The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-05-11
DON'T EXPECT A LOVE FEAST
BY j. IL. Jones

the simple reason that Molotov is
spokesman number one for Stain.
Apparently, the two men are the
strongest part of the government of
Soviet Russia. Molotov has proved
himself to be sort of "a bull in a
china shop" and that may help to
consolidate the views and detectives
of the Big Three.
Three or four years ago American
and Russian statesmen were getting
into one aonther's hair Then we con-
coded that Russia was licking Hitler.
A recent statement indicates that the
United States Clipped in close to 8
billion dollars worth of goods under
lend-lease to the Russian military
forces, plus over 16 million tons Of
food.
SO let the big fellows fight it out
at San Francisco. We don't need to
worry about this difference of opin-
ion. Molotov may be as. sound in his
views about Poland as Stettinius is in
his about Argentina. The Conference
is standing up for great principles.
Isn't tkat better than making tea
party out of a great World confer
ence? No matter what happens this
week or month, these SO United Ma
tinons are going to get together
and they are going to do it in 1915.
The more they argue about their diff
ferences, the surer they are to reach
agreements. That means permanent
peace-and that's what the whole
thing is about.
Tliey are completing the chart that
was presented by Woodrow Wilson
Is years ago-wken it was too late,
too long deferred after the war. The
job will be done this time There
cannot be any qestion about that
Must We Have Strikes?
Not many years ago the workers
in coal mines were paid niggardly
wages The labor unions broke up the
game of selfish owners of anthracite
and bituminous coal mines. The early
strikes called by the United Mine
Workers were justified. and they
were SO reasonable that wages were
| increased. Butt the time came when
annual strikes were precipitated for
very doubtful reasons. In this year
1915, with a great world war still
hanging heavily over the United
strikes of all kinds are out of order.
What have we got Labor Depart
ment for, anyway? Unless that De-
partment can be operated to control
labor disputes it should be abolished
not only on account of its own use
lessness, but for the further reason
of Kidding the country of the ridicul
lous method by which another Cabi-
| net Officer, the head of the Interior
Department, drops into the game and
takes over the mines for tie Govern
ment, while at the same time stabili-
cation directors, war labor boards
and brass-hats, edge in and add to
the confusion.
Let's hope that way can be de-
veloped to prevent labor strikes dur
ing and after the war.
To Meet Food Requirements
The War Production Board has is
sued an order to meet modification OF
military requirements to speed the
Increasingly urgent needs of this
years food production program. The
order raises the farm machinery pro-
gram to much higher level. The
WPB increases TIE ALLEGATION to a
net usage of 256,O0O tons of steel
and this advanced allotment author
ity adds 52,606 tons of carbon steel
and TAT tons of alloy steel.
Restoration of the cutback follows
an appeal by the War Food Admin
istration to WPB, in which the food
agency said that more farm macihn-
cry was needed to meet some of the
most necessary food requirements.
The gen,y declared that non-civilian
food demands for this year are great
er than those of last year, while ci-
yilion demands continue at high lev
els
While the added steel is below the
tonnage required by manufacturers
If farm machinery to complete ON a
100 per cent basis their currently au-
.horized production programs, WPB
said it is sufficiently large to prevent
cancellations of orders on steel mills
and to permit continued production
of machinery at approximate current
levels.
Farm machinery manufacturers
who file Controlled Materials Plan
Forms Alb in Washington will have
their advance allotments restored by
action of WPB's Farm Machinery
and Equipment Division. These are
she manufacturers who were mostly
severely affected by the cutback in