The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-07-09
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Washington, D. C.-The movie
like saboteur story, of Germans,
with quantities of TINT and a list
of the places they were scheduled
to blow up being landed from
submarines on the Florida and
Long Island coasts, is considered
by many here to be cheerful
rather than alarming news. For il
indicates, many analysts feel, that
the Germans do not have the elab-
crate organization for sabotage
within our country which many
have suspected.
It seems logical to assume
spokesman here point out, that
the Nazis would not try to put
over such a complicated sabotage
plan if they had the men, the e.
Quipment and the contacts with
in this country to carry on sabo-
tage on an extensive scale. AL
though it is alarming to have
such efforts made to spread de-
struction and terror in our coun-
try, the quick roundup of the men
involved and the fact that the AK
is bothered to plot such a COM
plicated plan indicates that the
FBI has done a notable job OF
controlling activities of enemies
within our gates.
It is by such methods of de-
duction that much of the news
has to be arrived at here these
days, since news of enemy &C
tons within our country, as well
as news of battles, of ship losses
and of production are released
only when the authorities consid-
er the news to be of no value to
the enemy. Under the new De-
partment of War Information,
headed by Elmer Davis, howev-
er, it is believed the public will
be kept a little better informed
as to what is going OF, although
much news must necessarily con-
tinue to be withheld.
Figures on our production OF
war supplies-very encouraging
figures-were given to newsmen
recently, the most outstanding
one being released by the Pres
ident himself when he said that
during May the United States
produced 1000 airplanes for war
purposes. This was followed by
a statement by Oliver Lyttleton
the Donald Nelson of England
who, upon his return to Lon
don from the United States, said
that the United States is now 45
days ahead of schedule in pro-
duction and that combined Brit
ish and United States production
is now considerably ahead of all
Axis production, including that
of Japan, Mr.. Lyttleton also pre-
dicted that the ships being turn
ed out in the United States ship
yards will soon outnumber the
sinkings by Axis submarines.
It is agreed here that the most
serious handicap to production Is
scarcities of raw materials SO
that official Washington is giving
great attention to the problem of
collecting all possible scrap from
the people. A new campaign to
collect iron and steel from every
home and factory is now under
way and government officials are
making new plans for the collec-
ton of additional scrap rubber.
The hastily conceived plan to try
to get in the nations supply OF
scrap rubber between June 10
and June 80 was not nearly as
successful as it had been hoped
and a new drive to collect rubber
is now being worked out.
The record time, the record
vote and the record appropriation
for the army's new appropriation
bill, indicates the willingness OF
congress to okey expenditures of
any amount of money for war
purposes. In five hours, with a
vote of 352 to 0, the house passed
a bill to provide $42,820,00 1867
for the war departments needs
during the coming fiscal year.
This one bill is more than our en-
tire cost of World War I and
brings the total appropriations
for this war to over 200 billion
dollars.
The problem Of paying for this
gigantic expenditure remains I'M
answered and, although the new
taxes will be very high, they will
only make a slight dent in our
fast mounting debt. The ways
and means committee of the
house, after months of delibera'
ton, has finally written its pro-
posed new tax bill, which, al
though it calls for taxes much
higher than have ever been paid
in this country before, is over
21a billion short of Secretary