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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-06

TREASURY CRETAR
L MORGENTHAU was asked
to give rough idea of tn fl
nancial aspects. He pleaded he
did not know the details because
he was not the author When
asked who the author was, he
indicated President Roosevelt
had taken the initial idea up
with Speaker Rayburn and the
final draft was "the product of
many minds" None of these
minds, however, has been called
to the witness chair.
At Mr.. Morgenthau s elbow at
the time was his general coun-
sci, Edward Foley. who is pre-
sumed privately within Congress
to have contributed most of the
legal draft in collaboration with
Green Hackworth, legal adviser
to the secretary of state. and
men on the congressional draft
ing committee.
THE congress ional COM
l. mittees have not been able
to find out anything vital the
public does not know about. A
secret session was called TO hear
State Secretary Hull but this
developed only some added de-
tails concerning the plight of
Britain and no added light on
the legislation.
The administrations position
has been 10 lay down a general
policy in this bill without dis
closing any details. After the
policy is adopted. details will
come along through requests for
specific appropriations and ex-
ecutive acts.
Whether the President in
tends to institute a corporation
or do the job himself through
the secretaries of navy and war,
or let - as has been report I'd
without confrmation-Mr. Nor
genthau direct the aid through
an inter-departmental commit
tee. is not clear yet.
The figure of $4,000. 100000 as
an appropriation has been men,
toned. but only by the opposi-
ton in a substitute proposal.
Little has been said about the
most important subject of col
lateral for the materials TO be
loaned or leased. =
At NO time has the admins
"A tration offered a mstifica-
ton for this particular legal text
as against any other The only
convincing testimony on the SUBJ
iect was by Mr.. KnudSen the
production director. who said the
loose. all-powerful. vague setup
was iustifiable because the Pres
ident wanted 10 coordinate pro-
duction.
+ Stimson limited ON ( h j e
along the same line when he
said the measure would give the
President control of the distribu-
ton of materials.
The oppos ion has been
squirting and squawklng some
because il cannot find out what
the proposal is all about. Main
protests along this line have
come from Senators Hiram john
son and Clark. But otherwise
the opposition has hewed strictly
TO the same line of generalitieS.
or conjured such wild prospects
as the President giving away the
navy. Not knowing what he is
going 10 do. they do not know
what to fight. "
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-06

What DO YOU Think?
I-Should America Enter the European War;
Twill Our Present Course, Persisted in, Inevitably
Involve Us in War?
3-Should America Concentrate Her Own Defense and
Her Own Independence Ally Herself With England in
the Recent World War?
We
vital question before America today
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-06
BY HUGH S. JOHNSON

By HUGH S. JOHNSON
T,HE subtle and gradually in
= creasing urge of pressure
groups to get us into the war
has been very clever and effec-
tive but, thus far, it has lacked
one needful thing-an answer to
the fateful popular question for
what?"
To postpone and d eff e n d
against attack? Certainly we
are all for that, but we are not
attacked. We are threatened.
in greater or less degree, and
there is not a thinking American
who does not believe in and sup
port immediate about prepare
ton of defense, including aid to
Britain to the precise extent that
it will defend us-and no further.
But it is a pretty hard job to
convince our people that we can
keep out of war by getting into
it, or that the way to defend
against a threat of war is to
make war ourselves, especially
when we are not ready for 1t.
What is needed by our war
minded men is some slogan OF
high purpos, like make the
world safe for democracy" That
one is just a little like offering
cheese to the mouse caught in a
cheese baited trap. He doesn t
want any more cheese. So the
trial balloons are going up OF
another one-"Union Now"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-06

7 WROTE a piece on the bally.
i hoo for a federation of Eng
lish speaking peoples. In it l
used-tfe expression Union
Now" and said that what is now
proposed is to unite us with the
English empire under something
like the Articles of Confedera-
ton under which the ID colonies
fought the revolution--which
means. of course. in addition
to union now" war now.
l argued that all the articles
made was League of Nations
proved by both them and the
later international League to be
futile and unworkable@=
That column drew indignant
denials. including one from
Clarence STREET.. the author OF
Union Now. These denials
complained that the proposal is
not to entangle ours with the
destiny of ether nations in any
futile league.
No sir. We are going all the
way into an United States of
Earth. in which America is 10 be
only one state among many
bound. not by weak articles of
confederation. but by a docu-
ment like the Constitution of the
United States.
The distinguishing features Of
that constitution are-no seces-
sion: control in superstate of
interstate commerce. all foreign
relations. taxation and spending.
the right TO make war. to keep
troops and ships of war and the
denial of those rights and con-
trolls to the several states-in-
GLIDING the United States of
America.
\ Ii right If | misconstrued
"A Mr.. STREET.. I am sorry. But
| didn't misconstrue the others
and | didn't misconstrue Mr.
STREET. very much. They say,
and so, l think, does he. that
this is only an eventual result.
Right now all we need is "ar-
ticles of confederation with
these other nations but las in
and after our revolution) "as
soon as the war is won" under
the new confederation. we shall
create with them a real fedora
ton. on the plan of the Ameri-
can Constitution and rub Uncle
Sam out as an independent en-
tity.
II is all consistent. First these
people sell us into a war when
II isn't necessary and. without
waiting for Mr.. Hitler TO sell
our country down the river. they
want us to do ii ourselves.
We commit national hari-kari.
dilute our strength with the
weakness of the world and dis.
sipate the wealth and advantage
our fathers fought and labored
TO create here. TO the four winds
OF heaven and the five contin-
ents of earth.
ROY amt that Somethin'. I
~ always knew that the fear
and hysteria of war is like the
fear and hysteria of a house
fire-in which a frantic man
once threw his baby out of a
third story window, left his watch
and pocketbook on the table and
rescued his feather pillow-but
l never dreamed that il could 60
these lengths.
II is going these lengths. There
is lease-lend bill in Con-
gress now to give the President
control of about $50, 900. 900, 900
of our wealth TO save the world.
His passion is to control things
and he never yet has reproved
these ardent supporters of him
and of Union Now"
We don't know where we're
going but we're on our way 10
the loss of American independ-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-06
DETROIT TIMES

Published every Week Day Evening and
sunday Morning by The Times Publishing
Company at 1928 Times Square. Detroit
Mich
Entered at Detroit Mich. as Second Glass
Mail Matter
L.I,ILA
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-06
Union Now
Draws a Bit
More Attack
Can II Be THE Slogan
10 Bait the War Trap?

(The opinions erpressed by
General johnson are not neees-
sariiy those of The Detroit
Times.)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-06
Dynami+ing
Erred Only
In Geography F.,
Peeler Replies TO Editor
Who Protested Report

(Ths opinions expressed by
Wssfbrook Pegier are not neees-
sariiy those of The Detroit
Times.)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-06

rates Gin advancel by mail
any place IN the United states. Canada
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-12-12
JEWISH HOLIDAY
BEGINS SUNDAY
SERVICES TO BE conDucrED
BY RABBI LEHREH At
LOCAL SYNAGOGUE

One Of the most interesting and
joyous festivals ii ne Jewish
Calendar begins this year On sun =.
Gay evening December "a II IS
known as Chanuko. the Feast Of
Lights Or Bededicati0n. and IS
eagerly awaited by the children
q the Jewish household. for in
large measure. il has come to be a
children's festival The holiday
is celcbrated by The unique kin
ding Of a series Of lights, one for
the first evening. suo the second
Interesting the number nightly
by cne candle Until eight are lit on
the eighth night
Regular services VIII be held by
Eabbi L Letrer at the local syna-
gogue
Tic historical background Of
the celebration is the victory q
Judah 1Iacrs heus. and his follow
CTS ever tfe Syrian King Antio-
cius ID lea p c E Antiochus had
a folalitarian complex. He sought
70 prescribe the way Of life for all
his subject peoples. When he con-
eucIea JSra lem. onc of his first
acts was The pollution Of The
sacred tempt 81 the introduction
Of TIE corrupt rite Of pagan gods
TIE Jews refused To surrender
their rel ion ard rallied 10 the
Asceabt.an call Three years later
ri TIC tAe1ls- fifth day Of the
month Of Kislev the Temple was
reclaimed eleansed Of It's heather
prae4ices. alnl rededieated to the
service Of Col.
There are many beautiful
Iceends which have helped shape
the q Afacter Of the celebration.
One is that when the Temple was
TO he redcdieatcd, My a single
cruise 81 sacred OH, n 30 kindie
the light before the altar was
found Through a divine mirac-
uicus intervention this little cruise
q Gil proved 70 De sufficient for
eight days. until other ritual oil
could be prepared. To this day.
Jews light the candles IN their
homes for eight successive nights
IN celebration Of this miraculous
event.
II IS a holiday Of deep and far
reaching significance, and OF gem
erous thought. fef them. the less
fortunate are remembered and
generous gifts given 70 the poor
and needy The festival Of Cha
nuko has a particular significance
in this day and age when a mod
err tyrant Is aiming TO enslave
the world
To-day. IS thens the world may
defive hcpe and courage from the
words Of the prophet zechariah,
eKet by might. nor BY power, but
By No spirit, saith the Lord Of
hosts.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-12-12
CHIEF BAKER GIVES
WARNING ON FIRES
URGES ALL TO EXERCISE
CAUTION IN CHRISTIANS
TREE DECORATIONS

Fire Chief HAIRY II Baker N
ar Interview with The citizen
states mat all precautions should
Be taken against fires which nap
pen 50 often during the holiday
season. especially from lighted
candles and other Illumination and
decorations on Christmas trees
He states that winter fires are
10 be feared especially because
they bring 50 much suffering and
loss to the victims. Not only does
experience show that there are
more fires as cold weather comes
on, but the National Board Of Ere
Underwriters reports a sharp in
crease in national fire losses
Spontaneous Ignition Fires
Here IS cause Of fire. warned
the Chief. that often seems a
mystery. The most common causes
in homes are oily cleaning mopS
and cloths. floor cleaning com
pounds. paint-stained clothing and
rags and oily waste Spontaneous
ignition has occurred In rags e.
litter sstuERtra Eiala fixh oils lin
seed or soya Sesn oil 81 cotton
seed pressings. They have = ten
neneE . aazi6lize ard heal I'D.
Oxygen then develUps aefEial
flames.
For hoasehold eF 7 suggest that
paintr-or OH saturated clothing or
rags be kept IN tightly closed
metal containers. or better vet. get
them out of the house-destroy
them. Handle cleaning cloths and
mops similarly and dispose Of
cleaning compounds without de-
lay"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-12-12
SAMOA CLUB TO BE
OPENED SATURDAY

Samoa, Fred Marvirs night
club for the smart and sophis-
sicated. win open Saturday
night
a new cocktail lounge. and
Don Ferrara's orchestra. featur-
ing Flea Madden. promises 10
make this entertainment rendez-
yous the most popular in south
ern Florida r
Patrons VII be served under
the person. direction of Fred
Marva, assisted BY Frank La
cas-
TIE Samoa Is situated on the
shores Of the Yacht Basin on
TruInbo Island
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-12-12
FIRST AIDERS TO
MEET ON DEC. Is
c. W. RUSSELL. FIELD REP.
REsENTATEvE TO con-
DUCT MEETING

-
n instructors course Of fiftseh
hours for advanced first aiders
psho are eligible and. have applied
for the above course, win be held
on The evenings OF Dec. 18th 70
18Th Al American Legion Hall.
from 7 10 10 o'clock.
Charles W. Russell. special field
representative from Washington.
D C. viii be in charge.
Following the completion of the
above elass-instructors for first
aid classes win be available. states
Ms rs E Berkowitz. chairman A.
r. c. first aid COMMITTEES.
Information concerning A. r
G first aid courses win be fur
nished By Monroe Council De-
Tense Council, Red Cross Head
quarters. p. o. Bldg. and Phone
765. EnrolIments win be accepted
at the above places.
Before his appointment as a
special field representative of the
First Aid. Water Safety and Ac-
cident Prevention Service of the
Alncrican Red Cross, Mr.. Russell
xsrs, Z 4,kf iesxsf4 xFeaas a. ffrxf aid Ara
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-12-12
BRITISH BOYS PUT
NICKELS IN METERS
AND AWAIT PAYOFF

TT MYERS. Dec. "a
fFHSl = local police officer
WIS anazed the other day to
Ind a group Of Royal Air
Fczce cadets frcm . nearby
training field lowering about
= Parking meier. Tnveztisa-
ten proved that they were
taking turns putting nirkles in
re slot end occasionally one
e teen. would attempt to
shake tie machine.
You're wasting time.
Boys" he told them You
only get credit for enc hour at
a tirae the officer explained.
He assumed that the Boys had
parked q car and thought that
BY p1tti.1s IN several coins
they would be permitted to
park a longer period of time.
wozdsred whv it didn't
pay off. ere of the British
boys replied we thought it
was some new kind Of an Am
ericen osn.bhns device"
= ~ s. " :
.orest him s,,3 s,e 5;d,st The
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-12-12
CITY COUNCIL
MEETS TONIGHT

There VIII be a special meet
ing Of the City Council held to-
nieht. beginning at 7.30 o'clock
This meeting has been called
for the purpose Of taking up the
new traffic ordinance on its final
reading. having been passed on
its initial reading at a previous
session
n al probability there will
Be- other matters coming up
during the course Of the ses-
sion.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-12-12
MARRIEs REscuER

NEW YoRK-Two wears ago.
when the Athena was toTpedoed.
Seaman Peck helped Miss Mar
garet Brown to board the City of
Flint She said she would never
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-12-12

forget him and she didn't They
were recently married.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-04-04

mne pfeSVeQcenlm, re los C0I1to
vyjde a vyhraje hlavnl vyhru
100000 frankI."
Vyklad tento vyvolal novy
vybuch sm1chu.
"Je MONA, ably clovek byl
tax hloupe povercivym!" zvo-
lal rytec podrazden, krce rame
ny. -.
"Odkazuje los tento osirele
Klare Gervaisove, jiz, pro Jeji
p~octivost a s~tatecnost velice 81
vazfm a il miluji =" cetl notaf
dale - "chovam pevne pre-
svedcenf, re zabezpecim tim
nejen jejf ~bohatstvi, nybrz i je-
il stest1."
"Ubohy pan Estival!" Sep
tala mlada dfvka, jejlz oci byly
slzami zality, "necht ma odkaz
ten jakoukoliv cenu, jsem mu
vdecna, re 81 ma mne vzpom-
mel"
Sotva re Klara techto neko-
Xix SLOW pronesla, otevrely Sc
dvere pokoje.
Vstoupil Teditel kancelafe,
Dire v ruce dopis a nekolik lis
tin; pTistoupiv k svemu pred
stavenemu, polozil pred neho
listing s dopisem a poseptal mu
COST.
Ma tvafi notarove zracilo Sc
yelke prekvapen1; uprel zrak
ma slepou slecnu, a uzas jeho
patrne jeste vzrGstal, kdyz pre-
cetl dopis. Joubert bedlive jej
pc ocku pozoroval.
Slecna de Rhode, nevidouc,
co sc dele, tazala Sc, zarazena
byvsi nahlym mlcenfm:
"Zav6t uz je prectena? Ne
slysela jsem jmenovati sve jme
no."
este uvedena naposled, Sic
cno," pravil pan David, "pre-
stall jsem cfsti, ponevadz doslo
mne prave psanf z Alziru vas
Sc tykajfci."
"Psani z Alziru? A mne re
Sc tyka!" zvolala slepa v udi-
ven1.
"Ano, slecno, psanf nanejvys
zajimave!'
"Nepochopuji."
"Hned yam dam vysvetleni
musfme spolu mluviti. FARO
ven yam take sdelim, CO YAM
zesnuly odkazal; drive vsak
muslin ostatn1m zde prftom-
nym odevzdati jich odkazy."
Dedici podepisovali prfjem
odkazG. Kdyz pfisla rada ma
Klaru Gervaisovou, odevzdal il
notar los, ma jehoz zadni stra-
ne byl Sc Joachim Estival po-
depsal.
"Vezmete, mile dfte," pravil.
"Odkaz MEDIA Sc byti velke ce-
ny, ale KIDD vi, neodkazal-li
yam t1mto velke bohatstvi, jak
Sc vsf jistotou predpokladal?"
"Dekuji "a vase laskava slo-
va odvetila mlada dfvka, be-
rouc los; mcclellan 81 vsak zad-
nych nadejf. stestena Sc ma
mne nesmeje a nikdy Sc snad
ma mne nezasmeje."
Slecna de Rhode nasloucha-
la S nevyslovnym pohnutfm
hlasu divcinu.
"Doufejte, mile dfte," pra-
villa, "nahoda jest slepa."
Mate pravdu, slecno," pTi-
svedcoval notar, "nahoda jest
slepa =. CO nevidet presvedci-
tie sc o tom sama."
Mezitim dedici odesli. ,Pla-
eide Joubert take povstal a be-
ra klobouk ptal Sc:
"Neracte mne jiz potrebova-
ii, pane Davide?"
"Racte odpustiti," odvetil
notaf, "avsak vasi pritomnosti
jest nezbytne potrebi. Prosfm,
posadte Sc jeste."
Osloveny uposlechl, a neje-
We ami ~nejmens1ho pTekvapeni
posadil Sc.
Tou dobou, CO odehraval Sc
prave l1ceny vyjev v kancelari
notafe Davida, vysli ctyri mia
d1 muzi slusne, ano peclive o.
deni, z prGchodniho domu de
l'Institut a ub1rali sc "a vesele-
no hovoru a smfchu Sekvans-
kou ulic1. Patrne nalezeli Ike
delnik1 poloremeslnic-
- spise vsak byli umelci
nez Temeslnfky.
Jeden z Mich, velmi hezky
mlady muz u veku asi 25 let, je
zvlaste radostnou naladu.
Media Sc YAM, re Adrien
jest dnes az rozpustile vesel?"
pravil pojednou jeden re SOU
druh1, obrativ sc k MENU Sc slo
Wy:
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-04-04
HUMOR z NASICH DEJIN.

nj jiz "a nekolik tis1c korun.
We SVEN obchode "a vykladnf
skrfnf ma original Choda Rou-
Ska z Tlumacova cd akade-
malfre Maska. Jed
noho dine zav1tala do jeho OBJ
chodu mlada selka Sc svou ba-
bickou, ktera 81 povsimla obra-
zu a S vydesenym zrakem pra-
villa mlade zene, vchazejlci do
kramu:
"Hele mas derek. Poem.
Pod1vej Sc, Markyto - esli no
poznas?"
Markyta Sc vratila, podfvala
Sc ma obraz a vykrikla: "Jejej
mas tata hdepak sc tn
vel? - Jake zivej -"
Pred kramem stal pan F. a
kdyz slysel jejich rozhovor, ia
zal Sc, IDA Rousfka z Tlumaco-
opravdu znaj1.
"Japak ne? TIE mas derek-
mas tata, RouS1k z Tlumacova."
"Tak 81 no kupte = aspon
no budete nit doma," nabfzel
v zertu pan F., &C je znamo, re
mic neproda.
Coax byste "a to chtil?" ia
zala Sc mlada.
mo, pro vas pet set kacek."
"Hehe = to snad ne?" divi-
ly Sc ODE zeny. "Za ty penfze
d~ostanem jalojci."
O obcanech re Zahornice u
Opocna Sc povida jen to nej-
lepsi. Lei ia obec pekne ma
kopecku a .byva tam nouze o
vodu, proto musili pro nj jez-
dit S obecnim volem az do
TfeSnan. z toho dGvodu 81 vo-
III velmi vazili a dokonce Jim
- vykali. V tom smeru jsou
Zahornicane i nam mnohdy do
brym vZorem.
Jak Sc nejlepe zmeri hloub-
ka studne, to by nejsp1s pora-
dill v CimeTi u Jindrichova
Hradce. Tam to udelali tax
HE. Ably Sc O studni dozvede-
Ii, jak je hluboka, polozil Sc je-
den chlapak naprfc jake rum
pal, a ma neho Sc povesil dru-
ny dolu, jake provaz. Ma toho
druheho Sc pax dosplhal tfeti
a spustil Sc cd jeho rukou do
III. Nestacil. TAX tam vlezl
jeste ctvrty a patty a taky Sc po-
vesili zas pod ty prvni diva. A
tax Sc nayesilo osm chlap1 a
ten prvni, co delal rumpal, uz
nemohl tn THU snest, tax pow
da: "Pockejte! Nelezte tam
ted uz nikdo,ja Sc sotva drzim,
ruce Sc mi klouzou. Muslin 81
plivnout do dlane!" No, a pliv
81 do diane, a ii, co byli pod
MIN, spadli vsichni ma dino,
Pred letoucimi Lefty NELL We
|vsi PoSle ma Ceskomoravske
krabatine prekrasneho staros-
tn. Ten mel jednou vyplnit po-
pis osoby v celednf knizce a u
delal to takhle:
nos: jeden
1sta: jedny
Oc: dive
vlasy: prave ostTihane
zvlastn1 znameni: ma ne
manzelske dite.
Jsou nektere obce, ktere Ia
sva jmena nemohou a ovsem
jsou i jine, ktere nemohou "a
to, re Sc Tide k Will MIN i do
soudu pust1. jake ia Bytec!
To jel jeden advokat do Par
dubic a v Brine ma nadrazi pot
kal sveho kolegu, take advo-
kata, ktery perounem m1ril row
nou do vlaku.
"Tak CO, kan pax, pane ko-
lego, KAN pak!
Gale = mann process, do Byt-
Gel"
A ten prvni no zazaloval pro
urazku. Ze pry mu nadaval,
ackoli Sc no zdvoTile ptal. Jsou
to dnes nakvasene easy, 10, jo!
Drive nez sc nekdo odhodla
jlt lovit bazanty, necht vzdela
svou mysliveckou mysl radon,
kterou ma to mali v CHRISTINE,
v kraji lounskem. Tam jeden
Chrastinak lovil bazanty TAX
to-: Vysel v noel S rozsvlcenou
lucernou a sci pod strom, ma
kterem hTadoval bazant. Ba-
zant, jak uvidel Chrastinaka S
lucernou, hned ma mem mohl o.
81 nechat! On (ten Chrastinak
totiz!) zacal pax obchazeti do
lie kolem toho stromu - ba-
zant S neho nespustil oci, ale
nrOtOze Sed61 ma v9tvi. nemOhl