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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-09
Foundation Chairman Points
To l940's Prosaic Figures
International Situotion Credited With
Breeding Desire for Home Ownership

Prossc figures from the Bureau Of Labor Statistics shine
with promise for Americas future above other feature
Of our national life, according 10 Y { Bell. chairman Of
Western Homes Foundation. Surveying ebuildng prog
ress IN 1910 and orecasng the year ahead Bell calls aen
ton 10 the estimate of the bureau that approximately
$4,000 dwelling units will have been provided the
farm areas of the l. s during 1910
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-09
Reports Houses Of l94l 10 Be
Better and More Numerous

The coming year gives every promise Of being great
home year II will be year not only Of great home build
ing but also OF better home building
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-09

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-09
Man S First Thatched Hut Was Real
Source of Home Insulation

The matched hut Of northe
feet of straw woven together.
and straw. was as we'll insulat
Dwelling insulation has been IN
stinctively practiced for many
years by various people South
Sea ISLANDERS keep cool in matched
huts constructed Of dried sea
grass
Spanish mission houses Of the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-09

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-09
Sumner Lodge
Affair Public
Installation Set
Wednesday, A, 8

SUMNER - rhc<nix Lodge Ne
ia. y ard A n will bod -
annual Installation ~ officer. Nssis
nesstay evening AZ o'oiaek n TIE
Manonie temple Officers e. ~
Installed Tor ipsi are olsn 1. nasis.
sershipful master. Floyd /. 1ahn.
srn. senior warden. REV y Nstes.
junior warden Fr~d carnshan.
treasurer. Harley shslsaa. seerss
tsrY. Victor } Rants. ssniar tea
ecn. Wilbur PeteFkin. hsniaf
deacon. u W Mcdowell. .suieF
steward. Dean A rsyioF. jssnlof
steward. STANLEY Radovieh. chap.
LAIN. Evans Carlson. marshal
Kenneth Cain. tyler. wunam {
1In=on. oFxanlst.
Installing officers viii 10 mas
Ter. Morris Galloway. secretary
Wade calaNan. marshal. ofelli.
Brown. chaplain. Everett Mca'ai.
ley This viii he . puhlie insssiis-
ton and friends are invited
The sumner SKI club viii meet
"Wednesday evening al o'clock IN
Ny Nife's cafe Thirty minute. Of
eolorsd moving pictures snow
Trains 10 Sal Traits slll ~
shown. depicting q day at the sno-
puslmis sh Bowl
Low ttfe los. for 1910
Pr. Chief n. 4. Garrett an
nounces IN hls annual report that
tho fire loss for the city of sumner
for 1910 was si.so2ta. This
amount while nine times greater
than that ~ 1889. an sn-tlme low
il It'll low for q city IN. rise n
sumner.
Rural communities around Sum
net. however. suffered q lass Of
about S. 600 This 10 the territory
which now comprises Rural Pre-
District No and which viii short.
" be protected with It's own arpa.
ratus.
Circles 81 the Presbyterian
Ladies' Aid met Wednesday for
80 dessert iunoheons at three
homes Circle l met Of the homs
Of Mira Alex Paterson with Mrs
Emory Funk and Mrs y. {, Rock
way as hostsases Mrs Harold
+ Foster entertained Circle z with
Mrs Luther Goodwin and Mrs
Wade caiavan assisting Circle
met with Mrs G. ] iloswor,h
The Womsns society for Chris.
tan Service Of tho Methodist
+ church met In the church psflora
At 2 p m "Wednesday.
The women'a Council of ths
Christian church will hold an all
day meeting ~ the church T-hurs
day A luncheon will bs served al
noon
Evening star., 1941-11-15
BY GOULD LINCOLN.

Stoppages Of work in national
defense industries, at this time,
amount TO sabotage If permit
ted to continue, they will do
more to defeat the defense pro-
gram and endanger the country
than many accidents" fires and
such at the hands Of fifth COL
umnists. Nearly everybody in
the country is agreed on this
the President, Congress, the
general public and a great mass
of the workers themselves. There
are labor leaders, however, who
prefer to make hay while the
war clouds roll up.
Crisis after crisis in the labor
situation has arisen. So far
only palliatives have been devised
by the administration. They
have eased the disease for a time
without curing It. The President
has pleaded and argued and de-
manded. He has used the Army
and the Navy to take over in
some plants. 1t is time that
something be done to cure the
situation.
The immediate thing is to
prevent stoppages Of work in
plants producing for defense
OF the Nation, producing to put
Evening star., 1941-11-15

day to representatives Of the
United Mine Workers of America
and the steel companies which
own these mines, said: Il tell you
frankly that the Government of
the United States will not order,
nor will Congress pass legislation,
ordering a so-called closed shop"
Despite this statement, it is
fact that under the operation of
the laws enacted by Congress,
union shops or closed shops have
been forced upon employers, be-
cause the privileges granted TO
orgs nized labor have been used
as clubs to bring this about.
The President called attention
to the fact that 95 per cent of the
workers in the captive coal mines
are members of the union today.
and added that the Government
will never compel this per cent
to join the union by a Govern
ment decree. That would be too
much like the Hitler method to-
ward labor
But whether or not the Gov
ernment forces the 5 per cent Of
miners not now members of the
union to join by Government
order, there is the chance that
such pressure may be brought to
bear on the owners of these
mines as to force the closed shop.
Only law, such as that proposed
by Senator Herring, may be able
to prevent that.
Evening star., 1941-11-15

arms and munitions in the hands
OF the men who are to do the
fighting, if an all-out war comes.
But beyond that, there are things
which should be done to improve
the whole relationship Of organ
lzed labor to management and,
more important, to the public.
A plethora of bills TO deal with
the strike situation has been IN
troduced in Congress. The Con-
stItution prohibits involuntary
serVltude-a longer name for
slavery. The Government, in
hour of need, can draft men for
military service or any other kind
OF service. II could draft labor
to work for the Government.
It's another thing, however, to
seek to compel men to work for
private employers. even though
these employers have contracts
with the Government to produce
war materials.
Variety of Remedies.
Many Of the bills before Con-
eresS seek to prevent stoppages
of work by setting up intricate
methods Of mediation, concilia-
ton and arbitration. They pro-
vide for sO-called cooling OFF"
periods, during which strikes and
lockouts are not to take place.
Others are more drastic, seeking
to impose penalties for strikes
in defense plants, providing fines
and Imprisonment for men who
foment strikes Some Of them
hit at mass picketing-W which in
the.past has led to violence and
bloodShed-at coercion of the
workers. Some of them seek to
establish the status QUO for labor,
whether in closed or open shop,
during the present emergency.
Two of the most recently in
troduced bills are those by Sem
ator Bridges Of New Hampshire,
Republican. and Senator Herring
of Iowa, Democrat. Both meas
ureS are said to have the Sympa-
thetic interest of high officials of
the Government. The Bridges
bill, however, seeks to get at some
of the ills which exist in the
organized labor set-up of the
country, Ills which should be
eradicated whether the times be
those of piping peace or emerg-
ency and war times. 1t provides
that labor unions shall be COM
PEELED to make regular and public
statements of their finances,
showing what monies are col
lected and how they are eX-
pended 1t provides that cleo
tions of officers of the unions
shall be by secret ballot, and
that no strike shall be called by
a labor leader, but the issue of
strike or no strike shall be settled
by secret ballot of the workers
Evening star., 1941-11-15
Yea, God!' Is Subject
At Calvary Methodist

Yea, Cod" will be the subject at
II am. tomorrow in Calvary
Methodist Church by the Rev. DR..
Orris Gravenor Robinson. At pm.
a musical program will be held, A
fellowship period will follow, with
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Brandenburg as
hosts.
The young peoples service is at
6:45 pm.
Thanksgiving services will be held
at 10 I'm. Thursday. Dr. Robinson
will preach on The Christians
Thanksgiving. There will be no
Thursday evening devotional service,
The Calvary Dramatic Club will
meet at $50 pm. Sunday. Two one
act plays will be given.
The young adults will meet at 8
pm. Wednesday and at 8 pm.
Saturday the young people will meet,
On Monday Louis Potter, organist,
will give a recital. The public is
invited.
Evening star., 1941-11-15
By CONSTANTINE BROWN.

Now that American warships
and merchantmen may enter the
war zone in the North Atlantic
and, if necessary, the Mediter-
ranean, some Of the most inVet-
crate believers in labors right
to strike are convinced that un-
less this right is drastically cur
tailed in practice the United
States faces a sad plight.
Sinking a ship takes but few
minutes, but to replace even a
small unit such as a destroyer or
light cruiser requires a minimum
of l8 to "a months of intensive
labor.
The battle of the Atlantic has
entered a new violent phase. The
Germans. who. according to vari-
GUS reports, have between 500 and
300 submarines, have made it
clear that they will fight the
United States with gloves off.
Anything goes from now on
even below the belt.
Until some new method is de-
vlsed for sending supplies safely
across the Atlantic We shall have
to continue the present convoy
system - with notifications.
Merchantmen cannot be armed
overnight. The only adequate
armament-the dual utility gun,
Evening star., 1941-11-15
Aiming Cargo Ship!
Scheduled 10 Begin
Early Next Week
Weapons and Trained
Gun Crews Assembled
At Atlantic Ports
BY the Associated Press


Actual arming Of American mer-
chant ships is expected to get under
way next week in busy shipping
centers along the Atlantic Coast.
Trained gun crews and scores of
3. 4 and 5 inch weapons as well as
.50-caliber machine-gunS have been
collected at unidentified strategic
centers by the Navy, to be mounted
on cargo vessels as rapidly as they
come into port.
The work will start immediately
after Mr.. Roosevelt signs the Neu-
trality Act revision measure passed
by the House Thursday to authorize
American merchant ships to go
anywhere in the world under pro-
lection of their own flags and guns
The bill probably Will reach the
President Monday or Tuesday.
Size to Determine Arms.
The size of the vessels will deter
mine the size of armament they
receive Some of the largest and
most modern ships on the dan
gerous runs across the North Allan
tic will be equipped with 5-inch
dual purpose guns. Others will have
only regular 5-inch weapons sup
plemented by the machine-guns for
antl-aircraft protection
Many of the older or more lightly
constructed vessels Will have to be
rebuilt partially in order to equip
them with emplacementS strong
enough to support the burden of the
weapon and shock Of firing
Other ships built in recent years
under direction of the Maritime
Commission have mounts already
available and guns can be fixed in
place with only minor adjustments.
1t was considered probable that
some armed merchantmen would be
at sea within a week or 10 days.
Number Undetermined.
The exact number of merchant
men to be armed was not deter
mined. 1t may not be the entire
American merchant feet by any
means. During World War 1 only
1884 vessels were equipped with guns.
This time, Secretary Knox has said
those to be armed will be chosen ac-
cording to their need for protection
as determined by the routes they
travel.
Howard C. Mckenzie, vice presi-
dent of the National Maritime Un-
ion &C. I. o.. said in New York his
union was ready Ito man American
ships sailing to any port"
He said the N. M. U. always had
opposed any restriction on the move
ment of American ships and that a
union meeting Thursday night had
adopted resolution calling for an
outright declaration of war against
Germany.
Evening star., 1941-11-15
Running Away From Life
DR.. GouId's Subject

DR.. Robin Gould. pastor Of Francis
Asbury Methodist Church. will
preach at II am. tomorrow on
Running Away From Life and at
pm. on Neither Hot Nor Cold"
At 6:45 pm, the Intermediates.
Young People and Young Adults will
meet.
The women Will sew for the Red
Cross from to 3 pm. Monday.
Circle five of the Woman'S Society
of Christian Service will meet with
Mrs. Wayland at pm. Monday.
The w. S. c. S. will meet at 1920
am. Tuesday for its Mission Study
Class. At 8 pm. there will be re-
ception to the pastor, his family, DR..
and Mrs. John r. Edwards and
daughter and to the new members
of the church. The members of the
church will cooperate in the Union
Thanksgiving service, Thursday at
IL am, at the Universalist National
Memorial Church.
The women will sew for the Red
Cross from 10 m to pm. Friday.
Circle six of the w. S. c. S. will meet
at 8 pm. Friday with Mrs. and Miss
Billhimer.
Evening star., 1941-11-15
Rites Slated Tomorrow
For David B. Paul, so

Funeral services for David B. Paul,
60, who died yesterday at his home,
1862 Parkwood place NV, will be
held at 10 am. tomorrow at the
Danzansky funeral home, 3501 Four
teenth street NV.
A native of Norfolk, Va, Mr.. Paul
entered Government service in 1920
and retired in May, 1910, after serv-
ing as special investigator and in
structor with the Alcohol Tax Unit
since 1927. He was a member of
Mount Nebo Lodge, F. A. A. NJ, of
New York City, former president of
the Charlotte Chapter of B'nai
Birth and a member of the bars
of North Carolina and New York.
He was also a member of the WASH
ington Hebrew Congregation.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Maud F. Paul; a daughter, Julia
Adelaide Paul; two brothers, A. H.
Paul and w. j. Paul, both of Char
lotte, N. c., and two sisters, Mrs. M.
Kirschbaum of Charlotte and Mrs.
j. Lamb of Baltimore.
Evening star., 1941-11-15
Authority on Dromo
To Give Lecture Series

Leighton Rollins, drama authority
and well-known speaker, will de-
liver a series of three lectures at the
Sulgrave Club, starting Tuesday at
4 pm.
Mr.. Rollins appearance will be
sponsored by group Of distin-
guished women in Washington,
headed by Vicountess Halifax, wife
of the British Ambassador, and
Nine. Morgenstierne, wife of the
Norwegian Minister.
His topics and the dates Of their
occurrence are The American
Pioneer Spirit" November 18; Let
ters From an English Soldier" No
vember 25. and st. Francis in a
World at War;" December 8.
Tea will be served after each lee
ture and the proceeds devoted to the
relief OF French refugees In Eng
land and a British war relief.
Evening star., 1941-11-15
The Political Mill
Herring Strike Bill Hits at All Efforts to
Compel Closed Shop in Defense Industries

themselves, with a majority de-
Gliding.
Labor unions in this country
have resisted and continue to re-
sist this kind of legislation. They
have resisted anything that
would make them responsible for
their acts. They have won.
through political pressure, laws
which exempt them from the
operations of statutes which gov
ern corporations and business Of
every kind. They have sought
and obtained status outside and
above these laws. 1t is time this
was rectified. Until it is, there is
likely to be continual strife.
There is no more reason why a
labor unions finances should not
be open to the public, and par
ticularly to the individual men,
bers of the union, than should be
financial reports made by corpo-
rations, open to the public and to
its stockholders.
The bill offered by Senator
Herring goes far beyond the
Bridges bill, While it, too, pro-
vides that no strike shall be legal
ly entered into until after vote
Of all the workers involved is
taken, it hits at all efforts to COM
pei a closed shop in national de-
fense plants. In a statement re-
garding his bill Senator Herring
said: The measure is founded
upon the concept that no man
should be compelled to work
against his will. but an equal
right exists that any man who
may find employment shall be
permitted 10 work without coer-
cion, threats or the payment of
tribute to any other man or Or
ganiZation."
Another important provision Of
the Herring bill is for voluntary
arbitration Of labor disputes.
When a decision is rendered in
such an arbitration, then through
the courts the acceptance of the
award Of the arbitrators is to be
enforced. The bill, like others,
provides a cooling off, period,
during which strikes are not to
take place. If strike takes place,
under this bill, the importing Of
piCketS-other than workers in
the plant itself-is prohibited,
under penalty.
Issue in Foreground.
The closed shop issue-the issue
that man must join a union
to work in a plant or mine-is
vividly to the fore today because
OF the controversy over the cap
tive coal mines. President
Roosevelt, in a statement yester-
Evening star., 1941-11-15

rife which can be used against
both surface ships and aircraft
is not available in sufficient
quantities to be placed aboard
many merchantmen. If ordnance
factories worked "a hours a day,
II would be possible to obtain
this weapon in sufficient numbers
for our merchant marine some
time late in 1912.
Situation Different from 1917.
On the other hand. while We
must maintain an important part
of the Navy in the Pacific We
shall be fortunate if the produc-
ton of Navy yards only replaces
the losses We are likely 10 sustain
in the battle of the Atlantic.
1t is impossible for American
naval experts TO make even an
approximate estimate of our po-
tential losses. All they can say for
sure is that they Will be incom-
parablv heavier than in the last
war. This is likely for two rea-
sons: the Germans are believed
TO have a larger number of sub
marines than in 1917 and 1918
and American ships Will operate
IN much wider area than dur
ing World War I.
Furthermore, in the previous
campaign on the Atlantic the
Allied fleet used to blockade Ger
many and fight the U-boats in
cluded, besides the American and
British Navies, the French. Ital-
ian and occasionally the Japa-
nese fleets. Germany's enemies
had about three times the repair
and construction facilities they
have now. Besides the American
and British yards We had at our
disposal the French and Italian
naval workshops. In the present
struggle the British have only
about so per cent Of their original
Evening star., 1941-11-15
U-Bouts in Mediterranean
Germon Move Is Called New Evidence
Of Italian Apathy to War Effort

with army and airpower in the
Western Mediterranean, his acute
need for spectacular success, some
where, impels him to do what he
can in that theater.
There is an especial urgency that
he attack British seapower, which
has reached a point where Churchill
cannot only say that it is master of
the Western Mediterranean, but can
detail substantial forces TO deal with
the situation in the Pacific and In
dian Oceans.
British naval authorities have
beenk frank to acknowledge that in
creaslng use of the United States
Fleet in the Western Hemisphere
supply lanes has taken a big load
off the Royal Navy and enabled it
to spread its strength. more thickly
elsewhere. And yesterday Sir An
drew Cunningham, commander in
chief of the British Mediterranean
Fleet, said in an interview that re-
vision of the United States Neu-
trality Act would permit American
ships to look after themselves" bet
ter IN dangerous waters and that this
will tighten our burden" still fur
ther.
New Evidence Of Italian Apathy.
Nobody knows this better than
Adolf Hitler, who undoubtedly is
making other U-boat dispositions in
an attempt to cope directly with the
situation opened up by the lifting
of the neutrality bar
Aside from all this. the appear
ance OF the German U-boats in the
most precious part of Mussolini's
mare nostrum" permits new insight
into the condition of Italian morale.
and it indicates that the Italian
apathy toward this war has pene-
trated deep into the remaining
armed forces.
Perhaps the sacKlng today of
Italys alr chief, the veteran Fran
cisco PrfColo, is further evidence
of this creeping paralysis.
Evening star., 1941-11-15
BY FRED VANDERSCHMIDT.

Germany discloses today that her
submarines are taking over the Ital-
ian zone of naval operations in the
Western Mediterranean, and this
may have much more far-reaching
consequences than the sinking OF
| the British aircraft carrier Ark
Royal and the reported damaging OF
the British battleship Malaga.
For weeks, British surface craft
and British submarines and air.
planes have made something of a
parade ground of the western half
of this sea, smashing or Gripping
many of the Italian and German
troop and supply ships which have
started for Liyba to reinforce the
Axis armies on the Egyptian FROM
tier
Italian submerslbleS have been
singularly lnept in dealing with
these British warships and Italian
surface ships have been distin-
gushed by their absence or their
unWilllngnesS to stay and fight.
This is one reason the German
U-boats have moved in, but it may
not be the only reason.
The question of the long stretch
of Northern Africa occupied by the
French is coming up again. The
Vichy War Minister, Gen. Hunt
ziger, spent nearly three weeks
there on an urgent and mysterious
mission and was killed in an air
accident on his way home
More than a month ago the Brit
ish Prime Minister, Winston
Churchill, warned the House of
Commons that Hitler might. while
taking the defensive in Russia,
make his way through Spain into
Northwest Africa
Hitler Needs Spectacular Success.
1t Is certainly clear that the Ger
man armies are al least approach
ing a standstill in the East There
fore, even though Hitler may be
unable to unleash full-dress foray
Evening star., 1941-11-15
Atonement Lutheran

Foreign Missions Sunday will be
observed. DR.. Click. a medical mis-
slonary on furlough in America, will
speak on his work in Liberia.
AT 8 pm. the Rev. Howard SNYDER
Will speak on The Four Freedoms
IN the United States of America -
The brotherhood will meet Mon
day evening in the parish hall.
A special Thanksgiving service in
the chapel at 10 m. on Novem-
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