The Coolidge examiner., 1941-03-21

J group OF folk in the world who
use them as an excuse to let
down on their application to the
job. Those who travel along in
| differently on the idea that they
will be taken care of are giving
!. assurance to those who work hard
that their tax burden will be made
heavier as the years go by. The
work hard group will carry its own
loads plus the load of the clever
and the Indifferent.
FOOD FOR FRANCE 6
Word from Vichy last week was
to the effect that unless England
eased up on her blockade and al
lowed France to receive foodstuffs
the French would declare war on
Britain.
ITO give or not to give" has
been the big question in this war
since the fall of Poland. The ap-
peal that hungry men, women and
children make is tremendous. ES-
pecially the women and children
No one wants to Withhold food
from those deserving of it. But at
the same time our nation and
Britain does not want to supply
Hitler with food TO help him pro-
mote his war.
France could feed herself If
she were allowed to keep the
supply of food she had on hand
when the Germans took over. And
after all, feeding the captured ma
tions is Germany's responsibility
until the war is over.
The news item stated that Hitler
was permitting France to use 2OO,-
600 tons of French wheat to feed
her civilian population instead OF
taking the grain, as he intended,
to feed the German army of oc-
cupation. Now that is certainly
very gracious and generous of
! Hitler-allowing them to keep
some of their own wheat. But if
England permitted supplies to go
into unoccupied France even that
100000 tons of wheat and tons
more of other things would be
taken from the French thus giving
substantial aid to the German
army. And that is just the thing
England does not want to do.
Norway, Belgium, Holland and
the other little nations also need
food. 1t seems a pity that with
| the plenty we have here in the
| United States we cannot send
them what they need. But to do
so would only prolong the war
and would materially aid the enemy
Pity and the desire to help the
needy, which are strong in our
hearts in normal times, must be
set aside in war To Withhold food
Is consistent with furnishing fight
ing planes and munitions for our
ally.
When Germany took over those
nations they became, by that act,
her own responsibility.
War is war and as distasteful
as it is, while it lasts a lot OF
our humanity to man must be
shelved and forgotten. This at
titude is not Christian one, or
even a civilized human one, Dut
Christian and civilized human
practices and war do not go CO.
gether. And we are at war.
ADVANTAGE
John Doe" 20 years old, mem
Der of a prominent Ell Paso Iexas
family, who participated in
s4O.95 holdup of Phoenix liquor
store and led police a wild chase
downtown, was granted five years
probation yesterday"
Being born into prominent
family has so many advantages.
John Does partner, not memDer
of a prominent family was sent
up for five to seven years.
THE LAW WORKS
A driver of a truck which ran
into another car causing tne
deaths of three was absolved
from blame for the accident. The
queer part of this is that follow
ing the wreck the driver and his
wife ran away from the scene OF
the accident and were picked up
60 miles away
Another man will have to do his
time for driving a team OF horses
on the highway while intoxicated.
His lawyer had claimed that mas
much as it required no license to
drive a team of horses on a high
way the driver could not be
guilty of drunk driving. The Su-
preme court decreed that horses
or no horses, driving on the high
way was driving and being intoxl-
! Gated was intoxication whether be-
hind a steering wheel or at the
end of the lines.
Back in the good old days be-