The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-10-03
COMMENT ON WORLD
EVENTS

ing demonstration of Sweden's faith
in popular government.
Now comes another democratic
nation, one actually at war, and also
holds national election. The country
is Australia, which has been backing
Great Britain's war efforts in way
which shows that Australians realize
fully the tremendous Importance Of
the stake at issue in the war with
Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.
Australians voted in a proportional
representation election for a new Par
lament The final figures were not
in as this was written but the vote
indicated a gain of at least four seats
for the Labor party, which has strong
ly backed the governments war eff
forts. 1t is significant that isolation
list Labor party factions in New South
Wales, the only groups that opposed
the war, were overwhelmingly defeat
ed.
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The example set by Sweden and
Australia ought to shut up for good
the voices raised here and there
against holding a national election at
this time in the United States. The
suggestion has actually been made
that there should be no electoral con-
test because of the world crisis.
If Sweden and Australia, both in a
position infinitely more perilous than
that of the United States, can hold
elections, there is not the slightest
argument against presidential election
here. In fact, the United States would
be false to it's democratic ideals and
principles if it refused to give a voice
to the people by means Of the ballot
simply because it was in danger.
The idea that an election should not
be held Gust how this would be ar
ranged, in view of constitutional pro-
visions is not explained) is of course
preposterous and deserves no at
tention, except as a footnote on the
times and as an indication of the
existence of strange lines of alleged
thought in periods of stress and hys-
terra.
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Completion of 1880 new structures,
all for public use, and repair and i'm
provement of S,S76 other publicly
owned structures and facilities, high
lighted the construction program of
the National Youth Administration
during the fiscal year ending June 80,
1910, NYA Administrator Aubrey Will
liamS announced.
Williams statement was based on a
tabulation of the physical accomplish
ments of the NYA out-of-school work
program for the last fiscal year.
During the last fiscal year NYA
youth contributed to education by
building 312 new schools or additions
to schools and repaired and improved
1864 other school buildings. NYA
youth built 129 other new educational
buildings and repaired and improved
1890 more. They completed II new
libraries and repaired and improved SO
others.
Better health facilities have been
made available in many communities
as a result Of the NYA construction
program last year which accounted for
completion of 8 new hospitals or addi-
tions and repair and Improvement of
62 others; 81 new isolation buildings
for communicable disease patients:
and repair and improvement of II
others; and other new medical build
ings, and repair and Improvement of
120 others.
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Each of these projects was co-spon-
sored by a local public agency which
paid part Of the cost and which will
maintain it for public use. Not only
have these NYA-built structures add
ed to the wealth of the community
in which they are located, but they
have provided young people with the
opportunity to secure valuable work
experience, Administrator Williams
said