The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-07-30
BEYOND SICILY LIES ITALY AND
BERLIN
j. Il. Jones
j. e. Jones

BERLIN
j. Il. Jones
Washington, D. c., July 26-The
United States armed forces are lead
ing the Allies and supplying most of
the planes, tanks, bombers and ships
for all of them-and when these con-
quering millions march through
Berlin Gan opportunity overlooked
in 1919 they will share the glory
of Victory. Rudyard Kipling warned
us: Lord God of Hosts, be with us
yet, Lest we forget, lest we forget"
That advice from great Englishman
should be followed literally, and to
keep the record straight "lest we for
get" don't fail to remember that
when we entered this war France
had fallen and most Of Europe had
gone down with her. heard an Eng
lishman who came to Washington
for his government tell roomful
of newspaper men that there were
not half dozen b0mbers left in Brit
ain when Lend-Lease began ship
ments. Other Englishmen freely adj
nit that Great Britain had been ode
feated," but not conquered, when the
goods from the United States war
production factories reached their
shores.
The Automotive Council for War
Production reported that for the year
1912 the United States furnished
under Lend-Lease NEARLY 20 mil
lion dollars of war goods day=or
a current annual rate of billion;
rs per cent above the dollar level of
the industry's best peacetime year. :"
That was the record of one American
industry, but it is significant that our
number one national industry could
perform tasks that will always look
like miracles when the totals are
laced before the reader.
The United States won World War
II. When the United States came in
to the present war Russia was the
only nation holding the line against
the Axis. 1t is long way from the
Mediterranean through Sicily, Italy,
France and into Berlin. The United
States has already made Victory a
possibility God of Hosts, be with
us yet, Lest we forget"
States Want Their Rights
Now it is the Golden West that
cries out for States rights and criti-
cizes the policies forced upon the
States by the Federal Government.
incidentally, the "Solid South" still
votes the Democratic ticket.
The Governors of Idaho, Oregon,
Washington, Montana, and Wyoming
met a few days and agreed upon
plans to coordinate natural resource
development under the sovereign
rights of the state" They agreed
upon resolutions requesting that Fed
eral projects not be established in
any state without first considering
the interest of the States. Then they
set up ten-man committee to coor-
dinate State planning board projects.
Governor Hunt of Wyoming was the
only Democrat at the meetng-and
he declared that the creation of the
jackson Hole monument park area
in Western Wyoming was f" horri-
BILE example of invasion of the states
rights by the Federal Government :"
The outstanding objector to the
expansion of Federal authority over
the States is Senator Harry Byrd
who raulxS ac fho ahlact and most
Outstanding Governor Of Virginia
since the Civil War.
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Polls OF Public Opinion
Recent polls of public opinion show
that Governor Dewey of New York
| is leading all other Republicans as
the favorite for the Republican Pres
idential nomination in 1914. For in
stance Dewey gets So per cent and
Willkie 81 per cent in New York
State, Dewey gets ~ per cent and
Willkie 10 per cent in Illinois. Dew
| ey insists that he is not candidate
but of course he could be drafted for
the nomination.
On every corner lot Willkie is de-
scribed as politician ''opposel by
the politicians, especiallay by the
Republican leaders in and out of
Congress.
Rather Quiet In The Coal Piles
Most of the strikers who have not
gone back to work in the.coal mines