The sub., 1946-06-20

| greatest railroad strike Tn the his tory of our country. All trains stopped, no passenger service, no freight service. Governors, may ors and town officials shouting over the radio, pleading with the public to take the situation easy and not be alarmed, don't over crowd the streets with your cars, keep the highways as free as pos sible so that the trucks can have clear going to be able to make fast time, bringing to us the nec- eSSary things we must have to be able to exist for the duration of this strike. Also they asked the John o. Public to buy only what is necessary, as that each and all could share and share alike, not to have one man get more than he needed and his brother worker not have enough.
 was prompted to write this ar- ticle after spending couple of hours on the streets. Friday eve ming and several hours Saturday watching the people and what they were buying from the grocery stores and meat markets. I took notice of several people that have been buying at the same store that I do my trading each week. saw them triple their orders above what they have been purchasing for the past several weeks.
 After watching these people, I went back home with enough meat to last me for Sunday and Monday and decided could live the rest of the week out on what I could pick up as I needed it, or go with out. My storekeeper asked me what was the matter with me, why didn't buy any groceries, and I told him just what I am going to tell you in the next two or three lines.
 People who live in Groton and nearby towns who have good local bus service, were too good to ride on their local buses, but had to jam the streets so full of their own private cars for their own private convenience that a truck could not pass through New London If it had state police escort. Also after watching these people buy groceries and what meat that could be had, had lost my appetite and would not be able to eat for week thinking that the other fellow who has large family of children would need the food more than I do.
 Moral: Don't be a hog, when a pig will get you just as far!
 Speaking about the cost of liv- ing going up. Sure it's going up, and it is not going to come down for quite long time to come. Why? You may ask: That why is just a big a word in this case as the word Gf) is in the American language. The first why in the cost of living going up is. Why do the working people try to out do the rich people in dress. auto- mobiles, and all the modern con- veniences at time like this when everything you buy costs twice what it is worth. Why do the working people stand in line for hours at time to buy the good cuts of meat, nylon stockings, butt ter and all the high priced goods? Why do the working people go to the big stores and pay down from thirty to one hundred dollars on automobiles, refrigerators, wash ing machines and such things that cannot be delivered for from two to eight months from this date?
 The money you have paid to these stores has gone to work for the store owners and not you, the working man. He will take this money and purchase goods that he can get at the present time for a fair price because you have given him money to make his buying power greater. These goods he will sell to you with a greater profit than he should get because you have lent him the money to buy with, free from interest.
 Now let's go little deeper in this so foolish matter, as some of you call 1t. The working man has to work hard for what he gets, but