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History Of Unity
In the 165-year history of the
United States the republic has
been confronted by many crises
and at no time has there been
complete unity of thought among
the people as to how to deal with
them. We are indebted to Prof.
John Philip Trozell of Dart
mouth College for pointing out
that most of the critical periods
in our nation’s history were char
acterized by a lack, of unity
which was far more serious and
disturbing that the cries now
raised by the Lindbergh's, the
Wheelers and the Tafts against
the policies established by the
Government for dealing with the
menace of Hitler’s dreams of
world domination.
During the Revolutionary per
iod a substantial number of the
residents of the 13 colonies were
opposed to the war with Eng
land. These loyalists thought the
differences with England could
be settled by negotiation and
they regarded the American pat
riots as bloodthirsty, lawless reb
els. Even after the war for inde
pendence was won, disagreement
over the kind of union that
should be formed almost wreck
ed the new republic.
In 1861, the country was far
more disunited than it is today,
not only in the sense that there
was a clash between the North
and the South, but also that the
North itself was divided on what
course to pursue.
The outgoing President, Bu
chanon, had expressed the belief
that the Federal Government had
no power to compel the States to
remain in the Union; Ex-Presi
dent Pierce had predicted that if
the Norih resisted secession by
force there would be bloodshed
in the streets of northern cities;
even a majority of Lincoln's Cab
ir.et opposed the dispatch of arm
ed forces to relieve Fort Sum
ner.
Throughout the war the defeat
ist elements screamed and rail
ed against the Lincoln adminis
tration. A southern sympathizer,
Valladingham, was nominated
for Governor by the Democrats
of Ohio; Gov. Seymour of New
York warned that the Nation fac
ed destruction; copperheads flour
ished in the border States and
Federal troops were required to
put down the draft riots in Ne.w
York City.
These periods produced lead
ers who did not wrait for public
aentiment to become united be
fore they acted. On the contrary,
the leaders took the steps they
believed to be right and public
opinion overwhelmingly support
od them.
Likewise, in 1917, there were
members of Congress who vio
lently opposed America's en
trance in to the war.. Large sec
t ns of the population were indif
f. rent to the sinking of Ameri
can ships by German submr.aines.
Many thought England w»as
equally culpable for denying
freedom of the seas to American
commerce. A presidential cam
paign was won on the slogan,
"He kept us out of war,” but a
few months later the Nation sup
ported President Wilson with re
markable unity when was was
declared.
Who does not recall the doubt
and panic that gripped the coun
try during the banking crisis?
Anyone who, on March 3, 1933.
had suggested that all the banks
be closed and only those permit j
ted to reopen which were found
to be in sound condition would
have been laughed into obscur
itf or figuratively ridden out of
town on a rail, but President
Roosevelt closed the banks the
next day and the Nation applaud
ed him in its great release from
1941 Draft Reg
istrants To Be
Integrated
WASHINGTON, July 7—Nam
es of the newst draft registrants
the 21 year olds, who were sign
ed up July first, will be mixed in
with those of older men register
ed a year ago. This was announc
ed officially by Brigadier Gener
al Lewis B. Hershey, Deputy Di
rector of Selective Service, who
said it had been decided to inte
grate the names of the new reg
istrants instead of placing them
in a single group either ahead of.
or behind the list of men pre
viously signed up.
Before local selective service
boards can undertake the integ
ration process, a new national
draft lottery must be held in
Washington. Officials indicated
it would be ordered for late this
month.
In the lottery, the new regis
trants in each draft board area
will learn their relationship to
each other by having sequence
numbers drawn. The total of
numbers drawn in the national
lottery will be slightly in excess
of the highest number of new
registrants in any area. This num
ber has not yet been determined
since local reports are not all in
headquarters officials said. Once
the national numbers are drawn,
local boards will compare them
with their local numbers to de
termine local sequence. Thus
more of the new registrants will
be assigned the numbers. An
other will have the numbers and
so forth. The integration proced
ure may then be instituted. It
will work out as follows:
Each draft area now' has a re
servoir of potential draftees be
teen the ages of 21 through 27.
who were signed up last October
16. this reservoir is composed of
men who have not already been
drafted, rejected or deferred be
cause of age, or other reasons.
The new' registrants will be mix
ed in proportionately with these
old ones.
fear.
In the present crisis, it mat
ters not that a few discordant
elements oppose the policies of
the Government. The debate
may go on until the time comes
for some decisive action. But we
arc confident that now, as in the
past, national unity will be
achieved by resolute deeds, not
by debate. — Juneau Empire.
Lease-Lend Aid
Arrive Egypt Rate
20-25 Ships Month
WASHINGTON. July 7 — The
flow of lease-lend munitions to
Egypt to reinforce Britain’s de
fense ofthe Middle East was re
ported authoritatively to have
reached almost a ship a day. Of
flcials familiar with administra
tion of the seven billion dollar
lend lease fund said between 20
and 25 ships a month were being
dispatched by way either the At
lantic or Pacific routes to the
Red Sea.
The manner in which ship
ments have been accelerated af
ter a slow start tended to relieve
the pessimism of some Ameri
can military experts over British
chances of holding on in the Med
iterranean. Top defense officials
were said reliably to be hopeful
now that the diversion of Nazi
forces to Russia would provide
sufficient time for the British to
secure needed arms.
Cargoes of early arrivals in
Egypt last week included army
tanks which the British need
particularly to replace their
heavy losses of mechanized equip
ment this spring in Greece and
north Africa. Some of the tanks
already have seen action. Of
ficials were silent on the results
but the War Department was re
ported to have been informed
they did a very good job in their
initial baptism of fire in the Brit
ish foray last month against Ger
man forces west of Egypt’s Lib
yan border.
Is Suspended For
Obscene Language
DETROIT, July 7 — President
William Harridge of the Ameri
can League announced that Man
ager Jimmy Dykes of the Chic
ago White Sox had been “indcfin
itely suspended” for the “use of
obscene and abusive language”
to Umpire Steve Basil in Sunday
Chicago-Cleveland game at Chic
ago.
All-American Tom
Harmon Asks For
Draft Deferrment
July 7 — Tom Harmon, Univer
sity of Michigan All-American
football player, has been granted
a GO day deferment by his draft
board pending a ruling on bus
petition to be reclassified. Har
mon asked to be released from
class 3-A asserting that he is
ole support of hils parent, Mr.
and Mrs. Louis Harmon.
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Youngest Eagle
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shmidtt--Sure Fun
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LONDON, July 7 —The Ameri
can Eagle Squadron engaged in
| its second big-scale combat over
I northern France Sunday. It ac
! companied British bombers on a
! daylight sweep claimed to have
I cost the Germans 11 planes, dn
! eluded one bagged by the young
est eagle in the squadron. The
! air ministry claimed that in ad
i dition to the 11 planes, four en
| emy patrol ships were sunk and
two more badly damaged in Sun
day's daylight attacks over nor
, them France and the North Sea.
Seven RAF fighters and two Blen
heim bombers admittedly were
lost. The daylight sweep follow
ed night attacks described as hav
ing blazed a 300-mile trail of de
struction across the Reich and
i occupied territory.
The young American Eagle, de
scribing his clash with the Mes
! sershmidtt, said the German
plane was “about to attack one
of our bombers when I gave it a
burst.” The hood came off and
it went straight down, crashing
' near a wood. It was just as
: though the Messershmidtt were
a 250-k.ilo bomb hitting the
ground. For it blew up with a
j flash and a cloud of smoke. It
sure is fun shooting up those
rascals.”
No Alapa Here
EL CENTRO. Calif.. July 7 —
The season's high temperature of
115 degrees set Saturday was
duplicated again today.
Buy them Dy the oundle. Use
them for starting fires. For Bale
at The Nome Nugget
S E A S 0 N E D—in June Mrs.
Mary Sullivan (above) will
round out 30 years of service as
a policewoman in New York, and
proud she is of that long record.
A grandmother, she directs 160
N.Y. women detectives handling
all types of crimes.
KENTUCKY QUADS GROWING UP
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Kentucky’s quads (1-r), Mildred, Martine, Beulah and John, bom to Mr. and Mrs. Porter Lashley
at Leitchfied, Ky., ast February, have grown from an aggregate of 18 pounds, 12 ounces to 35 pounds
10 ounces. Here they are having a sun bath at a Louisville hospital.
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