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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-22
Syndica
Boss Showed
Ways Early
Tall Dapper He Walks
through Obstacles
BY DAMON RUNYON

IL TIE pre-rcpcal days. Jimmy
L Durantc. Eddie Jackson and
Lou Clayton one of the great
est comedy trioS Broadway has
known. held forth in a small
madhousc IN West Fifty-elghth
street known rs the Durante
Club.
This was a most convenient
location for Us. because II al
forded a place nf refuge from
-.+fet4f4a nfitli4iahi until the offices
az the King Features Syndicate,
then Just across the street,
whore we toilod. opcaed around
10 "A. m We could 90 10 work
from Durantc'S without the eN-
pcnSe OF subway fare.
We had a cell IN the King
Features Building, a ram
,hackle old two-Story structure
that has since been replaced by
a handsome apartment We
shared the cell with Frank. G..
Mcnke, now Col Matt Vim 5
public relations man for the
Kentucky Derby.
one day sitting there with
tho door open because two guys
could not stir IN the chubby hole
with the door shut. We noticed
a tall. dapper young chap NOV
ing past with long strides,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-22
BAERlNG DOWN ON The NEWS:
OIlI IIriOI'iliCS Nun
BY ARTHUR BUGS" BAER

The old pnorties man of lower living Levels.
And that's all right with The lower live the sooner
you get a crack at the dumbwaiter.
We can DO without silk stockings and without braid on
our ape but the priore snubs when he takes
the brass off the fire engines.
fire engine without sparkling brass works is like lawn
without grass dsndeons If the puorites will only
spare shiny gadces the hook and ladder We will submit
70 hair pins made of wood
We viii believe they make hairpns out IF wood but
require expert services Of the best proze Blenders
In Pennsylvania.
L-.-.--.a p. lr.-.-.-o,-- N.,. ..-.--.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-22
Signs Point
To Bad News
From Russia
Killers Drive Checked
but Far From Crushed
BY HUGH :. JOHNSON

As THIS column has re-
Gently 3 coniecturcd, the
probability of very bad news
out of Russia is increasing
both before snow flies and
afterward.
When ! say coniccturcd. in
military issues of these columns,
i mean guess"
The factual information is
still so Scanty and the conflict
ing lies from the warning capt.
tails so big that about all an
honest commentator can do is 10
keep sticking pins in the map
getting all the information pos
slblc on weather. geography
and production in the various
thcaterS of war and drawing
conclusions from whatever ac-
cumulatcd knowledge he may
have about the history and
strategy OF previous wars.
In the revolutionary changes
OF modern mechanical War even
TO draw such conclusions, more
over, is dangerous.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-22
| g If ers TO
the Editor
TQ TIE EDITOR

To THE EDITOR:
TIVE President in his Labor
4 Day talk made one sIguh-
cant remark that every Amcr.-
can ought to remember. Il is
this:
I'VE celebrate the rights of
free laboring men and women.
The preservation of these rights
is now vitality important not
only TO lis who enjoy them, hut
10 the whole future of Christian
civilization
The Presidents actions speak
louder than his words He is
foolng none but those getting
plenty Of New Deal pap Even
they Will awake soon when the
flow is cut off.
His -four freedoms are IN
tended only for few who want
a world empire for themselves.
{. SWOLLEN.
1864 Syracuse avenue.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-22

apparently obllviouS TO desks,
waste baskets and other haz-
ards in his path
He Just seemed to walk
through them rather than over
or around them. We gathered
vague impression that if he
found a wall confronting him he
would walk through that with
out botherlng TO look for door.
II struck us that he must be a
most positive personality of
fixed destination from which he
was not going 10 be distracted
by any obstacles or Wayslde d.
versions.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-22
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY
Sent. %. 1890

British liner on us way 70
C7nad7 r foipedoed n the Al
lanuC by Z German submarine
- children aboard feared lost.
RAJ planes continue 10 rain
bombs ~ Cerman-held inF aston
ports along the French coast,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-22
p YEARS AGO TODAY
Sept. %, 1916

German U-boat sinks Allied
transport in the Mediterranean
British troops along the
Sommc press on toward Ba-
padme and capture two lines of
trenches between Flers and
MartinpulCh.
Serbians along the Broda
River push into Bulgaria and
advance TO Urbani.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-22
Hoover Taken TO Task
On Historical Ana|ogies
BY DOROTHY THOMPSON

IN 1852, Mr.. Herbert Hoover
L expressed the belief that
prosperity was lust around the
corner. if we could only wait
patiently and do nothing more
than we We're doing. Now he
says that victory is Just around
the corner. if we wait and see.
! wish | could be as certain
as Mr. Hoover is that Britain
and Russia and the revolt of
European nations would defeat
Hitler with even less aid than
we are giving, which is what
Mr.. Hoover wants. But over
optimism is. and has been, the
downfall of other dcmocracieS.
Mr.. Hoover thinks that Hitler
will be destroyed by the revolt
. of the subject populations. Yes.
but what sort of a revolt Will
that be? What sort of chaos
will cnSue?
These questions arc Of prime
Importance. Suppose Russia were
10 win the war against Hitler
and turn out 10 be the hberator
of subject nationaliticS. | was
always under the impression
that Mr.. Hoover was opposed TO
communism. But if communism
turns out 10 be the ilhcrator Of
the subjected and violated ma
tions of Europe. | should mag
inc that its stock would be very
high.
Suppose Britain and Russia
win the war together, without
our aid, except as a sort of
charity, what stock will COM
muniSm have in England? 1t
hasn't any rating there at pres
cnt. But if Stain energies IN
the role that TSar Alexander
was able to assume after the
Napoleonic wars and without
Us as balance-What then?
RUT suppose Hitler defeats
~ both Russia and Britain? |
beg my readers 10 regard this
As a strong possibility that
would become an immediate
probability if the United States
were one-Ota less firm than She
has been 10 date. How then
would the populations revolt ?
They would revolt as a work.
ing class movement against the
capitalists. for the capitalists
would be. in Hitler's new order,
the Germans and the German
fcllow-travelcrS. Already the
Nazi VictorS are Systematically
cNproprlatlng the shares Of the
leading industrial firms of the
whole of Europe, 'compcnSat-
ing them in worthless inflated
paper money OF the occupied
countries.
MR.. HOOVER gives an ac-
'A count of the results of the
last war'and peace. which seems
w lilt Wei super IN ldls III ElNFS
the usual version, satisfying TO
American vanity, that we were
righteous idcalistS sitting al a
peace table with thieves. Left
ont Of account is the fact that
Woodrow wilson's program.
which included the League of
Nations. was being Sabotagcd at
home by the iSolationiSt soma
tors OF Mr.. HoovCrS own party.
We lost the peace. Mr.. Hoover.
because We withdrew from II,
refusing 10 take any response
biuy for the future OF the
world
And left out of account as q
direct contributing cause 10 the
chaos OF Europe. is the economic
policy pursued from Harding 10
MIR Hoover himself
Emerging from the last war
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-22
HVNIHO il that iong-legget
w guy with the Irish pan?'

WI NiOllSs
HVNIHO il that iong-legged
w guy with the Irish PAM
we asked Frank
Ills name il Connolly. He i
n new fellow" Frank said. "DO
YOU know, I've been watching
him walk through these offices
for the past couple of weeks and
he always walks like he is go
ing somewhere.
yes" Frank added, thought
fully, II guess that's why he al
ways walks that way - he IS
going somewhere
We liked this analysis of our
own impression. That was u
years ago. when this Connolly
we were discussing was p years
old and fresh off the New York
Sun, and this week the friends
of Connolly are. celebrating his
b tenth anniversary as. president
of the King Features Syndicate,
so YOU see he was going some
where. as Frank Menke thought
and got there.
The full name of the Connolly
in question IS Joseph" Vincent
Connolly but he is the sort of
fellow that most of the 1000
employees under his direction
call Joe.
He is william Randolph
liearSt'S chief Of one of the
largest and IN o 5 I important
units of the Hearst newspaper
domain Mr.. Hearst picked Con-
molly off the Sun and paid him
SIS per week on the strength
of an unsigned article on the
Aurora BorcaliS and whether or
not 1t Indicated the end of the
world. We must ask Joe some
day If he has reached any con-
cluSlon on this point.
WE SUPPOSE we should tell
W YOU he is our boss that YOU
may discount any laudatory re-
marks We make of him il YOU
desire. but We wish everybody
had as nice a boss. Then there
would be little discomfort in
the world.
He is also Walter Winchell's
boss and Bugs Bacr'S boss and
George MCNiduuS boss and We
think We can safely submit the
above statement 90 them with
out fear of contradition Or 10
any of the other men and women
under Joe'S direction
His strength with his force IS
his falr-mlndcdncSS. The most
minor cmployc can always get
an audience with him on a
grievance and If Joe thinks II
Is a Just grievance he will go 10
any lengths to correct II.
He has that something that
is known as class, difficult "a
define. but Immediately appar-
cnt IN the poSScSSor We do not
believe Joe ever knowingly gave
anybody a bad deal
THAT no has great business
L ability is shown by tho
enormous success of the King
Features Syndicate, which covers
the world with as product
That he has infinite patience
and tact in the handling OF a
iUEc staff rs proved by the fact
that he has lasted 10 years mid
a flock Of dizzy i9mperamentS -
Crackpot eartounlStS and writers
among which We suppose our
. evil critics might include our
own and retained his balance
and. sanity
/ CopyrFnt 1891. King Features synd In
, Distributed rs International News ssrv1
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-22
Paul MaIIon Is III

Paul Mallon's column of rews
behind the news in Washington
has been temporarily diScon-
ilnued because of MI. Mallon 5
illness. 1t viii be resumed as
soon as he RECEIVERS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-22

as Inc IcdUlnG CleQilpI ndllpU
Of the world, with a choice of
keeping the debts and Stimulat-
inc freer trade, or of abollShng
the debts and keeping a pro-
tected market. we actually,
under three Republican ao-
ministrations, insisted on the
debts. raised the tariff, and
forced up our own exports by
vast new private loans TO an al
ready indebted Europe.
The result Of this policy was
TO bankrupt Europe and plunge
ourselves with il into an un-
pFecedented panic. 1t was that
panic that gave Germany Adolf
Hitler and gave America Nh.
Roosevelt.
HISTORICAL analogies are
IL dangerous, especially if the
story is only half told. Mr..
Hoover reminds US that GER
tain Journalist, Fisher AmcS, was
a "Warmonger' during the Ma
poleOnic wars, urging us 10 JOIN
Britain. and saying, Let no man
be deceived; if Bonaparte pre-
walls, we shall be his VaSSalS
we shall be reduced 10
slavery.
Mr.. Hoover OmitS to mention
that the head of the pro-Brltlsh
party in America at that time
was not a journalist but the
leader Of his own party. Alex
ander Hamilton; that Thomas
jefferson, who refused 10 take
up arms with Britain against
Napoleon did not keep us out Of
war. but got us into war against
Britain; that Washington was
invaded and burned; that we
had TO pull out of that war with
a compromise peace; and that
Britain and Russia did lick
Napoleon,
The peace treaty made after
the defeat of Napoleon was not
much 10 our liking. But We
were considerably farther from
Europe then than now, and were
not a great, power whose every
action or lack of action has re-
pcrCuSSionS on the whole world
Yet. even then we were involved
in that war-on the wrong side.
TfIE Monroe Doctrine that
Il Mr.. Hoover supports came
10 us through the assistance and
collaboration of Great Britain
Had Napoleon won. we wouldn't
have had it.. II Hitler wins this
ono, We won't have IL. either
unless. aS Senator y. Worth.
Clark Of Idaho, suggested we
start out 10 make revolutions
10 our liking IN all tho Latin
American republics. or. rs Mr.
Charles Lindbergh suggests. dc
tate by threat Of force TO Can
ada and Mexico.
That would he rather moro
difficult than helping Britain
win this war and restoring 10
Europe that order. freedom. and
legitimate government. which is
Indigenous 10 all OF western civ
ilization and is not. normally
speaking. a monopoly of the
United States.
Neither prosperity, victory nor
peace are ever around the COR
ner for those who wait 10 SOC
what will turn up. What turns
up is depression, defeat ana
chaos Prosperity is maintained
by wise policies. Victory is won
by brave men Peace Is made
by the wise and the just and
the constructive. And none of
the three is ever won and made
forever.
Released BY The Bell Syndicate, Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-22
TO TIE EDITOR:

TO THE EDITOR:
I LIKED President Roosevelt $
L recent broadcast; good man,
good speech. From now on Uncle
Sam can let the l6-inch guns
and the rest OF the naval artil-
lcry do the talking. Any re-
marks they make will be listened
to with respect.
ARTHUR WINDSOR, VI. D.,
121 West MOntcaIm street.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-22

DUT what can they do? We
- have not Yet reached Suf-
icicnt production In cannon, me-
dunn and heavy tanks and am
munition 10 be a factor Some
airplaneS We can send. but. as
between our own and British
needs, they cant be enough.
ON top of that the distance
and lengths Of these lines Of
supply arc magnificent and the
transportation facilities made
quate.
Through the VladivoStok route
II would take at least 80 days
10 deliver an ounce. and the lack
Of rolling stock is a serious bot
tlcnCCk.
Through NurmanSk we must
not forget that an Arctic Win
ter is on the way. That could
become more than a bottleneck.
II could become a bottle Corked.
Also. while Winter will help
the Russians. il will not help
them 10 nearly the same extent
that il did against Napoleon.
His army moved on horses or
on foot. The iced marshes froze
and starved them
But Hitler'S outfit moves on
wheels and not by forage. but
by gasoline and fuel oil, Level
ground frozen hard as concrete
will relieve him of his depen-
dence on roads.
All Russia is too big 10 he
swallowed by Hitler, but in his
main object Of chewing up the
vast Russian armies he has by
no means been defeated. The
prospect is not good. and we
had better brace ourselves for
some shocks.
Distributed ny KING Features synd. Inc
Reproduction IN whole or in part
strictly prohibited,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-22

TT IS impossible to believe that
the losses of both men and
material on both sides have not
been staggering and that the
NaziS haze not hcen badly hurt.
ON the other hand. il Is diff
cult 10 put much reliance on
local Russian successes on the
central front in checking the
drive on Moscow. These sue
CcS>cS cannot have much effect
i'm stopping the terrific German
assault on both TANKS ~ the
south through the Ukraine. by
passing Odessa and cutting OF
Crimea and al the north around
LcnIngrad
In old times successful pres
sure against an attack AZ any
particular point IN the center.
or on either flank could delay
or even Shatter the ofTon>e. But
in this case the length of 1he
ha'tle front IS magnificent IN
distance.
From the LeninCrad front 10
SmolenSk is upward of 100
miles and from there 10 the
southern flank about 500 mills.
When YOU recall that the
Gettysburg front was about
seven miles long and that Lees
early success in a smash AZ the
center after falling az the TANKS
didn't have any effect, YOU can
appreciate how little slight
dcnting Of tho Na2i lines around
SmolcnSk VIII have on : O O.
northern and southern drives
except, perhaps. TO put tho
armies defending Moscow In a
salient or pocket outhankcd
from both north and south.
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{. SWOLLEN,
1864 syracuse avenue
TO TIE EDITOR:

TO TIE EDITOR:
HOW about publishing some
IL letters for the benefit Of
the USO. Get the people more
self conscious on the subject.
Uncle Sans service deserves a
good break.
Why not have large contrbu-
tions from different factories?
Stage some big fight programs
or football games for tins bene-
fit instead of having Boy
Scouts collect donations IN
theatcrs.
ED BONDERENOk,
1866 Fourth street,
EcOrse, Mich.
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-22

IT SEEMS that Utopia. or
Il something like II. IS not so
far away from American shores.
According 10 Carl Crow in
Town and Country" II is Rio
dc Janciro. where business is a
necessary evil TO he attended
TO with the least possible inter-
ference with the more important
matter OF enjoying life"
Mr.. Crows further descrip-
tionS in this beautiful city
where the Indians call the
whites "Cariocas' give me the
impulse TO pack up and git
But / have noted that ~ most
Of us Northerners these Utopias
where one picks bananas off Of
the trees in tho streets are not
10 our liking. We nearly always
come back home.
| have lolled around soma OF
these South American cities
Caracas, for instance-and found
the business sections of the city
tccming with activity a la New
York.
However, when YOU leave the
few business streets every one
seems 10 be loafing under the
shade of the sheltering palms or
squatting at tables drinking
things out of long glasses.
Maybe the Epicureans Of
South America have got some
thing. but | prefer the MARBLE Of
the subway guard:
"Step lively. pleasew
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-22
Pandora's
Box Getting
Upper Hand
Powers Of Evil Downing [
Mans Gift Of Reason
BY BENJAMIN DE CASSERES

STROLLLNG through Rookie
~ Teller Center. / stood a long
time i'm meditation before that
absurd bronze statue Cor what
ever il isl of Prometheus. He
looks as if he were about 10 fall
on a dance floor because of an
overdose from the old bottle.
But / wasn't dawdling there
as an art critic What plunged
me into my meditation was the
story Of Prometheus and how
closely this legendary figure
one of the most significant ever
invented by mans related TO
the present time.
Prnmetheus means in Greek
forcthought that is. reason. He
was one Of the Olympian TitanS.
ZcuS cor jupiter, 50 the legend
goes. set him 10 work making
men out of mud and water.
But Promethcus. who is also
known aS the light brlngcr. was
q compassionate Titan (llkc the
later Lucltcr). He saw that man
would be- defcnSelcSs without a
brain, without sogl. So he
Hlehed the fire OF heaven i'm
fennel-rods and SO llt up the
head OF this mud -and-water
g CEeatIEe= with Thought
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-22

IEUS ragged az this until the
~ mountains rocked and he
tossed around his lightning bolts
regardless II men possessed
thought then they might grow
IN 10 reNolt against The works
Of the boss OF Olympus That
would make man a rival OF the
gods.
So Ieus had Prometheus
chained 10 a rock in he eau
castI> Worst of AL ne got some
eagles TO gnaw al his liver
cicrnally gods are immortal,
You know.
PrometheuS was finally re-
leased hy Hercules who was al
way, showing off his muscles 70
the CodeSSeS and who finally
bumped Off the eagle.
Then IcuS. stu being troubled
and angry scnt the hussy Pan
dora 20 earth with her box NJ
evils 70 Offset Prometheus gift
OF reason 90 men.
Well thought ], as I stood in
that milling crowd in Rookie
fcllcr Center before Prometheus.
Pandora seems 70 be having the
better Of tho battle with Prone
thouS today and this very figure
Of him IN The plaza looks indeed.
rs If he were on the skids for
good.
We need a now Prometheus
another god Of reason. for man
is again being reduced 10 mud
and water brainleSs robot.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-22

NY CONTENTION is that all
W stories Of the sea should be
told rs briefly as possible. Both
Joseph Conrad and Herman Mel
Vile pad TOO much. But James
Hanlcy IN ms masterpiece Of the
soa Thy Ocean Morrow,
doves noFpad
lis aNStor Of what went on
in q lfcbNat that cot away from
a tOrpcdoSd ship. The story
starts right Oft in the boat with
us five men and a bullet-riddled
body.
Here arc storm. thirst and
starvation an abridged drama
of human nature peeled bare. all
that S good and evil in man. with
its hidden motor hope.
There is priest in that boat.
too Father Michaels. who Is
an unforgettablc character. a
book you must put on your list.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-22
THIs dangerous situation

THIS dangerous situation
L seems to be being rccog-
nlled and admitted more Clearly
as The days pass
I'm fact we are told that tho
only escape IS tremendous 1m-
mediate contribution Of Ameu-
can and British supplies 20 RUS
STA.
As has been frequently
-popfcd out in this space. the
greatest Russian weakness is
that she has not sufficient
industry to back her armies and
that no nation can long endure
modern war without a great
steel. chemical and manufacture
ing industry
Fighting qualities Of tho high
est order Russia has shown.
and Britain and America should
do all they can, as the Prcsi-
dent proposes. TO supply her de-
ficienCy IN arms.
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COMPANY at 1928 Times square. Detroit
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Evening star., 1941-04-14
trust suits directed at automobile

trust suits directed at automobile
financing.
AS is customary in such instances
the court did not announce the line
up on those cases in which the equal
division occurred. One of the cases
was an admiralty suit for damages; !;
another involved an appeal from
the license revocation provisions of
the New York vehicle and traffic law,
and the third upheld the right of an
injured employe of the Baltimore &
Ohio to bring suit in District Court
in any district where the defendant
operates The Ohio Supreme Court
had held that this right was guar
anteed by the Federal Employers
Liability Act.
Indiana Action Questioned.
The antitrust litigation was in
stituted to test the validity of action
by the Federal District Court of
Southern Indiana, which had con-
tinued for II months until January,
1912, consent decree restraining
the Chrysler Corp. from making
loans to or acquiring the securities
of any automobile finance company.
Chrysler, joined by the Commercial
Credit Co. and subsidiaries, told the
Supreme Court that District Court
granted a Justice Department re-
quest for the extension despite the
request of parties subject to the
decree and without evidence or find
ings.
The original decree, one phase of
the Justice Departments activity
In connection with automobile
financing. provided that Chrysler
would be free to own a finance COM
pany If General Motors Corp. had
not been required to divest itself
of ownership and control of General
Motors Acceptance Corp. by jan
uary last.
Consent Decree Agreed To.
Indictments alleging violation of
the Federal antitrust laws orig