The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-14
v u MEET

the joint meeting to be held on
Wednesday evening at Z o'clock at
the Cape Fear hotel, taking place
of the regular luncheon session dur
ing that week.
Unified cooperation expresses the
relationship that should exist be-
tween all community organizations
of every type and character in mat
tiers pertaining to the general well
fare of our citizens and in our city.
Community growth prompts CO.
operation with the Merchants as
ISOLATION, Chamber of Commerce,
Junior Chamber of Commerce,
Farm Civic and Business Cooper
alive association, The Better Bust
ness club, and every other organ
ization that has for it's purpose
the advancement of the welfare Of
our people, the bringing Of more
business to u community, the
establishment of industry and in
acquiring additional outlets for dis
tribution Of local products. Indus
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ty may be quicker and surer by CO.
operation with national and state
industrial boards, industrial divis-
ions of our railroads and steam
ship lines, the United States Cham
Der of Commerce, the United States
Department of Commerce, and
large and small industries.
The civic clubs of this communi-
ty may well adopt a cooperative
project, and the formation of an
industrial and commercial COM
mittee designed to obtain new fac
tories, industry and commerce.
This committee should be selec-
tive from the various clubs and
civic organ zations of the city,
composed of men especially quail
fed in their respective vocations,
professions and business. This
committee should have the power
to make a complete survey of the
natural resources and territorial
advantages of u community, and
the facts obtained from such a sur
vey should be assembled in a COM
prehensive report that could be
presented in a persuasive manner
to any person or persons that may
be interested in locating in our
community. Industries should be
visited by this committee and be
given assurance of cooperation
from our community as a whole. In
the fullflment of this objective, the
committee representing all of the
civic organizations of the city,
should give encouragement to in
dustry, shipping interests, and
commercial enterprises in every
possible way.
At the present time the most dis
cussed topic, on the street, in the
Office and in the home is national
defense and we of the civic organ
izations of Wilmington should CO.
operate in every way to better pre-
pare our nation for war in order
to insure peace, we do not want
war, therefore we must prepare to
prevent it.
AS an activity, national defense
is closely related to the Exchange
club objective of service to avia-
ton. In fact they are inseparably
entwined. The Exchange club does
not believe in war. It is an ad-
vocate of peace; but it believes
that the adequate preparedness for
any emergency is the best assur-
ance of peace. This conclusion is
based on better experience. From
unpreparedness in the past we
must draw our lesson. National de-
tense is just as much needed for
protection against enemies from
within as from without. Proof of
the need for domestic protection is
to be found daily in our newspa-
pers, which relate of sabotage and
wreckage. American citizens have
the same rights to national pro-
lection as they have to local pro-
lection in their cities, counties and
states through the police and con-
stabulary. Life and property must
be protected against the selfish ag-
gressiveness of nations that do not
share the American ideals of peace,
freedom and liberty. Our nation
has no absolute control over the
spirit of the people or leadership
of other nations, and until religion
has changed human nature and
more completely enlightened the
world, the United States must give
all its citizens the protection that
is their due.
In preparing for national defense
new airports are being built, new
military camps and naval bases.
and enlargement of those already
in existence is receiving consider
able attention. Here in Wilmington
where is located one of the largest
oil distributing ~centers, and where
we have a port that could be fur
Their developed and utilized in this
great program for national de-
Tense, lies a great opportunity.
New roads could be built connect
ing with Fort Bragg and with the
coast artillery d~efenses of Vir-
ginia and South Carolina.
Many idle acres Of land are
available for the use of our govern
to $500, 900, 900 during the second
year of the war, Britain will in.