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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-02
Strike

shall and the district attorney
that strikers had seized a bas-
cule bridge across the Rouge
river in an effort to tighten their
blockade of the Ford plant. He
said navigation and vehicular
traffic across the bridge alike
had been halted.
Ford vessels regularly ply the
Rouge river with supplies and
materials shipped from Great
Lakes ports and dock at the
plant itself. Smith said that with
the bridge out of operation,
these vessels would be forced to
tie up at q distance from the
Ford plant.
Informed of the situation,
Governor Van Wagner said:
I'VE understand the situs ton
and are trying to break up the
traffic jam (resulting from seiz.
ure of the bridge). We have
some men Estate police) coming
down but we hope to have this
thing untangled even before
they get here. Right now all we
are able to do Is have these boats
dock at the bridge"
Todays violence centered at
Gate 4 on Miller road, but iso-
lated scraps broke out over an
area extending several blocks
away. Union officials reported
several strikers were lacerated.
one suffered possible fractures
of both arms and others were
slashed by knives or razors
welded by negro non-strikers,
many Of them employed in the
Rouge plant foundry.
Traffic in Dearborn In q wide
area about the Ford plant was
thrown into the utmost confusion
by the strike blockade and by
interruption Of street car and
bus service. Strikers pulled a
trolley pole off one street car,
blocking the line.
Hundreds of Ford office work
ers, who ordinarily would not
be affected by q production
strike, were unable to reach
their work. Persons who usually
pass through Dearborn to reach
Jobs downtown were delayed for
long periods.
Strike disorders in which q score
or more persons were injured
near the Ford Motor company
today. led to an order from Gov
ernor Murray D. Van Wagner
for state police to maintain or
der there.
The governor. maintaining
close contact with the strike sit
uation from headquarters In q
Detroit hotel where he conferred
with state police officials and
state labor mediators. an
nounced he was ordering the full
available strength Of the state
police to attempt TO end clashes
between strikers and non
strikers.
Intermittent fighting was re-
ported from several points near
Ford's big Rouge plant, the
worlds largest industrial unit,
which employs more than $1,000
workers.
State police were reported to
have shout $50 troopers ready
for service in the strike emer-
gency.
Officials Of the United Auto
mobile Workers (CIO). who
called the strike shortly after
midnight, charging deliberate
provocation" by the Ford man.
aR&ment, claimed this morning
that the strike was completely
effective"
Harry H. Bennett. Ford per-
sonnet director. said the strike
shows an extremely unpatri-
otto attitude on the part Of the
Communicate element TO ruin
our national defense effort.V
The Ford company has some
Sl55. 000, 900 In defense orders.
Informed sources expressed be-
lief that work on an. order for
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-02

Pcsy Hdrrison on leove OF absence from hb
post az NEA Service and the Dolly Montfor Holly
soood colsmmist, has begun trcmsconttneNtdl
tosr OF national defense merscemteys. This -
the second OF Hdrriso1's dispatches tchtch this
ne,ospaper scin psbHsh at frequent Intervals to
Keep you Informed on the progress Of Amer
tcds great detense effort.
BY PAUL HARRISON
NEA Service start Cssrsspssssnt
LOS ANGELES, April 2-S Some of this re-
gion's apprehensve citizens, who for years have
expected 10 be bombsrded by the japanese fish
ing fleet or at least sicked In their beds by their
Japanese gardeners, are genuinely agog these
days with the realization that sprawling Los
Angeles and its environs actually have become
an important objective for any enemy power.
Back IN the days when 1.-The Yellow Peril" be-
came byword. the city would have represented
nothing more than continental toe-hold for an
invader Today more than 81 ,000, 600, 900 worth
plants TO make them. Also, warships to the value
Of So. 100000 are being built at the harbor.
along with fleet operating base costing $l9950,-
900. Those are the major items.
Trouble is. 1t all appears to be 50 very vulner-
able especially when the alarmists figure that the
u S. fleet Is likely to be busy conveying stuff to
England. And anyway stories already are ram
pant about narrowly thwarted Jobs OF scale
sabotage and projects Of demolition that would
dwarf the dreams Of comic supplements.
PLANE FACTORIES MAKE GOOD TARGETS
And there are rumors Of small, secret air
base In northern wilderness of Mexico. From
this, 1t Is thought. couple of planes with false
underlying naturalization could ease across the
border aid do Q leisurely, low-altitude Job on
Los Angeles major aircraft factories. Escape
would be unlikely, but it's admitted that even a
boldly marked foreign airplane now could roll
its wheels on the roof of any building in this area
without interference from anti-aircraft guns.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-02
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Continued from Page ~
had been rushed to sheriffs of
adjacent counties.
Sheriff Theut, however. point
ed out that with several
men on days off - and an al
ready insufficient force of Of
ficers at his disposal it would
be impossible for him to rem
der aid to Dearborn authorities.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-02
Civic Center
BY PAUL HARRISON
NEA Service Staff Cerrsspesaeu
Continued from Page 1

SVhsAAA0SO AAOAAs 80
sively the various stages leading
to the objective sought-giving
a review of the dire necessity
and the aims to be remedied by
the proposed Selfridge Civic
Center Building; and he showed
by maps the proximity Of the
site to Selfridge Field; submit
ted written statements of the
Commandant. the Chaplains,
Recreational and Moral officers
stationed at Selfridge Fie ! d
recommending favorable action
by the government officials;
also there was shown plans and
suggestions from both the recre-
ational officer and city engineer.
Upon completion of the build.
ing a coordinated program of &C.
tivities satisfactory to the Self
fridge Field officials would be
inaugurated, whereby service
men would have available spon-
sored entertainment most every
evening, in addition to having
access at all times to every other
facility in the building and upon
the grounds where II Is proposed
to have tennis and hand-ball
courts.
Emphasis was placed upon the
fact that this was a community
sponsored project having full
representation of every church,
service club and patriotic group.
Senator Brown was impressed
when Reese stated that 1.-The citi-
zens Of Mount Clemens are cog.
infant of the dire necessity to
provide a building and main.
tain 1t for the many service
men who frequent our city-that
its genuinenes Is best manifested
by the actual ALLEGATION by the
City Commission of Mount
Clemens of site, and secondly
that 1t will be maintained by the
city-leaving the request to the
governmental officials for the
construction Of only the build
ing-this community application
Is unique In that II asks for a
minimum Of assistance, which Is
In line with our present national
program insofar as good citizen
ship goes"
The Senator asked about
local conditions and stated that
made himself acquainted during
the past few days with the stu
alton from reports given to him
by Bert Wagner Of Mount Glenn
ems. The Senator said:
"Your undertaking Is individ-
ually unselfiish and non-politi-
cal; your request for the govern
ment to provide a recreational
Building upon land already allo-
Gated by your city officials and
which building will be main
tanned by your city without
further expense to the Federal
government unhesitatingly re-
ceives my full approval.
You may enlist me among the
others who have offered to help
and In addition to this approval
and recommendation of your
project, shall be most happy
TO arrange and IL possible to sit
In at the forthcoming conference
In Washington"
The building committee
which consists of Reese, Ralph
Clark, A. D. Brewer. Mayor
Donald r. Westendorf and Jos.
eph Matthews. expects TO have
its full report ready within a
week, after which Harold Lind
sey, in charge Of the s. r. sc.
will assemble the members To
act upon a Resolution which will
afterwards, be submitted to
every church, service club and
patriotic. group In the city for
their approval.
II Is expected that the confer.
ence In Washington, DC, will
take Mace about Anril IA
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-02

by the pickets.
Several rocks were hurled
and automobile win j VS.
smashed ss cars tried to break
through the blockade. Some
workers who succeeded In
passing the blockade and reach
ing gate 4 of the plant drew
jeers from pickets % they en-
tered, but were unmolested.
Scores Of automobiles were
parked bumper to bumper on
Miller road, along which tho
worlds largest industrial unit,
employing more s'xhahs %; 900
workers, stretches for nearly Z
mile. a traffic lano wls left
open, and police cars passed
freely through the barricade.
Several hundred pickets 1t
Miller and Dix roads turned
back several cars loaded with
negro employees, and smashed
all windows Of one auto. Anoth-
er negro drove through the gate
4 pickets at high speed, his
windshield smashed. but enter.
ed the plant.
A shower Of rocks greeted .
delivery truck which broke
through the Miller.Dix block
ade.
Shortly before 2 am. there was
no estimate Of the number Of
men who had passed the picket
lire.
The dispute, climax Of q four.
year attempt by the United
Automobile Workers (CIO). 70
organize Ford employees, flared
suddenly last night when union
lists ceased work In several de-
partments Of Ford's; giant fac
tory on the River Rouge In
suburban Dearborn. "F
Dearborn officials described
the move % . "sit-down strike"
and appealed to Governor Muir.
ray D. Van Wagner Of Mchi-
gan for state police to ev&cuate
an estimated 5000 to 5000
workers.
UAw-CIO leaders charged
that employees were forcibly
kept inside the plant by MEM
bers Of the Ford service depart.
ment. Later Ill the 20. 900 work.
ers the union said were involved
were reported to have left the
plant.
The Ford company has some
155,000,000 In defense con.
tracts. Informed sources ex-
pressed belief the strike would
affect only some work o. army
trucks. The Ford "blitx bugsjes''
for the army are built ct the
company's tractor planta and
orders for bomber plane parts,
which constitute the bull, Of the
Ford defense work, are to Be
produced at Z new plant yet to
be constructed at Ypsilanti,
The union called pickets 10
report outside the Rouge plant
gates at $50 am. (EST) and
pledged Governor Van Wagner
they would maintain peaceful
and orderly picketing." w
"All those who want to work
should report q usual" % said
Harry Bennett, Ford personnel
director. III no work IL avail.
able for them in their regular
departments, well find other
jobs for them In other depart
ments." 'ftt
Nlichael r. Widrhan, JAW.
Go director Of The Ford organ
king drive, charged ~deliberuts
provocation" BY the company
to force. . showdown with the
union before the national labor
relations board can decid6 the
JAWS petition for m election
TO determine bargaining rights
a. tH>o v,lsoA =! - -
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-02

Reports from Europe. indicate
that deadly anti-aircrsft fire has
practically stopped dive bomb
inc
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-02

under way currently at the
Rouge plant, although an air
plane engine factory within the
confines of the plant Is nearly
ready to start operations.
Bennett said that eight men
the company returned to their
jobs at the request of Federal
Labor Conciliator James F.
Dewey ran rampant in the
plant, cursing people who didn't
feel # the same mind as they
did about the union"
eve will not. under any con.
sideration, take these men back
into the plant" Bennett con-
ued. He said he had talked -
Henry Ford, founder of the COM
pany. this morning, and that
Ford supported this stci16.
Principal violence this morn
ing conferred at Gate 4 Of the
huge plant which stretches for q
mile along Miller road In SUI
urban Dearborn. Despite the
presence of more than 100 Dear
born policemen, two serious
closhes occurred between UAWr
Clio pickets and non-strikers
who came out Of the plant gate
and battled the unionists In the
street.
The strikers were armed
with iron pipe, wrenche" and
metal bolts; the pickets with
bricks and ;.out slaves on which
they carried placards. After the
second clash the pickets with
drew only to have fighting
break out anew two blocks
away.
Before Van Wagner ordered
state police on duty, Bennett
said in a statement that 1.-The
governor has chosen to let these
mobs of men, some Of whom are
drunk, take complete control OF
the city streets In Dearborn, even
insulting women who ere not In
any way to blame for the trou-
BILE.
eve were criticized when we
took 1t upon ourselves to protect
our property in 1887. There Will
be no violence from our side.
There will be no violence on the
part of the Ford Motor Co."
Many of the non.strikers In
volved In today's fighting were
negroes. Union officials reported
that several pickets were slashed
by razors or knives.
Today's first clash occurred
about Z a. m. when non-strikers
emerged from Gate 4, scene of q
riot in which UAW-CIO organ
izers were injured In 1897, and
pelted the Go pickets with
missiles. The pickets picked up
the missiles and thew them
back.
Sporadic fighting between pick
cts and non-strikers broke out at
gates Of the Ford Motor Com
pany's Rouge plant this morning
a few hours after Go unionists
started q strike In the worlds
largest industrial unit. e
Shortly after Z am, when day
shifts normally are reporting for
work, about $50 pickets with
bricks and clubs battled groups
of employees climbing over a
fence to reach the plant grounds
east of gate 4.
A few minutes later, about
200 men. mostly negroes, armed
with steel rods, bolts and bits of
metal, emerged from gate 4 on
Miller road and began pelting
the Clio pickets VINO picked up
the missiles and threw them
back.
Police were virtually help
less for a time, but when the
fighters broke up into small
groups, officers interviewed and
separated them. sscorting the
non strikers back into the plant.
Attempting to enforce the strike
which halted night production
at the big factory, uni0nists
damned automobiles together to
block Miller rosd, skirting the
Ford plant, at both ends Of the
Ford property. hating oil q.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-02

All airplapes, whether home
built or otherwise, have to be
and licensed.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-02

nt)Bp II COOK
\ NJ -5ARRE, ~. - II
I T. oc50 ~ you want cooks"
IN = feminine voice over the
tC1Gphone.
.Yes. Indeed" replied techni.
\ ri 9erHeant Joseph Weimar'
NM knows the srmy's need for
well. ! think have a candi-
datc ior you."
" eimsr was enthusiastic.
Great, send him in!'
'.But this fellow weighs 400
poasnds," the woman said.
The sergeant hung up sadly.
The army still needs cooks -
wen below the 400 mark.
sS1ARr PIT
nBERLIN, Conn. = Corky, the
Alec Camerons' pet alligator,
evened the score when they pun.
ished him by placing his cage In
the cellar.
4. He escaped and hid behind the
last stick Of wood In . huge pile
necessitatins the famiiy's re-
moval and replacement of the
entire lot.
PASS THE TOOTHPlCKS
UDALLAS, Tex. - Ten goats
with . yen for eating wood are
going 70 be auctioned pronto.
The animals, picked up as
strays, turned up their noses al
a pile OF hay, Policeman p. O
Davis complained, and started
chewing into poles supporting
an animal shelter.
The shed Is ready TO collapse
OPEN FOR BUSINESS
eCLOVIS. N. M.-The county
jail has been empty for a week
and the crime situation Is in q
happy but boring slump.
A woman walked into the
sheriff's Office and asked to be
put in jan 50 she could finish an
unexpired term.
Sheriff Bill Collins said II
wouldn't be worth the trouble TO
have only one prisoner. The
woman was requested to return
home and come back later.
%
DO0GONE GOOD OFFER
OST. PAUL-Enlist me, enlist
my dog.
Those are the terms Of Charles
Nielsen's offer to enlist in the
navy when he reaches his 18th
birthday April Is.
He brought his bull terrier.
Mitzi. along when he made the
offer al the navy recruiting Of
Gee.
BURGLARS: STAY OUT!
GCHJCAGO - Workinen are
busy Installing q burglar alarm
lat the central police station.
Twice within recent months
thieves have broken into the sec.
Ond floor Of the police building
and officers have decided to take
no more chances. especially in
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-02

Trees which have been weak
ened by drouth fall easy prey to
borers,
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-02

Red Cross Production Report
Mr. Fronk W. Durond Chairman
Moeomb County Chapter
American Red Cross
Saint Clair Shores, Michigan
oeoI Mr. Durond enclose Report for the Production
April J. l94.
RECEIVED,
From the War KeIiet Fund for the purchase Of
motero's .''.............'..... ......$ 9eo54
From Subscriptions eormorked for the
Production Fund.-
!" |" s ssp}smbe; 5Soo
in in 0 0eeeDehe, .''.....'......... s5'77e
$3.50 $3.50
slo5os4
EXPENDED.
For n,oteroIs for the Sewing Project
Previously reported .....S5I956
In March ...................".. 40.4o
4l9.7e 4le.7e
For Materials for the Knitting Project
Previously reported ............... S4.Io
For Materials for the Surgical
Previously reported ............ 1918
IN march ..................... 9So
1911 ss.7l
tOr Su1dry expenses
r II %oss reported :.. 1875 1885
1880 1880
Totol Expe,ded .......... 6Sl. N
ApriI | Io4i-cosh ~, Hand ......... 36oO2
81, O5034
E. GGOE
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY o. cHApoToN,
Treasurer Production Fund
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-02
EUHGLARs: STAY OUT!

busy Installing q burglar alarm
at the central police station.
Twice within recent months
thieves have broken into the Sec
Ond floor Of the police building
and officers have decided to take
no more chances, especially in
view Of the 100000 worth OF
equipment installed in their
crime detection laboratory.
Evening star., 1941-06-08

CUES a dogma as definitely related to
slavery as any other concept Of
subservience well could be. Like the
doctrine of National Socialism in
Germany, it forbids the indicated
presentation of facts and theories of
social adjustment. The party line"
replaces the basic independence of
the individual heart and mind. Mass
psychology is nodded, shaped, gov
erned by formula, and formula itself
is directed by completely irrespon-
sible agencies. Thus tyranny is
raised to power, then intrenched in
a cruel dominance of the human soul.
After long debate the Teachers
Federation has cleaned house" The
next necessary step would seem to
be that of the expulsion Of subver-
sive instructors from the schools in
which they are employed. 1t simply
is not reasonable that the institutions
of democracy should be destroyed by
the misuse Of the instruments of
democracy. No system Of society de-
serving to survive can be indulgent
toward organized treason.
Evening star., 1941-06-08
Quick Action

President Roosevelt's letter to Sec
retary of the Treasury Morgenthau
directing the staggering OF paydays
for seven Federal agencies brings to
a prompt and successful conclusion
an undertaking which may be ex-
pected to prove beneficial to all
concerned.
It has been but a few weeks since
the proposal to provide four instead
of two monthly paydays began to
attract serious attention. In the
interval. various civic and trade
groups have conducted polls of their
memberships, and these have re-
vealed that public sentiment gen.
orally was in favor of the plan.
Criticisms have been few, and there
has been no evidence of any or
ganized opposition.
AS a result of the Presidents de-
cision to put the plan into effect
without seeking enactment Of legis-
lation to that end, the first of the
staggered paydays will come next
month. At that time there is every
reason to believe that benefits an
ticipated will begin to be evident
both to the Federal employees them
selves and to the merchants and
other businessmen in the city.
Evening star., 1941-06-08

mates it, and about his head fit angels.
In his hand Is the Dictionary. Beside
him, on his right, is that eminent
blue-stocking, Mrs. Elizabeth Carter,
resting hand on her own editions
of Plato and Epictetus. Beside her
is Edmund Burke, holding his elo-
quent Vindication, while on the floor
beside him is a volume entitled Hints
on the Drama On the other side of
the Doctor are Garrick, with the
manuscript Of a tragedy, probably
Irene; Boswell, and DR.. Goldsmith,
whose Vicar of Wakefield is on the
floor beside him. A dog is in the
midst"
The name of the church traced
back to the days when the Danes
invaded England with all the instru-
ments of terror which then were
available to violent and ruthless men.
Harold Harefoot, a son of Canute
and heir to his crown, was buried
in the neighborhood in 1040 Nine
hundred and one years later his
monument and that of the Grand
Cham Of British letters are consumed
In a single cataclysmic blaze. Dis
aSter unites them in a common fate.
Probably the Germans did not
Intend to destroy St. Clement Danes,
but they might Just as we'll have
aimed at 1t deliberately.
Evening star., 1941-06-08
A Shocking Toll

The disclosure that in seventeen
years 1854 persons have been killed
in traffic accidents on the streets Of
Washington is enough to cause
every thinking citizen to pause to
consider causes and cures, as well
as consequences. This toll is made
more tragic by the fact it is so un-
necessary. In summarizing its re-
port on the subject, the Traffic
Bureau points out that careless
walking, thoughtless driving and
faulty thinking on the part of many
who use the streets have been the
principal causes of deaths.
Every student of accident preven-
ton quickly becomes impressed with
the truth of the adage: Accidents
don't happen, they are committed"
This conclusion has been borne out
in industry during the past two
decades by results obtained from
safety practices which have greatly
reduced fatal or manning accidents.
There is no simple method by
which traffic accidents may be re-
duced, and no combination Of rules
can overcome thoughtlessness or
wrong thinking. Pedestrians have a
fundamental obligation to protect
themselves through caution and OBJ
servance of regulations adopted in
their interest. and drivers must
recognize the fact that they have
been granted the privilege Of operat-
ing what is potentially deadly
instrument. But greater safety lies
in a cooperative effort to protect
life rather than in quibbling over
relative rights"
Washington's record this year is
bad. From 1885 to 1910 inclusive
there was a steady decline in the
number OF deaths in spite Of in
creasing population. At this time
last year, twenty-nine persons had
been killed. while the toll for this
year is thirty-five. Improvements
can be made, however, and the
excuse of more crowded streets is
not sufficient. Constant attention
10 the practices of safety Is required
of all.
Evening star., 1941-06-08
Red Teachers Expelled

The membership of the American
Federation of Teachers has voted to
revoke the charters of the Teachers
Union and the College Teachers
Union of New York City and the
Teachers Union of Philadelphia. It
had been charged, and not effectively
denied, that members OF the expelled
organizations we're engaged in prac-
tices detrimental to the development
of democracy in education" Leaders
and active members had been accused
of communistic activities. Now that
these Red" elements have been
eliminated. new union, soon to be
established, will be able to combat
attacks upon education in the name
of a false economy (and) safeguard
the teachers in honestly helping the
students to open and not shut their
minds"
In the suggestion contained in the
second of these stipulated objectives
may be discovered the essential pur-
pose of a fellowship of educators In
the United States. Liberty in the
sense of opportunity to teach and to
learn without arbitrary interference
Is the fundamental principle OF
democratic culture. Communism, I'M
ported from Russia, meanwhile ar
Evening star., 1941-06-08

WASHING NGTON, ID. C.
SUNDAY June 8, 1941