The Wilmington morning star., 1942-07-12
fair En0u6h
Iy
WESTbRl5K EQIR

A-C S1.QaCOr 3,
which my d S m a d;s1,-.- ~
serves me well because ! aas. s,,,'a
the lack is simply awful and r.~-' r,.s
worse than we have been tols -'4 'HI
rather resent all opinions ard 49,. ,,.e
ulations thenside of optir 80 oS'V, !,
doubt that any layman has w..
more about it or knows less taS
l have Waded through pourS, W u
documents, starting way Las, =.
uary, and much of the infor. ssI'
ton and opinion sent our Of w.. w.
ington, the sum of which W.. WI
great confusion, Never has il H..
harder for our people to forr, ,'~
intelligent idea on any subiec-
the one safest way for all n
is to decide that we are sbsolu.@
up against it, have done w.
blaming for the time being at Ia,~
and save and give up rubber
have four old tires and tubes ~.
about ten pounds of other rurb,.,
which goes into the pile right sw..
and may be able to discover nm,
1t has been said that the recJsm,
ton yield of certain kinds of r.,,
is very low, but I string along wi,,
Harold Ickes in his rejoinder tn.,
every little helps and that many n
these mats will serve better or
ships than in our cars and hons.
or offices.
No Bright View
Probably our government ubios
talks, and often prattles with
thousand tongues, did nislead #,
and maybe we were deliberataIv
deceived by the hookup of the "a,
shortage and the rubber shortsga
but certainly by this time nobody
has an excuse for a CHEEKY view
of either problem. Perhaps ou
rulers should have said franklv N
the first place that the gas.con.
servation project, aside from tbe
Eastern seaboard, actually was in.
tended to save rubtlr, but that
makes no difference.
In Texas and Oklahoma there i
plenty of fuel, but no more rubber
to waste than there is anvrhere
else. In the East the lack Of both
should need no explanation. and
even if we could get pipelines and
barge lines into operation On
scale sufficient to our needs We
would only burn up our tires that
much faster. In other areas tne
transportation of gasoline by rail.
road or highway tank car for dr.y.
ing that is not absolutely neccs.
sary just puts that much create,
strain on the railroads or burns up
that much more rubber and d.
verts manpower from the main
job. Some of those highway tank
have as many as % enormous
tires grinding away at high speeii
to deliver gas over long hauls Il
people who want to use it ta
needless mileage in their cars Il
the further diminution OF the IA
tional store.
Not Worth Arguing
I don't care whether Jesse Jo1u
or Standard Oil or both failed O.
sulked during the time when We
should have been laying it in. /
isn't worth arguing now Whe.lG
the British neglected to stock Up
and wasted some of their rubbe,
on hand or whether Russia did
more or less the same. We have
got to have rubber to fight this
war and the enemy is winning The
war up to now. And if he finally
wins it altogether we will do with
out a lot more than rubber. II
Hitler wins, this country not only
will be Hitlerized and our own peo
pie massacred, tortured and
kicked into slavery, but Japan VIII
annex our Pacific coast and when
President Roosevelt says we are
hard up for rubber the wise way
is to believe that it is pro0a0E
even worse than he says. He Ger
tainly isn't saying that to punSA
the Middle West or make any Sec
ton war conscious" and we nave
got to resist all temptation to Suih
because Marshall Field ho',
house American who never ShoNe'
much interest in his country DE-
fore, has suddenly gone in Tor &c,
centric journalism and procIalmeu
that this is his war. 1t isn't his OF
President Roosevelt's or the Ne"
Deals war, although be'"ee.
them they manage to anta2on.
most of our people and lmpugh 'I
patriotism of all who hoped su1
wanly believed up to Dec. I 'l'a,
somehow we might manage
draw pass. If they lose the va,
all of us lose it and the PreSlae,
certainly isn't trying to help NV
Continued on Page Nlne'