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THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL THURSDAY JUNE 22, 1944
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Washington, D. C„ June 22—It
may be astonishing to the sheep­
men, the wool grower^ oi tile lar
northwest, to learn that a congress­
ional conwilttee has discovered that
not one suit of clothing has been
made by the manufacturers from
domestic wool in the past two and
a half years. The wool used by th­
em has been foreign grown and Is
cheaper than the domestic because
the foreign wool has come through
government agencies without pay­
ing a tariff duty. As the making
of woolen garments Is highly com­
petitive, it Is natural that the man­
ufacturers should buy the foreign
wool and save the cost of the tariff.
Normally, consumption in the
United States exeeds the domestic
clip so that a few hundred million
pounds are Imported, paying duty.1
The British dominions sent 350,000,-
000 pounds to the United States
which this government bought; ot­
her wool was purchased from Arg­
entina at the very time that coun­
try was in cahoots with the Ger­
mans. The committee reports that
the government now owns 280,000,-
000 pounds; the domestic clip is
450,000,000 pounds; 500,000.000 po­
unds have been shipped in by the
British, and there are 500,000,000
in the hands of the manufacturers.
Total of 1,730,000 pounds. And all
the while the foreign wool is being
manufactured into clothing and the
domestic wool Is being neglected.
This la the situation confronting
the sheepmen of Washington, Id­
aho, Oregon, Montana and Nevada
who contribute to the domestic clip.
The United Nations Relief and
Rehabilitation administration wants
clothing, but although the United
States has appropriated >450.000,00(1
for 1945 fiscal year (starting July 1)
to UNRRA that agency Insists that
it wants foreign wool used and not
the domestic. Last November com­
mitments were made In anticipation
of UNRRA clothing needs for ten
million people. That clothing will
all be made from foreign wool, the
committee was advised. The advan­
tage the foreign wool has, of course,
is that it was brought in free of
duty and the sustaining price of
domestic wool. In the circumstances,
makes the raw American wool un­
A M E R IC A N S !
profitable to the manufacturers.
The 500,000,000 pounds of British
That answer will be written in the final
You in the factories. You in the offices.
wool now held In warehouses in th­
is oountry will not be recalled by
figures on the Fifth War Loan Drive.
You on the farms. You in the homes.
the British, for England depends
upon Australian wool, together with
You cannot — you must not— fail to get
For this is the crucial, the all-important
clips from New Zealand and South
Africa. What remains of,...,e half
behind
your
fighting
man
in
this
supreme,
Drive.
Never has the need for War Bond
billion pounds will
dumped on
heroic hour.'
buying been so great.
the American market.
How the United States can feed
H e knows what’s ahead.
the rest of the world, or even Eur­
To make the Drive a success, you—and
ope. was debated on the house fl­
everyone
else — must buy at least twice as
Bloody, bitter fighting... superhuman toil
oor a few cfhys ago. It is asserted
that It requires 214 acres to feed a
many Bonds as you bought in the last drive.
... hardship ... pain... perhaps death.
person for one year. There are 343,-
000.000 acres under cultivation in
If you haven’t yet bought
He’s facing it. He’ll keep on
the United States as of this date.
There are 130.000,000 inhabitants.
your
full share, DO IT NOW!
facing
it,
as
long
as
there’s
If it requires 214 acres per *person
the population of this country ne­
The time is short! Make
breath in his body and blood
eds the product of 325,000,000 acres
YOUR supreme effort in HIS
in his veins.
to feed Itself. This leaves a surplus
of 20,000.000 acres for feeding the
supreme hourl
But he wants to know
hungry In foreign lands. That sur­
plus would provide for less than
Remember—a soldier, your
what’s behind him.
15,000,000 people.
Approximately 36.000 young men
soldier, is waiting for his an­
And you have only a few
being trained for pilots have been
swer.
transferred to the infantry. Their
days left to give him the
training course was Interrupted and
they are now foot soldiers. Some
What will it be... from you?
answer.
11.000 pilots who have been inst­
ructors are out of Jobs because the
36.000 were mobilised into the army
Instead of winning wings. Prom
many towns in the northwest young
men who took training courses
with the expectation that they
would become pilots have found
themselves idle. Congress, in one
Instance, made an appropriation so
(hat they would receive a small ca­
sh compensation for their wasted
time.
In face of this, Oeneral ‘'Happy"
Arnold Is urging that the WASPS,
the women civilian fliers who re­
ceive $200 a month, be made regul­ Inter-State O il Co.
Food M art
T ow n e’s G arage
ar fliers and their chief commiss­
ioned as a major. The women tr­
Idaho P ow er Co.
G am ble Store
ansport cargo. Oeneral Arnold wis- Stunz Lum ber Co.
hhes to recruit girls who are sten­
ographers, file clerks, etc., with no N yssa Lum ber Co.
W ilson Brothers
A tk eson ’s C lothing Store
flying experience Into the WASPS,
saying that pilots are hard to get C h ad w ick ’s D rive-in
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R on ald ’s Shoe Shop
and, owing to the manpower shor­
P ow ell S ervice Station
tage, the women should be used.
This makes the former male stud­ Inland O il Co.
Farm ers Supply Co-op
E der H ardw are Co.
ent filers bite their nails.
An inquiry discloses that It exists
more to teach a woman to fly than G ordon’s D rive-in
Frank T. M organ
M oss-N inem ire M otor Co.
for a male youth, and in the train­
ing thus far about 40 percent have
N yssa B ow lin g C enter
Polar C old Storage P lant
bee« washed out. It 1« asserted that
T hom pson Oil Co.
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only four members of the W A S P S
can hadle a four-engine bomber
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HURRY UP AMERICA!
GIVE HIM YOUR ANSWER!
The Fifth W ar Loan Drive Ends July 8
5 wwar loan
And here are
5 MORE reasons for buying
EXTRA Bonds in the 5th!
1. War Bonds are the best, the
safest investment in the world 1
2. War Bonds return you $4 for
every $3 in 10 years.
3. War Bonds help keep prices
down.
4. War Bonds will help win the
Peace by increasing purchas­
ing power after the War.
5. War Bonds mean education
for your children, security for
you, funds for retirement.
8adMeMrat/- BUY MORE THAR BEFORE
A1 T hom pson and Son
N yssa P ack in g Co.
M ain’s C leaners
N yssa Furniture Co.
H ollingsw orth H dw e. & Imp. Co.
N yssa E levator
B oise P ayette Lum ber Co.
W ray’s D im e Store