The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-05-09

Eleanor Roosevelt
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The particular project which saw
was practically completed, except
for the landscaping. "
There are two types of buildings,
three story apartment houses and
two story small houses. The rents
are remarkably reasonable, far be-
low the average for substandard
housing in Peoria. am sure all
the officials are very pleased with
what has been accomplished.
Later, met the staff of the WPA
for the district. ! was very much
interested to hear an account of
the Workers Service project, which
has just been operating during the
past two months. They have set
up centers Of information for the
workers, and they seem to have
been able to make these centers
very useful in the short time they
have been open.
A number of the British Relief
people, among them two small
girls dressed in Scotch kits, came
at five o'clock to shake hands with
me. / was glad to see Mrs. john
son, who remembered having enter
tanned the President and me in the
1920 campaign.
After the lecture in the evening,
I attended a small reception. We
boarded the train little before
midnight, arriving in Chicago early
in the morning. sttta
At noon, we started across the
continent, bound for Los Angeles.
WIDE OPEN SPACES
We awoke the next morning to
find ourselves some 1900 feet up in
the mountains, where the state OF
Colorado and the state of New Mex
leo join. A driving rainstorm, at
times turning into snow, was with
us all day and in places really deep
SHOWS covered the ground. We saw
miles of prairie powdered with snow
and have passed many, many cattle
and sheep; none of them looking
too happy at this last burst OF
winter. e
|. The houses are so far apart in
this part Of our country, one cannot
help but think that it requires a!
different quality to live and to be
happy where so much of the time
must be spent alone. Even the inn
mediate family of woman must
leave her many lonely hours, for
they 60 to work or to school. The
man who earns a living out here
must spend much time alone. Even
the youngsters must have occasions
when they know what it is like to
see no other human being anywhere
in sight.
It must be hard sometimes, and
yet think it must give one sense
of self-reliance. Perhaps the near
ness to the soil and the great out
doors puts iron into their souls. 4.
RECENT READING
have read the American Red
Cross report on war relief, and I
think we can be proud of the record
that the help made available by and
through the Red Cross up to March
/ totaled in value $22, 981, 942. was
glad to note that relief to Finland
had increased last month, but was
extremely sorry to note in the pa
pers that shipload of Red Cross
supplies bound for Greece had come
to grief on its voyage. Somehow,
one feels that no Red Cross supplies
should be war casualties.
There is a new quarterly maya
zine called "The Land" published
by Friends of the Land" which
should be on everybody's table. It
is a magazine which hopes to make
us all conservation conscious, be-
cause people 60 down and come up
with their land, and ours needs to
be conserved.
Finally, read pamphlet called
Britain Under Fire" It is a col
lection of articles written by John
Cowles, president Of the Minneapo-
lis Star Journal. / have read some
before but gathered together in this
way, they make impressive read
ing. One of them in particular in
terested me. It is called 'What Will
The Peace Terms Be?" I think
these two paragraphs are worth
much thought on our part:
English trades unions and labor
party leaders, who are cooperating
completely with the Churchill gov
eminent, have as one Of their basic
aims the re-establishment Of strong,
free trades unions in Germany as
bulwark against future mill
tarism.
ITO attain this end, they say
Britain must help build sound and
thriving national economy in post
war Germany"
TRUE COMICS
There is comic magazine, which
everyone Of us with youngsters who
like to read the comics, should hail
with joy. 1t is "True Comics" pub
lished by the Parents Institute. Its
quality is assured by the fact that
Mr.. George ]. Hecht is the presi-
dent and publisher, while the editor