The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-12-25
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NEW WORK. Dec, aa,~-Driving to the office
SASS morning. George Spelvin, American,
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Still, / dent know because, wherever YOU
locked IN tAe stores. why any little no-account
night~shist or piece Of lady pants with ribbon
en t. why il was $28 and we can't guarantee
delivery and If you go into restaurant they
cut your ears off and fry them in deep fat, and
here certainly wish I could get even look
at new car and put some money into crcu-
lation for something useful but I can't even buy
set of chains and hope nobody is asking me
how those kids are expecting to get buy on
$25-$30 a week to start, especially with wife
and baby or baby on order and I certainly
don't wish was that poor Truman with all
those strikes and you can't tell how it goes
with Russia.
although bet if was to meet some Russian
and we could speak some language to get along
together why I would find he was a pretty
good egg because they say they like to drink
and as far as Communism is concerned why
that seems to be strictly export goods because
it seems like there is a small bunch of head
bosses and they live on caviar and highly
seasoned viands like our New Dealers and you
can't tell those ordinary Russians enjoy
getting their gizzsrd blown out just because
key and just never could understand why, if
they are so dead set on rescuing oppressed
minorities, they don't set up a couple of thou
sand of those good, luxurious trains on those
, efficient Communist railroads and give them a
nice warm strip of land along the Black Sea
instead of needing the Arabs all the time.
And, still, if it was me, you wouldn't find
me investing my savings in some nice little
house with a yellow tile bathroom and all like
that, and then, after get gypped by the plum
bling manufs cturers and the contractors and
the inspectors, well, then the O.P.A. says
have to rent it for $3.50 a month because
notice that Harry Hopkins did all right for
himself leaping from $4,000 to $4,000, and
they all like profit in their own line and the
way the old man took that John Hartford for
that 900 don't look like he was indifferent
to nice cleanup and yet those veterans
simply have got to have houses to live in, or
there will be hell to pay.
And just to think, we were hollering murder
about extravaganza and balance the budget
and lot of our cities are just like a mess of
old, rundown ruins and then we whipped up
factories all bigger than anyone ever saw be-
fore, and barracks and battleships for war
and We sent things all over the world and
built warehouses and docks and railroads and
now we say we can't even build million or
md let them pay for them on time because
that would upset the economic system whereas
the economic system has got so you don't find
anybody willing to take chance building
house for rent.
well, If I was Truman, I would want to-
crawl up in somebody's lap and bawl my eyes
out or check out some night in & car with
good set Of tires and the old lady and the kid
and the dog and I would head for some place
like Wyoming or Montana where they have
good fishing and hunting and you buy you
some lumber and some nails and would get
couple of neghbors to help me slap up & nice
warm little shack and, after all, it isn't so
long since that is the way they done out around
Missouri and Kansas where he come from and
bet his mother can tell him about times when
they didn't have gas-stoves and electric lights
and some Of them lived in sodhouses but they
were solid people and most of the mothers
taught the kids good lessons and they grew up
American and now Harry is president Of the
U.S.A.
Because the way see it, we'll, don't know
but it seems to me if they had OF been working
for a ten per. cent raise or, say, anyway,
fifteen, they would still be ahead of where
they are now, when you consider they are off
the payroll for fifteen or twenty weeks and
meanwhile nobody can get new car so people
go around spending all these millions for
lot of trash merchs ndise for Christmas that
nobody wants, anyway, but you have to do it
or you feel like heel and it would be better
to give them the cash money and tell them
to save it for when they can buy something
really useful and nobody gets any benefit, but
the air is full of arguments and lies and we al
forget that the Germans and the Japs were the
enemies and start pulling each apart and here
I am. late again but after all I can't control
the blizzard you know, if you are dlssatls-
fled with my work, well, of course, undoubtedly
other ARRANGEMENTS doubtless can be made.
Good morning, Mr.. Nilly, nice Christmas,
hope.'