The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-13

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ton. The rationing of gasoline and
issuing of whatever Is to be our
password into gasoline stations is,
at the time of writing, ahead OF us.
After that we should be sufficiently
immune to be able TO take shoe and
clothing ratiOning in our stride.
It is TO be hoped that the restrlc-
tons imposed upon us will be
obeyed and that "bootlegging" Will
not be either encouraged or re-
sorted to.
Covering Up Tactics y"
During the sugar registration
there was no indication that the
individuals report Of the amount
Of sugar on hand might have been
an understatement. Five pounds
was taken as five youndS and any
fraction above the amount was
generously Judged TO be in favor OF
the registree. we hope they are
telling us the truth" was the atti-
tude of those who were examining
the applicants. But they were not
- not all Of them - by several
pounds. which seems a COntempti-
BILE, Sneaking way TO behave at this
particular time.
Misers-hoarder II you like
are a mean. avaricious, uninspiring
lot. who deserve the contempt in
which they are held. So for their
pains ] hope ants - thousands OF
them get into their sugar. It
would be a punishment TO fit the
crime.
Shorter sugar rations may be an
inconvenience but compared 30 a
leSSening Of ones gasoline supply
il is nothing like as important in
it's effect on a family. There is,
however. no use grousing about
such things. They are here, and
each and every one Of us must re-
condition himself and his way OF
life, in order to conform TO our very
limited-or so they seem TO us
supplies.
According to both our allies and
our enemies, our supplies are more
than adequate. Reducing methods
or diets have ceased to be impor-
tant. Uncle Sam has gone in for
figure control. If you want to get
thin. or even if you don't, now's
your chance. And don't forget you
are walking, as well as eating lSss
sugar and fat. TO say nothing OF
wedding and working in your Vic
tory garden. So why worry about
the elastic situation?
No Idle Women
Therell be no idle women any
more. Everyones his own kitchen
mechanic, or working at some job
that must be done. The women OF
Connecticut, for instance. decided
not to wait for registration, but to
hop to it volunteering to do any
little odd Jobs that Uncle Sam want
ed done.
This state went ahead with its
statewide voluntary mobilization
of women power to meet what one
official called "a present need" in
this highly industrialized area.
1--WE cannot sit idly by in the face
of a labor shortage" declared "a
spokesman for the United States
Employment Service for Connecti-
cut. eff other states are not con-
scious of the impending situation,
we are"
After completing their applica-
ton for sugar books. the women
who volunteered were asked to spe-
city their preference for one OF four
classifiCations of employment In
dustrial factory work, clerical
work, | a n d army agricultural
work., and any one other occupa-
ton in which they have or wish for
training. They were asked also to
indicate their ability to work part
or full time and the age bracket
into which they belonged - under
30, from 81 to 40. or from al to so.
No age secrets any more either!