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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-13
A Week in Solitary
Or New Hair-Do-Which?
By Elsie Robinson

CHES shocked and angry
- And thinks somebody ought
10 do something about IT right
away.
II all started with that
clipping that told about the
way they're treating girls and
women nowadays IN some OF
the more progressive" re-
form schools and peniten,iaries.
Letting them have regular
weekly beauty treatments
manicures - waves $500 perma-
nentS.
Allowing some of them 10
take training courses IN beauty
work. so they'll have trade
10 support themselves when
their time is up.
What are things coming
to-" demands little Mrs. Har-
rison. when common crimi-
nails are treated like this
What sort Of encouragement
does II give a decent girl To
try to behave herself? We
have two girls In high school
ourselves -"
Mrs. Harrison's eyes fill
with anxious tears 9s she
thinks Of her two girls.
Her kindly. plump face
quivers and red wells rise on
her soft. wrinkling neck.
She's a good wonan-Mother
Harrison. She wouldn't de-
liberately hurt any one.
But she is also very firm
about 'upholding American
standards and she honestly
believes that "coddling pris-
oners like this" strikes Al the
very root Of those standards.
/ wonder,
I DON'T agree with Mrs.
L Harrison-yet / respect
her feeling. And il might
surprise you 10 know how
many other American citizens
fathers As we'll az mothers
share those feelings -actu-
ally believe that Americas
going 10 the dogs because we
allow such crazy privileges.
But are they crazy privi-
leges"?
Consider. for example, some
Of the things they are doing
in the State Industrial School
for Girls at Tecumseh, Okla,
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That's lot Of times bu the record
The record for times over in shaving one long standing
II held v Marc Antony and was referred 10 Antony
Ceopaa hy Shakespeare act scene Our courteous Antony
being bsrbe times TO h
there beng no stage stars named Rose"
"A Seattle suhscriher ouo. abou Rose Copblan Rosetta
Duncan Rosa ponsele and Gvpsy Rose Lees"
Mister 7 will accent only Rose C-orhan
being called Rose
AS for Miss Lee that is nickname Gypsy Rose" Her real
name is Louise
Her father nevspapernan named her after his favote
song which goes in part:
Every whisper in the breeze speaks of YOU sweet Louise
UTOMOBIIE owners pay about 1917 per cent of all
n money pad in taxes in the United States
The prcbaser Of now priced automobile pavs one hun
red and one dollars S1O in direct and indirect during
e~.t yo,r 81 h oyrersbin
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MEETS WOLLWEBER

A hurly inquire was waiting
IN front Of the house. Only
the glow of a cigaret showed
that it was alive. SO l met
Wollweber in the shadows of
Berlin under Hitler. He
grunted with pleasure. Side
by side we walked toward
Zehlendorf Forest and the
Grunewald.
Sometimes" w q oil " eber
said in a low steady voice.
"the best plans are wrecked
by unexpected happenings.
But that's no reason for be-
coming panicky. In the end.
we're going TO win. Nobody
ever killed his successor
Machiavelli said that. and he
knew what he was talking
about" And in growl, he
added: TELL me what you
know about Hamburg"
/ told him all / knew.
Wollweber listened. his eyes
staring ahead into the black
ness against which were sill
houetted the naked trees.
After | had given my report,
he asked questions. His ques-
lions were precise, and they
demanded precise answers
His grasp Of detail always
aStoniShed me anew.
His interest in now print
ing device or a new technique
Of propaganda distribution
was AS intense as his interest
IN the central action com
mitteeS and the newly created
net Of sabotage units. II was
characteristic OF Wollweber
that he showed no anxiety at
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-13
WANTED CHANGE

He was a man determined
10 refuse TO cooperate with
any one in the party who did
not Internationally do his
bidding. More than ever he
reSemblcd a chunky. formula
BILE caricature of Stain. It
was impossible 10 tell where
political motives ended and
the personal ones began in
him.
1t was almost impossible TO
predict his plans until the
very last moment before their
realization. One thing was
certain, A ship captained by
Ernst Wollweber must he
manned. from chief mate 10
cabin boy, by Wollweberis
trusted creatures.
He wanted a change Of lead
ership in the Hamburg party
organization. which was next
IN Importance only 10 that Of
Berlin. Walter Duddins, he
intimated. had 10 60; a man
named John Scheer was TO be
his successor. The task for
which Wollweber had singled
me out was 10 contact Com
rade Scheer with the key
functionaries of the Hamburg
Apparat, without the knowl-
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ing in her stocking feet Ito keep from
being conspicuous she was dancing
with jockey.
Martha Raye emitting blood.
curdling yelp as Frances Faye swiftly
and solidly lands her chassis on the
chair where Marthas new $50 chapeau il
parked.
Hazel Forbes holding hands with
Harry Richman scant four hours be-
fore announcing their arrangement.
CAROL BRUCE ioyously displaying q
photograph of Victor Moore affec-
tionately inscribed ITO My Own Brucie"
Roger Wolfe Kahn, who used TO be
married TO Hannah Williams sitting at
table next to the one adorned by Estele
Taylor. who used 10 be married TO Jack
Dempsey.
The lass who made chewing gum chic
,cbilo urildoy fccorIatt O'uara in Solid
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-13
By JAN VALTIN

edge of their chief-Walter
Duddins.
Thus, after thorough prepa-
ration. Duddins could be
isolated by one quick coup.
Duddins, who had been a
Reichstag member, had had
an international education.
He was respected for his fear
lessness and his ability. But
he regarded Wollweber as "a
peasant"
And the only explanation
which the saturnine ex-muti-
neer ever gave for his
antagonism to Duddins was
growled:
"Comrade Walter Is a reck-
less opportunlst."
Wollweber would 20 10
Hamburg himself 10 install
John Scheer at the head of a
reshuffled leadership.
= The grim conversation
ended. My chief stood
leaned against the trunk of
a big tree, and his slit-eyes
peered up AT my face from be-
hind the glow of his cigaret.
For moment we stood in
silence.
LATEST JOKES
Then Wollw-e Der said
rauCouSly! "Haye you heard
the latest German joke:s
"No."
"Who Is the best woman I'm
the Third Reich ."
II don't know"
"The 'Aryan' grandmother"
he guffawed
We parted at the edge Of
the Grunewald. The woods
were deserted. the night warm
and pitch-black. AS | strobe
away, Ernst Wollweber's
mirthless guffaw still ringing
in my ears, was glad TO be
alone.
Very late L returned 10 tho
house in Zehlendorf. Max and
two other men were there, all
in pajamas, playing cards in
a back room.
"You look glum." Max told
me. Anybody bite you:'
II want sleep, an
swered. II thought the chief
could walk for hours at "A
stretch"
THE chief can do many
things, Max laughed 1.-THE
comrades who come here In
have talk with the chief go
out into the woods like mata-
doris, and hack they come like
pallbearers. Come on, I'll
show you your bed"
He led me 10 a spacious
bedroom. Like the other rooms
had seen, II showed no trace
of having been inhabited.
Take off your Shoes" Max
cautioned me. THE folks be-
low us will think we're
cOunferfeiters, trampi ng
around like that In the night"
GO TO HAMBURG
We were on the train 10
Hamburg Wollweber, John
Scheer. Cilly and l. II was
not the express | bad used so
often in safer times. Prudence
forbade hunted men 10 show
their faces AT any central rail-
way station. We Travelled
from Berlin To Spandau on the
interurban railway. and in
Spandau We had boarded a
local train which would per
NIT us 10 get off al Bergedorf,
a suburb OF Hamburg. and
thus avoid the Gcstapo block
ado Of the Hamburg terminal
station.
Wollwebcr and I were in
different compartments OF the
same coach, while John
Scheer and Cilly were in an
other coach al the rear end
of the train Wollweber and
Cilly travelled on Danish pass
ports. / posed as a Belgian,
and Comrade Scheer carried
the credentials Of merchant
from Minneapolis
John Scheer was a dis
tinguished-looking man of IS,
with sharply-Cut features and
clear eyes. Dressed In Nelson
blue, he had the appearance
of a naval officer in multi.
The Journey was tedious.
The train was fairly crowded
with local travellers. among
them number Of storm
troopers from the country dis
tricts. and every few miles II
stopped al obscure Elb-coun-
try stations. In Berlin | had
bought one of the Partisan
metropolitan dailieS.
Ito BE Continued
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Waller WincheU
On Broadway
(Mr. WincheH is on vacation.)
By Eddie Davis

(The Nocturnal Eddie the Famous
Leon Eddes.)
BARBARA STANWYCK looking into Robert Taylors as
~ he Charles Boyer instead of just her old
Dorothy Lamo mndedy handing autograph seeker
costly platinum pencil belonging Wynn He
got it back.
Mary shedding hghheeed slippers and hooi
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-13

(PoetH tho fa,orc reading Of the crop of soldiers
according report The the World War poetry
written by soldiers notably In Flanders Field by Mai John
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-13

UTERE pleasant little that will message
every II numerical puzzle designed TO spell out
your your first II the number
II the number is less than
number Start at the left
hand and check Of key
right the letters under
the checked figures you.
Copyright by }, Features
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CHAPTER sc


I chose crowded street cars
for my Journey TO Neukoelln,
an industrial suburb known
as the "barricade quarter
The city Of Berlin itself was
fun Of Hitler guards; their
brown and black uniforms
flashed up in every block.
But out in the treeleSS,
stone desert of Ncukoelln,
Nazi uniforms were rare.
Here no storm trooper dared
10 walk alone. They marched
in closed groups of six or
more, keeping we'll in the
middle of the street Even
policemen patrOlled their
beats in pairs. armed TO the
teeth and ready for instant
action.
I entered n thrce-story
house. Apartment 4, Meyer
hon / was aware of
familiar tenSeneSS. My heart
beat became quick and short.
one never knew when one
rang a bell whether a friend
still lived behind the door, or
whether Gestapo lay in am
bush there. | rang the bell.
A little boy opened the door
Seeing a stranger, he slammed
il Immediately.
Papa l heard him cry.
FOOTSTEPS
Heavier footsteps APP
preached. saw a short man
with an unshaven chin, The
man was in Shlrtsleeves.
From door, at the end of
the corridor, a woman's face
peered at me. The man
switched on A bulb which left
me standing in brilliant
light, while he himself re-
NAMED in the half-dark.
what do you want?"
l gave him the password,
which ran:
1--WE read your adj. I'd like
TO look at the stamps you
have for sale"
you're dealer?"
mo, an amateur"
Come in"
The man led me into a
neatly furnished room. "Sit
down." he said. out of
locker he drew a folder. II
contained a stamp collection.
when you hear the door
bell ring, appear to he study
ing the stamps" he advised.
me. Nowadays you never
know. I'm going to shave"
After the man had shaved
and dressed. he left the house
alone. About an hour later
he returned.
Lets co. he said. Don't
walk together with me. Walk
10 PAGES behind. stop when
YOU see me put my right hand
In my pocket. You'll notice n
young woman. When I put
both hands in my pockets,
don't wait-beat it,"
"All right"
WALK MANY STREETS
We strobe through many
streets, turning many corners,
Each time, before my guide
rounded a corner, he pre-
tended TO be looking at
street sign 10 make sure that
no ShadowerS followed us
Finally he walked into a small
Kondilorei
A few seconds later he re-
appeared. continuing for 10
PAGES. He halted TO look at
a shop window Slowly his
right hand went into his coat
pocket ! stopped, | was
standing IN front of the little
,
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all about the fate OF the
frightened Comintern ennis
saries, who had evacuated
Berlin post-haste TO wait for
Soviet ships in Jan Templin's
relay stations in Hamburg.
"They were a nuisance any
way. Wollweber commented.
To-day one good little COM
rade In Germany Is worth 10
big ones abroad"
And he went on.
MIGHT BE WORSE
Things are not rs bad as
they might have been. Any
one who knows the Nazis
can't he surprised ny their
methods. Thirty thousand
comrades are now I'm 32 con-
centration camps. Last week.
2i7 comrades were murdered
I'm Berlin.
THAT Is terrible, but not
bad--considering the size of
our organization. There will
he more. Certainly. The cost
Is always high when mass
party changes from legal
status TO an illegal existence.
On the other hand. the
Gestapo could have shot or
hanged the whole 10000. We
must never forget that. The
greatest danger for the move
ment Is not the Gestapo. The
greatest danger Is panic"
Ernst Wollweber had the
calmneSS of a rock.
And the greatest mistake
we can make today" he con-
tinued, sis TO initiate the
illegal methods the Bolsheviki
used before the Soviet victory.
The GestapO Is not the
Ochrana. The Czarist Black
Hundreds were laggards In
comparison to the Elite
Guards we've got to deal
with.
AS compared with the
Gestapo terror, the Ochrana
terror was a holiday. We
must shake off imitation I'm
our practical working meth
DDS. We must fight Hitler
with modern methods, and. IL
necessary, we must change
our methods from day TO day.
That Is why l called you, to
Berlin.
THE comrades must he pre-
pared until they reach the
point where no sudden change
Of policy or method viii Sur
prise them. Stubborn heads
will have to be broken"
Wollweber talked on. After
each sentence he paused for
my assent. II was long be-
fore l realized that he was
sounding me out about my at
tltude toward party discipline
IN general, and in my sub
Servience 10 the dictatorship
OF Wollweher in particular.
did not question his
motives. But / understood
that he was possessed by an
implacable diStruSt of all who
had been part and parcel of
the old leadership of the Ger
man Communist Party.
Many of the old leaders had
been arrested, most of those
still at large had escaped
from Germany. and overnight
Ernst WOllweber had become
the responsible commander
and the leading organizer of
the new underground move
ment.
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the Side
BY E. V. During

The poet ~ a golden cline iras born
Nth golden stars ADORE.
porrercd icifh the hotc o. hate.
The sror1 o. sc9yH,
The frfc Of jope.
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AcRse OF inc an6Cldn forces ana Rouge
Boouet" by Serrt joyce KImer Of the
AEF.-ENDD
TAKE etiquette experts Are they in
l. fsllble? Are heir decisions fnal2 Is
there no elasticity ~ tho rules Of etiquette g.?
For instance. etiquette experts say no
bride should exchange her wedding presents.
know a hr'1c who was gwen 10 electric
clocks. I think there should be wedding
presents exchange where brides could
trade gifts that have been duplicated
DO you know June July o. August
bride? ASK her what she has to trade for
an electric clock. Let me know and I VIII
tell the aforementioned bride. Maybe we
can work up a deal,
low many times over DO YOU have to
IL shave Twice is enough for me a
Los Angeles subscriber says he has 10 shave
, 1941-09-10
UE-CIO MEMBER

The Union man is smiling for
many reasons. First he has just
finished his vacation with pay
(paid in advance!). He is paid a
high hourly rate, which enables
him to meet the present high cost
of living, and to put something
aside for the future.
This UE-CIO member has the
support and backing of a strong
Union of 100000 members. His
Local Union is run 1000 by its
members. The management does
not interfere, or control its activi-
ties. Through his Union paper, he
keeps in touch with wages, and
working conditions in the entire
industry.
In his shop there is a stream
lined grievance procedure, and
any problem he has receives quick
attention from his committeeman.
His time studies are made under
normal working conditions, with
out speed-up, without fear of the
foreman, or the time-study de-
partment.
Job security, through complete
recognition of Seniority Rights,
r assured this happy Union
member. He knows that favorit-
ism, and bosses pets do not count
in his organized plant.
YES, THIS UNION MEMBER
HAS A RIGHT TO SMILE! HE
WELCOMES YOU AS A FELL
LOW WORKER INTO A REAL
UNION, THAT KNOWS HOW TO
GET THINGS!
, 1941-09-10
0 know
BY Karl BarlOwe

Do you, the non-union workers
at Delco, know that you have just
received a vacation with pay
through the efforts of our organ
ization? The total pay that you
have collected amounts to three
years Union Dues. We Union
men and women, secure in our
knowledge of gain, feel no anger
toward you. Rather do we pity
you for this fact is true. You, as
well as we, could gain SO much
more than we already have if
you will but cooperate. You have
many times your dues money back
before you start!
LET'S MAKE MGR NEXT 80. UE-CIO
, 1941-09-10
Lou Blowers
demand q change
in conditions

Lau blowers workers are de-
a living wage that is
commensurate with the high costs
of living that are prevailing today,
The workers of this plant also
want the elimination of the unfair
system that is in effect at
this plant.
Under this SO called ."bonus
plan" now in effect, it is prac-
ticaIIy impossible for a highly
skilled worker to make a de-
cent wage. The "bonus-plan"
was put into effect to establish
q false standard of wages. There
is too much variation in the
prices of standard parts that 90
into special blowers" and stan
dard equipment. There are too
many non-producing group lea
ders that are charged to the
groups. BY this overload of non
producing employees on certain
groups, management is really
paying nothing for their super
vision. The groups must carry
all the overhead of the plant,
which i very unfair to the
workers involved ,
The methods Of disciplinary ad.
ministration at this plant is posi-.
lively lousy. For example, If
group leader does not like th'
way you part your hair, he car
really cause you an awful 10
of lost time. We feel that a MAJ
should be judged on his merits
not his personality. The worker
at Lau Blowers are determined
that these unfair working condi
tons must be remedied, and ar
contemplating drastic action.
, 1941-09-10
dinner FARE
STARTS FOR
MORE WAGES

Following up the demand of the
general membership calling for a
change from piece-work to day
work, the revised shop committee,
consisting of William Patterson,
Chief Steward, Edward Reigels-
parger, Assistant Chief Steward,
James Vance, George Padgett,
Viola Kunk, Kelly Tankersley and
Irwin Barker, Secretary, worked
out a system Of rate classification
, 1941-09-10
Which Do You Prefer d?

The non-union man has a
worried look. He is not a Union
member (although he may belong
to the company EIU.)!
Naturally he is a little sore right
now because he was cheated out
of a couple days of vacation. But
in addition to that he finds the
grocery bill rising, with a pay
check that won't meet it.
The EIU, not knowing what is
going on in the electrical or ma
chine industry, has failed to ad-
just rates, improve working con-
ditions, and stop speed-up.
Time studies are a joke at the
plant. It's "get the lowest rate
you can for the company. He has
complained, but to no avail"
This man has no job security.
Favoritism is rampant. Seniority
lists are not posted. Good jobs,
and overtime work is not evenly
divided.
There is a so-called procedure
for handling grievances, but with
the management controlling it,
from top to bottom, what is the
use of it? Democracy, and rank
and file control of the EIU just
"ain't"!
BUT THIS MAN WILL SOON
SMILE! HE'S GOING TO JOIN
A REAL UNION, AND GAIN
THE THINGS HE is DUE. JOIN
NOW JOIN LOCAL 807 -
UER&MWA!
, 1941-09-10
-z IL
Fishes
ko~'so@s4 fairy %AAs4
BY Jack Fiske

Learning by experience is as
painful as can be! 7 confess the
victim of this little tale is
me!
I was asked for my opinion
of HER very latest hat. Super
man in person wouldn't dare
to answer that! But 7 am the
fool who rushes in, where
angels fear to tread. So, bliss
full in my ignorance, this is
what I said.
ut looks something like a
windmill, with those feathers
all around. It seems too tired
to stand up, too lazy to sit
down. Just one look at your
hat my dear, makes me tinid
as can be. You should keep it
on a leash, it might jump on
mel"
FROM NOW ON I'M A
NEUTRAL! ! Non-combatant,
that is Jack! After that one
opinion, its the straight and
narrow track. Any lady who
on style, wishes Information.
Tell them Tn in Africa, gone
on my vacation!
, 1941-09-10

to be applied in the Bench Lathe
Department. Rates for skilled OPP
orators run from seventy-two
cents to $1.10 depending upon skill
and ability. Adjustments Of day
rates ran from four to twenty
seven cents per hour.
Adjustments have also been
made in the Inspection and Weld
ing Departments, which will serve
until further classification. A
meeting was called by the Chief
Steward for Tuesday, September
9, to discuss rate classifications
throughout the machine division
of Dinner Fare.
, 1941-09-10
LETTER FROM TAFT

The following is a recent communication received from
Senator Robert A. Taft in response to a request for his cooperation
in defeating the proposed reductions in non-defense industries.
DEAR MIR. FISKE:
/ have your recent communication. I agree entirely that
the proposed reductions in all cases Of non-defense items are
excessive and arbitrary. / have protested repeatedly to the
Office of Production Management, and / ann hoping that a
more reasonable attitude will prevail. / feel quite confident
that a very small reduction of the defense program, which
probably will not affect at all its ultimate results, will make
a tremendous, difference to non defense industries.
/ am proposing a statute to set up a Board which can
work out an intelligent solution of this question without i'm
pairing the defense program.
..@ ..-. Sincerely yours
1850 ROBERT A. TAFT.
AS this letter was one of the few which this paper has received
offering a sincere offer of cooperation, we feel obligated to remind our
readers that, the other Senator from Ohio and representatives whom
we have supported in their political efforts, must have exceedingly
weak memories.