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Evening star., 1942-01-04
Treasury Uncovers
.$200,0oo,ooo Worth
.0f War Materials
Some Of Goods Had Been
Bought by Axis Powers
Through Dummies
~ the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Secretary Morgenthau announced
yesterday that the Treasury had
turned over to Vice President Wal
lace an inventory of $500 000. 900
worth Of materials useful IN war
time which are held in storage places
In this country for foreign owners.
Vice President Wallace received
the inventory as chairman OF the
Supply, Priorities and ALLEGATION
Board. The items were located
through . still incomplete inven-
tory OF foreign property.
Secretary Morgenthau said much
Of the material uncovered had been
"lost" either through accident or
design. The Treasury chief ex-
planned that in many cases the for
eign owner either could not COM
municate with this country or had
fallen victim to Axis invasion.
Held Through 'Dummies."
I'm still other instances" he
added. the Axis powers through
dummies actually had bought up
the stocks for their own use before
the war or had acquired them later
for the express purpose Of prevent
ing their use In the Allied war ma
chine"
He said that the material was
stored under 10000 names and that
500 900 inventory reports were being
studied.
AS an example Of how equipment
was held, he reported this material
was in q New York warehouse for
q single unknown" owner:
Eighty-nine boxes of aluminium,
3,O92 pieces Of aluminium, 1896 crates
Of brass, 8 pieces of forgings, lit
tons OF rough forgings, 49 crates Of
auto parts. 25 boxes Of auto parts.
2 crates Of tractor implements.
crates of pneumatic tools, box Of
link betting. IA packages Of Diesel
equipment and 1873 crates of ma
chinery.
Other Materials Found.
Among the other materials fer
reted out were these:
S1.395.321 worth Of tractors. tires,
motor accessories and barley held
for Greek accounts; $268,000 of
machines, aluminium and molybden-
ite for Fiat, the italian motor car
company: $l57.775 Of automobile
equipment intended for use in
Greece. $s7.213 Of tire fabric. s475.-
984 of materials intended for a
French engine manufacturer. $685.
ia Of automobiles for a Finnish
account and $4,000 Of steel and
&S8.063 Of leather for French ac-
counts.
Evening star., 1942-01-04
DR.. James J. Hayden
Named Law Dean
Al Columbus u.
Succeeds Former Provost,
Dr.. John R. Fitzpatrick,
Recently Dismissed

DR.. James J. Hayden, former dean
OF Catholic University Law School.
yesterday was named dean of the
Columbus University Law School,
latest in a series of developments
within the faculty during the last
two weeks.
DR.. Hayden succeeds DR.. John r.
Fitzpatrick, former provost Of the
university and dean of the law
school, who was dismissed December
rs. F. Joseph Donohue. law pro-
fessor, was dismissed at the same
time, and nine other faculty men,
bers announced their intentions Of
resigning from the faculty. The
two men dismissed said letters in
forming them of the action gave no
reasons.
DR.. Hayden will devote his full
time to the university and an
nounced that on reopening of the
school tomorrow two new members
Of the faculty will take their posts.
Edward NJ. Curran, United States
district attorney for the District Of
Columbia, has been named profess
sor of personal property. and Rich
ard w. Galiher will be professor Of
the law of partnerships.
DR.. Hayden. native OF Milwau-
kee. is well known in legal circles as
an educator and writer on legal SUBJ
jects. He took immediate charge of
the work of the school after his ap-
pointment.
He was graduated from the Wis
consin State Normal School in 1914,
and in 1918 received the degree Of
bachelor of philosophy from the
University of Wisconsin. He was a
second lieutenant in the Field Ar
tillery during the first World War
He holds the master of arts degree
from Catholic University and the
bachelor of laws degree from
GEORGETOWN University.
Evening star., 1942-01-04
D. G. Survivor of Sessu Tells of 19 Days on Raft

Willis A. Finch, 81. returned to,
his family home at IS Jefferson
street NE. yesterday to tell Of
spending 10 days on a raft In the
North Atlantic after his ship had
been sunk by a German torpedo.
Mr.. Finch said he had been q ma
rine engineer aboard the s. s. Sessa,
an American merchant ship sent to
the bottom near Iceland late in the
summer.
His hair was gray-it was brown
when he left Washington in August
and he showed the effects of his
long ordeal.
Il had shipped to Iceland aboard
an Army transport. he said, "and
was returning to the United States
aboard the Sessa. The SeSSa was IN
q convoy and I was In the engine
room when the torpedo hit us.
IT don't know how I got into the
water, but there I was. 1t seemed
to happen in just a second. Whether
I went through the funnel or the
water just came into the engine
room, don't know.
"The water was cold and 1t
brought me back to reality. In front
of me, as I swan about in the
wreckage, was a raft and on 1t were
some of the men off the Sessa. I
swan to 1t and climbed aboard.
Within a few minutes, the ship
went down.
I'VE hoped we would be picked
up right away-but apparently the
rest of the convoy went on. We
settled down on the raft. hoping
that we would be sighted. Three
days later we saw another convoy
in the distance.
"But we had no way Of sending
a signal and none Of the ships saw
us. The convoy passed on. The
only prospect we could see then was
death at sea.
THE sea was fairly smooth, but
the water was very cold. Occasion
ally, a wave would break over the
raft and chill us to the bone. We
had no provisions and no water,
OF course. Some of the men got
so thirsty they drank sea water.
"It had the usual effect on theI
Yet, as they made UP their minds
you'd be surprised how courageous
they were They Just went ahead
and dived over the side Of the raft.
Evening star., 1942-01-04
APPOINT Plan Pushed
By 0. P. N. 10 Speed
Arms Production
Leaders Will Commence
Conferences Tomorrow
With Industry
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Office of Production Manage
ment yesterday issued a summary
of it's efforts to speed UP production
In existing arms plants and con-
vert additional facilities from peace
time to wartime production. o. p.
M. Director General William s.
Knudsen and Sidney Hillman, asso-
ciate director. said the problem was
being approached In four ways:
Converting additional facilities Of
the durable goods industries to war
production.
Inducing more existing arms
plants to work 100 hours a week,
Evening star., 1942-01-04

spent six weeks In a hospital. In
addition to suffering from exposure.
it was discovered that he had five
broken ribs, Mr.. Finch said. And q
gray hair.
II can't see how 1t turned gray In
such a short time" he said, rubbing
his head.
He was brought back to the United
States a few days ago and came to
Washington on 10 days leave. He
was at the home of his mother, Mrs.
Mary A. Finch, when interviewed
yesterday.
His 10-year -old daughter, jeanne,
Evening star., 1942-01-04

Defense Industry Advisory Commit
tee. a conference given consider
able emphasis by last weeks order
freezing auto sales as a preliminary
to a rationing program.
Individual meetings already are
under way between o. P. M. officials
and members of the rubber industry.
Rubber production was curtailed So
per cent after the Pacific war en-
dangered the chief supply source
of raw rubber.
Evening star., 1942-01-04

That was all. It took courage and
they knew that II, tn their con-
dition, they left US, we might have
q better chance to live.
"On the nineteenth day-we'd lost
all track of time-there were only
three of us left on the raft. Appar-
emily, we were all unconscious. The
first thing remember was coming
to on a cot aboard a ship bound
for Scotland. The doctor was work.
ing over me-"
Then, Mr.. Finch said, he and his
two companions were taken to
Aberdeen, Scotland. where they
Evening star., 1942-01-04
Deputy Clerk Named

FAIRFAX. Va. Jan. 3 (SpeciaD -
w. Franklin Gooding of Oakton,
for several years an employe in the
Office Of County Clerk John M.
Whalen. yesterday was named a
deputy. Mr.. Gooding will take the
post formerly held by S. Sterling
Swart, jr.. of Fairfax, who resigned
to join private accounting firm.
Evening star., 1942-01-04

a student at the Brighton School,
listened open-mouthed to her
fathers story. His wife. Mrs. Ethel
Finch, lives here at 1921 Fourteenth
street NV, and was the first to
greet the sailor home from the sea.
Mr.. Finch attended the old Busi-
ness High School here, later studied
at the University Of Pennsylvania,
before going into the hardware busi-
ness with hts father. He went to
sea in 1886.
I'm going back on another ship
as soon as I can" he said.
They can't kill me"
Evening star., 1942-01-04
Mile o. Dimes
Continued From Page A-l3)

Mile O Dimes fight against infantile
paralysis. The past indicates that
an enthusiastic response is to be
expected.
OF the dimes collected in the
Washington Mile O. Dimes campaign.
so per cent will be allotted for the
aid of the city's own stricken chill
dren, while the other half is to be
turned over to the National Founda-
ton for Infantile Paralysis, to be
used for research, education and to
combat epidemics.
Commissioner ]. Russell Young is
chairman Of the local campaign
and Keith Morgan Is head of Mile O.
Dimes nationally.
Evening star., 1942-01-04
South American Proarom

The Seventy Miners Club of Ia
koma Park, Md, will hold a supper
and South American Night program
Tuesday in the basement of the
Takoma Park Presbyterian Church.
Kenneth Holland, director of edu-
cation in the Office of the Co.
ordinator of Inter american At
fairs. will talk on Latin and South
America"
Evening star., 1942-01-04
Red Cross Unit to Elect

Election of officers will be held
at the annual meeting Of the Be-
thesda branch of the Montgomery
County Red Cross at 10 am. Tues
day at the organizations headquar-
ters on Wisconsin avenue.
Evening star., 1942-01-04

Kobe, Japan, is one of the Orients
great shipbuilding centers. as well
as the center Of the country's match
making industry.
Evening star., 1942-01-04

ADVERTISEMENT.
Evening star., 1942-11-13

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Evening star., 1942-11-13
81 IN
z.OU

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Evening star., 1942-11-13
~ BY rs WHITE SHIRTS for Christmas NOW!

Because VIII |TE is always RIGHT for Gifts!
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"A Gift Of WHITE Shirts Is q Mark Of Good Taste!
Make your selections EARLY from these Groups!
Evening star., 1942-11-13

The life Of the shirts is determined by the
life of the collar. Airman's "Life.lnsured"
collar actually outlasts the shirt itself. Spe.
cialy woven to resist wear, it won't fray,
wrinkle or pucker. Give him "Shirtcraft"
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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-04-24
LaGuardia Urges Use OF
Idle Labor To Build Ships

New York City (ILNS) - In his
weekly broadcast over New York's
municipal station, Mayor LaGuardia
said that the Building and Construc-
tion Trades Council of Greater New
York has informed him 57,75O men of
skilled trades were out of employment
here. He added that he believed 55, 900
of these could do useful, skilled work
in shipyards and that he intended to
take the matter up with Navy officials
in charge of ship construction in this
area. Only $500 would require spe-
cial training, he said.
"These men are skilled in the build
ing trades, they work with their hands,
they have done precision work and
they could adapt themselves TO the
very useful employment of turning
out more ships, and turning out more
ships and faster" the mayor said.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-04-24
Truths POndered While
Riding at
Anchor
"Then gently scan
your brother man
BY Mr.. MOdestus-

When the grass roots grow, not in
the middle of the streets, but in cor
poration front Offices, there may be Gu
rious crops reaped from such weird
planting.
Strange as it may seem, not even
all the Congressman can be fooled all
the time. And when the kilograms and
form letters from the back country
take on similar phraseology and OBJ
jectives in their arguments, there is
something in the back of Congress
mans head which begins to click with
a familiar sound. This is what has
been happening in the recent drive
phoney drive, it was, too-on the al
legged limitation of the days labor of
workers to 40 hours a week on war
contracts.
If the workers were really not pro-
posing to work on war jobs more than
a 4O-hour week, they would do just
that thing. They would not work more
than the 40 hours.
But the 40-hour contracts, with
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-04-24

their penalty of half-time additional
pay for any time over that, were in
tended as penalty on the employers
who insisted on getting their own
benefits from the longer work day.
For it turns out, that the longer day
costs the employer much less in pro-
portion for overhead, than the shorter
day So small, relatively, is the part
the wages play in the total cost of
production, and so small the effect of
this on the resulting profits of the
operations, that the employers prefer
to keep the plant going the additional
overtime, paying the overtime wage,
in order to secure the increased out
put per man-hour and the decreased
cost per unit of production.
This is one of the mysteries, too
deep for the mind of Congressman
from poll-tax state to fathom. All
he is able to read, and get through the
.22-calibre of his mentality, is that
title of the law, "40-Hour Week" He
points to that, and proceeds to wake
up every Chamber of Commerce in
the country, especially those located
in the cheap labor areas.
General P. B. Fleming, hard-boiled
army man, one-time administrator of
the 40-Hour Law, says that the 40
Hour Law is no obstacle to war pro-
duction.
He quoted William Knudsen (now
Lieutenant-General Knudsen) to the
effect that when working hours are
considerably heightened it was not
possible to get more than about 81A
hours of work day out of the en-
ploye, on account of the fatigue factor.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-04-24

But your hill-billy Congressman,
with mental capacity developed to the
level of the poll-tax states, where they
don't expect their people to develop
their brains, and so don't give them
schools enough for the purpose, sticks
to his crazy creek-side ideas of pro-
duction. He still insists that if you
can turn out ten pieces of work in
eight hours, in 16 hours the same man
can turn out twice as manv pieces. He
wouldn't try that on his old horse; but
he expects it to work on human flesh
and blood.
But Donald Nelson knows better.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-04-24
INTERNATIONAL
FRATERNITY
(From the Journal of Electrical
Workers)


While war explodes at a dozen
points on this shrinking planet, it is
good to know that the international
Federation of Trade Unions carries
ON. This organization was established
through the instrumentality of Samuel
Gompers at the close of the first
great war. 1t had it's headquarters at
one time in Berlin, then in Amster-
dam, and then in Paris. 1t has now
moved to London.
It's most recent bulletin is of the
same size and of the same ardent
character as formerly. This bulletin
as OF January, 1912, carries an ex-
tended notice of the international La
Dor Conference held last fall in New
York. 1t reports the meeting of the
Swedish Trade Union Congress in
Stockholm and the American Fedora
ton of Labor meeting in Seattle.
There are shorter notices from Co
lombia, Brazil, Finland and Belgium.
Even reports come from Rumania and
Hungary.
The bulletin still carries on an ar
dent war against fascism. This is no
small achievement in world as di-
yided as the present world is. 1t sug-
gests the vitality and integrity of the
labor movement.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-04-24
his kind of a side-show.

this kind of a side-show.
1t is difficult to believe, that any of
these men are deliberately trying to
help Hitler and Hirohito. We simply
have to conclude that their brains have
been somewhat added by the heat of
the tax problems, and the frightful
unbalanced state of that budget" Do
you remember about the budget?
Even some Chamber of Commerce
men are beginning to add up their
national budget figures in somewhat
different terms, since Pearl Harbor
and the submarine raids on the At
lantic Coast.
Labor, in the United States, as in
Australia, is not just a class. When
it comes to war, and war fighting,
and war dying, labor turns out to be
pretty much the American people,
And they have real stake in this war.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-04-24
SIXTH COLUMNISTS
ARE WACINC WAR
ON 'F.D.R.,' LABOR

Washington, d. C. (ILNS)-Charg
ing there is "vast smear campaign
against American workers and their
unions" the American Federation of
Labor, in full page advertisements in
the daily papers, denounced attacks
against President Roosevelt by the
"Sixth Columnists" and other sup
porters of anti-labor legislation.
"The Sixth Columnists are waging
an undeclared war against President
Roosevelt and against u.s." the fedora
ton advertisement asserted
"They are doing this" the adver-
tisement went on, "by putting the heat
on Congress to pass the Smith Vinson
bill and other dangerous legislation
aimed at the Presidents war policies.
''Try to Fool People"
"The Sixth Columnists are trying to
fool the American people into believ-
ing such legislation is needed to speed
up production and win the war.
"Don't let the Sixth Column fool
you.
what are the facts? President
Roosevelt and the heads of our war
agencies are in the best position to
know the facts. What do they say?
"They agree unanimously that the
Smith Vinson bill and other proposals
of the same kind can do no good
"They agree unanimously that such
measures will hurt morale, retard war
production and throw our victory drive
into chaos.
Time to Stop
Whom do you believe President
Roosevelt or the Sixth Columnists?
"The sponsors of this legislation say
they are honest and sincere. If so,
why do they persist with it when our
Commander in Chief urges them to
stop?
It's high time to cut such sniping
against our President and his policies.
Let's get together on the one impor-
tant job before us-to win the war.
Let's have real national unity i'm
America"
The advertisement points out the
40-hour week is not restricting pro-
duction, says that workers are putting
in 48 to 60 hours week in every war
factory that has materials and orders,
gives reasons why overtime pay should
be retained and emphasizes that
strikes have fallen in this country to
a level far lower than in Great Brit
ain. "There are no strikes worth
worrying about in American war in
dustries today" it is asserted.
Sixth Columnists Defined
The advertisement is entitled "Be-
ware the Sixth Column" 1t is ex-
planned that President Roosevelt de-
fined Sixth Columnists at his March
"a press conference as Americans who
Willingly or unwittingly spread ru-
mors and doubts devised by enemy
Fifth Columnists about Americas war
effort.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-04-24

President Roosevelt has known better,
at least ever since the long-hour-day
was tried in Great Britain rs years
ago.
Curious, how the executives OF
Chambers of Commerce, the men who
are supposed to have access to the
best engineering information as to eff
ficiency of labor and production proc
esses. fall for thing like this, and
proceed to organize barrages against
lot of men in Congress, who already
have enough problems to take their
attention, without wasting time on
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-04-24

Novelists and poets to the contrary,
every woman is sight when she is
gardening-that is, if she is really
getting anything done.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-04-24
Rooster Of ORGANIZATIONS

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-25
Copies Ready

Copies Of the originals have
been produced by manufacture
ers and are ready for purchase
by fastidlous homemakers. AS
YOU wander about the display,
you'll appreciate an atmosphere
of restful simplicity and fresh
ness as though you were
walking on a sunny porch.
With a background OF ceiling
high colored blinds tone red, an
other blue-chartreuSe and nat
ural, tool. lounge chairs OF
bamboo, upholstered in gay yell
lows and green, invite special
attention.
The picture above gives you
an idea OF the compactneSs {.
chair and ottoman with an end
unit from sectional divan.
The all-purpose table between
the chairs will be terrific hit.
The rounded bamboo supports
hold a black lacquered wooden
tray big enough for a world
of needs.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-25
Red Cross News

N.mhcrS NJ tho 1IomCmakerS'
Club tur of tho American Rcd
eros, VIII meet on THURSDAY
of nest week e.. instead of the
usual Tuesday Cot-togcther.
The place rs the same . the
club room on the fifth floor Of
oar building. Doors will be open
az = "a. m.
And when YOU come down for
Rod Cross meeting, ladies. be
sure ~ take note OF the Red
cross Tag. which Will be hoisted
Tor .hc first time Thursday.
II VIII fly atop The Detroit
Times Building. directly under
tho stars and Stripes. and will
proclaim 10 the world that the
IiomcmakerS' Club is doing It's
share n humanitarian war work
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-25

Copies
Ready in
Local Store
BY JANE MOWERS

HAVE you ever lived in a New
IL York penthouse? Perhaps.
like us, your experience Is
limited 10 views from movies
and magazines. In any case,
you'll want TO use the closest
thing that Detroit has to offer.
We're referring 10 the rooms
arranged with som g ultra
modern furniture now in a local
store. And there's history be-
hind il. Some time ago the
Museum of Modern Art spon-
sored a contest for the design
and construction of furnishings
with the modern feeling.
Not only furniture, but fabrics
and lighting fixtures were SUBJ
mitted. The prize-winning pieces
are on exhibit at the Detroit
Institute Of Arts and soon VIII
continue on tour throughout the
nation.