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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-11
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven Of these
test questions. Turn TO the
woman's page for the answers.
1. Which religious holiday will
be observed April S. 1922
Z. Mandrake is an herb. q
male duck, or q fabulous
dragonf
8. Supply the missing word in
the nursery rhyme "Rub-a-Dub-
Dub. - men in a tub"
4. The result of multiplica-
ton OF ? by o Is what numeral-
5. Brass is an alloy of copper
with gold. zinc. or nickel.
8. A guinea pig 10 a rodent;
true or false.
I. What In the meaning Of
Rex
& William Joseph (Biliy) Hin
WAS q noted song writer. actor
or pugilist-
2. Does the postoffice forward
al classes OF mail free when the
sddressee has moved 10 another
city,
10. In which state Was Prof.
John T. Scopes tried for teach
ing the theory Of svolutioni
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PULSE OF
THE PU BLIC
ARMCHAIR PATRIOTS i.


Editor The Times: So the
Emergency Peace Committee
gets the goat OF some of the
armchair patriotsl Many mem
bers Of this committee know
from bitter experience in 1917
and 1918 that, like crime, war
does not pay.
The Emergency Peace Com
mittee has but four detectives:
/. To keep America out of
war.
2. To preserve democracy and
civil liberties.
3. To oppose Nazism, Fas-
cism, Communism, and dicta-
torships in every form.
4. To work for permanent in
ternational justice and good
will.
Americans who place the
preservation Of any foreign en-
pire paramount should immedi-
stely, and in person, 60 To the
aid Of that country and cease
demanding that the greatest
wealth of this nation. the flower
Of our youth. be destroyed to
preserve any king or any en-
pire.
MARGUERITE KERWIN,
Rt. 3. Box 2ss Puyallup.
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UNCLE SAM SMASHFS
STRONG DRINK

Editor The Times: In the new
USO clubs. for the accommods-
ton Of our soldiers, alcoholic
drinks. all sorts. have been
barred. This win save a lot of
very questionable behavior. and
Will cause this sociable effort OF
the governments TO stand in a
good light.
Statistics from a dozen rel-
able sources show that nearly
23es Of all deaths in this country
are due to liquor.
Suppose 25Ps percent were due
10 eholera. or scarlet fever. how
we would all fade out Of the pic
ture. should those diseases ap-
pear. But King Booze stalks US
on every street and fingers 10
meet Us on every corner. and
many are glad TO meet him.
though ne viii do them 10 death.
JAMES p. RAWSOS.
ii2 Orchard Road.
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SO THEY SAY

We can do our greatest serv-
ice to civilization by strengthen
ing here in the Western Henri
sphere free institutions and free
men and women. Herbe RI
Hoover. former president.
You can well imagine the So
cial catastrophe and economic
dislocstion which might follow
II these small enterprises are
put out Of business.-Floyd B.
odlum. director. contract distri-
button. OPM.
Man may be extinguished al
together. or he may undergo
notifications into q new species.
There is no question Of his re-
naming as he is-H. C. Wells,
British novelist.
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HOUSE BILL SCI. A
SHORTCUT TO HITLERISM

Editor The Times: OF all the
crazy laws that get passed at
Olympia, I believe this one tops
them all. II seems there must
have been a lot OF pressure on
our legislators, or were they
just asleep?
OF all the meetings I have
attended. the big boosters of
this program are now feeding
out OF the public trough.
I have talked TO a number of
educators and when asked why
they favored the passing of this
bill they said they were misin-
formed. and when such tactics
have TO be used TO get a bill
put over you can just bet the
motion Is rotten.
II We vote to reorganize our
schools we are voting a curse on
the future generations. II will
mean the building Of many new
schools. You know as well as
that we would pay al least
double for a school now. and not
only that. but we would be I'M
able TO get the materials needed.
Now lets take the county
committee. They tell us what a
fine thing it will be. and how
democratic il is. But Just go
TO a meeting, Sure. the chair
man viii invite the visitors TO
speak II they have anything TO
say. One night I was given the
floor 10 speak, and I criticized
a statement that had been made
by one Of the members.
On account Of that. the meet
ings are now closed 10 the pub
lie. another sign Of Hitlerism in
our ranks
would suggest that the
chairman learn what his duties
are. a. Il now stands he Is q
poor excuse.
Another thing we don't want
to forget Is the report that We
have 10 organize 70 get funds.
The state constitution provides
the legislators shall make ample
provisions for the education %
all children within its borders
Lei W examine Section Il Of
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NO ISOLATIONIST

Editor The Times: Norman
Thomas once wrote. AS for
government ownership of mu-
milton plants, il we had war,
should probably be for it
The entire Communist press.
which was then on an anti-war
wriggle, misquoted him as say
ing merely. IF we had war,
should probably be for it" and
rsnted against him as one who
would accept war whenever war
came.
So V. Allen, by quoting GER
tain clauses of my reply to
Webster Rogers out of their
context, strives to prove that I
am silly" but only succeeds
In proving that he is-what?
1t is true that am a So
cialist; untrue that I am an iso-
lationist. War, which sets whole
nations TO butchering each 9TH
er, is the great isolator. That
should be plain even to Com
munists; indeed. they were par
roting such remarks during the
period of the Stalin-Hitler part
nership.
But il would be too much to
expect them to understand the
spirit of fair psly and toler-
ance which enables Republicans,
Democrats and Socialists to for
get partsanship and work to-
gether honestly and fairly for a
great common cause. as in the
Tacoma emergency peace COM
mittee.
ROBERT J. PEARSALL.
s7l5 So park avs
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l. o presi-
dency a v sy
fro m Phil
Murray.
In tn Is
strs & 2 day
and age Of
universal stuff
fed shirts and
false fro n { =
it's almost i'm
possible to de-
termine any
ne re al
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and his College of the City of
New York team won is out of
Fl games and were crowned
champions of New York City.
His college record Of games won
and lost over his 22-year span
as coach at c. c. N. Y. is .776.
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in 1919. The Cincinnati Reds
ball club offered him a fat con-
tract TO play with them, but he
preferred to stay with basket
ball. Last season Holman served
as president of the National
Basketball Coaches Association.
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ToDAY-S COMMON ERROR

The propositions besides and
besides have different cannots-
tons: as Y walked beside my
wife" Besides these books I
have many ethers-"
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An Inside Picture of Finon-
lOA ciol and Political America
By RAY TUCKER

Observation-Disclosures the past few days Washing
ton has been besieged with quiet demands from London
Moscow and Chungking for formal declaration of
against Germany and her Axis allies.
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A frequently heard explsna-
ton charges Lewis with staging
q Erandstand play to capture
the c. 7. o. national convention
in Detroit late in November.
49, =. -
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battle over the sit0own strikes
In Detroit had come along. and
Lewis supposedly told the Presi-
dent that If the men were shot
out Of the auto plants. Lewis
would be in there with them.
and Lewis would have TO be
shot out. too. Feuding between
Roosevelt and Lewis, "a in the
case Of the captive coal mine
dispute, IS old stuff 10 both and
1t goes back more than five
years.
BY 1910, Lewis is supposed to
have been ready to bargain with
Roosevelt. trading labor support
for certain concessions 10 c. 10.
The deal didn't come off. Lewis
then began to be undermined by
his own unions-the auto work.
ers and other great sections Of
the c. I. o. pledging their sup
port to Roosevelt in spite of the
stand taken by Lewis. He then
believed the issue was whether
Roosevelt was to head the labor
movement in America, or wheth-
er a man from labor's ranks
was 10 lead.
A MIDDLE-ROADER
In the 1910 election, Lewis
lost on that issue, but in spite
OF that, at the c. l. o. national
convention only a few weeks
later, Lewis was the dominating
hgure. His basic strength was
his United Mine Workers union.
but his support came from the
left wing unions and marginal
groups among the steel and auto
workers. Sidney Hillman. who
had supported Roosevelt all
through this period, was a domi-
nant figure for the conservative
group. Phil Murray, taking a
middle ground, supporting
Roosevelt but not supporting
Hillman, was nominated by
Lewis for the c. l. o. presidency
and elected.
As the defense effort gained
momentum, Lewis continued his
support of the left wing unions
In key strikes like those at
Nultee and North American
plants. Hillman, now In the gov
eminent as labor adviser, and
Phil Murray, loyal to Roosevelt
and as a good Catholic violently
anti-red, both criticized the left
wing, &C o m m unist inspired,
strikes.
That was the lineup right I'D
to the fine summer day when
Germany invaded Russia. AL
most Immediately. the left wing
switched, feeling that the politi-
cal content of the u. S. foreign.
policy issue had changed and
that this was now a real anti
fascist war.
Today, the left wing labor doc
trine breaches no compromise
with John L. Lewis, and this
doctrine is clearly defined in the
Communist Daily worker.
Where previously there had been
a tendency to let Lewis go his
own way on foreign policy, but
to work with him on domestic
issues, now the left wing lead
ers no longer come to see Lewis
for the simple reason that they
regard him as pro-fascist. They
point to three things in support
OF the charge that Lewis Is pro-
fascist and an appeaser:
Lewis has made only one
statement on foreign policy
and that by indirection when he
signed the recent Landon-
Hoover statement opposing the
Roosevelt foreign policy.
2-Lewis' daughter Katharine
= is member of the America
First Committee.
2-In the absence Of statements
y giving support to the anti
fascist elements Of the labor
movement, Lewis uncustomary
silence is considered significant
by the left wingers.
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this act and see what the an
swer is. The county and state
committees will be through in
four years and the state depart
ment of education will be the
high and mighty then. I think
there are those on the commit
tees that can't see that yet.
Instead of submitting to their
subterfuge. let us demand our
traditional rights and keep this
the land of the free. At least
we should have one free land in
this old world of ours. We still
have vote. That is a good way
to show a few officials that we
really intend to have a democra-
tic government.
There are a lot Of us who
would like to hear the views of
others concerning this.
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Inc IdCl u lflhl our utollieldi
friends. Russia and China, are
demanding a showdown. Unless
we make good our promises
with both military supplies
and action, there Ia grave
danger that both the Russians
and the Chinese will make peace
with their respective enemies.
Germany and Japan. during the
winter months. Such ar
rangement would leave the
United States and Britain fac
ing a world dominated by Hitler.
u. S. entry into the fighting.
formal or informal, would boil
ster moral In those nations
about to surrender or negotiate
with der fuehrer, especially
China, Turkey and the Soviet.
The only thing which will pre-
vent such cspitulation, accord
ing TO advices reaching Wash
ington. is declaration. of war
by the United States. There Is
a belief that FDR will ask for
such a statement as soon a. he
believes that public sentiment
will support him.
SPECIAL FOODS
NEED IN BRITAIN
The British food ministry has
telephoned and cabled WASH
ington within the past few days
with frantic calls for special
kinds Of food. Lord Woolton,
the Islands food minister, has
sent word that they need eat
ables Of certain kinds even more
than guns and ammunition.
Lord Woolton notified Secre-
tary of Agriculture Claude
Wickard that if we can increase
shipments Of protein foods, the
English can step up arms pro-
duction by at least 20 percent.
A British surgeon went walking
through the streets OF London
and Liverpool with an AAA rep
resentative some time ago.
See those people with band
ages on their faces and fingers.
said the British surgeon. Those
wounds would heal in a few days
IL they had q proper diet But
with the food they get now II
takes weeks for the wounds to
get well. and that tends 10 re-
duoe our production capacity
Chief obstacle 10 supplying
Britain with food is the scarcity
of ships. Secretary Wickard.
the ablest man who has held the
agricultural office in decades.
has stuffed Atlantic seaboard
warehouses TO bursting with
foodstuffs destined for Britain.
But there are not enough ves-
sells 10 carry the goods abroad.
DIFFERENCES WITH
CANADA SERIOUS
The Hyde Park conversations
between President Roosevelt
and Canadian Prime Minister
King were reported as a neigh
boriy attempt 70 coordinate the
two countries efforts In the war
against Germany. As q matter
OF fact. their meeting at the
presidents home was designed
TO straighten out serious differ
ences between the L. s and
Canada
FDR talked 20 Minister King
IN language which Prime Min
ister Churchill would not dare
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ATHLETE

ATHLETE
Nat Holman, as well as being
a great basketball player was,
In his school years. a remarka-
bic all-around athlete. He was
an all-scholastic Soccer. football
and baseball player in New York
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Your postmaster can tel you
how 70 invest In U. s. Defenss
SoudA
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WASHINGTON COLUMN
By PETER EDSoN


NashinFfon teTFsspondent
UVASHINGTON-A kinds Of motives have been aseribed
w to John l. Lewis for bringing the captive coal mine
union Shop battle TO A showdown
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ONE on HARTMAN

Washington is chuckling over
disclosure that w. Averell Har-
riman. head of FDR's recent
mission to Moscow, owned the
building where Soviet picketers
of the White House made their
headquarters before Germany
declared war on Moscow.
The structure owned by Har-
riman stands almost kitty-cor-
ner from the White House at
1854 Pennsylvania ave. During
the long hot summer months.
Communist and other peace
agencies used il as mobiliza-
ton headquarters while they
psraded in front OF the presi-
dents home with insulting pla-
cards. They asssiled F'DR be-
cause he sided with Britain
against Germany and Russia.
Their plscards denounced him as
4 war mongerer." Two days
before Hitler attacked Russia
they disappeared, and they have
not been seen since.
Hartman, board chairman of
the Union Pacific Railroad. indi-
Gated no objection to such ten
ants. Since that colorful episode,
however. he has sold his build
ing to the state department at
a $50. 900 profit.
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motives. but men high in the
councils of labor, men familiar
with the strange workings Of
internal labor politics-as COM
plicated a set OF cross currents
as ever bedeviled any political
party-these men say Lewis
chances for recapturing C. I. o.
leadership are practically nil for
the simple reason that Lewis
has lost the support Of the left
wing labor forces.
The original alliance between
Lewis and the left wingers took
back in 1888, Lewis then believ-
ing that IL the leftists had some
thing to contribute TO industrial
unionism. their talents and re-
sources should be used. Since
1888, Lewis has never INDUCED
in red batting. has never said
one public word against the left
wing in the labor movement.
Other labor leaders have openly
blasted at the reds from time to
time. but not Lewis.
STTDOWN STARTED RIFT
In the years right after 1898.
Lewis and labor generally "sold"
Roosevelt hard. Organization
drives under the wage and hour
law were conducted with the
slogan, Roosevelt wants you TO
join a union" The results were
phenomenal, but by 1886 Lewis
was drifting away from Roose-
welt, ahead of the reds. The
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-11

We must not fail America and we must not fail our
seves-President A. Dykstra University of Wisconsin.
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to use. Influenced by his re-
cent conversation with Church
i'll. the president urged the Cana
dian leader TO mobilize Canadian
forces more effectively than OF
tawa has dared TO do up to now.
Canada has conscripted men. but
just as we have In our selective
service law the Dominion has
provided that only volunteers
may be sent overseas. Conscripts
are drilled to fight only in
Canada.
President Roosevelt delivered
10 Prime Minister King a lecture
which means our eventual parti-
cipation in the war. He told
King that we were going into
the war on the side of Britain,
and that any faltering on Cana
da's part would make IL difficult
to sell the war to the L. s.
public.
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57l5 So. Park ave.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-26
Stop This Waste!

WHILE we are talking about saving on nondefense
w expenditures in order to put more into legitimate
defense might be well to commence what is known
in Washington departmental mail"
A dispatch to the New York Times from Washington
says
Representative Engcl of Michigan told the House
today that the cost to the post office department of de-
parhnenta ranked mail during the past years
S236 $4,000. He said in 1910 alone il amounted to
Si1533000'
Mr. Engel estimated the entire cost of penalty mail,
including cost Of paper and printing well dstribu-
ton at S418823.212
lie said at least fourth of this could have been
saved by avoiding duplication and by putting prohib-
ton upon the of mail which could be rankcd by
the agencies.
Mr Enge said that in the last years 5421-
$4,000 pieces Of ranked mail sent out by govern
ment departments other than the post office department
while there undoubtedly has been some abuse of
the Thanking privileges by members of Congress- there
question but that the abuse has been innitesmal
when compared to the abuse of free mail sent out by
departments of government" Mr. Engel said
THESE colossal figures COULD BE translated into
L taxpayers dollars if some expert accountant were
put the job.
And the cost of this eAtravagance would make Us
all gasp
There no excuse l5r this needless abuse Of depart
mental privileges For all these tons Of paper used and
ak the printing detail that has got be paid for could
well 20 into legitimate defense
Our government il these tough times can keep. on
its financial feet it stops up the bunghor Of nondefense
waste
our FINANCIAL FRONT just nov. is almost as
important as our battle fronts
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-26
Women Keenes+ Sufferers
In War but Biggest Patriots
BY DAMON RUNYON

failed to render prodigious serv-
ice. have never failed 10 do their
part in maintaining that public
spirit which is almost as valu-
able as gunpowder at the front.
You rarely hear woman in
time of war uttering defeatist
chatter or criticizing our mill
tary and naval leadership. The
average woman is always the
patriot though in the end she
suffers more than any one else.
4 MONG the Women'S organiZa-
"A tons for war service in eN-
iStcncc IN this country AT this
time is one entitled the Ameri-
can Women's Voluntary Serv-
ices. Inc. a rather cumbersome
name, 10 be sure. but which can
be shortened 10 AWVS, for con-
venience. Perhaps il could be
pronounced so I'm h ing like
'ANZ" for further convenience
II has been functioning for q
year and a half with headquar-
tcrS at l East Fifty-Seventh
street in New York City and is
political. non-Sectarian, nom
profit. as We are assured by
letter signed by two well known
names. One is Benay Venuta.
who is director Of the speakers
bureau. the other Mrs. Bernard
Gimbel, who is national director
of public relations for the
AVIS.
The organization has branches
in 2S states with a membership
OF 10000 and there are al
units in New York City alone.
II supplements the Red Cross
and other existing agencies and
among other things is the only
organization teaching air raid
precautions at the moment.
Mayor LeGuardia has urged all
New Workers 10 learn pre-
cautions of this nature immedi-
ately.
Not long ago when the call
went out on the air for soldiers
and sailors in New York TO re-
port 10 quarters Immediately,
The AVIS hurried out its motor
corps Of so cars and carried
numerous Servicemen TO their
various posts. The AWVS has
also had mobile kitchens in con-
slant operation feeding men
waiting in line 10 enlist at army
and navy headquarters.
II wants all the new members
il can get so. ladies. this may
be one OF the answers TO your
question What can | do?"
Copyright. 1881, by King Features
Distributed by international News Service
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-26

MANY women are running
AA around anXiouSly inquiring
with reference to the war what
can l de >" and we can assure
them that they Will have oppor-
tuniIies TO do plenty before this
business is over.
The women always do their
share and a- little more in war
They arc more patriotic, more
willing 10 serve than the men.
We know fellows of 6Q=odd years
who managed 10 dodge partlcl-
patton in any form in two wars
in their time and will of course,
duck this one. but We doubt
that there are many women Of
similar age who did not give
their services IN some manner
IN those conflicts. If il was Moth
ing more than knitting.
The women have greater
spirit IN war than the men,
greater capacity for sacrifice.
We have often thought that,
G'"cn The chance. the girls would
be the more relentless fighters.
Physical limitation * argued
against them as combat war
riorS, yet when a woman IAN
have a baby and then get up
out of bed in a few days and
do the homework we reckon
she has sufficient stamina TO
deal with any situation.
nE COURSE. we do not cX-
~ pcCt 10 sec our women folks
out there betting at tho enemy
on land or sea. Not until the
last man has Succumbed any
way. But we decline 10 believe
that there can be any inherent
weakness, physical or otherwise,
in the descendants of the Amer
lean ladies who stood within
rlnged wagon wheels and behind
log barriers and loaded the guns
VIII NiliNIl lli'll lllill H'.t' VII
many a savage attack OF the
redskins in pioneer days
In MI our wars our women
have served close 90 tho battle
fields with rs much tOrtitudc and
valor as the men actually facing
the enemy We saw a sparse
handful of them long years ago
in the Philippines following the
first MacArthur'S thin lines and
lending aid and Solacc 10 the
poor kids stricken by enemy
bullets and sickness. We saw
them again in far greater num-
berS IN France nursing the
wounded working in the can
teens and entertaining the sol
dlcrS
And here N home in time Of
war. our women have never
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-26
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY
Dec. rs, 1910

London reports the fall or
Bardia is only matter of DAYS
beSieged port is under constant
fire from British artillery and
planes.
Russians are reported maSsing
men along their borders.
Nazi forces tighten their rule
over Rumania.