The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-21
THE EXPECTED AND
UNEXPECTED
BY J. E. Jones

BY J. e. Jones
Washington, d. c., February IT,
A great English leader recently re-
marked that 1.-THE thing to expect
is the unexpected. The British hav-
emit any monopoly on that peculiar
philosophy. If you want to prove 1t
for yourself just check up on the
unexpected changes in public opin-
ion and the many changes in poll
cies of your Government during the
past years.
For instance: The unexpected
junking of the Embargo Act, the
trade of 80 destroyer ships to Brit
ian, the universal contempt exhib-
tied towards Neutrality, the COM
paratively noiseless lift Of the ma
tionl debt limit to $65 billion. OF
course you never expected that your
sons would be drafted when the
United States is allegedly at peace.
A lot of able citizens of our Re-
public coming to Washington are
emphatic in declaring that Congress
and the President are putting thru
measures and policies that are acts
of war and have no resemblance to
material expectations Of keeping out
of war and that these acts are now
for an expected war that was un-
expected even SO short a time ago as
before the last Presidential cleo
ton.
Those are only a handful of un-
expected things that were not ex-
pected.
So how can I be expected to tell
the readers Of this newspaper what
unexpected thing will happen next
here in Washington, where this ar
ticle is being written for you to
read. It's true I'm in the thick OF
things, so I'll try to tell you that:
expect that Germany will never
cross the English channel. I expect
that the United States is absolutely
safe from invasion. / expect that
billions of dollars, in money, and
materials will be practically given
to Britain. expect to report to
you this year, 1941, the unexpected
collapse and defeat of Germany and
Italy. After that / do not know what
to expect.
The Expansion OF Industry
!. News reports from the motor
manufacturing localities Of the coun-
try show that the automobile indus
try is right UP to date on material
and production for national defense,
and fulfilling the increased demands
Of the civilian buying public for
passenger cars and trucks. The jan
uary automobile output set new
record In the history of the motor
car industry. There will be no big
national automobile show In New
York for 1941--that has been cancel
led. =
Motor makers haye turned over
every tool that can be. spared for
use in defense industries. No radical
changes will be made in. 1912 mod
els of cars by Gneral Motors and
Eother big companies. Increased en-
ergy in that direction will then be
gained, and devoted to manufac-
turing national defense material. 81
1.-THE biggest part Of the tooling
job for national defense will be
over the hill in April or May, said
william s. Knudson, Director Gen.
eral OF Production Management at q
recent press conference. "Tools"
and 'tooling'' have been called
.bottlenecks''. Knudsen said the
first bottleneck ON production was
time. He knows how to crack
those tbottlenecks".
Many threatened labor disturb
ances have been adjusted, and the
Government has stepped in and
used the powers of National Defense
Administrators and the Army and
Navy, and prevented strikes in
plants having contracts for Nation
al Defense.
Big Bonds and Baby Bonds
The prologue for the. buy bond"
campaign is being chanted by Gov
eminent officials. The public will
be told that Government bonds are
"a good thing for everybody"
Everyone has heard Of Govern