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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-25

Although va industries expect
10 employ all available manpower
reserves this yeas the WPA laic-
,,r OF our Unemployment rei.- I
as,nc!es. will still continue TO
he with us. Just Why IL HAMS on
despite our increasing labor short
axe D., difull 10 determine. but
ton-r,-s must have some good
reason In mind when 1t votes mil
lions Of dollars to keep it going
The omeia! excuse Is that the
NPA Job for the year vii! be TO
rraln worker, for wa Industries,
furnish employment for people not
nt,ed for war work and 10 continue
projects listed a. essential TO ma
uonsl life
Thu, about 100000 men and WON
on Will be kept on government
payroll for another year.
There Is some encouragement in
the knowledge that WPA appropria-
tons have been cut from the peak,
two and a quarter billions Of dollars
in 1889. 10 about one tenth OF that
amount But even 225 million dol
lars Is still a LOT OF money TO be
used 10 pay people for what
amounts almost to keeping out OF
jobs where They are needed
There is the argument, OF course
that the officials OF the WPA are
directing the higher mental level OF
the WPA TO train others OF the
WPA for government jobs That
may be a perfectly sound setup, but
We wonder IL they haven't read the
new papers end listened to the
scores OF appeals over the radio
for men and women to ct into all
kinds OF jobs Hundreds of these
Jobs require no training. and for
hmitess numbers OF other essen
tial jobs there are thousands OF
schools In practically every shop.
big and small, there are people be-
ing trained.
We would honestly like 20 huOw
Why the officials OF the WPA and
other similar organizations should
not turn to some OF the good Jobs
in war production why the teachers
should not accept production jobs
for which they are equipped and
H. - 3
payroll should not get into Army
or industrial schools or directly into
factory jobs that many OF them can
handle with no special training
Those who have the mental ca
psclty TO advance will ind plenty
Of opportunitv nov and the others
will A. into unskilled positions
which are Just a. essential In some
cases as the highly skilled produc-
tion
WPA and pNA served a purpose
when employment was az low ebb,
hut conditions are reversed now
Men and women are needed in thou
sands OF places whore they can help
10 win the war
~ the purpose OF keeping fEis
organization together IL 10 hold
the votes II Iepresents II is not
even good political move The
reaction will more than offset the
fayori'ism We are getting back
70 realism. 70 work and sacrifice
and thrift. The majority Of tho
people are On this side and they
aren't going 10 like the idea Of car
Tying on government agencies that
ca'l for hug. sums Of money 10
pay a lot Of people 70 stay out OF
jobs where they are needed
There are special aReuclss-tO-fake
care Of the people unable 20 WORK.
There are plenty Of good produ ton
Jobs for the 0thers The quicker
they get into productive work the
better h Rill be- for them and FOR
the nation
Buy More war Bonds -
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-25

The YpsIlanti Daily Press is glaf
10 cooperate with the Treasury De
partment I'm Neeping the follow ne
message before our readers:
q will cost money 70 defeat
the Axis Your government
calls on you 10 help now
Buy war bonds and stamps
TO-DAY Buy them every day.
Buy them on a regular basis
Bonds cost as little as lls75
Stamps come as low as 10 GEMS
War bonds and stamps can
be bought AZ all banks stores
post office. the Daily Press Of
flee an from your Ypsila8t
Daily Press carrier boy.
The Npsilanu Daily Press
urges all Americans 10 support
your government with your
dollars.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-25

about in a series
Of speeches he s
broadcasting,
emphasizing the
Japs superiority
10 the Germans
as last ditch
fighters
He's been in
the American
diplomatic serv-
ice in Berlin as
well as in Nip
pom and draws
his comparison
m personal
OF
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-25

forces. don't I'll your letters home
with things which Will be censored
out. Confine your writings to the
pleasanter side Of Army or Navy
life. harmless gossip and afiec-
tionste greetings. which your
friends and family will get intact
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-25

activities and property promise
good fortune They should. how
ever. be cautious IN the signing
Of documents and IN correspond
ence Born on this date a child
VIII develop acute perceptions and
good reasoning powers. He OF
she will be affable. generous. con
vivial and fond Of social life. Coco
fortune and popularity are fore
seen.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-25

Kansas Cty Lieut. Gen Ben
Lear. commanding the second
Army tells the American Legion
But We will win this war and KIN
D. Conclusiyeiy oniy-Vhen the
word Yank turns the German yell
low and The Jap white"
Shefieid-A y. AIerand r. first
lord Of the admiralty. releases
hcartcning news. In the las two
and q quartz year, our losses 70
capital ships. aircraft carriers and
cruisers have been replaced We
had lost considerable number Of
destroyerS bur these have been
more than replaced
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-25
Words of Wisdom

II Is only imperfection that
complains Of what Is imperfect.
The more perfect We are. the
more gentle and quiet we become
toward the defects Of others 49,
Fenelon
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-25
one-Minute Test Answers

1. Robin Hood" by DeKoven.
2. The Desert SonV nv sig
mund Romberg
} 'Vagabond King by Rudolf
Frml.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-25
One Minute Test

! In what hight opera is the
song 20 Promise Ne
? In what light opera is the
song, One Alone
3 only Rose Is song
taken fror' what hight opera?
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-25
PUBLIC OPINION

Oteuston of subeet Is Invited In these
columns Writer'S may
be withheld from print desired.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-25
Fifty Years Ago

arc Sis students enrolled Central High School
building with nearly daily additions
Hs- Aupe sherwood Fiuda Pierce Edith Broad
a'orc and Mildred sherman have again taken school
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-25
Half-F orgotten Days
Twenty Years Ago

Twenty Years Ago
Postmaster George eted bulletin from tho Post
Department washington stating after December
deliver mail must be equipped
ut-h recepaoles FOR mail. delivery viii
He discontinued
Day entertained miscellaneous shower
Nutd0ck who be October bride
Maxwell VOORHEES, The party the home Of her
ST. Nj V Day Twenty Miss Murdocks friends
delightfully."- surprised when Mrs bav
rounCed engagement the hostess Miss moe Belle 10
Edwin AfDor
Plans under transform WasheuaV poor Farm
portion Of the aud
and hanging The hillside across the road into park
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-25
Psychological Treatment

There is real lesson in this,
which is that the principal treat
ment Of this form of deafness is
psychological. There is very little
that the ear specialist can do for
progressive catarrhal deafness.
He can give some treatments de-
signed to break up adhesions.
There is an operation he can do,
but it is not always successful.
And he can arrange for hearing
aids. But that is all he can do.
But the deaf person always has
hope that his hearing is going to
be completely restored. Or that
the slight deafness in the begin
ming will be stationary. And the
consequence is that he does not
learn lip reading during the years
when there is enough hearing left
so that ne can understand the
lessons.
Learning lip reading does not
come easy to those Of years beyond
childhood and adolescence. and il
takes time. But if people would
only understand that half their
happiness will come from knowing
It, they would try harder
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-25

innts on Etiquette
II you are a man IN the armed
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-25

DR.. ClendcuinC will answer
questions Of general interest
only. and tnen only through
his column
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-25
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

NJ. f. F.:-What is enteroptosis,
and what is its treatment? (2). Is
it possible TO have a kidney stone
and urinalysis show the kidney
10 be. normal :"
Answer: Enteroptosis is drop
ped intestines. 1t needs no treat
ment-a third of the human race
over 10 years Of age are in that
condition. (2). The urine is usual
ly clear and normal when a kidney
stone IS present.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-25
Observations
Ambassador Grew
Knows Why Japan
w ont be Easy
BY Cnaues z stewart

WASHINGTON Joseph c.
Grew. back, BY exchange, from
Tokyo, where he was United
States ambassador when the war
started, knows what he's talking
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-25
Must Face Realities

IL is certainly not a cheerful
subject, but the facts of life are
facts and they do not change just
because we want them to. | think
1t better to face the realities, and
the doctor would be a shameless
doctor who did not make the begin
ming deaf person face the truth.
There are a few advantages to
being deaf. Some occupations,
such as bookkeeping and operat-
ing a machine, can be done by
deaf person even better than by
one with good hearing: he has
fewer distractions. Deafness in
ereases the acuity of the other
senses. and when watching an eX-
pert lip reader perform. you rea-
lie that there is a keenness Of
visual perception which has been
augmented by the handicap Of
poor hearing.
By all odds the worst feature
Of deafness so far as it affects
personality is that the deaf per-
son will not confess his disability
either to his friends OF to himself.
The blind person is obviously blind
and has 70 admit il. But the deaf
person looks like everybody else
and thinks he can get away with
ito his sorrow and tragedy.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-25
WA SILL WITA US

sEpTEMBFR g. l942
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-25

To sum up.
The Samurai decides on war.
Civilian oficisld9m declares u or is
assass.nated and the war proceeds,
anyway The cookie class does the
lighting. bossed by the Sanurai.
Now, the Jap Samurai are
comparatively small group. but
there are enough Of en- not to be
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-25
Your Health

loss OF Hearing
Often Gnrcco@nized
Until Too Late
BY Logan elenaennlug. VI d.
THE COMMONEST form OF
eafncSs occurs TO people IN mid
lie age and IN the declining years
Of life. 1t is or very gradual onset
and perhaps the most serious fea-
ure Of the condition is that they
% not realize what is happening
o chem
Almost withou' exception they
.nink in the early stages that 1t
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-01-16
INITIATION TREND TO
INCREASE WAR COST.
MICH. SENATOR SAYS

Washington, D. c. (ILNS).-If the
present initiation trend continues at
the present rate, the war will cost an
extra 3,000,000,000 above the $67,-
OOO,O00,000 already appropriated, Sem
ator Prentiss M. Brown of Michigan
warned in opening Senate debate on
the price control bill.
On the basis of the augmented ap-
preparations asked in the Presidents
budget message, this extra toll under
such circumstances would be tremen-
dously increased, Brown declared
Senator Brown urged passage of the
measure as a means of preventing the
making of excessive profits from war
contracts.
"These are profits which we have
not been able to reach with tax laws,
despite the many efforts we have made
with the most competent advice" he
said, "and | doubt if we ever can
reach them with taxation"
The Senator said the fundamental
objective" of the bill is to keep the
relationship between all prices which
existed in the period between October
/ and Is last year. This period was
chosen by the House, he said, presum-
ably because prices were considered to
be pretty well in balance at that time
and because it was just before House
passage of the measure took place.
Discussing the absence of any con-
trolls over wages and salaries in the
bill, Brown said the Senate committee
agreed with the House that such con-
trolls would be impracticable unless
matched by controls over profits, divi-
dends, interest payments, and all other
forms of income.
''If you control prices effectively"
he added, "you have removed the
largest reason for demands for wage
increases. The problem, if any re-
mains, has been additionally met by
the agreement of organized labor not
to strike for the duration of the war
for wages or any other demands"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-01-16
Series Of 8 Regional Labor and
Educational Conferences Planned
by Ohio State Federation of Labor
Second in Series of Conferences be Held in Newark
Sunday, January Is, at Labor Temple-PrOmnent
Speakers to Address Body; Attendance Urged.

the Ohio State Federation of Labor.
You will note that such a program
as the one outlined above should prove
of such interest that every member of
labor would want to attend. Every eff
fort should be made by yourself and
other members of your local union to
see that this conference is we'll at
tended and turns out to be complete
success. should like to point out that
Mr.. Mackay, of London, is particularly
well equipped to discuss and advise on
postwar plans which should prove
beneficial to labor.
| would like to call upon the secre-
taries of the central bodies in the
above named cities to contact their
local newspapers and have this meet
ing given the widest publicity possible
by their local press. 1t will help tre-
mendously in publicizing the meeting
and calling it to the direct attention
of the public, who is also invited to
attend.
Trusting that you will do everything
within your power to attend this meet
ing and encourage the attendance of
your fellow members, and thanking
you in advance for this cooperation,
[ remain
Fraternally yours,
H. F. HILLEBRANDT
Director of Education,
Ohio State Federation
of Labor.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-01-16
New Wn-the-War Spirit Stirs Drive for Increased Eff
cheney, Voice for Labor Policy Councs-A F. of L.
and CIO Representatives Take Lead in Program.

Washington, D. C. (ILNS)-Sharply
voiced demand for more efficiency in
war production and for representation
for the workers on all war policy coun-
ellis is heard since new evidence of
A. F. of L. and CIO cooperation was
given at the recent r-industry con-
ference called by the President to draw
up a program for uninterrupted pro-
duction and at other industry
meetings.
A new win-the-war spirit is stirring
the ranks of organized labor, which is
aroused by evidence of the unprepared-
ness of the nation for war and heart
ened by the evidence that labor of both
factions can work together to get
things done. First fruit of the new
spirit is demand why things haven't
been done, directed at government Of
ficials and employers, especially the
big ones.
But labor is more interested in get
ting things done than in recrimina-
tions over the past and says that the
thing to do now is for everybody to
pick up the pieces and start over again.
Unity Gives Confidence
Leaders are aware of increased
power growing out of unity of policy
and action and are confident of the
ability of the combined labor forces to
get things done, far more efficiently
than before.
Proof of labor's essential unity to
speed war production was given again
at the labor-in industry conference called
this week by the Office of Production
Management to plan cooperation in
converting the automobile industry's
entire resources to war work as swiftly
as possible. A. F. of L. and CIO repre-
sentatives took the lead in pressing a
program which includes pooling of
machines and tool facilities and SUBJ
contracting to the maximum extent,
with each auto company farming out
work to any plant with the manpower
and machinery to do the job.
Earl Melton, international repre-
sentative of the international Asso-
citation of Machinists, spoke for the
A. F. of /. at the auto conference,
which was only the beginning of what
is expected to be a continuing series
of meetings to map conversion of the
industry into the greatest producer of
war tools in the worlds history.
Massachusetts Labor Acts
Again, labor unity was evidenced at
emergency conventions of the A. F.
of l.. and CIO state organizations of
Massachusetts,, which outlawed war
time strikes and planned cooperation
in wartime policy, The CIO state coun-
ell convention appointed a committee
to work out an industrial peace policy
with the A. F. of L. state federation.
The CIO state president declared
that "speedier production will mean
speedier victory" and declared war on
employers "who sabotage production
and national defense"
Demand for labor representation on
war policy organizations came to the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-01-16

fore with rush, as the demand was
pressed at the auto labor industry con-
ference, at special meeting of repre-
sentatives of all labor unions in the
communications industry and at the
Massachusetts conventions.
Voice for Auto Labor
1t was a foregone conclusion as the
auto conference swung into it's sessions
that labor would be given a leading
voice in formulating and carrying out
any program adopted. Indications
were that program similar in many
respects to the Reuther plan, proposed
last year by Walter Reuther, of the
CIO auto workers union, would be ap-
proved.
The unions in the communications
industry, including A. F. of L., CIO
and an unaffiliated organization, were
of the unanimous opinion that it was
vitality essential to the welfare OF
workers in the industry that labor be
accepted as a full-fedged partner in
the determination of all policies affect
ing the industry.
Representation Asked
The Massachusetts, state labor bodies
asked larger part for labor in the
prosecution of the war, emphasizing
that best results would be obtained by
giving labor an equal voice with in
dustry and government in the formu-
lation of policies and programs.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-01-16
TEXTILE INDUSTRY
MINIMUM WAGE IS
BEFORE COMMITTEE

Washington, d. C. (ILNS). - Ap-
pointment of a third committee to
recommend minimum wage in the
textile industry is announced by
Thomas Holland, administrator of the
Wage and Hour Division, U. S. De-
partment of Labor. The industry in
cludes all textiles except knitted and
woven goods. The committee will meet
here January 81.
Alexander Hamilton Frey, Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania professor of law,
will be chairman. The committee will
have "a members, an enlargement of
the committee of 21 which recon-
mended the 37R-cent minimum for
the industry now in effect. The high
est minimum the committee can rec
ommend is 40 cents an hour.
New employe members of the COM
mittee are Francis j. German, presi-
dent of the United Textile Workers of
America, A. F. of L.; Anthony Va
lente, also representing the A. F. of L.;
and George Baldanzi, representing the
Textile Workers Union of America,
CIO.
The definition of the industry has
been changed to include the manufac-
ture of non-wool carpets and rugs.
The 371s-cent wage order which
went into effect June 80, 1941, in
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-01-16

Organizing for 1912, directors of the
Citizens Savings Bank and Trust Com
pany this week elected Peter E. Rent
schler chairman of the board to sue
ceed the late Henry A. Rentschler.
Other officers named were Joseph
H. Warndorf, president; Thomas A.
Dorsey, vice president; Ferdinand
Schwenn, secretary; Paul A. Mitchell,
cashier; Carlyle G. Law and Fred j.
Weinman, assistant cashiers; Joseph
Allen, manager of the loan depart
ment. Directors are Peter E. Rent
schler, Walter A. Rentschler, Warn
dorf, Dorsey, Leeds Bronson, John An
drews, and Schwenn.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-01-16
AFL Asks Full Time
For Railroad Workers

Chicago (ILNS.) .)-Railroad workers
should work full time or be released
for war jobs, is the contention of the
American Federation of Labor Rail-
road Employees Department, which has
asked every system federation to take
the matter up with railroad manage
ment.
Labor leaders say that in view of
need for skilled workers in war in
dustries, carriers should not operate
on short hours or furlough men, and
should return promoted apprentices
and helpers to their former positions
and release and transfer excess work
ers to arms plants.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-01-16
Get Things Done, Fast,
Joint AFL and CIO Demand

creased the wage rate of about 100000
workers in the industry as previously
defined. Subsequent wage increases in
the industry have brought the earn
ings of many of these above the 40
cent rate. The present minimum wage
for the manufacture of non-wool car
pets and rugs is 35 cents an hour.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-01-16
Dear Sir and Brother:

Dear Sir and Brother:
l would appreciate it greatly if you
would call to the immediate attention
of your membership the following
message:
The Ohio State Federation of Labor
has planned series of eight regional
labor and educational conferences fol
the benefit of it's membership. The
second in this series of conferences is
to be held in the city of Newark on
Sunday, January 18, at the Labor
Temple, 71a East Church Street.
The meeting will convene at 1000
a. M, adjourn for one and one-half
hour lunch period at noon, reconvene
at 80 p. m., and run through to ap-
proximately 500 p. m.
The conference is planned especially
for the members of local unions
throughout the entire district repre-
sented by the following central labor
bodies: Newark, GAINESVILLE, Crooks
vile, Coshocton, Cambridge, Marietta
and Lancaster.
We want to extend at this time an
invitation to every member of organ
lied labor and their friends to attend
this conference. In order that your
local union will be assured represen-
tation, we urge that you appoint at
least five delegates to represent your
union at this meeting. Our suggesting
that you appoint delegates does not
mean to restrict the meeting to only
such appointed delegates, as we desire
every member of every union who can
possibly do so to attend this meeting
We are merely urging the appoint
ment of such delegates so that your
local union will be sure to be repre-
sented.
The Ohio State Federation of Labor
is spending great deal of time and
mourning large amount of expense
in the planning and holding of these
conferences. They are of utmost i'm
portance to labor and we have ar
ranged very interesting program for
the Newark conference.
Included in the list Of prominent
speakers who will appear on the pro-
gram discussing various topics, all of
direct interest to labor, are:
Mr.. W. r. G. Mackay, very recently
arrived in this country from London,
England, and who is member of the
British Labor Party in the House of
Commons.
Mr.. Chu Hsueh-Fan, president of
the Chinese Workers. Association of
Chunking, China, and delegate to the
recent International Labor Conference
held in New York.
Mr.. Ernest Winkler, former leader
of the Catholic Youth Movement in
Germany and former lieutenant in the
German army, who spent four and one
half years in concentration camp be-
cause of his refusal to take the oath
of allegiance to Hitler, and who finally
escaped and is now in this country.
Mr.. w. T. Roberts, labor member of
the Board of Review of the Ohio State
Bureau of Unemployment Compensa-
ton.
Mr. Michael j. Lyden, president, and
Mr.. Thomas ]. Donnelly, secretary of
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-01-16
Army Trains Tire Repairers

Cleveland, Ohio. A special school
to train soldiers in the repair of tires
is opening in the plant of an Akron,
Ohio, tire company. Glasses of 20 men
will receive training to equip them to
act as instructors in their army units.