The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-07-11

Eleanor Roosevelt
u. s. RESPONSIBILITY

on IL IN uttle rhyme ABOUT looh-
ing out for number one, before any
thing has begun" He thinks we
haven't "plenty to spare" and can't
"send it all over there"
It does seem to me that the gen.
tleman misses the point. If we bend
every effort now to produce neces-
sary material help for those who
are doing the fighting in cause
which we believe to be right, we
may keep the war from our shores.
If Great Britain, China and Russia
lose, sooner or later, we will have
to fight.
No matter how well prepared we
are, 5,O00,O 900 people in this henri
sphere will have quite struggle;
first on the economic side and even
tually on the military side.
We shall be pitted against 500, 000,-
600 people in Europe and Japan, and
heaven knows how many more if
Russia is not able to hold out. I
don't want war, but think that
every effort we can put into pro-
duction and military preparation to
aid those fighting Hitler is our best
guarantee against war; and our only
safety, should it come.
AN OLD FRIEND
One afternoon I went over to
Lubec, Maine, to see my old friend,
DR.. Bennett, who is now 80 years
old. He is deeply troubled by the
state of the world and kept repeat
ing: what has happened to the
goodness in the world?" I think
good many of us would like to know
the anSwer to that question.
We went in to see DR.. Bennet's
son, who is also a doctor, and told
him that there would be 80 young
people in this house for five weeks.
I think he may have to keep an eye
on them now and then, and I re-
minded him of some of the esca-
pades his father had pulled many
of our people through in days gone
by.
In the evening we read aloud from
William Shirer's ''War Diary" The
book is a wonderful piece of vivid
writing. It is extraordinary that he
was able to do his work in Berlin,
feeling as he did, and not get into
serious trouble.
WAR EFFECTS
We have discovered up here that
war makes a considerable differ
ence In the lives of the Canadian
people. I wanted to buy what
] could in Canada and need many
things since 40 people in a house
require a good many more house.
hold goods than 20. AS usual, most
of my kitchen utensils require re-
plenishing also. Therefore, we took
a large boat and went off one morn
ing at nine o'clock.
We proceeded up the bay under
rather gray skies, which was per-
haps fortunate, since all Of us got
a wind burn, but not the uncom-
Portable sunburn which we might
otherwise have had. After buying
all we could in st. Andrews, we
went across to a beach on little
island, cooked ourselves some
scrambled eggs in the old frying
pan, which has gone on so many
picnics up here, and went back to
st. Andrews to collect our purchases
and to buy some Holsters in the
pound, for one can not buy them now
on the island.
We intended to 60 on to st.
Stephen to buy the things we could
not get in st. Andrews, but they
are on what ] call double day
light saving time in Canada, which
is one hour ahead of our daylight
saving time. We realized that we
would be too late to find shops open,
so we started back to PASSPORT. Just
to make things seem thoroughly
familiar, the engine overheated on
the way back and we stopped. ]
had visions of lying helpless in the
bay for some time, but after adj
ninistering some nice cool salt wa
ter, Captain Cline coaxed the en-
CINE into action again, and we fin-3
ished our shopping in PASSPORT. alial
One always forgets certain things
and ! am sure we shall have to do
more shopping. We are busy put
ting everything we have bought into.
place.
MAINE INDUSTRY PROBLEM
The sardine factories in Passport
and Lubec, Maine, are running ev-
cry day in the week, for this year
the fish are kind and apparently
making up for their absence in the
last five years. In PASSPORT, how
ever, q man told me they are facing
a real problem. They provide coal
for this section, even for many little
islands off shore. The coal is bought
and paid for, but it is in Norfolk,
Va, and they have not been able
to obtain ship for transportation.
OFFER OF AID
I had a call one afternoon from
Officer Sennett of the Canadian
Mounted Police. He offered his
services in case any of our young