The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-08-14
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BY
Hazel Brannon
Hazel Brannon

203-202, the House passed Tuesday
a bill to extend services of all Army
men, selectees, National Guardsmen,
reservists and regular enlisted per
sonnet, for period of 18 months.
Thus the way is cleared for the
President to send troops all over the
world and occupy any island he wants
occupied Of course legislation is still
in effect limiting their operations To
the western hemisphere but we do
not believe our President will con-
Germ himself with that legal pro-
vision. He has already said that he
has given up trying to determine just
where the western hemisphere Is
Our guess is that his interpreta
ton of the western hemisphere is
going to lead the armed forces Of
this nation straight TO the from. line
trenches of another European battle
field.
The House provided also that the
previous limit of 100000 on the num-
Der of selectees who may be in train
ing at any given time be eliminated.
Now the way is declared 10 raise as
large an expedltionary force AS
wanted.
There are plenty of men in service
and their families who can't see the
emergency the President and his adj
visers continue to talk about With
Russia holding out so long against
Germany the war threat seems to
be receding, says the United States
News
The men in arms for year have
undergone as extensive training as
possible until they are given equip
ment to fight with A supply Of ade-
quate artillery, antiaircraft equip
ment and aircraft is still months a
way. Thus they reason there is no
reason for these men to stay in
training with nothing to do why
not get others to take their place
and let more people in on this job
of protecting America and saving
Democracy.
The real fact of the matter is the !
men are not being kept in service
for further training only, as stated
by the President. They are being
kept in service so that they may be /
sent all over the world where the
President wants them sent more
specifically they will be sent to oc
cupy all our Atlantic bases, and pos
sibly Dakar. Martinique. Ireland |
a prediction. this column made the day !
the President acquired those bases.
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An International News dispatch
from Washington says: "Britain's
high command does not believe it
could successfully carry out any ma
jor land offensive on the continent
in the near future.
And it is our guess that England
will never set foot on the continent
of Europe on the offense . not
until they are assured that American
troops will be in the front line trench
es. Even then we dare say there
will be few English divisions fighting.
to protect their homes and firesides.
Again it will be American men
who leave their homes and firesides
to fight the war that England de-
elared.
Was it in January. only seven short
months ago, that the President of
the United States sold our Congress
a bill of goods called the Lend
Lease" bill which he declared was
necessary to pass if We wanted to
keep out of the wal?
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Congress is considering an omni-
bus rivers and harbors bill calling
fer an expenditure : 100000, 900.
Included in the measure are the
Florida ship canal, measure of
Senator Peppers if we are not mis-
taken and the Presidents own pet
measure, the St. Lawrence Water
way.
The measure should be defeated,
of course.
1t is senseless for our Congress t.
vote seven-hundred million dollars
for long-term projects that will take
years to complete and take supplies
and labor from the market that are
now vitality needed if we are serious
about our defense program.
The St. Lawrence waterway is be-
ing fought by southern port cities,
ineluiing Gulfport, as being extreme
ly Ietrimental to their interests. But
for years this profit ct has been pet
of the President and he refuses h
relinquish it in the name of national
defense or anything else.