The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-12-10

mum, but the 100000 employees of the
nations laundries and linen supply
houses are as much soldiers of the
home front as the stpclwOrller or the
airplane riveter.
Getting Back To The Woods
Up to the year 1900 most of the con-
Struction of buildings was done with
lumber. And at that time nearly all
the fuel for stoves and furnaces was
wood.
When Theodore Roosevelt was Presi-
dent he called Governors Confer
ence which learned to its astOnishment
that 81 per cent of the standing timber
of the nation was wasted, or destroyed
by forest fires.
Since that time the Skyscrapers have
tar, without using very much wood.
Now all of a sudden, a year after
Pearl Harbor, Uncle Sam has started
to pep up the morale of men who work
in the Northwest woods, as means of
increasing lumber production. Man
power III the lumber regions has been
regarded of so little importance that
the lumber jacks were cOaXed out of
the woods and out Of the sawmills, and
into the factories.
The men from the woods behaved
like fish out of water when they began
mixing up with factory workers.
Getting Along Somehow
Twenty years ago the production of
automobiles was around 100000 which
just about equals the number of new
ears for 1942-and we got along some
how There are 100000 miles of sur
faced highways in the United States,
whereas the L. $. Bureau of Roads
classified only G62 900 miles or about
20 per cent as "improved'' in 1917
and we got along somehow. Wen have
To continue to get along somehow
under war conditions governing auto
mobiles, rubber, gas and other things
we are accustomed to.
Leon Loses His POise
Leon Henderson has asked for lot
of abuSe-and he cot it But there is
evidence that the criticism of his Ad-
miniStralion has cot under his hide.
In Il radio speech recently he said that
opponents of nationwide gasoline ra-
tionng are either ignorant or inten-
tionalIy traitorous."
One Washington newspaper adds
that UenderSon's speeches should also
be rationed.
On Capital IIll some of Henderson s
most severe critics declare that they
will attempt to put him out of bust
ness after the first of the year by re-
t'uSing to make appropriations for the
work he is doing. That sounds danger
out! On the contrary it is just Con-
| grcSSional hot-air
This Congress Is About Through
Senator Norris secured the passage
of Il law ending the term of Office Of
members of Congress with the close of
the year following election. That was
the lame duck" law, and therefore
! the present Congress Is putting the
finishing touches on its work and it
( Will practically cease as lawmaking
| body before Christmas.
Tn" new Congress will convene the
first week of the new year. 1t will find
! the manpowcr legislation waiting for
attention. Most of The other differences
of opinion between the President AMI
Congress are being shifted and loaded
onto the incoming session. Straw in
! the wind.
TubeieSs Tires
y few months ago rubber manufac-
turers began turning out tubelesS auto,
mobile tires. The public was skeptical
but tests of these tires on the high.
ways created wide interest.
Now the Petroleum Industry Board
and the War Council ars beginning to
encourage inventors of tubeless tires
The big rubber companies are making
them, and some companies are show
ing in advertising that tubes are as
unnecessary as the fifth wheel to Il
wagon" Firms like Goodrich 90 clear
out on the limb in making the asser
tion that tubclcSs tires are being made
that meet all requirements.
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