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Newspaper Page TextPAGE TWO Dade County Times Trenton, Georgia Entered at the Postofflce at Trenton Georgia, as sec¬ ond class mail matter. ELBERT FORESTER Editor and Publisher MEMBER GEORGIA PRESS ASSOCIATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES (In Advance) 12 Months J5c 6 Months 50c 3 Months Advertising rates furnished up¬ on application. Legal advertise¬ ments payable in advance. Parties writing to the paper for publication are requested to fur¬ nish their names, otherwise the communication will not be pub- lished. It will be withheld on re¬ quest, but the name must given. All communications and items are received for re-edited, publica¬ tion subject to being Such re-written and changed. are printed as a matter of news and do not necessarily the views or ideas of The Times. HURSDAY, MAY 18, 1944 HIIHHIlHIIIIIIHtlllHniimiltlHIIMIIHMinilUMtninUlIMM High Time For Action Whatever the outcome of the Montgomery Ward seizure by Federal government, it has fo¬ cused on a Congressional bill long overdue for consideration—the Gwynne “Fair Government Prac¬ tices’’ act. Introduced by Rep. Gwynne, of Iowa, it aims at protecting Con¬ stitutional processes and civil liberties, at preventing usurpa¬ tion of authority by the Execu¬ tive and his agencies. It would require the holding of hearings the compliance with “orderly processes’’ and review by the courts. Arbitrary extension of the War Powers Act to cover seizure of a mercantile concern would be de¬ clared illegal. All in all the Gwynne bill would seem to be putting the law behind the as¬ sertion that “This is still Ameri¬ ca.” Languishing overlong in the Judiciary Committee, the Iowan’s bill should be brought out for immediate action. We Speak of Incentives . . . As a rational animal, man never works without a definite objective. In other words, he must have an incentive. During war, patriotism supplies an in¬ centive, but in times of peace men generally demand financial recognition of their efforts. Recent announcements of in¬ centive rewards by American business demonstrate how it recognizes that man puts forth his best efforts when paid ac¬ cording to his worth. General Motors Corporation, for instance, paid $955,000 to employees who offered 25,400 constructive sug¬ gestions during 1943. What is true of the individual worker’s need for an incentive is equally true of companies of men banded together for tasks too difficult for individual "work¬ ers to do alone. If one man makes his maximum effort when there is hope of recognition and reward, it is reasonable to ex¬ pect stockholders to do so. For the stockholder is only the work¬ er—a truck driver, a clerk, or perhaps a widow with insurance money to invest. If the economic climate is such that investments promise dividends and a meas¬ ure of safety, such people pu<t savings into the stocks of com¬ panies that build plants and furnish jobs. Has anybody a plan for dem¬ onstrating these truths to the men framing our postwar tax laws in Washington? The New Order? “The percentage of our adult population on the Federal pay¬ roll is the greatest in history. Notwithstanding the widespread benefits resulting from free en¬ terprise, there are now persons, some in high government posi¬ tions, clamoring for a new order; but they refrain from stating exactly what this new order is to be. Their acts, how r ever, speak louder than words. Their acts show that as a substitute for free enterprise, they propose to esablish a plan, directed and controlled by government offi¬ cials.”—John D. Miller, Susque¬ hanna, Pa., President Emeritus of the National Council of Farm¬ er Cooperatives. The Way to Avoid Bankruptcy More people would take more interest in the problem of the growing Federal debt if they were told frankly that unless the solvency of the government is THE DADE COUNTY TIMES: TRENTON, DADE COUNTY, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1944. maintained, every war bond will be worthless. They should be told frankly that buying bonds will not save the country from bankruptcy. But here is a way to keep out of bankruptcy—by paying taxes and by rigid gov¬ ernment economy. Everyone who owns a war bond, a life insur¬ ance policy or a dollar of sav¬ ings has a direct interest in this problem. It Is no longer a matter for “the other guy” to worry a- bout. It is now estimated that before i the present war is over the Fed¬ eral debt may reach the stag¬ gering sum of $300,000,000,000. If this could be diverted equally and spread over the entire popu¬ lation, it would mean a debt of about $2,300 for every man, wo¬ man and child in the United States, a debt of about $4,700 for every person gainfully employed, and based on four persons to the j family, a debt of $9,200 for each and every family of the United States. This debt cannot be passed on to the other fellow or evaded. If the American people value free¬ dom, they will insist upon meet¬ ing the debt squarely—the hard way—by taxation, and frugality in government. Dubious Honor Union leaders are vying for the j “honor” of being the first to break the government’s wage and price stabilization program wide open and start another in¬ flationary spiral. They have compiled statistics professing to show why the “soldiers of pro¬ duction” must have more money. They call strikes at the drop of a hat. Disrupting war production is their club. They get what they want, or else. The government's stabilization laws are currently the subject of their wrath and every attempt will be made to smash those laws. Millions of Americans watch these union abuses in helpless fury. Those in the armed forces do not expect wage increases every time the going gets tough. They are at war and know it. Many more in civilian life do not expect providence or a labor union to hand them more money to make up for rising taxes and bond purchases and high prices. Labor leaders should consider well and long before they decide to smash by force the laws de¬ signed to protect the nation from runaway inflation. If the unions pit themselves against the government as ruthlessly as they have against industries, public opinion may destroy the unions. Correct Abuses Now The Price Control Act expires June 30. Before it is renewed, it should be amended to correct faults that weaken price and rationing control, by creating public opposition. Under the act as it now stands, OPA lawyers have managed to deny private citizens the right of appeal to the courts of the nation for re¬ lief from OPA rulings no mat¬ ter how unjust they may be. OPA officials, in effect, claim that inflation control is more important than personal liberty, apparently assuming that both cannot exist together. Congress should immediately correct this dangerous drift to¬ ward oppression. As the Smith Committee charged with invest¬ ing executive agencies, warns: “The Office of Price Administra¬ tion has assumed unauthorized powers to legislate by regulation and has, by misinterpretation of acts of Congress, set up a nation¬ wide system of judicial tribunals through which this executive a- gency judges the action of A- merican citizens . . . “The Office of Price Admini¬ stration has . . . managed to take unto itself far more judi¬ cial power than . . . the laws . . . could be construed to grant. “The Office of Price Admini¬ stration has consistently display¬ ed a tendency, wherever con¬ ceivably possible, to avoid re¬ course to courts of law, even to the extent of stretching the satutes in some cases beyond all reasonable undersanding. “This situation inevitably tends to bring the law into con¬ tempt and ridicule and creates widespread indignation and re¬ sentment among our citizens. Such an unfortunate situation will ultimately lead to a com¬ plete breakdown of the price control law and necessarily re¬ tard the effective prosecution of the war.” WSCS Meets The Woman’s Society of Christian Service of the Tren¬ ton Methodist church met at the church last Thursday. Mrs . G. C. Tatum presided. Mrs. Carl Scruggs directed the program. At the business meeting it was de¬ cided to redecorate the interior of the church. Plans were made to have a fellowship supper on the church grounds Friday night, May 19. Miss Bobbie Ruth Martin spent the week-end with her parents, at LaFayette, Ga. 1 By Paul Mallon Released by Western Newspaper Union. INTERNATIONAL SIDE-STEPS BY ADMINISTRATION WASHINGTON. — Treasury Sec¬ retary Morgenthau is again taking up the postwar world bank proposal in which the basic idea is that the United States contribute the bulk of the money, but forfeit a control com¬ mensurate with its investment. State Assistant Secretary Berle is in London negotiating for a postwar air agreement, but, he says, not con- sidering the acquisition of air bases for the United States. Ex-Governor Lehman is working on food reha¬ bilitation plans, whereby we contrib¬ ute the food, and other officials are laboring on world WPA plans which call for the United States to finance reconstruction. The working basis upon which all ere proceeding in all these things seems to be approximately the same, namely, that this country must give but not take. Our negotiators seem inclined to look at this nation as rich and powerful, and they wish to be free with its power as well as its money. They are perfectly sincere. Their premise is that we must “help" the world, but they follow it so deeply that they want to repudiate every thought of gain for us as unworthy, any thought of acquisition as almost a sin. * • * LONG RANGE VIEW But take the long range view. Sup¬ pose we spend and lend postwar money throughout the world for its rehabilitation. At first sight that looks like real help, and it is—tem¬ porarily. It is just about the same help as a shot in the arm, only that, then come the after-effects. After the money is spent, or when the loan cannot be repaid, you begin to get the real appraisal of such help. Foreign nations cannot repay ex¬ cept in goods, but we can take only a very limited amount. For them to borrow more and more money from us never improves their position, oflly plunges them further and fur¬ ther in a debt they already cannot pay. But to give them the money out¬ right helps them only temporarily also. If it enables them to build industries that compete with ours, it hurts our trade, weakens our posi¬ tion for good in the world, and gives them some improved positions as against us—but does it “help” the world as a whole? Of course not. It only helps France, or Poland, or whatever na¬ tion, as against the United States, which really hurts the world, if you assume that our leadership and our superior position is good for the world in the first place—as you must. The only way a reai constructive, economic “help" could be achieved is if we get something productive economically out of such gifts and loans—if we get business, for in¬ stance, that improves our people or trade, or airfields that strengthen our position and our leadership. This is not nationalism, imperial¬ ism, or such tommy-rot; it is the simplest common sense. * • • OFF ON WRONG FOOT The whole thing, therefore, seems to be getting off on the wrong foot— the idea of giving unbalanced by acquiring, the notion of weakening the world, not building it up—and I mean weakening in every respect, because a man who makes a loan to another man who cannot repay weakens both himself and the donor. This can only be justified as charity, not economics. The handling of the situation de¬ mands wisdom, and restraint, on the world bank. The first questions that must arise from any common-sense standpoint is whether it is needed, whether existing exchange facilities (already managed completely by our government) are not enough for any good use. Second question is the mainte¬ nance of the American dollar value. If it is maintained as a respectable norm to the people of our country and the world, will this not in itself “help” the world more than a flfty- cent dollar or a worthless dollar? Most of these agreements will have to be submitted to congress for appropriations or approval. If the agreements merely raise a fight and get into politics (and they cer¬ tainly will on this current basis) what benefit to the world? Does it not seem possible that they may lead instead into a complete nullity of any sound practical effort to help the world? • • • WARREN AS KEYNOTER The surprise designation of Cali- fornia’s Governor Warren as key¬ noter (spokesman) for the Republi¬ can presidential convention has been generally attributed to Gover- nor Dewey. Actually it was con¬ ceived and engineered by National Chairman Harrison Spangler. The idea had not occurred to anyone else. Political writers were speculating on Clare Luce, Senator Vandenberg, Leader Martin and many another. Mr. Spangler said nothing, but put his man over. The Times, $1.50! LEAVE HIM SOME TOOLS! j j ! j Civilians in the War 0 FROM THE GEORGIA OFFICE OF VOLUNTEER WAR SERVICES AND CIVILIAN DEFENSE THOUGH FINAL figures not available, reports from ious sections of the State cate strongly that the “Clothing for Russians” paign in Georgia was a success. This drive was by the school children of State and certainly they did splendid job in collecting clothing which will be so needed by the Russians winter particularly. * * * LATE RAINS throughout gia have put the farmers behind in planting their this is particularly true in Southern part of the State. ever, in many sections, are taking advantage of the orable weather and are “double shifts”. Tractors other machinery are with lights and are being ed 24 hours a day. * * * AT THE SUGGESTION of Office, a number of the munities of the State have or are making planss for vasion Day” ceremonies. Washington county, ments have been made for churches to be open. of music and prayer will as soon as word of the is received. In Eatonton, the siren will be sounded five at one minute intervals one minute between each Also the church bells will rung to notify all citizens hearing distance of the Appropriate ceremonies are to held in Fort Gaines, (Clay ty), Greene County, Bainbridge, Seminole Macon, Tifton and many Similar programs have been ranged throughout the nation. * * * DURING THE summer which extend from May to tember, the work of paper vage, handled so ably in communities by the schools, threatened with tempory page. This, of course, prove an extreme handicap our war effort. Everyone be deeply concerned with ing this hazard. The Citizens Service Corps are to take an increased bility in this matter, they are organized. In order work of paper salvage will be slackened, communities urged to immediately a plan to take the place of efficient work of the school dren. Beaty’s Barber Shop was last week, due to the death Mrs. Beaty’s mother. Sgt. Henry L. Elliott “Somewhere” In England, Letter Says “Somewhere in England” April 25, 1944. The Dade County Times, Trenton, Georgia. Dear Sir: I have been reading your paper of March 30th, sent to me by my sister. I am particularly inter¬ ested in the article about the Red Cross drive and the over¬ whelmingly success of it. Here I would like to tell you and anyone else who reads this, the Red Cross is really a home a to us boys over here, when on leave and at camps as well. You don’t know how glad I was to hear that my home town had “gone over the tap” in the drive. Just like the people of Dade, though, to a worthy cause, they always do. Here the Red Cross can give us any kind of information on where to spend a leave, places of entertainment, churches, and even sew on buttons for us. They are always ready to help us in any way and will. We have a lot of nice girls and filed directors with the many clubs and club- mobiles. I would like to say I still like The Dade County Times and I enjoy reading it over here, for I can soon tell what the people back home are doing. I might add, I am with the Eighth Air Force and have been overseas eight months. Hoping all us boys will be home soon to enjoy the place and life we are fighting for. I am making the best of everything, but not brag¬ ging a bit. Keep giving the people the news and here’s for a better world in which to live. If you need this for anything, use it. Sincerely, Sgt. Henry L. Elliott. Fishing Increases; Catches Pick Up ATLANTA, Ga.—Increase in fishing and the number of ar¬ rests for fishing closed streams out of season were accompanied by good catches last week, ac¬ cording to reports from wildlife : rangers over the state. The week’s catches included the following: Rainbow trout—17 inches, Grady Davenport, Higdon’s store; 13 inches, T. F. Harden, Com¬ merce; four pounds, Mr. Gibson, Lake Burton; 12 inches, Frank: Abernathy, Robertstown. Largemouth bass—12 pounds, | A - L - Thornton, Waycross; 5 pounds, W. B. Simmons, Macon, 2 pounds, F. H. Calhoun, Augusta. Carp—26 pounds, J. R. Dekle, Forest Fire Protection By PAUL W. GROOM St&te Forest Fire Warden The monthly fire report issued by the Georgia Department of Forestry reveals 380 fires burn¬ ing 13,000 acres March as a- gainst 433 fires burning 26,000 acres in February. An excellent improvement in that only half as much acreage burnt last month. The fire report covers only the 31 counties under or¬ ganized fire protection. Most counties not under or¬ ganized protection have had burnt over approximately 40 per cent or more of their timber lands. Yet, counties with orga¬ nized protection have had only 1.58 per cent of their timber lands burnt, which is an excell¬ ent record for the state and the Georgia Department of Forestry. Holding in view the fact that most of Georgia’s forest lands could be protected for a very nominal amount per forest acre, the present loss is tremendous as each fire results in damage of from one to four dollars per acre burnt. Many counties have realized this tremendous loss of forest income and through their county commissioners are asking the Department of Forestry to assist them in obtaining organiz¬ ed protection. The department is assisting counties by having its tech¬ nically trained foresters help them plan their protection or¬ ganization and by paying forty per cent of the expenditures necessary to operate the Protec¬ tion Unit. The department in addition, helps these units by making is experienced foresters to assist the local coun¬ ty rangers and county forestry boards after organized protec¬ tion has been established. 16 Crisp Anglers Fined $25 Each CORDELE, Ga.—Sixteen per¬ were fined $25 each for fish¬ out of season here last week, was announced by Ranger C. Young, of the Game and Fish The defendants, all in one day and charg¬ with violating the fishing pleaded guilty in Crisp Superior Cobrt, and were $25 fines or six months in. Four were residents of Cordele, the other twelve gave Vien¬ as their address. They were apprehended on the of the Flint River. Under a new policy of the Crisp County will the state’s share of the for game and fish projects for the future. Catfish—3 pounds, J. W. Cook,