Milford chronicle., 1943-03-19

AnS hSW gun uSeu Dy Ile para
troops is compact model with a
pistol grip and steel-frame stock
which folds out of the way when
not in use. You can help buy these
for our Boys in the Solomons and
elsewhere with your purchase of
War Bonds. Join the Payroll Saw
ings Plan and let's Top that ten
percent. U, S. Treasury Department
During the First World War.
President Wilson declared that:
"Preventable fire is more than a
private misfortune. 1t is public
derelictiOn. AT time like this. OF
emergency and of manifest neces-
sity for the conservation of national
resources, it is more than ever a
matter of pressing consequence
that every means should be taken
to prevent this evil"
Those words now ring with new
significance. President Wilson
knew that every home and factory.
every man. woman and child were
part of our national resources. The
maximum strength of these resour-
ces is vital to military victory. In
the last quarter century. prevent
able fire has destroyed billions of
dollars worth of property and
countless thousands of lives. We
ignored President Wilson's warn
ing. We have squandered our ma
tional resources. No one will ever
know TO what extent the war has /
been heightened by our waste.
What is gone cannot be reclaim
ed. The problem now is to curb
future fire waste. To do that people
must learn that fire prevention is
primarily an individual RESPONSE
bility. Cluttered attics. piles of
oily rags, faulty insulation and in
adequate eXtinguishing equipment
are just few of the causes of
fire. Fire ordinances may outlaw
fire hazards on paper, but enforce
ment is impossible without the
help of individuals.
Civic leaders. fire marshals and
fire prevention experts are striv-
ing to awaken citizens to the ne
cessity of halting fires before they
start Their job would be easier
if the truth of President Wilson's
statement that fire is more than a
private misfortune" could be driv-
en- home once and for all
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Government officials have yet to ,
perfect a definite food production
and distribution program. In the
meantime, farmers and merchants .
are struggling desperately in a
maze of red tape with steadily :
deteriorating labor force to feed :
and clOthe the nation, to say moth
ing of the armed services. They are
asked to fight a total war against
the Axis. and at the same time are c
obliged to fight for survival in the c
insane Washington war of bu-
reaucrats. 1t is an appalling situ-
alton. " :,
The National Association of Food
Chains has warned that American ="
will go hungry this year
unless the government moves
promptly to solve the pressing
and supply problems
the food industry. 1t -
says: The situation already has -
reached the stage where it is Gre =
iting a serious problem of getting
an adequate supply of food distri- -,
luted to communities and to indi- ~
lidual consumers"
Unless corrective measures are \.
aiken without delay. there is dan r
ger in the not distant future OF
hunger and food riots. Representa-
ives of chains, Independent retail -,
rs. wholesalers and food process o.
iers have reported that following -.
he work or fight" order of the NJ
Mar ManpOwer Commission, cXper- ~,
enced employees left in droves for
essential" war jobs. Labor turn l.,
'ver I'm these industries is now at
he rate of 10 per cent a week The -,
governments price control and ra- w.
iOning programs. together with ef-
cient distribution. are directly g.,
threatened by removal of expert ", ~,
need men from behind the nations c
etail counters.
A determined Congress must -
ring order out of the chaos.
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There is no longer any way of On
)ading the tax bill "ontO the other tb.
GLOW" 1t is now in the lap of ev-
ry family in the land. Taxes come ev,
head of all family bills. The Am an
rican family will have to learn to tb,
cOnomiZe as never before. 70,
A single person with an income va
800 a month will pay the Fed sn,
'al government approximately do,
LIS in 1913. and this does not in
ude any state income tax, prop am
'ty tax or excise taxes. A single "U
erson earning SIS a week, with no ca
spendents, will pay some $50 fed Int
al taxes, not counting other ac,
xes. Po
We will have to go without a lot for
things hereafter to accumulate sor
X money. AS we scrimp to meet Dr
Ir tax obligations, we will take OF
creasing interest in seeing that "Ti
ty, county, state and federal gov eri
nments also economize; that len
ills and furbelows in government Re,
e eliminated for the duration, and tio,
r a long period thereafter. Col
congress couid ease the SITUATION Wo
r the taxpayers by passage of I
e Ruml, pay-as-yOu-gO tax col sioI
:tion plan. ser
"/H sup
The National Conference on met
aiming for War and Postwar A
,dicaI Service, under the aus tina
.es of the Carlos Finlay Insti- attic
n of fba Avoorfaoc ,9,af in Naur fa,.