The Texas Mohair Weekly (Rocksprings, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, March 20, 1942 Page: 4 of 8
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THE TEXAS MOHAIR WEEKLY
AND THS ROCKSPRINGS RECORD
INDORSED BY—American Angora Goat Breeders' Association and Texas
Angora Goat Raisers' Association
Entered as second class matter November 18, 1927, at the post
Rocksprings, Texas, under the Act of Congress March 3, 1879.
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POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Texas Mohair Weekly is au-
thorized to announce the following
candidates for public office, subject to
the Democratic Primaries, July 25th,
1942:
For Congressman, 21st District:
O. C. FISHER,
of Tom Green County.
For County Judge:
J. L. JOHNSON
(Re-election)
For Sheriff, Tax Assessor and Col-
lector: i
R. R. CORDER
For District and County Clerk:
E. I. (ED) MILLER.
(Re-election)
For County Treasurer:
ERIE CLOUDT
For Commissioner Precinct No. 1:
F. A. MOODY
(Re-election)
For Commissioner Precinct No. 4:
C. V. WHITWORTH
(Re-election)
For Commissioner Precinct No. 3:
W. A. CHAPMAN
(Relection)
Not Word About
Boys’ Sacrifice!
One comment on the addresses by
radio, noting the ninth anniversary of
the Farm Program, made by a Harri-
son County farmer, to Homer Price of
the Marshall News Messenger, is ra-
ther different from most of those made
public. This man said:
“I listened to the talks of the Presi-
dent and Secretary of Agriculture the
other night and was almost melted to
tears as they told of the sacrifices we
farmers were making in raising $12
hogs and 17-cent cotton. It was almost
as touching as the making of heroes out
of workers in defense plants who are
being paid more than they ever made
in their lives and time and a half and
double time for staying on their jobs
for more than 40 hours a week. But
not one word did I hear of the sacri-
fice our eniisted men are making—the
sacrifice of ‘sweat, tears and blood’ for
the munificent pay of $21 per month.
Don’t print my name, for if you do, I
would get run out of the county. I
have one son in the Navy and another
at Camp Bowie."
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Knox Pleads For
Greater Outlay
Donald M. Nelson, in his ringing
statement that this country's output of
military supplies could be doubled if
all existing war production machinery
were used twenty-four hours a day
seven days a week, has startled the
Nation. It is a plain blunt statement,
following immediately the Congress’
cowardly action in refusing to remove
the forty-hour week law, and refusing
to make a record of their vote. He has
thrown down a challenge and I urge
that the people take it up. The people
still wield the power in this represen-
tative form of government: this power
recently sprang into seething life
when a popular uprising of righteous
indignation beginning at Spokane,
Washington, forced the Congress to
repeal the pension act in which they
had voted a silver lining for their
pockets. If we can double our war
production by using existing facilities
twenty-four hours a day, we can win
this war in oue-half or less the time
it will otherwise take, and untold
thousands of our boys will continue
to live. If this is to be an all-out war
in which the people are urged daily to
exert all-out effort, I say include sel-
fish capitalistic interests and the labor
unions in an all-out effort. We are
sick and tired of this prattle of labor
rights when our soldiers are giving up
their very lives. We are sick and tired
of a Congress which says the labor
question is too hot to handle. The lead
at the battle front is not too hot for
soldiers, and they are taking it every
day. I appeal to you and I urge that
in every district of the United States
the people band together in every com-
munity and write their Congressmen
to give Donald M. Nelson twenty-four
hour production seven days a week,
and give it to him now; do them as
we did on the pension grab. I urge that
the people demand that if their Con-
gressman refuses to do this that he sub-
mit his resignation immediately and
come home. When the production of
war machinery is paramount, and the
Congress is the only body which can
authorize that production, and if its
members refuse to do so, I charge
that the blood of our soldier boys will
be upon their heads. I say to the peo-
ple that if you will act now this will
be done. If you fail to do this now, the
time will come, and it will be a ghast-
ly day, when you will say, “If we had
acted, jnore of our boys would have
come home.’’ Start this movement in
your community now. Time is no Ion-
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ger short—time has passed. The Jap
is at our door.
HARRY KNOX, Member,
State Board of Control,
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THIS WAR COULD BE LOST-
IN AMERIICAN FACTORIES
(San Antonio Express)
THE LITTLE, but notably pro-
gressive, patriotic and alert city of
Alice, in South Texas, has set a stim-
ulating, sorely-needed example to the
Nation generally.
That community’s businessmen* and
civic bodies have sent 600 letters and
telegrams to President Roosevelt and
the Congress demanding * ‘action,
ather than words’’ in getting maximum
war-producton. In effect, the messages
say:
Get the wheels turnng 24 hours a
day, seven days a week, and stop talk-
ing about it.
The blunt appeal adds that “men and
not politicians are needed in Washing-
ton.’’ It suggests that the President
“freeze all labor disputes for the dura-
tion.”
Alice’s civic protest— evidently u-
nanimous—emphasizes the recent
sharp contrast between the President’s
over-optimistic words (“Our workers
stand ready to work long hours”) and
the House’s refusal to suspend the 40-
hour week, with time-and-a-half over-
time pay.
If every city, town and village would
emulate Alice and bombard official
Washington with messages demanding
action, the critically needed results
might be had. Certainly the President
has authority, under the War Powers
Act, “to freeze all labor disputes.”
Were it not paralyzed by political
fear—as the recent vote on the 40-
hour-law suspension evidenced—Con-
gress could prevent wartime strikes.
Consider what would happen to sol-
diers who went “on strike” before a
battle! In this war—as never before—
the man in the shop is a soldier. He is
just as necessary to winning the con-
flict as the man behind the gun.
In the First World War—when he
laid down the law to striking shipcar-
penters and joiners—President Wilson
stated a principle, you are undoubtedly
giving aid and comfort to the enemy.„.’’
Then the President read the strikers
a virtual ultimatum:
“Work or be drafted.”
Such firmness and plain-speaking in
Washington today might help.
“Workers in bondage throughout the
world look to you to produce weapons
to release them,” President Roosevelt
reminded the A. F. of L. convention
last fall.
Hurrah and hallelujah!
What American workingmen should
realize—but largely have not—is that
they could be in bondage themselves
and their children enslaved for genera-
tions to come. This war could be lost—
in American factories.
—BRING YOUR CLEANING and
pressing to the Man's Shop. We clean
CT«y<Ur. . Li_>Ljjiida
No. 3485 First Up
In Draft Lottery
WASHINGTON. — Number 3485
bobbed up Tuesday night as the first
drawn in the war’s first draft lottery,
intended said Brig. Gen. Lewis B.
Hershey, Selective Service chief, to add
“millions to that pool of men who
stand ready for selection for the nec-
essary tasks, whatever they may be.”
Hershey stressed that some of the
9,000,000 men involved in the lottery
might be drafted to man factories while
their comrades manned guns.
The first number was drawn by Sec-
retary of War Stimson from among
7,000 slips encased in opaque green St.
Patrick’s Day capsules. It meant that
among the men who registered on
Feb. 16, those holding that serial num-
ber would be the first in their dis-
tricts to be called for possible service.
Navy Secretary Knox drew the
second number. 2850, and the third,
4301 was pulled out by Rep. May
(D-Ky) of the House Military Com-
mittee.
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SALES TAX SAID GAINING
SUPPORT
WASHINGTON. —A majority of
the Senate Finance Committee express-
ed qualified approval of a sales tax
as a means of raising part of the $7,-
000,000,000 additional revenue being
sought to help finance the war.
While most members said much
would depend on prior House action, an
informal canvass showed 14 senators
were willing under certain conditions
to impose general sales levies. Six of
these made it plain, however, they
were prepared to follow such a course
only if they became convinced that pre-
sent methods of taxation would not
yield sufficient revenues.
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NOTICE OF ELECTION FOR
SCHOOL TRUSTEES
For Common School Districts
THE STATE OF TEXAS,
COUNTY OF EDWARDS.
To all Whom This May Concern:
It is hereby ordered, and notice is
hereby given, that there will be held
an election on Saturday, the 4th day of
April, A. D. 1942, at all common
School Districts of Edwards County
for the purpose of electing School
Trustees for said Common School
Districts, in said County, to serve for
the ensuing term.
The polls at said election shall be
opened at 8 o’clock A. M. and shall
not be closed before 7 oclock P. M.
J. L. JOHNSON, County Supt.
Edwards County, Texas.
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—FRANCIS PHARMACY — Pres-
cription Druggists, Day-Night Service.
—DRESS SHOES—Largest Stock in
Town — Roblee, Jarman, Fortune,
Churchill—Priced from $4.40 to $7.50
at the Man’s Shop.
Dr. John R. Brinkley of Del Rio
gland specialist, is described by his
physician as being in a critical condi-
tion as the result of a heart attack.
Richardson and Henry
Funeral Directors
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SERVICE
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Woman Attendant
Telephones No. 11 A 80
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