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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-03-11

are that China is supported in
words only while Jspan's guns
are loaded with American bull
lets and her death planes with
American oil and bombs. Japan's
march to Oriental Empire goes
forward on chariot of steel
marked Made in America" and
on flying squsdrons fueled with
American and British oil.
II is a national disgrace that
the United States has been
Jspans chief ally in her murder
Gus aggression in China. sup
plying her with over 81 per cent
OF the weapons Of death and
destruction.
seven bills. including tn. two
oy Congressman John Coffee
and ex-senator Lewis Schwell.n-
osch, have been introduced in
congress to provide for a full
s'oppage of war supplies TO
Japan, but still the infamous
traffic continues.
Authorities agree that Japan.
even al this late hour, cannot
long continue her onward march
without our aid. Then let US
demand that she be stopped by
complete embargo and not by
war. MAUDE y. RICHARD
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QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can You answer seven Of
these questions Turn to Wo-
mans page for the answers.
l. ITO eat, and 10 drink. and
TO be merry" is from the Bible,
or from Shakespeare
2. Does the United States
lease or own Panama Canal
zone
3. Who is supposed 10 have
driven the snakes out Of Ire
land
4. Who wrote the book Little
Man. What Now >"
5. In the population of Brazil
do Indians or White. predomin-
ate or are they about equal
s. Which state leads in the
production Of white potatoes
I. Name the president of
Mexico.
8. How wide is the track of 4
standard gauge railroad.
3. Are employees Of the U. s.
government covered under the
social security act,
10. The sun is the chief BODY
of what system?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-03-11
HOROSCOPE
TVEsDAY, MARCH n

GOOD ana EVIL are indicated IN
the horoscope for today. Under
this sway there may be much
wrone-thinking and inclination
TO criticize. despite news that
that is favorable for the United
States In world affairs.
Heart and Home: Again wo-
men should pursue routine tasks
which often include public serv-
ice. Under this CONFORMATION
there should be foresight which
stimulates constructive plans
for the future in q period Of
social and economic changes.
Girls should give up frivolous
pursuits TO engage in serious
preparation for inevitable wage
earning or practical occupations.
This is an suspicious rule for
clear understanding Of friends
and especially Of thoee who
aspire 10 marriage.
Business Affsirs: There IL a
sign preaEing the rise Of in
teres rates In the next few
months. The advance will be
slow but SURF. Since the world
has entered upon q military era
which may last fifteen years.
the United states. a. protector
Of the Western Hemisphere, may
expect q great expansion Of the
durable goods industry. This
means exploitation Of material
resources. the seers warn. AZ
our foreign trade shifts to the
Americas. there IL reason 10 ex-
pect that our commerce will in
crease 20 that European losses
will he initiated.
National Issues: Differences
Of opinion regarding aid TO Brit
ian may he due 10 certain
aspects of Mercury and Neptune.
These portents will have q slight
effect upon the progress Of ad-
ministration plans. There will
be, however. cases OF war filters
among persons who have limited
vision regarding world affairs
and the menace Of the dictstors.
Another expose OF subversve in
nuences may be expected.
international Affairs: Sup
porters Of the democratic form
Of government will have en-
couragement. despite evil por-
tents that seem to forecast the
concentration of Hitler's power
in acts Of appalling horror.
Desperate measures may be ex-
pected in England before spring
10 far advanced. The urge for
speed in sending aid to the
British is imperative. Losses Of
ships are prognosticated ~ our
contributions to the brave defen-
ders Of London increase resent
ment among European foes
Persons whose birthdate II il
ahve the augury OF q year Of
varied fortunes Happiness Is
foretold. but there may be num-
erous perplexities regarding
business and family interests.
Children born on this day
probably will Be- witty. intuitive
and energetic. They may be ex-
tremely hiehstrune and temper
smentsl. - well A. unusually
talented.
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PULSE OF
THE PU BLIC
MUST AID BRITAIN
To HELP DEMOCRACY

Editor The Times: The lend
lease bill is a very dangerous
expedient. but these are danger
Gus times. II passed. it should
be safeguarded in such manner
that all the extraordinary pow
ers given to the president could
be promptly recalled if he abuses
such powers.
II is my belief the president
desires this bill only because he
realizes that the crisis in the
war will come within the next
60 days and that not enough
planes, ships and munitions can
be available for Britain within
that period without drawing on
the armament which our gov
eminent now possesses.
No one knows exactly how the
situation will develop. A few
days delay might mean defeat
for Britain and the president
wishes to be able TO act without
waiting for the result Of a long
drawn out debate in congress.
I would not give thin dime
to save the British capitalists
and aristocrats from ruin IL
they were the only ones con-
cerned. They have brought this
trouble upon themselves by their
desertion and betrayal Of small
nations. their undoubted CONN.,
vance at the rearming OF Ger
many in violation Of the treaty:
their blockade of republican
Spain. and their plotting with
Hitler TO visit upon Russia the
destruction that is now raining
from the skies upon their own
countrymen. But there are other
things TO consider.
II Hitler conquers Britain.
British capital and labor will 90
down together and labor will be
at the bottom Of the abyss. Brit
ish capital will then make the
best terms il can with victorious
German capital, and labor will
be the slave of both.
An liberal ideas will be sup
pressed and another portion Of
the world will be permanently
lost TO freedom and democracy.
We must save England. not
for the sake Of her aristocrsts.
bankers and profiteers. but for
the honest. decent, forward
looking part Of her people who
will some day. as Tennyson said.
Take occasion BY the hand and
make the bounds Of freedom
wider yet"
WEBSTER ROGERS.
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Stories in
Stamps

A REPRODUCTIONS Of the Yer.
= mont state capitol at Montpe-
her forms the design of the U. S.
3-cent, purple stamp above. COM
memorating the l5oth anniversary
OF Vermont's statehood. The stamp
Is the first U. S. issue Of le4l..
Vermont was claimed by both
New York and New Hampshire.
A convention Of settlers was called
20 settle this controversy as early
as 1905, but il was not until i777
mat the district was declared in
dependent, given the name of New
Connecticut. Later the name was
changed TO Vermont. The state
existed under its own government
until boundary and sovereignty
disputes were settled.
Vermont was admitted 10 the
Union March 4. 1891, as the i4th
state. The shield containing Is
stars, in the lower right-hand
corner OF the stamp. represents
the original Is colonies, and the
larger star is emblemstic OF YER
mont
The state received philatelie
honor in 1927 with the issue Of
the L. S. 2-cent red stamp, pic
turing a Green Mountain Boy,
commemorsuns the sesquicenten-
NAL Of Vermonts Independence
and Tie battle a Bnnanston-
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Mr.. FIXIT
He Fixes THINGS

10 receive sfttnfion In TN eoi-
INN letters must size name anc
address % writer Oriv Initials
I'll % published ~n<n r-ou-stee
Mr.. Exit: Heu dee- the nra
pension law apply b property Of
tho~e who signed . lien 10 the
state against their property to
obtain . p>nsson under the cd
law: 0aa IL now he decided 70
tseir heirs or doe. this lien .tiIl
hold Gan land other than A.
tual home he deeded 70 children
In return for past assistance
SUBSCRIBER.
Initiative i+i. the new pen
sion Law. cancelled previous as
siEnments Of property 10 the
state. Claims which had accrued
or which shall in the future sc-
crue under the laws % 1889
are hereby renounoed and de-
oisred to be null and void"
That's the way the new act
reads.
Mr.. Fixif: Under the new pen
sion Law. N . person has money
IN the hank win ~ stop a person
from getting his pension. or viii
that person have 10 take the
money out Of the bankr In re-
gard 90 the $40 . month pension.
N person is not paying any
rent. IL hr not entitled 20 IL, the
same a. anyone that Ia paying
rent: n was the law, what
right have these people In the
Tacoma office 10 say what . per-
scn should get.
MRS. THOMAS-sMITH.
OF course. Fixit doesn't like
10 give false names and ad-
dresses. the questions indicate a
general Misunderstanding Of the
law which had best be straight
ened out by calling at the county
welfare office.
Mr.. Fixit: What /. the AID
dress Of the Bureau Of Vital
Statistics In Seattle: G. A. r.
Department OF Health, Smith
Tower.
Mr.. Fixit: ! would like 20 find
out something about lights In
apartment houses. The lights
here are turned out ut $50 p. m.
and ~ IL dangerous for people
going up and down stairs. I
think there should be some
lights. SUBSCRIBER.
BY all means. there should be
lights in the Railways and stair
ways II human beings live there.
What kind Of an apartment
house il it, Drop a line to the
Of Public Safety
md ask him 10 have the fire
MARSHAL. maybe some other Of
icial check into this.
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Lease-L Lend Bill PASSAGE Anticipated

The great battle the national leaseend bill. pro-
vidng for still greater aid to Great Britain by the United
States at last ended President Roosevelt and his ad
minisraon leaders their program backed up by two
to vote the senate greater vote of confidence than
many had expected In view of the house favor it
foresone conclusion the leaselend bill would pass
However the big aye vote in the indicates clearly
the great support the national administration has
TO put the world and particularly the axis notice
that these United States pretty well united behind the
president and will back his policies to the limit
The next few months will indicate whether not the
nation will 60 to in behalf of Britain and her allies.
Leaseend bill opponents insist it is but of time
when shall be in the conflict clear up the hilt Only
time and developments will show whether they right
not.
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Time and again inpatient mill
tary men have urged the defense
commission 10 take over plants
which SHE'D away from con-
tracts or refused TO proceed in
accord with exact army regula-
tons. Army lawyers accustom-
cd to courts-martial than to
orderly civil processes have
drafted lengthy memos in sup
port Of their contentious. The
ensuing wrangling has provoked
hard feelings and resentment
inside and outside government
circles. II has smacked Of a
dictatorisl complex and has an
tagonized industrislists sched-
uled for virtual confiscation.
Such problems will become
more acute and numerous with
enactment of the lesse-lend bill.
Neither the department Of Just
ice nor lawyers recruited by the
Knudsen agency viii be able to
cope with them. There will Be-
conflict over Interpretations of
the authority which the measure
confers upon the president At
torney-General Jackson's handy
opinion on the destroyer deal
appears to disqualify him as an
objective opinionator. So FDR
has solved the problem by nam
ing a distinguished Republican
John Lord o'Brian-for his
headache.
The continued unemployment
of men and money which are
eager to work furnishes an acid
and unsnswerable test OF Amer
icas slowness in re-arming.
Confidential figures disclose
that only 1855. 900 persons OBJ
tanned jobs in the period from
July Of 1910 10 January of 1871.
That il less than the number re-
employed from January TO June
OF 1899. when times were COM
parstively normal. Moreover.
only 100000 went back 70 work
In manufacturing lines related
TO national defense. More than
100000 got Jobs in the con-
sruction field. building canton
ments. houses. factories and
ships The halance-spproxi-
mstely 37o.ooo-found employ
ment in expanding service in
dustries.
Payments from the treasury
checks signed and disbur.ed
have been hardly more than
a trickle when compared with
enormous appropriations. au-
thorizations and contract awards.
Money advanced or promised by
the congress 30 far totals about
Sic, ZOO. 900 600 Contracts hand
Cd out amount TO about sl1. ooo.-
900 900. But vouchers emitting
contractors to collect run 10 less
than 5000. ooo. 900 and Of this
sum at least half has gone into
buildings and csmps-not into
weapons for the air. the land
and the sea.
The spirit AZ oonservationisu
SwiriinS through high places a.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-03-11

In 1910 Lieutenant Charles
Wilkes. sent out by u. S gov
eminent to explore and survey
the Southern Ocean. having in
view the important interests OF
our commerce embarked in the
whale fisheries" discovered the
vast Antarctic continent. where
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feIled q tree. cut II UP and
hauled 10 hack 10 the cabin.
The Vermont Yankees used
u be great folk for liquor.
Every store had a barrel or
two 81 spirits the consump-
ton Of which vas encouraged
BY having within easy reach
~ the customers an open box
81 salt Goldfish. Almost every
town had It's distillery and
some Of them had several
Every cellar had its ample
store Of hard cider and the
more potent apple jack.
Every public occasion was eele-
brated with liquor which flowed
freely. The clergyman on a
parish call accepted drink Of
apple jack or home made wine.
The definition of drunkenness
was broad literally interpreter
A man was not drunk as long
as he could stand on his feet.
Only the strenuous character OF
the outdoor exercise by which
the Vermont Yankees made their
living prevented the habit from
exercising a disastrous physical
and moral effect.
what checked the free use Of
liquor was the awakening 10 the
annual cost Of drinking. when
a committee Of the general as
sembly reported that in many
communities the people were
spending more for liquor than
they were for the support Of pub
lie activities. that was a shock
to Yankee thrift
The Baptists started
dry" campaign and required
= total abstinence pledge AS
cond ton of membership.
Quaker millers refused 10 sell
grain to the distillers. Thrifty
farmers who learned that
Quaker harvest hands. drink
ing only buttermilk. did more
work than those who drank
apple jack and other hard
liquor became temperance adj
vocates.
Farmers who refused 10 fur
nish liquor TO help during the
haying season became, more
numerous. People began TO look
upon distilling as a disreputabl BILE
business. and by the turn of the
decade there were only two left
in the state. Temperance So
cieties sprans I'D everywhere
and Vermont became known for
the sbstemious character Of its
people.
While the temperance senti-
ment was growing there was a
noticeable revival of religion.
A moral revolution was backed
by the sturdy and thrifty
character Of the Vermonters.
Several new sects came into the
state, much 10 alarm of the Con-
gregationalists. at that time
considered by its adherents the
chosen representative of the
diety. Religious fevor spread
over the state.
The Transformation in which
religion effected in the Vermont
Yankee was apparent nowhere
as much as in his changed vo-
cabulary. Colorful cuss words
were replaced with "Hwrod all
handssws." Land o Goshen"
Gosh all fishhooks." Gosh all
hemlock. etc. Vermont YAM
KEGS went at their religion as
they did everything else they
undertook and in third Of
century the moral revolution
had taken place.
With religion came = great
~ respect for education and
the Vermonters took to book
learnin'" ~ they did to tenn
perance and religion. And,
according to Senator AIken's
extended remarks" In the
congressional record. those
were the things that made
Vermont a great state-Yan-
kee thrift, temperance. re-
hgion and education. It's .
combination hard to beat.
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Ferry Service Inadequate

That ferry shuttle service from Sixth to PIT Fosdck
appears to have gotten off very bad start Commuters
have been compelled TO wait long hours before
making the crossing The traffic jam particularly heavy
in the morning and evening hours Passengers insist that
the boats used the not large enough to handle the
traffic.
There but thing for the state to do place
ferries the and increase the slips needed to pro-
vide for greater service in the rush hours The public is
entitled to adequate service The problem win be
tuatsd the summer months approach The difficulties
should be tackled at and proper remedies applied
Development of this traffic of vital moment not only
Pierce and Kitsap counties, but the state q whole.
Men have yielded to a change in tailoring only to
accommodate unhappy change in grth-Carme Snow
fashionist.
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JOB and perhaps liquidste his
thriving business
He Is only one OF scores Of
small manufacturer in q similar
plight They submit their
problem 70 official after Official.
but get no results from what
one described as national
rsdhouse. And the priority
situation is bound 20 get worse
before Il gets better.
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the Capital appears 10 have in
fected the supreme court. It's
recent breakdown on the nation
al relations board-the most
severe that sgnecy has suffered
since the courts change of heart
and personnel-represents
subtle shift in the jurists' atti-
tude toward new deal agencies.
The series of triumps the
NLRB had scored in the court
rooms apparently swelled its
chest. So II assumed the au-
thority to issue blanket orders
against an employer rather than
act only when specific cases OF
violations were submitted to il.
The Hughes tribunal debated the
NLRB-ers on that issue Now.
in case on its way to the high
tribunal. the NLRB claims the
right to police employers be-
havior for an indefinite period
after IL has forced them TO bar
gain collectively. He could be
punished almost at within under
such 4 setup. While the two
cases are not entirely alike. II
appears that the court may give
the same sort Of treatment TO
this new attempt at aggrand-
izement.
The shift in the courts view
point may have deep signifi-
canoe, in view OF the close re-
lstionship between the president
and certain jurists. especially
Justice Frsnkfurter. FDR is
growing restless over labor
troubles. despite official indi-
cations TO the contrary. So the
court may now impose gentle
checks on the Green-Lewis forces
also on their NLRB cham
pions.
Defense Commissioner Settin-
ius has proclaimed that there
Is no imminent shortage Of
aluminium. and spokesman for
the industry have pstted him on
the back. This NAV he true for
the big fellows But here is the
plight OF a small manufacturer
who recently csmped in the Of
fices Of the priorities bosses
without getting any satisfaction
He manufacturer. radio con-
densers in Brooklyn. He en-
ployes about fifty men at good
wages He has good. steady
business. plenty Of orders ahead.
accounts receivable. Unlike au-
tomobile and aircraft companies.
he cannot afford 10 pile up
heavy inventory: he must buy
from hand 20 mouth He had
ordered 5000 pounds for delivery
in March But on February
7sth he got word from his
aluminium supplier thar the
order could not be filled under
the priorities Arrangement. He
came 20 Washington. and spent
three DAYS in the SPRAYING
oPM building. He saw nobody
higher than an assistant secrs-
tsry. Now he nuS' close down.
throw chose 50 men out Of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-03-11
SO THEY SAY:

The prce Of our democracy
and peace or this hemisphere
Is based on our being more
willing than the Nazis 70 sacri-
flee our goods. our time. and, If
need De. cur Hve.
Vice President Wallace.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-03-11

Senefor Aifen fets OF
Yankee Thrift
And q Few Other Things
That Make His State Gresf
VARIETY was given to the
pages Of the congressional
record recently when Senator
George D. Aiken. Of Vermont
obtained consent OF his cole
agues to tell something about
the characteristics Of the Yer
mont Yankees. He crowded of
the record several speeches for
and against the British aid bill
but that detracted nothing from
the sum total Of the worlds
knowledge for everybody knew
the bill was going 10 pass ana
the oratory and extended re-
marks" were merely a show off.
What Senator Aiken said was
different. He called attention
70 some Of the fundamental
Yankee principles which made
this a great nation. He emphs-
sized comon sense as one Of
the outstanding Yankee traits
that amounted n a religion. To
b without Yankee common
sense WAS 10 be pagan. Com
mon references 70 such a one
included the following:
He don't know enough 10
pound sand In a rathole."
He don't know enough to
suck alum and drool."
He don't know enough to
20 in when IL rains"
He don't need IL no more'n
a pig needs a wallet"
He don't need II more'n q
cat needs two tails"
He hain't no more use for
II than for water in his boot"
Principal use 70 which the
traditional Yankee put his COM
mon sense was in figuring how
TO obtain the maximum perform
ance with the minimum effort.
Along with that there was
sort OF participating culture
which taught men to work to-
gether without giving up the
least bit of independence Of in
dividual effort. That genera
ton learned how to do routine
things most efficiently and how
10 meet an emergency.
When Betty Whitney. aged
Is. was left alone with her
father III with . fever. she
was not alarmed when the
supply Of fuel began to run
low. She yoked up the oxen,
prodded them to the forest,
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only small islands had been
thought TO exist before
JOB INVENTOR
For rs years the hobby OF w.
c. Barth, Clay Center. kas., has
been the making of glass door
plates and numbers. Came the
depression and he turned his
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JAPAN'S GUNS GET
BULLETS FROM L. $

Editor. The Times: We are
told that the United States is
TO De an arsenal for democrz-
cy' and that China Is one OF
the nations 10 be given assist
ance. Yet the cold hard facts
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An Inside Picture of finon.
- ~ IL / ciol and Political America
By RAY TUCKER

WESTINGHOUSE inside explanation for establish
ment of that elaborate legal staff within the National De-
tense Commission the demand of army officials for
hgh-handed attitude toward industry. The admnistra
ton have to get tough eventually, but prefers
do pO uifb;p he lau
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by John Hix

hobby into profitable business.
II you have invented job. send
the story and a picture 10 John
Xix. care Of this paper. Strange
As II Seems pays 50 to every
job inventor featured.
Tomorrow: stopped a Bullet
with His Fingers.
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TODAY's COMMON ERROR

Double comparisons are no
longer considered 70 Be good
usage, therefore avoid such ex-
pressions as most gravest STU
alton Of all"
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can see problem existing between nations that
cannot be settled by diplomacy. Admiral Nomura,
japanese ambassador to the u. S.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-03-11

The spirit az conservationlsu
S&irNnS through high places a.