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TRUE TO OURSELVES. OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. Forty-Fourth Year Established June 5. 1902 McCORMICK, 'S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1945 Number 11 WASHINGTON, D. C. - With their recess cut short by the sud den end of the war and the urgent need for legislation to deal with re conversion problems^ congressmen have returned to Washington to find several vital measures reedy for their immediate action. President Truman has ur^d that the so-called “full employment” bill be taken up first. This bill would increase unemployment com pensation to a maximum of $25 per week for 26 weeks. Full hearings were held op this bill before Labor Day, since the committee mem bers returned io Washington imme diately after the Jap surrender to get the bill ready. Although the measure is ex- ,1 pec ted to pass, since It has the .){ full backing of the President, ,1 there will be conriderable op- <! position to it among those ! ! members of congress who fear i 1 that it will encourage shift lessness and unwillingness to •! accept work on the part of ’ many unskilled workers. As evidence of this attitude, it was pointed out at the hearings that thousands of men, dismissed from war factories, are showing more interest in getting unemploy ment insurance than in getting jobs. In the New York area, as an example, it was reported that the number of Jobs available was three times as great as the number of men seeking work. Yet long Ikies of men were applying for un employment compensation and were refusing jobs which did not meet the wartime standards they had set for themselves. Four other problems which are expected to be acted upon at an early date are: (1) reorganization of the machinery for handling the disposal of billions of dollars worth of surplus property; (2) a measure to give the President authority to reorganize and cut the costs of op eration of the federal government; (3) a new tax program, which will probably include a reduction in per sonal income tax for 1946; (4) the Wagner - Murray - Dingbell bill for the extension of social Security. The end of government controls over manufacturing and distribu tion of goods have been coming thick and fast so that now there are very few controls left which might interfere with peacetime produc tion. Manufacturers are now free to make, in unlimited quantities, practically all of the things con sumers want most — things like re frigerators, automobiles, tires, ra dios, machinery, electrical appli ances, batteries, film, washing ma chines, etc. It is Just a matter now of the time it will take to reconvert to full production. It is not expected that'automobiles, for example, will be available on a large scale this year, but radios and smaller items will soon be in the stores again. And nylon stockings will be back before Christmas! As for rationing, that should be pretty well over by the end of the year, although price ceilings will continue, for the protection of the people; until there are no scarci ties which might stimulate the activities of black marketeers. Meat points are to be reduced and it is possible, as the supply of meat increases, that prices may also fall. Tires for farm implements al ready are ration free and this may apply to all tires by the end of the year. Gasoline prices are expected to be reduced slightly within a short time. • • • Lend-lease operations, which are estimated to have amounted to over $41,000,000,000, have now been called off. From now on any for eign country will have to pay for goods it gets from us. Ration Calendar For Week Of Sept. 3rd MEATS AND FATS: Red Stamps— V2, W2, X2, Y2, Z2, now valid, expire Sept. 30. Al, Bl, Cl, Dl, El, now valid, expire October 31. FI, Gl, HI, Jl, Kl, now valid, expire November 30. LI, Ml, Nl, PI, Ql, now wilid, expire Dec. 31. SUGAR: Sugar Stamp No. 38, now valid, expires Dec. 31. SHOES: Airplane Stamps No. 1. No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, now good. "THE VICTORY OVER INFLATION IS STILL TO BE WON! More Meat On The Table. w -■.. Housewives of McCormick Coun ty can look forward to a better supply of meat “very soon”, it was announced yesterday by Chairman H. N. Coleman of the local War be protected against unnecessary increases in the cost of things they need to buy,” he asserted. Shoppers should be able to find some washing machines in the stores by fall and will be seeing them in quantities by year’s end he said. Production of ironers is expected to come along a little more slowly and it will be the first of next year before they will appear in sizeable lots. Mt. Carmel News York with and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Scott were ~eccnt welcome guests of Mr. anc Mrs. W. A. Scott. Miss Carolyn Hester is enjoying a pleasant stay at her home here. She will leave for Winthrop Col lege at an early date. Mr. Pat Hester was visitor here last week. Prof. George McCelvey of spent a few days recently Sen. and Mrs. L. L. Hester. Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Gartie Miss Alice Stuart of Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. John Stuart and sons, John, Jr., and Keith, of Decatur, Ga., Mrs. C. A. Clinkscales and son, William, of Starr, S. C., Mr. W. F. Simpson of Iva and Miss Nell Simpson of Florence, S. C., en joyed a pleasant and happy birth day with their sister, Mrs. Eula Scott. Mr. and Mrs. D. J. McAllister spent the week end at the Oconee Co. Recreational Center where their sen, Mr. John McAllister, has been recreational director since early in June. He returned home with them and the Mt. Carmel people are glad indeed to see him again, John is a fine boy and will enter Clemson College when it opens. Mr. and Mrs. E. Klinginsmith of Knoxville Tenn., are enjoying a little vacation and taking a need ed rest. Mt. Carmel friends are always glad to see them. Quite a number of Mt. Carmel people attended the funeral of our beloved pastor, Dr. S. W. Reid, at McCormick, and Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Watson, Misses Lenhie Covin and Susie Patterson attended the Buffalo Grange To Meet September 13 The Buffalo Grange will meet Thursday night, September 13th, at 8:30 o’clock at the Buffalo school house. Please, all members, notice the change in the date of the meeting and try to be present. S. Leslie Britt, Master. xx FSA Is Prepared For Rush Of Vets Seeking Farms An increased number cf applica tions for fann ownership and farm operating loans in the Farm Se curity Administration program was forecast today by E. Hanvey, Coun ty FSA Supervisor, as the home coming tide of veterans and war workers continues to rise. The Congress, he said, recently authorized $25,000,000 in earmark ed funds for veterans of World War II to purchase family type farms through the FSA under terms of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act. Under this act loans are made by FSA to veterans for the outright purchase of farms and for the construction of need ed buildings on the farm. ~ The loans are for a maximum period of 40 years and bear interest at three per cent. Veterans experi enced in farming and who are un able to obtain credit from private sources or who are in need of the technical guidance offered by FSA are eligible to apply for the loans. Applications may be filed with the burial in Newberry. Dr. Reid will be sadly missed here and our, County FSA Supervisor, hearts are grieved by his passing ' Veterans and war workers who KItcheh. And Aluminum Ware. The prospect that long-scarce aluminum pots and pans will soon be available for McCormick Coun ty housewives in quantity at 1942 prices was held out yesterday by Chairman H. N. Coleman of the local W^ir Price and Rationing Board. “Shoppers should remember, however, that kitchen and alum inum ware have been off the mer chants’ shelves for a long time, and there is a large demand for them,” he added. Fof many months, he said Price and Rationing Board. He said that OPA has increased stocks will not be at the point they Class II slaughterers’ quotas • on i were before the war. “We are cattle from 100 to 125 per cent; concerned with seeing that cu3- for calves, from 75 to 100 per cent; tomers of this county are protect- and for hogs from 50 to 65 per | ed against unnecessary price in- cent ‘over last month’s quotas. creases in the reconversion peri- “This is in line with the agency’s od,” Mr. Coleman declared, policy of keeping slaughter quotas He reiterated the oft-expressed as high as possible,” Mr. Ccleman principle of OPA that “the best added. way to smother the flames of in- The slaughter quotas for sheep flation is to bury them under an and lambs remains at 110 per cent, avalanche of civilian goods.” the same as the last previous pe riod. At 1942 Prices And Soon! “We must hold the cost of living down if we are to avoid the pit- falls into which we stepped after World War I. And our policy of Household washing machines f nti " ln . t ‘ at ‘ on ’ reconversion pric- will be back to the stores this ,he _ best ^ we know t3 <»- fall at 1842 prices, according to it, he said. an announcement made yesterday by Chairman H. N. Coleman of Automobile Price Ceilings Set. the local War Price and Rationing After several months of study, Board. OPA has devised a procedure by “Manufacturers will be required which manufacturers may com- to tag the washing machines with pute their own ceiling prices, it their retail 'ceiling prices before was disclosed yesterday by Chair- they are shipped to retailers,” Mr. man H. N. Coleman of the local Coleman said. War Price and Rationing Board. This policy will be followed with He said it appeared “most Mrs. Olln Johnston and children wi ^ to rent, farms and are unable of Washington City were recent obtain operating loans from welcome guests of Mrs. J. D. Cade other sources are eligible for con- and family. • They had been up at sideratlon for operating loans in the Oconee Co. Recreational Cen- the rehabilitation program. These ter for several weeks and Sen. Ioans ma y be "fed for the pur- Johnston was with them whU e ehase of 1 vestock workstock seed feed, fertilizer, tools, and all farm there. Miss Sallie T. Cade has returned home from out west where she was engaged in nursing the sick. Mrs. Cecil Gilliam was a recent visitor in Mt. Carmel. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gilliam and baby were recent visitors in Mt. Carmel. X Card Of Thanks I wish to take this method to thank my friends of the Nantex and others for their kindness to me during my ilness. May God bless each of you. Sincerely, Rose Wilkie. X “Experiments at Clemson Col lege show that cotton is not as great a soil-depleting crop as and home operating needs. They extend usually for a period of five years and bear interest at five per cent. All applications are subject to the approval of the County Farm Security Administration Commit tee, composed of well-known loca farmers. x Spuds Are Again Abundant South Carolina housewives, long accustomed to skimping »on even so common a vegetable as pota toes, may now share the luck of the Irish, because spuds are again abundant and will continue so for many weeks to come, R. E. Robb, state director of the Commodity Credit Corporation’s Office of Sup is jply, said this week. claimed, and indicate that clean { “Quality potatoes are back on cultivation and lack of winter cov-1 the market,” he declared, “and er crops are chiefly responsible for ■ thrifty homemakers will take ad- soil depletion.”—Dr. W. R. Paden, Clemson College agronomist. course, the 'special charges allow ed beginning early in 1942 to cover added costs to dealers from ra- ioning,” he explained. Mr. Coleman said further “any rumors” that ceiling prices on new cars were known now is “absolute- y false.” OPA has merely told manufac- urers how to figure their own le gal prices and it is up to them in dividually to handle this, subject o agency approval, he pointed out. Butter Cr.sts Fewer Points. Chairman H. N. Coleman of the local War Price and Rationing Board yesterday reminded house- vantage of the abundance.” The current Irish potato jack pot, Robb said, is made up of an intermediate crop of nearly 33 million bushels—a third more than last year. On its heels, he added, a late crop estimated at over 232 million bushels is now beginning to move to market. Robb urged that full and imme diate use be made of the interme diate crop, to clear storage space for the more easily stored late crop. By immediate and frequent purchases of intermediate potatoes of fine quality, he pointed out housewives will add nutritive val ue to their meals, gain the benefit of moderate prices, and at the same time help to avert crop loss es. Irish potatoes contain vitamin C (ascorbic acid), some vitamin Bl (thiamine), and iron and oth- Ed. Kate: This newspaper has ar ranged with the Washington Bureau of National Weekly Service, 1616 Eye St. N. IF., Washington 6, D. C., to answer questions pertaining to servicemen and veterans. These questions will be an swered in this column if addressed as above. No replies can be made by mail, but this paper will print answers to all questions received. Q. Is there a local agency which may be consulted in the purchase of a farm under the provisions of the GI bill of rights? A. The law provides for a local veterans agricultural loan commit tee in each county. This commit tee consists of the three mem bers of the Bankhead - Jones farm tenant committee, and the fourth member a veteran, all of whom are named by the secretary of agricul ture. Duties of this county commit tee is to review, evaluate and make a recommendation on the loan to the Veterans administration. Head quarters of the committee are in the local county farm security ad ministration. Q. Is there an age limitation in the G.I. bill of rights on resumption of education? A. Yes, the present law presumes a veteran’s education to have been interfered with if he is 25 years old or under. However, the law may be amended to increase the age limit. Q. Can you tell me jqst what happens in the process of discharg ing a soldier from the army—just what the procedure is? A. When time comes for a serv iceman’s discharge from the army, he is instructed to put his army and personal affairs in order pre paratory to going to a separation center. A personal affairs officer is available at every post, camp or station to give advice on the handling ef personal affairs, such as insurance problems, transfer of war bonds, etc. The soldier is then sent to‘the army separation cen ter where he usually remains from 48 to 72 hours. There he receives th«* \VJ»r department pamphlet. “Going Back to Civilian Life,” and finishes winding up his army af fairs. A military counsellor is available to help him with general personal planning. There are also representatives of the Veterans ad ministration, USES, civil service and selective service to advise him on problems he will face upon his return to civilian life and to give him whatever advise and counsel he desires. He is given a form summarizing his civilian and military educa tional and occupational history. He is told to check back with his local board within 10 days after his dis charge, told how to get his old job back, etc. If he is discharged di rectly from a hospital, the same advise and counsel are at his dis posal. After he is finally mustered out of service, he takes the train home at government expense. He can change to civilian clothes im mediately or wear his uniform un til he reaches home, provided thi* does not take more than 90 days. He is given a service button which he is entitled to wear with civil ian clothes. In the navy, the dis charge procedure is similar except that the man goes to an “intake station” first and then to the “dis charge center.” Each navy dis chargee also receives a document describing the highest rating held by him during service which lists the duties performed in the rating, explains the special knowledge in volved, and points out fields of civ ilian work related to his work in the service. Honorably discharged veterans receive a reclassification card 1-C, and are not liable for in duction from their local boards. Q. I am considering entering busi ness and applying for a loan under the G.I. bill of rights. Is there any place where I can find out whether it would be more advantageous for me to start this business in a small country town or a city? A. Suggest you write to the Divi sion of Small Business, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Washington, D. C. ell major reconversion items, ac- likely” there will be any general ues had dropped from 16 cording to OPA, so that “each increase in the factory level of au- points a pound. !way of suggestion: “Keep ultimatj; family will be able to buy a wash- tomobile prices. ' “We hope that this cut will re- use in mind. Buy mealy potatoej mg machine and an ironer to fit “There is every indication that main in effect after the end of fot baking and mashing. Buy the its needs.” prices on automobiles manufac- this month, but we can only go waxy varieties for salads and for “If we are going to control in- tured during the rest of 1945 will along on this basis until we see creaming. The jumbo sizes are flationary pressures in McCormick be about the same as present ceil- what develops in the supply situ- best for baking; the medium-sized County, it is vital ttiat consumers ings on 1942 models minus, of ation,” he said. ^ones for general food purposes.” JOBS . . . plentiful I don’t know what government propagandist invented the figure “10,000.000 out of work by Christ mas.” but whoever it was ought to be sent back to school to learn a little psychology. Either that, or he should be investigated for plotting to substitute government regimen tation of jobs for free enterprise. . There Is no reason in the world why 10,000,000 men, or even 1,000,000 men, should be out of work by the end of this year. Here we are with the greatest backlog demand for goods in the history of our coun try, the greatest spending pow er in the hands of the people, thousands of new inventions ready to be produced, ma terials available in record quantities, millions of small businesses understaffed — and our government suddenly starts talking about “inevita ble unemployment.” Naturally, when war contracts were suddenly cancelled on a huge scale, thousands of men lost their jobs. In some of the factories where the production line has been tem porarily stopped while reconver sion to peacetime manufacturing takes place, the men may not go back to work for several months. In others, the period of reconver sion will be very short. But what doesn’t make sense is that any of these men should think of themselves as having to be out of a job just because the particu lar job they had during the war has been ^temporarily discontinued. Look at the “Help Wanted” section of any city newspaper and it is ap parent that thousands of employ ers are crying for help — help of any and all kinds — right now. INSURANCE . . . spoiled The other day I took my car to a garage to be repaired. The owner of the garage had about 20 cars lined up waiting for service, but he didn’t have a single helper. He said It might be two weeks before he could touch my car. I told him that I should think he could get help now that a lot of wives that effective last Sunday un-! through Sept. 29, butter point val- | er highly important minerals and to 12 vitamins, Robb said. He added, by ! mechanics were losing their jobs fn *var factories. He said, “There’s not a chance. Those guys are going all cities, seeking unemploymerfl insurance blanks, makes it evidenc that a large number of workers dc think of the insurance income be fore they think of tr/ing to get a new job. Part of the reaso* for this is that they have, over a period of years, been educated to the government to think that they ere entitled to enough money to live on whether they work or don’t work. And padC of it is undoubtedly that much-pub licized figure about 10,000,000 u» employed by Christrrss. After read ing about that, even a man ai&- bitious to get a new Job might thinfa: he was an unfortunate victim df circumstances who might as weBt give up until things got back to nor mal. DEMAND . . • • suppfy If, through a combination of lazi ness, government propaganda and interference with the normal fune tioning of free enterprise, lO.OOQp 000 men should be unemployed, to one year it could mean a loss OS over $20,000,000,000 in our consuna ing purchasing power. That would be enough to knock our dreams to prosperity into a cocked hat. But there is no reason for any American to accept unem ployment as a necessary part of the readjustment to peace time living. Men may be forced to change jobs — to accept new types of employment temporar ily — bnt no unemployment problem really exists so long as there are jobs which need to be filled. And in spite of the number of men who are losing jobs in war plants, there is ne prospect, at present, of the sup ply of manpower exceeding the demand for manpower. Excluding the automobile fae tories and other large plants which may take a few months to recon vert, here are just a few of the kinds of places which are begging for more help immediately: retail stores, wholesale establishments, service stations, garages, hotels, railroads, newspapers, farms, print ers, engravers, advertising com panies, manufacturers already malt ing civilian goods, and contractort who are handling the building of homes, buildings, roads, airporU and parks. Some of the plants closing u* may have employed thousands cf men, but they are just a drop in the bucket alongside of the countless small businesses which are expand ing their operations. Ten millic* men can easily be absorbed im* these other enterprises. -xx to take it easy until they get all the unemployment insurance that’s coming to them. After that may be some of them will be willing to accept work.” To me that was a sad com mentary on the American working- £uan. But the long lines o£ men, in Those who go AWOL from their , gardens will find themselves empty pantries. ! x There will be no melancholy days when autumn comes for folk* who have grown, conserved, an I | stored ample food for the famiip.