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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-05-24
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NEWSPAPER
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though II would have heln.d ~
line as his car started n r,s ~aus-
Nothing like a good Old 80.
room 10 open them up" Dals :.
piled. D'e re-
But the questions you s,..,
seemed harmless enough ''Aeu
Matter OF fact they were ~.
| wasn't even listening IA ,h.'.
answers TO my questions rsna ".n
their facial expressions lie loo ,s "
their eyes how they accept cey,.. a
questions-how they react Il, IAN
easy for them TO lic-uords ~
easy but II you're a close ohsa.
you can find out lots Of thinrs
For several minutes thew roa.
on In silence. Then Barry .nos'
wonderingly-- s''As
Dale"
Yes"
Il feel a little queer sbout ,A.,
handkerchief you found
That so--why-9"
We'll. was thinking. mind -,
I'm no lawyer or detective me-n,.
a reporter. and dumb ons !,
that"
Never mind trying to work Won,
self into a compliment by main,
me contradict you-what about ,bs
hankerchief-?"
I'm not Kidding look A. I'M,
from a reporters view poin, . I,
looks like planted clue ar elsa
someone tried TO protect the oxns,
OF the handkerchief and couldn't %,
II out OF the room before il VA,
locked or" Barry stopped
"Or what"
Some one planted it there 10 re,.
Peter Dean--What do you ,hink-
Your guess is as good as mines
Dale replied. But | do know Pete,
Dean is in for some tall explaining
and ! am assuming its his banker.
chief"
Well assume until we found
out for sure and | think. mavbs
that won't be impossible
Sometime later Barry sal smok.
ing in his office in the Negro Press
building. Dale was studying ouos
reports with the handkerchief and
letter taken from the Walberg
library lying nearby
The building was quiet only the
sound OF. Richie. the general auli.
~ man. elevator operator. jainior
and sometimes reporter. as he
pushed his broom up and DOM The
hail.
Dale lifted the hsnktr, h.el and
letter in his hand as II weighing
them -ascertaining their value
Our haul for the day Barry"
Don't look like much but they
may carry dynamite
Dale removed the letter from
the envelop and began 80 r5ad is
contents-he read II twice grow.
ing excitement in his manner Bar
ry watched him
Something hot, Dale p
Htu WIN a Wy VI lfNi u M
boy OF all the dumb luck
Barry hurried 10 his friends sids
Together they read the lcicf
Then Dale laid II dowa upon the
desk, his voice was filled With awe
as he said. Its like tramp ask.
ing for a crust OF bread and getting
whole meal given to him
Barry took the letter srain he
read it,
so Wallberg had detectives
shadowing his wife and Peter Dean
for four months before he was kill
ed-this Is q complete report
do you think Peter Dean found
that out Barry asked
Il don't know-could be--and
plenty OF reasons for murder
Was this the Letter you were
looking for. Dale"
Good heavens mol was looking
for the letter Peter Dean gave Tony
a few hours before he was murder
ed-his resignation. Looking for .
gold nugget and finding the mine
Wonder how II got in ina
book surely wallberg wouldn't 10
that crazy. To think OF leaving
something like that around
Why argue with Santa Clans
Dale grinned
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-05-24

conditions between regions. but
within the limitations OF communi-
ties OF somewhat similar tradition
and with similar-sized populations.
DR.. Sutherland will conclude the
American Youth Commission Ne
gro studies with summary volume
containing findings and recommen-
dations. Tentatively titled. as Col
or Glass and Personality the book
will be published shortly by the
American Council on Education.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-09-25
NEW INCOME TAXPAYERS

TNIIE NEW tax act brings in an additional 2,275,-
OOG new taxpayers who have small incomes
but have never been taxed before by the Govern
ment The law includes all single persons
with incomes above $3.50 and married people with
incomes above 81, 800 and all of these will pay
taxes to the Government to the amount of which
is expected to yield ST. 144 100000 for defense
revenue. Corporation taxes will raise 81 ,3S2, lOO
900, which will include six per cent tax on cor
porations earning $4,000 and less than seven per
cent surtaxes on incomes in excess of that.
What lot of bowling and kicking there is go
ing to be next March. The vote by which this tax
bill was passed in Congress cannot be charged tC
the Republican Democratic parties. They are
all responsible for it,
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-09-25
COMES THE FALL

TT NEARS October. the tenth month of the year
SO summer has gone again even If the warm
weather persists.
Summers demise reminds us that vacation
time also belongs to the past For the past three
months we have heard returning travellers give
rapturOus accounts Of the great beauty OF far
away scenes, and indeed the show put on by
Mother Nature is one to inspire awe and wonder.
For some reason we associate beauty with
summer and travel. Though it be heresy we in
sst upon holding out for Fall and what we have
in mind has little to do with good Mother Nature.
The travellers have exclaimed over the quiet
beauty of the level western farm lands, marked
by the contrast Of rye, clover and Wheat-but we
like to look at the comparatively small level field
marked only by chalk.
The great canyons, say our friends, tend to
show the littenesS Of man and inspire awe. We
prefer our canyons filed with 80 to 80 thousand
people and derive awe from the fact that we
were lucky enough to squeeze in.
The dainty tintS and bold coIoring displayed
by nature call for hours of rapture but confident
ly, how does it compare with the pastels of the
girls highlighted against background Of the
more somber blues and browns of the men at a
World Series or Harvard Yale game?
We have heard Of the enthralling beauty of
the crescendoing small stream vending its way
almost silently through the hills to ripple it
dashes over the rapids and send up mighty roar
when it tumbes over the falls. Pretty, but with
out the thrill Of seeing a nimble-footed halfbaci
thread his way through towering line in a
hushed silence, Zg-2ag among the secondary as
the swell Of human voices mount to hit a steady
roar as he tumbleS the goal line.
All yeS-Summer and vacations are great, but
not to be compared with Autumn when King
Football takes his throne to be adored by millions
of fanatically loyal subjects.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-09-25
BIG CHANGE IN WASHINGTON

THERE HAS been big change in Washington
since President Roosevelt made his broadcast
address and issued orders to the United States
Navy to "shoot first" at German raiders and sub
marines that trespassed into forbidden waters.
There are many reasons given by Democrats
Republicans, New Dealers and defense officials in
Washington for supporting the Presidents pro
gram. The explanation offered by men high in
the Government is that "there is nothing else tC
do" Most of our Senators and Congressman are
now saying that the Administration foreign policy
meets the war situation.
Millions of people have put aside their personal
beliefs and are in sympathy with the move to use
our warships to defeat Hitler and other dictators
An editorial in Washington newspaper has ex-
pressed the belief that President Roosevelt "has
driven a nail in Hiters coffin" That is very
clever way of expressing the prevailing belief that
the dctators will be licked and crushed.
No in Washington thought up to few
weeks ago that Russia could defeat Germany. But
with the support of Great Britain and the United
States, the belief grows in Washington that Hitler
will be crushed in Russia in the same way that the
Kaiser was defeated in 1918.
This late summer of 1941 deserves to go dowr
in history as the first time in the past 20 years
when politics have been almost out of sight in the
National Capital
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-09-25
RAIL LABOR PRESENTS
CASE FOR PAY RAISE

Chicago GLNS).-Presentaton of
the case Of railroad labor for in
creased wages and vacations with pay
was begun here by Bert M. Jewell,
president of the A. F. of L. Railroad
Employees Department, before the
tive-man Presidential investigation
commission headed by Wayne L.
Morse.
President Jewell declared that the
wages of 100000 workers in IA nom
operating rail unions were 80 per
cent less than the rate received by
workers in industries calling for COM
parable skills Carrier arrangements
have been getting their share of the
general upward swing of business
since 1887 but the railroad workers
have not been getting their share, he
said.
Railroad mechanics received 50
cents an hour compared with S1.25
paid men doing comparable work in
other industries and the minimum
wage rate for Class ! railroads is 36
cents an hour compared with rs cents
in other industries, Jewell told the
commission.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-09-25
MENICO'S EXPORT TAN

one OF THE neatest tricks that has come out
~ of Mexico in quite awhile is the proposal by
the head of the Bank Of Mexico, Scnor Eduardo
VillaSenor that the United States government as
Il token Of friendship for the Mexican government
should remove the tariff on the l6 mai imports
into the United States from Mexico Gncuding II
strategic minerals now sold exclusively to the
United StatcS), and that the Mexican government
should in return impose export duties of exactly
the same amount. Scnor NillaSenor points out
that in this manner there would be no change in
the prices Of the goods nor in the protection af-
forded to American producers. In other words,
Mexican products would not compete with Ameri-
can products. All that would happen would be
that a sum of from u to % million dollars which
the American government heretofore has collected
on such shipments would be paid instead to the
Mexican treasury.
InaSmuch as this sum amounts to about one
fourth Of the present budget of the Mexican gov
crnment it would be a substantial contribution to
that government. The principle is an intriguing
one. 1t might be called tariff in reverse. 1t
might be called a good ncghbor act 1t might be
called a lavish display Of friendship. 1t might be
money thrown away 1t might be called a raid on
the L. S. Treasury. by any other name it still
smells the same. 1t is "one of the neatcst tricks
that has come out Of Mexico in quite awhile"
MeXcans never get enough, and whenever the
United States gives them an inch they want a
mile. There is neither precedent nor reason for
the United States to pay one-quartCr OF the McXl-
can budget and thereby share fourth of the cost
OF maintaining the MCXcan government
II MCXicos export trick were to be accepted
and applied to other nations the governments of
all beneficiary countries would in effect collect the
revenues which are now collected by the American
customs officers.
In MeXico's case, what this proposal amounts
to is that the Mexican government having re-
pudiated hundreds Of millions Of dollars of its
debts, having contiscatcd hundreds of millions of
dollars Of American property, having demanded
that the American government now loan the Mex
ican government upwards Of $50, 900, 900 now sug-
gests that in addition the people Of the United
States shall contribute approximately $25 O0C
year to the Mexican treasury.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-09-25
WRETCHED PAY CONDITIONS
IN CANNING PLANTS BRINGS
A MINIMUM WAGE ORDER

St. John, n. b. GLNS).-An inves-
tigation by the New Brunswick Fair
Wage Board has revealed appalling
conditions for employees of fish, vege-
table, meat and fruit canning and
processing plants in the province.
1t has been disclosed that for many
years, women and girls have been
paid as low as seven and eight cents
an hour for a nine-hour working day,
and straight time for overtime, and
that men and youths have been paid
as low as 10 cents an hour, with no
regular pay day in many cases, and
the employees walking four and five
miles to work. In numerous in
stances, the men getting 10 cents an
hour have families depending on their
earnings. Even the war with the big
boost in the cost of living has not
caused the owners of the food plants
| to revise their wages upward.
Therefore, the board has ordered a
minimum wage Of 25 cents per hour
women and girls and boys under Is.
However, the order has been restrict
ed to four counties on the north and
eastern shore of New Brunswick,
where fish processing and canning
plants, particularly, are plentiful.
In order to keep body and soul to-
gether it has been necessary for whole
families to work together in such
| plants, and the gross wages for a
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-09-25
WE'LL SAID, PRESIDENT GREEN
u EASONS FOR wage increases were planl

REASONS FOR wage increases were plainly and
~ convincingly set forth by William Green in
addressing the recent American Legion convention
at Milwaukee, In sentences that can hardly be
improved upon, for clarity and concisenesS, Mr..
Green told the delegates:
"We hear labor attacked because it seeks wage
increases while our soldiers and sailors are get
ting just few dollars month 1t seems obvious
to me that rapidly rising living costs Justify pay
increases. And the very fact that members Of
workers families have been called away to serve
in the nations armed forces makes it necessary
for the remaining wage-earners to get more to
keep their families from want.
81 refuse to believe that there is any Just
ground for resentng the efforts of organized labor
to maintain the American standard of living in
this emergency"
Members of the American Legion, being in
tellgent and fair-minded men, reported to
have been impressed by the logic and business of
President Green's words.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-09-25
SHORT WORK DAY BEST

'FHE NOTION that the human worker can be
made to exercise his highest degree of produc-
tive power through being hard driven over long
periods is relic of almost forgotten ages of the
past For even the most ruthless slave-driver OF
centuries ago learned that exhaustion never pro-
duced the best results in labor. Speed and ef-
fciency in man, as in horse, is dependent not
only upon effort while in action, but also upon
relatively short durations of extreme effort fol
lowed by much longer periods of rest in order to
recuperate for another effective effort.
The disposition to disregard these facts is
based upon either ignorance or disregard of the
laws of life, and in some individuals, upon the
queer idea that the common people, upon whose
activities they themselves depend for their very
existence, are of little value and of no great con-
sequence.
The probabilities are, however, that most of
those who fail to understand the true value Of the
short work day for the living workers means
of intensive production are impelled by mere
ignorance on the subject rather than an inten-
tional disregard of human requirements, although
some of them occupy positions Of learning, and
others WELD rapid editorial pens.-Illinois State
Federation of Labor Executive Board
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-09-25
UNFAIR TAXATION

The pending tax bill providing for taxation of
incomes as low as $3.50 goes too far in the opinion
of many. 1t places an unjust burden on those
earning less than SIS week. 1t acts to lower liv-
ing standards already at bare subsistence levels
and can hardly fail to be detrimental to the third
of the population described by President Roose-
welt as "ilI housed, i'll clothed, i'll fed"
The American Federation of Labor Executive
Council declared last May: ''rhe main burden of
taxation is on the wage Garner already. 1t would
be economic folly to increase this load"
1t seems to this paper that taxation of $3.50
incomes is uncaed for and comes under the head
of the economic folly denounced by the A. f,
of l..
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-09-25
CHICAGO FEDERATION
WARS ON CROOKS

Chicago, Ill.-The Chicago Fedora
tion of Labor pledged redoubling of
its campaign to weed out crooks from
unions in its territory.
In its official paper, the Fedora
tion News" under the heading, "Drive
the Rascals Out" the Federation de-
clared:
"There is no place in organized
labor for the racketeer, the chiseler,
the tiXer or the terrorist.
"We ask that Chicago organized
labor, with many years of honorable
record behind it, rededicate itself to
purging its ranks of the leeches who
fatten at the expense of the workers u
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-09-25
PAR FOR THE COURSE

The magistrate was a very keen
golfer He was trying the case Of a
man who was summoned for cruelty
to his wife.
"My CLIENT said the defending
counsel, "is much maligned man.
His wife is constantly nagging him
and, in the end, driven to desperation
he beat her into silence with a golf
club"
The magistrate leaned forward with
a sudden show of interest.
''ln how many strokes?" he Ques-
toned.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-09-25
Arlington Mill Workers
Elect AFL Textile Union

Lawrence, Mass.-The Federation
Of Wooden and Worsted Workers Of
America, AFL affiliate, won a ma
jority of the votes of the employees of
the Arlington Mills at a consent elec-
tion carrying the right to represent
employees of the plant exclusively for
the purposes of collective bargaining.
Ballots totaling 3,O2S We're cast for
the AFL affiliate.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-09-25
COMMENT ON WORLD
EVENTS

Present mass resistance in Norway
to the Nazi occupation forces was
forecast weeks ago by local strikes
throughout the country, the lnterna-
tional Federation Of Trade Unions
reveals. These strikes were largely
due to refusal of the Nazis to permit
negotiations for wage Increases to
bring pay into line with increased
costs of living. Since the occupation,
it is stated that the real wages of
Norwegian workers have fallen about
80 per cent.
Back of the present trouble is the
policy of the German occupation au-
thorities, aimed at making ineffective
the Norwegian labor movement. APP
parently the Nazis and the traitorous
| Quislings among the Norwegian pop
ulation have not dared to attempt out
right destruction but have tried to ac-
complish their ends by indirect means,
such as setting up "labor organiza-
tions" subservient to the Nazi re-
gime.
But the patience of the Norwegian
workers has finally been exhausted
and there has been an explosion OF
popular anger, bringing drastic moves
| by the Nazis to curb the revolt. Dis
patches from Europe have told of
mass arrests, executions and the
throwing of trade union leaders into
jails and concentration camps.
X X X
Before they took over power, the
Nazis promised in their long forgotten
party program the entire suppression
CT war profits in Germany and the
limitation of high salaries to 1000
marks a month. At the outbreak of
the war, Hitler declared that he would
not tolerate certain classes enriching
themselves from the nations sacri-
fees. This promise has been broken,
like innumerable others.
Now a periodical which calls itself
"Sociales Deutschland says that it
does not matter whether individual
better off. The Nazi official organ,
"Volkischer Beobachter" goes so far
as to say that "dividends of 10, IA,
and 16 per cent, which are paid out
here and there, appear to many to be
excessive, but they are not"
x x
Criticism of war profteering has
not been stihed, however, and the
Minister of Economy has been forced
to take cognizance Of it by issuing a
decree on the limitation Of the pay
ment of dividends. This fixes maXima
for normal dividends"
What this is to be taken to mean is
explained by the employers press to
its readers with cynical candor. All
round stability must be preserved, and
therefore the prospect of dividends"
must not vanish. In plain English,
this means that the gigantic arma-
ments profits must be concealed from
the public eye. This is just what is
happening.
For example, the Vacha Gable
Works has reduced its dividends to
five per cent, and at the same time
endorsed it's shares with three times
their nominal value. This action
leads to capital getting a current
profit of Is per cent.
The Varel Motor Works has been
| even more generous to its SharehOid-
ers. For every share they hold, they
are given nine bonus shares. In addi-
ton to the present of eight times
their real value, they receive an an
nual return of at least 81 per cent. In
these circumstances it is not surpris-
ing that stock exchange prices are
rising, the index figure now being
some so per cent above pre-war rates,
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-09-25
NOW FOR THE FIVE MILLION MARK

n NLNIVffN TT4IT4NtNI IV4N OF IdDUI TIIUTIIUVI-
ship is at the highest point in its history and
is still going up. Secretary Treasurer George
Meany is confident that in the coming year or
ganizational and educational activities will send
the membership over the five million mark.
With membership at 1569,O56 at the end Of
August 81, a gain of 32l ,6l3 since August 81 a
year ago. there should be no difficulty in reaching
the mark predicted by Mr.. Meany, if all members
of A. f. of l.. union stay on the job of boosting
unonism at every available opportunity.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-09-25
w H AT MEX T?

\ new hullet-sealing hose has
been developed by b. +. Goodrich
to replace heavy metal fuel feed
systems on bombing and other
combat airplanes. The new hose
is made puncture-proof by
special lining of Oil-resistant rub
ber.