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lNssWAsHliN 3TON =

efs higher prices for every
thing they raised, which would
Be nice for the formers, but
II would unquestionobly roise
the cost Of living for others.
And II would wreck the opsro-
tions Of the Surplus Marketing
Administration. as we'll as
other federal octivi.ies like the
Commodities Credit Corpora.
ton and even the food stomp
plan.
II would mean that when-
ever the government went into
the morket to by SURPRISES
for relief or for export, it would
have to pay full parity prices
on everything. prunes, as we'll
as pototoes. Currently, II :.
buying for aid to Brition under
the leo S e-lend act, meets,
poultry. and dairy products, on
which the government hos osk-
cd formers to step up produce
tion. II would cost tax payers
no telling how many more mil
lions Of dollars.
AfBF MEANS
POLITICAL PoWERS
Inspiration for for this ideo
Of applying the parity principle
to oil form products, not lust
the big five. now stems princi-
polly from the American Form
Bureou Federation which hos
been advocating full parity for
everything for wears. In the
lost election. AFBF went whole
hog for WiIIkie becouse It's
'eoders thought Roosevelt wos
not giving enough encourages
ment to the full parity idea.
With Wilkes defect, some
po!lflcoI dopesters h ought
AFBF wos decd. but the or
oonizotion went right on with
its drive for full pority on the
five bosie crops, and whot's
more, put it over in what econ
omy congressman from non
agricultural districts coll the
greatest orob in the history Of
the American congress.
!odoY, the Farm Bureou
Federation is roted as one of
the most Influential Hobbies in
Washington. AFBF sends teIe-
eroms to congressman BY the
score, and it never misses a
trick where the formers inter
ests ore concerned, operating
on the simple philosophy thof
with everybody Else getting
something from the govern
ment, the former is entitled
to his'n.
Its efforts tend to old the
big former more thon the Iitt',
farmer. AAA ond the parity
program fovor the biq form
er perhaps 10 to I. SMA
Commodities Credit Corpora
ton. Form Security Admins
trotion look more towards old
ing the small farmer. Thot's
where the fundamental con-
tlict is in the Department Of
Agriculture.
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. FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES .
Five Years Ago Today
1885

Five Years Ago Today
1885
Three new WPA road projects
will start Monday: a three and
one-half mile stretch of paving
on Runyan road north of Disco;
and in Mount Clemens, Gratiot
avenue between Market and
High streets; and Cass avenue
to the Clinton river bridge.
Mount Clemens five new play.
grounds already have q total reg
istration of 803 children new
summer program record.
Ten Years Ago To-Day
1881
A special session of the Board
of Supervisors appears to be
necessary to raise funds for cur
rent operation of the county
government.
Spencer ]. Dalby and Bill
Volkenant make oles-in-one at
Gowanie Golf Club.
IS Years Ago Today
1906
Do not spit o. the sidewalks.
They are getting 50 they are not
doing Il in other cities.
Daley and Company are ship
ping two Carloads Of pickles out
of Mount Clemens this week,
and the shipment cleans out the
local market.
50 Years Ago Today
1891
Robert Sackett finishes his
course in the university to i'm
mediately receive appointment
to q professorship at the Rich
mond, Ind. college.
Mrs. Sylvester Widrig is visit
ing in New York state.
50 Years Ago Today
1881
Grace church il pleased with
the new pastor, Rev. Rsfter.
The Mount Clemens postoffice
now issues money orders payable
IN the United ctates, Canada.
Germany. Great Britain and Ire
land, France, italy. Norway,
Sweden, Denmark, Holland and
Algeria. -.
80 II. Elk. $40. 80. $50 49,
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OF the whole surface Of the eorth,
more than 10 per cent is water; less
than 80 per cent is Iond.
The oceans Of the world ore ITS
oreotest highways. On them, obove
them. under their surface, move the
bulk Of the worlds vital commerce.
We Of the United Stotes, who hop
pen to inhobit one Of the greatest and
choicest OF the worlds land masses,
often think we ore more less indie
often think we ore more or less inde-
Scandinavia, to Chile, the SEQ IS the
bseoth Of notionol life. So it was to US IN
the eorIy doys when we we're narrow
ribbon Of colonies along the Atlantic
coost. During the hundred years when
Ne were absorbed in developing the
west, we thought less Of the SEQ. Then,
as the present century downed. we be-
oon to reolize that oil our vast CONT
nent was but on island surrounded by
the encompossine seq.
The greet struggle Of l9l4-'9lS wos.
IL one very important sense, q struggle
for control of the SEQ. With such con-
troll in British hands we felt at Ieost thot
It was in hands unIikel y to oppose our
own ons and interests. We saw to It
! ti9ot it remained thot way.
Now ogoin control Of the SEQ. pre-
sent and future, is being contested on
brood scoIe, with O new element en-
terino- control Of the dir above the
SEQ. No longer is there any SEQ control
without control Of the Dir above It. ....
The United Stotes now hos every
reason to believe that it hos the greet
est navy in the world. With the new
bases in the Atlantic and Pacific. when
they ore completed and equipped with
air strength, we should be in on effec-
tive defensive position o9oinst any
single notion.
Unfortunately the world hos gone
beyond thot. for q new technique hos
sprung 70, Of international coalitions
linked by common governmental ideoIs
as we'll as interests. A coalition Of Ger
nny, Itoly, France, Japan and host
Of smoIler conquered nations is more
than possibility.
Against such coalition, no country,
rot even the United Stotes, con build
so power that will guarantee security.
Thot is why such coalition must not
b allowed to develop
And that is why the "ofter-the-wor"
problem must include some sort of q
solution providing thot the secs, COM
mon property Of all the peoples Of the
world. must be free.
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" PiTIR GDsok
DsiIy Meaitsv Wsshia0tsa
cngrnnonndo0t

WAsHlNGTO or
loter there will have to be o
showdown in the Department
Of Agriculture between. SMA
ond AAA. which ore reolly q
lot differenter than the Tweed
le twins, Dunn and Dee,
In cose you're not up on
your Washington code tolk,
SMA is Surplus Marketing Ad-
ninistrotion. Or. If these
things ore meaningless unless
presented in terms Of person.
oIities, SMA is Milo Perkins
ond AAA is Rudolph N. Evans.
These two gentlemen spsok to
each other ond night evsn b
called polls. but the oroonizo.
lions they head operote on two
different PHILOSOPHERS q n d
there's the rub.
SMA's function is to remove
price depressing SURPRISES OF
form products not covered by
AAA. .SMA buys the surpluses
at the lowest possible prices.
tokes them off the morket,
sells them for export. or dis
tributes them to the stotes tor
relief Of the poor.
AAA monkeys with only five
commodities - cotton corn,
wheot, rice and tobacco. and
guarantees producers Of these
crops will obtoin IS per cent
of the we'll known pority price.
the "foir" price poid to form
ers from 1909 to 1914 for al
crops except tobacco. which
hos its parity bosed on the
lolo-lo2o price.
JUST A LITTLE
MATTER OF PRICES
From this olI-too-simple ex'
pIonotion, it can be seen tho'
there is q fundamental dit
ference in viewpoint. SMA
buys at distress prices. AAp
despises the ideo Of distres:
prices and guarantees h ieF
prices to the formers who pIo>
along with its prog. 'om.
Threatening to bring tn
conflict to q showdown is {
little measure known as tn
Gore amendment O the Steo
gall bill, which hos been re
ceivino attention Of Congress
these lost few months. IN,
! SteoeoIl bill is Q banking bill
to proIone the life Of the Com
, modities Credit Corporation
and the Sore one ndment ho
/ nothing to do with banking
; but thot's the f. ny way con
eressmen sometimes get thing
) done. What the omendmen
. would provide is thot no ted
: eroI funds could be used to pur
: chase agricultural products q
: q price which is below pority
Now the Gore omendmen
!; may not get any place, but
is important because 1t is al
: otterpt to put over q law tho
would apply the pority Princ'
: Piles to crop other thon the b'!
five.
If general |eeislotion to tho
effect we're ever put on tn
t books, it would do oil sorts o
, things. 1t would give the torm
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-03
DRAWING CANADA CLOSER

What the relationship between the
United Stotes and various Europeon
countries will be otter the war, no one
con soy definitely But one thing stands
out crystol cIeor in this fog of the fu-
ture, and that is thot the United Stotes
ond Conodo will Be thrown closer to-
6other than ever before.
No two countries in the world ore
hound BY such strong noturoI ties of
coirmon stondords Of living, common
dalture und ideoIs, complementary
4 anomIss. ties Of lonouooe ond friend
!, ~: As Or. CoIvin B. Hoover, econo-
I'M. pointed out in recent speech,
4 sofit void svents suggest thot neith-
country should attempt independ-
y0t at deferse economies. >. ......
M drawing together Of 100
{ 1nn9ino IS now accelerated by
~ ~ Besides these mounting
istiors Of notionoIisn.
49, ~ look more and
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FLASHES
OF
LIFE
BY the Associated Press
CLAMPING DOWN The LII


symbol of the freer and easier
era is doomed to extinction In
Philadelphia.
: The Board Of Health has BAN
ned the open, communal sugar
bowl which formed the center
piece of so many restaurant
tables. Say its unsanitary.
RENT PAID
PORTLAND, ORE. - Patrol
man r. c. Freiberg said the
drunk he found sleeping against
a parking meter was willing to
20 to Jail but he refused the Of
fcer's haste.
HE said he'd dropped q nickel
in the meter and still had 80
minutes parking time to co.,
Freiberg reported.
o
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
FORT LEAVENWORTH, KAS.
-Privates Churchill and Goe-
bells showed up in the group OF
24S selectees bound for Camp
Polk, La.
Fellow = soldiers asked Pvt
Joseph Goebels of Chase, Kas.,
IL he and Pvt. Clarence Church
hill of York. Neb.. might be
planning q little private war.
"Only." said Goebels. III
Churchill attempts to say his
home state IL better than mine"
FOR OLD TIMES SAKE
CHICAGO - Ed Stoll ate
every night with q friend in .
loop restaurant. Each time they
paid their checks, they Tipped
. coin to see who paid the sales
= tax.
: Recently his friend was draft
ed. ~
To keep Stoll happy. the
restaurants cashier now dips
him for Tie tax
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-11

realized I wasn't going to have 10
push ii. The plane slid down to
the airport and we TAXED to a
halt. l ground back the green
house and clumsily climbed out.
The earth felt very firm under
my feet.
But this dive meant more 10 me
than Just a stunt. Because i have
seen the bombers Of many coun-
tries, in peace and at war, l know
what part they can play in deci-
Sive actions which may turn the
tide of conflict toward one side or
the other. i know now that we
have a dive bomber against which
any bridge or tunnel or factory or
canal would be very vulnerable.
We have one the greatest weap-
ons of all history
The other side of that picture is,
of course, that we have only one
of those weapons. The long road
of quantity production is still TO
be travelled
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-11

acceptance next week and naval
officers told me- today that ~ VII
pass the tests with absolutely M
question and become a major
weapon Of the naval air arm.
Diving an that plane Is an eN'
poricnco unlike any ! have had m
covering the British army m
France during the carly stage OF
this war. or with tho Italian
armies in Africa during tho Ethlo-
plan war. II is an experience thai
could be- had nowhere except here
because no other country IN tho
world has such a plane
The NSB2C-l. sleek low WINS
noncplanc with separated cl7SSeo
in greenhouses for pilot an
gunner. was flown by IL Lioyc
child. chief CuriiNS test pilot snc
The man who FIRST achieved mo
Impossible diving speed of 3C
miles an hour M q CuTu~S Iio
in January OF 1889
+ He considers that S0ccd as IuN'
sort Of drifting down now
I was introduced 10 child b>
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-11

perial regiment advanced through
Kuneitra toward Damascus.
Except for two points which
they quickly took with an en-
Veloping movement, they met only
slight resistance
Here again an attempt was
made 10 negotiate a truce a
Free French delegate conferred
over glasses of beer for five hours
with representative Of Gen
Henri DentZ. the French high
commissioner for Syria.
The negotiations broke down
the two negotiatorS finished then
beer. and the British attacked and
took the town.
Meanwhile, very little air &C
tivity has been seen so far.
Today Allied units were within
sight OF Damascus while other
units approached Beirut.
/ Dashing along bomb-pittcC
roads. the Allied mechanical col
umns were ready for the first rea
test Of the Syrian campaign, ;
test anticipated when the attemp
TO capture the two key cities j.
launched.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-11
5. Prepared
10 Act After
Sinking Of Ship
BY KINGSBURY SMITH
Int News service stan Correspondent


WASHINGTON. June 1l.-If it
should be definitely aScertained
that German or Italian sub
marine sank the American mer-
chairman Robin Moor in the south
Atlantic without warning and took
no measures 10 save the pasSen-
gers and crew, the United States
government will take q grave view
of the incident, authoritative quar-
tiers said today.
a diplomatic warning that the
United States will not tolerate the
sinking Of American ships in
Western Hemisphere waters and
more drastic action by the navy
to protect shipping in those waters
is foreSeen by officials AS possible
measures that might he taken If II
should be found that the Robin
Moor was sunk in violation Of In
ternational law.
Officials consider Il highly I'M
likely that tho sinking Of this one
ship. regardless of how unlawful
In might have been, would be suf-
ficient by itself 10 lead 10 state
Of war between this country and
Germany or Italy.
The maritime commission yes
terday received message from
the Brazilian steamer OSorio. hat
/ the Robin Moor had been tor
tDed0ed in South American waters
Nav d. and that the OSorlo hac
rescued il survivors.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-11
New j. ). Plea
For BONN Peace

Continued from Page One)
strike In the United states
today.
AT stake Is our entire pro-
duction Of military planes. The
effects Of this strike may hourly
stop the program. II Is some
thing the defense Of this nation
cannot afford. II the men fully
realized how vital is the need
for their products, ] just can't
believe they wouldn't return 10
work Immediately.
should the strike continue u
would stop even the production
Of training planes. Many of our
student fliers are standing idle
waiting for the delivery Of train
ing ships.
Soon they may have To 60
into action against the finest
Tiers tN the world
II know that any American
would hate 10 have II on his
conscience that they caused
these men 10 lose their lives be-
cause they were inadequatcly
trained and equipped"
The Bohn Company Is the M
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-11

LOS ANGELES. June IA
new controversy arose today be-
tween army officials and Go
al the \ Tor h
American Aviation { q m p y
which. still under complete army
control. rapidly was approaching
TuTI production once more on vi
tally needed war planes for the
United States and Great Britain
Go officials charged, and army
Spokesman admitted. that three
members Of the local union com
mittee which called the strike Al
North American last Thursday
had been suspended.
The army version was that the
three men were questioned Al
length and then escorted from
THE plant grounds shortly after tho
strike officially ended yesterday
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-11
FIRST USE OF POWER

The first defense waIkout IN
which President Roosevelt used
the power Of his unlimited emer-
genCy proclamation TO employ sol
djerS 10 reopen plant ended
shortly after s p. m. yesterday.
A few moments later army Off
.cialS AT the plant, which normally
turns out 10 warplanes daily and
has $500, 100000 in plane orders
announced that 1904 workers OF
The maximum night shift Of 3 49,
had returned TO their Jobs The
normal night shift is estimated al
1886.
or the normal day crew Of 1000
workers, 800 worked through
the day. These figures woulc
raise 10 more than 10000 the tota
normal production force. although
the company previously reported
1T al 5000
The strikes last exciting Incl
dent occurred mile from IN,
plant when 300 Go member
who had held out 10 The last. vot
ing finally TO return, approached
tho factory driving their cars anC
singing a labor song
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-11
BREAK Up RANKS

Four army combat cars loaded
with soldiers OF the 18th Infantry
met the mass or workers a. q
highway intersection and ordered
the parade broken up. allowing
tho men 10 return TO work in
broken ranks
And that was the way the last
OF the factory's strikers went
back 10 their Jobs after a siX-day
walkout which had cost dhe loss
of at least 50 planes. and the
strikers an estimated 100000 in
wages
Wage OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES will re-
sumo before tho National Defense
Mediation Board in Washington
where they, were underway wher
the strike was called by local CIC
leaders last Wednesday night
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-11

throat. a tightness in the stom'
ach. It's part excitement, part
fear, part a sort of wild exhilera-
ton. with a large dash of disgust
at yourself for always getting into
jams like this.
| checked my routine. Throw
off the seat belt catch with the
right hand, push that little rec
hand with the left TO open the
greenhouse Clutch the parachute
release with the right hand and
remember TO count 10 after you
jump
And then the blue skies whirleC
and the green earth spun, the bot.
tom of everything fell out and the
roof of the world caved in. i was
in my first bomber dive and TC
picked the fastest thing that mar
had ever devised TO hurtle out oil
tho heavens.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-11
SECOND COLUMN ADVANCE

Meantime. there was no Let up
as another column Of Australian
infantry advanced along the ridge
10 the left Of the village. which
was heavily defended by Algerian
machine GunnerS hidden in olive
groves. II was here that on the
previous morning a truce had been
attempted
The opposing forces were 200
yards apart when A courageous
Free French captain stepped into
the open carrying a white flag
The AusSieS could clearly hear
wells from tho other side:
who's that unnameable
with the white flag? Shoot
him"
An enemy officer apparently
restrained tho men, but before tho
Free FrenChmCn advanced lOC
wards a volley rang out and Tho
lFrenchman fell halfway between
/ the opposing lines
He managed 10 crawl behind
tree and lay there through almoS
continuous fire,
That night two young Austria
'lian volunteers crcpt out anC
dragged him back. He had beer
Wounded n Seven places but wa
a.ili alive.
Late in tho day l swing over 4
a sector where crack British i'm
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-11
Congress Speeds
Move 10 @. K.
Plant Seizure
BY WILLIAM :. NEAL
In,1 >,w, s,r,ic, staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON. June IL A
suddenly aroused Congress today
appears certain 10 enact within a
week far-resChinc legislation en-
towering President Roosevelt 10
take over strike-bound defense
plants.
The proposal. embodied in the
Connslly amendment 10 the draft
age limit bill. will not only ratliy
the Presidents seizure OF the
North American Aviation plant
but assure him Of congressional
backing in any future seizures.
The Connslly amendment thrust
before the Senate yesterday. was
temporarily held up in q fight over
proposal Of Senator Harry Byrd
Cd of Virginia TO adopt blanket
condemnation Of defense strikes
Adoption of the Connally proposal
is expected today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-11

Convicted Of conspiracy 10 oper-
ate gambling house, Frank p.
Porter SIS, OF l4Ls DevonShirs
road. Crosse PointP. and Grover
Brown. 40. Of 6s4 Marquette drive.
today were each fined $50 by
Recorders Judge w Mckay Skill
man. Or. Clarence Macarthur and
William /. Brown, convicted N
the same case. have peiitloned
for new trials. The hearing was
set for June is.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-11
ACTIVITIES PROBED

The trio was suspended iRdei-
nilely pending investigation Of their
strike activities, an army spokes-
man said.
Union officials. however, charged
the suspensions We're rank dis
elimination and in opposition Ia
President RoOSevelt'S order that
there should be no discrimination
against workers. The union named
the three suspended men as VII
liam Pupos.. Ervine Smith and
William Backman, members Oft the
local negotiating committee
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-11
Free Ffeneh Unit
in Damascus,
Report Asserts
Continued from Page One1

traps Of the sort saw 50 much
I'm Lorraine in 1q39-40. Stone and
concrete pillboxes are everywhere.
lat nil tops. road bridges, in wheat
fields and olive groves. all skill
.fully arranged for enflade fire.
The French troops putting M
the greatest resistance are well
disciplined Algerians.
! watched the Australians cap
tture one Of their strongest forts
before noon. II was Fort khayam
lOne of the key defenses in the
Iperimeter Of the key town OF
/ MeTi AVOunl,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-11
u. S. Chart

Detroit and vicinity: Partly cloudy to-
day. Thursday partly cloudy 20 cloudy;
no decided change In temperature, gentle
70 moderate east 70 northeast winds.
Lower Michigan: Partly cloudy today:
Thursday partly cloudy N cloudy. showers
and scattered thundersiorms IN southwest
portion. M decided change IN temperature.
Upper Michigan: MOSTLY cloudy, occA-
sionAl showers IN extreme vest portion
today. THURSDAY cloudy. showers and
scattered thunderrtorms IN west and CEN
tral portions. warmer in vest portion
THURSDAY
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-11

and another hand counted the
thousands with the regularity OF
a pendulum. The earth fell away
like something dropped from a
high window.
AT 1000. Child levelled off and
then circled in a vertical bank.
I've been lots higher than 1000
feet in the planes of several
countries. but | never had the
feeling before which this plane
gives that YOU are riding lin some
thing alive. II seemed 10 be just
warming up in preparation for a
real burst of speed.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-11
NEVER EQUALED

Child twisted around in the
cockpit and looked back AT me
through a maze Of tubes and wires,
vitals of this seemingly living me-
chaniSm. and smiled. He made a
sort Of porpoiSe gesture with one
hand. and | knew | was about "a
get the business. a dive in a dive
bomber such rs never was.
At times like that you, or al
least ]. Get tlEhinoSS IN The
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-11

tons chief manufacturer Of alum
mum aircraft engine bearings II
holds SOS. 100000 in defense orders
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-11
Plane Output Speeded
Strikers Return to Aircraft Factory Taken Ouer b,
Army as CIO Probes Unionists' Custer

BaCkman. Union officials said,
asserted the three were suspended
by company detectives. - in whose
hands was seen list Of eight
committee members. and belief
was expressed that the other five
might he suspended today The
suspensions Will he considered AZ
a meeting of the local this eve
ming.