Milford chronicle., 1945-11-09

FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 9, 1915
IT WAS WITH PLEASURE that State
EMPLOY ct. and others having business III the
tate House, saw the Governors flag flying
on the llappoIe Monday morning. To those
who know. this means that Governor Walter
W Bacon is in his Office in the Legislative
Euildnp This was the Governors first visit
to his office in Dover since his serious oper-
alton several weeks ago. During his bret
STAY IN Dover on Monday many Of his friends
called to pay their respects and to wish nm
speedy complete recovery. The Governor was
in fine "pirIt., and gives every indication that
he will soon be back to complete normal
health. i)urlnH his several weeks absence
from biz; ot1tr the affairs of State have been
very capaby handled by Secretary of State
William j Storey. His knowledge of the
nanuptutut of the States business proved
inl:tItl:tDlt during the period Of the emergen-
cl Delaware is fortunate that Governor
Bacon has organized the Executive De
p;utntnt that it functioued smoothly during
the period Of illness which compelled HIM to
BE- away from his office.
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4 STRIKING FACT Of the tumutuous
WA Year. through which We have Just lived,
Il fact which no one can truthfully deny. is
that the people Of the United States wanted
for nothing. They kept more than twenty
million autos running. Their homes remain
ed brightly lighted and we'll heated Their
diet in spite of gripping, was nothing less than
abundant. They had plenty Of clothes and
plenty Of luNuries The families Of men in
the service were, by and large, the only ones
who had the vagueSt notion of the horrible
sacrifice and destruction being endured else
where. This is not criticism of the home
front. 1t is merely stating facts. 1t was
because If continuing high living standards
that We were able to turn in 4 war produc-
ton mirich III. ...4...... ... !.
It is worth rejecting upon the reasons
for the maintenance Of such living standards.
OF course, there was rationing and price con-
troll to insure stability. There were also hun
drcd. Of thousands of miles of paved high
W;t\&, railways, countless fleets of trucks.
trains planes, ships; there were countless
business organizations, manufacturing plants,
and millions of individual producers topped
by nlt@@ distributing system of hundreds of
thousands OF retailers. All Of this vast ac-
tNit\ tunctlontd with clock-like precision
Temporary stresses and strains were absorb
ed without hitch.
Now that the war is over, we can begin
to appreciate this intricate machine What
it did in war it can dO on an even greater
"c;tlt IN peace, providing We don't undereSt-
mate it ability and turn to patermalistic gov
ernntnt III 4 futile search for perfection
Doe
THE WAR IS OVER, but it still has to be
pad for Today, as the parades and the
speeches will emphasize, the people Of the
United States are called to support the Vic
tory Loan Drive in order that the Nation can
meet the terminal costs of the historic Strug-
gle and discharge its tremendous RESPONSE
btles to the veterans.
To summarize the Victory Loan is the
eighth and last of the Treasury's gigantic
W;r financing operations The objective is
81 ,U00, 100000 and the campaign will close
December :, fourth anniversary of Congress-
declaration OF war ON Japan
OF the amount to be raised, four billions
VIII be sought from individuals and of this
sum two billions will be provided it is hoped
by sale Of Series L savings bonds.
These are big figures. In comparison, the
S31000,000 which DelaWareanS are asked tC
subscribe as their individual quota seems
moderate.
Here then, is Job to be done by all of us
1t is true that Il good deal of the drama of wal
Embarrassing ended with the coming of peace
The nnpellng force of a continuing war is
gone. People are turning naturally, to THEN
own personal concerns and problems
Hut it should be remembered that, in the
broad sense, the welfare Of each of us is in.
$eparable from the welfare of all of us The
first requisite for a prolonged period of post
War prosperity is to pay in an orderly anC
business like manner the costs of the war.
The Victory Loan, however, is more than
task to be done it is an opportunity that
should not be missed. We are being asked
again to lend, not give, our money to the Gov
eminent. The Government, in short. is pay
ln% us to safeguard our own future. From i;
savings viewpoint alone, we can't afford t(
pass up this Victory Loan.
If v l.
against disastrous initiation There is still
too much loose money, the spending of which
Tor scarce consumer goods, threatens to senC
prices to ruinOuS heights
Let's make no mistake about it. BY meet
ing our Victory Loan quotas we shall be helm