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Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-05-03
IN THE WIND
From III NATION

The British Ministry Of Informa-
ton, like the Owl, is considered
fair game by wisecrackers. They
are now saying in London that it's
motto is, Give us a straw and we'll
drop the bricks" And the Minis
try of Reconstruction, it is alleged,
has as its theme song, We're
dreaming of a White Paper
Business Action, the weekly bullet
in of the Chamber of Commerce of
the United States, offers this CHEEKY
note: Annual Meeting Postponed
as Contribution TO Victory"
The British Pianoforte Manufac
turers' Association is preparing fol-
a boom after the war.
II seems that Axis agents in Sc
Africa have been Speeding a rumoi
that the United States plans to take
over South Africa through Lend
Lease operations. The South Afri
can Forum" asked Herbert Hoov
er to comment on it. This is what he
said: 1T seems to me almost child
ish to reply to the charge
Lend-Lease comes out of the peck
cts of the American taxpayer, and
the less we lend the better we like
it."
From a news story in the London
Evening Standard: Zone of the
eight men under the spotlight was
asked: Why are you a Tory?' He
replied: Because | hate class dis
tinctions.' That is the spirit of the
new Tory democracy"
Festung Europa: The Nazi De-
, partment of Price Administration
in western Poland has decreed that
certain Germans may obtain rent
reductions E'as indemnity for living
in a Polish neighborhood." A
f or m er tuberculosis sanatarium
in Czechoslovakia has been con-
verified into a school where German
boys fifteen to eighteen years old
are trained in street fighting !.
Dutch-Nazi mayors of several mu-
inequalities in northeastern Holland
have been ordered to prepare lists
of houses from which the Dutch oc-
cupants will be evicted to make
room for Germans from bombed
out cities in the Reich +. A man
released from a Nazi prison camp
in Holland greeted his friends thus:
"At last | feel like a good Dutch
man, for I have been in Jail"
A pamphlet of nearly 100 pages en-
titled How to Grow Parsley" has
had tremendous sales in Poland. It
contains speeches by Roosevelt,
Churchill, Sikorski, and others.
This can be revealed now because
the Nazis have already discover
ed it.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-05-03
A NEW APOSTLE
|OF THE VERY RICH

Reactionary groups among the
very rich, and particularly those
big industrialiSts who shiver every
time "trade unionism'' is mention
ed, have found a new leader to
guide their economic thinking.
More than a century ago, that same
element was applauding Nautilus,
the British cleric, who said war
and pestilence and famine" were
Gods way of keeping the popula-
ton of the earth within bounds. In
these days, no one takes Nautilus
seriously.
His successor is Professor Hayek,
an Austrian who has secured a job
in the London School of Economics.
He has written a book, "The Road
to Serfdom," in which he holds that
any attempt by the government to
wipe out poverty or to materially
relieve the burden of the under
privileged will lead to 1.-The surren-
der, not only of economic, but also
of political freedom"
We will hear a lot about Profes-
o Hayek in the coming months
and years-the very rich will pub
licize him-but, in our judgement
his economic views are almost as
"screwy" as those of Nautilus. -
Labor.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-05-03

People are not free because the
means whereby they live have been
pretty generally taken over by a
small section of the population. The
owners have possession over more
than mines and railroads and fac
tory buildings. They also own the
jobs which are the basis of freedom
and of life itself. And so people who
wish to be free had better under
stand very quickly that their one
hope of freedom lies in ~liberating
themselves from the control of an
owning class. For, just as econom-
les is the basis of life, SO the eco
nomic system is the basis of either
freedom or slavery.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-05-03
British Coo Mine Reforms

A program in England for the benefit of British coal miners pro-
vides for a annual pay check based on a 81 and a half hour week.
No social progress in the world is more to be desired than such a
program, and the American coal mining industry might well take note,
not of the progress in Britain, but of the trend of British thinking.
"A yearfound pay check for coal miners in America would solve one
of the most Oppressive labor situations in this nation, and would bring
forth a group of workers whose minds never would give thought to
at all times.
Here is something to work toward, guaranteed year-round pay. The
old shibboIeth that coal mining lis a seasonal industry IA well be aban-
doned in favor of a more modern cry-that coal is an essential twelve
months a year.
Coal mined during the summer months for use in fall and winter
need not deteriorate in storage when properly oil treated, al many tests
have already proved.
Let the miners of America give more thinking to this subject, and
some day, perhaps, the hills and daes of our economic charts will be
dom from worry and distress brought On by periods of unemployment
Let's make that a battle cry for the future: year-round pay check
for the coal mining industry-The Progressive Miners.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-05-03
Fear of Abundance
Still Paradox of
Capitalist Chaos
Painless Economy Brings
Booms and DepressiOns But
Never Security
By SCOTT NEARING

Free enterprise is up to some of
its old tricks this spring. Nowhere
has it hit harder than among those
freest of all enterprises = the far
mers.
Their immediate problem is eggs.
Egg shortages during World War
| pushed the price of eggs above a
dollar a dozen. When World War II
broke out it was a fair guess that
the same thing would happen
again. Chicken farmers expanded
their equipment, while farmers and
other householders who had never
taken any great interest in the
chicken business went for it hard.
Government spokesman urged on
the egg producers-setting quotas,
demanding food for victory, and
showing green hands the best
methods for maximum production.
Egg production is an industry
that can be expanded rapidly and
to almost any desired extent.
Hatcheries can turn fertile eggs in
to baby chicks in three weeks and
within six months these chicks are
laying pullet eggs.
The push for more eggs was going
strong in 1912. In the spring of
l943 hatcheries were flooded with
orders and customers were having
their money sent back and we're
writing to new supply sources in a
desperate effort to get their quota
of chicks.
Chickens were a source of meat.
Eggs were a meat substitute. Gov
eminent departments purchased
eggs by the million. Some were fed
to the armed forces. Others were
stored. Still others were processed
and shipped with lend-lease sup
plies. The demand seemed limitless.
Another Bubble Burst
During recent weeks the egg
boom has come to a sudden and
disastrous end.
Government agencies began Of
fering quantities of eggs from stor-
age. The trade refused to buy them,
first because there was an adequate
supply of fresh eggs on the market,
and second because after a certain
period of storage, eggs. to
have an attraction for consumers.
Then the demand for eggs fell
off. Many reasons were offered.
The n generally accepted was
that consumers were tired of eggs
as q meat substitute and just
couldn't eat more of them.
When spring laying got under
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-05-03

way the egg market was flooded.
Storage facilities were crowded to
capacity. The country was pro-
ducing 800 more eggs than in the
average prewar year, and the mar
ket could not absorb them. Egg
supply was far in excess of egg
demand.
Prices began to tumble. In the
midwest they went SO low that
farmers were offered zoe a dozen.
PenaIized For Producing
Modern egg production is based
on food mixtures prepared and sold
by the big grain companies and CO.
operatives. The average egg farmer
raises little food for his chickens,
but depends instead upon bought
rations. While the bottom has drop
ped out of egg prices, feed costs
have actually increased. The pro-
Queer was caught in those fatal
pincerS: rising costs of production
and failing prices of the product.
Baby chick costumers will have
no trouble this spring. Thousands
of chicks have already been drown
ed because they were born after the
break in the egg market. The
chicken population will fall off in
1914 and chicken raising equip
ment will lie idle with the chaotic
collapse of the egg boom,
What a picture! Hurry-skurry to
raise production; unreasonable ex-
pansion; collapse of the boom;
widespread financial losses and re-
adjustments-and next year, in all
probability, a shortage of eggs be-
cause producers will shy away
from the scene of their recent
disaster.
Such result have lodged the
steps of free enterprise in industry
after industry and country after
country. They are unacceptable since
free enterprise is essentially plan
less. Those who propose to sub
stitute planned economy for this
chaos are ridiculed by the free en-
%terprisers as impractical idealists.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-05-03
AN EST RAY

The Treasury reports that it has approved 2O6,685 salary increases
under the Sterilization Act Everybody apparently has been seeking
a raise IS 33127 persons with salaries of less than $500 a month have
been given bigger salary checks and also 95 tycoons with salaries of
more than $4,000 a year will have more money to spend-or to send to
Morgenthau as the case may be.
OF 22 top-notcherS with salaries in excess of $4,000 who have
been given raises by the Treasury, SO had increased responsibilities"
So received raises as rewards of merit, AS we're raised because of promo
tons and sc of the raises were given as incentives for the prosecution
OF the war" In any event that $4,000 salary limit appears to have been
lost, strayed or stolen in the wilds of Washington-The Chicago Daily
News.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-05-03

I hold if the Almighty had ever
made a set of men that should do
all the eating and none of the work,
he would have made them with
mouths only, and nc hands To
secure to each laborer the whole
product of his labor, or as nearly
as possible, is a worthy object of
any good government. - Abraham
Lincoln.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-05-03
WORKERS SEND
GARMENTS TO RUSSIA

BALTIMORE.-Almost a million
garments have been shipped to
Russia from Baltimore within the
last few weeks, as a result of a coll
lection drive directed by the Bal
timore Federation of Labor, ac-
cording to Bruce Mcdonald, region
al director of the Labor League for
Human Rights, official relief arm
of the AFL.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-05-03
Income Tax Item

A. Denver wife whispered shyly
to the income tax collector: MY
husband didn't state enough income
when he filed our joint return. You
see, | don't want him to know how
much / really earn"
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-05-03
Free Enterprise" Don't
Mean Freedom"


Among those people who speak
loudest in defense of free enter
prise" many are dishonest. Others
are deluted by words that describe
desirable conditions and activities,
but words that do not apply to what
u social and economic way of life
has come to be.
When Big Business-the Alumni
mum Corporation of America, to
S only one example - speaks of
free enterprise" it doesn't mean
freedom. 1t means control. "Alcoa"
wants to be free to control the pro-
duction and distribution of all
aluminium products. And it exerts
pressure upon lawmakers, not to
relieve restraints but to impose
them to the advantage of "Alcoa."
And so it is all the way down the
line to the County Medical Associa-
ton, wherein physicians r organ
lied to promote their own interests
and, if possible, preserve their own
freedom, but to limit the freedom
of o~steopaths, n%aturopaths, chiro-
practors and chiropodiSts.
And so it is, therefore, that peo-
pie who say free enterprise" just
don't near freedom at all and,
frequently, object to enterprise.
Confront them with their inconsis-
tency and they will quickly argue
that the restraints they seek for
others is for the general welfare.
That argument may be sound or
specious. But the very fact that
free enterprisers" will SO argue is
an admission of their deep belief in
the necessity of limiting freedom.
The deluded folks are those who
believe that they are free today.
They aren't. They are subject to
all kinds of restraints. They move
about and work and live by license.
And, on the whole, they like the
general set-up and call it free
DOM"
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-05-03

The deeper the sorrow, the less
tongue it has.-Talmud
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-05-03

AS every thread Of gold is valu-
able, SO is every moment Of time.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-05-03

The fact is, however, that the
capitalist system of private owner
ship and private profit has reached
a point where it is destructive OF
that measure of freedom which
once was the possession of the aver
age man.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-12-14
SEVERAL PATIENTS
IN ASHE HOSPITAL

Patients at the Ashe county
hospital this week are as follows:
Miss Jennie Todd, jefferson, Mr..
Clint Goodman, West Jefferson;
Mrs. William Harrison, Crumpler;
Mrs. Johnny Halsey, Mouth of
Wilson, Va; Mrs. C. A. Dickson,
Jefferson; Mrs. Ed Greer, Ian
sing; Mrs. Ruby Barker, Fries
VA; w. H. Darnell, Tuckerdale;
Lee Davis, Whitetop; Arthur
GRAPHICAL, West Jefferson; each
for treatment.
Mrs. Paul Bare and daughter
Crumpler; Mrs. Robert Goss and
son, Lansing; Mrs. Lou Suther-
land and daughter, Tuckerdale;
Mrs. Worth Davis and daughter
Tuckerdale; and Mrs. Dayne
Gambill and daughter, Crumpler
Martha Lambert, West Jeffer-
son; Miss Edna Eldreth, Apple
Grove; George Perkins, Nathan's
Creek; Robert Ballou. Creston
each for surgery.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-12-14
HOnOred On Her
Goth Birth d a y

The family of Mrs. Alice De-
Bord met at her home recently to
celebrate her ninetieth birthday.
Mrs. DeBord, who is the daugh-
ter Of the late Captain and Mrs.
w. H. Paisley, is in very good
health and derives much pleasure
from reading. She remembers
many interesting episodes of the
Civil War, and is also interested
in the present war. Eleven grand
sons are now serving in this war.
Children of Mrs. DeBord, who
were present for her birthday,
October %, were: Mrs. J. c. Dan
cy, West Jefferson; Ossie DeBord
and B. G.. DeBord, of Crumpler.
Grandchildren we're Mrs. Bert
Duncan, Mouth of Wilson; Mrs.
Frank DeBord and Miss Barbara
DeBord, of Rocks, Md; Mrs. Oren
Sheets, Glendale Springs and B.
c. DeBord, Jr., Crumpler.
Others present included H. F.
Halsey, Mouth of Wilson; J. C..
Dancy, West jefferson; Oren
Sheets, Glendale Springs; Mrs.
John Dixon, Ohio; and other
neighbors and friends.
Mrs. DeBord received many
lovely and useful gifts.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-12-14
Methodist Group
Met On Wednesday
Mrs. Wiley Weaver And Mrs
Burkett. Joint HOstesses
To Group

The Woman's Society of Chris
tan Service, of the West Jefferson
Methodist church, met on We'd
nesday afternoon, December 6, at
the home of Mrs. Wiley Weaver
with Mrs. Burkett as joint hostess
The program was directed by
Mrs. Reid Sturdivant, who read
the scripture lesson and a poem
Mrs. Sharpe Shoemaker, Mrs
Sturdivant and Rev. John Jordan
sang Silent Night" after which
Mrs. Dewey Sells and Mrs. Le-
vern Johnson presented the
months topic, ''The Crusade for
Christ" Mrs. James Story, Wis
itor, gave a reading, "Origin OF
Christmas Songs"
Mrs. Sharpe Shoemaker, presi-
dent of the society, conducted the
business session. Plans were
completed for the annual Christ
mas party, which will be held in
the home of Mrs. Levern John
son on December 18.
The hostesses, assisted by Miss
Anita Weaver, served delicious
refreshments during the socia-
hour which followed the program
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-12-14
Xmas Program At
Wesleyan Guild
Meeting Was Held AT Parson-
age Friday; Good Crowd
Enjoys Program

The Wesleyan Guild of the West
Jefferson Methodist church, met
for the annual Christmas program
at the Methodist parsonage on Fri
day night, when a lighted tree
and effective decorations added
to the festivity of the occasion.
Mrs. James Story was in charge
of the program and told of the
origin of Christmas carols. Spec
ial Christmas music was also u.s.
ed.
Following the program, gifts
were exchanged under the Christ
mas tree and refreshments carry
ing out the Christmas motif were
served.
Mrs. Carlos Thomas, who plans
to leave soon to make her home
in Sanford, was presented gift
from the Guild in which she has
been active since it was organized.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-12-14
Warrensville News

Mrs. Gwyn Weaver, of Sturgills,
was the guest of Miss Eleanor
johnson, Sunday night. Mrs
Weaver was returning from
week end with relatives at En-
DRY, Va.
Mrs. Denton Jones and sons,
were luncheon guests of relatives
here Sunday. Mrs. w. H. Jones,
Mrs. L. H. Deese and family &C
companied her home.
M.-Sgt. w. F. Bare returned to
Camp Meade, Md, Tuesday. Mrs
Bare will remain here with her
mother for the present. Mrs
Bare is the former Miss Edith Lee.
E. J. Weaver and sons, OF
Smethport, attended service at
the Methodist church here, Sun
day.
Mrs. Gordon Whitner and
daughter attended Sunday School
and church here, Sunday.
| The Woman's Society of Chris
tan Service met at the church
Sunday. Mrs. w. H. Jones, Mrs
| c. R. Latham, Mrs. Denton Jones
Mrs. w. P. Shoaf and Mrs. Roy
! Walker participated in the de-
votional and program for the
month.
Mrs. c. R. Latham and Mis-:
Mary Elizabeth Latham visited
relatives at Grassy Creek, Sun
day afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. E. Johnson re
turned to N. Wilkesboro, Sunday
after a weeks visit at their home
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Ashley ane
son. Eldon, spent the week enc
with relatives in Watauga.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. w. Efler ane
son have moved into their new
residence, recently completed.
MIR. and Mrs. A. H. Hartsoe
moved into the residence former
ly occupied by the R. w. Ellers.
A. H. Hartsoe and daughter
Miss Danford, left Tuesday fol
Maryland.
Pvt. Robert Ralph Ashley
writes from somewhere in France
that his outfit arrived safely a
their destination, after travelling
through England in box cars.
Pvt. Ashley is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Ashley, of thi:
place.
r. J. Ashley and Vance Ashley
braved Tuesdays blizzard to take
a large truck load of tobacco tt
Boone.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-12-14
Lansing Girl In
Recital On Sat.
Miss Marie Clark Has Made
Fine Record In Music At
Appalachian

Appearing in her senior piano
recital Saturday,, December 16,
will be Marie Clark, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Clark, of
Lansing. She is a student of Miss
Helen Foster at Appalachian State
Teachers College. The program
will be in the college auditorium
at 7:45 o'clock and is open to the
public.
The following numbers will be
played:
Three-Part Invention, by Bach;
Sonata OPP. IA, No. l, by Beetho-
ven: Allegro, Allegretto, Rondo.
Prelude Op. %, No. IS, by Chopin;
Marche Grotesque OPP. 30, No. l,
by Sinding; Dance Caprice OPP. %,
No. 3, by Grieg; A Song from the
East, by Scott; Romance, by La
Forge; Seguidilla, by Albeniz.
While at Appalachian Miss
Clark has been outstanding in the
music department. She is secre-
tary of the senior class and AS
ISOLATION for Childhood Educa-
ton. She is member of the A
Cappela Choir, Future Teachers
Association of America, Appalach-
ian paper staff, Playcrafters and
Dynician Literary society. She
was junior marshal and was re-
Gently elected to Who's Who in
American Colleges and Universe
ties.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-12-14

fine after having her tonsiIs re-
moved.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-12-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Parker visited
Mr.. Parker's sister, at Glade
Springs, Va, last week.
B. T. U. and Sunday School at
the Baptist Church is still pro-
crossing.
Miss Helen Parsons and sister,
Bonnie, and brother, Russell, of
Mountain City, visited Mr.. and
Mrs. M. L. Sturgill, recently.
Mrs. Roy WooGards is very i'll
at her home here.
Mrs. B. Lewis is getting along
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-12-14
Personals

Mr.. Parker Goodman, of Knox
vile, Tenn, visited here the first
of the week.
Mr.. Clark Houck, of Bristol, Va.
visited relatives here last week
Mr.. Gwyn Gambill, of North
Wilkesboro, was visitor here
yesterday afternoon.
Miss Beulah Cockerham and
Mrs. Jimmy Sturdivant spent
several days in Charlotte and N
Wilkesboro, shopping this week
Mrs. Dean Mcmillan and chill
dren visited relatives in North
Wilkesboro, last week.
Mr.. Carlos Thomas, who is en-
ployed in Sanford, spent the past
week end with his family here.
Miss Doris Whitesides spent the
past week end in Charlotte with
relatives.
Miss Ruth McNeill spent last
week in Charlotte working in the
district FSA office.
Miss Mary Ferguson attended
a special training school for book
keepers of the Chevrolet company
in Charlotte, last week.
Mrs. Guy L. Snow and son, OF
Mt. Airy, spent several days last
week with her mother, Mrs. j. c.
Mcneil, at Lansing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil McCliste1
and son, of Bristol, Tenn, visited
Mrs. McClister's mother, Mrs. J.
c. McNeill, this past Sunday.
Mr.. Tom McEwen is spending
sometime here with his family
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Coward are
spending sometime at their home
here, after being away for several
months.
Misses Ruth Tugman, Doris
Whitesides and Mr.. Roy H. Grouse
were visitors in Charlotte or
Wednesday.
Mrs. Sam Davis and Mrs. Hoyle
Stringer were in North Wilkes
boro last Thursday.
Mrs. Earl GRAPHICAL and daugh-
ter, Miss Mary Esther, were Wis
itors in North Wilkesboro last
week.
Mrs. George Koen and small
son, George, Jr., left on Tuesday
for Erie, Pa, to spend sometime
with relatives. Mrs. Koen was
accompanied to Winston-Salem
by her father, Mr.. Fred Coward
Miss Helen Ghormley spent the
past week end in Charlotte anc
Lenoir.
Mrs. Clinton Goodman was
snow-bound the first of this week
in Boone.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-12-14
MEN WANTED To-
SERVE IN SEAElsS

Continued from Page One1
quired to have at the time they
make application at least three
letters of recommendation hBm>
previous employers outlining the
experience they have had
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-12-14
Parker News
BY ]. e. PARKER

Mr.. and Mrs. M. F. Parker
have announced the marriage of
their daughter, Danford, to Mr..
Clay Barrett, of Bristol, Va, on
Wednesday, November %. They
are making their home in Bristol.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Parker, and
family, spent the day recently
with Mr.. and Mrs. M. F. Parker.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-12-14
NAZI RAIL CITIES
ARE HEAVILY BOMBED

Continued tro1a Page Onel
Ukraine Army also were poised
three miles East of the Danube
straddling city with an about
frontal assault from that direction
expected at any hour.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-12-14
COUNTY is STILL FAR
BEHIND BOND QUOTA
Continued from Page One)

quota for the county is $161, 900
and of this ammount a total of
100000, has been raised.
What the county needs is more
"E" bond purchasers and those
who have not done so are urged
to put ''E'' bonds on the list for
their families for Christmas, one
official pointed out.
Township chairmen are urged
to work within their townships
and raise the quota assigned them.
Evening star., 1944-02-04

L ernapS he S IearneQ
Sonny Tufts, classified 4-F be-
cause of a skiing accident, is play
ing a ski-trooper in II Love a Sol
dier."