The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-09-21

SO, We Have Got To Vote for Roose-
welt and Truman have we Because
they are the Democratic nominees.
The 1882 Platform was the last full
democratic platform we have. Did 1t
give any man a right to tamper with
tie Supreme Court? When the Admin
istration first became sure the South
was ''in the bag" its foremost legal
light, Attorney General Biddle, selected
as such by the President, said: "The
New Deal Is A Political Party In Its
Own Right. So, that is the New Deal
bed, made by themselves. Are We Dem
ocrats called on to crawl over and beg
to lie in it? Tens of thousands of Mis-
sissippi voters will have plenty of cour-
age to vote for the White Republican
Electors if those nominated by our
State Convention fail to declare them
selves as true Democrats and against
a fourth term by ANY body.
Lose Face in the Orient and you
sink to a low level, We lost face tire
mendously when the Jap air force sank
our battle fleet at Pearl Harbor, Then
we lost more face when in a half hour
of furious battle the Jap Navy sank
four of our best heavy cruisers at Save
Island one disastrous night, and again,
WREN they made us come out of Cor
reyidor caves with our hands up. But
the British lost more when the Jap air
force sank one of their most modern
battle ships and a battle cruiser in the
South China Sea; when the Jap army
in a swift campaign drove them OUT OF
Burma and captured '~impregnable"
Singapore; made short work of Hong
Kong, a strongly fortified island city;
took the Borneo oil fields; captured the
Andaman Islands; seriously threatened
Australia. Other considerations aside,
for the minute, the British are bound
to recover all lost territory, inflict on
the Japs a final defeat that will be
crushing. Therefore there is not the
slightest doubt that Britain will throw
every resource into the battle for the
East Just as soon as it can be done. 1t
should be recalled that the population
of the British Isles is about 81, 000. 900
while our own is 1870, 900 900. The Brit
ish have lost tremendous values in prop
erty destroyed by bombing on land;
great values in shipping sunk SOL war
ships alone-military casualties we'll
above a million. When the show down
came the British did not hesitate to de-
clare war on the 90, 1000 900 Germans and
il wa their staunch stand hat check
ed the Hun and gave US time to raise
an army and build a new navy to final
ly overmatch the Super People. Have
no fear-the British will be fighting the
Jap with every resource remaining as
soon as IL can be released from Europe.
The Nazi may elect to 60 into q long
and expensive guerrilla war and tie up
many divisions. The point is-the Brit
ish are at least as much interested in
the East as we and Britons have always
done their full part. There is no reason
to doubt that they will again.
As To Rationing OF Tires-It looks as
though there is a strong possibility
that most of us will have to carry
patches with us and be prepared to
make repairs on the road and pump up
the tube. Otis very annoying but not
difficult if you have the tools. I've done
il a thousand times).
OF Sugar-There is no promise Of a
let IN. Lost" stamps take a lot.
OF Canned Fruits, Vegetables to be
unrationed from the 18th of Septem-
Der. The Army demand Stacked, allow ]