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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-03
STRIKES AGAINST DEFENSE

One wonders just how long it will be
before labor realizes that strike today
is very different thing than q strike
was q year or so back. In abnormal
times like the present, with the defense
program behind schedule because pro-
duction in many fields is under demond,
strikes threaten the nations very life.
Recent strikes have taken place in
important defense industries. One Of
those strikes closed an orpIone plant
which was producing vitolIy needed
training ships for the Army. 1t was set
tied only otter production had been
stopped for weeks. The strike which was
recently called in the Western lumber
industry is similar. There is q definite
shortage Of Iumber-the army. in some
cases, hos not been able to obtain sup
plies necessary for building barracks for
the thousands Of men now called to the
coIors. 1t would be interesting to know
what the recruits who ore undergoing
military training for one dollar q doy
think Of hiehly-poid workers who wolk
out on their jobs because their new de-
nonds ore not promptly met.
In some Of the disputes, labor may
be right. That is not the point. Any just
grievance labor has con be settled by
arbitration. The whole power Of the
government will support the worker
who is unfairly treated. But when labor
adopting the attitude Of dictator, soys
DO what want and do it now or III
walk OUT" it is alternating oil public
sympathy and is making unavoidable q
breakdown policy thot will regard q
strike in q defense industry the same as
any form Of sobotoee
Whot would happen to on industry
whose owners refused to produce unless
they we're promised excessive profits
and special fovors? Thot industry would
swiftly discover that the needs Of the
country come oheod Of the greed Of any
group. It's time labor came to its senses
lin the name Of self-preseNotion, IL
for no other reason. For the kind Of
strikes we have been Witnessing of Iote
must eventually result in the destruc-
tion Of lobor's freedom of cotton ond
independence.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-03
EFFICIENCY ON THE FARM

Agriculture is forced to moks re-
adjustments to cope with the changing
world. The agricultural marketing CO..
operotives, representative orgonizo-
lions of Americas progressive formers,
ore working to make those reodiust-
ments as cosy to take as possible.
These cooperotives are helping the
farmer expand his domestic norkets.
now that European markets are Ioroely
lost. They are constantly working with
other interested groups to obtoin for
the producer foirer proportion OF the
final selling price Of what he roises.
They have at their command experts in
many fields who watch trends. and lay
plans for meeting problems as they O.
rise. They oct for the former in deoling
with agencies of government. They
maintain departments which help the
former produce more crops or better
crops at lower overhead cost.
This work goes on day otter doy,
year otter year. 1t is not effected by the
changing winds of polNicol form policy.
1t does not depend on subsidies ond
special laws. For the marketing coop
erotives ore supported by their MEM
bers, ore controlled by their members,
and are owned, by their members. They
stand on their own feet, and they repre-
sent farming on it's highest plane Of ef-
ficiency.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-03
BUILT FOR SERVICE

The consumer looks for two things
in the retail stores he potronizes. He
wants honest value. And he wants
good service.
The patron of the modern store gets
those two things. The customer in the
little town gets the same kind Of goods
at the same price as the customer in the
big cities. And he gets the same kind Of
service. Hit-ond-miss methods went out
of merchandising With the passing Of
the one-store monopoly in smaller COM
munities Today the consumer has
choice Of stores, products and prices.
Mass merchandising is like mass
production-it is one of the ways Of
providing the people with more goods
and better quality goods for less money.
Mass merchandising was pioneered by
the chains, and they have brought it to
q high degree Of perfection. But the in
dependent stores have not follen behind
the march Of progress They have fol-
lowed similar principles, even to the ex-
tent Of forming central purchasing or
CARNATIONS.
It's no wonder our standard Of lv-
ing in even the most sporsely settled
districts is the envy Of other notions.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-03
. MCKINNEY ON BRIDGE

time, the dues are only $12.50
per year and the card fee only
Is cents a rubber.
! was also agreeably surprised
to learn that bridge at the Ham,
ilton Club is not played for .
stake. A record Is kept Of the
number of points won and lost
by each member, and at the end
of the year the player with the
best average Is awarded a prize.
watched a rubber at the club
and found that even without q
stake, players were as careful as
those who play for high stakes.
Here is one hand that gave me
that impression.
On the opening lead, declarer
was careful to play low from
hands, letting the queen win. He
was also careful to develop the
suits In which he lacked aces,
before touching the clubs.
He won the second heart lead
with the ace and started diam
monds. Since West was unable
to lead hearts when he was in
with the ace of diamonds. the
long hearts could never be
cashed. Declarer lost simply one
trick In each suit.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-03
DESTROY THE DESTROYER

Fire is no respector Of ooe, value,
or usefulness. And fires worst rovo9es
liz in the destruction Of things which
insurance co, never replace.
The other doy beautiful old New
England home fell an cosy prey to tire
WREN an oil stove ignited its venerable
wells. Thot home was Of great value as
one of, the few remaining examples OF
early American orchitecture-it was
representative Of q greet period in our
history that hos posed. More than two
centuries oqo its tirnbers and Poneling
we've brought to our shores from Eng
l6nd. And in few minutes all that
x1os left wos q pile Of smoking rubbish,
ond the bare, pothetic columns Of the
ftfeploce.
Few Of us live in homes which ore
of historic interest. But all Of US have
possessions which are beyond price
which, once gone, are gone forever.
Documents, letters, rare books, little
gnomentos Of our post lives, souvenirs OF
happy times and greet occasions
Vjson fire toles these, nothing can be
done. Valuable as fire insurance
policy is, the money it provides cannot
~ ti1e impossible. II cannot replace the
iTreploceoble.
For worse, many fires toke lives.
Eoch year some ten thousand OF US die
tt,e most horrible Of deoths. And death
~ fire is almost always unnecessary 1t
issoImost always the result Of human
xnilure- someone's negligence, some
0Fse's coreiessness, someone's i9nor-
once. The fire that could not have been
psevented is one of the rorest Of occur
rences.
E We con defect fire. We con destroy
I He great destroyer But to do thot coils
f6r 'the cooperation Of every one Of U.s.
There should be no slockers in the war
doojnst fire.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-03
STORIES .
. IN STAMPS
Cuban Medico Enters
PhiIoteIys Gallery

CUBAS unusual philatelic item
~ above does double duty in
COMMUNICATING the centenary 81
the islands flryt medical journal
and honoring It, founder. Dr.. jose
Nicolas Cutierrex y Herandes. The
design, released In two values,
shows the cover Of the Journal,
listing Dr.. Gutierrez - director
and Dr.. Ramon Zambrana and Dr..
Luiz Costales - editors. A por-
trait Of Dr.. Gutierrex u shown 1t
right. The stamps are also avail
able In q miniature sheet
Dr.. Gutiefre9 r. q newcomer 70
philately. Although not interna-
tionally famous, he n remembered
In Cuba for his work In developinS
the University Of Havana and for
his achievements In medicine dur
ing the leth century.
Born In Havsna, d. 0utiesres
graduated IN surgery from The uni.
vers1ty IN lozl. became . teacher
Of anatomy. He founded hls Jour
nal 'Nspertorio Medico- tIabanezo"
-Ilavana Medical Rapertosy-n
1890. Gstablished ne Academy u
Science end he Museum q Nat,R-
al History. IN le71 ~ became
rsctee. q Hayana UniverdN. /,
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-03
Dy DRUcg CATION
DsiIy Ms.itss Weshissssa


WASHINGTON; Jan. 3 =
II you want to know how opti-
misticolIy the, administration
figures rs coming out on fl
noneino or paying for the cost
Of the defense effort, you
might consider some OF the
cerebrotions thot have been
going on behind the scenes in
figuring the new budget to b
submitted to Congress eor'y
this month.
increased defense expendi-
lures will Of course mean new
taxes. Treasury experts, how
ever, ore working on the theory
that the business boom touched
off by the defense program will
oreotly increase the amount OF
foxes collected urder existing
law. Belief Is nov being voiced
thot this increase will be greet
enough to come fairly close to
Balancing the seven or eight
billions Of ordinary government
operating expenses.
Five Year Defense
DillEz5 Billions
Treasury is estimating thot
tax increases providing an ex-
tro billion In revenue can be
voted this winter. Thot, Of
course. would not toke q very
big bite out Of the totoI that
will be voted for defense. Ad-
ministrotion figuring on finon-
cling the defense program is
running about like this:
The nation probably will
spend at the very Ieost around
SIS 900. 600. 900 on defense
in five years. II on extra bill
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-03
: BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHING TON

lion in foxes is collected eoch
year for IS yeors, the cost Of
the defense program con b
met by this generation without.
posing on q lood Of debt to the.
future. Thot's the way they're
figuring II on scratch pods.
Economies will be mode
wherever possible in all nom
defense items. Administration
!eoders recently conferred with
leaders OF the ECONOMY bloc"
IN Congress, and tentotivelv
osreed to hold up all oppropri-
otion bills until a uniform DOL
icy tor non-defense measures
can be worked out.
The administration is ex-
pected to approve sharp cuts
in the public works proorom-
except for defense items-ond
" IS beginning to hope thot in
creased prosperity will make
possible q slash in relief costs. 9
eisssst Budget,
Excepting 1918
, The vast new defense oppro-
Priotions will take plenty Of
Congress- time this winter ondl
since the new budget doesn't
Toxic effect until the beginning
OF the new fiscal year, July !.
I94l, there should be plenty
OF good mitigating all through
the session.
The President hasn't oiven
any direct word on the figures
OF his budget message to Con-
9ress, but q foir guess is that
it will run something like this:
For e'dinery operations Of
the fsdsrol government los
distinct from defense prosrom
expenditures somsshina BE-
tween seven and eight Billion
dollovs.
For the United Stotss de-
Tense program (leavina out
any expenditures this govern
ment may moks for British re-
quirements) probably between
five and seven billions.
Whot the British defense
costs may run to can hardly
even be guessed as yet. There
won't be much basis for fiaur-
ing unless and until Congress
grants the authority to finance
the British arms program in
this country out Of u. S. funds.
Three billion dollars would
be q conservative estimate to
make for this British aid.
All this odds up to at least
II billion doIIors-more than
approximately IS million dol
Iors- a day. This is the highest
budget in Y. S. history. except
ror the lost year Of the World
Wor. when we spent $l8,5O
GOO. 600.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-03
BETTE DOESN'T
PULL HER PUNCHES

For some days now a storm
has been flashing at the windows
of a little desert ranch house
inside Stage II at Warner Broth
ers, and as the script requires, 1t
has been getting on the nerves of
Bette Davis and Mary Astor.
They've been sitting at heavy
table and playing cards by the
light of a smoky oil lamp.
Boredom has led the two to
the verge of an emotional break
up, with every placating word
spoken by Miss Davis seeming
only to further irritate the jit-
terry Miss Astor. Finally the lat
ter overturns the table, seizes a
lighted lantern and declares she's
going to get away from there.
Restrained, she even tries to
hurl the lantern so the house
will be set afire. Then Miss AS
tor begins to scream in wild
hysteria and Miss Davis slaps her
-slaps her hard, twice.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-03


HOLLYWOOD. Jan. 3 - All
over the lot:
A press agent employed by
one studio had occasion to call
on the big boss of another on
some matter involving a bor-
rowed actress. To his surprise,
as he entered the Office, the ex-
ecutive barked: Lets figure
you came in: here to hit me for
a job as this company's adver-
Using manager and head of pub
lie relations. What would you
do? What kind Of program have
you sot?"
The visitor didn't feel like
playing games. As he hesitated,
the movie tycoon snapped, go
ahead and sell me. Don't tell me
you haven't got q plant"
mo-" said the other, II
haven't got q plan. I take
things as they come and I don't
seem to And much time for plans.
I just work. And right now I
want to ask you about this 9TH
er thing"
"Just the man," exclaimed the
studio boss. For three months
I've been listening to guys tell
me how good they areand all
about their fancy programs. And
all you do is work. My boy,
you're hired"
They've decided in the east
that producer Boris Morros is
the heaviest Of al Hollywood
dialecticians. On his swing
around the country in behalf Of
Second Chorus" Morros was
asked by one reporter what he
thought about taxes.
"Taxes-I luff i'll" beamed the
producer. "Chust last week I
vas down deere; soch friendly
people,"
mo. you misunderstood" said
the interviewer, II meant taxes.
You know-dollars."
'Sure," insisted Morros. DOTS
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-03
. SO THEY SAY

Popular elections express the
will Of the people, but back of
that will must be the true demo-
cratic spirit which alone can
save us from the excuses of the
rule of force.
&C hief Justice Charles E..
Hughes.
The policy of aid to which we
are committed may not be car
ried to the logical conclusion
short of war, a fact which our
people have not even taken in
to full consideration.
Brooks ENEMY, director, Coun-
Gil on Foreign Relations.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-03
Is YEARS AGO TO-DAY

50 i 6<11v0 A0V AVO"4
1915
The hunting reservation Of
the Huron Pointe Club, Of
Mount Clemens, now includes
1900 acres of marsh and water.
The club is looking after the re-
servation with some degree Of
care and Is conserving water
fowl life on the shore.
At the meeting Of the State
Association Of Prosecuting At
torneys at Lansing this week,
Prosecutor Kent was honored
with the craftsmanship of the
legislative committee, which has
important duties.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-03
By WIN. Z. MCKINNEY
Amerca'S Card Authority

As ] sat In the cIubr00mS OF
the Hamilton Bridge Club Of
Philadelphia, writing this series
of articles, my eyes turned to
another chart on the wall show
ing the clubs indebtedness and
how II has declined through the
50-odd years of its existence.
While the club has seldom had
more than 100 members at one
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-03
. FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES .
10 YEARS AGO TODAY

The Misses Virginia Schanher
and Alice Kelly leave on Sum
day for the Women's College of
Connecticut.
Miss Lora Rosso, Of the Utica
schools, Is spending the holiday
vacation with her parents here.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-03
BS YEARS AGO TODAY

It was a case of spontaneous
combustion at DR.. Cronin's resi-
dence Greasy rags left by paint
ers. No DAMAGE
According to the new direc-
tory, Port Huron is given q popu-
lation of %. 900. It Is q regret
table fact that only one of 'em
ID John Murray.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-03

The slapping scene was re-
hearsed and photographed all
one afternoon. Next morning
Miss Aston showed up on the
set with one side of her face
distended as If with humps. Ed
mund Goulding, directing "Her
Great Lie" was solicitous but
mostly charmed. Cameraman
Tony Gaudio said 1t would be
impossible to photograph her
looking like that. And Bette
Davis was almost in tears. She
apologized for hitting SO hard.
Finally, when everybody was
feeling terrible, Miss Astor re-
moved a big wad of cotton that
she had tucked into her cheek.
When the company had had its
laugh, they shot the slapping
scene again. Miss Davis didn't
pull her wallops this time,
either.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-03
80 YEARS AGO TODAY

There was q highly pleasing
Christmas celebration at the
Lutheran church Wednesday
evening, q handsome tree be-
ing set up. and gifts distributed
to the children. There were ap-
propriate exercises.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-03
MANHATTAN
By GEORGE TUCKER

0CSVC A0VAo 6A1O ~ W0o GA ii~
teresting first meeting for 50 dis
tinguished an author and 50 able
an actress. Miss Davis Is starred
in 1.-THE Letter." q film based on
q play made famous by the late
Jeanne Eagles and one of Maug-
hams best known dramas. Mr..
Vaughan, after q narrowing
escape from Flanders, is now q
British agent in this country. The
release of 1.-THE Letter" made it
inevitable that these two should
meet.
Gazing about the room I recog-
nized Lion Feuchtwanger, who
was talking to Fannie Hurst, and
across the way one recognized
Sherwood Anderson, the novelist
in close conversation with Pierre
Van Paassen.
Looking at r e u c h w q n 6 e I
brought home the fallacy of ever
trying to picture an author In
ones minds eye from merely
reading his books. With Power"
and THE Oppermans' in mind I
had imagined Feuchtwanger to
be of imposing stature. On the
contrary, he 10 q little man, ris-
ing barely an inch or 20 over five
feet. In contrast, Anderson and
Van Paassen lowered loftier than
usual.
Later, in Maugham's rooms, !
was able to note the titles Of
more than so books that he had
brought with him. Although he
is himself the author of scores,
none was present. Ernest Hem
ingway was represented, also
Hartzell Spence, Oscar Levant,
and quite q few military experts
But no Vaughan.
According to his own accent,
Walter Brennan always pahks
his cab neah the balm. As Mr..
Brennan is q Bostonian who
went to Hollywood and recently
thefted most Of the honors from
Gary Cooper in story about old
Judge Bean in Texas, THE West
ener", would like to relate his
own impression Of his. manufac-
tured Texas drawl, and what he
thought Of himself when he first
caught q glimpse Of the film. He
saw himself, As q matter Of fact,
late one night here in New York,
and an hour or 50 later he wan
dered into his office and, sur
rounded by friends, began. talk
ing about it.
II made one bad Slip" he con-
fessed. AFTER all, people from
Boston sometimes say things .
little differently than people;
from other sections Of the coun-
try. I knew ! had . Job on my
hands when they wanted me to
portray Judge Bean. that fine old
west Texas dictator Of IN earlier
day.
"And I did okay, except In one
place. That's when ! came rid
ing into town with my old Civil
War outfit on.
/" Amt had this uniform on
since Chickamaugy,' ! say-'but
it still looks right smaaht.' -. It
was that 'nmaaht' that tripped
me. That was Boston. Soon as I
heard Il I knew nobody would
ever take me ~ belonging west
Of the Pecos."
Back In 1895 Alex Yokel made
q lot Of money on . play called
Three Men on Horse" Since
that season Of happy memory
Mr.. Yokel has been unable TO get
his heed out Of the paddock. A
few days. ago he turned up on
Broadway with yet another nag
opera, ''Elorse Fever" Before the
end Of the first two acts the cri-
tics had voted Il . unanimous
vote q No confidence. And q
ona aisle-woecher summed it up.
I'm pulling this one on the boys,
Alex u trying 70 ride . dsed
horve." - .A
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-03
OLDEST
FILM JOB

A staff cameraman at Para
mount, Dewey Wrigley, has VOL
unteered for the oldest job Of
movie photography: He'll live
in a specially constructed con-
crete pillbox at the waters edge
somewhere in the Bahamas, and
he'll wait there for q hurricane.
Cecil DeMille wants some color
shots Of q real hurricane for
Reap the Wild Wind" and he'll
pay Wrigley $1,000 for a days
work If q big blow occurs with
in the next few months.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-03
20 YEARS AGO TODAY

Christmas babies at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. James Erskine
and Mr.. and Mrs. George Pin
gel.
Several cases Of smallpox
have been reported in Warren
and others in st. Clair county,
north Of New Baltimore.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-03
g YEARS AGO TODAY

Some scrub races on the riv-
er, and the Methodist dinner ct
the Masonic rooms, couo0outed
Mount Clemenf Christmao .cele-
bedtion. The dinner w. large
y attended end hugely snjoysd,
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-03
. HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD

we're I chust come from-Dol-
lars, Taxes"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-05
Finn Withdrawal
From War Would
Be Boon TO Reds
TopAY's WAR MOVES
By LOUIS =. kEEMlE
United Press War Analyst

Military considerations Of the
greatest Importance lie back Of
the pressure By Britain and the
United States on Finland TO call
off hostiiiues with Russia.
London and Washington obvious
ly are acting IN close cooperation
with Russia The chain Of events
started last Aug. is. when Russia
offered peace terms 10 Finland
including territorial concessions
ard guarantees which presumably
would restore Whst Finland lost
IN the is5s-is4o war with Russia.
The offer was transmitted by
Washington 10 HelsinkL No reply
mas been received. Nov Russia
has demanded that Britain declare
war On Finland. along with Ru-
mania and Hungary. London indi-
Gates that the declaration will Dc
issued.
Al that juncture. Secretary Of
State Hull entered into the play
with a strong scmonition 70 FIN
land TO end the war and get out Of
CONTINUED on Page 5. Column ~
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-05
U-Boat Success
Boosted by Nazis

BERLIN-The high command
claimed another big success for
its submarines and airplanes In
the battle against British sea
lifelines Tuesday. asserting that
nearly $4,000 tons of shipping. in
GLIDING a destroyer and IL mer-
chant ships from single Atlantic
convoy. had been sunk
The high command said that in
one big attack agains, the At
lsntic convoy $1,000 tons were
sent to the bottom
A second destroyer and three
merchant ships were hit by tor
pedoes and severely damaged, II
said.
"A similar announcement
by the German high command
last week preceded the Wash
ington revelation Of the sink
ing Of the L. :. destroyer
Reuben James,