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Friday, May 21, 1943
KEEP AMERICA AMERICAN *
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Ever since I first heard Father Boland
use the trenchant phrase whicto is my t^qxt,
I have felt that in those three words, properly
understood, lies the hope of unity, the
expression of that for which we are fighting
and the way to achieve the Victory for
which we all hope. ,
Keep America American?this is the
defiant challenge of the finest idealism
tihe world has known. It is a clarion call
to action in the fight between the forces
that would destroy and those which would
build man up to his proper stature.
Keep America American?-this is no
creed of isolationism, no shutting of the
gates of the spirit to the problems of the
world, no selfish hoarding of our resources
of brain and body for the use and comfort
alone of those already within our nation.
Keep America American?this does
not mean a yardstick of nationality by
which to measure our fellow citizens. The
yardstick we must use is that of the spirit
?an unselfed devotion to the credo that
all men are created equal. We are the
first self-created People in the world?not
segregated by race or creed or color but
bound together by a common bond of belief
that we are all entitled to the rights
and responsibilities of freedom.
Keep America American?let us
never forget that this nation was founded
on unity, and that to achieve unity men
must act for the good of all, not as selfseeking
groups of individuals.
Keep America American?let us preserve
our rights by careful usage of them.
This country is the land of liberty, not
license. Any change must come under
the orderly processes of our own laws, not
under the sudden whims of any dictator.
Keep America American?let no disunity
appear amoiag us. Let us keep the
old ideals of opportunity for all, not favors
for a privileged few. Let us grant to our
neighbor the same rights we claim for
ourselves. Let us remember that the cornerstone
of the nation is religious liberty,
and let us not discriminate against our
neighbor because of the faith, the class or
the party to which he belongs.
Keep America American?let us stand
together and face the world as a united
nation, dedicated to the protection and
preservation for all men of the self same
freedoms of speech and religion, from
want and fear, which we intend to keep
for ourselves.
END BAD PRACTICE NEW
The Guffey Coal Act came into being
in 1935 on the demand of John L. Lewis,
to prevent a coal strike. The Supreme
Court held the first act unconstitutional.
A revised Guffey Act was passed in 1937,
again under the spur off coal strike threats.
Mr. Lewis insisted on a law such as
the Guffey Act which forced the mine
operators to raise coal prices so that the
mines could pay higher wages to labor.
This was an indirect way of levying a direct
tax on the public for the benefit of a
specified group.
The Guffey Coal Act was to have expired
in April, but the House and Senate
extended it for thirty days on the ground
that Congress should have time to consider
its renewal.
In spite of the fact that a majority
of coal operators have been virtually subsidized
to the point of acquiescence in
this legislation, against their better judgment
as to its soundness as an economic
principle, there is an undercurrent in Congress
that it may be better to eliminate it
entirely before our republic reaches that
stage arrived at by Diocletian in 300 A. D.
when sons were compelled to follow the
vocations of their fathers under penalty
off death. Diocletian formulated a complex
and vast system of price fixing, labor
relations, and a scheme of government
that constricted liberty to the point of making
his subjects thoroughly miserable. It
broke down.
The New York Times uoniits out the
folly of our endeavors to fight inflation,
and at the same time prolong the life of
in Act like this which not only encourages I
but compels price and wage boosting which
all consumers must pay for the benefit of
a special class. It says in part:
"If it were sound to set up a selling
monopoly tflor the coal industry, so that it
can raise prices against the public in order
to pay miners high wages, then it would be
equally sound to turn other industries into
selling monopolizes so that they could
boost the price of their products and pav
higher wages to their workers. The Guffey
Act is a flagrant contradiction of the
economic! policy that government has
been advocating in other fields. Coal prices
' should be subject merely to ceilings like
the prices of all other necessities today.
This very special gift to Mr. I^ewis ought
* to be allowed to expire quietly."
It is high time that powerful minority
groups which have not hesitated to jeopardize
the safety of the nation, be required
to operate under the same legislation
that applies to all the people.
THE ACID TEST
Our people, through the Congress,
will soon serve notice of what the world
may expect from this country in carrying
out our announced objective of securing
a just and durable peace. Tlhe question of
renewdng the Reciprocal Trade Agreements
Act will come before Congress in
June. As Sumner Welles, Under-Secretary
of State, observes: "The action of the
Congress with regard to this matter will
furnish . . . an acid test of our intentions."
We should have learned by now that
as a nation we are not self-sufficient. One
need only point to a single instance to show
the ordinary citizen how heavily dependent
we are on foreign trade, and that
instance is rubber. The Japs came nearer 1
to wrecking our war effort by shutting off
import of this one item than we like to
admt. We are developing a synthetic substitute
for rubber, but there are plenty of
other necessities and luxuries which we i
will always need that we cannot produce
ourselves.
"Modern history," Mr. Welles emphasizes,
"has made it clear that no producing j
and trading nation?not even the United
States?can be prosperous in a starving
world, any more than a great merchant |
can be prosperous when his customers and j
sources of supply are bankrupt." If we
wish to regain peaceful prosperity in our
own country, we will have to help the rest
of the world regain it at the same time.
Scores of nations are waiting upon us. In
a sense they are like a crew of carpenters
standing with tools in hand. They must
rebuild home economies from the ground
up. But before they can start building,
the foundations must be laid for the new
structures. Those foundations must be
laid by us. If our blueprints call for the j
old unsound foundations of ever-higher
trade barriers, they will be left with no
choice but to erect warped nationalistic j
structures that will one day be again swept
awny by hate and war. And make no mistake,
we will b ein the next war, too.
If we extend the Reciprocal Trade ,
Agreements Act, the world will know that
we definitely intend to lay a sound foundation
for future peace. And then, in the |
words of Mr. Welles, "The European coun- j
tries and the great Chinese nation can
move in that direction also and construct j
their new economies on that basis . . . The j
decision is fundamental."
SAVING THE UNIONS
By vote off more than two to one, the
House of Representatives has passed the
Hobbs Rill which brings certain labor
union activities within the purview of the
Federal Anti-racketeering statute. Action ji
by the House marks the first time Congress
has approved legislation strengthening
the statute so that it might be applied j
to labor union alleged extortionist practices.
The legislation now goes to the
Senate.
The final passage of this bill would
curb irresponsible and destructive labor j
leadership, and save the labor union move
ment from demoralization and loss of public
good will.
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THE NAVY ASHORE
Camden. 8. C.,fAprll 24 ?With very
little urging we hurriedly packed and
boarded an overcrowded and late train
for Camden with Flora Ileaf?? Flora
and ('apt. Johnny had arrived in Norfolk
from this haven after a trip with
a decided "Topper" touch. When no
seuts were to be had. a friendly baggage
man made the Heath* comfortable
in the baggage car. When they
were halfway to Norfolk Flora realized
with n start that she had been
Hitting on a coffin. In spite of all
tills the occupants had u whirl drinking
coffee ami singing en route.
Camden Just what you would expect?only
more so lively old colonial
homes are surrounded by gorge
oub gardens. The dogwood, wistaria.
azalouB and all spring flowers are in
bloom. ltehind the house are the
white stables which house the hunters
and fine carriage horses and thoroughbreds.
Good race horses come
to Camden, where the Carolina Cup
races take place In March. This year
is the first one in 40 years that polo
was not played?many of the polo
[players are now riding in Uncle
Sam's tunks or flying planes. One
of the best ones, Knslgn Cyril Harrison,
is sticking with his four-legged
[ friends, as he is with the mounted
| Coast Guard.
Flora's home is on Green St., which,
like many of the streets, has been
left unpaved so one can exercise
spirited horses around the town. The
houso is a hybrid?-a combination of
southern charm mixed with a touch
of the Honolulu-type home. It is an
unstained wooden house with blue
shutters, is U-shaped and has 18
rooms.
One wing is occupied by Johnny's
mother, Mrs. James Heath, who is a
charming southern lady, her daughter,
Ketta McDowell, and her granddaughter,
Ida McDowell. They are keeping
Tanny Heath's dog Turk, a Boykin
spaniel. Tanny Is back in tho Navy
again and is stationed in Miami. Itetta
said with a smile that Dan Cupid was
on his trail these days. Tanny's two
horses are still munching their oats
at the stables in Annapolis.
Flora, who lives in the main part of
tiie house *with her debutantes Sally
and Shannon has decorated tho den
with a thought of her home in Honolulu.
Lovely Chinese prints hang
on the wall, red and white draperies
are at the windows and the large hikie
is heaped with pillows.
The living room is large and lias a
high ceiling. White dogwood and
azaleas fill large vases; It opens onto
the huge dining room. Tho kitrhen
has the usual pair of stoves, one a
big wood stove and the other one an
electric stove. The dusky servants
can whip up the best food on the old
wood stoves.
In tiic back of the house a covered
balcony overlooks tho brick terrace
below. In the center a huge turquoise
pool is surrounded by spring flowers.
The house is covered with ivy and
wistaria. On a lower level there Is a
big stretch of lawn. Dogwood and
Judas trees forui a backgrouud for the
badmiutoi^ court. Sally, Ida aud Shannon
havti planted a large Victory garden
In one corner of the yard.
Cool drinks were sipped oil the balcony
and around the baduiluton count
when Flora Invited the clan over. VI
Harrison, looking stunulng In a chalkw
111 to dress aud yellow knit jacket,
popped In for a minute before alio had
to meet Cyril and go to Ifidiia Smith's
for cocktails.
Ceclle Nation.
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