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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-02-26
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Evening star., 1942-06-14

out will be forced to give up their cars.
Many people, not assured of transporta-
ton, will have to give up their vacation
trips. Thousands of filling station
operators probably will have to give up
their businesses or jobs as car numbers
dwindle. Large numbers of small busi-
nessmen will be forced to give up their
enterprises as present stocks of goods are
sold and it become difficult, if not i'm
possible, to replace those goods on scale
large enough to assure profitable opera
tiOnS
Workers may be forced to give up part
Of their right to shift from job to job or
city to city. They will be required to
stay on their war jobs or face draft.
Consumers in general will be forced by
rationing. or by scarcity. to give up many
of the things to which they have become
accustomed.
In word. the present war is to start
closing in on the people of this country
during the months ahead. They prob
ably cannot escape. any more than the
German. English or Japanese people can
escape. the effect of shortages for civil
ians that 60 along with . modern war
effort. 4
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CAN WE BE CONSISTENT?
BY the Right Rep James E. Freeman, D. d. ILL., d. D. c. L.
Bishop of Washington.

through the daily press, to be exhilerated
or depressed by current events. Thus it
is that our daily habits and occupations
give little evidence of the seriousness
OF what is impending or of the sacri-
fees that are being made to maintain
our coveted way of life. The time is
certainly at hand when large readjust-
ments must be made in our domestic
and social practices. Our religious con-
victions must play. a conspicuous part
now. if they have been passive in the
past. Religion has a place in any just
consideration of the issues of the war.
America is not engaged in a conflict
to gain expansion Of its territory of
advantage OF any kind. She is pouring
out her blood and treasure that great
Christian principles shall be preserved,
and that the basic things of our life
may remain unchanged.
These aims cannot be attained unless
every citizen observes consistently his
or her selfless duty This can be done
if we put away every practice that
speaks of display or extravagant enter
tainment. Especially should thiss be
done on Sunday, the Lords Day, the
day SO greatly needed for reflection,
quiet and worship. 1t were we'll to re-
member at this time that the high
claims of the Christian religion consti-
tute a major element in the decisions
we seek to gain. We are at war for
great and eternal principles: we have
to make this evident in our habits and
practices. This is becoming not mat
ter to be determined by tacit accept
ance; it is a matter that deeply con-
Germs our security and the preservation
of the most precious things of our life
An eaSy-going, indifferent home front
imperlls our men on the war front. A
consistently sobered America means an
America efficient. and an unconquer-
able Army and Navy wherever the ene-
mics OF our free institutions are met
From the carefree living of recent years
We are called to a finer and more con-
sistent observation of those qualities
and characteristics that flourish where
reverence and the wholesome ways of
religious practice are scrupulously OBJ
served
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This is War!" is the startling title
casts heard recently over the air. It
was obviously designed to provoke a
better understanding of the momentous
character of what this Nation has un-
dertaken to do. The press, the radio,
the countless patriotic addresses, all
are put forth to make America war con-
scious. With population so varied in
racial strains as ours the task of effect
ing unanimity of action is not easy of
accomplishment A people given to free
dom finds it difficult to accept any re-
strictions or limitations placed upon
its assumed rights and privileges.
Terms are being employed today that
are wholly at variance with our way
of life. An "all-out war implies an
all-out sacrifice, the surrender of rights
and privileges commonly enjoyed AS
yet We have not attained such an end.
Life seems to 60 on about as usual and
the privations imposed through ra-
tioning process as yet have not greatly
NiioiiSSo OiAC ioCAto oiio SuoIOillo VI
every -day living. Upon our sons the
major burden has fallen and already
thousands Of them have made the su-
preme sacrifice There are. homes,
more than we now know, over which
dark shadows have fallen, and while
we write this brief article millions of
men are experiencing the stern and ex-
acting disciplnes of service here and
in remote parts of the Old World
With these conditions facing us has
not the time come when in our domes-
tic and social life more of consistency
should be practiced? Must there not
be. reasonable restraint put upon large
and extravagant social practices at
time fraught with such grave perils as
those facing us today? We are being
admonished from authoritative sources
to put restraints upon our speech and
to take seriously the grave possibilities
of the world situation. and not to be too
self-confident or over-optimistic about
the passing incidents that attend the
success of our armed forces
1t is characteristic of us to be easily
affected by the news that comes to us
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Pipe Line Project

The recent announcement that the
War Production Board has approved
plans for immediate construction Of
an oil pipe line from Texas to Illinois
followed by a little more than two
weeks a statement from Donald M.
Nelson, referring to the Eastern Sea-
board pipe line proposal, that the
pipe line is out unless you want to
give up planes and tanks"
In the light of this categorical as
sertion from the War Production
chief, the disclosure that approval
has been given to the alternative
project comes as something of sur
prise. To be sure, the Texas-Illinols
line will require only 125,000 tons OF
steel as against about 100000 for the
other project. But, presumably. even
this lower figure means fewer planes
and tanks, and it can be justified
only by the most pressing and urgent
need for oil and gasoline. Certainly
it is debatable whether this need
exists
Mr.. Nelson, in the earlier state
ment, said the Government was
anxious to discourage civilian driving
because of the need for rubber in
building planes and. tanks. That
being the case, why use scarce steel
to build a pipe line so that we may
bring in more gasoline, presumably
to make possible more driving? If
the Government wants to discourage
civilian driving. this hardly seems
the way to go about it.
Mr.. Nelson, it should be pointed
out. said that the pipe line probably
will carry more fuel oil than gaso-
line" But here again, unless the
prospective fuel oil shortage is much
more serious than has been indi-
Gated, the GovernTent appears to be
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balancing the scales in favor OF
civilian comfort at the expense Of
the needs of the military services.
And it is a safe assumption that in
doing so it is Understanding the
willingness of the people to make
sacrifices essential to victory. 1t is
true that as Nation we have become
accustomed to comfortably - and
often eXcessively-heated homes and
Offices. But there certainly are very
few American who would not gladly
set their thermostats back few de-
grees this winter if they knew they
were making possible the production
of more planes and more tanks.
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HOUSING Deadlock

The deadlock between the Senate
and the House on the local Govern
ment housing issue has become so
rigid, and the consequences flowing
from it so increasingly deplorable,
that some formula for reaching at
least a compromise agreement must
be found without further delay.
The lneScapable facts are that the
Federal Government numbered
248,e79 employees in Washington in
April. During the next fiscal year,
according to estimates. this total
will rise to about 100000. Facilities
for housing these employees are not
and will not be available unless Con-
greSs finds some way out of the leg
islative dilemma in which it has been
placed by the inability of the two
branches to reach an agreement on
the Lanham Act program.
AS matters stand, both the House
and the Senate individually have ap-
proved funds for dormitories to house
$4,000 unmarried workers. The
deadlock has grown out of the in
sistence by the Senate on making
provision for 5000 family dwelling
units, which are urgently advocated
by the National Housing Authority,
and the refusal of the House to yield
on this point. The Houses is opposed
to the family units because of the
belief that workers coming here
should leave their families behind
because of the scarcity of the addi-
tional materials that would be
needed, and because the family unit
construction would tend to be per-
manent rather than temporary in
character.
Between the extremes of these
views there would seem to be ample
room for an honest difference of
opinion, and, in any event, there is
little to be accomplished at this time
by attempting to hold either branch
at fault. What is needed now is
housing, and the need is much too
urgent to await the final result of
protracted battle between the Sen
ate and the House.
In these circumstances, the SEN
sible course would seem to be to
make funds available for an imme-
diate start on the dormitory pro-
gram, upon which both are agreed.
This could be done through an
amendment of the general deficiency
appropriation bill, which will be
sent to the Senate from the House
next week, and if this course were
to be taken provision would be made
at least for single workers. thereby
forestalling one of the most harmful
consequences of a prolonged fight
over the family dwelling issue.
1t might be we'll to point out that
responsibility in this matter rests
exclusively with Congress. Funds
for this sorely needed housing can
not come from any other source, and
it is to be hoped that the legislators,
If they cannot come to full agree
ment, will discharge their response
bilities to the extent that this may
be possible through taking prompt
action to get the construction work
started on that phase of the housing
program on which they have agreed.
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Labor Board DELAYS

When an official as highly placed
as Wayne L. Morse of the war Labor
Board complains of sluggish proce-
dure there, it can hardly be doubted
that the organization is functioning
well below par.
Dean Morse is a public member of
the board. Press accounts say that
his dissatisfaction was caused by the
amount of time fact-finding panels
have consumed in the General
Motors and Little Steel" cases in
which CIO workers are asking for
agreements providing union security
and a dollar-a day wage increases.
The panels, which sift testimony
taken at closed hearings and formu-
late recommendations for the board,
have had these cases several weeks.
Their ultimate disposition is expected
to bear Importantly on the general
wage stabilization picture in war in
duStries, and Dean Morse was quoted
as saying that at least thirteen other
cases are being held up until these
two are decided
The panels presumably are having
little trouble with the membership
maintenance issue, for the board in
previous proceedings has made this
concession to labor, and a pattern
thus has been established for the
fact-finders to follow. On the other
hand, the board has no well-defined
wage policy, and the panels conse-
quently must formulate principles to
govern proposed pay increases with
out having adequate guides in their
deliberations. That they should have
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Onions for Victory

Victory is in the mind of every
loyal American, and the personnel
of the Agricultural Marketing Ad-
ministration are no exception. Every
now and then they come out with a
victory food special. This week it is
the onion. Later, other foods will
displace the onion. at least official
ly-that is, if they can really stand
up against it, which is doubtful.
This year, says the Maryland
representative of the ANA, the
onion crop will be nearly double
that of last year, which was so
per cent above normal. When it is
considered how strong normal
onion crop is, the news is staggering.
But what can we do? Onions cannot
be converted into war material, as
far as is known at present; nor can
they be fabricated into tires or dis
titled for gasoline. Nor can they be
Wasted-waSte loses wars. The ines
capable conclusion arises that the
only thing to do with them, to get
them out of the way, is to eat them.
It is, in fact, a patriotic necessity
to do so.
Now that the war has arrived at
the critical onion stage, let us get on
with it vigorously. If all chip in
voluntarily, it will not be so bad.
The onion, after all, is most deadly
when used by someone else; if every
one eats it, it will develop counter
barrage that just about neutralizes
it's offensive at the hands, or rather
at the mouth, of others.
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The Doy of the FIoo

suS 0Ay W VIC ivy
The American Flag is what the
American people make it. Henry
Ward Beecher had abundant reason
for declaring: "A thoughtful mind,
when it sees nations flag, sees not
the flag but the nation itself. And
whatever may be its symbols, it's in
sigma, he reads chiefly in the flag
the government, the principles, the
truths, the history that belong to
the nation that sets its forth"
Yet the Star Spangled Banner
must not be regarded solely as re-
lating to the past, however note
worthy. Frederick c. Hicks of New
York, speaking in the House of
Representatives exactly a quarter of
century ago, explained: The flag
of America does more than pro-
claim mere power or acclaim a great
and glorious history. Its folds wave
benediction to the yesterdays of
accomplishment and beckon the to-
morrows of progress with hope and
confidence; it heralds the noble pur-
poses of mighty people and carries
a message of hope and inspiration to
all mankind. Its glowing splendor
appeals to us to demand interna-
tional Justice and arbitration; it
commands us to self sacrifice and to
universal obligation of service, which
alone can maintain equality of
rights and fullness of opportunity in
our Republic. It's stars and its stripes
voice the spirit of America calling to
Nation of indomitable courage and
infinite possibilities to live the tenets
of Christianity, to teach the gospel of
work and usefulness, to advance
education, to demand purity of
thought and action in public life, and
to protect the liberties of free gov
ernment from the aggressionS of
despotic power. This is the call of
the flag of the Union in this hour
of crisis and turmoil, when civiliza-
ton and the laws of nations and of
humanity are being engulfed in the
maelStrom of death and destruction"
These words were spoken during
the First World War; they apply
with undiminished force now that
the United States has joined in the
second. So, too, the exposition of
President Woodrow Wilson. pro-
nounced at the crisis of 1917, has
validity at the present moment.
This flag" he insisted, lis the en-
blem of our unity, our power, our
thought and our purpose as Ma
ton. 1t has no other character than
that which we give it from genera
ton to generation. The choices are
ours. 1t floats in majestic silence
above the hosts that execute those
choices, whether in peace or in war.
And yet, though silent, it speaks to
us-speaks to us of the past, of the
men and women who went before US,
and OF the recOrdS tney wrote upon IL.
''* Once more we shall make good
with our lives and fortunes the great
faith to which we we're born, and a
new glory shall shine in the face Of
our people"
Red for courage, white for truth,
blue for loyalty, so it stands against
the sky; so it was in its earliest form
in 1776; so it will be in the uttermost
moment of Americas existence-the
Flag which, in the providence OF
God, has taken on new splendor be-
cause of the laborS and the sacE!-
fees, the bitter defeats and the
hard-earned victories of our own
time.
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Capital SideIiehts
By Will P. Kennedy.

from Muhlenberg to Rayburn-Repre-
sentative Alfred L. Bulwinkle of North
Carolina traces an analogy from the
first Speaker to the present Speaker
apropos of the fact that Wuhlenberg
College, celebrating the 200th anniver-
sary of the landing in America of the
Rev. Henry Mulienberg. father OF the
first Speaker, gave Speaker Rayburn
surprise party by unannouncedly con-
ferrlng upon him the honorary degree
of doctor of laws. Speaker Rayburn at
tended to deliver the principal address.
Maj. Bulwinkle explains that there were
II children in the Muhlenberg family and
the same number in the Rayburn fam
lily, that both had been Speakers in their
State Legislatures, both were fond of
the soil, both ardently served the peo-
pie. Mulllenberg charted the course of
parliamentary procedure when the
Nation was formed and Rayburn car
ries on these principles today. with
credit to himself and all parliamentary
government"
Representative William L. Nelson of
Missouri has just warned his colleagues
that many of the 100000 horses and
mules in the United States old enough
to work will have to 60 unshod. lame
or unusable for four or five months this
fall and early winter-during a period
when they are especially needed to re-
lieve the auto tire situation in the rub
ber-saving campaign, unless. He
quotes Wayne Dinsmore. secretary of
the Horse and Mule Association of
America. former teacher and nationally
known authority on animal husbandry
who calls attention to a ruling by the
Farm Machinery and Equipment Divi-
sion, War Production Board Tc date
no clemency has been shown, allowing
any increase in steel needed to produce
the necessary horseshoes and horseshoe
nails.
At least two he-men in Congress, TAX
ing leading parts in important wartime
legislation, find relaxation from the nerv-
ous tension and are better fitted for
the tasks OF succeeding days-by doing
needlepoint. an intricate and delicate
job of art needle work They have be-
come real artists with many trophies of
their sk;ll after years of practice These
men a-o Representative Hampton p
Fulmer of South Carolina, chairman of
the Agriculture Committee, and Repre-
sentative John w. Boehne, jr.. of In
diana, on the Ways and Means Com
mittee. Mr.. Fulmer has been an en-
thusiastic needlepoint worker since 1887,
when he was in the hospital for three
months and took up needlepoint at the
advice of his physician to get his mind
off his troubles. He and his wife work.
ing together have made seat covers for
dining room chairs and in retaining
heirloom furniture.
Representative Boehne does the finest
kind of needlepoint, to be framed for
wall decorations. He also has done beau-
tiful purses for Mrs. Boehne, her sister
and his sister.
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difficulties under such circumstances
Is understandable.


is understandable.
The complaint from Mr.. Morse
serves once more to bring to atten-
tion the magnitude of the task i'm
posed by President Roosevelt in lay
ing wage-stabilization on the boards
doorstep. The wage issue, taken
alone, generally is troublesome. And
when labor's demands must be rec
onciled with the administration at
titude against inflationary increases,
the problem becomes doubly difficult.
In some quarters it has been sug-
gested that the President call man.
agement-labor conference to agree
on a wage policy in the. interest of
averting increases that would en-
courage imitation. 1t is clear that
some such positive approach rapidly
Is becoming essential.
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Hitler is said to possess 100 uni
forms. Mussolini's official wardrobe
is probably even larger. But the
wartime regulations on mems cloth
ing will catch up with both of them
In th4end.
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The War Production Board has
ordered cessation of the manufac-
ture of "bobbie pins" What is the
mistress deprivation may be posi-
tive Joy to the housemaid.
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Fifty Years Ago
In The Stur

All other events of the week so years
ago were overshadowed by the Demo-
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1942-09-03

New York City-Editors of
the labor press in the east pledg-
ed themselves and their publica-
tions to help America win the
psychological war" against the
Axis Powers at conference
sponsored here by the War Pro-
duction Board.
Representatives of the various
information agencies of the
United States Government gave
the labor press unstinted praise
for their patriotic policies and
for their support of the nations
war effort.
At the opening session in the
morning, the editors were ad-
dressed by Andrew j. Biemiller,
of the War Production Board;
DR.. A. H. Feller, Deputy Director
of the Office of Facts and Fig
ures, and Robert w. Horton, Di-
rector of the Information Divi-
sion of the Office of Emergency
Management.
Mr.. Mr.. Horton assailed the
unfairness of the daily press in
it's treatment of labor news,
while DR.. Feller urged the labor
press to take the offensive
against Hitlerism and Fascism in
a psychological war against the
propaganda machine of the
Axis.
During an ensuing question pc
riod, the Navy Department was
severely criticized as the only
Federal agency which has failed
to supply legitimate information
to the labor press to help build
up the morale of American work.
ers.
A series of round-table discus
sions of economic and informa-
tional problems occupied the af-
ternoon session and the meeting
concluded with a dinner at which
William H. Davis, chairman of
the National War Labor Board
gave an informal, off-the-rec-
ord talk.
1t was the consensus of opin-
ion that the conference served a
highly constructive purpose in
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1942-09-03

lator provisions of the Act than
in tie previous year. And from
July /, 1941, to April 30, 1912,
nc " than 100 pei cen nlNr' chil
Grtn wore e.lployed II violation
OF the standards of lhe A.. than
was true in the same 10-month
period a year earlier.
Demands for the employment
of children as necessary war
measure should be analyzed to
determine whether full use has
been made of available adult
manpower, she declared, land
to distinguish between actual la
Dor shortage and the desire to OBJ.
tain cheap labor.
"The education and whole
some development of boys and
girls should be the first consid-
Grafton in making decisions with
regard to their employment or
other contribution to our war eff
fort.
"This means that no boy or
girl shall be employed at wages
that undermine the wages for
adult labor. None under IA
years of age shall be part of the
labor force, none under 16 shall
be employed in manufacturing or
mining operations, and none un-
der 1S in hazardous occupations" !"
BUY u. S. WAR BONDS AND STAMPS