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Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-09
REFORMING
AMERICA FIRST
New ork PM)

(NeW ork PM)
Some Americans say. why should we
get excited about the victories of FaSciStS
abroad when there are so many evils to
get excited about in our own Country?'
We believe that the evils abroad and
the evils at home cannot be so neatly sep
arated.
If Hitler knocks out Great Britain
and becomes boss of all the world beyond
the Americas, many people in this coun-
try will say. I'VE must deal with this
man" (Some are saying it alreadyD
And If we are going to deal with HIM,
they will say. we need men at the head
of our Government who can deal with
him on friendly basis" These would be
the men among us who have not Offend
ed Hitler but have shown sympathy
for his cause and no revulsion at his
methods In other words, our home
made FaScists.
With these men at the head of our
Government, labor could not hold the
ground it has gained already, let alone
correct the evils that exist here.
No, we do not have an opportunity to
choose between stopping Hitler abroad
and improving social conditions at home.
The two are part Of the same great prob
lem.
It is not simply because we hate Hitler,
or because the British are a lucky people,
that we want Hitler stopped We want
him stopped so that we can get on about
the business of making America better
country for all the people to live III.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-09

the rest, some 6 per cent were jurls-
dicuonal strikes which settled moth
ing, and . per cen: were unreported
In general, larger proportion Of
short strikes were more successful
from the workers point of view
than the long strikes More than
as per cent of strikes lasting less
than two weeks resulted in gains
for the workers. whereas less than
a fourth of the strikes lasting long
er than two months resulted in sub
stantial gains There were, by the
way, 526 strikes lasting more than
a month.
TREND ISN'T PROMISING
Government officials or govern
ment boards had to sit in on settle
ment of nearly 43 per cent of the
strlkes-lO06 strikes out of the total
of 25O0-and that number was prac-
tically equal to the strikes that
were settled by direct negotiation
between workers and employers.
This is important because it indi-
Gates the growing work of Depart
ment of Labor's Cancellation Service
under DR.. John Steelman.
What usually happened was that
labor and management tried their
hand at settlement by direct nego-
tiation. When these direct methods
begged down, Cancellation Service
was called in. 1t is this which ac-
counts for the fact that the strikes
settled by government mediation
were the larger and longer strikes
which involved almost go per cent
OF workers in all strikes.
All these figures are of course lust
more prune seed statistics unless
they can be used in a study of the
present strike picture and to see
what help they give to a solution
of defense industry disturbances.
The difficulty N fitting general
strike statistics over the defense
industry picture is apparent. for in
1910 the defense industries were
just getting under way. BIS has
made separate study, trying to
segregatc the defense strikes in II
principal industries employing q
100000 workers. One out of every
II of these workers was on strike
at some time during the year in
a total Of 252 strikes
mat is none too promising.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-09
ANOTHER KIND OFPROPAGANDA

Rumors had been going around that the
new army at Fort Ord had "an unusual
ly and alarmingly high rate OF mental
disorders
So Major General Ernest Peek. ninth
corps area commander, dug into statis-
tics.
He found that more than 1900 men
are now stationed at Fort Ord, and that
thousands in addition had been pro
cessed" through the fort Out Of these
thousands, only y psychopathic cases
were found.
The reports refuted by Gen. Peek's fig
ures represent kind Of propaganda that
is becoming increasingly prevalent il.
this country. 1t is intended TO under
mine the confidence of Americans IN
their army. 1t has many phases-reports
of mental incompetence, physical weak
ness, revolt, dissatisfaction. At one time
or another you can hear Of them all. And
loyal citizens, innocently enough, repeat
them. SO the stories grow.
Morale is the first line Of Defense Tn"
first effort of potential enemy is 10
undermine morale-SOldicr ana civilian.
This is one of the ways that effort Is
carried forward.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-09
Did You Know?

Five out of every 100 American
school children need glasses, ac-
Cording to a survey.
Nazimum Life eXpectancies of
some birds is 1l8 years.
The largest Geld coin in the
world is the Japanese oban which
is five inches in diameter and
weighs four ounces.
Mount Aconcagua. in Argentina,
is the highest mountain in South
America.
The young of swans arc known
a. cygnets.
In spite Of their aWkwardness,
araffes can gallop at a speed of
30 miles an hour.
Ounce caps were named after a
learned Scotch clergyman. Duns
Scotus. who lived IN the thirteenth
century.
Temperatures Of Mars at night
arc as low as II degrees below
zero.
A cougar can spring 10 feet on
lcEel ground.
Nearly all the fish in Navajo
Lake. Utah were killed when the
lake froze almost completely sew
cral winters ago.
The indian rhinoceros costs
about $4,000 in the United States.
Kins GEORGE VI OF England be-
longs 10 the royal house of Wind
sC1.
Camols hair brushes arc made
from the tails OF Russian squirrels.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-09
CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES
(Wall Street JournaD

(Wall Street JournaD
When one meets and talks to Charles
+. Hughes, he knows in a matter of sec
onds that he is talking to an individual
who is quite definitely of superior"
type, that here are an intellect and
character which set their possessor apart
from even the extraordinary. He receives
Difference without commanding it.
And yet for Mr.. Hughes there has been
no task so small, no client-whether the
people of the United States or a compar
atively unknown individual-Who did not
command his full powers.
A United States senator once told this
story about the retiring chief justice:
| was uSt out of law school when |
went TO hear Hughes argue case. At
the end of a day there came question
on which the Judge said he would rule
in the morning. The next morning
Hughes addressed the court.
| remember only one thing he said
and that was that he had spent all night
in the law library going over precedents.
He told the court what he had found and
got favorable ruling. At that time
Hughes reputation already had been
made Most lawyers in his position would
have sent an assistant to an all-night job,
but not Hughes. 1t was his case and he
went.
Genius may not be the infinite capacity
for taking pains, but for Mr.. Hughes SER
vice is that.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-09
by Peter Edson...
The Inside Track in WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON. June 9-It'S too
bad that statistics on some of the
most important things in life like
population. tax delinquency, and the
per capita consumption of pruneS
take 50 long to collect, classify.
cogitate on and conclude from. IN
the perfect state. We should know
not later than Jan. whether the
prune seeds of the year before, if
laid end to end. would reach from
Pasadena to Providence. or just 10
Palo Alto.
This being a democracy. however,
we take our statistics as we get
them and apropoS of this, 1t might
be mentioned that the Bureau OF
Labor Statistics. BIS in the Depart
ment of Labor. has but recently
been able to release its study OF
strikes in 1940 Just what is to be
gained by this compilation is some
thing that will have to be left 70
YOU. It does show us where we have
been and it may show us where
were going.
There were slightly more than
$500 strikes in 1910 in which about
$1,000 workers were involved and
100000 man-days Of labor were
lost. Comparing that with the aver
age of the previous five years its
not so bad. for the 1910 figures are
u per cent under in number of
strikes: they involved only 81 per
cent as many workers and there
was only 40 per cent as much time
lost. The average 1910 strike though
tied up 230 men for eleven and a
half days. or 2645 man-days OF Ia
Dor lost Or. taking the length of
strike without reference to he num-
Der of workers, the average for 1910
was three weeks.
The interesting thing 10 do is TO
go on from there and see what the
strikes were for and what they ac-
complishCd. AS to the causes OF
strikes. one surprising sidelight IS
that of the $500 strikes in 1910, 1871
were AFL and 689 were CIO. Sev-
enty-seven strikes were of the now
generally condemned jurisdiCtional
variety
RECOGNITION THE ISSUE
The difficulty of classifying strikes
according to cause is primarily the
problem of strikes involving two or
more issues, but tabulating as care
fully as it could. BIS comes forth
with the conclusion that half Of the
1910 strikes were primarily over
issues of union recognition. You can
attribute that to the Wagner act
or not, as you choose. Wage and
hour issues accounted for 30 per
cent of the strikes and the remain
ing 20 per cent were over miscel-
laneOus grievances.
With that very general picture Of
strike causes, take look at what
the strikes accompliShed-What they
got the workers involved. To get
at this, the bureau ClaSSifies accord
ing to apparent results at the end
of the work stoppage. That isn't
always the final outcome of a strike
for if strike won forces an en-
ployer out Of business or forces him
to move to another community.
that is a loss. On the other hand
lost strike which makes an en-
ployer realize he must improve
working conditions is really q VIC
tory for labor.
As at the end of the strikes. how
ever, BIS finds that only 27 per
cent of all the workers involved n
strikes ending in 1910 won sub
Stant'aAly all Of their demands.
Compromises or partial gains were
obtained by Sc per cent while 9 per
cent gained little or nothing. OF
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-09

A bottle containing message, dropped
into the ocean in 1887, has Just beer
found. a man mailing letter for his
wife can beat that.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-09

London House of Lords and our House
of Representatives have loud speakers.
They installed theirs-we elected ours.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-09

An atom is thc smallest thing
on earth. For Americans, up and
atom is the biggest.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-09

Uncomfortable chairs in an office
have habit Of getting lot of work done.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-09
Editorials and Comment
MONDAY, JUNE 8, 1911

EDITORS NOTE: The fOlioiciH0
editorials are presented as interesting
opinions UOiced by editors elsewhere.
They do not necessarily reflect the
opinion of this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-09

Lost property offices in London
have been receiving mislaid gas
masks at the rate Of more than
100 a Gay.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-09

Too many people think that being
married is sufficient ground for divorce
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-09
Famous Sayings

God the great gver, open the whole universe
to our gaze i'll the narrow space of a single lane
Tagore.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-09
Barbs

Some folks go around in circles
Of friends-others just in circles,
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-09
Thought for the Day

nndeth lie righteousness and honour - Proverbs
2l:2I
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-09

The sooner the President leads
Us to serious study of the funda-
mental problem of organizing for
peace, the more Of us will be alive
two years from now.
Clarence STREET, author and pro-
p0nent Of Union Now"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-09
So They Say

If Lincoln was right and this
country could not live half slave
and half free. how much less
chance is there for the world to
live three-quarters slave and one
quarter free!
Al Smith, onc-timc Democratic
presidential candidate.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-09

MEMBER
American Newspaper Pub
Editorial Association. Cali
fornia Newspaper Publish
ers Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-09

The executive council of the
American Federation of Labor calls
upon all its members to serve the
cause Of American democracy.
Formal statement Of the council.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-09

The leaders Of thought who have
seen no other alternatives than a
weak state on the one had and
Fascist state on the other have
neglected both the necessities and
capabilities of this nation.
Stephen Raushenbush. author.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-09

Five out of every 100 American
school children need glasses, ac-
Cording to a survey.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-09

Mount Aconcagua. in Argentina,
is the highest mountain in South
America.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-09

The young of swans arc known
a. cygnets.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-09

In spite Of their aWkwardness,
alraffes can galop at a speed of
30 miles an hour.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-09

Camels hair brushes arc made p
from thc tails OF Russian squirrels.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-09

INDEPENDENT
IMPARTIAL
and
INDIVIDUAL
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-09

Ounce caps were named after a
learned Scotch clergyman. Duns
Scotus. who lived IN the thirteenth
century
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-09

The largest Geld coin in the
world is the japanese oban which
is five inches in diameter and
weighs four ounces.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-09

Klng George VI OF England be-
longs 10 the royal house of Wind
sCH.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-09

The indian rhinoceros costs
about $4,000 in The United States.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-09

Nearly all the fish in Navajo
Lake, Utah were. killed when the
lake froze almost completely sew
cral winters age.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-09

Temperatures of Mars at night
arc as low as II degrees below
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-09

Maximum life eXpectancies of
some birds is ll8 years.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-09

Genius may not be the infinite capacity
for taking pains, but for Mr.. Hughes SER
vice is that.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-09

A cougar can spring 10 feet on
level ground.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-01-03
Cabinet.

CaD1neC.
Congress assembled in special
session Of May 81. The Presidents
message reported the deficit in
the available funds in the Treasury
to meet the wants of the Govern
ment for the year at nearly
Sill 100000. The President express
ed a desire that the Sec. of the
Treasury be called upon for sug
gestiOns for the establishment Of
a bank The bill as passed was
vetoed by the President. Another
bill was passed and this President
Tyler vetoed. These actions created
great excitement. All of the cabi-
net, except Mr.. Webster, resigned.
The course of President Tyler was
almost universally condemned by
the Wing Party The vacancies in
the Cabinet were filled by appoint
ment
Among the 495 patents granted
in 1841, was one to Edwin M.
Chaffee, CambridgepOrt, Mass, for
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-01-03
By the Old Lamp Lighter

These interesting items are TAX
en- from clippings and occurred in
about 1901:
Robert West and Miss Jessie
West. accompanied by young
lady their cousin, from Hagerst0wn,
started to drive from Burkittsviile
to Sharpsburg. When they reached
the Antietam creek at a point about
a mile south of Sharpsburg, they
stopped with the idea OF giving
their horse some water. A moment
after young West had gotten out
to unrein the horse, the bank OF
the stream gave way and the buggy
containing the two young ladies
toppled over into the creek, into
eight or ten feet of water. One of
the ladies was going down for the
last time when rescued by several
men who were in the neighbOrhOOd
at the time with a big wagon from
the Raleigh Sherman farm and saw
ed them from drowning. They also
got the horse and buggy out of the
stream. The young ladies were TAX
Ell to the home of Jacob Slime until
their clothes dried.
C. Henry Carlisle, general mana
ger of the Crawford Bicycle Works,
died at Hotel Hamilton. where he
lived The funeral took place from
St. Johns Episcopal Church, with
services by Rev. H. E. Cotton, the
pallbearers were: Active-Charles
Schwinger, William Dyer, William
Bikle, Charles Segner, Clayton
Howard. Charles Shaw, William
Wolf and William Boyd, employees
of the bicycle works. Honorary
pallbearers: DR.. A. S. Mason, VIM.
Kealhofer, J. J. Funk, Charles
Webb, of J., H. A McComas, Col.
w p Lane, Dr.. w. p. Miller,
Edward w Mealey, and all en-
ployes of the factory, present and
past
A man from Smoketown was
arrested on a drunk charge by con-
stable Shafer and taken before
Justice Hoffman. This was nothing
particularly unusual and the arrest
would probably not have appeared
in print but for the fact that he
had imbibed nothing Intoxicating.
having only eaten six snow balls,
but which he said had been
spiked"
A story dated July 1, 1901, in
the local press stated that the max
imum temperature one day was
1902 IL in the shade Mrs. Mary M.
d. Eakle, Elizabeth street, was over
come and two calves, being driven
with some cattle out the Western
pike, died from the heat. People
could not get any refreshing sleep.
The shirtWaist man was admired
and lauded for his good sense.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-01-03

the manufacture of balls of India
rubber and one to Samuel Slocum,
New York. for a machine for stick
ing pins in paper. Theodore r.
Timby constructed a model Of a re-
volving iron tower for harbor de-
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-01-03

Tense.
The national expenses for the
year 1841 amounted to $31,1S7,52G;
the debt was $6,737,39S; the value
of imports $127,946,117 and Of ex-
ports $121, S52,803.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-01-03

Capt. George L. Fisher and a
squad Of Is members of Company
B went by train to Shepherdstown
to decorate the grave of Harry
Turner, the only member of the
company to die during the Spanish
American War.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-01-03

Advice from Brownville said
that lightning struck a large To-
Gust tree there, three times in as
many minutes. The story telling
about the occurrence commented
that this would seem to destroy
the old adage about lightning
never striking twice in the same
place.
Rev. Abraham Hershey. it was
stated, had served as pastor of
Hershey's Mennonite Church, in
York county, Pa, for 40 cOnsecu-
tive years, without pay. He was
elected by drawing a slip from a
hymn book
Seventeen carloades of peaches
were shipped during the season
of 1901 by the L. S. Express Co.,
from points along the Washington
County Branch of the B. & O.. in
one day. Eight of the carloads went
direct to New York.
Mrs. Mary Isabel Earnshaw
died very suddenly at her home
on East Antietam street, aged rs
years. She was the widow of
James n. Earnshaw, who died at
Harpers Ferry in 1876
What was going on in this
country 100 years ago? Well, here
is some dated for the year 1841.
General Harrison was inaugural
ed the ninth president of the U.
S. and choose the following persons
as members Of his cabinet: Daniel
Webster, of Mass, Sec. Of State;
Thomas Ewing Ohio, Sec. of the
Treasury; John Bell, Tenn, Sec.
of War; George Z. Badger, North
Carolina, Sec. of the Navy; Francis
Granger, n. Y. Postmaster General;
and John J. Crittenden, Kentucky.
Attorney General. A proclamation
was issued converting Congress in
special session on May 81 to take
action on the state of the currency
and finances.
After an illness of eight days
President Harrison died, on April
4. 1871. in the Executive Mansion.
Vice President Tyler was notified
at Williamsburg and reached Wash
ington to dispel any doubt that
might arise as to the validity of
his oath as Vice-president while
acting as President. President
Tyler made no change in the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-03-22
Tigers Receive
Another Offer

Contracts went to Tacoma Tiger
hall players for the third time
Friday.
In two trips 10 the PLAYERS the
contracts gathered only three sig
natures The rest NJ the docu-
ments came hack unsigned.
Those who have not come 10
terms with the Tiger management
are Marvin Rickert. Gene Kiley,
Ray Medeghini, Bobby Garretson.
Bobby Baer, Del Holmes. Eddie
Botelho and Eddie Lake. In Gar
retson's case there is no salary
dispute. The first sscker may de-
eide to hang up his glove.
III we can't get the boys signed
this time we will have TO work on
the assumption that they will not
play this season" said President
Quill. and We will then bring in
new players TO replace them"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-03-22
Four Armory
Games on Tap
4lst Division to
Continue Tourney

-Four games, two in tourney
play. are on tap in the Armory
tonight as 41st Division basket
hall teams continue their hoop
pace this Friday night.
Exhibition games are billed AT
& o'clock, preceded by two division
tournament games at I o'clock.
Only one ger was played last
night in tournament competition
with Headquarters and Battalion,
14sth F. A. defeating Headquar-
ters End Battalion, l4sth F. A, as
to 35.
Tonight's schedule:
! p. m: Company r, 1I6th
Eng. ". Company l.. l6lst
Inf: Company l., 1S6th Inf.
Vs.. Company Z. I6Srd Inf.
3 p. m: Company l., l62nd
Inf. vs.. Company b. l6Srd
Inf. (Sioux Indians; Com
pany II, ll6th Medical vs..
McChord Field team.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-03-22
Ole Rodsgaard
Leads Ski Field

sgN VALLEY. ~. Olaf ns-is-
Ksard. representing tns cssssde
akt club ~ reftland. ore held .
slim LEAD 10 the national four usy
.hi championships Today ~ dr~n-
hiil race. were sehedssisd
RnasKssra w.n The II rasie
ero-s coanfrY rare yesterday N .
.uspsise upset ov>r nsvs rr.d-
ley. Madison. we. fsrmss Dart.
mouth ses. and AT Enssn. nsss
Valley. defending rhsmpsca.
WeSsgsssN ecvss~1 ~ 11en~
cult .eus~s sssss~A ~ 49, II
tDsiiss ssusustsis N hsws ~
ssisasss , s~sew1s. nssHney's
tssse wns tissiaa. esgee's was
iisaiM Oshss top fsesneess =
~cve ~ pessseh. rvnsese1nt
y. a.. tis1bss. t>s~ tssssmss.
sw~ Valley. iis1lsS. 80 hnsse
gsGs. rsy~sss iAhs~ 11nhs. =
iftpsss.
The ao~nhlll race friday ard IN
slslnm Tomorrow sise wiil deelsis
the Pan American championships
official sanction for whieh ~ss
xissr ny otsa sanford. president ~
N. raelfie Northwest sks sss.esap
ton.