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Editorial
July 20, 1943
The Wilmington Morning Star
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina
What is this article about?
Editorial urges swift equitable gasoline rationing for Eastern seaboard consumers and opposes OPA's plan for 180,000 surveillance agents, calling it a gestapo-like threat to democracy that would undermine public compliance during wartime shortages.
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WILMINGTON MORNING STAR, WILMINGTON, N. C.
No Gestapo, Please
In justice to gasoline consumers on the Eastern seaboard the contemplated readjustment of rationing by which Eastern and Mid-Western users would be placed on an equitable basis ought to be put into effect in the shortest possible time.
At the same time, measures should be taken to block the proposal of the OPA to set up an army of snoopers which the American Automobile Association says would be recruited up to 180,000 men. However great the gasoline emergency has been or might become there is no justification in this democracy for a gestapo modeled on the German pattern.
If the armed forces require more gasoline than in the past, the American public can be relied on to go without willingly. But the surest way to make the people willing to violate rules restricting driving is to set secret police to spying on them from behind trees and hauling them in on charges that nine times out of ten cannot be proved.
No Gestapo, Please
In justice to gasoline consumers on the Eastern seaboard the contemplated readjustment of rationing by which Eastern and Mid-Western users would be placed on an equitable basis ought to be put into effect in the shortest possible time.
At the same time, measures should be taken to block the proposal of the OPA to set up an army of snoopers which the American Automobile Association says would be recruited up to 180,000 men. However great the gasoline emergency has been or might become there is no justification in this democracy for a gestapo modeled on the German pattern.
If the armed forces require more gasoline than in the past, the American public can be relied on to go without willingly. But the surest way to make the people willing to violate rules restricting driving is to set secret police to spying on them from behind trees and hauling them in on charges that nine times out of ten cannot be proved.
What sub-type of article is it?
Economic Policy
Constitutional
What keywords are associated?
Gasoline Rationing
Opa Snoopers
Gestapo
Democracy
Wartime Sacrifice
What entities or persons were involved?
Opa
American Automobile Association
Armed Forces
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Opposition To Opa Gasoline Rationing Surveillance
Stance / Tone
Strongly Against Gestapo Like Snoopers, Supportive Of Equitable Rationing
Key Figures
Opa
American Automobile Association
Armed Forces
Key Arguments
Eastern And Mid Western Gasoline Users Should Be Placed On Equitable Rationing Basis Quickly
Opa Proposal For 180,000 Snoopers Must Be Blocked
No Justification For Gestapo Modeled On German Pattern In Democracy
Public Can Be Relied On To Sacrifice Gasoline Willingly For Armed Forces
Surveillance By Secret Police Will Encourage Violations Of Driving Restrictions