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Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-01
SEDITIOUS TEACHING
Nevada State Journal)

A New York legislative investigating
committee got around to finding out what
every one else knew, namely, that there
are lot of Communists, Nazis and Fas-
cists-especially Communists = on New
York City College payrolls. The city's
board of higher education has ordered
all of them fired. 1t could not bear to
ask the taxpayers to support the enemies
of society.
But there is better reason for sweep
ing the Communists off college campus
es. A Communist in a republic is a man
who could not get along anywhere. If
government by the people does not suit
him, nothing will suit him. That means,
of course, that his grievance is not against
society but against himself. He lays the
blame on the political system to save his
pride.
New York City would do we'll to fill
these jobs with teachers who can guide
students in fair, exhaustive and open
minded study of Communism. The more
they know about it the better. After
few hours of studying Communism, the
American youth will wonder why any
one was ever foolish enough to try it.
With full realization that someone,
perhaps several, will come along now
with the statement that the preaching
of Communism or other isms is protected
by our bill of rights, it might be well to
point out that freedom of speech hardly
embraces seditious utterances, particu-
larly in times such as the present, and
Communlstic preaching is sedtious.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-01
by Peter Edson...
The Inside Track in Washington

than has this board. The stand
ing of the board will carry some
weight, and that great intangible
of public opinion may carry enough
more authority to make recon-
mendations the equivalent of
orders, but if either management
or labor wants to get stubborn,
there is nothing the board can do
to make either or both conform.
All this dickering will take time,
and in that there is an equivalent
to a cooling off period so much in
demand. Even with this, there is
plenty of congressional feeling
that the board has no authority
and if its first recommendations
are not complied with, you may
see proposals for new legislation
to give the board authority with
real-not false-teeth.
AS it stands, there is only one
possible last chance to make a
board recommendation stick. That
is the authority granted to the
President in the selective service
act and the old national defense
acts, TO seize industries for gov
eminent operation and to draft
defense industry labor by taking
away it's deferred classification
Any union or employer that isn't
inclined to comply with a board
recommendation might find itself
slapped into government service
Once again, the real power has
been retained in the White House
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-01
SENATOR FLETCHER GETS MAD

Three cheers for State Senator Ed
Fletcher, San Diego county. He did Last
week what not one politician out of a
thousand has the intestinal fortitude to
do. He got telegram from labor
union business representative in San
Diego which said:
Membership of Local 526, Stationary
Engineers, voted unanimously :. to de-
tail our membership to :. work for the
defeat of any senator or assemblyman
who votes for :. (bills banning hot car
go and secondary boycott practices were
listed here) We urgently request your
vote against these vicious anti-labor
bills"
What Ed Fletcher said in an answer
ing telegram entities him to all the
space that remains in this column. 1t
was:
Your amazing, dictatorial, threaten
ing telegram of March 27 received. My
answer is, you can go where the wood
bine twineth
81 assume labor is responsible for the
1348 kilograms of protest on the bills
mentioned which | received from San
Diego in the last "a hours. Am informed
the same number of kilograms were re-
ceived by Messrs. Daley, Stream and
Richie, totaling nearly six thousand with
in the Last "a hours and the cost of send
..
what fund came the money . and do
the individuals whose names are attach
ed know the kilograms were sent?
In fairness most of the kilograms
were at least courteous.
Senate Bills 877 and 975 passed the
senate last Tuesday. Neither you nor
anyone else from San Diego expressed an
opinion F.. until two days after they
were passed >.
81 voted yes on these bills as my con-
science dictated :. . / believe it for the
best interests of the state and the major
ity of my constituents to prohibit the So
called secondary boycott. Also | believe
that collective bargaining agreement
signed by both parties should be enforce
able in the courts .
Your telegram is typical of labor at
its worst -.
THAT is why the bill passed the sen
ate. 35 TO s."
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-01
by Willis Thornton
Work Now :. Argue Later!

to current living conditions, is
simply breeding federal control of
which he will complain bitterly
later on. The labor leader who
seizes the same emergency to Or
ganize the indifferent, to fight
some competing organization, or TO
serve political ends, is breeding the
same kind of restrictive legislation,
and he will squawk just as loudly
when it comes.
What the country wants is that
men shall continue working, con-
tinue turning out the arms which
the people have decided they must
have, while the argument goes on.
1t is true that in foregoing i'm
mediate action, labor gives up the
most. But employers have also in
many cases undertaken important
government contracts under vague
conditions, trusting that eventually
the government will deal fairly
with them. It is that faith in an
eventual fair deal that is promised
ny lile ootIiiiS UP VI IIlc Ndeloildi
Defense Mediation Board. There is
every reason for confidence that it
will handle cases with justice TO
both labor and employers. Thai.
confidence iustifies keeping the
wheels turning While points at
issue are settled.
Labor and management-oWn
ship are team pulling the defense
load Uncle Sam is in the drivers
seat. He is reluctant to crack the
whip. But he is rapidly getting in
the mood to crack it over either
horse that fails to pull with will.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-01
NED HOLMES MOVES
UP THE LINE

On March 13 in this column appeared
the following statement:
1T would be unfair to criticize state
relief in general without recognizing that
we have had not one iota of trouble in
Imperial county since (Ned) Holmes be-
came director. We regard it as unfor-
tunate, in fact, that he was not made
director of the newly created district in
which this county is Joined to several
others"
This week SRA headquarters announc-
ed that Ned Holmes had been appointed
director of the five-county district of
which Imperial county is a part.
The State Relief Administration is to
be congratulated upon its choice Holmes
knows his business, and keeps the public
interest uppermoSt In mind at all times.
He should prove to be one of the best
divisional directors in California, parti-
cularly from the standpoint of those who
pay the taxes
Given a reasonably free hand, without
too much interference from political
meddlers (whether of Democratic or Re-
publican persuasion), Holmes should do
for the five southern California counties
what he did while director of the I'M
perial county district under the old setup
That is (again quoting the March 13
editoriaD:
Under his direction the rolls have
been reduced to an absolute minimum
He has shown no favoritism, he has play
ed no politics-he has done bang-up
executive lob :"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-01

WASHINGTON, April l
you had an idea all labor troubles
in defense industries would vanish
as soon as the new ll-man Ma
tional Defense Mediation Board
got functioning under the chair
manship of DR.. Clarence A. DykStra,
don't hold your breath for this
miracle to happen. The millennium
of labor peace of any kind will be
a long time coming.
This was apparent from the day
the board first met to get organiz-
ed In addition to going through
all the monkeyshines any new
government organization must per-
form-having its picture taken, be-
ing shot for the news reels and
being told by caterer in the
O.PM. building when it was time
for lunch-the board could accom-
plish little more than read over
the order which created it, and
hear from the Department of La
Dor and its concilitation service as
to what existing machinery there
was in operation to meet the prob
lem.
No one questions the ability of
the N.D.M .B.-a new set of in
itlalS for you to remember. Its
personnel is of the highest caliber
with labor, industry and the pub
lie representatives all giving the
deep bow of respect to each other
in beautiful gestures of mutual
esteem and admiration that augur
we'll for harmonious functioning
While Chairman Dykstra announc-
ed the board was open for business,
the fact remains that the board
can do nothing about any labor
case until that case is officially
certified" to it.
All this means is that the board
doesn't know, officially, that there
is labor trobule at a plant until
Secretary of Labor Frances Per-
kins passes on the word. There
arc no side or back doors by which
labor or capital or the public can
appeal directly to the board and
demand that any fuss be settled.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-01
CASE FOR
EMPLOYE REPORTS
lWall Street Journall


An article in the current issue OF
Princeton University's School OF Public
Affairs quarterly builds up a strong ar
gument for publication by corporations
of special reports to employees. In so
doing it makes cogent analysis of the
attitude of management toward labor
and blames fear of rocking the boat" as
the reason why more corporations do
not present complete picture Of their
operation to employees.
The article, written by Dickson Hart
we'll, discloseS that of 525 major corpor-
ations questioned only 80 issued special
reports to employees. 1t asserts that big
business management is almost complete
ly neglecting an opportunity to build
understanding and good will among its
employees Men who are bold enough to
tell the whole United States Government
to go jump in the lake" writes Mr.. Hart
we'll, "are white rabbits when it comes
to labor policy. But there is no danger
and lot of potential benefit in a care
fully developed annual report
Such carefully developed report
should contain the well-directed efforts
of management to correct any erroneous
understanding of corporate operations,
including a non-technical financial state
ment, record of outstanding achieve
ments during the year, clear eXplana-
tion of the purpose of the company and
how it benefits the community or the
nation, description of the relationship
of employe to management and stock
holder developments in employe welfare
plans and an honest appraisal Of the out
look for the company, especially as re-
CARDS employment.
Perhaps if more than 35 among the
large corporations had issued we'll pre-
pared reports to employees the current
disputes between management and labor
would not have reached so serious
stage
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-01

The significant thing about labor
tie-ups is not the amount of dam
age they have done, but their rate
of increase. A short time ago When
the President cited figures to show
the negligible effect of labor tie
ups, he was probably right. But
the rate has increased constantly
since the first of the year. They
are now beginning to be serious
enough to affect the speed of the
defense drive--a drive n which
speed is everything.
Managers and owners cry out
that they do not want the govern
ment to take over, or even more
directly control. their businesses
Who is their worst enemy? the
manager or owner who refuses TO
negotiate promptly and in good
faith with the representatives OF
his employees clearly and freely
chosen no matter who they may be.
Organized labor cries out that 1t
does not want government dictation
of hours and working conditions
Who is its worst enemy? The labor
leader who advocates work stpo-
page except after every possible
effort has been exhausted to pro-
tect Immediately vital interests OF
employees.
Each of these is the greatest
enemy of his own group. The man
ager who seizes on the defense
emergency and the unpopularity OF
strikes to break unions, hamper
their legitimate activities, or to
prevent employees from proper ef-
forts to keep their pay and work
ing conditions in proper relation
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-01
Uranium Crackers

Civic Districts
Every big city has some district
or area for which it is we'll known.
Take an armchair tour of the
world and tell in which cities you
would find the following place.
l. The BoWery.
2. The French Quarter.
g. Chinatown.
f. The Loop.
5. Trafalgar Square.
ANSWERS
l. The BoWery is in New York
City.
2. New Orleans is we'll known for
its French Quarter.
8. San Francisco is famous for
its Chinatown.
d. The Loop is Chicagos business
district
5. Trafalgar Square is in London.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-01

Lucle neville is p1hCn HlttiuS tOi
Paul Harrison, now touring army
camps and defense industries.
BY LUCIE NEVILLE
NEA Service Staff Correspondent
HOLLYWOOD, April l Char
lotte Greenwood doesn't know how
tall she is, though height is her
stage and movie trademark. Her
vague guess is somewhere around
feet 8 inches, or maybe it's 10
inches. She hasn't measured in
years. not because she's sensitive
about it, but because it wouldn't
make any difference to her fans.
They'd continue to class her as a
giantess, even though lot of them
in the younger cod-liver- -old-nur-
tured generation, are not more
than an inch shorter.
remember when youngsters
used to come backstage to see me
after a matinee" the comediennc
said. They'd be so tall they'd al
most have to duck to get in the
doorway They'd stand towering
over me, and beam, and say,
Mama says l look just like you,
Miss Greenwood Maybe l looked
taller to them on the stage, or
maybe they just took it for grant,
ed because my publicity contin-
ually harped on my long legs.
But I don't FEEL taller. Every
body seems on an eye-level with
me. Except when something hap
pens to remind me forcibly-like
that mirror in my dressing room
at 20th-FoX It's round one, hung
above a low, modern dresser, and
all I can see of myself as I come
in is my middle section. Oh, the
mirrors all right when l sit down,
if I don't sit too straight"
SHE SITS
ON HER BACK
It's the same way at theaters
and movies, even when I go bare
headed. Somebody is sure to tap
me on the shoulder and ask,
Madam, will you please remove
your hat?' and I have to explain
N4'eib ~ al Jltob iitdt hiN
hair. What they really mean is
Will You please take off your
head?' So l just have to slide
down and sit on my spine. with
my knees showed into the back of
the seat ahead
Regular-sizod beds never give
her room to stretch comfortably
and she has worked out a ballet
posture, with her toes pointed out
straight and her ankles arched, so
that she doesn't yank out the
covers. Something ought to be done,
too about the hospital technique
of bed-making;l sheets and blankets
are tucked in as tight as a strait
Jacket, SO there's no slack to cover
her shoulders.
Sometimes being taller than av-
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-01
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
CERTIFICATE OF FICTITIOUS
NAME
No. 3197
N q r. I G. r

NAME
To Whom II May Concern:
The undersigned hereby certifies
that it is transacting business at
793 Main Street in the City of Ell
Centro Imperial County, State of
California, under designation not
showing the name OF the person or
corporation interested in such bus
mess, to-Wit:
"SOUNDRITE SERVICE"
That the name of the corporation
interested is VALRADIO, INC, and
it's principal place of business is the
Eleventh Floor of the U. S. Grant
Hotel, in the City of San Diego,
State of California.
VALRADIO, INC.
BY THOS. E. SHARP,
President.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
SIS.
COUNTY OF IMPERIAL }
On the 10th day of March, l94l,
before me, r. E. DANIEL Notary
Public in and for the County OF
Imperial, State of California, per-
sonally appeared THOMAS E.
SHARP, known to me to be the
President of the Corporation that
executed the within instrument on
behalf of the corporation therein
named and acknowledged to me
that such corporation executed the
same.
WITNESS my hand and Seal the
day and year first above written.
r. E. DANIEL,
(SeaD Notary Public in and for
County of Imperial, State
of California.
MY Commission Expires May IL.
l941.
(Mll-l9-25; AID
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-01
WORK ) WITH
KNUDSEN OFFICE

What the board amounts to
therefore. is another top holding
company" if you choose to call il
that, erected over the existing Ma
tional Labor Relations Board and
the very effective but small De-
partment of Labor Cancellation
service now headed by John R
Steelman When these two have ex-
hausted all their efforts at settling
a dispute, they can admit defeat
and turn the case over to the new
National Defense Mediation Board
to see what it can make out of
the mess.
N.D.MB. is to operate within
the KnudSen- Hillman Office OF
Production Management. The board
gets its money from OPM. and ii
can call on the OPM. and Depart
ment of Labor facilities whenever
needed. It's permanent staff of in
Vestigators, masters or deputies to
hold hearings will come from
OP.M.
Once a case is certified to the
NDMB., its function is simply
to get the facts. 1t can review
testimony taken by NLR.B. or the
Cancellation service. 1t can hold
hearings of its own, and if it
functions like the old War Labor
Board, it can split up into two-or-
three-man groups, each group
working on a different case.
The board can appoint its own
field force and send its investiga-
tors out TO get its own facts, but
the board has no power of subpoena
and cannot compel any boss or any
labor union leader to appear and
give testimony All the order
creating the board says is that lit
is the duty of both parties" and
they should" cooperate in the
boards office.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-01
TIN STAR COP
MORE POWERFUL

Once the board has made its
own investigation, all it can do is
report on the facts and make
them public with its recommended
tons as to what the terms of set
tlement should be. There is no
compulsion about these recon-
mendations. and any tin star town
ship cop ia the land has more real
authority 10 stop a labor ruckus
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-01

EDITORS NOTE: The FOLLOWING
editorials are presented as interesting
opinions Uoiced by editors elsephere.
They do not necessarily reflect the
opinion of this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-01

Detroit couple were indicted for
robbing a jewelry salesman of SIS
900 in diamonds. Stepping stones
to the pen
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-01
Famous Sayings

He who has injured thee was either stronger or
weaker If weaker spare him. if stronger spare thy
Self-Seneca.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-01
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, IN
AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL.

THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, IN
AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL.
No. 3197
N 0 r & T.
In the Matter of the Petition of
FRANK HOWARD MADDOX.
Notice is hereby given that FRANK
HOWARD MADDOX, has filed in
this court a Petition to Establish
Birth, the hearing of which has
been fixed by said Court for Friday,
the 11th day of April, 1941, at 2
O'Clock pm, at the Court room
thereof at the court house in said
County of Imperial, and all persons
interested in said estate are noti-
fled then and there to appear and
show cause, If any there be, why
the said Petition should not be
heard and order made.
Dated March 28th, 1941.
w. j. McCLELLAND,
County Clerk.
By G.. o. KENYON,
Deputy.
(M30-A9, Incl)
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-01
thoughts for the Day

And David knew that Saul secretly practieed mis-
chief against MIN: and he said to Abathar the
priest, Bring hither the ephod-Samuel 23:9
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-01

The trouble with a woman who
is a wonder at talking is that Won
ders never cease.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-01
So They Say

Our direction is the same but
The road advances and new prob
lens must be met.
President AVila Camacho of Mex
leo.
If war nerves have you down
keep active physically War nerves
have mobilized your body for &C
ton. Act
Prof. Harvey w. Zorbaugh, New
York University.
I do not believe the churches can
really answer the spiritual needs
of this crucial hour without first
studying those needs.
DR. Eric w. Barnes, Russell Sage
College.
The opportunity of America to-
day is to set in motion forces
that will help to distribute the
abundance that is present in this
country.
Murray D. Lincoln, new presi-
dent Of the Cooperative League.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-01
Barbs

Political candidates have been
barred from New Jersey boxing
rings. The spectators win that
round.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-01
DANCE AROUND
THE MAYPOLE

All these tall tales some day are
going into a book, which probably
will be called Bits and Pieces, be-
cause that's the state of the manu-
script just now and there's no con-
tinuity planned There'll be the
story of her first chorus job when
she wore pads under her tights.
After one look, the producer hastily
ordered a full-length kimono cos
tune for Miss Greenwood
Currently, she's capitalizing on
her agile legs and face-of-a-100
mugs in Miami has several songs,
and gaily kicks dead-pan Jack
Haley in tne pants as they dance
a maypole routine. Miss Green
woods the pole, naturally
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-01
by Paul Harrison ;.
HoRywoods Fads, Fancies and Foib|es

erage has its advantages, she said.
III never forget the little man
who sat next to me at the Demp-
sey-Tunney fight. He had come all
the way from the middle west. paid
AN outrageous price for his ticket,
but couldn't see thing! Nobody
would stay seated, of course. So
he'd look up at me and ask plain
lively, 'What're they doing nowY
and I'd yell down, 'Tunney just
drove a hard right to the jaw
they're sparring in the center of
the ring-it's nearly the end of the
round He might as we'll have
stayed at home by the radio, poor
little fellow"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-01
NIEMBER

American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association. National
Editorial Association. Call
fornia Newspaper Publish
ers Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-01

Lucie Neville is pinch hitting for
Paul Harrison, now touring army
camps and defense industries.
BY LUCIE NEVILLE
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
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