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Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-11
WHAT IS FARM LABOR?

Congress will be asked soon to write
into the Wagner Relations Act defini-
ton of agricultural labor, so that the
National Labor Relations Board will not
be allowed to make its own decisions in
this regard.
The house committee investigating the
labor act and its faults has recommend
ed such a definition Farming leaders of
the United States have been clamoring
for it ever since it first became evident
that the labor board intended to call
everything it possibly could industrial
labor"
Industrial labor, YOU see. is under iur
sdiction Of the labor board, and agricul
tural labor is not The labor board as
it is now constituted. wants all the iuriS-
diction il can grab or steal.
The labor board has ruled that pack
ing shed labor, for instance, is not agri-
cultural, but industrial. There was no
recognition of the fact that a farmer
might as well have d strike in his own
field as in the packing shed which han
dies his products.
The exemption of agricultural labor
from terms Of the act was written in so
that labor unions could not destroy per-
ishable crops, and So destroy the far
mer's entire yearly income. by strike
that would have to last not more than
a month. 1t was evidently the intention
of congress to give the farmer access to
his markets without the danger Of union
interference.
The labor board has defeated that in
tentiOn
revision Of the law is necessary now
to defeat the labor boards grab for
power.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-11
A GOOD LIST TO
CHOOSE FROM

A preliminary study Of the list of cam
d'dates for city council in Ell Centro 5
April municipal election seems to in
dcate one thing:
Whoever is elected. the city will have
a good council.
The men seeking election are for the
most part good citizens and good buSi-
ness men-and ii would be hard to ask
for more. The campaign may reveal
traits heretofore unexpected. but as the
matter now stands, voters here have an
excellent group OF names to choose from
when they mark their ballots month
from now.
1t has been trlthfully said that no
business can be better than the man run
ming it, and no government can be more
efficient than the men directing it.
FL Centre needs an efficient, econo-
mical government lust as every city does.
Surveying the list of candidates for
council, it is evident that the city has
far more than an even chance to obtain
such a GO 'ernment. through the council
men takin.. office after April 9.
Most of the men seeking election are
of strong personal character, sound bus
mess Judgment and good plain common
sense. They are the kind of men needed
at the head of any government enter
prise.
Between now and election day. Ell Cen
tro voters will have an opportunity to
weigh the capabilities and the faults of
the candidates. to juGge them on merit
and on their records. and to decide which
three should be elected.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-11
Among
Our Yesterdays

Perusal of newspaper files of 2(
recollection Monday of anti-orienta
campaigns of other years. A news
account announced:
"Wiiliam Lyons Of BraWley has
received circular announcing an
aggressive campaign by the Native
Sons of California against encroach-
nentS of japanese and Hindus. San
Francisco is leading in the move
ment which is rapidly assuming
large proportions there and else
where.
Reminiscent of the current cam
pai9n to aid Jewish refugees from
Germany and other countries where
they have undergone persecution
was this page one appeal:
Imperial county will be called
upon to raise $4,000 as its portion
of the nationwide campaign for
$35 100000 for the benefit of the
suffering jew of Poland and con-
tinental Europe. Quotas have been
assigned by the county committee
10 each community.
&C. f. PitZpr IS county chairman.
This appeal on behalf of the
stricken Jews of Europe is the first
in history where the burden Of
caring for their own has been too
2reat for the Jewish race.
A breezy agricultural story APP
Deared N an inside page 1t read
in part:
"SatiatCd with the prosaic life of
an aerial cowboy. and seeking new
fields of adventure, excitement and
profit, dappel young man stepped
eff the Los Angeles train yesterday
morning and walked straight to the
offices OF Greer Bachman company
and proceeded to tell the office force
his troubles. A half hour later he
was the proud owner of a ranch
two miles west of Ell Centro and
near the Eucalyptus school.
II have been punching COWS by
airplane for the last two years and
/ am tired Of the job he declared.
My name is George MatthieSSen
and I want to buy a ranch that
viii make me some money!
"Matthiessen is the son of a
wealthy cattlcman and as a pilot
mas helped spot cattle from the
air on his fathers ranches.
The tract purchased is adjoin-
ing the R. D. McPherrin fruit ranch
The McPherrin ranch is all plant
ed in grapefruit and is such big
money maker that the owner re-
Gently refused $1,000 an acre for it,.
"Matthiessen paid S240 an acre
and is enthusiastic over the bar
gain he got.
THAT land will make four dollars
jingle in my pocket where one is
iinelin2 now. Goodbye boys, I'm
on my Wa" to get the trees! h"
said"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-11
REDlSTRIBUTING GOLD
" al Street JOURNAL !

There is no use trying to fool ourselves
about that SlS,OO0,000 00O-odd gold hoard
which we have accumulated. II cannot
be rediStrlbuted among countries that
need it by q wave of some magic wand.
Neither can it be rediStributed by hay
ing the EXport-lmp0rt bank sell or lend
this yellow metal to foreign nations, as
Senator Thomas of Oklahoma proposes.
Gold is an international medium Of
eXchange-a commodity which has the
added value Of being acceptable in un-
limited quantity in exchange for other
commodities. for goods, and for services.
If Country 4" is to buy" gold from the
United States it must have the dollars
with which to do so: that, in turn, pre-
supposeS that it has sold us more than
we have brought from it. If "COuntry
B. is to borrow yellow metal from US
it will find that such gold will only re-
turn unless it sells us more than it buys.
The conclusion is simple: We can re-
distribute our gold-on anything more
than temporary basiS-only by buying
from other nations more goods. com
mOdities and services than we sell them.
That is the angle from which the gold
problem must be approached.
Every olIel dpplo II VIII De Waste tl-
fort And, as in the case Of Senator
Thomas suggestion. another approach
may seek to put the government more
deeply into the banking business, d field
already adequately covered by the pri-
vately owned commercial banks. the pri-
vately owned, government-managed fed
eral reserve system and such government
owned institutions as the EXport-Import
bank
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-11
WELlES IS
FINDING OUT
I Boston TraVeIclD

SO it is to be war
President RooSevelt'S Mr. WelleS has
talked with Hitler The German leader
is reported to have blamed England for
the war and said that he war would con-
tiDue until Germany'S living space had
been established and Germany held a
sway over eastern EWope similar to our
own over South America under the Mon
roe doctrine. An absurd distortion OF
that doctrine is llitlerS.
On this point Herr Hitler seemed to be
quite insistent. Further. he is said 10
have demanded that Great Britain talm
Gibraltar over to Spain and the Mediter-
ranean island of Malta to Italy. Hitler
further demands return Of German col
onies lost in the World War.
Such are the reports that leaked cut
of the conference. Undoubtedly much
more was discussed but it is unlikely that
the undivulged conversation was any less
stern.
Yet what else was there for Hitler to
say? At this juncture he certainly dared
not have said anything that would be
construed by his people as a loss of face.
This is indeed a war of nerves and amy
admission on llitler'S part that his deter
minatiOn was weakening would have been
a bad blow to his people.
In any event. UnderSecretary Of State
WelleS did not go to Europe to conclude
OF even start peace but to obtain first
hand information upon which our coun-
try might proceed when the war is over,
for the establishment of a new order
in international relations.
Meanwhile the war goes ON, Threatens
ing to grow more vicious. Nobody will
win. All will lose. Day by day the con-
vlction grows even stronger that We must
keep out of active participation
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-11
You re Telling Me-

The man at the next desk says
ne hopes we don't have many more
severe winters such as this one
was. The polar bears are liable
to start coming south each autumn.
True equality cannot be achieved
i'll this world. It's impossible for
everybody to have their breakfast
served in bed.
One of the better race horses
of the current season is a nag
known as Woof Woof. Sounds lust
like a fugitive from a dog track.
zadok Dumbkopf says a pea
nut politician is a Would-be states
man who isn't all he's cracked up
to be.
Science has discovered a method
of extracting the stings from bees
More important would be a method
ito take away all cannonS from hu-
man beings.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-11
CHAPTER FOUR
DEMOCRACY'S ETERNAL QUEST
FOR A MORAL SUBSTITUTE FOR
MONEY

Democracy" itself which is one OF
First of all, there is the word
those expressions that threaten to
become all things to all men, or
the term "a democratic form Of
government" has been applied to
countries which were as far remov-
ed from any reasonable ideal of de-
mocracy as the Germany of Adolf
Hitler or the Russia of Joseph Sta
lin.
We write about the noble demo-
cracies of Greece. forgetting that
these city-states were usually ruled
by a mere handful of free people VIII,
brutally lorded it over hundreds O
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-11
Photographs

The Cherokee Indians of North
Carolina originally wore only single
feathers in their hair. The head
dress was introduced to them by
tOurlStG.
A violin made entirely of trans
parent p!cXiglass, Of beautiful tonal
quality, will be displayed at ii Ger
man trade fair.
There arc 9,720 oStcOpathic phySi-
clans. surgeons and specialists now
IN the United States.
In thc western part of Tanganyi-
la, East Africa, there are 1875 huge
cXtinct cratcrS
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-11
Barbs-

The super-abundance Of Roosc-
yelts in the United States contuSeS
Europeans II was all so much
simpler in the days of Teddy
The millennium will be much clos
er when headline writer's finally
forget about Gone With The
Wind.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-11
Bruce Cation in Washington
Dissects the News

in this field. II has been asked by
consumer groups to study price
spreads in the distribution of ice
cream and cheese. by farm organi-
zatiOns to look into the costs of
containers used in canned foods,
and a group of senators and con-
grcSSnen representing farm states
have asked it to duplicate in the
nation as whole the milk cost STU
dy made in Chicago where. before
the case even got through the
courts, retail milk prices fell from
13 cents to and one-half cents a
quart.
Both commerce and agriculture
departments have recently turned
attention to the innumerable state
laws which impede interstate traf-
fic in foodStuffs Arnold suspects
that a number of these laws would
promptly collapse if they were tax
en- into court: with others, he be-
lieveS. it is the method of admins
tration which needs to be attacked
WOULD BE EASY
WITH MORE MEN
The matter of keeping down war
material prices has had q promi-
nent place on his calendar for
months
The government is going to spend
enormous sums for these things -
he says. The question is. Will that
money be stimulus to business, or
will it simply raise priceS-as the
housing subsidies did in New York;"
Arnold has hit on a new slogan
He no longer talks about monopoly;
instead, it's free trade within the
borders of the United States" He as
serts this free trade could be made
a reality if the antitrust division
bad a permanent staff of 400 train
ed men.
Most of this stuff is a push
over" he declares, If you've got
enough men,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-11

A cheering testimonial IN the
Solldity Of the American home is
the story Of Horace c. Smith, Is
rcar-old property owner of Denver,
Colo.
Several days ago, Mr.. Smith went
Gown TO Denvcr's city hall and paid
$3.50 in taXt5 on his home. Thou
ands Of other citizens came down
70 pay then t&xes. but Mr. Smiths
&ppcaraIcc was remarkable mas
Huch a. il was the 68th time ne
and hi. father before him had paid
'aXcs on the same house. Together,
Gather and son have paid the city
.pm Times what the house is worth
'oGa"
TIC Smith house was built in
1873 after the family decided to
ear dOTn thL log cabin IN which
'h"" were LIVING on the same site.
- 1915. the house was valued at
5000. Today it is worth $500 Dur
.n. The years the Smiths have paid
"a to'M Of about $1,000 in taxes
/ IS good there are people like
ne Smjths-peOple who value all
inc things for which home stands
Tucg keep the nation anchored.
Thcy are the folks who maintain a
s'pl.d faith in the future Of their
country. They know that while
life all around them may change,
GrmOcracy and common rights need
not be disturbed 50 long as they
hang q" to the idea that a house
Is worth paying taxes on for 60 or
10 years.
Persons who attach that much
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-11
Willis Thornton's Editorial On:
He Still Pays After 68 Years

sentimental value to a home are
pretty apt to take their govern
ment seriously. They are likely to
be discerning about the type OF
officials they elect, and they will
probably recognize political charla-
tans when they come along.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-11

You've got to be pretty fond of a
place to stay in it for SO years.
You've got to be particularly pas
sIonate about it when the plumb
ing begins to leak and the porch
has to be bolstered up and the CELL
ing needs to be replastered for the
eighth time. You've got to be obiiVi
Gus to the modernism of the day.
content with the old and establish
ed.
Not so much in dreadnaughts and
fortresScs but rather in the Staunch-
ness of people like the Smiths lies
Americas defense against the in
trusion of foreign concepts, the
invasion of alien armies.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-11
MANY REQUESTS
FOR FOOD PROBE

Arnolc looks on the food cost stu
dy as fully as important as the pre-
sent investigation of building costs.
The antitrust division has re-
ceived numerous requests for work
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-11

WASHIECTON - a broad CXpan
sion Of Assistant Attorney General
AHIOld's antitrust campaign is like
l. to follow the Senate's action in
voting additional funds for his di-
vision.
This expansion. Arnold says. will
DrsbaDl. BRING about two new ma
t.n.l-Wlda nvestigatiOns:
/ a st@dy OF the costs of food
ii tribut!on including an inyesti-
cation into milk costs all over the
country and % thorough survey Of
the problem Of interstate trade bar
riers
? An equally comprehensive stu
d. of the costs of war materials such
q, az" belH2 purchased in the gov
eminent huge rearmament pro-
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-11

MEMBER:
American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association. Nation
al Editorial Association.
California Newspaper Pub
fishers Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-11
SENATE INCREASES
FUNDS BY 100000

The budget sent up to Capitol
Hill b" the president had the anti
trust outfit slated for a 100000
cut from this years s1,3O9OO0 This
Woald have pulled the teeth Of the
famou, building costs investigation,
hnnold estimates that at least it
would haFe meant pulling grand
jury Investigations from five cities.
After & GOOD deal of debate. the
senate voted to restore the cut and
add another 100000. This isn't by
any means as much money as Ar
mold thinks his division could use
ptofitably. but it makes some cX-
panalor possible.
We ought to have another mil
Ion but hundred thousand is bet
ter than kick IN the pants" he
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-11
Famous Sayings

The first law ever God gave to man. law OF
obedience Montaigne.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-11
Thoughts for the Day

Then Peter anG TIE other apostles answered and sad
We ought to obey God rather than men-ActS 5.29
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-16
EARBENDERS STAGE WEEKLY CONTESTS
Mrs. Caroline Darling Puts Up High Single of III
 in Bowling Match
Washington Hill
 Correspondent: Mrs. Frank McGrath - Telephone 4-659O

The high single for the married womens bowling league of Wash ington Park Community Club was won by Mrs. Caroline Darling-111 and the high three by Mrs. Thom- as O'Donnell-which was 300-the results for the teams were Hemlocks won 3, Naples 0; the Cedars won ?, and the Spruces won l.
 The Earbenders played their reg ular Friday night game last eve- ming at the Community House and when the smoke" cleared, the results were Dulac 24, Joyce IS, Conway 22, Donavon 20, Murphy 21, ODonnell q.
 Presentation of Thanksgiving turkeys will take place at the Com munity House tonight at 8 o'clock and the Earbenders are also hav- ing a social evening.
 Miss Eileen Whelan of South street is visiting with her sister Estelle at Springfield, Mass.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-16
PAROLEE SHOT AS
 HE WAVES GUN
Continued from Page D

bride, the former Bernice Derby shire, IT, at South Royalston. At the point of shotgun, Flint was forced to drive 200 miles to Boston where Gould left the car after allegedly robbing Flint of SAP.
 As he slumped to the floor after the shooting, Gould was asked where he had left the shotgun. The youth, said police, cried:
 Don't ask me that; get these slugs out of me. Hold my hand don't let me die"
 The capture occurred while Fed eral Bureau of Investigation direct ed the hunt for Gould who was in- dicted yesterday by federal grand jury on charges of Kidnapping, aS sault and robbery with a dangerouI weapon, and obstructing United States mails.
 The Kidnapping also precipitated a demand by State Rep. Roland D Sawyer, D., Ware, for an lnvestiga- tion of the release of Gould from the reformatory. Sawyer said that the action of the state parole board in effecting his release was not jus tifiable in view of his persistent vio- lation of many earlier paroles"
 Commenting on Sawyer's demand for the investigation by the special commission studying pardons and paroles, Parole Board Chairman Ralph w. w. Robart commented
 Gould is just a boy who went bad"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-16

seeing that every penny of Federal money appropriated for Selective Service work in the state is expend- ed property. By this we do not mean, that every penny expended is in accordance with some rule or regulation. If someone wants pencil or a box of paper clips, Cap- tain Kane must know what appro- priation the purchase is to be made from and most important of all, he must know instantly whether there is sufficient funds remaining to make the purchase. You don't charge things against a future ap- propriation-you must have the funds on hand or go without the article.
 Purchasing furniture, office sup- plies, printing, equipment, and oth- CT necessary articles for establishing 65 Local Board Headquarters, as well as the State Headquarters may not seem like much of 8 task. When you deal with Government funds, however, you learn that it is just as big job as buying a battleship or letting 8 contract for tanks, ma chine guns or rifles. There is al- ways the three bid bugaboo. You can't move without three bids.
 Then there is the problem of sat- isfying the various Local Boards and the Boards of Appeal. This is no simple task because each Board fails to understand why its equip ment cannot be shipped at once.
 National Setup
 This condition is not strange to Connecticut, for at National Head quarters, we learn that if we multi piled our story by AS States and the territories we would have the prob lens which come into Washington.
 Just a peek at the acquisitions which come to Captain Kane's of- flee equipment will add light touch to this story, in our opinion. With out naming the particular Local Boards from which the requests were made, we found a requisition for one cocoanut doormat (medium size), two g by 12 rugs, (maroon, preferably, l Electric clock, 4 Windsor chairs, 3 Cuspidors, 1 safe 1 Bissell Carpet sweeper, 6 pen knives, IA lb. common pins, 2 book ends, 12 paper weights, 1 map of the United States. 2 floor screens, 4 fountain pens, ash trays, dust pan and mop, Frigidaire water cool CT, first aid kit, Venetian blinds, tile floor, Debating machine and shaver, florescent desk lamps, one mahogany directors table for local board members.
 Yes, the State Procurement Off, ficer can have his job without fear that any other person is seeking to take it away from him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-16
JUDGE BERNSTEIN
 PLAYS DICTATORS
Hartford Guest Speaker at Memorial Exercises of
 Jewish War Veterans

Judge William Bernstein of Hart ford, department senior vice-com- mander of the Jewish War Veterans speaking at the Armistice memorial service of the local post at Beth Fl synagogue last night, said that even those on relief in America enjoy a higher standard of living than skilled laborers in the lands of dic- tators.
 If you and I and all the people who believe in the principles and ideals upon which our nation was founded and by which it has four ished, will join together" the speak CT said, "our land will continue to be a land that is truly free"
 Seven deceased members were honored: Samuel Kleinman, Samuel Morganstein, Samuel Rubinovitz Myron Green, Herman Engleman Louis Leopold, and Milton Albert.
 Comdr. Abraham Baltim presid- ed and special prayers were chanted by Cantor Fleischman, Rabbi Will liam P Greenfield spoke briefly on Armistice Day and the part that Jewish War Veterans ought to play in the yearly observance of the holi- day. State Comdr. Rudolph Hen nick was the speaker at the services conducted last night by the New Britain post of the J. w. V. and therefore was unable to be present
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-16
7 Hospitals, Hotels,
 Convents, Theaters Hit
(Continued from Page 1.)

bomb. Other high explosive bombs destroyed a garage, newspaper office and damaged 30 stores, from which 12 persons were reported missing
 Four were killed and a number were injured when a high explosive bomb destroyed four homes in a resi- dential district.
 A tour of the city revealed that three hotels were badly damaged but casualties there were surprisingly few.
 A bomb pierced the roof of one hotel and exploded on the third floor wrecking the interior. The assist ant manager said one person was killed, one seriously injured and a few slightly hurt.
 Two Hits on Hotel
 Two hits were made on another hotel, one bomb exploding against the front and another tearing away corner of the building. Several rooms were wrecked. The manage ment said there were only six casu- alties, since most guests were sleep ing in the shelter
 Across the street, lesser known hotel was damaged when a bomb hit a first floor cornice.
 The midlands area was generally quiet after Thursday nights raid or Coventry. Raiders scattered few bombs, mostly incendiaries, over houses and buildings in one town Otherwise, damage there was re- ported slight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-16
CIO TO NEGOTIATE
 FOR NEW INCREASE
Overtures to Start With American Brass COm-
 pany Next Month

A further wage increase of six cents an hour for thousands of To- cal factory workers will be sought by the Waterbury Brass Workers union, c. I. O., before Jan. l, it was learned today. The only actual ne- gotiations are being carried on with the American Brass Co.,, but once they arc completed other local plants will be approached.
 Early this fall the. union began a campaign to secure wage raises of 10 cents an hour for workers at the American Brass Go. and other plants. During negotiations the company granted boost of four cents an hour. This was accepted but the union is continuing efforts to secure the additional six cents an hour raise embodied in its orig inal demands. Negotiations with the American Brass Go. are to be re- stunned in a short time, as Soon as a survey of wage conditions in the brass industry is completed.
 The action of the American Brass Go. in granting the four cents an hour raise was followed by Chase Brass & Copper Co.,, the Scovill Mfg. Co.,, the Waterbury Buckle Go. and other plants.
 Several factories have also grant, ed pay increases to office employees and other salaried workers.