The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-01-14
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A reader from Hibbing, Mimi.
sends in a clipping of an editorial
"Bureaucrats Running Wild abou,
an Illinois farmer who needed a barr
to house his livestock for the winter
and applied to one Of the various
bureaus in Washington through hix
congressman to get permission tt
buy the necessary war materials tc
build it. The reply of the War Pro.
duction Board announced that hi,
application had been denied because
1t had not been made through the
proper channels and then the board
told him how he should have applied
You should file your application
for authority with the chairman OF
the county U. s. d. A. War Board
who will forward it to the chairman
of the State U. S. D. "a. War Board,
and with their approval and an &C.
companying process form, it will be
forwarded to the office for Agricul.
tural Relations Of the Department
of Agriculture in Washington, d. c.,
and with their approval it will be
submitted to the Construction Blu
reau, War Production Board. New
York City"
The farmer decided it was easier
to sell his cattle at auction, rather
than taking a shortcut to the bug
house by becoming enmeshed in the
hnglefoot of red tape extended to
him by the bureaucrats.
The small businessman and oper-
ator is now getting taste of gov
eminent by bureaus and DEGREES and
he is thoroughly Disguised with the
whole affair. He is anxious and
willing to do his part to further the
war effort in any way possible but
his taste of bureaucracy in the eff
fort to get something done like
building barn is enough to make
him question the efficiency Of our
whole government in running the
war. When he sees the foolish way
most Of the government bureaus are
run he cannot help but lose conf
dence in the whole shebang.
Washington can fume and fuss
about being misunderstood and all
that but the fact remains that a
great deal Of change will have to
be seen in order for the people OF
this country to have the confidence
they vitality need now in their gov
eminent. And if the amazing amount
of red tape isn't cut for small bust
ness it won't be very long until there
is no small business. The nations
business will be done by a few Of
the big boys who can easily be con-
trolled by the government.
We have received an inquiry from
Mr. Henry McCreary, of sol N.
Second Street, Durant, Okla, who
wants to get any available informa-
ton concerning the city of Durant,
Mississippi.
Mr.. McCreary says when the first
railroad was built through the In
dian territory in Oklahoma in 1872
there was town started and it was
called "Durant" after Dixon Durant
who came from Mississippi with 9TH
er Choctaws in the early 1905
Dixon Durant was said to be 8
Frenchman and married a fullblood
Choctaw Indian woman.
According to Mr.. McCreary this
region (Mississippi) was the origina
Choctaw country and he would like
to know its early history as mucf
as possible. He wants to know how
the name of the City of Durant wa.
derived and when it was founded
when the first postoffice was es
tablished and any thing else tina
would be of interest in assembln.
the history of a town.
If there are any among our read
ers who have any of this information
the writer would be very grateful i
you will communicate with her a
the News office and she will sen
the information to Mr.. McCreary a
Durant, Oklahoma. Or if you woul
prefer to send it yourself the fu
address is given above.