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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-10
TonL RoTTLE-NECK


There is a tremendous reservoir
of machine tool capacity and skilled
tool and pattern makers idle in this
country at time when mass pro-
duction is our greatest need, and it
isn't coming. %
In talking with a. considerable va
riety of people I find much confu-
sion about what machine tools real
" are. In my varied career Of jack
of-all-trades-and-m aster-of-none, !
was once responsible for forge
shop, a machine shop, an engine
and an automobile factory-such as
they were.
Many people seem to have an
idea that machine tools are like a
carpenters box of tools-saws, PLAN
ers, chisels, square and maybe,
plumb-bob and a ball of blue chalk.
4 They aren't like that at all. Vol
.umes have been written on what
they are like and it is not my pur-
pose to try to reproduce those vol
umes here, further than to say that
machine tools are the instruments
Of American mass production. They
have enabled us to produce an au-
tomobile for, say, $500, that in an
other country. with other methods,
would cost $7,000-and to produce
them by thousands day where, in
another method, we, should do well
to produce 10 q day.
s 49,
They are giant stamping machines
that produce a whole automobile
frame, for example, in one opera
ton. They are batteries Of ma
chimes that receive raw iron at one
end Of the production line and turn
out completed butt-welded and
painted steel pipe at the other on q
fiat car, with scarcely a human
hand intervening. They are forging
machines that viii do on single
trip what it would take a battery Of
blacksmiths three months to do.
There are drill-presses, lathes and
automatic screw machines that, set
to the proper gauges, will turn out in
a few motions hundreds Of perfected
parts Of this or that. complicated
piece of machinery Of instruments
OF modern mechanical warfare,
with more accuracy than all the an
clients ever dreamed.
But these things do 60 In bat
teries. Their operations have to be
planned months, II necessary, in adj
vance.
Some consideration Of this brief
sketch will suggest how important
are tool makers to swift mass pro-
duction. It isn't just that they make
the working tools for the machines
that produce these miracles. They
also make the tools that make the
tools that do the job. There are no
words adequate to express the i'm
portance Of these men to any pro-
duction program. What Phil MUIR
ray says is that there are about
10000 Of them unemployed, or only
part-time employed. That's con-
siderable percentage Of the total.
Here is our real bottleneck.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-10
HIG Hight in the weeks ne,os

TT. Meade: Camp building for
the National Guard and draftees is
big business, this cantonment re-
porting that 1900 men were cur
rently at work there.
Lisbon: A move is on foot, it was
reported at Lisbon, on the part of
the Vichy government to set the At
rican colonies free, thus giving them
carte blanche to move in any direc-
ton they see fit.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-10
Flag Display

According to the United States
Flag association there are three
known places where the flag flies
both day and night. They are:
The World War memorial in Wor-
cester, Mass; the Grave of Fran
els Scott Key, Frederick, Md; the
east and west entrances of the
United States Capitol.
The only written statute or rule
concerning the 24-hour display was
set forth in the report Of the
capitol architect for 1888, which
stated that the flag was to fly in
all weather, all times over the
Capitol.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-10
G Z N RAJ
HUGH s.
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PLANE PRODUCTION

PLANE PRODUCTION
Phil Murray's plan for increased
plane production may be wrong in
places, but II has at least a germ
Of the right idea in it.. Boiled down
to its bones, what he proposes Is
to make d single great production
unit out Of the whole automobile in
tlustry, instead of cluster Of COM
peting companies.
That idea was also at the center
Of his earlier plan to speed produc-
ton by creating control board for
each industry. That also is the idea
Of treating such industry as unit
and so mobilizing each separately
and then rnarshalling all these great
units in one combined economic reg
irnent for defense production.
That is exactly the essence OF
what was done in the war industries
board in 1918. It is exactly what
is not being done in the Knudsen
four-nan production office.
What the war industries board did
was to request each great industry
to appoint a ''war service" commit
tee, which could speak and receive
the governments instructions for the
whole industry. Then there were or
ganized in the board commodity
committees" one for each or more
industries. It never became neces-
sary to make this alignment and
method too formal or sticky, but it
was an arrangement that enabled
the organization of the government
overhead to mesh with the overhead
control within each industry, like
the interlined fingers Of your two
clasped hands. M M
Every production problem was
broken down by industries and con-
sidered in joint meeting Of these
committees or their representatives.
It is the only quick way to explore
the productive facilities Of each in
dlstry, to prevent overlapping, con-
fusion and waste, to determine the
merits Of vexed questions Of priori-
ty, relative effort and bottlenecks.
It created kind Of piano key
board upon which federal industrial
control can produce, or try to pro-
duce, all the harmonies and effects
Of which our economic music box is
capable. Indeed if you don't have
that, in view Of the immense vol
ufne Of material and the vast COM
pick Of American industry, you are
simply fumbling in jungle of OBJ
securities, cross purposes and divid-
ed interests, with never enough facts
to decide wisely or well and with
not enough controls to, act with full
effect, even If you could decide.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-10
NLRB:
Gets Red Tag

The Smith committee of the house
of representatives rendered its final
report, branding the National Labor
Relations board as 'avowed enemies
of constitutional government, and
recommending not its disarmament,
but a thorough housekeeping.
The committee approved the Pres
ident's naming Of DR.. Harry. A.
Mills and DR.. William S. Lesser
son to the board, and the ousting
of Edwin S. Smith.
Rep. Howard w. Smiths group
turned its chief barbs against Smith,
Ending II months Of investiga-
ton of the NLRB, the committee
recommended and charged:
/. Prompt dismissal Of all mem
bers Of Communist front" groups.
2. Sweeping revision of the Wag-
ner Labor Relations act.
8. Institution by congress Of an in
vestigation Of the entire field of la
Dor relations.
The report tied up Smith with
Harry e. Bridges, the stormy petrol
of labor on the West coast, charged
it with ''wrecking labor and employ
ers alike" and of having pronounced
"C.I.O. sympathieS. 4
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-10

Athens: Greek sources reported
a submarine had attacked and sunk
an Italian convoy in the Adriatic,
with loss of Is, 600 to $4,000 tons.
Melbourne: Australian army
chiefs reported that Nazi sea raid
er, disguised as Japanese ves-
sci, shelled and badly damaged
buildings on the isle Of Nauru, 8, 400
acre atoll in the south Pacific, chief
" noted as a source of phosphate.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-10

Here is Richard Green, mo-
tioB picture actor. climbing out
Hof d tank Somewhere in Eng
land" where he is training .Uith
the tank unit in sobich he en-
listed. Sometime before his en-
listment was accepted in Eng
land he made a flying trip from
Hollywood to Vancouver, B. C,
in an attempt to enlist in the Ca
madam army. He scas rejected
there but is noU serving Nth the
British forces.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-10
Defense Capacity

Americas productive capacity for
defense is rapidly expanding to meet
the nations armament needs. Ac-
cording to the defense commission,
the nations arms output has
reached 2,4O0 aircraft engines, 700
planes, more than 10000 semi-auto-
matte rifles and 100 tanks month.
The commission added that more
than a million persons have been
put to work in the last two months
and that several million more will
be needed by next November.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-10
QUAKE:
But No Sabotage

New England and large part of
the surrounding country was treated
to apair Of earthquake shocks, one
of the few disasters in recent months
that hasn't been investigated by the
FBI or the Dies investigators or
both.
Most remarkable was the predic-
ton of one quake expert that the
shocks felt are just preliminary,
and left New England sitting on the
anxious seat. For this scientist pre-
dicted that within eight months the
earth's fault will really settle, and
that a truly disastrous quake will
occur. M W e I
New Englanders, who have smugly
sat back for decades looking over at
sunny California, studying their own
gloomy climate and saying "well,
anyway, we don't have earth
quakes," are now revising their slo-
gans accordingly.
And such is their confidence in
college professors that New England
won't be sitting pretty until the
eight months have passed away
without quake!
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-10

To love all mankind, from the
greatest to the lowest, cheerful
state of being is required; but in
order to see into mankind, into
life, and still more into ourselves,
suffering is requisite.-Richter
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-10
PEACE:
II. S. Offensive


AS the U. S. administration moved
ever more vigorously toward aiding
Britain, isolationists groups in sem
ate and house started individual
peace offensives'' which the Presi-
dent had scored in no uncertain
terms in his radio address Sunday
before New Years.
Back of them all was the familiar
theme of asking the U. S. to de-
mand that Britain and Germany
state their war aims and that this
country make one last effort to bring
the two chief warning nations to-
gether before the world as it now ex-
lists falls apart. $50
The theory back Of it all seemed
to be feeling on some Of the adj
ministration's heartiest opponents
that President Roosevelt still would
like to see himself in the role Of
peacemaker, on any basis. But the
President himself indicated that
there could be no negotiations with
the Axis powers bent on conquer
ing the world by the use Of gangster
tactics.
The demand of Knudsen that man
ufacturers work for victory" and
by this evidently meaning British
victory, was seen as enough indica-
ton of the true temper Of White
House feeling in the matter.
Editorially, the anti British Amer
lean press hailed this domestic
peace offensive" and the Anglo
phile press editorially condemned it,
saying that normally intelligent SEN
ators and congressman were allow
ing themselves unwittingly to be
made tools of Hitler.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-10

scouts on the continent seemed to
indicate that the objective had been
attained, and that any invasion at
tempt would have to be postponed
again.
At the same time the British put
into volume production a new type
of torpedo boat, said to travel 70
miles per hour, barely touching the
tops Of the waves, highly maneuver-
able, and carrying all sorts Of ar
mament, including one cannon and
several torpedoes.
Purpose of this boat is to be a
counter-move against any troop-car-
rying barges that may seek to cross
the channel.
BRITISH:
Get Second Wind
The campaign in Egypt, which
saw the British capture upward Of
IS 900 prisoners and huge quantities
of war material while hurting the
Italians not only out of foreign ter
ritory but well back within their own
Libya, reached point where the
British sat still for while, appar-
emily catching their second wind. !"
h Sit-down point was Bardia, where
state of siege was declared, and
the British, under General Wavell,
apparently decided to shell the de-
tenders into submission with artil-
lery from land and sea and bombs
from the air rather than to risk
heavy casualties in direct assault
on the well-fortified town.
Bardia is said to be defended by
10000 Italians, and while cut off
from outside help or supplies, and
apparently doomed to fall, showed
signs Of being able to hold out for a
while. Prisoners who deserted from
within the town and ran the gauntlet
of FIRE to the comparative safety of
surrender, said Bardia was hell
on-earth.
They described the havoc wrought
by British fire, and felt themselves
well out of it all. Rome was slow
to admit British successes, but there
were signs Of sweeping further
changes IN command. These mostly
came from British sources, which
announced that as the Italian air
force was fighting more vigorously,
they assumed that italy once more
had fired a general and hired new
nI1e .~f-N@
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-10
INDIGESTION
may Affect the Heal

Gas trapped In the stomach or outlet may act like
hair-rigger the heart At the first sign Of distress
smart men and women depend on Bell ANS Tablets to
Get gas free No laxative but made Of the fastest
acting medicines known for acid Indigestion II tho
FIRST DOSE doesn't prove Bell-ans better. return
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-10
n6ijd59lad1bn,

! Argentina. that country Of open
spaces. bumper crops and heavy ex-
ports. is ON the verge of doing .
Henry Wallace. Never before have
Was anv avstern better than grow
INC ali the wheat Won could get out
~ the soil and ali the fax and ali
che barley s g
They have long been the greatest
grain exporting country in the
world and thew have become so by
sowing wide. reaping heavy, and
filing outbound vessels to the
patches with grain,
But now the outbound vessels are
few and the Grain is backing UP
and fIowine over the fields where
still another crop il ripening. Off
cial estimates indicate that a year
hence Argentina win have a wheat
s,rnl,,s of 200 0D0. 600 bushels.
81 the Argentine government is
doing the unheard Of; actually is
cons;derinp acreage control for next
vear's CROP The grain board has
been given authority to cut the plant
incs If wheat fiaxseed. and barley,
by 10 per cent. in an AAA for Ar
centina.
sss
NEW BRITISH AMBASSADOR
APPOINTMENT of the distinguished
visco,,nt Halifax as British ambas-
.ad.r - +ha TTn;+od Ctates wae
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-10

WILL the little tots be proud Of
~ these warm slippers! They
come in three sizes. You can use
angora or another wool for the
dots that are embroidered on.
Pattern 2693 contains directions for
making slippers in 2, and 8-year size;
illustrations Of them and stitches; mate.
rails required; photo Of pattern stitch.
Send orders to:
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-10
q. S. WINE. TRADE

The combination Of the war and
the holiday season is bringing the
best business to domestic wines
since World War /.
All Of the six important wine ex-
porting countries are affected by the
war. France, Algeria, Italy and
Germany are shut off from interna-
tional trade, while Spain and Portu-
gal have difficult transportation
problems.
In fact, there are no. foreign sup
plies Of champagne in sight, and the
department Of commerce estimated
that the stocks on hand q month
ago COTS, 900 gallons) would be heavi-
" drained by holiday consumption
and exhausted within the next few
months.
Result is that the United States
domestic wine industry is enjoying
boom demand. We are even ex-
porting wine.
In the month Of October, exports
of u. S. wines were 204, 900 gallons,
or more than twice as much as had
been exported in any entire year
since repeal of the Eighteenth
amendment. Odd angle is that most
Of our wine is going to q market
normally enjoyed by France, name
" French Indo-C China.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-10
MERRY-GO-ROUND

The sis0Iationist America First
committee is doing much more eff
xective job laf organizing units in coll
leges than its rival Committee for
the Defense Of America by Aiding
the Allies. America First has sew
eral hundred college branches while
the opposition has only twelve.
According to the Republican,
monthly COP. journal, thousands
Of letters have been received by
Wendell Willkie and other party
leaders urging them to change the
name Of the Republican party"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-03
Relief At Last
For Your Cough

Chronic bronchitis may develop II
your cough. chest cold. or acute bron-
chitis is not treated and you cannot
afford to take chance with anymedi-
cine less potent than Creomulsion
which goes right to the seat of the
trouble TO help loosen and expel germ
laden phlegm and aid nature to
soothe and heal raw, tender. infiamed
bronchial mucous membranes.
Creomulsion blends lockwood
creosote byspecial process with other
time tested medicines for coughs.
It contains no narcotics.
No matter how many medicines
you have tried. tell your druggist to
sell YOU bottle of Creomulsion with
the understanding you must like the
way IL quickly allays the cough. per-
hitting rest and sleep. or you are to
have your money back.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-03
URGE PEACE CRUSADE

LAFAYETTE. Ind. AIN. s.
GNS)-Members of the Holy
Name Society were urged today
TO mobilize the millions OF our
members in a mighty crusade TO
keep America out of the war, and
out Of all the steps which newt
ably lead 10 A.
Addressing a rally oil members
Of the Holy Name Societies of
the Lafayette Deanery al Purdue
University. the Rev DR. John A.
O'Brien. professor al Notre Dame
University. said
THE greatest contribution
which America can render to
the preservation of Christian
civilization il TO use her good
offices and her great moral in
hnence TO hiring the warning ma
tiOns 10 the conference table to
lay the foundations for a just
and lasting peace"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-03
Rabbi Says
Right Will
Win War

"In the end. right must con-
quor In Europe, spirit must tri-
umph over might
This is the message which Grand
Rabbi Saul Taub brings today as
he rests IN Detroit after a year.
Of incredible hardShips, including
his flight from Warsaw and his
Journey to America and safety
which led him almost around the
world.
The Grand Rabbi tonight will
lead the Sabbath services at Beth
Yehuda Synagogue. and later will
conduct A Sasidie meal Of cere-
mony and song.
GUEST OF DETROITER
Travelling with an interpreter,
Grand Rabbi Traub will remain in
Detroit for a week. He is the
house guest of Samuel Milgrom
of 1910 Pingree avenue. The Grand
Rabbi and Milgrom both were born
in OZarow, Poland.
With the Grand Rabbi in
America are four of his children.
Five still remain in Wilma.
Noted throughout Europe and
Palestine for the ceremonial music
he has composed, his latest COM
position is a song of the refugees
and will be presented here tonight.
His synagogue near Warsaw be-
fore the blitzkrieg, was one OF
he most popular in Poland
He fed to Wilma in 1889 The
ew musical compositions he had
taken with him were stolen.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-03
NotedAmeri(ans
UrgeU.S. Speed
Aid TO Britain

InternatlenaI Saw. seryle. wire

N|"N"-"H"
NEW YORK. Jan. 3. - In an
open letter to Congress, SO promi-
nent Americans today called for
action-"fearlessly and swiftly
10 give prompt and effective aid
10 those countries now holding the
Axis tyrants at bay
Signers of the letter include:
President James B. Conant of
Harvard University, President
Charles Seymour of Yale Univer-
sity. President Robert A. Millikan
of California Institute of Technol-
ogy. Alexander Woollcott, noted
author.
Marshall Field, publisher and
financier; President Ernest M.
Hopkins of Dartmouth College;
President William NJ. LETTERS of
the Union Pacific Railroad; (. r.
Hartman, New York banker.
Bishop Henry Hobson of Cincin-
natl; David Dubinsky, president of
the International Ladies Garment
Workers Union; Herbert Agar,
editor of the Louisville Courier
journal.
Hamilton Fish Armstrong. edi-
tor OF Foreign Affairs" Lewis w.
Douglas. president of Mutual Life
Insurance Co: Edward Weeks,
editor of Atlantic Monthly.
ACCEPTS RESIGNATION
- Meanwhile the resignation Of
William Allen White as chairman
of the Committee TO Defend
America by Aiding the Allies was
accepted by fhe organizations
executive committee. but OF action
was taken about selecting a sue
cessor. The executive body said it
accepted Whites resignation with
"the greatest reluctance" and only
with the provision that he takes
the title of honorary chairman.
continue as member of the
executive committee and serve as
a constant consultant
In Emporia. Kans., the 72-year-
old publisher said he had stepped
out as chairman because he
lacked time for the work.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-03

Here's mattress comfort al
it. best Value that is ex-
traordinary. Pre-built en-
broidered side wall with
ventilators. Assorted rayon-
and-cotton damask ticks in
eolors. hospital type heavy
s-oz. AGA ticking. Full or
twin size.
Box Spring 10 Match, Hi
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-23

into war by the leaders of the two
major parties, new party would
arise which would place the inter-
est of this country first.
II want to tell you that today
% per cent of the American
people are against getting into
this war" Wheeler declared.
This IL not n time for the
people to be intimidated. 1t Is a
time to fight against being
drawn into tho bloody conflict
In Europe. IL Ii a time for them
to tell the President they do not
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-23

of the late Senator Robert M. La
Toilette.
BY this time the immense arena
was packed with men and women,
and between 5000 and 1000 who
could not get seats in. the hall
stood outside and followed the
proceedings brought by amplifiers
set up In the street.
1t was one of the largest and
most enthusiastic meetings that
has turned out anywhere in the
country to hear him since Senator
Wheeler began his present tour In
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-23

leaders OF both Of our great
parties are untrustworthy, that
their campaign promises are
mere campaign oratory, that
they were deceived for political
gain, and our way of life will
fall - communism. fascism or
some ism other than American
ism will sweep this nation.
The political leader who vio-
Iates his sacred promises will
have a place In history, but IL
will be a place that no American
would want"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-23

want conveys 10 be used. which
would lead 20 a fighting war.
and the President will not dare
to ignore that demand OF the
people.
There IL nobody In this coun-
try who will dare 20 plunge this
nation into war against the will
Of the people. My sympathies
are with England, and Greece,
and China-and also with the
500, 600, 900 people OF India.
They will tell you that we
are already In the war, but we
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-23

Before an audience of 5000 that
packed the main arena Of the
Milwaukee auditorium, the leader
of the Senate opponents Of the
lend-lease law and the $1,000, 000,-
600 aid to England brought his
fighting crusade against war TO
the heart of a state which the
President carried by more than
Is 900 only six months ago.
A tremendous ovation greeted
him when he was introduced by
former Gov. Phil LaFollette. son
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-23

are not in the war. They want
you TO believe that we are al
ready at war 20 that your will
to resist war will he broken, and
you will not have the courage
to fight against going TO war.
Democracy In this country Is
not dependent upon war. II Is
not dependent on the British
navy. But IL does depend upon
the intelligence and faith of the
people.
"Let the American people
come to the conclusion that the