's inquiry. II don't
know much about the rest Of the
world. What do know IN tell you;
but the Information is garbled, contra
diffory and unreliable. For one thing,
many Of the European nations are still
foolislly trying to keep their plans
s'sret in order to protect their Dor
Us and 50 on. 10 fact, wouldn't be
ut all surprised If they fell to fighting.
There seems to be small thought of
cooperation. and they stick fiercely to
national lines
"England's labor troubles festered
the minute she tried to institute com
pnlsory work for those who tended her
utilities. believe London was with
nuf power or light for five or six days.
There was a vast amount Of sabotage.
Inc police tonight battles through Pic.
c2lilly and Trafalgar square with
armed mobs.
Australia and Canada, on the other
a'nd. acted very much as the United
States has acted. They got down to
brass facks and the doing what they
ean for and with their people. So is
South Africa.
''The French are very gay about 1t,
and very mad. The whole country is
filed with sputtering, ineffective PEG
pie. They're playing politics for all it's
worth, and new cabinets come and go,
sometimes at the rate Of three day,
without ever getting anything accom-.
DIished at all. But at least they have
kept functioning as nation. In Ger.
many few communists were killed:
and so were few Jews.
"Mussolnl is struggling to keep his
control-so far, with success. As for
Russia. little Is known. OF course IT is
terrible blow to the Soviet be.
leye tire government is carrying on
rather utterly. but as best It can.
China IS still just China. So you can
tell very little about IT. In South Amer.
lea the news has served merely to
augment the regular crop of revolu-
TONS"
Tony put down his fork. THAT'S all
] know" He reached for d cigarette
and lighted It. what to expect tornor-
row or week from tomorrow, no one
can say Since it's impossible to tell
Just how high tides will be, how far
inland they will rush, and what areas
will be devastated. and since not even
the best gIless viii he any Indication
whatsoever of where the land may
rise, where II may fall. and what por.
tons Of It will witness erupti0ns and
quakes. 1t may be that even the gigan-
tic steps being taken by some govern
ments will be futile"
After dinner Leighton ushered Rams
dell into the apartment. Tony was
furious. He had hoped to have Eve to
himself.
How he bad hoped to have her, and
with what further satisfaction, he did
not define; but at least he knew that
he wanted Ransdell away.
"He has flown Eve times to Wash.
ington for Father" Eve explained.
~And he's wonderful In the labora-
tory. He has genius for mechanics"
The South African listened to this
account of himself with embarrass
.ment; and Tony realized that under
any other circumstances he would have
liked him. In fact. originally Tony
had liked David Ransdell immensely
until ne had realized that be also was
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