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Evening star., 1941-11-23

DOU owe II TO the COlOrdOO gOlQ ruSn.
A young fellow named Darby, from
I a small Maryland town. got bitten by
the gold bug He made the long trek West,
staked out a claim and started to dig. Soon
he struck gold, fabulous quantities of it.
Back to his home town he hurried, breath
less with excitement. The glttering samples
of his gold made it easy for him to raise funds
among friends and relatives for installing
machinery to work the claim.
With little band of partners, he returned
to Colorado. Machinery was installed, dig
ging on large scale began, and they figured
up their profits evenings.
Then the unexpected happened, as it
usually does. The gold suddenly disappeared.
Apparently it had been just a small pocket
of extremely rich ore. There seemed to be
nothing to do but quit. Another dream of
wealth came tumbling to earth
So they sold out to secondhand dealer
at a dead loss. The disheartened men re-
turned home to face the folks who had put
their life savings into the venture.
The secondhand dealer was in no rush
about dismantling the machinery. He called
in some experts who discovered that cen
turies before the earth's crust had slipped at
the very spot where this quickly exhausted
mine was located. According to their calcula-
tions, there should be quantities of ore still
in the mine, after one dug through the space
where the earth had slipped - a distance of
only three more feet.
They started to dig. One foot, two feet.
then three feet - and 10! There were the
precious grains of gold again. No, the mine
had not played out - it was the original own
ers who had petered out. Their stick -to-it-ive-
ness was short by three feet.
! HE secondhand man took hundreds of
thousands of dollars worth of ore out of the
claim they left behind Mr.. Darby took very
little gold out of the mine. Instead, he took
a load of debts plus hard-eamed lesson
he never forgot Those three feet we're burned
into his soul. They haunted him.
He got job as salesman. Whenever he
was turned down, he thought of those three
feet he had failed to dig out in Colorado,
and he went back to his prospect with diff
ferent approach. H. u. DdrDy soon became
one of Americas top statesmen. After turn
down he d go back and try the next three feet.
Finally he earned enough to repay every
penny of his friends and relatives money.
first learned about Darby in 1920. The
story impressed me so profoundly that l
bought folding three-foot rule. still have
it on my desk. There is magic in this battered
stick. although bought it at the five and ten.
When become pessimistic, the rule whis-
pers encouragement. When discouraged,
ready to quit, the magic rule shouts Keep
on" When daydream too long, it almost
me back to EARTH
The magic of this folding yardstick worked
Evening star., 1941-11-23
THE MAGIC YARDST|CK
"A rule to remember when the going gets tough
by Donald a. Laird

the first time tried it. had written my first
article - on child psychology - and thought
it was important An amateurish unknown.
lacked nerve to send it to a good magazine;
50 sent it to the weakest could find. Back
came my masterpiece, with caustic COM
ment. was dropping it into the wastebasket
when | saw the folded ruler. Dig some
more!'' it said
All right dug l revised the article in
line with their criticism and sent it to an
other weak magazine. Back it came. Well,
l still had two feet and ten inches to go on
my yardstick. l kept firing that article out
to editors, revising whenever they were kind
enough to make suggestions. That was prob
ably the worlds widest travelled manuscript
For two years it spent most of its time on
mail trains When it was home was operat-
ing on it - digging at it.
i EINAILY my long list of magazines was ex-
hausted - all except one And that was the
one magazine of which l was most afraid.
l would never have sent the article to them
but for that folded yardstick at my elbow.
So spent IL cents more for stamps and
sent it. A month went by. Probably it was
lost in the mails at last.
Then one morning there was letter from
Dean Wilbur Cross, editor of the yale
Review" He thought the article made an
important point Would SIS be satisfactory?
Would it l had won not financially but
morally. had spent $l8.36 on stamps
envelopes, paper and typing. But all of these
were unimportant. Id won i by three feet
When people come to me, discouraged and
ready to quit, tell them the story of the
magic ruler. When someone feels thwarted
in his efforts, imagines he is getting nowhere,
we talk about the three feet ahead. We make
calculations to find where his ore has shifted,
and get him to digging again.
There was young fellow who was re-
porter on a small newspaper. In search of
gold, he changed to large press association.
But the gold seemed to peter out there. He
came to me- lamenting because he could not
get ahead. His boss didn't like him, took
all the credit for his assistants work. So my
friend was going to quit and 60 back to the
country newspaper. Wait! Remember that
if he takes credit wrongly, just wait until his
deceit catches up with him.
Well, it did catch up. The young reporter
is now an editor He has three foot rule on
his desk now
DR.. Catherine NJ Cox. in the famous stud
les of genius made at Stanford University,
concluded that high, but not the highest
intelligence combined with the greatest de-
gree of persistence, will achieve greater emf
nence than the highest degree of intelligence
with somewhat less persistence
So put stick-to-it-iveness right beside brain
power. possibly little above it. Remember,
the most magical. the most important dis
tance in the world is that last three feet ahead.
Evening star., 1941-11-23

years. very bright Metropolitan Opera
star. Sidney Homer is one of Americas
best-known composers - Sweet and
Low" is his.
Now Anne is adding to the family
prestige. And her fouryear-old son,
Jonathan. is already in the swing of
things. Whenever he sees anyone around
the house looking little perplexed. he
says: What's the matter - trying to
think up a story"
HIGH TIME. Clifton Fadiman. in his
best seller Reading I've Liked. warns
uslaymen against spending aHour read
ing time trying to keep up with the latest
books. He tells about one of his old pro-
fessors who sat beside a pert young
thing at a dinner party, professor"
she piped up, have you read 50 -and-so's
new novel?" He confessed he hadn't.
oh" said she, you'd better hurry -
it's been out over three months"
Young lady," he said, have you
read Dante's Divine Comedy'?"
why. no."
You'd better hurry - it's been out
over six hundred years." M.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-19
Put in Bay Cedar Point
STR. PUT-IN-BAY

Steamer Putin Bay trav-
erses the most picturesque
portion Of Detroit River and
Lake Erie. Carries $500
passengers. Free d an in 6
on the steamer. Tables for
bridge. Private parlors. Steam
er chairs reserved. Special
Whitefish Dinner, Sl.25.
Lunch counters and serveself.
Cedar Point entertains over
a million visitors during the
season. Great Amusement
Circle displaying rides, shows
and games. Round trip 100
miles. Cut-rate excurs 20 n
every Friday.
Put in Bay, a beautiful
island resort. Round trip 10
miles. See the Perry monu-
ment and the caves. Fishing,
bicycle riding, bathing beach,
dancing.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-19
After Work, Meets Phil,
Eats, Works Again

During the week nc works on
.OPMs most Spectacularly crowded
schedule. Around six p. m, he
leaves for home, meets his daugh-
ter, and after a casual and simple
meal he settles 10 more work. on
all but the most damned week
ends. he flies TO New York and his
modest midtown apartment.
Highly nervous. Hillman moves
quickly and somewhat jerkily, and
has a habit of walking on tip toe
across uncarpeted offices and lob
bies He neither smokes nor
drinks. and his sense of humor
glimmers at rare intervals in
ironic situations.
At home in New York, the be-
specialized. benign labor leader is
easy-going and jovial, but away
from home he presents another
picture. As Washington'S social
siege cannot be ignored, Hillman
and his daughter make party
appearance from time to time and
obviously don't like it.
Polite and attentive, Hillman
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-19
Crusadine Brings Jail
And Police Lashinqs

CrIsading got him two jail sem
fences, innumerable lashings at the
hands of the cZarlst police and
pushed him TO America. Today
he is against communism and has
proved il by deed and word. That
old Socialist feeling wore of dur
ing the years of successful and not
too lean labor leading.
The entire Hillman family Is UP
TO its hub IN the labor cause.
Bessie, Mrs. Hillman, Is a leading
satellite Of the Laundry Workers
Union. Since she met the per-
turbed Sidney I'm 1915, she has
been as active as her husband in
labor matters, and now holds a
responsible position in New York
which prevents her from coming TO
Washington.
OF the two Hillman girls, Philo-
inc is her fathers side-kick. She
dropped out of college TO accom-
pany her father 10 Washington
over a year ago. holds a job at
OPM and is his official hostess in
the capital.
Philoine explains her job as one
to get experience in the larger
labor field. and doesn't draw a
salary. Some day she hopes to
take the stump alongside her
father and has dGeamS of estab-
fishing a really good labor paper. "
In all this she has the beaming,
proud approval of Hillman, who
invites her to sit in on many of
the after-hour sessions on labor
problems at the Hillman apart
mont
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-19

lever in the New Deal and RooSe-
welt and trusted both TO do right
by Little Nell. Backbiting TO the
contrary, men who have watched
Hillman work his way out of tight
spots and do not especially ad-
mire him. admit that he is as
ardent an American as the coun-
try has produced. To Hillman, the
and the possibilities
of the United States are nothing
short Of Heaven.
Born in Zagare, Lithuania, Hill
man enigrated 10 America in
1907. At the age Of 20 he had a
record Of revolt against the Car
list regime. Having a choice be-
tween Siberian exile or quiet emf
grafton, ne chose emigration and
landed here with a few dollars
To his name and no knowledge of
English, which he still hasn't mas
tered.
Hillman's fight against "oppres-
sion of the little people" started
with a bang shortly after he en-
tered a rabbinical school in Kovno,
Russia, and at Is, decided a cru
sader's life was more 10 his liking
than that Of a rabbi.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-19
Never Saw Small Island
He Owns OF Persia

Hillman also owns a small island
in the Gulf of Persia-about which
he has nothing to say, never hap-
ing seen il.
The unusual business Of being
both a labor leader and business
man began In 1907 when Hillman
was an apprentice cutter in the
Hart. Schaffner & Mark clothing
factory IN Chicago During this
time he lived at Jane Adams Hull
House chiefly on tones Of political
science. sociology. economies and
a growing conviction that the
clothing workers must get a bet
ter break.
Organizing some 10000 clothing
workers in Chicago. he staged a
strike, out OF which grew the Ia
Dor management agreement with
Hart, Schaffner e. Marx that
stands as a pattern for employer
employe relations in this country.
Hillman zoomed rapidly onward
and upward, gathering prestige
and adherents as he went, until In
1922 he announced:
labor has fought from a
sense Of outrage against eN-
ploitation. Henceforth IL will
fight more and more from
sense of social and industrial re-
sponsibility."
After that proclamation. Hill
man founded the banks. began the
long swing toward the right, and
complete faith in the Presidents
sponsorship Of labor.
Tomorrow; Secretary Of War
Stimson.)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-19
DETROIT EVENING TIMES (pHoNE CHERRY $500

that labor could help big business
Organize the clothing industry SCI
entifically to guarantee higher
profits.
The militant HiIlman and his
ACW union were mellowed by
prosperity and the little leader
began TO talk Of labor acting as
"a unit in each industry and,
in the process. learning to look
upon industry as a matter Of vital
concern"
Said Hillman:
Labor must become Industry
conscious"
This shift to the right startled
his former associates who knew
him when he was ready to allude
TO his youth in Russia and social
list leanings. As employers who
had made a practice of slandering
ACW began praising Hillman. the
square-chinned, flare N O trilled
president OF the Amalgamated be-
gan increasingly bitter an d
pointed attacks on the radical
elements within the union
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-19
SUNDAY

Leave Detroit 10 a. m. Five
hours and fifteen minutes at
Put in Bay. Home 10:45 p. m.
Fare $l.oo round trip. $l.4o
round trip unlimited. Chill
dren half fare every day.
Cedar Point, two hours and
as minutes stopover. $1.50
round trip. $3.50 round trip
unlimited, Sl.S0 one way. All
day on the boat $1.75.
All sailings from the dock
at the foot of First street.
Telephone Randolph 023o.
Ashley & Dustin Steamer Line.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-19

/ a b or leader,
who S y m p a
thizes clue X
ingly with the
trials of big
b U in ess in
meeting the de-
m a n DIS for
higher wages,
shorter hours.
etc. probably
h a d a great
deal to do with
his a ppoin T.
ment to the
other half of
the OPM chair.
Iiillman h a S
also been a he
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-19
BY LEE CARSON
IatT News Service Stan Correspoadsnt

WASHING TON, Aug. 19.-
Though it's not surprising 20 dis
cover that Sidney Hillman. Labor
lite of the OPM twin act. . is a
deadly earnest. heavily sincere
man. il is something of a shock
TO find that labor's champion in a
crucial hour is a mild little man.
Immediately neat of desk and
mind. whose credo is you can't
impose an agreement"
In the OPMs lush hotbed of
gossip and conjecture there are
few stories about Hillman. He Is
probably the least colorful Of the
gentlemen assigned to throwing
up the nations barricades. and
cannot be built into a personality
like Knudsen, Henderson or other
governmental box office smashes.
Yet Hillman is the iron-man OF
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-19
Sick From Overwork,
He Went to Hospital

Far from robust. his conviction
that time is precious and speed
imperative. recently sent tn e
small-framed banner-bearer O
Johns Hopkins Hospital in Balti-
more to recover from the defense
program.
Observers of the Hillman tech
nique of handling live and poten-
tial strikes claim IL Is a success
full. balanced combination of calm,
poise and conviction mixed with
patience. He steadfastly refuses to
use big stick" methods explain
ing that IF you don't get a settle
ment to which both sides have
contributed and agree upon, it
won't stick and is a danger
Gus waste of time"
Hour after hour Hillman will
try and try again for
an agreement, urging compromise
but wary and watchful for fast
plays and base-stealing.
His ability might in part be due
to his experience as a banker.
Under his guidance the Amalga-
ated Clothing Workers Union
two banks in 1922 and
1923 In Chicago and New York.
and today the banks have assets
exceeding SIS, 900, 900. which amt
button holes.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-19

labor and has a record as exciting
as any Hollywood thriller. His
life has been devoted 10 the cause
of union representation and the
improvement of the workingman's
lot. He is currently sitting in the
middle of a two-sided question
which has only one answer.
If Hillman leaps to the defense
of striking unions in defense in
dustry he finds himself labeled
Communist and Saboteur. if he
doesn't. labor growls angrily that
Hillman has become right
winger and front office stool
pigeon.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-19
He Is q Labor Crusader
With a Utopian Idea

Actually Hiiiman is a staunch
and untiring crusader for labor.
but he also has a Utopian idea of
between labor and
capital. During his highly success
full presidency of the famous
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
of America he became known as
a sane" progressive. He dreamed
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-19

will smile his way through an
evening. refuse to be baited into
conversation or comment on
strikes. and escape early.
A gay evening in Washington
to Hillman means inviting friends
and associates To discuss world
affairs. the meaning of democ-
racy. and place OF organized la
Dor. far into the night. His guests
are served highballs but Hillman
is a teetOtaIer.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-19
WEDNESDAY,. THURSDAY
AND SATURDAY

Leave Detroit 9 a. m. All
afternoon at Put in Bay. Ar
rive home 8 p. m. IS cents
round trip. No time at Cedar
Point. All day on the boat
Sl.75.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-19
Sympathy for Business
Helped His Appointment

The transformation of the bel
ligerent, fearless Go unionist and
jealous father of the Amalga-
mated Clothing Workers into a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-19

Has Record That Reads Like One of Howoods Best Thrers

(This is the ninth of a series
of personality "pTofiIes of
President r ooseveIfs big
Ten" his closest advisers in
the present wartime emergency
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-19
FRIDAY

Leave Friday 9 a. m. Six
hours at Put in Bay or four
hours at Cedar Point. Return
10:45 pm.
La gaceta., 1941-02-18
R DE 10

I'm joven que a los Is amos va
tiene cuatro "alias" y una causa
criminal en- dos condados, fu@
eondenado aver, por el juez
Hines, a dos amos de preside.
Lonnie Poston, ell deincuente
precoz, Sc declare culpable. lie
habia rObado una sortija, valua-
da en- $3.50, a Harry Hill, veci-
no de la casa nGmero 415 de la
Gale Hampton.
Ambrose lobe, por robar equi
po electrico, fu6 condenado a
800 de multa. La vfctima en- es-
te case 10 fue Ell Sr. Maurice r.
Potts.
Fueron declarados culpabea
de diferentes delitos Clay Frank
lin, Wade Faulkner, Jose Kilgo-
re y Lonnie Wilder.
La gaceta., 1941-02-18

Los "marimachos" ahorcaron
en- efigie al senador Pepper, ha-
ce algunos meses.
Los mismos o parecidos ina
rimachos," en- nombre de la paz
totalitaria, ahorcaron la semana
pasada, en- Washington, las eff
gies del p%residente Roosevelt V
de Mr.. Wendell L. Wilkie.
Como estas mujeres viven un
pals democratico, no en- Italia,
AQemania, Espana, Russia o ell ia
pom, la policia no las llev6 a la
carcel nj hizo que Sc les cortaran
las cabezas repletas de malos
pensamientos.
;Pero 81 10 hubiesen hecho en-
los paises que directa o indirecta
mente defender con su insensa-
tez o maldad.... va estarian ente-
rradaS bajo seis o mas pies de
TERRA!
La gaceta., 1941-02-18

vo atacada por sus "StukaS",
con bases en- Stella.
Toxic. Feb. 18.-El Jap6n ha
reforzado su escuadra en- ell gol-
TO de Siam. Canada pide a sus
sdbditos que 81 nperdida de item
pc Sc marchen de China, la In
do China y ell Jap6n. I'm funcio-
mario japon6s declare hoy que
los preparativos de guerra, o
que parecen serlo, de lnglaterra
y Estados Unidos, en- ell Pacifi-
co, cOntinuan produciendo an
'iedad y que la situaci6n seria
mitigada o aliviada 81 Estados
UnidOs confinase sus preparati-
yos al hemisferio occidental. FL
funcionario Koh Ishii director
lei buro de information, dijo
Iue ell Jap6n no puede yer a que
)uen prop6sito sirve la prolon-
gaci6n de la guerra, sea cual
fuere ell motivo''.
Esta Erase, agrego, no debe-
interpretarse como una oferta
de mediaci6n, sinO como una ex-
preston de estar dispuestos a a.
ceptar cualquier invitaci6n pa
ra actuar en- tai capacidad'. Des
taco el punto de que los princi-
pales poderes en- ell mundo tie
men una gran responsabilidad
en- cuanto a restaurar la paz Y la
civilization.
Berlin, Feb. 18.-La nota ma
ri anpnCia que su aviaci6n ha a.
facade en- las islas britanicas a
Great Yarmouth, Southampton,
Sheerness, London, las islas
Shetland, Moray Firth y el Nor
te de Escocia.
Atenas, Feb. 18.-Las tropas
griegas conquistaron nuevo te-
rritorio en- ell Norte de Klisura.
La escuadra Y los aviones brita-
nicos mantienen ell blOqueo de
las islas italianas del Dodeca-
neso.
Londres Feb. 18.-El ejercito
del Milo ha completado la pri-
mera Ease de su ofensiva, ha-
biendo sido expulsados los italia
nos de Egipto, Ell Sudan Anglo
egipcio y Kenya. NADIA revela
que el general Wavell haya orde-
nado seguir la marcha en- direc-
ci6n de Tripoli. Bengasi es ahO-
ra la base mas importante del
ejercito del Milo.
La gaceta., 1941-02-18
Habaron en- contra de la ley de
ayuda a Inglatena, tres senadores
Jesse Jones declare ante un Comite del Senado.
Una importante orden del presidente Roosevelt

Washington, Feb. 18.-En
contra de la ley de ayuda a In
, glaterra hablaron hoy en- la al
ia camara los senadores Van
denberg, Clark y Johnson.
Vandenberg dijo que la ley
,equivale a hablar de una que
IRA; Clark manifesto que la
ley propuesta nos lleva hacia
la guerra y Johnson sostuvo
que concede poderes dictato-
riales, para declarar la guerra
al presidente Roosevelt.
FL gobierno de nuevo reite-
re su posici6n en- ell sentido de
queel pals no ira a una que
ira extranjera, 81 no es ataca-
do.
Ame un comit9 del Senado,
ell secretario de Concrete, Jes
Sc Jones, diio que ell pals esta
en- la guerra 0 cerca de la que
ira.
Cuando Sc do cuenta del e.
fecto de sus palabras, Sc refi-
rio a que estamos cerca de la
guerra Y que cuando un pals
Sc prepare para la guerra en-
muchos casos es necesario IL
rar ell dinero.
A su salida de una c%onferen
cia con el presidente Roose :
Welt. ell almirante Stark decla-
re que por ahora no hay NADIA
en- perspective en- cuanto al en-
vic de barcos a Inglaterra pc
70 agreg6 que no Sc puede le-
gislar sobre 10 que sucedera
dentro de sells meses.
Ell senador Clark, de Nilsson
n, sstima que ayudar . Ingla.
La gaceta., 1941-02-18

Leemos un despacho de Vichy,
Francia, ash redactado:
"Un telegrama de Madrid di-
ce que ell gobierno de Franco, me
dante gestiones del gobierno lie
Mexico, Sc propone conceder Ia
amnistia a 100000 refugiados
eSpanoleS que sc encuentran en-
Francia.
LA amnistia no Sc extendera
a 800 o 900 lideres, a los cuales
arrestaria ell gobierno de Fran
co 81 Sc colocasen cerca de sus
manos."
Mexico, en- Gambia por esa am
nistia, r~econoceria ell regimen de
Franco"
Esta noticia de Vichy debe 20
nerse en- "salmuera," mientras
no la de 81 gobierno de Mexico.
lQue valor tendria una amnis
tia de Franco luego de que los
refugiados retornasen?
La gaceta., 1941-02-18
LOS CONCEJALES RESOL~
VERAN Ell ASUNTO DE
LOS AUTOBUSES

En- la ses.6n de esta noche ell
Ayuntamiento r%esolvera, por ma
yoria de votos, el asunto del per
misc solicitado por A. B. Gran
doff para establecer una Inca
de autobuses por la avenida Flo
rida.
La semana pasada Grandoff
do un escandalito y amenaz6
con la destituci6n al Sr. Crosby,
el conocido CONCEAL de Seminole
Heights.
Es la intenci6n del empresa-
rio el extender sus lineas de au-
tobuses por toda la ciudad.
Tambien Sc resolvera esta no
che un informe del comite de f.
nanzss sobre Ell destinar $65, 900
a comprar un lugar que sirva de
muelle y dep6sito a una draga
dd gobieTuo,
La gaceta., 1941-02-18
INDALECIO DE LA LLAMA NOMBRADO
CORONEL DEL GOBERNADOR HOLLAND

Ell Sr. Indalecio de la Llama,
Ell estimado ciudadano, presiden
te de la nusva agrupaci6n Ju-
ventud Asturiana, ACADIA de ser
nombrado coronel del estado ma
yor personal del Gobernador
Holland.
Aver recib;6 ell nombramien-
to y muohos de sus amigos i
felicitarOn.
La agrupaci6n Juventud Astu
riana st propone colaborar con
la nueva directiva del Centre As
turiano, creando,e nuevos ami
gos al Centre.
Tenemos entendido que varios
amigos de Indalecio Sc proponen