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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-12
The Story Of Democracy @..s.s S ~
Democracy Works Out Better for Small
Countries Than Il Does in Larger Ones
Gapter Seven

DEoPLE today. taking q much
i greater interest in political
questions than ever before. are
very apt to wonder why. by and
large. the so-called small neutral
states Of Europe happen to be 30
much further along the road of
progress than the larger empires.
Why can Sweden. Switzerland.
Denmark. Finland and all the
others give their people peace and
quiet and an orderly form Of gov
ernment7 Why have they sue
ceeded 80 admirably in removing
all slums. in providing pensions
for the aged?
And why h their political life
almost completely free from the
everlasting corruption and those
financial scandals which In
America seem 10 be an unavoid-
able and integral part Of prae-
teal politics:
Generalities are always danger
Gus, but l think we can answer
those questions by just one word
size" Those countries are
small. They are inhabited by
homogeneous groups of people.
This does not hold true of course
for Switzerland. but the excellent
system of popular education has
so far removed the average Swiss
from the prejudices of a narrow
minded nationalism tn a the
French, German, Italian and Ro-
mansh-speaking groups Eyes, there
is a separate group in the Grisons
which speaks that old Roman dia-
lect) have learned not only to live
but have also mastered the inf
nitely more difficult task of letting
the other fellow live his own life.
TAKE Sweden as another ex-
L ample. In our own country,
everything we do, every law we
pass. must be carefully adjusted
to the special dress and interests
of all sorts of racial and political
groups.
The original owners of the
country, the Indians, not having
vote. are a mute minority, but in
nearby Mexico they have become
q ma jority with majority rights.
And at any moment, an I'M
scrupulous demagogue, by APP
peaIing cleverly to certain racial
or religious prejudices. may
completely upset our entire po-
litical or economic balance.
TN Sweden, there are a little over
l. six million people. The small
foreign groups have become
so completely Swedenishized III
that be the word that they
have become an integral part
of the country of their adoption
and would no more think of set
ting themselves apart from the
rest of their peighbors Thy dietary
laws, special holidays and such
like) than they would dream OF
avoiding military service or asking
for any other privileges.
This does not mean that any
Of these small countries are ex-
actly a political Paradise. Am
bilious lawyers and school
teachers and labor-leaders fight
each other at election time with
intense bitterness.
But these quarrels are family
ouarrels." so to speak. And while
a Socialist prime minister may
in theory at least-be a confirmed
Republican. this will not prevent
him from being on the most
amicable personal terms with the
monarch whom he wants to de-
pose and from discussing with his
ma jesty the affairs of their COM
mon country over friendly game
Of bridge.
OUCH things are. of course, only
Opossible in small countries
where everybody knows every
body else. For in such countries,
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HERE'S MORE ABOUT
Election Tuesday
TARTS ON FACE ONT

park district includes, besides all
of Tacoma. either all or part of
Dash Point, Hyada Park. Grant,
Harvard and Midland precincts.
Tacoma school district stretches
out of Tacoma to include also all
or parts of Dash Point. Hyada
Park, Fircrest, Hunts Prairie,
Gardenville, Riverside, Woodrow,
and Midland precints and Park
land No. l precinct.
Three Propositions
The school district will pass on
one proposition: Shall School Dis
trict make a special levy of one
mill for reconstruction of Lincoln
bowl, said special levy to revert TO
school general fund for mainte-
nance of building and equipment
If necessary additional funds are
not granted by the state or fed
eral government by approximately
July l, 1e41?"
All Pierce county voters f222
precincts) will pass upon two
propositions:
Port development: ~shali
the comprehensive scheme Of
harbor Improvement Of the
Port of Tacoma be amended
by adding the Industrial dis
trict thereto ?"
County hospital: "shaIi
Pierce county make n special
levy Of three mills TO provide
funds for remodeling and new
construction and necessary
equipment for the Pierce COM
~ hospital"
Scattered through the county
will be various local elections for
drainage and water district COM
missioners.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-12
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-08-29
Army Seeking Men
For Pilot Course
Youngstown Recruiting o.
flee Ready To Accept
Men At Once

The Army is looking for young men
to take extended Flying Cadet train
ing, with pay, Sgt. K. W. Greenlee,
Army Recruiting Office, Post Office
Building, Youngstown, Ohio announced
today.
Here's what you have to have and
be: unmarried, between 20 and 27
years old, with two years of college
work or ability to pass written ex-
animation in lieu of this work, ex-
cellent character, sound physique and
excellent health.
Here's what you get Immediately:
aviation course under Army supervis-
ion, $75 a month and quarters, uni
forms, dental and medical attention,
Isl a day allowance for food, trans
portation from place Of enlistment to
flying school.
Upon completion Of the nine months
course, cadets are commissioned as
Second Lieutenants in the Army Air
Corps Reserve and draw up to $265.50
a month while on extended flying duty.
Here's what you do today, if you're
interested: communicate with Army
Recruiting Office, Youngstown, Ohio.
Your application will be forwarded
without delay.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-08-29
Form Central
Labor Council
New Organization Elects
Clarence Bostwick
President

Sebring, O.-Assisted by the Ali
ance Central Labor Union, Sebring
leaders of organized labor have com
pleted the formation Of a Central La
Dor Council.
The new group, which is develop
ment Of the Sebring Labor Board, at
present represented 90 per cent of the
working people of the community. 1t
is awaiting it's charter from the Amer
lean Federation of Labor.
Officers named at a meeting in the
fire station Thursday night are head
ed by Clarence Bostwick, who was
elected president. Bostwick, president
Of N. B. o. P. Local a., is one of its
representatives on the council.
The former Sebring Labor Board
was ineligible for a central labor char
ter through having an insufficient
number of local unions represented.
Charles Jordan, labor board president
will be active in the new organiza-
tion although not holding office. Jor-
dan is seventh national vice president
of the N. B. O. P.
Three vice presidents will serve the
council. Clyde Oliver of N. B. O. p.
Local 166 was named first vice pres-
dent, Chester Jackson of Local "a
second vice president, and Clyde Jones
of Local a. third vice president.
Offices Of treasurer, financial secre-
tary and recording secretary are COM
bined into one position to be filled by
Charles Newton, recording secretary
of N. B. o. P. Local So
Chosen as three-year trustee was
Arthur Speakman, president of n. B.
O. P. Local 121; two-year trustee,
Russell Barnett, president of Local
2O265, Stamping and Enameling Work
ers, and one-year trustee, Charles
Balsley, representative of the box
workers union at the H. Belts Com
pany plant.
Meetings are to be held on the
second and fourth Wednesdays of
each month at the fire station.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-08-29
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A Labor Day
Message to White
Collar Workers
= BY FRANK WEIkEL, President, ::
= American Federation Of Office ;:
= Employees international Council :
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Labor Day 1910 should be a day
long to be remembered by the millions
of White Collar Workers in the United
States. 1t should be something more
than day Of celebration in retrospect.
1t should be the day Of awakening, the
day of realization that Labor gains
have come through organization and
affliation with the American Fedora
tion of Labor.
On this official holiday in honor of
Labor throughout our Nation, the
White Collar Workers including bank
employees and insurance agents, should
definitely consider the many gains and
Improvements now enjoyed by their
fellow workers and dedicate themselves
to the proposition that if they wish to
enjoy these same things for them
selves they must take the same course
and organize into Unions in affiliation
with the American Federation of La
Dor.
For many years these so-called
white collar workers have not been
union-conscious. They have regarded
themselves as rugged individualists
and have felt secure in their ability to
gain for themselves all that they
wanted in the way of improved work
ing conditions. The events Of the past
few years have exploded this theory
as false and without tangible results.
Employers have taken advantage Of
this philosophy and as a result the
White Collar Workers of the nation
are a sorry lot. They have suddenly
come to the realization that all of
their previous theories and ideas can
not cope with the modern industrial
scheme. They now find that they are
hopelessly lost in the modern maels-
from and as result have suffered
and are suffering from low wages and
no consideration from management
Their voice Of protest as individuals
cannot be heard today.
So on this sacred memorial day
the hosts of office employees should
take solemn vow to overcome the
handicaps under which they are now
shadowed and pledge themselves to or
ganize Immediately. Time and ex-
perience have surely proven that the
only ray of hope they have is by be-
ing affiliated with strong 4. F. OF
L. Union. The American Federation
of Office Employees international
Council stands ready to help. The
answer is up to the millions of White
Collar Workers themselves.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-08-29
WAR ON LABOR

Some American industrialists have
declared q 'lightning war" against or
ganzed labor in the United States.
These industrialists are apparently at
tempting to twist the virtues Of ma
tional defense into a plan for destroy
ing the gains which labor and prog
ressive- minded citizens have achieved
through many years Of struggle; they
would destroy the Wages and Hours
law, emasculate the National Labor
Relations Act, intensity their indus
trial spying activity, shackle labor's
right to organize, and throttle the
peoples civil liberties.-A. F. Whitney,
president, Brotherhood Of Railroad
Trainmen.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-08-29
MARK TWAIN" STORY AGAIN

(From the Typographical JournaD
Once more it is thought advisable
to disavow the oft-repeated assertion
that Mark Twain" was an active
member of the International Typo
graphical Union. The most recently
noted inference that he was an affili-
ate appears in a syndicated cartoon
issued by or with the consent of an
international union, which asserts
Samuel Clemens "was a printer in his
youth, and all his life he was an ar
dent unionist, cherishing his typo
graphical union card"
The only direct connection Samuel
Langhorne Clemens had with the l.
T. U. was an honorary membership
given him by Hannibal Typographical
Union No. SO in 1881, twenty-eight
years after he had left that city in
1853, which was thirteen years be-
fore No. SO was chartered. There
would be no hesitation in adding men,
bership in the |. T. U. to the many
other laurels awarded Mark Twain if
it were possible to do so legitimately.
He was a typical American, an as
sociate of printers of the old school
and no doubt an "ardent unionist" as
far as his sympathies were concern
ed, but he was not any time an active
member of the l. T. U. SO far as off,
cials records show
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-08-29
Newton Tile Co.
Workers Organize
LII No. l79 Charter Granted
Negotiations Are To
Start Soon

Vice President E. L. Wheatley and
Organizer James Solon have been
working very diligently organizing the
employees Of the Newton Tile Com
pany. This company is comprised Of
three plants, two in Trenton and the
other located at Newton, Pa. They
manufacture floor tile, electrical por-
celain and spark plugs.
The three plants employ about $50
workmen, and to date 60 employees
have signed application blanks with
many more expected to sign at the
next meeting. Their charter has been
granted and the eastern office has
started to arrange for the bargaining
rights in behalf of this new local, No.
179.
The employees are young and the
intelligence expressed by all in attend
ance at the meetings., convinces the
national officers that really worth
while and valuable asset is promised
to the organization in annexing this
new membership.
Officers were elected at the last
meeting and the following will be in
stalled at the next session: William
Lloyd, president; Thomas Brown, vice
president; Helen Krywonos, recording
secretary; Elizabeth Strano, financial
secretary; Edward Henderson, Lillian
Davis, Steffi Mashtaler, trustees;
Frank Foldette, guard; and John Di-
Orio, inspector.
1t is expected that all grievances
will have been presented by the next
meeting so that quick action can be
taken to adjust and negotiate with the
company on the question Of improved
wages and working conditions.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-08-29
New York Board Prevents
428 Strikes In Three Years

Albany, y. Y.-From July !, 1887,
when the State Labor Relations Act
became effective, to July 81, 1910, the
New York State Labor Relations
Board received 6,040 labor cases, dis
posed of 1914 of these disputes and
averted 428 strikes involving 49,16O
employees, the board said. Most of the
cases were disposed of without for
nal hearings. Unions affiliated with
the American Federation of Labor
brought 3,S16 cases to the board.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-08-29
Wdge-Hour Exemption
For Warehouses Stdyed

Washington, D. C,-The Wage and
Hour Division announced that pro-
posed fourteen-week seasonal exemp-
ton from wage and hour regulations
for country, subterminal and mill
grain warehouses, issued by authority
Of the Fair Labor Standards Act, had
been stayed because Of the filing of
objections by the American Fedora
tion of Grain Professors Council, A.
F. Of L. affiliate.eA hearing will be
held in the Fall on the proposal.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-08-29
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: HORSE CORRAL .
BY VICTOR RIESEL
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Labor men and politics alike will
be interested when they learn that the
C1O Industrial Union Council set up
in New York under Joe Curran is
completely led and dominated by the
Stain Comrades. Would it have been
that way if John l.. Lewis had ordered
otherwise?
The trouble with the charges of
Communism against Hollywood's ac-
tors and actresses is that they have
been shotgun charges, hitting many
innocent ones with the guilty. But it
will be hard job for Lionel Stander
and Jimmy Cagney to get rid Of the
label.
Look out for: Emergency Mobiliza-
ton for Peace in Chicago; the Amer
lean Peace Crusade; Comintern's
Motion Picture Guild, with it's forth
coming film, "Sez Youth; the Holly
wood Theater Alliance; Anna Louise
Strongs articles; the magazine Fri
day; Lawyers Committee to Keep the
U. S. out Of War; and Negro Play
wrights, sponsored by Stain stooges.
German Library of Information
(Gestapo) at II Battery Place, New
York, will get an airing. Dies has
summoned these Nazi agents.
Nice NLRB mess. Edmund M. To-
land, now ex-counsel for Smith COM
mittee investigating NLRB, resigned
to join Willkie. Toland has been
charged with efforts to cover up CP
fellow travellers in NLRB organization
and that explains, perhaps, a good
deal about the recent hullabaloo rel
ative to stopping appropriation for
Dave Saposs' division of NLRB.
Favorite appeaser expression in U.
S. is "keep us out of foreign wars
but no war that comes to you is a
foreign war.
James D. Mooney, naval reserve
lieutenant, vice president Of General
Motors, is surely asking for trouble
in sending out thousands Of letters
pleading for U. S. economic efforts to
force England into peace. How do
some things happen?
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-08-29

Michael Smalley, 1926 Amboy Ave-,
Fords, N. J. Meets first and third
Friday at Polish Hall, 430 Hall Ave.,
Perth Amboy, N. J.
No. 175.-Sanitary, Trenton, N. j.
William Morrow, R. D. No. 3, Hamil-
ton Twnp. Meets first and third Thurs
day in Casteltermina Hall, Clinton
and Grand Streets.
No. 176.-Porcelain, Macomb, I'LL.
Sarah Aemmer, S06 E. Murray st.
Meets first and third Thursday In
Lyons Bldg, Washington st., Macomb.
No. 177.-Sanitary, Robinson, Ill.
Rollin Lloyd, R. F. D. No. l. Meets
first and third Thursday in Labor
Temple.
No. 17s.-Artware, Sebring, Ohio
Mary Evasicu, 104 w. Kentucky Ave.
Meets first and third Wednesday in
Memexial He'll.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-08-29
Textile Local Switches
From CIO To A. F. Of L.

Caroleen, N. C.-Membership of the
C1O Local Union of Textile Workers
here voted to surrender their charter
in the CIO and apply for a charter
in the United Textile Workers of
America, affiliated with the A. F. of
L. Gordon l.. Chastain, president of
the Southern Cotton Textile Fedora
ton, was here and advised the work
ers as to the proper methods to pur-
sue in making this desired change of
affiliation from the CIO to the A. F.
of L.
Evening star., 1940-09-26

Constantine Brown. take place De-
fore the end of September the game
was up for the year. In order to
study the new situation the die
tators had a war council in Rome
and are planning another one IN
Berlin on Friday.
Berlin and Rome figure that In
order to supplant the invasion OF
Britain and bolster up the morale
of their people in the coming winter
campaign the war must be extended
to the Mediterranean and the Far
East
The astounding and almost un-
believable power of resistance OF the
British has seriously handicapped
the plans of the German general
staff. 1t has also stymied II Duce.
who had gayly started campaign
against Egypt in hope the British
forces there would collapse as soon
as the swastiska few over the sham
bles Of the Buckingham Palace. For
once, however, the German general
staff has underrated the enemy.
The moral effect on the German
population when the whole truth
will be known is bound to be serious.
Ever since the beginning Of the war
the German people had been used to
seeing their foes crumple down
under the impact Of the powerful
military machinery Of the Nazis.
There were long celebrations when
the French collapsed. The Germans
had been told that when the French
military machine-the most power
full asset of the Allies-was destroyed
the merchants of London would sur
render. All they needed was a few
powerful doses of air warfare.
Although even fiercer attacks
must be expected shortly, there is
no question that the powers Of the
axis have lost previously important
time and henceforth must think OF
this war as a long-drawn affair.
But what worries the Italians and
the Germans most is the increas-
ing possibility Of the United States
intervening before the end Of this
year.
IL Is u uc lIldG l1llS IOu1lLly 40 INV
yet prepared for an intensive cam
paign. But the moral effect Of
Americas intervention is feared in
Berlin and In Rome more than
anything else. The German people
remember that the last war was
lost by the imperial government
only because America joined forces
with the then Allies. 1t does not
matter how much the Hitler propa.
ganda machine may try to mini
nize the effect of an American In
tervention. the moral effect on the
people of Germany will be devastat-
ing. There are already signs that
a number of thinking Germans are
worried over a winter campaign.
The Germans and the Italians may
| have spectacular successes on
fronts which the British cannot de-
| fend at this time. But the lack
Of important raw materials, con-
tinual bombardments of German
cities and industrial plants by a
British air force strengthened by
an ever-increasing number Of air
planes to be sent from this country
after the end of November are
bound to have a bad effect on Ger
man public opinion. In such q
case concentration camps and mass
| executions are of no avail.
Evening star., 1940-09-26
u. S. Sells Lumber
SuIyuqed From Storm

The Federal Government yester-
day sold 425 900 900 feet of lumber
salvaged from the New England
hurricane of 1898, to the Eastern
Pine Sales Corp, for national de-
fense purposes. The final price
will be adjusted to sliding scale
on the market price of rough lumber
every three months. but the present
market value is about $780,, 500.
The transaction was handled for
the Government by the North
eastern Timber Salvage Corp, a
Government subsidiary financed by
Evening star., 1940-09-26
Popular Front Leaders
In France Interned
B. the Associated Press.

B. the Associated Press.
VICHY, Sept. 26.-The Petain
government announced today that
Popular Front Senator Marx Dor
moy and Deputies Jules Moch, Solo
mon Grunbach and Vincent Auriol
have been confined in "adminstra-
tive internment.
Auriol was finance minister and
Dormoy interior minister in the
Blum Popular Front government
Moch held the post of undersecre-
tary of state attached to the presi-
dent of the council, with the Allied
post of cabinet co-ordinator. Grun-
bach was a Socialist Deputy and
reporter for the Chamber Foreign
Affairs Commission.
The four parliamentarians will be
interned in the village of Pelle-
voison, in Indre department.