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Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-17
Many Firms Grant
ConscripisJ Job
Security in U. 5.
BY MAX l.. BROWN

NEW YORK, Oct. IT. UP)--
Many of the nations largest and
smallest corporations have formu-
lated plans to soften the economic
blows which may fall upon AM
C.ican workers who will be draft
ed under the selective training an6
service act. a United Press survey
revealed today.
The survey, conducted on a ma
tionwide basis, disclosed that many
organizations voluntarily will grant
their conscripted workers generous
compensation payments and in ad-
dition maintain various emplove
benefit plans, seniority ratings, etc.
The conscription act provides
I job protection, under normal con-
ditions. for draftees for period
up to 40 days after these men arc
mustered out of service There are,
however, no other provisions de-
signed to mitigate the dislocations
which may befall conscriptees.
In order to maintain the seniority
ratings of their drafted employees
and in addition, continue their
group insurance and pension plans
most of these organizations will
consider conscriptees on special
leave of absence" during their per-
iod of military service.
Trade organizations in many
cities are cooperating in formulating
plans for their members designed
to alleviate the adverse economic
effects upon wI'kers of the servi3c
act. The San Francisco chamber
of commerce already has sent a
petition to it's members requesting
: protection for draftees and special
compensation where possible.
Because the act was passed ae
recently as Sept. ID and some of its
provisions regarding military alb
sences are regarded as vague, many
companies Jtill ara considering
plans and others have taken no
action.
An indication that these special
compensatory payments to employees
will not be regarded as wages Or
salary but rather as gratuities not
subject to federal and state social
security funds came recently from
Phillip j. Chaltet, administrator
of the division of employment and
security at Baton Rouge, La.
1T shall be the policy of this
department" Charlet said, ito con-
slider such payments as gratuities
prompted by patriotic and humani-
tartan motives" and therefore not
subject to contributions to the state
fund"
The naional industrial conference
board has concluded a survey of
126 companies employing nearly l.
100000 men. The study showed that
more than one-third of the COM
panies will make some kind of
compensation payment with 7 per
cent to pay full months sal
ary. ..--
The United Press survey disclosed
that a few companies will pay their
employees the difference between
their army pay and what they
would have received if they had
been employed for the full year.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-17
Cops Memory for
Faces Nets THUG

LES ANGELES, OF. II (UP)-
d. p. Henderson, a Beverly Hills
detective with o memory ior faces,
today was resi- rInsiblc fer the arrest
of Fred Marks, %, also known as
Louis Cohen, who admitted he is
wanted in New York for question
ing in murder case.
The detective saw Marks in a
market where he is employed as a
clerk and recognized him as the
man he saw pictured in magazine
article about the gangland Shoot
ing of Michel Grossman in New
York, Dec. q, 1899.
Henderson informed his superior
officer Capt. w. w. White, and
the two took Marks into custody,
booking him in the Beverly Hills
jail on suspicion of murder, after
he admitted he was wanted for
questioning in the Grossman case.
Marks said he would waive ex-
tradition and New York authori-
ties were notified of the arrest.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-17
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Evening star., 1940-02-14
Shop Talk

When Jose Roig, New York printer,
showed up at his plant one morning
he was dismayed to discover that
his pet linotype was missing. He
was also more than a little bit sur
prised. A well-developed linotype in
the full bloom of health costs about
five thousand dollars, weighs well
over a ton when delivered, and as
soon as nailed down in It's new quar-
ters add considerably more weight by
consuming hundreds OF pounds Of
lead. The theft of a linotype was
a remarkable feat even for New York,
a city Justly famous for the grandeur
of its deeds and misdeeds.
At first, police detectives called in
on the case were baffled. Nothing
resembling this crime had occurred
since the good old days of the Tweed
Ring, when Honest John Kelly had
removed a red-hot stove from the
City Hall. But detective skill tri-
umphed, and the machine was found
in a rival printshop. As a result,
the proprietors Of the shop received
an important order-an order to
come along to headquarters without
delay. At present they are compos-
ing themselves In a cell, and getting
set to work for the State of New
York.
Evening star., 1940-02-14
'Borqoin' Gasoline

Awaiting action in the Senate is
the fair trade practices bill, passed
by the House at the last session,
which would protect, in some meas
ure, the motorists of Washington
who have been buying straight gaso-
line under "high test" labels at what
appear to be bargain prices. This
practice, 1t should be pointed out. Is
not general but 1t is sufficiently wide
spread to place the honest operators
of filling stations in a decidedly un-
satisfactory competitive position.
Now, as q result of publicity on
what has become a chronic violation
of business honesty, an investigation
has been ordered in the House.
Sales Of inferior fuel as high test"
is attributable in part to price cut
ting which would be prevented by
the pending bill. But since the prac-
tice has grown up. other legislative
action Is necessary. Early last year
the superintendent Of weights and
Evening star., 1940-02-14

measures made survey costing three
thousand dollars to determine the
accuracy Of complaints received. He
prepared bill which was submitted
to the corporation counsel for study.
In October further Investigations In
dicated the need for revisions. Since
that time the bill had progressed no
farther on its journey to Congress.
and last week was definitely killed
by the Commissioners.
In the meantime there is no way
in which the city government can
protect the public. Special rebates
are offered by many retailers to cash
purchasers or to special groups or
types Of consumers. Organizations
of filling station operators have made
repeated appeals for correction of
abuses.
Similar conditions exist In sur
rounding jurisdictions. Virginia has
cleared the way for a Statewide
investigation Of gasoline marketing
practices. Maryland officials have
been asked to take action to curb
granting of rebates.
Not only for the protection of the
public, but in order to preserve,
through reasonable competitive con-
troll, an essential industry, an act
to prevent the apparent existing dis
honesty should be passed as soon as
thorough study can be completed.
Evening star., 1940-02-14
THIS AND THAT
By Charles z. Trace,oell.

Sometimes the instant reaction Of .
suburban dweller to the strange animal
IN the yard is one Of fear.
This is too bad, for there Is no animal
left which any suburban dweller need
be afraid Of. The new suburbanite, in
particular, needs to understand this,
because even q well builtup suburban
section seems very countrylike, indeed.
to him or her.
Actually there is no chance whatever
OF any inimical animal-on four legs
getting into a suburban garden.
There is not a one which may come
but what, viewed with eyes of interest.
and some sense of humor, becomes an
enthralling visitor.
Yet 1t is true that all too many persons.
looking into the woods, are willing to
imagine a mountain lion" when all they
see is some ones pet yellow striped cat.
This column has told the story before
OF the grocery boy who delivered first
order to some old customers in a sub
urban section.
This young man probably hadn't been
out Of the city in all his life.
The suburban community to which he
went that day looked very "woodsy" to
him.
There was vacant lot next door, high
grown with some very beautiful and
thick weeds. Weeds but such things as
wild cherry, Queen Anne's lace plant, and
the like, making veritable jungle OF
greenery.
Just as the boy got out of the wagon,
with his box of groceries. he saw some
thing sneaking out of the jungle.
His heart stood still.
Large, yellow, striped
He was young man, scarcely more
than a boy. with a good Imagination.
He had heard of the puma, or noun
tain lion, had even seen one at the ZOO.
To his heated imagination, this was one /!
Instantly he put the groceries back
into the wagon, and drove back to town,
leaving a very puzzled pet cat in his
wake.
Well, not many will be as timoro,,s as
that, but all too many will be indifferent
or uninterested.
Our correspondent knows that such
good interest is helped by little teach
ing.
Her children will grow up to like ami
mails, and to find an additional JOY in
life, for wherever they go, there will be
the feathered and furred folk to help.
Then those great eyes, peering in the
night, are not fearful eyes, but simply
bright eyes, keen with interest and filled
with beauty.
A feeding board becomes a sounding
board for future trust, happiness, inter-
est and beauty.
In times like these, we need more such
! sounding boards.
Evening star., 1940-02-14
Old Valentines

With trembling hands and frail, she lifts
the box,
Unties the ribbon. faded now and dim
Az her old eyes. The first ono reads:
From Jim,
with Love-" Sixteen shs'd beam. IN
ruh1ed frocks.
That dainty, perfumed heart lace
trimmed, unlocks
Bright memories; IN eager eirl whoa
prim
Low words bened the throbbins 3oy her
slim
Small person knew. A youthful paradox.
ITO My Dear WIFE," the second uissivs
She unused in happy pride. "Just twelve
months wed :.
Dear Jim -. :" How gay the last. Her
glad eyes scan:
my Bride Of Fifty Years." All. more
than bread,
These treasured gifts OF love fro0
life's long spani
a radiance CLOVIS about her gentle head.
IVA IxlDNkY.
Evening star., 1940-02-14
BETHESDA, Md.

BETHESDA, Md.
Dear Sir: Our 5-year-old daughter
saw our flrst robin this year and called
her daddy and me to enjoy the sight.
There were Just two Of them, but a
most welcome sight.
1T was either the robins or this
warmer day that made me feel spring
must be right around the corner. In
spite Of the snow, which was still deep
around our home. for we live in for
ested area, had the urge to dig in the
earth.
1--WE haye had bird at our feeding
station that have never seen men,
toned In your column. He comes only
at night and when he makes his visit
the feeding box is etnptied.
"The opossum Is our bird.
sometimes he comes as early In the
evening as $50 and does not mind il
the light is on in the kitchen or II we
turn a flashlight on him for a better
look.
"Our feeding station is located on a
board which is about 6'feet long and is
fastened to tree located about Z feet
from the house. The rear of our house
Is high from the ground and the feed
ing station must be rs feet high on the
tree.
I'VE have many birds come and are
glad that they like to breakfast about
the same time that we have ours. This
gives us a grand chance to watch them,
Il sincerely wish that more parents
knew the enjoyment children receive
from their feathered friends. Our
daughter can name any number of the
birds. Our son, II months, is Just be-
ginning to talk and one Of his first
words is birdie
"Your column is one Of the musts OF
cur evening reading.
Sincerely, D. H. c."
HH4
1t Is always pleasure for the sub
urban dweller to have some of the
more unusual animals In the yard. Un.
usual, that is for the modern builtup
suburban community.
Opossums and raccoons and skunks
and others are common enough in the
real country place, where they are re-
garded with little more interest than is
accorded squirrels and rabbits.
In the suburbs close to a great CITY,
however, not many 'possums will be
found nowadays.
Nor many raccoons.
A skunk, even less likely.
Both raccoon and opossum make lively
and interesting pets. whether captured
or simply allowed to frequent a garden
Some little damage they may do, it is
true, but 1t Is very little, in comparison
with the real interest they bring to all
persons who like animals.
This liking animals, Of course, seems
to be a sort Of special sense; not every
person has 1t.
Evening star., 1940-02-14
Sees Menace in Moves
Against Quota Act.
TO the Editor Of The Star:


During the stormy Wilson admins
tration served in the California Legis-
lature as State Senator from San
Francisco. It was the historic Legisla-
ture when the President sent his Secre-
tary Of State, William Jennings Bryan,
to California to stop the anti-Japanese
land laws. In executive session Bryan
told us what Toxic had said to WASH
ington about 1t, but the legislators who
knew the local problem best, including
Gus Democrats" told Bryan to tell Presi-
dent Wilson we thought q pending dis
aster could best be averted by removing
the cause Of friction. We passed the
laws, and some years later Congress
followed suit with the Asiatic exclusion
laws.
Now the Japanese babes In arms Of
that day, whose multiplication threat
ened racial invasion Of our West Coast,
have been heard from. Born as Ameri-
can citizens, they are also registered as
citizens Of Japan. As voters they are
forming a racial bloc, to combine with
other racial groups seeking special laws.
They seek thereby to repeal the alien
land laws, stop pending national defense
legislation aimed at the fishing-spy sys-
tenn, and the like. Such movements for
special race privileges should be care
fully watched. =. e. GRANT.
San Francisco.
February Z.
Evening star., 1940-02-14

as was at first feared. The United
States Lines has been obliged to lay
up eight Of its eleven passenger
ships, but OF the more than three
score freight boats that were forced
out Of the North Atlantic, about
twenty have been sold, while many
others have gone into new services,
either on established routes where
business is expanding, or. in some
instances, under charter to indus
trial concerns which operate their
own fleets.
Evening star., 1940-02-14
Pressing Russia

SciHldIly Is searching Win deter
mination for a formula to make her
alliance with Soviet Russia profitable.
The latest step in this direction Is the
signature in Moscow OF new trade
agreement with Russia which, it is
hoped, will draw out of the Soviet
Union the raw materials Germany
urgently needs for the prosecution of
her war against the allies.
Gone are the hopes born with the
trade agreement of August 20, 1899,
which served as a dramatic prelude
to the non-aggression pact which
followed several days later, a pact
which had such resounding roper
cussions. Germany has been bitterly
disappointed in Soviet Russia as
reservoir OF raw materials. The Reich
has found Russia's potentialities tre-
mendous, but has been unable yet to
translate those potentialities into the
millions Of tons of oil, wheat and
cotton the Reich needs The Soviet
remains, as far as Germany is con-
cerned, only potential source of
supply.
Both Germany and Russia are
guarding closely the provisions Of the
new trade agreement, claiming that
revelation Of its terms would inform
the allies Of the extent Of German
Russian commercial cooperation.
German sources optimisticany look
for the volume of trade to surpass
the previous record of a billion marks
set In 1881. But Germany has been
optimistic about Russian trade pros
poets ever since last August, 80 the
present hopeful expressions may be
no indication Of what actually will
develop.
In a sense Germanys increased
pressure upon Russia to deliver on
her contract with the Reich is a
reaction to the stiffening of the
Balkans, backed by evidences of
allied preparedness to meet any Ger
man threat to the Southeastern
European nations. Turkeys clear
warning to Germany that she is not
neutral, but merely not at war, may
already have had the desired effect
in Berlin. At any rate, Germany
surely realizes that If the Balkans
become a battle-ground, with all the
unsettlement of agricultural and
mineral production which that en-
tails, she will get little from that
region in the way of raw materials,
and will have to look more and
more to the Soviet Union for the
products which are now being drawn
even If inadequately-from the
Balkans.
If Hitler went into the war conf
dent that the Reich could defeat the
Anglo-French blockade by harness.
ing Eastern Europe from the Arctic
to the Mediterranean to Germany's
chariot he was counting many
chickens before they were Matched.
1t has yet to be proved that Eastern
Europe-from North to South-can
support GERMANY at war.
Evening star., 1940-02-14
Boost for Shipping

Ambassador Kennedy'S plan for a
Swapping" arrangement with Great
Britain to put American ships on
routes outside of the war zone that
now are served by British vessels
offers obvious advantages to both
countries.
It would mean steady employment
Of American-f1ag tonnage swept
from the Atlantic lanes by wartime
restrictions and would also re-
lease for service in the combat area
British vessels at present engaged in
carrying commerce elsewhere. More
jobs would be created for idle Amer
ican seameN, and the way would be
opened for increased export from
this country Of lumber which is
needed by Britain, a shortage of bot
toms at present holding down this
trade.
AS former head of the United
States Maritime Commission, Ambas-
sador Kennedy is particularly aware
Of the hardship that was worked on
the reviving merchant marine by
the neutrality law, and of the neces-
sity for cushioning its effect. Fortu-
nately, he is in a position to initiate
action that has beneficial possibil-
tiles. Shipping officials have asserted
that the war would permit this coun-
try to gain a foothold on trade routes
that would enhance greatly its COM
petitive stature in the postwar
period, and presumably, Mr.. Kennedy
Is thinking along these lines also.
Up to now the neutrality restric-
tions have not been as disastrous
to the American merchant marine
Evening star., 1940-02-14
Wants Government to Sponsor
Industrial Training Courses.
To the Editor Of The Star


Every year hundreds of thousands of
young people are turned out of public
schools and colleges to swell the already
large list of unemployed. I think the
Government can and should institute
a form Of business or method of Junior
industry training-a training school or
clearing house to At these young people
for such work as they elect to follow.
Let them be taken right in out of school
and given three to five years course,
paying them fair salary for their
work and selling their products at a
moderate price. The profits could be
used solely for upkeep and for relief
of the aged, needy. orphans and unem-
ployed. AS it would be self-operating,
1t would in time wipe out the present
immense cost of relief.
Stafford, Va. J. A. MacGREGOR.
February 8.
Evening star., 1940-02-14
Help for the Firms

Senate approval of the Brown bill.
authorizing extension to Finland of
a $20,000,000 non-military credit,
comes at a time when the gallant
little Baltic republic is fighting with
its back to the wall.
For two weeks Russian troops have
been pounding at the Mannerheim
defenses on the Karelian Isthmus.
The dead and wounded have fallen
by tens of thousands, but the Soviet
reserves of man power appear mex
haustible, while the Films can Ill
afford the loss of single man. From
all reports, the Russians are massing
more men, more guns and more
tanks for supreme effort to smash
Finland, whose desperate plight is
underscored by the urgency of the
appeal from Helsinki for help from
the outside world.
There is nothing the United States
can do to aid in this immediate
crisis, for we have waited too long.
But there is still every reason why
the House should give its speedy
approval to the Brown bill. If Fin
land receives the aid she must have
from her close neighbors, and is
thereby enabled to beat of the Rus
sian attack. the proposed American
credit will be of value to her. If the
worst comes to pass and the invaders
break through the Mannerheim Line
In the next few weeks this country
still would not be faced with the loss
Of its $20,000,0O0.
The Brown bill increases the lend
ing capacity of the Export Import
Bank by 100000 900, and carries the
understanding that up to $4,000 900
OF this will be made available to the
Firms to finance purchases in this
country If they are able to use our
goods. There will be no direct loan
to the Finnish government. If
Finland is crushed by the Russians
the credit simply will not be ex-
tended. And even if the war should
be prolonged, If Finland should ex-
haust the proposed new credit as
well as the original $10O0O,OOO loan
made to her, and then in the end
should be beaten, the loss to this
country would not be great. It has
been contended that, in view of the
possibility of loss, this loan should
not be made while Americans are in
need. The fact is, however, that even
should the total loan be lost, 1t would
mean only sacrifice of twenty-five
cents per person for the people of the
United States, and there are few
Americans who would not gladly
donate that small sum to such a,
worthy cause.
The prospects are that the bill will
be acted upon promptly by the House,
and it is to be hoped that that will be
the case. All important questions of
policy with respect to the loan have
been fully debated in the Senate, and
all doubts have been resolved by that
body in favor of extending the credit.
Despite our almost universal admi-
ration for the Firms, the help we are
now proposing to give them is slight
indeed. There should be no further
delay in extending this very limited
assistance to our friends in their
hour of desperate need.
Evening star., 1940-02-14

It seems curious to the man In the
street that Finland, which has always
paid her bills right on the dot, now
has to plead, Please, brother, can
you spare an airplane?"
Evening star., 1940-02-14

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the acrtter although the use OF
q pseudonyn for publication is
permissible. Please be brier
Evening star., 1940-02-14

Headlines mention "a renewed in.
terest In pork" This refers to both
congregational and culinary realms,
girls s3