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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-04
Mexico for Hemisphere Solidarity

Ones devotion to a principle may be pretty
accurately measured by what he willing to sacrifice to It,
Weighed in that scale, Mexco's adherence to hems-
phere defense and joint Pan American solidarity looks
better today than before. In canceing large oil
concession to Japanese interests and in rejecting Jap
high bid for 10000 Of scrap IRON Mexico has
made real sacrifice of potential profit II has plainly
done this in effort to improve relations with the L. s.
AT the time when the American nations at the Lima
conference decided united front against foreign
aggression and infiraton. Mexico better than
lukewarm. Continued friction with the United States over
the appropriation of oil properties left always doubt
whether the resulting GOODNESS toward the United States
might offset the warmth of better inter American
relations Since spring of this year. however the Mex
lean government has been showing increasing revulsions
against the axis powers and tendency to ceave closer
10 the Pan American front and the United States.
II would be useless to claim that Mexico has suddenly
been suffused with great rush to the head of love for
the United States, though unquestonably there is less
"anti-Grngo feeling than in the days when the oil con-
qustados Tampco and the Marines were in Vera Cruz
Americans such unpopular today in Mexico and
increasing contacts during the 10 have gradually
built goodwill.
But the imperatives of the world situation the driv
ing force in this closer adherence by Mexico to its neigh
bors. Mexico is proud and jealous of its independence
1t realizes that the United States has designs that
independence, whereas trans-ocean countries may
have As high Mexican official put it, I'VE not
all love each other in the Americas much might
but all in the boat, and we'd better work
together
Some such spirit undoubtedly lies behind the latest
Mexican action 1t augurs well for better Mexican Amer
lean relations after the first of the when presidents
of both countries will have been inauguraed and both
from the excitement of political campaigning to
the task of creating goodneghboriness and solidarity.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-04
PROFITS AND
DINIDENDS

Editor The Times: l have been
quite interested during the cur
rent campaign in the fun page
ads appearing over the name,
THE COMMITTEE OF AMER
.ICA, 122 f. 42d st, New York.
Inc.-NOT FOR PROFIT" urg-
ing the reader to write. wire,
phone your congressman Out
with all 'boondoggllng' and po-
litical spending" The last ad
appearing recently carries the
cartoon showing the tax col
lector leaving the factory office
with huge sack on his back,
labeled profits and reserves"
while outside the factory gate.
workmen are reading a sign
stating, FACTORY UNFIN-
ISHED. LACK OF FUNDS. NO
HELP WANTED" In the read
ing matter quite a plea is made
To the effect that too much gov
ernmentsl spending raises taxes.
taxes rob the employer. therefor
industries fail, men are laid off
and no new business is created.
Specifically the automobile in
dustry is pointed to as being
about thirty years old started
before the DAYS of MULTI
TUDINOUS TAX BUT DEN s
THAT ARE THROTTLING
BUSINESS AND BUSINESS
INVESTMENT"
Taxes are so high" said
Alfred Z. Sloan of the General
Motors Corporation. al Pitts
burgh. that the profit motive is
in jeopardy" Recently Alfred
p Sloan issued a statement 10
the effect that the output OF
the lS4l General Motors models
would be 100, greater than the
1910 During the five years
ending with 1884 the General
Motors Corporation made a net
profit OF S426. OO0. 600 During
that same five-year period paid
dividends amounting to $3.50
100000. In the five years ending
with 1889 with all the abhorred
New Deal taxes the net profit
was $sss 00O. 900 and dividends
paid amounted 10 S711. 000. 900
These figures are from the New
York Times financial page
Could Il oe that the COM
MITTEE OF AMERICA" Is a
kindred organization 10 the late
lam ented A s CIATE
FARM Frs OF WASHING
TON. who tined so hard TO put
over the Infamous initiative
$50?
DOUG MORRIS.
Route 4. Box ISIS. Tacoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-04
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven of these
test questions Turn to page IA
for the answers.
/ The cause of cancer is a
recent discovery, unknown. or
has been known for ages?
? Which two teams met in
the 1910 World Series?
8. A tarpon is a fish, can
vas cover, or spear for killing
whales?
4. What are the leaves of pine
trees called?
5. What country in Western
China. situated between the
Himalaya and Kwenlun noun
tains, is ruled by the Dalai
Lama?
6. Name the famous architect
who was shot by Harry X. Thaw.
:. In magnetism, do like poles
repel or attract each other?
S. What was the nickname OF
the Negro singer. Madame Sis
seretta jones'
Q. Are children born in the
United States to alien parents,
citizens Of this country
10. Name the bay that lies he
tween New Brunswick and
Maine
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-04
Biquer and---Costlier

The next battleshp to slide down the ways for the
American navy is going to set Uncle sam back the tidy
of S75.000000 And the next two to follow will come
al 500. 600 900 each.
The cost of the North Carolina, under construction
around $50 per above the of the last similar
ship built the West Virginia launched 20 years ago when
dollar was still dollar and people thought you used
billions only in measuring the distance TO the moon.
The only thing ordinary folks do is to hope that
the naval designers have fixed il that the first $500
bomb to fall of plane won't take the whole ss0Ooo000
ship right down with IL
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-04
Mr.. FIXIT
He Fixes Thinus

To receive attention IN tbs col
umu letters muat EiHe name and
address o. writer On4H initials
viii be published when requested
VI FINIT: When j. the time
10 transplant shrubbery and
roses and trim them The buds
of some Of my dahllas do not
OPEN. What j. the reason The
leaves on our peach tree were
all curly and II had not much
fruit. MRS. l. =.
Any time IN November or De-
eember should be good for trans
planting or trimming most
shrubs. Before moving rose
bushes q would D. better to
wait a little longer. until the
foliage Is of and they are more
definitely dormant. From early
December until middle OF March
should be good 1t would be sd-
yisable to add some plant food
when transplanting
Lack of food. and accordingly
low point vitality. could D. the
reason some or the dahlis buds
haven't opened. Pests might have
the same effect.
The peach lea curl i COM
mon pest II b. attacked by
spraying In mid November with
lime - sulphur mixture and
again around mid December and
mid January with a fungi Bor-
deaux mixture Also spray the
ground under the tree
Mr. Fixlt: I would like la get
my birth certificate. To whom
do I write? | was born In Port
Huron. Mich, In 1898. l.. X.
Write to the State Depart
ment of Health. Lansing. Mich.
which has such records dating
back To 1867.
MIR. FiSit: Could you please
tell me where In Tacoma I can
buy fresh citron? MRS. q. j. ID.
In most years there would be
some in the market by now. but
local wholesale houses haven't
seen any yet this fall. Some has
been raised by Jacob Stelling at
Puyallup, so you might inquire
of him. You will find some on
sale at downtown fruit stands
when 1t Is available.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-04

Stamps

Carmen SyIvo Fulfilled
Ambition to Be O Queen
ELIZABETH, princess OF WED.
Il Germany. had one answer for
persistent suitors Sne would not
marry unless she could be queen
OF Rumanis" And al that time
there was no free Rumanis.
Prince Charles Honenzoliern-
Sigmanngen got that same an
sWer. But in 1862. Alexander
Cuzs, Ramanian patriot, won
recognition and complete auion-
omy for has country. Prince
Charles was chosen king He vas
crowned in 1868, married Eliza
beth the same year. holding her
10 her promise The king and
queen are pictured on the stamp
above. one Of a series of "A com
memorating the centenary OF the
birth OF Carol l.
Elizabeth immediately became
an important public figure. gained
the love Of her subjects. She en-
oowed hospitals, helped co-opers-
iives, worked for peasant legisls-
ton.
In addition, under the pen-narne
Carmen Sylvia" she wrote plays
novels. verse. translated German
folk tales into Rumanlan. Her oais
child died al the age OF 4.
Elizabeth died IN 1915. az the
age OF 70, two years after nef
husband Today she Is reu1en-
bered more as a poet than as
Queen
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-04

organized lsbors original sin
vas ir placing too much trust
in the promises and perform
anees Of the politicians That
policy made labor tho tail 70 the
highest-Gying political kite
Army air corps officers com
plan forcefully. though conf
dentially. against the tremend-
ous increase IN the monthly ship
ment OF sirplsnes 20 Great Brit
ain Although the figures are
now kept secret for military
purposes presumably to keep
the Germans in the dsrk-it =
understood that London is get
ting almost half the monthly
output Of about ESQ planes.
American aviators want Brit
ain to win-no doubt OF that
but they produce facts to show
that army aviation is suffering.
The persistent export of all types
of planes - trainers. pursuits,
bombers will deprive our bud
ding corps Of fliers. mechanics,
and ground crews Of the tools
they need in their own training.
At several key fields there are
not even now sufficient planes IN
accommodate enrollees and appll-
cants Under this system 1t may
be years before Uncle Sam oh
tains enough crack pilots for
so 900 planes even II we get the
planes
Other services voice the same
complaint, especially the tank
corps. the infantry and the ar
tillery. The World war tanks
sold to Canada-the destroyers
turned over to Great Britain
the rifles and 75's sold to the
Allies before the French collapse
were not obsolete" for train
ing purposes. And there will be
acute shortages Of these weapons
for the first 500, 900 conscripts
summoned to active service.
The armed forces of the United
States - Army, Navy Marines.
Air Corps, National Guard-are
being subjected to more violent
electioneering this year than
ever before in the memory OF
old-timers. II has provoked
critical comment among officers
not accustomed TO such tactics
in the past.
The theme of the argument is
that the Roosevelt administra-
ton has done more for them,
especially the Navy, than any
previous regime.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-04

NOMAN'S VIEWS
ON LOCAL STRIKE

Editor. The Times: Well. we
have had five weeks vacation
without pay. Christmas is less
than two months away and
Thanksgiving is just three weeks
away. To what have We. the
wives OF unemployed sawmill
workers. To look forward
We were feeling secure. know
ing production WAS going ahead
and We could have steady work
for some time, comforting feel
ing to those who make their liv-
ing from sawmills The mills
depend upon orders. and when
orders are slack. there is always
the fear Of a shutdown.
The strike was unexpected 10
most OF US. They made the
easily fooled few who voted 10
strike believe everything was cut
and dried and that the strike
wouldn't last more than a week.
Instead Of letting well enough
alone and letting the men work
while they negotiated. they had
to shut down all the Tacoma
mills Now other mills are get
ting the orders Perhaps they
will close down in time. But
what will that gain US
We all know from experience
that when they request seven
and-one-half cents per hour. they
always 60 back for just half
Of that We could have gotten
that five weeks ago and been
working steady.
President OF the union who
started the strike should Worry.
He's getting his pay
Il would be okeh 10 strike Il
We were being abused. But when
in history were wages Of lum-
bermen any higher than now ?
Remember the cost OF living up
10 and including 1929 was double
TO what II IS today.
Folks don't know when they
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-04
JOB INVENTOR
PULSE OF THE PUBLIC

ing the same period of time Ia
comas population has increased
to over 107, 900 and has shifted
to such an extent that one sec
ton of the city where three of
the largest schools in the city
are located is without adequate
library service. The district Is
over four miles long, most of it
without direct transportation to
any library, and is from a mile
and a half to five miles away
from the nearest branch
The only apparent way service
can be improved there. without
impairing existing services in
other localities, is TO vote for the
extra two mills proposed. The
levy will be for just one year.
Made in l94l II will provide ex-
ira funds for 1912 Probably pro-
ducing something like 500 900 it
will build a branch library in the
Stewart school district. one in
the west end. and furnish money
for repairs and Improvements in
the branches now in operation.
All of these items are necessarily
excluded from the regular
budget.
Other facts collected by the
South Side Library Assoc. are
even more astonishing but space
will not permit the telling of
them here. The levy will not
solve all the financial worries Of
the library system but il is the
only chance for any Improvement
as early as 1912 and should be
carried ny the voters.
mrs Ethel 7. Mawson,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-04
A Cloth for Fevered BroWS

The political campaign is getting hotter by the minute
In fact, many people taking it hard that actual
wounds being opened and relations endangered
For such prescribe the reading of simple sentence
which has come from that extraordinarily calm who
ran for the presidency in 1886 lost and up bigger
than before. We ALI I.andom.
He told gathering the other night that whoever is
elected will be my president for the next four years.
Spoken like a sportsman and American. good
sentence repeat to yourself the time political
argument starts your neck to splling your collar
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-04
URGES SPECIAL.
LEVY FOR LIBRARY.

Editor, The Times. The two
mill levy for the library was
placed on the ballot for the COM
ing election by the city council.
This was their answer to a re-
quest for better library service
after years campaign endorsed
by over 25 organizations as fol-
lows:
Federation OF Improvement
clubs. Park Avenue and So. I'D
ST. Improvement club. Hillsdale
Improvement club. aoth 81. Inn
provement club. Fern Hill I'm
provement club. Lincoln Citizens
Club. West End Improvement
and Civic club, Arlington I'm
provement club, Madison I'm
provement club, South Tacoma
Business Mems club. jefferson
Park Improvement club. Tacoma
League OF Women Voters. Taco
ma Women's Council for Peace.
Pierce County W. c. T. L. Pierce
County Pioneer and Historical
association. Administrative Group
OF Tacoma Public Schools. Amer
lean Federation Of Teachers. Ia
coma Association OF Classroom
Teachers. Plymouth Congrega-
tionsl church. Bethesda Baptist
church. Bethany NJ. E. church.
Womenis auxiliary OF Talmud
Torah Synagogue, Park Avenue
Preschool organization. Park
Avenue PIT. A. Stewart PIT
A. and Lowell PIT A Many
other groups have also been IN
terested without formally voie-
ing their stand on the subject.
For the sake OF those who
have not yet heard the reasons
for the levy this explanation Is
being given. Library funds have
suffered continual reductions
during the last 10 years amount
ing TO over sloo. 600. Next years
budget has been forced down TO
$1,000 less than this years Dur
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-04


mated labor movement for
For several years r 2 r.
tried 10 end the labor schism
with program calling for what
Mr.. Lewis regards As an ART
fetal labor unity" In order 10
reunite the Clio and AL ard
strengthen 1870 political fences.
Roosevelt backed the Green for
muls a. q basis for settlement.
Under that system. in Mr. Lewis
opinion, clio units would have
been swallowed up by the old
unions. they would have lost
both their identity and influence.
When the Lewis faction blocked
this move, the president threw
his prestige behind the Go
mans rivals ~ Green, Hillman.
Dubinsky.
II was done covertly al first.
but John L. kept his eyes open.
He blew up the western confer
ence OF third-term liberals Sc
cretly arranged by the president
and several government officials.
Then the White House and Sec
rotary Perkins openly tossed all
favors at the anti-Lewis clique
The hostile Hillman was named
as labors representative on the
defense commission. and ne
packed his advisory group with
New Dealers.
In other ways. SO John l. be
lieves, the president used Hill
man to discredit the CIO The
latter provoked q department OF
justice opinion barring govern
ment contracts to NLRB viola
tors-one of Lewis principal de-
mands at the White House-but
1t is not being enforced. Now
Hillman is feverishly trying to
close contracts with various steel
organizations where the CLIO has
laid the groundwork, and make
IL appear as a victory won for
labor by the administration In
view of these things, John L.
believes labor will get a better
break - and enjoy better rela-
tions with employers - under
Wendell Willkie as president.
The bitterness of behind-the-
scenes squabbling over the
Lewis Roosevelt split exceeds all
previous exhibitions of hard feel
ings in the politico-labor ranks.
The introduction of partisan
politics and personalities into
what was originally only juris-
dictional dispute between the
AFL and CLIO may forecast a
permanent rupture.
The New Dealers charge that
the only CLIO groups backing
Lewis are infested with Com
munists-an allegation which the
latter's friends hurl back at its
makers The Rooseveltians whis-
per that Mr.. Lewis has entered
into a deal with the Republican
nominee under which the CLIO
chieftain would become secretary
of labor in a "Willkie admins
tration"-a post which John L.
insists he would not accept. The
Lewisites counter with the sug-
gestion that Sidney Hillman will
supplant Madame Perkins If
+. d. K. is reelected.
Several labor leaders under
antitrust indictment have been
warned that it would not be
healthy if they, too, declared for
Mr.. Willkie, the accusations
might be pressed in time to lose
them their profitable labor posts
1t is probable that the only
losers in the battle will be the
workers. and wiser leaders de
plore the prospect. Also they
tend TO agree with John L. that
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-04
QUESTIONS RULING or
o'NkIL ON ADVERTISING

Editor. The Times: Commits
sioner O'NeiIs recent ruling
that no advertising IN foreign
language newspapers would Dc
put out by the public utilities
OF Tacoma Is both unjust and
unfair AS far as 7 know. there
are only two foreign language
papers IN Tacoma - one jap
aneSe. which 7 understand has
never earned any advertisements
from the public utilities commits
SION, and one Norwegian paper
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which has been in existence for
more than so years.
Mr.. O'Neil's condemnation Of
the foreign language press shows
a regrettable lack OF apprecia-
tion OF the cultural value of these
papers. The Norwegian paper
to my knowledge has not eX-
pressed any opinion which by
any stretch Of imagination may
come under the commissioner
ban OF "Unfriendly to the United
States Does the commissioner
know that Norway has been the
principal champion Of publicly
owned utilities long before he
was born BY what right does
the commissioner set himself up
as q propaganda commissar. de
Gliding what language shall be
permitted as far as the public
press is concerned
Il happens that the Norwegian
press in this country al present
serves a most important purpose
IN that II Is practically the only
medium through which the mill
ions Of people Of Norwegian birth
and descent can secure news IN
regard to conditions in Norway
and their relatives there. To de-
prive these people OF their own
press al this time when all el-
forts are made to regain the
countrys independence Is Ger
tainly III advised.
Has ONeI thought Of the Cir
cumstance that millions Of
copies Of American papers and
magazines circulated abroad and
that several American papers
are published In foreign coun-
tines As long as the foreign
press in this country does not
advocate the oyerthrowing Of our
government by violence or other
wise engage in subversive actiyi-
ties, there is no reason for the
imposition Of any censorship BY
any self appointed press commits
sar. To endesvor TO control the
policy OF any paper through ad-
vertising is a questionable prac-
tice and especially SO If tax
PAYERS money Is involved
AxEL II. OXHOLM.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-04

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4

Benefic aspects are strongly
dominant today. which Is aus
picious for persons IN many
walks Of life. Business leaders.
political candidates and finan-
cial dictators are well directed.
There is sign that makes judg-
ment unreliable Voters change
their minds under this sway.
Heart and Home: Women viii
benefit through calm pursuit OF
regular tasks. Disappointment
for many who have worked in
the national campaign will be
brief. since the defeated eandi-
date for president is to become
leader in important prepared
ness work. where he will prove
his supreme ability as an eNeeu-
tive. Young girls may be unfor-
tunate in new acquaintance
among college students They
should choose boy friends esu-
tiously.
Business Affairs. While mer-
chants may find this a quiet
day In trade. manufacturers viii
speed contracts for the govern
ment. Workers are under stimu-
lating planetary influences
which encourage cooperation
with employers. The stars pre-
sage unity OF purpose among
Americans OF every vocation.
Training Of xviStors viii have
sn impetus. but warning is Civ
en- OF unusual accidents. Ssoo-
tsse OF sirplsnes Is forecast as
likely TO be q constant peril.
Persons whose birthdate II is
have the sugury OF a year Of
moderate fortunes. They should
be careful TO fulfill their duties
SIS citizens.
Children horn on TINS oay
probably will be thoughtful, seri-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-04
EDISON's PAYOFF

When Thomas Alva Edison
sold his first patented invention,
the duplex telegraph system. he
demanded $4,000 payment in IS
bills. He sat up all night with
shotgun across his lap and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-04
HOROSCOPE
SUNDAY. NOVEMBER s

Adverse aspects dominate to-
day. II is a time when the con-
temptation of world conditions
will cause deep depression and
even questioning regarding pow
er OF good in world of disaster.
The churches should be ever
wgilant.
Heart and Home: This is a
date for arranging steady dona-
tons for relief OF suffering.
While aid should be generous
for war victims. care of the
poor at home should be expand
ed. The stars presage epidemics
and pestilences in Europe and
Asia. There will be much ILL
ness in the United States. Spe-
cial attention will be directed To
sanitation for households as well
as for all centers of population.
Undernourished children will be
attacked by diseases which will
sweep devastated cities in Flu
rope.
International Affairs: Ger
many's drive for trade advan-
tages now will be expanded.
with unfortunate results In many
quarters. The specter of famine
will be seen In the countries
which Hitler has subjugated.
The stars foreshadow deaths of
several million men. women and
children because of need of food
and fuel before the end of win
ter. Severe weather will make
the lack of warm clothing
cause for great mortality among
children and old folk.
Persons whose birthdate it is
will prosper In the coming year.
The young will court and marry.
Children born on this day will
be ambitious and restless. With
unusual talents, boys may lack
pertinacity and desire change
while girls will be highly gifted
In the use of hands and brains.