The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-10-17
COMMENT ON WORLD
EVENTS

In new Public Affairs Committee
pamphlet, eff War Comes Mobiliz-
ing Machines and Men," Percy w.
Bidwell, director of studies of the
Council on Foreign Relations says
that labor, like everyone else, would
have to make sacrifices in the event
of war but cites Great Britain's ex-
perience to show that lengthening of
the hours of labor would not neces-
sarily aid our defense efforts.
The English Minister of Labor has
officially stated that the extension of
overtime in war factories retarded
rather than stimulated production. AS
consequence the provisions of the
English Factory Act regulating work
ing hours were restored in full on
August first.
On the matter of civil liberties Bid
we'll asserts that in wartime "the
problem of greatest difficulty is
to guarantee freedom of speech to
those bold spirits who, on the basis
of accurate information, frankly and
openly attack the conduct of the war,
demanding constructive changes in
broad policies.
"The temporary sacrifice of econ
omic and civil liberties" he adds, "is
one of the costs of war which the pub
lie, if it is convinced of the justice
and necessity of the war, will gladly
pay. But the temporary character of
the war regime must steadily be kept
in mind For if in order to win a war,
we permanently fasten on ourselves
Fascist government, then the result
will be not victory but defeat"
X X X
American babies who have been
getting their Vitamins A and D from
medical cod-liver oil may have to un-
dergo radical change in diet, if Nor
way, worlds leading source of the
bottled sunshine, remains in the hands
of the Nazi invaders who have cut off
Norway's trade with the outside world.
Norway in 1885 exported 9,400 tons
of medicinal cod-liver oil, whose quail
ity, and the hygienic conditions of
whose packing, are said to be unsur-
passed. The factories where it was
produced have been subject to gov
ernment control, and to final govern
mental inspection and approval as to
chemical constants, taste, smell and
Vitamin A potency of their product.
There have been three standards of
quality, known as Control Standards
A, B, and G. These contain only oils
made from the livers Of cod, haddock,
or coalfsh. Only oil from these fish,
specified in the American Pharmaco-
peia, was permitted to be used in the
Norwegian medicinal product.
The study of vitamins has been
much advanced by research undertaken
in connection with the preparation of
cod-liver oil, and indeed a special in
stitution, Norges Vitamininstitutt, has
been established for investigation of
both theoretical and practical prop
critics.
Rising costs of living, due to war,
have forced the British government to
agree to increased unemployment as
sistance pay.
The new rates will give an addition
al two shillings to each man and wife
and threepence more for each child. A
couple will get thirty shillings instead
of twenty-six, and family with three
children under 16 years of age will
have forty-one shillings, threepence,
instead of thirty-five shillings.
The increases, which are subject to
Parlament's approval, will cost the
Treasury 100000 pounds year. The
money will be taken from the large
profit being made by the Dole Fund.
Much of the excess Of income over ex-
penditure on workless pay is being
used to repay borrowings made by
the Dole Fund during the depression
years.