Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-04
WASHINGTON

Whon1N1lON, july - De
tails of the jobs that you and you
and you can do to aid your coun-
try in time OF national emergency
are beginning to come out Of the
Washington fog.
First manifestation of what YOU
can do will come at five minutes
to 4 on the afternoon of July 4
and for five minutes thereafter
That's eastern standard time and
It means l pm. in San Francisco,
IL am. in Alaska and am. in
Honolulu. At that precise moment,
no matter where you are, in SWIM
ming, at ball park, or unpacking
a picnic lunch at the top of Pixies
Peak, have the radio turned on
or if you have no radio, make sure
that YOU run, not walk, to the
nearest bandstand.
At cue from the U. S. Marine
Band in Washington everybody will
burst forth all over this broad land
in a n"Oh, Say Can You See!"
that should make the eagles scream.
The President of the United States
will then address you briefly and
eve rybody will recite in unison the
Pledge of Allegiance.
The idea for all this was thought
up nv the American Legion, VF.W.,
OAR, Elks, Boy Scouts and
others, but is being made ma
national institution by New York S
Mayor Fiorello H La Guardia, who
is also administrator of the Of
flee of Civilian Defense, which will
carry on from there. On July 81
will come the national collection of
aluminium pots and pans you don't
Happen to be using, and from then
On you want to be as ready as a
fireman on creased pole.
In connection with this alumni
nun drive, one thing the OCD
would like to make clear is that
you shouldn't give up the alumi-
mum you're actually using. All the
government wants is the old bat
tered stuff under the sink or on
the back shelf. Furthermore, don't
give it up before July 81.
WATCH FOR TRICKS
In Kansas City a collection was
made ahead of time and it back
fired. A junk man came along, said
he was authorized to buy the stuff
for 3l2 cents a pound. bought it,
hauled it off and disappeared him.
self. The fixed price then being
liz cents, the junkman made him.
self nice profit and the defense
of the country got a black eye. So
hang onto your aluminium until
the big government collection.
Based on the experiences of trial
collections at Richmond, Va, and
Madison, Wis, the OCD hopes to
collect some 20 million pounds. II
won't go directly into iarplanes, you
understand, which require special
alloys, but it will 60 to other de-
tense uses.
These CWo trial notifications OF
the civil population are only a
patchin' to what you can expect
later. La uardia's organization is
just swinging into action. 1t has
asked for only 100000 for its or
eraticns in the next year, and its
personnel will number only little
ever 250. That's just vitam:ns fer
a guppy, the way Washington fig
ures The long green IN these days.
but for this amount of money,
more people will be prodded into
doing things than for any sum you
might mention. The secret is that
your help will be solicited on a
volunteer basis.
FROM TOP TO BOTTOM
Organization will trickle down to
yoll through simple pattern. La
Guardia will have branch in each
of the nine Army corps areas. with
headquarters in Boston. New York,
A cross was hung on MaX
Schmeling for bravery in Crete
recalling the one hung on him at