Show consume it HIJACKING 1 in nebraska a drive to la underway tin an anti chain stoib lag similar to that of louisiana which levies excessively heavy penalties on oil all chain sya toms petitions lona havo have boon circulated and plans plana are being made to submit tile proposal at the next session ot of tho the nebraska legislature Isla turo 0 one 0 wonders what kind hind or of logic those who would destroy open competition in retailing ta lit at a like this con burners are just beginning to got tt it taste of 0 what nil all out war effort involve 5 the proportion of the national income actually available tor for civilian purchasing will bo the pst in III many years high waged wages will bo be moro more than offset by unprecedented taxes priorities will make many articles articles com coin to tile the general public thousands of 0 articles will wili scarce and costly andol unil oi these circumstances the protection of tile the con do de latib that retailing whether it ba chain or be to do everything in its ita power to hold prices down and serve the people for more than a year retailing has boon been cari carrying yIng out ive iva programs to protect the con nume r it Is fighting speculation and it la Is pushing good substitutes tor for hard to ob tain dodds it is issuing much valuable nutritional information it la Is cooperating fully in tile the gov pr program td t outlaw waste tor for tho the hu ration tho file chain systems have been loa loudora derks in all this tile tho consumers eon sumora of anti and all othor other states shott should d roa rea itzo that the burdon burden of a punt punk tivo alvo chain storo store tax or ony any other kind of 0 law which upsets tho the normal processes aea of retailing falls directly on tho the people it strikes directly nt at their books and their living standards to pass pasa such logi legislation now loade tiow taxes on oil tin an already overburdened taxpayer and Is plain consumer hijacking in critical times 88 in III the last year alono alone losis loala killed app approximately more americans than were killed in III action or died ot of wounds lit in world war I 1 in till all the wars fought by this country since 1776 with tho the exception of the present conflict deatha resulting front from military action or oi from w t in lic action tion totaled in tho the tour four year period 1937 40 tuberculosis kallel of our citi zone civilian air raid casualties in 1 ingland during a ten month period tit in 1940 41 when nir activity was waa at its ita ze zenith about during a 0 comparable period in III this country tuberculosis bercu losis took lives those three illustrations show tho the staggering toll taken by one of tile greatest bacterial killers it Is truo true that alint immense progress in III reducing TI TB a ravages lifts has boon made and medical au authorities look forward to a time when tho the disease will bo be completely eradicated radia td hut dul unless every effort Is made to maintain this progress pro grOBa tile the nation stands to lose hard won ground war moans means that hat millions will work longer and rest less leaa weariness and exposure aro are two of T B e s most effective allies every precaution public and afia alike must be given to controlling it during the alio war period so far as aa tho the individual la Is concerned I 1 ho a should immediately see hlo his physic physician tail when tiny any symptom of 0 illness appears we must elow blow the fight against this merciless killer |