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*4 i 'Y“ McCOKMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, December 14, 1944 gcCOBMCK MKSSENGffi m ^tbHshed Every Thursday | ErtahUahed June S, 19M | EDMOND J. McCRACKEN, » Editor and Owner Entered at the Post Office Cormlck, S. C., as mail matter of * the second class. * j EOBSCKIPTION RATES: • One Year $1.00 f Bb Months .75 Three Months -—.5n + t H / BRITISH . . . . respect It is probably true that the Brit ish couldn't have survived without the help of the United States. But I hate to hear that fact used, as it seems to be by an increasing cumber of Americans, to suggest that the British should be in any way subservient to us—that they should be willing to do our bidding because we saved their country’s Kfe. In the first place, it is quite pos sible that the British did as much to save the life of our nation as we did to save theirs. If the British Xtad given up as France did, be fore we had any armaments worth speaking of, we would - have been ■ext on the German steam-roller’s schedule—and even if we had been able to drive the Nazis and the Japs away from our shores eventu ally, we would have suffered plenty before that was accomplished. It seems to me we should give ^»I1 credit to the British people, be cause of their stubborn resistance, for keeping the war away from our country. They, in turn, should give ■s credit for turning the tide of the war against the Germans. But both should feel a mutual respect for what the other has done and nei ther should feel that his contribu tion is the more important. It Is obvious that unless the . people of both nations do adopt this genuine feeling of respect for the other, the postwar inter* v national set-up is going to be an awful mess. HABITS .... bravery We can go on laughing at the ac- - cents and mannerisms of the Eng lish if we want to. And they can ro on making fun of the informali- *y, the boldness and the crudeness cf our behavior. Those are merely cn-the-surface characteristics which ,C;e unimportant in establishing a • t-etter understanding" between our bvo nations. Sut the war should have shown by now that Americans and [B'itish are made of the same stuff. [Afcfeoujfh the English and Ameri- %-*n troops may be amused by one toother's habits, neither h^aye re^- iwac. Vi feel any‘Superiority so’far [w* t-wrage, intelligence, 1 and ac- 1 eomplishments are concerned. And :*t .'or civilians—the British fyave ‘ Tbown a bravery and stubboMnbss | which we certainly could not have ! wurpassed if put to the test.! t I am not attempting, in this col- [ mean, to side with the British in any |differences which .may exist be tween our two people. But. 1 be cause I do feel Strdngly that’our differences must be overcome in order to put the world back togeth er again after the war, I believe Americans should be macfe< more ■ware, than they apparently are. of Eie scope of the British contribution to the war. MONEY • • • . Robots Lend-lease has probably done ■oore than any one thing to make aome Americans talk as if we are practically supporting the British Empire. Actually, only about one-' tenth of the materials of war used; hy the British have been furnished fey the United States. That fact * should eliminate one bone of con- tontion. . As for financial burdens on the people of the two countries, the i,000,000 people of the United King- pay approximately twice as much in personal taxes as do the 131.000,000 people of our country. If you were suddenly told that your taxes would be quadrupled in IMS you would realize the financial strain taxes must be on the Eng lish people. As for war production, the United Kingdom has so far pro- 1 dneed over 100 billion dollars worth of goods, which, while not as good as oar record, is stu- i pendous for a nation of only ' one-third the population that we - have. But the heaviest burden on the English civilians has not been the fenancial burden or the burden of long hours of work, but the great destruction of lives, homes and fac tories by bombs and robots. A re cent report from England, which showed the scope of destruction for first time, states that one out of three homes in Britain have damaged and one out of every ’thirty destroyed. In addition, 5.50Q factories have been damaged. And most horrible of all—57,298 civilians have been killed and 78,818 injured •while this damage was being :ik> Meted. j [ Leek down the block yon llv? on. Picture every third homr damaged and every thirtieth destroyed. Add to that a boss of killed and wounded, and yoc’D get a clearer picture o9 what the English people arc putting up with during this war. With this picture before us—if ww can't then have the utmost respect 'for the British over everything but trivialities, there must be sompr thing the matter with us. one enemy remains our job is not done! MUST BUY ~/%e Sixt& ‘Wan dio&tt awn To Help Buy The Weapons of Victory . . . \ ^ To Win A Complete Victory . . . ^ To Help Bring The Boys Back . t \ To An American Life ... To Show What We Can Do . . . PICK THE SECURITY THAT’S BEST FOR YOU... TAKE YOUR CHOICE! The -basket" of s«ar;u« «o ^ under the direct.cn of the sold 111 ‘ . Committee is State u: denned to fit individ- especially de S It consists ual investment needs, of eight issues: « Seri** C,r and G Saving. 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