The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-07-23
Straight From
Washington
BY STEPHEN NJ. YOUNG
Congressman at Large, Ohio

Washington. = 4 Washington hair |
dresser and scalp specialist is highly |
| irate. He has importuned some bald |
headed congressman who have been his |
hopeful customers saying there ought |
to be a law and is threatening to sue a
real estate dealer whose Office is next
to his He claims the real estate dealer
has driven away his trade and ruined
his business.
This real estate dealer placed huge
sign in his window. The sign reads
HAVE YOU A DRY SCALP? What
of it? BUY UNITED STATES WAR
BONDS AND STAMPS OR YOU
WON'T EVEN HAVE A CRANIUM."
Britannia Rules the Waves (?)
The British have always been a sea-
faring race. For generations Britannia
ruled the waves. Sea power is no longer
much of factor in maintaining the
supremacy of nations. Air power indi-
Gates nations greatness or weak
ness. Air power now rules the waves
and dominates the earth. The smashing
British defeat i'm North Africa was not
y
of the English soldier. 1t was due in
part to lack of general demonstrating
leadership, but by and large, the fact
that Englishmen as Il rule are not good
mechanics had "A great deal to do with
the easy fall of rObruk. The English
do not show up well in handling mech
anized equipment.
Looking Ahead
When an armStice ends the actual
fighting, highly trained individuals
may be sent to operate important posi-
tions in Europe and Asia. A new divi
sion of our military service is being
created. Study is being given to meth
odS of taking over administering and
ruling civilian territory of occupied
countries Specialists will take over
important civilian duties as our armed
forces succeed in occupying territory
now controlled by our enemies. Men
will attend training schools to learn
this sort of administrative work. Some
men now in our armed forces are like
r ly to he part of an army of occupation.
Assuming that Il second front will be
opened i'm Europe, if and when our
armed forces successfully invade terri
tory now held by ,NaZi forces civilian
officials will go i'm and take complete
charge. The civilian officials will Of
course work in complete cooperation
with our armed forces.
For example, lawyers will direct the
policing of the occupied area, and will
take charge of maintaining order. En-
gineers will handle the public utilities.
Men with bdhkfng experience will
handle financial matters, and American
doctors will look after the health of
civilians i'm The occupied territories.
| The formation of these groups Indicate
, that we will take the offensive in
, Europe soon.
, False Economy
1t is absolutely essential that non
T. defense governmental expenditures be
4 reduced to Il minimum. The effort of
4 big business boys to destroy Rural
f Electrifcaton and the Farm Security
| Administration under the guse of econ
T. omy is something else again. The Farm
4 Security Administration has helped
i put thousands of dispossessed farmers
f and tenants back on the land.
. Rural ElecriticatiOn has given the
/ little farmer The boon of electricity 1t
{ has done more to take drudgery from
Y the farm and TO give comfort and plea
h sure to the farmer and to the farm
@ women than has any other government
@ al agency. one hundred thousand I'M
T. derprivleged people on small farms
n have been assisted by the Farm Sc
, curity Administration. For example, at
Twist, Arkansas, Il 17,OOO-acre planta-
= tion was leased for ten years by the
4 Farm Security Administration. Two
= hundred seVenty-four nnderprivileged
q farmers with their families, were
f moved in and produced IN average in
/, come per tenant of eight hundred dol
+, lars last year. They are Woodworking,
. happy and contented people Each of
these families canned an average of
:, 800 quarts of food last year. Previous
Y ly, the average under private owner
5 ship was 30 quarts, and that mostly
: pickles. The previous average annual
1 earning of the former farm tenants
n was less than three hundred fifty dol
& lars, II bare subsistence. No wonder the
q wealthy owners of this l7,OOo-acre
? plantation want to cancel the lease and
put the Farm Security Administration
out of business If Congress permits
l. this in the name of economy, the trag-
d edy is that il is the little man who is
: getting the axe.