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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-09-20

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WORK for all of us in this great
democracy, there is gainul work
for all of us, there is profitable
work for all of us, there is
CROUCH work for all of us; anG
] coll all of YOU people here to-
Day To a great crusade of call
ing America back to its great
principles. calling it back to
make our economic life vita
end vibrant, calling it back tc
UNITY, calling it back to effec-
iiycness. And / ask all of you
,o'orcd people to join with me
because YOU know better than
amy others tho price of dfsunity
4" 'ro.Ga0.o. pledge to you
YOU h.1 never brook intoler-
wc'. Intolerance has turned
me whole world to abuse il
TINS "o'.rcf blood and destruc- |
Uucti"n call all Americans, !
co'or"d, white Jew, Christian |
and Catholic. into a great Unit
CT A1-r... TO make this the
no g.o.sus place Of all the
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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-09-20
their employers.

their employers. 49,
There can be but one reason
for this sort of thing. they are
building up their political or
ganization for November How
much longer will the taxpayers
sit idly by and let these eondi-
tions continue? We intend to
do everything possible to pro-
vide for the unfortunate who
cannot find work, but we do not
intend to maintain an army of
parasites who leave jobs to go,
on WPA. ' am
From reports reaching me
from other parts of the state"
Kay said 81 am convinced that
what is happening in Mason
county is also happening thru
out all West Virginia. Only a
might uprising of the citizens
this state can put an end to
these absurdities."
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-09-20
REPUBLICANS ON THE
q. MARCH

CHARLESTON w. Na.-Ac-'
tance of the craftsmanship of
the Associated Willkie Clubs
of America for West Virginia by
Hon. Howard L. Robinson, of
Clarksburg, an outstanding
member of the Bar, under
scores the revolt in the Demo-
cratic party against breach of
the third term tradition and
emphasizes the wide split to-
day between Democrats and
the New Dealers.
Mr.. Robinson is one of the
States leading Democrats. but
the third term and the manner
in which it was brought about
by its chief beneficiary was
to much or him to take even in
the name of his party-for the
name is all that Roosevelt has
left of it.
The Willkie chairman SUD-
ported Roosevelt in 1882 and
| again in 1886; and was active
IN party affairs that led to the
New Deal successes of those
years. He was appointed District
Attorney for the United States
Court of Northern West Viz
glnla on recommendation of
Senator M. M. Nicely now the
ClO-New Deal candidate fol
Governor and served out his
full term of four years.
| Mr.. Robinson, realizing thai
the Democratic party has beer
! destroyed by Roosevelt, and that
If the New Deal is allowed t.
run wild for another four years
! may destroy the American
system Of government, wa,
moved by patriotism to re
nounce Roosevelt and his selfish
, ambition. To make his renunc
iation effective, he will. fight
with all his power for the cleo.
ton of WendelltWillkie this
fall.
The Influential Clarksburgel
was delegate to the Chicago
convention at which Roosevelt
| drafted himself as the "indis
pensable mar" and the only
suitable candidate of his party
for president. Robinson, how
ever, like the venerable Garter
Glass gave his support to jim
, Fairly - the great Democrat,
leader whose only recognition
for urstinted devotion to Roose
| welt was the dou6le-cross.
i, Republican leaders are graft
e fled at gaining so powerful al
= ally but not from any partisan
; angie. They are gratifed be
f cause they know theirs is ;
? tight to preserve the American
system and consequently fee
that the real, loyal, patriotic
+ Americans will continue to rally
to their banners.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-09-20
A perfect example

As railroad crossings have
the cross armed warnings A:
stop Look and Listen before
proceeding, and have done
much in savining many lives.
So too does our Sunday School
lessor use the sames sort of
warning for people to learn
what is the message from God
and what to do after learning
RI e.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-09-20
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Sk which dozens of hinc q

FISK Which dozens of big con-
Germs are taking in construct
ing new plants for the manufac-
ture of airplane engines and
other war whatnots. If pleas
ant peace comes suddenly what
is going to happen to all the
plants being utilized for con-
struction' of war mechanisms?
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-09-20
A prophetic examine

Victor Marguerite is the
French writer who wrote the
novel lie Couple, in which the
downfall of France was describ-
ed. Lemuel Parton, The Times
Who's Who This Week column
gives a sUcd.1t description Of
marguerrittc, and also some
! from his prophetic
book.
-.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-09-20
Sunday night supper

Sunday night supper
Truer words have not been
spoken, as yet. We are referinfi
to that which we read in the
Times Household News column
this week: Simplicity is the
keynote of the Sunday night
supper. That is why the meal
on-atray has become so popular.
Miss Howe, the columnist. has
some helpful menus and recipes
for these Simple" suppers.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-09-20
COP. HEAD
Continued from page u

TX - - - N'h 90 SNCiS oIilCi
American 1t is Indispensable
/ that the leadership OF America
both IN government, industry
and i'm labor, give the Negro an
opportunity to be creative and
! to participate in the great en-
tcrpriScS of American life. |
/ hope that the government,
capital and labor will cooperate
i'm providing such opportunities.
Now, second question:
| want to say that no man in
America looks upon the hideouS
crime of lynching with more
marked condemnation than !
do. Mob violence shocks the
conscience of the nation, a.
legislation to crush this evil
must be enacted.
Now, in addition to that, in
the administration of the af-
fairs of government during this
administration, they have talk
ed in fine words about demo-
! cracy, but. practiced little of it
In cerain departments in Wash
ingtor, regular Jim Crow de
| partmentS have been created.
say to you, under my admins
tration there shall be no dis
criminatioE between people be-
cause of color. race or creed, in
the appointment to federal posi-
tons; and that any man who
serves as my subordinate who
makes such discrimination shall
be fred on the spot.
Now, if there is anything a
bout my language - it is just
simple language-anybody does
not understand, there is M
Harvard Tilt to it, but if you dc
not understand, speak up and
will restate it.
L will carry out the Republi
can Platform pledge to Thu
Negroes by seeing to it that
Jim Crow departments in the
federal government device
which the New Deal created by
executive decree - should bc
eliminated and colorcd citizen:
appointed to any branch of th'
Federal Civil Service to which
to which they are qualified.
will give the Negro a chance t
Ee heard before the govern
meL takes its decisions affect
lug his Welfarc-a right denie,
under the New Deal. 1t is m,
profound conviction that tn
Democratic party is incapabl
Of protecting the civil libertie
! of this country in times 0
stress. and | believe that TN
colOred citizens above all other
needs q leadership which cal
protect the civil liberties o
every group. | pledge myslf It
give YOU such leadership.
Now. let me say to YOU tina
| am a complete believer il
democracy ! think it not alon,
the most pleasant way Of life
but | think ii the most circc
tive way Of life. | think we mus
make it so effective that nc
totaiit1rian dictator will sorl
10 destroy this great dcmoc,ac<
OF ours But we cannot possibly
make il so effective against
those totalitarian leader. if we
deprive ourselves of IN a1,ii
ties an enterprises of ton p..
cent of our population.
] pledge to- you what / wan.
to do with America is TO -to.
| bCnJg,,,rti,,s 4
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-09-20
IN THE TIMES THIS WEEK
itlNl'ing their shirts

Carter Field who writes our
weekly Washington Digest col
tells us this week of the great
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-23
Has Happened Everywhere

This ''storm and fury" over the install lation and operation of parking meters in Waterbury is nothing to get alarmed about It has happened without fail in every city and town that put them along their streets It will continue to take place in the additional towns that de- eided to try the meters as means of traffic regulation. It's just readjust- nent to the new system. If there wasn't some sort of resentment of opposition to the meters shown in city the size of Waterbury it would be time for the off, cialS to become alarmed. Such lethargy in large city is proof conclusive that something is radically wrong with its citizens.
 But when you hear protests about the meters and criticism of where they are being placed or how they will operate, then you know that the citizens are wide awake; they know what is going on in their community and are very much 1n- terested in the same; they want improve mentS, but they only want those that are going to prove of benefit to the greatest number of people. And usually after the criticism has SubSided you are apt to find that it has proved of considerable assist ance in the orderly establishment of a new regulation or way of doing things.
 City officials don't overlook all the criticism that is hurled at them in such a situation as we now find here in Water bury. If they have overlooked some i'm portant point before, they check up on it now and make the necessary corrections or alterations. If somebody says they are violating another ordinance, they investigate if they haven't previously done so. Criticism is healthy for mu-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-23
May Make Difference

If the recent stories to the effect that State Highway Commissioner William J. Cox is not to be reappointed by Governor Elect Robert A. Hurley come true, this change may make all the difference in the world in the future development of the Wilbur L. Cross Parkway. This road way is now actively underway. EffertS are being made at several points along it's proposed route to get actual work started on the road-bed Rights of way are being acquired here and there. Bor- ings are being made at West Rock, New Haven, to determine the wisdom of a tunnel through the rock for the parkway
 The latest reports indicated that Com missioner Cox was virtually committed to this considerable undertaking. Earlier reports were that he was undecided on the vehicular tunnel and would not de- eide one way or the other until borings In the rock had determined just what might be struck in pushing tunnel through it. The Democrat intimated some days ago that even if the tunnel were decided upon now it might never be built for the very reason that a new Highway Com- missioner might have other ideas. Ii the latest stories are reliable, this may come to pass.
 Commissioner Cox was an appointee ot former Governor Wilbur L. Cross and came into the department in the wake of the late John A. Macdonald after the Merritt Parkway "mess" He also came into prominence just about the same time that MT. Hurley was starting to make name for himself as Public Works Com missioner and when his famous report on the Highway Department was being aired. It may be that Commissioner Hurley still thinks the shake-ups he ad- vocated vitally necessary to the progress of Connecticut highway policy. If he does it is pretty certain that the depart ment will have new. head when the present interim term of Commissioner Cox ends.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-23

Disposition of those trees on New Bri- tain's Central Park is still serious topic of discussion If you want to start real hot argument in the Hardware City, you need only broach this subject. And the city is obviously divided into two well defined camps on the subject. There doesn't seem to be too many in between. You're either for the removal of the trees, which are providing a suitable roasting place for starlings, or you are against this move. Of recent weeks the move to have the trees cut down seemed to gain considerable strength, particu- larly in official circles, but at last read ing we noted that various aldermen were trying to rouse public sentiment to the point where it would mass against re- moval of the trees. Waterbury can well understand New Britains feelings on this subject, for when a tree was cut down recently on our Green there was battle royal until the tree had actually disappeared and everyone had look at the fine job the city had done in round ing off the corner.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-23

the newly created post of Under Secretary of War.
 John J. McCloy, prominent New York attorney and old friend of Secretary Henry StimSon, may step into PatterSon's place as As- Sistant Secretary of War.
 Donald Nelson, Procurement Di- rector, may be made member of the Defense Commission to do the much needed job of coordinating the defense program.
 Senator Sherman MintOn, de- feated Indiana New Dealer, to be named a White House secretary to act as Roosevelt's liaison man with Congress. This has long been a weak spot in the White House staff.
 Paul McNutt, Federal Security Administrator, to succeed Jose phus Daniels as Ambassador to Mexico when he retires. .
 Oscar Chapman, Assistant Sec- retary of the Interior, to take Mo- Nuts present post.
 Oscar Ewing, New York attor- ney, close friend of McNutt and assistant of Democratic National Chairman Ed Flynn, to be made the paid Executive Director of the National Committee.
 Richard J. Reynolds, Jr., liberal member of the famous North Carolina tobacco family, to suc- ceed Oliver Quayle, Farley inti-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-23

Governor Robert A. Hurley is not going to endorse an income tax for Con- necticut. He announced this the other night at a dinner in his honor down at Greenwich. He said that he had already treasured a Republican business man to this effect This is hardly the time for any legislator to mention new taxes. We don't think the 1941 Legislature will get very far with plans along these lines And, too, it must be remembered that income taxes are not popular in Connecticut. Any attempt to inaugurate one has always met with the same fate of the state sales tax We can see the same thing for 1941
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-23
Looking Ahead on Defense

The first six months of our defense efforts being past, the United States can look back without either complacency or Encouragement. We have laid the foundations of an army; we have begun to gear existing industry to support it; we have started to build munitions in- dustry. Let no man think that we have made more than beginning. The real effort is to come. Only about half of the national guard has been called up for training. Selective service has called up a mere trickle. After the first of the year the real mass army will begin to assemble.
 Let no one fool himself that we can now merely rock along on business as usual'' basis. It is simply not in the cards. What do we face in the coming months as the defense effort gathers speed and momentum? More and more homes will feel the direct impact of the drive as more and more men are lnducted into service - the total will be million and a half by next midsummer. More ana more offices and industrial plants will feel the effect of productive workers with drawn for the army.
 Ever-increasing demands for materials will uncover shortages. That will mean that some authority must decide, as dur ing the World War, which industry is to get this shipment of steel, that shipment of copper. If there is not enough steel for the war effort, for instance, there are only two solutions: use less steel 1n normal civilian life, or increase produc- tive facilities You may not like the thought of increased centralized control, but as shortages appear it will be either that or slow down the program. You know which the people will choose.
 Increasing pressure is going to be ap- piled to both labor and management to but aside personal advantage for the national interest. The only possible way to avoid centralized control of both is for both to cooperate in every reasonable way without compulsion Longer working hours may come. Industrial leaders like Sloan or General Motors and Robertson of Westinghouse believe they are not now necessary, as long as there is labor pool of unemployed. But when mathematl- cal formula of facilities available times men working three eight-hour shifts falls to produce what is needed in five days, then six days must be worked, at least until additional facilities can be pro- yided. It is almost matter Of pure mathematics.
 Prices will be subject to great efforts to keep them from rising in the face of every tendency to rise. Taxes are certain to increase, not only for the wealthy, but for every man, woman ana cnAo. In short, we have seen only the prelim- mary beginnings of our defense effort. We have no reason to be discouraged with what has been accomplished. But every man must realize that it is only begin ming. A great defensive force cannot be built with "business as usual" nor with life as usual" either.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-23

plenty of peace in the world today.
 The only place peace ever abideS is in the human heart, and even the iravageS of war cannot drive out of mems hearts the peace which God
 bestows and deepens. In a beauti- full letter to his wife written from prison Pastor Niemoller spoke of the peace of heart which he experi- enced every day as he realized that
 he had stood for the hard right
 against the easy wrong. There is many a peaceful heart tonight amid surroundings one would never be-
 lieve would produce peace. They who have God have peace, whether they stand at a cold sentry post, or sit
 in dug-out, or shiver in con- |centration camp, or eat a dry crust of bread in country where rations are low.
 The peace of God which passeth
 all understanding is not brought about by military victories or made
 secure by treaties. It abides in the
 hearts of those who have simple faith, and even the ravages of war cannot extmguish its sacred light.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-23

mate, when he steps out as Na- tional Treasurer.
 Charles Nicholson, veteran press chief of the National Committee, to retire and be succeeded by Ul- ric Bell, brilliant, hardhitting cor respondent of The Louisville Cour- ier-Journal.
 MAIL BAG
 AcknOwledgment-Received from Sidney w. Gordon, Cleveland, postal money order for 30 cents to pay up Representative Martin Dies fine at the Washington Public Library as reported by The Washington Merry Co., Round. MT. Gordon's check has been sent to the librarian. E. D., New York The Post Office Departments money order system was estab lished during the Civil War to provide Union soldiers with a safe way to send money home. {. Miss M. w., LouisvilIe-The only two congressman who have served previously in the Senate are Rep resentative James Wadsworth (N. Y), from 1914-26, and Represen- tive John Robsion (Ky), appoint ed to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator Frederic Sackett in 1880 and defeated for election. Copyright. 1940, by United Fea-
 ture Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-23

Waterbury merchants can be proud of the way local residents have turned out this year to do their Christmas shopping at home. Certainly this has been a ban ner season And it's time now for all of us to recall that after all Christmas IS more than time to exchange presents. It's very holy time of the year, perhaps the holiest in church annals A thought to the religious significance of the day is certainly in order from all of us.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-23
HOME GAMES (Boston Post)

Toy makers report some good news in their announcement that home games in which the whole family may participate are in big demand. They announce they expect to sell $33 ,00O,OOO worth of these home games in this country in the next year.
 And the games are of the type popular back in the "gay 90s." games having to do with war and war strategy are in the background. Miniature croquet and rubber dart games, anagrams, a game which is
 type of backgammon, and mny others for the family, are in de- mand. This is good sign. When there is a big call for such games, it must mean that more families are closer together.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-23
Views Of The Press

ing his ballot for Franklin D. Roosevelt.
 Amid the pained surprise, indig- nation and outraged comments, the man in question, George T. Hunter, of the Eighth congressional district, appeared to come to a dawning realization of what he had done. He sheepishly explained that he thought the electors were supposed to vote for the winning" candidate. That was why he voted for the president. He asked permission to change his ballot. received it, and everyone breathed much more easily. Tradi- tion was not, after all, to be shat tered.
 This episode, no doubt, will be considered by some another good reason for aboiishing the electoral college system of electing president. In actual fact, of course, it was simply a case of misunderstanding Yet it is also a fact that there is no federal low whatever, or con- stitutional provision. to prevent a presidential elector from voting for anyone he happens to choose, re- gardless of the count of the popular vote in his state. Thus President Elector Hunter could have stuck to his guns and insisted on voting for President Roosevelt, and there isn't a thing, apparently, that the off, cials of the state of Michigan could have done about it. The man had promised to vote for Willkie if Willkie carried the state, but he was under no other obligation to do so.
 The existing situation on the choice left with presidential electors it is there despite the fact that it is never exerciSed-accounts for the truth of the statement that Willkie could have been elected
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-23

president right up to the death O. the sessions of the electors in eaci individual state, Dec. 16. One oi the oldest loopholes in our entire system of government, this posSibil- ity has existed for many years. Obviously no such thing would happen, for both parties are usually pretty careful to name distinguish ed members of their own group fol the presidential electors. That any considerable number of them should vote for any other candidate than the successful one = that is, the one who succeeded in carrying ths the popular vote in their states is unthinkable.