The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-03


the circumstances behind
President Roosevelt's decla-
ration against conveying be-
cause conveying m cans
shooting. and shootin.
means war" Here is the
story:
The president was asked
at a press conference
whether he was thinking Of
or discussing conveys with
his advisers. He said he was
not, and added the quoted
remarks as an off-the-rec-
ord comment.
Senator George and other
ad m inistra ton hackers
heard of the statement, con-
firmed it at the White
House. and then used the
phrase in speeches. Others
peddled II on Capitol hill,
as proof there was no dan
ger of actual war inherent
in the presidents policies.
Their remarks served 10
take the statement out Of
the off-the-record category.
The president never has
given any sign he objected
to its publication.
Slowly but surely the cost
of food is creeping upward.
From day to day the change
is hardly noticeable. But
when current prices are
compared with those OF.
say, a year ago, it is easy
to see why the household
allowance isn't accomplish
ing what it once did.
The advance has been
steady since last Novem-
Der. There still is a sub
stantial wholesale rise which
would have to be absorbed
even if the movement could
be halted right now.
Lease lend figures are
military secrets, but you
may accept as truth the
story that 140 fighter
planes are cooling their en-
gines at eastern alrports
for lack Of pilots to fly them
across the Atlantic.
England's system Of EN-
ploying civilian ferry pilots
has broken down. Raj fly
ers on leave are not arriving
In America fast enough to
take up the slack. Britain
needs badly a bridge oil
planes built across the SKY
and over the ocean.
Our airplane factories are
working at top speed. The
latest ships, supposedly SUI
perior to anything else en-
ployed in the European war.
are coming off the assem-
bly, lines in numbers far
in excess of the secret hopes
of the planners. They are
test-hopped and then raced
to the East coast. There
many now are sitting.
One of Great Britain's
great losses from bombings,
to which little attention has
been given because of the
priority of human misery.
is hundreds of thousands OF
books.
For the most part the
rarer volumes customarily
used by the public for en-
tertainment, research, cult
walton and general educa-
ton have suffered enor-
mously.
Probably the most impos-
ing single loss was that OF
100000 books in the Mo
catta library and museum
of Anglo-Judaica at Univer-
sity college, London. These
included almost all the vol
umes provided for students
in English, Germa and
Scandinavian literature.
AT the Guildhall public
library $4,000 volumes were
destroyed through bombing.
A 1000 book working H.
brary evacuated 10 Bristol
Cat the beginning of the
war) BY the faculties OF
arts. science, laws and the
oloqy of Kings college, was
ruined BY incendiary bombs,
and with II went the subject
index to the whole college
library.
All over the island public
reading and reference IL
braries have been hit hard
Reports received in New
York cover the partial or
complete destruction Of SIX
main and branch establish
ments in and near London;
two in Manchester; one each
in Birmingham and Bristol;
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