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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-25

Oars, barley, rye and buckwheat
are known as small grains" but
there's nothing small about their
place in Michigan agriculture.
Nationally, the state ranks 9th IN
oats, 18th in barley, 9TH in rye and
9TH in buckwheat, and its total pro-
duction of the four grains is over
$4,000. 900 bushels annually.
This is not "one-crop" state.
Modern methods and facilities have
aided in developing a wide variety
of farm products, a healthy condi-
ton for Michigan agriculture.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-25

facilities, utility services. super
highway construction and the
continued development of sci
ence and invention.
Q+But won't that provoke
crash. when millions are thrown
out of employment all of a
sudden?
Al don't think so. This Is
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-25

Industry, but there will be a
decided move 10 catch up with
other things-things that must
he deferred while preparing our
defenses.
Instead of environments and
battleships, wen have new
homes nd things 10 put In
them, improved transportation
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-25

than spend the 500 on other
than the necessities OF life. II
100000 900 people did II, the peO-
pie would have $4,000, 900, 900
more invested in their govern
ment and that would be good
F. thing for the country. 1t would
be wholesome, too, II every one
was recorded as taxpayer in
support of the national govern
meHt.
Q-Do you think the borrow
ing of additional billions of dol
lars by the government on top
of the present national debt is
dangerous 10 our economy
Al don't think IL dangerous,
but dangerous or not we must
borrow.
PEOPLE UNAWARE
Q-Do you think the Ameri-
can people are aware of the sac
rifices- they will have to make
in the near future and distant
future?
A-No. The people will have
to undergo serious sacrifices II
they want safety, and i doubt
il they have. realized as yet the
extent of those sacrifices. The
world situation is very serious
today.
Off peace should come,
quickly or after a little while.
under such circumstances that
further spending on national de-
Tense would be Unnecessary
say through a disarmament con-
ference-is the United States
going to have a financial crash ?
Al don't think a crash is
necessary. II is true that all the
labor now employed In the de-
tense program won't be able to
find employment Immediately in
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-25

my short e. answer. We have
learned how 90 do things In the
last eight years. Congress has
learned how---it viii vote more
money and spend IL for useful
things-things that will be OF
benefit TO the people, most OF
which can be financed from
their own revenue.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-25
Jesse Jones Visions New New Taxes
But Sees No Danger Of d Crash

TYhsf is going 10 happen he American pocketb9ok as
eSu Of the supendous expenditures under the national defense
nyorrsu9 Where hesdng2 IN the following exclusive
rieu william X HUTCHINSON chief Of he Washington bureau
Of News puts these and other questions 10
ss man IN who has both the pulse OF business
ard government fngerpSJeSe Jones' secretary OF COM
neree and federal loan admHlstTator)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-25

WASHINGTON. March 25-
Jesse II. Jones. secretary Of com
merce and federal loan admins
traitor. in an interview authorized
FOR publication today, warned the
American people -that they. H1Hst
undergo serious sacrifices in the
DAYS ahead if they wish 10 pre-
serve their safety.
Jones forecast new taxes and
new expenditures for national de-
tense - a program that will I'M
pose new sacrifices on al the
people. a large part of the cost
viii be borne by government bor-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-25
nv WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON

rowings from the people and
their banks, he said, while urging
the average citizen 10 put a part
of his savings in government Sc
CuritieS.
SEES PROBLEMS SOLVED
The cabinet officer, who Is
President RooSevelt's adviser on
business problems, saw no danger
Of a totalitarian government in
the United States and little dam
ger Of a crash when the war
ends.
He predicted American ingenu-
ity would be able TO solve post
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-25


war problems and added. that
when the final day of reckoning
comes, the average man viii go on
making his living. enjoying about
as many privileges as the big
fellow.
Are we going to get govern
ment operation or ownership of
all business as n result of the
war! the secretary was asked.
NO" Jones replied. I'VE had
almost complete government
= control OF industry during the
first World War, including gov
eminent operation OF railroads
!. s.ss.i communication -y.tcrrs. Ali
that was given up at the end of
the war"
Q-Will we get a totalitarian
government as a result of the
war?
A-No. My answer TO that Is
nO---an emphatic no.
tt-ts tine government SPEND
ing on defense a form of infla-
ton?
A-Oniy TO the extent that
wages and prices are increased
government spending as the
money gets into circulation.
Q-Is it a dangerous form OF
initiation?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-25

Iaternaiionai News Photo
EDWARD MACAULEY
Captain Macauley, retired
San Francisco naval officer,
named by President Roosevelt
to membership on the United
States Maritime Commission.
serves remain intact to be used
as a cushion for the problems
that will arise when the war
ends?
Alt would be better II
every American bought 500
bond and put it away. rather
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-25
DANGER BY DEGREES

A--Infiation'is dangerous only
by degrees. We had uncontrolled
imitation in the late pos when
the world was at peace and we
all got bumped. Whatever in
fiation we have now will be from
necessary government spending
and can be controlled.
Q-What do you think Of the
proposal that the people can
save their increased earnings so
the government can finance its
defense spending out of private
savings, thereby letting bank re-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-25

In getting Michigan days work
done, the telephone saves hours and
dollars. The farmer with grain to sell
can talk to the local feed store or city
elevator, get prices and arrange for
delivery in the time it once took him
to harness his team for the long drive
to town. Good telephone service
helps to assure a constant food sup
ply, profitable to the producer and
fairly priced to the consumer.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-01
HEALTH PROGRAM MUST
BE CARRIED FORWARD

DR.. Warren F. Fox. leaving the service
of Imperial county after eleven years as
health officer, furnishes the board of
supervisors with a brand new problem ::
the choice of a successor who will carry
on with adequate skill and energy the
program Dr. Fox started.
Residents of this county will wish DR..
Fox all luck in his new position as River
side county health officer. \ ct whatever
personal regret Is felt at his leaving Is
overshadowed by the civic regret occasion
ed by the necessity Of finding somebody
else competent to carry on.
Imperial county had no health pro-
gram when DR.. Fox came here Today
il has a program which has reduced COM
municable disease in the schools and
migratory camps to minimum. Capable
private medical attention was available
before Dr. Fox took over the Job OF
county health officer-but private physi-
clans have their own Job; they do not
have the time To work on the broader
front of general disease prevention. That
is a public function. and for its proper
discharge man Is needed who is trained
especially in the field Of public health.
1t is impossible to estimate how many
thousands of dollars have been saved to
Imperial county individuals. and TO the
municipal governments too, through the
work of the county health department.
If it could be estimated with any degree
Of accuracy, there is no doubt the sum
would be staggering. Il would so far out
weigh the cost to the county Of a properly
equipped, properly staffed health office
that there would be no comparison.
The supervisors, faced with the job
of choosing successor to DR.. Fox,
should be moved by only one considera-
tion-who is the best man we can get
to carry on our health program? Moth
ing should be allowed to interfere with
the determination Of that question; not
politics. nor personalities, nor short
sighted pseudo-economy. The work Of
the department must not be allowed to
lapse 1t must not be allowed to fall into
the hands Of anyone incompetent or un-
trained
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-01
By Peter Edison
The Inside Track in Washinqfon

make is. why do we not have an
adequate Army and an adequate
Navy? We have spent about $40
billion in times of profound peace at
home If that is an overstatement,
put it at $50 billions. When we
speak of billions, I am out; I do
not know anything about it. just
use the word
During the course of the above,
Senator Chandler interrupted to
ask whose word Smith was willing
to take that the country had an
adequate Army and Navy. If the
chief of staff said that the country
did not have an adequate Army,
would the senator take it that he
was fairly correct about it?
MOI Smith answered. Il would
rather find out for myself. I do
not take anyone's word any more.
I do not know what is the matter
with the country. Something is
wrong somewhere
He put his finger on it there all
right:
Something is wrong = some
where"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-01
SMOKESTACKS
IN THE WEST
(Santa Ana Register)

(Santa Ana Register)
A new cycle has come to the West,
Just as significant, in many respects, as
the passing of the Old West. The trans
formation is going on before our eyes, but
many Of us, preoccupled with our lndi-
yidual responsibilities, may have failed
To grasp its full Importance. What will
undoubtedly become the greatest indus
trial empire in the United States-the
greatest the world has ever known Is
building. right at our doorstep. New IN
dustries are Springing up by the hum
dredS and established industrial plants
are expanding so fast that manpower
can't be found to handle the work.
National defense contracts totaling
more than TWO BILLION AND A HALF
DOLLARS were received by industries
in the far west during the tWelve-month
period which ended June 80, and it is
expected that at least two million dol
lars worth of additional orders will be
placed with Pacific coast manufacturers
during the coming six months. In Cali
fornia, approximately three-eighths of
this states industrial workers are now
employed in building ships and airplanes.
Shipbuilding employment, while it has
doubled during the past year, is sched-
uleQ 10 QOuDle again D6lOfe peak pf0uQc-
ton Is reached.
To furnish the raw materials for de-
Tense goods, a whole set of basic indus
tries are being built on the Pacific Coast.
There are two new aluminium plants on
the Columbia river which will not reach
capacity until fall. Three more are plan
ned-one each in California, Oregon and
Washington-which will give the coast
approximately % per cent of aluminium
ingot capacity now contemplated for the
whole country. There is a magnesium
reduction plant near completion at Los
Altos, with another possible in the north
west. There are plans under considera-
tion to add 100000 tons annually to
ingot capacity of Pacific coast steel mills.
In addition, the lumber, oil, power, agri-
cultural and railroad industries of the
west are expanding rapidly.
Every day, new smokestacks are rails
ed to the sky. Every day, industrial pay
rolls soar to new highs. The new west
is building,
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-01
ANOTHER ONE!

President Roosevelt by executive order
this week created the Economic Defense
Board to plan measures necessary TO
the economic defense of this country.
coordinate activities of various agencies
dealing with economic defense, and to
co-relate economic defense measures as
much as possible with postwar recon-
struction.
The Economic Defense Board has ab-
solutely no authority except to advise
the President of its findings. It cannot
administer anything at all. 1t is purely
a research organization. And that is not
all. If it were, there would be no COM
plant
The well publicized oPM operates un-
der the same setup. So does LaGuardia's
civilian defense outfit So does the prior
tiles office. SO do almost all the agen-
cies created to handle American defense
projects.
They all investigate and recommend.
Then it is up to the President to act.
The result has been that on the Presi-
dents desk is such an accumulation of
reports and recommendations that he
cannot possibly work through them in
period of weeks, even without Interrupt
ton. Defense industrial orders have
begged down. Production in everything
but airplanes is far behind original
schedule. Chaos is the most apt term to
describe administration of the gigantic
defense program.
And all because President Roosevelt
has steadfastly refused to surrender one
whit Of his executive power. He has even
refused to assign to his most trusted
Heutenants the right to give orders.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-01

Only one kind of people is going
to emerge from the current world
crisis with their freedom, and that
is the people who want and are
resolutely determined to keep it.
There has been genuine concern
on the part of thousands of Amer
lean citizens as 10 whether they
are losing our liberty. We have
complete confidence that we are
not. The source of that confidence
lies in the conviction that the
American people love their freedom
and are determined to keep it.
It is certainly true that in the
present acute condition of the
world, power tends in all countries
to concentrate. The most demo-
cratic countries in the world, fac
ing predatory countries organized
for nothing but stark, realistic ac-
ton, have had to place themselves
in a position to act with equal
decision. That means temporary
surrender, to a certain extent of
ordinary procedures.
This is not as new to the United
States as some of us like to fancy.
Wendell Willkie recently made this
clear in pointing out that almost
all of the great decisions which
have placed the United States in its
present world position, were execu-
tive decisions. The Monroe Doc
trine, the Open Door Policy, the
expulsion of Macmillan from Mex
leo, the Panama Canal-all these
things were done without waiting
for extended debate. Yet today, by
and large, the American people be-
lieve they were we'll done.
Today there is strange incon-
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-01

failure now and then
Gustav Machaty discover of
Hedy LaMarr): "Hedy is not an
actress Watch her in a scene and
you will see that she is terrified
more terrified than a small-town
movie fan would be. When l direct
ed her scenes IN Ecstasy I, treated
her like a child"
Nunnally johnson: Hollywood is
a place where, if you're invited to
dinner and if you're making less
than $1,000 a week, they don't give
you any dessert"
MIR. BREEN'S TROUBLES :
Joe Breen tWho, now that hes
out of the Hays Office and bossing
production at RKO, can talk about
censorship: you've no idea of
the number of pressure groups and
the special pleading We had to deal
with. If a picture showed a woman
lighting a cigarette, We got letters.
There were people who protested
drinking scenes under any circum-
stances. There were professional
groups, such as doctors and lawyers,
who would object to every repre-
sentation of an unethical member
The bourbon distillers would
complain that too much Scotch
was being drunk on the screen.
The doughnut association was indig-
nant about the lack of dignity ac-
corded their product. The pipe man
ufacturers said there was too much
cigar smoking. And racial organi-
cations always were pointing to
imagined insults. The only movie
villain safe from protests was a
native born American citizen, un-
employed, white. from no particular
locality, and with no social, re-
ligious or political Identification
of any kind
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-01
by Willis Thornton
The Sole Guarantee of Liberty

sistency about these things. Some
of the same people who have criti-
cized the President for assuming
100 much power criticize in the
same breath the efforts to control
the price spiral as not having
enough teeth, as aimlesS and in
decisive. Some of the same people
who criticized the destroyer bases
deal as arbitrary, now argue that
in some way advantage is being
taken of Congress because the
President has put squarely up to
it the decision as to whether sold
ierS shall remain soldiers while the
menace which made them soldiers
continues to exist.
Lincoln once said to a military
commander accused of seeking a
military dictatorship, Give us vic
tories, and I will risk the dictator
ship
So today Give us the action that
will make us strong against any
possible aggression, that will pre-
vent initiation and avoid the OBJ
vious perils that surround us, and
we will risk our freedom.
Nobody is going to take away
American freedom, because Ameri-
cans love it, and are resolutely de-
termined to keep it.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-01
SAGA OF CALIFORNIA
(Santa Ana Register)

With all its growing pains-strikes,
economic upsets and political upheav-
als-California, during the past so years,
has achieved such stature that most of
the other states of the Union must look
up to it, both figuratively and literally.
That, in thumb-nail sketch, is the saga
of California told by State Labor Com
missioner H. c. Carrasco in a 11O-page
report covering California's phenomenal
growth during the years from 1890 to
1910. During that half-century, Califor-
MIA has changed from a predominantly
agricultural state to great industrial
farm state in the Union. During that 50
year span, California's total labor force
has increased 442 per cent, as compared
to 127 per cent in the country at large
leader-and yet is the most productive
It's an amazing story, this story of
California. We, who live here, and are
part of it, will probably have to read
about it years hence, in history books,
before we quite believe it.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-01

WASHINGTON, Aug. IA sad
thing happened in the Senate Of
the United States the other day
and its full, tragic significance went
practically unnoticed. The gentle
man who has the honor of being
dean of the Democratic senators got
up and admitted in effect that he
didn't know what was going on.
The distinguished statesman was
none other than the Hon. Ellison
DuRant Smith of Lynchburg, S. C.
old Cotton Ed Smith himself
A B., Hon. LID, Hon. Phi Beta
Kappa, senator from his great
state since 1908.
Cotton Ed is now II, and the SO
years he has been in the U. S.
Senate is longer than a lot of
people have lived. The world today
is not the world of 1903, when young
Mr.. Smith first came to Washing
ton. Time is short" as the de-
fense sloganeers say, and it will
never be 1903 again.
In 1903, fleets of freighters sailed
from the WharVes at Charleston,
where the Cooper and Santee rivers
met to form the Atlantic ocean,
their holds crammed with export
cotton. Today Charleston Navy
yard huns with sounds suspiciously
like preparation ior a war. Cotton
Ed stands beWildered. The sad part
is that there are today SO many
others who don't know what goes
on, and cannot understand.
WHAT Is THE MENACE?
Cotton Eds soliloquy in the Sen
ate came in the course of an Off
side debate on the proposal to re-
tain drafted men in service beyond
their first year.
Il do not believe in this draft
business he said. L believe that
if the American boys cannot Yolun-
teer to protect their country, it is
not worthy of protectionl"
He began his impromptu speech
by a general confession:
II think it is time for the Con-
gress to know some facts Ananias
and Sapphira were Sunday School
teachers compared to some of those
from whom we receive reports e.
Il should like to know what is
the great menace to America now.
If it is infinitely worse than it was
a year ago, we should know it."
And now, get this:
I'VE should find out what is
threatening us. I know that there
is a possibility that someone may
come from across the ocean and
attack us. I say there is such a
possibility. l do not say there is
any such a probability
Il think it is about time for us
as a body-if there are enough of
US here who are worthy of the
seats we occupy-to demand the
facts. I we cannot get them we
should appoint a committee to find
out the real facts"
You get vision here, of COM
mittee of senators, like a Ford
Peace ship, crossing the ocean TO
investigate Hitler ana all of his
works, to see if they're real.
81 JUST USE THE WORD"
There is no use for us to be-
come hysterical because men are
fighting over in Europe SAID Smith
toward the end of his remarks. Il
think it is our duty at all times
to have an Army and Navy, thor
oughly trained, and ready TO de-
fend this country against all ag-
gression. The point I desire toa
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-01
Thought for the Day

EDITORS NOTE: The folIo.Cino
edit t0ridIs are presented as Interesting
opinions U0iced by editors eIseIchere.
They do not necessarily reflect the
opinion of this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-01
Cranium Crackers
Picture People

Picture People
It's hard to keep up with Holly
wood, and even people who live
there may be three jumps behind
on the doingS of the various stars
How much do you know about the
private lives of the people in pic
lures?
i. What radio-screen crooner has
recently taken up ventriloquism
and what does he call his dummy?
2. What does the b. stand for
in Cecil B. De Mile?
g. Who would you say is going
to appear in the film Capt. Hora-
ito Hornblower, w C. Fields. Err
rol Flynn, Shirley Temple or
Charles Winninger?
4. Why has Lionel Barrymore
played his roles in the DR.. Kildare
and other pictures in q wheel chair?
5. Who is the actress said to be
filling Marie Dresslers shoes as a
teammate for Wallace 8eery?
ANSWERS
/. Rudy Vallee has recently tax
en- up ventriloquism, with a dummy
called Sally Ann.
2. The "B" in Cecil B. De Mile
is for Blount.
g. Enrol Flynn is making Capt
Horation HornbloWer'
d. A slow-healing leg injury has
forced Lionel Barrymore to play
all his roles in a wheel chair for
the past few years.
5. Marjorie Mains performance
in "Barnacle Bill" with Wallace
Beery indicated she might be long
looked-for successor to Marie Dress
1pr'
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-01
ANSWERS

I cannot believe that peoples of
good will will not once more strive
to realize the great ideal of an
association of nations through
which the freedom, the happiness,
and the security of all peoples
may be achieved.
Sumner Welles, acting secretary
of state.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-01

An astrologer predicts we'll have
aWoman president in 1852. We're
looking forward to some back-seat
chats.