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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-06

Editor The Times: A writer in
a local paper displays his ignor-
sncs Of Tacoma in a few sneery
remarks about jefferson Square.
A Russian gentleman on the
way between Manila and Mar
settles said: The shallow con-
csited Americans crowd into
places like Dirty Dicks. "Slop-
up Joe's' and other booze joints
and give the impression Of the
city from the idle gossip picked
up in barrooms. So II is with the
local scribe.
The people Of jefferson Square
in line with other public spirited
citizens. protest against shrek
ing engines running through the
business center Of the city. tying
VI traffic sometimes for sn hour
until more locomotives come and
drag a long train Of cars up a
steep hill through the city.
while the railroad company has
not even q franchise 70 enter IL
TIE railroads agreed nearly half
a century ago TO tear Up that
track and enter the city by
Point Defiance They have built
the read by the Sarrows. but
they pun more trains through
the center Of tire city than they
ever did before.
There ais No shackS on JET
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-06

0reenlond Hos Material
And Stroteoic Values

DRIOR 70 World War II, Green
land was merely a huge north
ern island. covered with snow ard
ice the year around. generally un-
inhabited, and under the iurisoie-
ton of Denmark. II was frozen
asset, and its value has been en-
HANGED by the war.
Germany mas cast covetous eyes
az the northern island Of ice. First.
i IS rich in cryolIte, q mineral
Used as a cstalyst in the extraction
OF aluminium from bsusite. Sec
ond. II is extremely useful IN the
ewes Of the German high command
as : weather reporting station.
The 1888 stamp above reflects
the ire-bourd lard snd It's $40
zero temperatures. American
troops have been stationed IN
Greenland since July. Ie4i. TO
avert the menace Of Nan con-
quest
The weather reporting value Of
the island IS shown by the raid
which the U. S. Coast Guard re-
Gently MADE On a secret German
radio station which vas sending
data to Germany.
Many urge the United States 10
purchase Greenland oGtri ght from
the Danes, but IN view Of German
occups ton Of Denmark - iris
tine. that would probably o< d.
6cQlL
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-06

Inside Washington is chuck
ling about the reception which
Soviet Dictator Josef Stain gave
10 such American emissaries as
Harry Hopkins and w. Avereh
Hartman. So far as can be
ascertained. Dictator Joe" treat
ed them both alike without re-
gard for their economic status
In the L. s. A.
Harry. as everybody knows,
has hardly a nickel to his name.
In fact, ne boasts of the fact
that. although a farm boy from
Iowa, he now makes about 49,
900 a year and sleeps in the Lin
coin bed at the White House.
He is an economic ragamuffin
who has made good. Harry has
a keen mind and a delightful per-
sonslity. Everybody at Wash
ington. including friends and
Ipst. lpNtf anu n0iuAAts MN.
He and Joe became huddies.
Hartman Is chairman Of the
board of the Union Pacific. He
il worth millions. He is under
stood TO have financed the Mos
COW trips of certain associates
who could not have afforded the
Journey otherwise. In short. al
though a neophyte in the new
deal. Hartman Was quite as
popular at the kremlin as the
impoverished Harry. There may
be . moral TO this story. but no.
body at Washington has been
able TO phrase one.
The war has come TO Wash
ington. although people living a
few hundred miles from the capt.
tai may not realize IL News
paper men cannot enter any
federal department even remote
~ connected with military. naval
and lend-lesse activities unless
they have been mugged and
finger printed al the White
House. Everybody is suspect.
which is as should be in these
times.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-06

the state line When they reach
ed Their destination. near Msrys-
vile. nobody had any cash.
Mrs. Duncan applied TO Farm
eeurity Administration fer
transient assistance during her
confinement. Il was given. and
at federal expense. the Duncan
heir was born into this strange
new world after New Years
DAY.
At this point the California
state law caught up with the
Duncans and the Edwardses.
None Of them having been resi-
dents Of California for three
years. they were not eligible
for state relief. Edwards Was
accused of bringing into Califor-
MIA a migrant worker in viola
ton Of state laws passed orig
inallv to curb the states ter
rife and still mounting rehef
burden. Convicted. Edwards was
sentenced to six months in the
state prison.
But here the federal govern
ment. through Farm Security
Administration. became interest
ed in the case. for so far no state
relief funds had been involved.
The case was carried to the state
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-06
Mr. FIXIT
He ixes Things

p receive attention N tnss cal-
I'm sstssrz utzst fsss naazs snd
sdGr=ka - NTIsET Dnlf IEIAlAza
81 - published whsn 1asszsd
Dir. fiaii: Would ron pieass
settle N argument and TEL -
dees The tobacco aaeflsneer 81
the radio eall tAs bid. 81 !. that
just a chant net meaning any
thing. Nay -
Z . or andeFstsnalas fhAt
4 n simply a chant n auctions
OF that type. a. n ne far sue-
tons here. lots arc examined BE-
fore the bidding. The buyers
then signal 10 the sacfloneer but
he doesn't cail off the amounts
bid. The shsrseroppers CON-
plain is Just . means q con-
fuslnr them - they went know
how much = being paid Tor their
crops
VI FihHs aNu FHu Hfh ~
where In send 10 get nv sons
bsrsA certificate Ne sas horn
MAJ 1. 1918. In Dickson. North
Dakota. MRS. L. n.
You should hAv. no difficulty
getting IL from the State Health
Officer. At Bismarck.
Mr.. r1.i: / vas born In
Hampton. Iowa. fran.lin eoua-
~. In The year 1873 or 1890. VIII
sou please tell me ~here To
write 10 get my birth crrtifi-
cai~s ID. ID. y.
II 1850 VAS the year. you
should be able TO get n copy Of
the record from the Secretary.
State Board of Health. Des
heines. That Was the year tho
state began requiring the record
inr Of all births
DIR. Fixii: Are they putting
ANY single men. SAY aged around
s. sears. On The WPA. Or does
. man have 10 have q wife OF
some dependent before he ean
ret WPA work. A. n. J.
At the present time the rules
do not require dependents. All
persons employed by WPA must
be certified by the county well
fare department as eligible.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-06
DEF Z n Sc
30 n D
0 wi

O. To what initiation be prevented by the sale
Of Defense Savings Bonds!
A. To the extent they purchased in volume SUI
fcent divert buying pressure from consumer goods
which tends prices go up That is enough Amer
cans save enough money by lending TO their Govern
ment instead of spending all they further price rises
tending reduce the purchasing of the dollar will
be retarded.
O. Are Federal employees buying Defense Savings
Bonds!
tary subscribed regular buying plans whereby they
mart of their earnings period to purchase Bonds
Defense Bonds and stsmps 10 the nearest
association write To the
Treasurer Warrington d c. Also stamps
on sale at retai
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-06
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven NJ
these test questions Turn In
womsns page fer the snswera
!. The color blue in the
American flag symbolizes heer-
". loyalty or courage.
2. The United State. u the
largest beer producer: true or
false
:. Which American city Ia
called The Quaker City
4. Mrs. Roosevelt has recent
ly been appointed assistant di-
rector Of the oPM-. o.c.D.. or
FS.A.-
5. Which Of the legal holidays
observed nationally N the
United States always fan on
the same day NJ the week
&. What - the difference be-
tween a enagnsire and a qua
hsuE-
Z. IN Shakespeare King Lear
Is a line -Fie foh FUN. I smell
the blood Of man. What
kind Of q man wsS it
8. yyazms Is town in Soviet
Russia. Sweden or Finland
.. The Homestead Riots took
place in Indiana. Pennsylvania.
or Massachusetts,
10. Muihsrries grow on
bushes. vines o. treesg
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-06
PRAISES TINES

II The Times had nothing else
To offer except It's column
These Tines" IL would be well
worth my subscription. AL II
the people all Of the time vii
no; % fooled BY cries ~ cop
perhsad. or libel suit for state
nsntx Of fact.
Having discovered amongst
the wreckags Of our constitution
we still enjoy the right o. free
speech. I will make a motion
that the press De encouraged
10 publish the facts. regardless
Of politicians or calamity howl
ers- All IN favor say Aye"
Hark. Was that thunder
JOSEPH ! REED.
SIS Nc. Proctor St
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-06

ferson Square. The only ancient
edifice belongs to eastern peo-
pie who refused TO sell when a
new gasoline company wanted
their property for an ornamental
building. BY census taken
during the recent depression
jefferson Square had fewer
vacant buildings than any other
part of this city. Nearly all the
buildings are comparatively new.
The Carlton hotel is new build
ing and one of the prettiest IN
the state. Many citizens want
ed the Winthrop hotel down
here in the natural business
center of the city. II it had the
chances are that the stock
holders would have not lost their
money.
Schoenfeld furniture company
does the largest business in their
line in the state. The Tacoma
Glass Company is the pretuest
edifice in the United States.
There are more hotels and room
ing houses here than in any other
part of the city and the owners
and tenants protest SCOT, smoke
and noise being driven into their
- = aaHAafinnG
would not be tolerated in any
other city in the world. Seattle
made Jim Hill enter by a tun-
mel, when it was half the size
of Tacoma.
Tacoma has no fighting spirit.
as a visitor from Kansas City
remarked the other day. II II
had the CUTS of Kansas City,
Denver or Seattle. the worlds
greatest city would be here.
Our civic leaders have been
punks. A. V. Fawcett and L. d.
Campbell were the only two that
amounted To hill of beans.
All the others have been four
flushers who got bow-leged
trying 10 carry water on both
shoulders. They have all. with
the exception of the two men,
toned. gone into the limbo Of
forgotten things.
LEE CROFT. Pres.
JAMES A. SPROULE, Secy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-06
PULSE OF
THE PU BLIC
MUELLER BACK To
THE ATTACK AGAIN

Editor The Times: l see Ger
mond sticks to character as
sassination' instead of answer
ing legitimate and logical argu-
ment. which shows that my ar
guments are true and cannot be
answered: so. he confinesihimself
TO SANDER.
His claimed information on
international affairs is mainly
British propaganda: he prob
ably got 1t from the British
Bureau of Information. New
York City.
II Germond's ancestors were
Americans. why cannot he be
loyal American instead of a pro-
Briton ? Why is he boosting TO
give American resources to Bri-
tain I am in favor of using
our resources for loyal Ameri-
cans who developed them in
stead Of squandering them for
destructive purposes all over
the world.
There are many Americans
who could use ''lend-lease aid
but don't get it: they are sec
ondary. l am 'pro-Americs' and
not pro-something else. I believe
American wealth should be used
for the benefit of Americans and
not for outsiders.
Why do otherwise sane per-
sons advocate wasting our ma
tional wealth when they would
not think Of wasting their pri-
yats wealth. | know a person
who as county commissioner
WAS very liberal in spending
the taxpayers money but in his
private affairs he was very close.
just so some people advocate
wasting other peoples money
for some personal obsession or
grudge-imaginary or otherwise.
They cannot think straight.
What benefit viii the Amer
lean people get out of the bor-
rowed money our government is
souandering now in its pro-
British mania Can Germond
tell US that
A D MUELLER.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-06
A Drop in the Bucket

German reputation of promises and obligations have
swept the world in flood in the past 10 years.
Any little drop added that flood here and there
small matter. but ii il interesting to note the latest
Just the German armies batterng al the gates
Of Moscow the German government stopped paying
pons the Dawes and Young plan notes payments which
had kept up through the first two years of this
war These had only remote connection with the
debts Of World War l. They advances made to the
Weimar republic at time when the United States had
genuine sympathy with the struggles Of the German people
In the postwar world and wanted help them keep their
government afloat.
This reputation inevitable and il is more than
likely that partial payments kept recent
simply 70 maintain market for the securities and profit
thereby Nobody is surprised by the German announce
Of Inability to pay At the time chosen to make
the announcement
The proverbal banker is not optimist-Chares +.
n.lxa asxa4a rofdo fenxn iSinu
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-06
DEPECIATES CRITICISMS
OF MAYOR CAIN

Editor, The Times. The writer
was interested in a letter which
appeared in your columns re-
garding the fact that Mayor
Cain was absent from a city
council meeting one day when
he happened To be out Of town,
and was speaking in some other
city. The fact that the mayor
n Tacoma receives 50 many
invitations from all over the
state is compliment 10 the city
as well as 10 him personally.
Cam always makes such fine
impression when re makes a
speech that he is doing more TO
advertise Tacoma and win good
viii for the city than any mayor
We have ever had That Is part
q q mayors JOB and II doesn't
have anything 70 do with poll
tics ! have heard Mayor Cain
speak several times and neither
nor any of my friends Who
have heard him have ever heard
him give = political speech. II
other people talk about him
beng governor. that Is fine. and
] would not De surprised Il ne
might make i some day
L IS too bad that even the
best and most honest public Off
Gals are subjected 70 unjust
criticism for petty matters. Mr..
CAN, fee. 5 the best mayor
Tacoma s~rs had. and i looks
70 me ike those who 90 50 far
TO Try 70 find fault must have
some personal or selfish reason.
9 L. PETERSON.
RI. .. No. s. Tacoma
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-06

Lewis hates Roosevelt. and
the mine leader is motivated by
a fierce desire to htmiliate FDR.
So II Go President Philip Muir
ray refuses to run again because
of III health, John l.. will seek
the post. And If he whips FDR
on the captive mine issue. he
will win.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-06

championship crew of the coun-
try. At the mile. Yale vas
leading BY length-but I'M
mediately after their mishap
the New Workers nullifled the
lead and themselves got out
in front by two lengths.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-06

Nhe1 Nrs EDWARDS hand q
her sisters approaching blessed
svVnt ard thst the expectanf
father psx o. relief slth none
80 bright = future zhszz. Mrs..
Edwards persuaded heF husband
70 drive hack 10 Texas and bring
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-06

the DunuAnz TO
California She
heIInWdth the
future n the
o1denG atx
state :
50 m - at
ros
dR ards
made The trip
IN hx old car
and picked up
the Dun cans
They had $50
when they hit
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-06
TYrIIT An Inside Picture of Finon-
LII IL j ciol and Political America

WASHINGTON-John L. Lewis completely captyated
Myron L. Taylor the presidents personal emssary. in
their private hoeroom discussion of issues involved
the strike of captive coal mines" Mr.. Lewis emerged
from their conference with complete confidence quick
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-06
LITTLE PEOPLE
BECOME IMPORTANT

- - IT = -
TIE purpose q tbs story =
not 70 ineite yonr pity for The
Duneans and the E6wardses or
% use them ss text fer any ser
mon o. postscript % Grapes o.
Wrath Al that 5 unimportant.
What = important = that the
Danesns ard the Edwardses have
become legal guinea PIGS and
their troubles have become legal
Efist for the legal sausage nils
n the supreme court Of the
United States. And the long arm
Of the law-uith = capital L
has put is fingers On the
hitherto inconsnicuous and IN
known Dunoans and Edwsrdses.
Just as Il did to = fellow named
Dred Scott back n pre-war-
between-the-states days. 10 make
them famous. Lawyers and law
schools VII argue about migrant
Duncan and appellant Edwards
for years 10 come-not because
they were poor or because OF
their troubles. but because they
make legal precedent.
How come It's al about the
case Of Fred F. Edwards. ap-
pellant, vs.. the People Of IN.
State Of California which Vas
argued before the supreme court
Of the United States in its beau
tiful big marble palace in Wash
ington. d. c, the other DAY. II IS
a perfect test case to determin.
whether q state has the right tn
define indlgency and by indirect
prohibition prevent the entry
into any state Of citizen of the
United States-Duncan - whose
only mark OF distinction peril
nent TO the case before the court
is that he IL poor. curiously
enough. from the non-legal point
of view, the lawyers who argued
this case before the court are in
complete accord that the ulti-
mate issue is the constitutional
right of the migrant Duncan.
and not those of the defendant
Edwards himself.
MEANS MUCH TO MANY
When the worthy justices
hand down their decision IN this
case. ii will affect a lot more
people than the migrant Dun
can or the appellant Edwards.
Twenty-eight states now have
on their statute books laws bear
ing on restriction of the free
flow of human migration with
in the United States If the SUI
preme court declares the Cali
fornia law unconstitutional-a
violation of the clauses guaran-
teeing that the citizens of each
state shall have all the privileges
and immunities Of citizens in the
several states and the United
States-then the IS states will
have to alter their legal restric-
tons on migrants.
II the supreme court upholds
the state of California-whose
counsel contends that the states
have an inherent right. not dele
gated by the constitution, to de-
fend themselves against an in
flux Of paupers-then the way
is opened for a flood of new reg
ulatory restrictions on labor mi
grafton.
The whole problem of defense
labor supply, and labor migra-
ton after the defense effort is
over. is involved The problem.
in fact. involves not just the
rghtings of any wrongs done
the Duncans and the Edwardses.
Whatever has happened TO them
since Christmas two years ago,
nobody in Washington seems to
know. Or care. It's the legal
principle and precedent that
counts now.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-06


In their talks the mine leader
first pointed out that a5 per cent
of the workers in the captive"
mines Arc organized. He next
impressed on his old friend the
fact that 90 per cent of the mine
owners have signed the closed
shop agreement. He pointed out
that President Roosevelt Was
elected by only 54-plus voters in
1910. but he noted that the
other 46 per cent sbided by the
outcome.
Lewis also suggested that, al
though he might own 500. 900
worth of shares in L. s. Steel,
he would have 10 bow to the
decisions of a small controlling
interest in that corporation. In
abort. John L. stressed the rights
of the great but inarticulats ma
jority.
The United Mine leader IN
sisted that his stand WAS Justi-
fled BY the very system which
prevailed in industry and poll
tics. A formidable dislecticisn.
John L. sold his idea 10 Taylor.
Nor was that too hard. because
the relations between labor and
L. s. Steel have been excellent
ever since Taylor and John l.
first agreed TO bury the Ratchet.
suPREMELy CONFIDENT
OF VICTORY
John LIS supreme confidence
in victory over the White
House. the United States media
ton board and L. s. Steel il
inpregnabls II labor's role in
national defense were not so inn
portsnt. the mine leaders assur-
ance that he can lick both the
government and key defense in
duStries would be comic.
When Taylor and Lewis agreed
TO submit the captive mine
dispute 10 the federal mediation
board for final solution. no time
limit Was included in their for
NAL pronouneement- The sd-
minlstratien hoped to dilly-dally
and never arrive AT showdown
between government and labor.
But John l.. on his own iniiis-
tive set Nov. is as the date
when the mediation board must
find for him or L. s. Steel he
outsmarted his opponents with
that move. For the clio opens
its annual convention at Detroit
on Nov. II. John l.. as smart
politician as Washington ever
has known. never would have sci
the desdline in this dispute two
DAYS before ms convention IN
less he expected 10 win
The great fight at the Clo
convention viii he between tns
Lewis and the Sidney Hillmsn
forces. The ofN-er viii cite the
gains ne has achieved for labor
BY stringing slong with the
White House Lewis plans 20
summarize the victories he has
won in the face OF White House
snmity. HE viii note that IN
the last year. although q presi-
Dental foe. ne has organized
Ford. urionized Little Steel,
eliminated the cifferenusi as
between southern and northern
casi mines. and won n closed
snop n the captive ninex-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-06
LAMB TREE

According to the old belief.
the lamb which sprouted from
the top of the tree was able to
Craze until the tree got too
high. Then. unable to reach the
grass. II starved 10 death,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-06
~ PETER EDSos


WASHINGTON = I 5ust before Christmas n
1889. TIE wife q WpA worker named Frank Duncan
q Spur. Tex about . have baby. Mrs Dunean.s
next Of kin sister married - Fred : Edwards
migrant agricultural worker N California.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-06

The famed broken oar
crew race between Yale and the
Atalanta Boat club of New
York. took place in New Haven
hsrbor on May "a, 1890. The
course wa four miles long and
Atalanta had the amateur
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-06

The proverbial banker is not optmist.-Chares
Palmer co-ordinator of defense housing
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-06

supreme court. Which upheld n.
a. 3nd ruled thzt Edwards
must ssrxs rs sentence
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1941-06-13
Allies Pledge
No Peace With
NaZis Hitler
BXAssocIatea Preaal

LONDON. June Il - Winston
Churchill Joined with the represen-
tatives of Is Allied governments
this week in a vow TO fight on
against the Axis to death or VIC
tory. At a meeting in st. James pal
ace yesterday the representatives
solemnly pledged that for Hitler
there will be no peace. no rest. no
hating place nor parley" These
agents Of the governments of the
British Empire and OF other govern
ments exiled by the march of Ger
man troops across Europe promised
to stand together in the war ahead
aud to work together after the peace
for economic and social security.
Their resolution to this effect along
with Churchilrs keynote speech was
regarded as a new statement of Al
lied war aims and as giving the lie
to sFumors of negotiated peace. They
gathered. as Churchill put it, not
alone to express their mutual re-
solve. but to cheer the hopes OF
free men and peoples throughout
tn world and to promise that the
sword drawn in the Allied cause
would never fall till life is done or
victory Is won"