Show CAN T EAT A BLOW TORCH very timely lonely W was the 0 order ada rda received by the local selective service board last friday telling it to defer all 11 in men indulged heavily in Ilger wil curad units pursuits we are am happy to see the head authorities wake up to the fact that unless something was done to P provide ld a farm labor that a food shortage wat was murn imminent ment thousands thousand upon thousands of the notions nations farmers are going out ot of business or curtailing thew their farm lug ing operations lack of labor and a feel g that those these in high places dorot dont nuter understand inand their problems problem me are the min main reason for their ibex action ov over at 1400 dairy farmers have quit business this year in the new york milk shed was area alone according to figures e compiled led by the dai i hymens league e cooperative asso also the leagues figures for the same alone arn area showed further that nearly head of 0 dairy cattle have been sold so far this th a year with the prospect that over rz 15 balance 00 more mom will be 5 sold id during the balance ol of the year old and the plight of the N Y dewy dairy farmers are no different that that of other farmers in all sections of the country there have been ban many reported studies made in regard to manpower needs of the armed aimed services and war industries which are commonly designated as arro armament ment airplane and shipbuilding we have been told that all U able bodied men and wo women m an will ultimately be forced m to i industries maen essential to our war program thus millions of men are faced with the choice ofgus of a gun or a welders torch apparently in the be lie that we could live rat eat and fight with these instruments n is alone but we think c that thi farmers ant ana workers on the farre farm are just as ago essential I 1 as war workers and we dont think that our armies could do so go well wall with empty stomachs either the tune time has bas 1 long on g p passed ad when attention tent should b be e gi given to the manpower needs of the industries that keep essential indus industries trica going |