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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-06

THE President, himself as he
Il lately revealed in another
instalment Of his private papers,
long ago recognized the iniqul-
ties Of this act and Frances
Perkins only recently and very
reluctantly admitted the neces-
sity TO establish the principle OF
the open shop and 10 place the
unions under certain reasonable
compulsions.
Mr.. Mccormack was right am |
no punitive measures are needed
Amendment OF the Wagner Act
by one process or another so as
10 protect workers from coer-
cion by unions as well as by
employers. who now are the only
ones forbidden 10 eeeFee,- would
not he a punitive action.
Labor would not be punished
but would be benefited by a law
forbiddng unions to impose in
terState boycotts and certainly
would lose nothing by a law re-
curing that strike proposals and
union elections he submitted TO
the rank and file by secret bal
lot, under the supervision Of
some public authority.
TT IS a notorious fact that bill
i lions of dollars, not mere mil
lions. have been wrung from the
workers by the professional
unioneers and that only pennies
of this enormous tribute have
been accounted for in the last
eight years.
So the WORKER could not he
punished and undoubtedly would
be very grateful for any law that
would put the union bosses
under a requirement TO account
for all money down to the last
nickel.
There are many other correc-
tons which would be happily
received as benefits. not as pun
ishments, by the rank and f,,..-
who pays the dues and turns out
under orders TO walk the picket
lines, but il may be noticed that
the Smith bill, even with its
amendments, though dramatic, is
deplorably incomplete.
AT last the House seems TO
have realized with a start. that
the arrogant, ignorant union
lobbyists who prowl the halls Of
Congress threatening reprisals
represent not the workers blN
only their own greedy and oftenls
crooked racketS and may be
kicked out and run off the place
with impunity.
Like the bulldozing, hot-eyed
reformers of the old prohibition
lobby. they are beginning to lose
their power Of intimidation.
These unioncerS no more repre-
sent the workers than those evil
reform fakcrS represented the
sentiment nj the people Of the
United States of America.
If challenged now, they Will
fall.
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-06
JOE THOMAS,
500 Josephine street

TO THE EDITOR; ----
nOROTHY THOMPSON hit a
- new low when she attacked
the mothers who are opposed 10
sending their sons TO China TO
protect the Burma road, or TO
England or Africa to protect the
imperialstic British empire.
May l quote Lady Dorothys
remarks before the Fight for
Freedom Committee recently:
81 know some of these black
cockroaches who call themselves
American Mothers and picket the
White House. I have never been
paid by any one for an opinion
Of mine. and never will he as
long as I live. You who picket
the White House, you black
crows"
Let's analyZe Dorothy'S re-
marks. So the mothers who arc
opposed to the slaughter of their
sons, and use the picket line as a
last resort to impress their Will
on their congressional MIS-
representatives, who have COM
pletcly ignored the will of the
American people, are called
black crows and black cock
reaches by Dorothy.
OF course. Miss Thompson,
with one II year old son,
could not understand the feelings
of these picketing mothers, who
have from two to II children.
Dorothy claims she has never
been paid for her opinions. How
much does she get from her
newspaper articles?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-06

THE Senate is more suave(
L and tricky than the House, \
more compact and afflicted with
a pompous self-importance, and
probably will try 10 sWindle the
country out of a square deal.
This the Senate did last year
when the House passed a good
bill which was Srothercd in the
upper house, obviously by COM
mand of the executive branch.
The Senate undoubtedly will
Try The same trick again, but
this time the heat is on and the
attempt al Illustration probably
will take the form Of a fake.
Neither the Senate nor the
labor committee of the, House
can be- trusted for a moment.
They require Watching-and
frank goading from the people.
Majority Leader Mccormack
said in the House in the debate
on the Smith measure:
I'VE are not on the kill today:
while I favor passing some labor
legislation, II should not be
punitive"
He was correct, but he was
ignoring the fact that the adj
ministratlon had earned deep
suspicion by its stubborn, tricky
obstruction Of all previous at
tempts TO enact relief from I'M
considerable conduct by profess
sional. political, and often Grim
NAL unIoneeFss
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BAERIN0 DOWN ON The NEWS:
Remote Rose Bout.
By ARTHUR "BUGS" BAER

Hope deferred buffers parsnps and it looks like
guns iron. An opimist fellow who cries him
self 10 sleep All the rest Of US have insomnia.
Opinions the Burma Road divided allga-
tors smile and a reversible as a leather coat.
know it a very exciting game but why not pick a
bowl home?
II had diplomats like Ben Franklin around these
days manipulate the open door policy closed
and latch key
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-06
Mostly Misery

LOUR Ms for December.
Municipal employees strike threatened on De-
cember 10
Milk blockade threatened on December 90
Merry Christmas December 25-
Maybe
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-06
The Currier Bombing

WYE WONDER what the vandals who bombed the P
w J. Currier home think they accomplished?
They endangered and frightened two children
They lmperied every in the neghborhood
They blackened the entire labor movement.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-06

WELL, Cantillon. old boy if
w you are going 10 pay me
more and more As | ask for
more and more TO buy more and
more and then you tax me moro
and more TO prevent me from
buying more and more, and then
! ask more and morF.tPtc.. etc,
etc. adj nauSeum l thought this
was initiation.
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Evening star., 1941-09-05
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

When q submarine attacked the
United States destroyer Greer in
the North Atlantic-presumably
close to dawn yesterday-it probably
encountered a grim, blue-black
death machine with every ofncer
and sailor at his post, guns manned
and sweeping the skies, torpedoes
and depth charges ready to be re-
leased merely by pressing buttons.
This Is almost assuredly the case
II the attack came just before full
daylight In far northern waters
where the brief darkness begins to
break about 8 am. and pink traces
Of the sun never are entirely absent
from the sky unless there is thick
fog.
The picture tentatively can be
reconstructed from experiences of
nearly three weeks on sister de-
stroyers of the Greer on the North
Atlantic patrol. Once the Greer
passed east OF certain point pre-
sumably it went into the so-called
Condition Two" Twice each "a
hours, at the two twilights of dusk
and dawn, the crew were reused
from their hammocks for general
quarters-which means every man
at his post. This includes literally
Evening star., 1941-09-05

The fact that the Greer was car
rying mail to American forces in
Iceland made it unlikely, informed
sources thought, that she would have
been engaged in patrol duties such
as Admiral Raeder described.
From these sources, 1t was learned
that the news of the attack was in
official hands here for several hours
before it was made public. The first
dispatch from the Greer was held
up until a check-back had been
made for confirmation.
Had Been Flagship.
In line with Navy policy on opera
tions, the destroyer's regular role
in the Atlantic patrol was not in
dicated. Until such information was
discontinued on April l, however,
the Greer was listed as the flagship
of Destroyer Division No. 81.
The ship Is commanded by 1t
Corndr. Laurence Hugh Frost, 80, 8
native of Fayetteville, Ark, who
makes his home in Washington. Hel
normal complement is 9 officers anc
a crew of 1l3 men, but many unit.
of the feet now are carrying larger
crews than usual.
The Greer, 1,200-tonner, was
launched in August, 1918, at the
Cramp Shipyards in Philadelphia
Her armament includes four 4-incf
guns, an unspecifled number of g.
inch anti-aircraft guns, a dozer
Evening star., 1941-09-05
Greer Case Gives
British Argument
For u. ). War Entry
Submarine Attack Called
Reminder That Isolation
is Being Threatened
Bs the Associated Press.

b the Associated Press.
LONDON, Sept. S-The London
Evening Press seized on the sub
marine attack on the U. S. s. Greer
today to argue that the United
States should put herself fully at
the British side.
The Evening News called the sub
marine attack q pointed reminder
that the United States geographical
isolation rapidly is being threat
ened."
The Evening Standard commented
that Canada. with the Atlantic
dividing her from the battlefield,
still realized the folly Of waiting
passively for our turn to come"
I'VE think the same logic applies
to the United States" the news
paper added. To-day . German
torpedo puts the case with ines
capable force"
Under the headline Mackenzie
King Plea Sensation" the Daily
Express said the Canadian Prime
Minister'S luncheon speech yesterday
contained the most directly-worded
Evening star., 1941-09-05
All u. S. Destroyer Crews Trained to Man
Stations for Defense Within so Seconds

every officer and enlisted man on
the ship. Even the yeomen, the
pharmacists mates. the storekeep-
ers have their places with gun crews.
In about 90 seconds the crew of
the Greer had stumbled up the
ladders in the dim nght-the ship
was in complete blackout-to take
their posts Capt. Frost had per-
sonally taken command on the
bridge. An especially sharp lookout
was in order. The sonic apparatus
was echoing back and forth through
the water.
Some returning echo signified by
a disturbance of the revolving needle
on the recording machine probably
was the first indication that a sub
marine was in the vicinity. The
officers of the Greer could not be
sure at first, but took no chances.
There was something in the water
within a few hundred yards which
should not be there.
This has become a routine pro-
cedure. Probably it all happened so
quickly that the majority OF the
crew were unawarethat anything
unusual had taken place.
Some officers have criticized the
stringency of the procedure. The
calls OF quarters, 1t has been said
may be like crying wolf" If it Is
Evening star., 1941-09-05

done too often snd no wolf appears,
interest may relax.
The Greer affair-if this is a valid
Observation-Disclosures its value
1t makes life a very hectic affair for
the officers and crews of destroyers
in the supposed danger zane, and
requires the most rigid sort of dis
cipline.
General quarters ends when the
danger period is oyer-tbat is, when
light has increased sufficiently sc
that lookouts have q good view OF
the surrounding seas. Dawn is not
quite so anxious a time as dusk
The increasing light Is against the
lurking submarine and in favor OF
the destroyer. With approaching
darkness, on the other hand, time is
with the submarine.
The Greer, repeatedly carrying
mail to Iceland, presumably was
travelling alone at full speed-per-
haps about IS knots. Had 1t been
accompanied by other destroyers
it is doubtful If a submarine would
have attacked except in a suicide
stunt, for with the increasing light
it could have escaped only by Q
miracle.
Possibly the attack came after
general quarters was over, when the
weary men had returned to theil
hommocks to snatch an hour or sc
Of sleep before breakfast and the
strenuous duties Of destroyer's day
Called Out Again.
If so, as soon as the echo dis.
turbances were first observed tn,
watch officer called Capt. Frost from
his bed and almost Simultaneous,
started the alarm of changing bell
through the old destroyer which
called the bleary-eyed sailors Il
their guns.
This, of course. is purely a tenta
tive reconstruction of what nigh
have happened.
Perhaps it was a sharp-eyed look
out, surveying the seas with glasses
who first detected something in tn
distance which could be the peri
scope of a submarine. Perhaps tn
attack happened in broad dayngh
when the men were at their duties
In any event the Greer certainl,
was not caught unaware.
Evening star., 1941-09-05

we'll as on the seas between the
United States and all other strategic
outposts."
Doesn't Recognize Zone.
However, part of the ocean that
must be traversed to reach Iceland
lies within the Nazi-designated war
zone which Germany extended west
ward this spring almost to the
coastal waters of Greenland. The
United States does not recognize
the German right to prescribe such
zone, but Berlin has officially
posted the waters as dangerous.
In fact, Adolf Hitler on three diff
ferent occasions this year has served
notice in his speeches that his u
boats would torpedo any ships that
came before their periscopes if the
ship represented aid to Britain.
Ever since the operations of the
Navy's Atlantic patrol were first
disclosed early this spring, Axis
capitals have been hostile in their
reaction. Berlin, Rome and even
Toxic have found occasion to con-
denim the patrol variously as pro-
vocative, acknowledgement, and an
invitation to incidents.
When President Roosevelt an
nounced the patrol was operating
he said that it was a defensive
measure and that its mission was to
guard the approaches of the United
States by keeping a watch for Axis
submarines or surface raiders which
might bring hostilities into hemi-
sphere waters.
Raeder Assails Patrols.
However, in radioing American
vessels Of the presence of such bel
ligerent craft, they have automati-
cally informed the British and all
friendly shipping of the raiders
whereabouts.
Last May Grand Admiral Erich
Raeder assailed this method of oper-
ations, saying that its aggressive
character already has been estab-
lished"
Nobody could expect a German
commander, he said, to stand idly by
while "his position was reported to
the enemy by an American warship,
certainly not when a patrol ship
follows him so long that strong
British forces can be called up not
only to hinder him in the execution
of his task but also to destroy his
ship and his crew.
"He (the commander) faces in this
case just as in the case of conveys
an actual warlike act and is justified
according to the recognized rules of
war to demand cessation of hostile
actions by the ship involved and if
necessary to enforce it with arms" ;"
Evening star., 1941-09-05

torpedo tubes and the usual depth
bomb equipment. Her designed
speed was IS knots.
While the attack was the first
hostile action against an American
warship since the war began. a de-
stroyer has dropped depth bombs In
a protective action on at least one
other occasion.
Earlier Incident Revealed.
Secretary of the Navy Knox told
the Senate Naval Affairs COMMITTEES
on July II of this incident His ac-
count. as published by the COM
mittee, said:
One United States destroyer op-
Grating OF Greenland heard the
SOS OF q steamer and proceeded to
the location and picked up so Of the
survivors OF the steamer. .
While engaged in this act Of mer-
cy. the operator of the listening
equipment reported to the captain
that he thought he heard a sub
merged submarine. The captain i'm
mediately turned toward the direc-
ton indicated and dropped three
depth charges.
I'm doing this, he very prudently
exercised the right of self -preserva-
ton, for had there been a submarine
there his destroyer might have been
sunk.
There was no other evidence that
a submarine was there, and 1t is
quite possible that no submarine was
there. The listening equipment echo
might have been received from q
whale or large fish, or a cold cur
rent, instead of a submarine-some
thing which is frequently expert
enced."
Evening star., 1941-09-05
Injured Man, 701,
Gets $4,000 on
S1-d-Ddy Deal
BY the Associated pr.sx.


PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 5.-sixty-
five years ago a railroad made q
settlement with a 36-year-old pas
senger who had been injured in a
train wreck at Ashtabula, Ohio, In
which s5 persons were killed.
'We7l give you a dollar a day as
long as you live said the railroad
adjuster to Harry Ellsworth Ben
nett, who suffered an injured back
and lost an eve.
That was a pretty good bargain, -"
grinned Mr. Bennett on celebrating
his lolst birthday yesterday. 80
far I've collected s23,700."
A lifelong vegetarian, he smokes
10 cigars a day, enjoys a daily glass
Of beer, shoots pool and goes to the
baseball game afternoons, then gets
in a little poker or rummy in the
evening.
Evening star., 1941-09-05
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Evening star., 1941-09-05
Inteventionists PIoy Up
Incident, Germans Soy

BERLIN, Sept. 5 LP).-Authorized
German sources asserted tonight
that the Greer episode was being
played up by American interven-
tionists.
Dienst aus Deutschland, news
commentary with close Foreign Of
flee connections, commented that
some interyentionists were initiating
the story to make it "the long
yearned-for incident in the At
lantic."
Asked whether the Reich had any
information on a submarine launch
ing torpedo at the United States
destroyer. a spokesman replied
There are a number of reports
abroad, but none have been made
to u.s."
Evening star., 1941-09-05
Caution Is Advised
In Conclusions on
Destroyer Attack
No indication Is Found
Thot Hitler Wants to
Have u. S. in War
By DEWITT MACKENZIE.

Confucius In his boundless wis
dom doubtless would advise us tc
take it easy in reaching conclusions
about the mystery of the submarine
attack on the United States de-
stroyer Greer.
If for the sake of argument We
adopt the British idea that 1t was
a German U-boat which fired the
torpedoes. then the question imme-
diately arises whether the action
wasn't the result of a mistake.
There has been no indication
that Herr Hitler wants to see Amer
ica in the European war, although
he might be praying that we be-
come involved in the Orient. In
fact. all the signs have been that
he hopes we won't intervene in
the western theater.
Mediterranean Move Seen.
The point isn't that the Fuehrer
loves us the more but that he likes
the idea of the United States Navy
getting into action at this critical
juncture the less. His reason Is
that he likely will undertake major
operations in the Mediterranean IN
the near future: he presumably will
intensity his U-boat campaign IN
the battle of the Atlantic, and he
doesn't want American warships
supporting the British when the
Allies invade the Continent.
In short, the Nazi chief has plenty
of trouble on his hands already
and so much for that. The British
invasion, by the way, probably won't
be tried before spring, unless unex-
pected developments in the Russo
NaZi war make it advisable for
Britain to strike sooner. Meantime
the bloodletting which the Nazls
are undergoing in Russia Is paving
the way for the Allied assault across
the English Channel.
sanguinary fighting continues
throughout the entire length OF the
great battle line in Russia, but there
seems to have been little change In
position during the past "a hours.
The authoritative German COM
mentary Dienst aus Deutschland
says the Reds apparently are carry
ing out extensive attacks on the CEN
tral front, but belittles their effec-
tiveness.
Reserve Power Indicated.
Dienst misses the point. The signi-
ficant fact is that the Bolshevists
are able to inaugurate big-scale at
tacks at all, after standing off such
q violent assault. 1t Is indicative OF
reserve power and good morale.
1t is interesting to see the Ger
mans again resorting to what the
Muscovites describe as the psyche
logical attack"-a sort OF stage-play
which is calculated to confound the
enemy. In the case in hand the Reds
report that two companies Of picked
Nazi troops advanced in close forma-
ton. preceded by band as on
parade, kettle drums rolling and
bass drums laundering" Moscow
says the attackers were annihilated.
Evening star., 1941-09-05
Submarine
Continued From First Page)

could be at once on the American
side of the Atlantic and within q
prescribed danger zone as DEFINED
by the German admiralty.
Mr.. Roosevelt replied that In the
arst place there had never been any
formal notification to this Govern
nnent of the German danger area.
Secondly, he added, the German
zone was classified by Berlin as a
blockade area, something which Is
never recognized unless effective.
Mr.. Roosevelt would give no de-
tails on what searching procedure is
being followed, or how many ships
may be involved in the hunt for the
marauding submarine. 1t was when
he was asked what would be done
f the attacker was found that he
retorted curtly he supposed 1t would
be eliminated. Later, he gave ex-
press permission for quotation OF the
word eliminate"
The action involving the Greer
put the United States face to face
with the first incident" to challenge
the Navy's patrol of the Atlantic.
Oficials were of the opinion the
attack yesterday might have far
reaching consequences in detern1ln-
ing the Navy's future strategy IN
the North Atlantic.
State Department Silent.
For the moment, the State De-
partment had nothing to say, and
the Navy Department issued only q
lsconic three sentence communlque
which announced the attack on the
Greer.
Berlin almost Immediately dis
claimed all knowledge of the attack.
London, on the other hand, was
ready to blame the incident on a
Nazi U-boat.
AS far as the United States Navy
was concerned, this much was re-
leased:
"The Navy Department announced
that the U. S. S. Greer, en- route TO
Iceland with mail, reported this
morning that a submarine attacked
her by firing torpedoes which missed
their mark. The Greer Immediately
eounterattacked with depth charges
Results unknown.
Not even the location OF the at
tack was indicated.
Congress Apprehensive.
Lacking a more complete report,
members of Congress were cautious
but apprehensive in appraising the
clash at sea. They counseled the
public against forming hasty opin-
ions, and expressed the belief that
the incident was not of sufficient
magnitude to plunge the country
into war.
There was much conjecture, how
ever, whether the Thursday morning
attack represented the initiative of
o single submarine commander, or
whether it presaged the beginning
of an intensified underseas campaign
that would respect no nationality in
the North Atlantic shipping lanes.
Upon the occupation of Iceland
early in July, President Roosevelt
specifically issued orders to the Navy
~that all necessary steps be taken
10 insure the safety of communica-
tions In the approaches between
Iceland and the United States, al