The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-29

facilities, should not give courses which
will train men how to become experts
in the duties of airport atterd ants and
repair men, but alo in training men
to be pilots.
MANUFACTURE OF WAR MA
TERIALS AND UNEMPLOYMENT
have kept midwest members of Con-
gress in conference with various govern
ment agencies during August. In July,
I pointed out to the National Defense
Council that the factories of the mid
west should be used for making war
equipment rather than to permit an
expansion of Eastern plants which ap-
peared to be the policy that govern
ment agencies were then following.
Such policy would take men and ma
chinery from our locality and leave
the factories idle and unemployment
on the increase. We have had assur-
ances that the government would use
midwest factories and would not eX-
pand it's eastern facilities at our eX-
pense. There may be delays, because
the things move slowly, but am sure
that we may expect that northern Min
nesota will have an opportunity to
produce materials needed in the Ma
tional Defense program, and I am hope
full that the Navy will not overlook the
ship building advantages at the Head
of the Lakes All of this will help in
creating jobs for those who are not
now employed. Certain newspapers
have branded the congressman who
have made efforts along these lines as
partisans and pork barrel adherentS
They are wrong. We would be lack
ing in our duty if we did not insist that
the midwest have it's factories used fol
the making of materials needed by the
! government.
STARVATION WINS WARS, and
this fact was developed this month
when an American ambassador to Bel
GUM was quoted as announcing that
Belgium would face famine this fall
unless the blockade was lifted, ano
| food sent to the people there. 1 am
more convinced than ever that we want
to avoid European entanglementS ano
wars. Whoever wins a war is the loser
| anyhow because of the destruction OF
| life, property, ideals, and everything
| else We are fortunate, indeed to be
in the United States where the horrors
of destruction, death, disease, ano
famine may be avoided. 1t seems
| strange to think that the Christian
civilization of the Old World is bent
on starving each other to death. AS
| this is written, the warning powers are
attempting a blockade to prevent food
from reaching the nemy This program
may lead one side or the other tc
victory. Whatever happens, Europe viii
be faced with food shortage. AS one
newspaper put it, the European Con-
, tinent will be a "Howling Hell this
winter" because there will be famine
there the like of which has never beer
SEEN Hitler is doing what he can tc
starve out Britain, and Britain in re-
turn is using the same deadly weapon
blockade and for the same purpose
namely to Starve Germany.
And in between all this effort of the
warning powers to win by starving the
other, the noncombatants will suffer
the most Something like 27,000,O0(
people in Norway, Holland, Belgium
and Poland will suffer unless the United
States and other non combatant coun.
tries are permitted to send them food
The British blockade may also affect
France.
We have our own domestic problems
and duty to our own people out Of
work or in need of relief and no ONT
will deny that the Government SHOULD
meet that need.
But in the great disaster that face
mankind, when innocent women ant
children may be doomed to starvation
men and women in this great Republi
of ours should be permitted to aid tn
starving people across the water. Som
suggest that a Commission be formet
to contact the warning powers so tina
food may be sent to the noncombatant
without falling into the hands of tn
combatants. Those who are striving
to bring this about deserve the admira
ton and the commentator of ever
American citizen.