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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-05
TAKES ISSUE WITH
ASSESSOR ON GOLD

Editor The Times: Being
taxpayer. II may be unwise for
the writer to contradict the as
SCISSORS view of gold as a none
tary commodity. But this is
war, and in view of what Is
bound to follow. damn the tor
pedoes."
The assumption of gold being
OF no value IN vaults is abso-
lutely wrong. In fact, once its
use under proper system Is
thoroughly understood, no vault
is secure enough to hold II.
However. this is not 10 be inter-
preted as meaning that any one
country should be in possession
OF more gold than necessary TO
transact business with the 9TH
ers and thus transfer the value
of labor between them. For 1t
is due To that fact. the which
Is due 10 defective banking
system common among all ma
tions. that such wars as the
present owe their occurrence.
Gold is worthy subject in
deed. and one OF which many
of us will wish to know more
about upon the cessation of the
present hostilities.
LEO Y SMITH
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-05
THURSDAY. MARCH s

Benefic aspects are strong to-
day, but there is an adverse in
fluence which may influence
military operations. Uncertain
ty regarding naval movements
Is indicated.
Heart and Home-Good luck
Is indicated for initiative under
this configuration. II is an aus
picions date To institute new
household budget or to launch a
program of change m the usual
home routines. II is a fortunate
date for signing contracts.
Nerve strain may cause tend
ency toward irritability. Strong
self control should be exercised
by young and old.
Business Affairs -- Many VIC
Tins OF the necessary war meas
ures will find new avenues of in
dustry. The summer promises
to be fairly fortunate for many
persons whose occupations have
been destroyed. Shifting of COM
mereial interests. which will be
widespread. will bring about ul-
innate benefits in various parts
of the country. American adap-
liability is to be demonstrated
successfully.
National Issues 49, Inevitable
dissatisfaction concerning quotas
will cause widespread faultfind-
ings. since selfish interest will
conflict with patriotism. ACCUSE
tons that Partially is mani
Tested will be made, but the
stars presage increase of eff
cheney in the administration OF
government matters. This month
will greatly stimulate unity OF
purpose in all parts of the
United States. The stars pres
age acts of Axis barbarism and
cruelty which will fire the Al
lies to supreme effort.
Persons whose birthdate 1t 10
have the sugury OF year Of
good prospects. For many. sub
stantial inheritanees arc fore
told. Success in love as well AZ
business may be expected.
Children born on this day
should be extremely lucky all
through their lives. They belong
to sign whose subjects are am
bilious and intellectual.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-05
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can YOU answer seven OF these
test questions Turn to the
womsns page for the answers.
l. The airline distance from
Tokyo 10 Honolulu Is greater
than that from Paris to New
York. true or false
2. Name the capital Of Alaska.
5. Which amendment 10 the
United States constitution pro-
vides for the election Of sens-
tors BY popular vote.
4. Which day Of the week is
named for Thor. the Morse god
of Thunder
5. The highest ranking posi-
ton in the presidents cabinet is
secretary OF state. war. or navy,
6. What happened al Noun
tain Meadow. Utah?
:. Who was known as The
Maid of Orleans
s. Are women permitted TO
vote in sll the South American
countries
2. Eretz Yisrsel Flstin is an
other name for which country.
10. The following screen titles
all contain the same word: what
rs it One Foot IN -'';
Seventh -". .- With
Bsrbeo wine Fence. AL This
and - Too
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-05

Editor The Times As a
corollary to correspondents
statement on what she would
do If she desired 10 serve the
Axis. I suggest my own actions
II l hated my own country and
people. and would do them the
greatest possible harm.
Realizing the perils ahead. I
would do my best TO darken
council and confuse judgment.
To make easy my eountry's be-
traysi by those for whom she is
sacrificing. would paint the
present conflict all white on one
side. all black on the other, in
stead Of wholly the dirty gray
which history will proclaim 1t.
Honest teaching I would pro-
claim as treasonous. ~ bravery
might hs more completely be
fooled. virtue hefouled. truth
crucihed, the lie enthroned. and
all mad passions rurtured IN
the old. old fashion OF war.
II I hated my country and
people. ! would do my best to
arouse racial animosities with
in our borders I would insult.
Islander and abuse members OF
any race with whose ancestral
homeland we happen TO be at
war. and turn their honest re-
gard for us into hatred. This I
would do crafty in the name
OF patriotism. but my intent
would be TO further confuse the
people and make easy the in
definite continuance Of the
hloodiest slaughter in history.
For. II 7 hated my country. I
would want a long war The
more foreign soil Is enriched hy
the bodies and blood of our
Young men. the weaker We will
%. Ths more Of our wealth u
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-05

II alone can resist demands
for excessive grants of power to
the executive and insist that
these be returned when the
emergency has passed. 1t is in
a position to demand efficient
prosecution of the conflict, and,
when necessary, force changes
and shakeups to that end. More
than ever before, these solons
emphasize. the representative
bodies must watch out for their
prestige
Automatically. whenever Capt.
tol Hill sinks In public estima-
ton. the presidents stock rises.
And although the members bur-
dened with this self-examination
are FDR's friends and admirers,
they do not believe that undue
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of one agency of
the national establishment at
the expense of another Is wise
or beneficial. especially in this
period of personal and central
lied authority.
Denmark has admittedly en-
joyed comparatively kind treat
ment at the hands Of Hitler. In
contrast with oppressive prac-
tees in Poland. Greece. France
and the Balkans. Copenhagen
has been spared the worst. But
one cannot tell that to diplomats
in a position to know how their
little country has been sys-
tematicslly exploited.
When the Germans took over.
they promised TO increase indus
trial shipments to their ally"
in return for foodstuffs. The
proposal was a straight swap
and the Danes anticipated no
great boost in Berlin's debt to
them. So the authorities recon-
mended that the Danish Ma
tional bank advance to domestic
exporters the sums involved IN
the agricultural transaction.
But outgoing farm and other
products. especially ships and
fish. have been much larger
than expected. while receipts
from the Nazis have fallen far
below pledges. Thus the smaller
nation is financing this one
way trade.
The invaders also nave sad
died on the natives unusually
heavy charges for the army Of
occupation
More than 50 900 workers have
been removed to the Reich.
whereas the original figure was
placed al only 5000. Through
another typical device. the VII
helmstraSse deceiveS these MI
grants. The latter notify their
employers how much money they
wish 10 send home 10 their fsmi-
lies and the Danish National
bank Is required 10 pay these
sums. which then are added 70
the steadily mounting oblgs-
tons.
Local contractors tried 10 re-
trieve something BY asking sx-
cessive prices for work perform
ed for the forces in possession.
But the Germans laughed az TINS
russ They pay the swollen bills
willingly. knowing that the IN
ocydog eventually will foot them
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-05
FORGET Pearl Horbor and the Alibis
The LoFollette Clan Is Heard From
Can't Win War by Debating Who's Wrong
Timely Observations by Jacob Poyton

rect primary and election NJ
United states senators
nv the people instead ot
delegating the ioh 10 legisla-
tive ma iorities that could he
bought bv the candidate with
the longest money bag.
They were radical words 20
years ago but now we take
them a. matter of course.
One can think without much
strain on the imagination that
this other LaFollette NAV
know what he Is talking about,
too.
Jacob Simpson Payton. one
of the most discerning of the
Washington correspondents in
his last letter also gives Ameri-
cans some things on which to
ponder and facetiously points
out that congress has not AL
ways agreed on what is best for
the country.
Now there is some difference
Of opinion as 10 what may hap
pen To the national capital be-
fore we win the war, though for
the most part the situation is
one of complacency. Various
cities throughout the country
are expected to be the target OF
enemy bombers when the war
gets going good but Washington
is assumed to be immune.
Once before" says Mr.. Pey-
ton. the capital chung to a SINH
lar hope. The local press dosed
its readers with ferbifuge and
certain members of congress de-
nounced as alarmists those who
advocated adequate military pro-
lection.
Then on a scorching Au-
gust day in 1914 the Red
coats came streaming into
Washington and that night
ate their suppers under the
trees in the light of the blaz-
ing capital building and the
executive mansion.
Americans have we'll nigh
forgotten the incompetency Of
the secretary of war that day,
the false prophets who lulled
their followers into a sense of
security and even the pathetic
accounts of families in flight,
wailing and wringing their
hands as they fled across the
Potomac into Virginia.
Present day dwellers here
beside the Potomac cannot I'M
derstand Pearl Harbor, but
those who were here in 1S41
could explain II all on the
ground that Americans are
too often given 10 listening TO
mistaken people"
Boiled down, the foregoing
means that all over the coun-
try including those in Tacoma,
must begin to take this war seri-
ously. quit pifflling over details.
forget personal snimosities, and
realize that we are not in the
fight to make money but to
perpetuate an ideal.
You help yourself when you bu,
U. S. Defense Bonds.
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The bonanza boys and boom
town boosters should not spend
or mortgage their anticipated
riches too far in advance, how
ever. Every application for fed
eral assistance will be carefully
examined. both from an engi-
neering and money angle.
IL il admitted off the rec
ord that the bureau Of
mines. which must certify
the validity of each project,
has been lax In making sur
yeys of the potentialities of
chrome, manganese, aiunite,
etc.
A bureaucratic agency in nor
NAL times, 1t has suffered from
starvation treatment at the
hands of Capitol Hill Its eX-
pansion has been blocked ny
private interests which feared
government competition in this
field. II has been the Gin
derena of the department of in
terror.
The time element may cripple
the full development proposed
by Secretary Ickes and the
Wyoming legislator Probably
three or four years will elapse
before any digging can begin IN
earnest. Only an extremely long
war would warrant the tremen-
dous expenditure involved. the
drain on the nations store of
machinery and the resulting dis
tortion of mining economy. The
power feature alone calls for
funds as large as will be needed
to build the St Lawrence canal.
The apparent disrepute into
which congress has fallen trou-
bles the more thoughtful menu
beers of house and senate. The
far-reaching implications OF the
problem frequently figure in the
corridor conversations OF such
veteran lawmakers as George
W Norris of Nebrasks and Hat
ton W. Summers of Texas.
The public furor over the con-
greSsional retirement plan and
the farm blocs demand for still
higher prices have focused cur
rent attention on the topic.
The legislative branch of the
government. according Ia these
men. stands a. the great safe
guard of the people in these
critical times and in the post
war era of restoration.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-05

THE LaFoLLETTEs of Wis
Il consin always have been dif-
ferent. Since the first Robert
LaFollette stormed the eitadels
and won = place in congress IN
1855 there always has been
something doing wherever a
LaFollette Is concerned. II was
the senior LaFollette who helped
frame the Mckinley tariff bill.
II was this LsFollette, too,
who stirred Up the brew that
brought the Teapot Dome oil
scandals and sent some big men
to jail.
Always. always, the Ia
FoIlettes are being differ
ent. Right now the second
Robert IaFolette Il bidding
for the spotlight by going
contrary Ia the slogan RE
member Pearl Harbor.' and
broadcasting Forget Pearl
Harbor."
In his opinion il is pref
" clear that this war cam
not he won without the united
support Of the entire nation. in
terventionists and isolationists
alike. He sees too many officials
and commentators working on
the theory that we can whip
Germany, Japan and Italy with
out taking time from the inter-
minable one-sided debate on who
was right before Pearl Harbor
and who was wrong after.
The lesson Americans must
learn says this dynamic counter
part of the first LaFollette, is
this:
I'VE Americans will not be-
gin to win this war until we
strike at the source OF the dis
ease which paralyzed France.
cracked the British Empire. and
today imperils the very secur-
ity of our own America.
THE disease il a state Of
mind and way of life
based on the treacherous as
sumption that the old eco
nomic system will see us
through, that we can stand
up against the deadly,
single-minded military ma
chine OF the totalitarians
with a gun In one hand and
cash register In the other,
with a hand grenade in one
pocket and a check book in
the other.
I'VE all know that the Magi-
not Line and the great guns of
Singapore, which pointed only
one way, exposed the archaic
thinking Of our military ex-
perts. Too few of us realize even
At this late date that on the vital
economic front, the front with
out which armies and navies and
air forces are helpless, we are
still browsing behind a fortress
which has failed us repeatedly in
the far less crucial times of the
past"
Those words are as reyolu-
tionary as the arguments Of
the first LaFollettet for a re-
eiprocal tariff system. the di-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-05
Danziq Still Not German

II all started Danzig The German fuehrer, weep
ing and pounding his chest insisted that there could be
compromise between Germany and Poland Danzig
Danzig German German by heritage and by present
population. No compromise So there must be
Now the Koenische Zetung is quoted telling of the
German difficulty in Germanzng the territory around
Danzig. Ii seems that Germans in West Prussia
actually minority to the distress of Gauleter Forster
They insist speaking Polish resisting Denomination"
On such grounds as these, Hitler plunged world
into
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-05
PULSE OF
THE PU BLIC

To correspondents: Because Of
the lack Of space. letters here
after submitted Tor publication In
"Pulse of the Public" must not
exceed 400 words. This rule will
he strictly enforced except In some
possibly rare instances when In
the Judgment of the editor the
publie interest viii he served by u
longer letter.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-05

department To build "man-
carrying flying machine" for
scout work. Thus the man who
was later To fall before an assas-
sins bullet became the father
of the L. s. air force as we know
it today. Though the projected
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-05
TTcuT An Inside Picture OF Finan-
Ii 0u i cial and Political America
BY RAY TUCKER
WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON - The lckes0 Mahoney program for
tapping undeveloped mineral of the has
cipated another "Kondike rush. Every of prop
ery suspected of containing asking for chunk of
the cash which will finance marginal groupings if the
scheme survives the cold scrutiny of and Jesse
III
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-05

In 1898. when the airplane to
the world in general was moth
ing but a crazy dream, President
Mckinley. impressed by Lang
ley's expei ments with a 15-foot
steam-powered plane which had
never even flown. asked the war
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-05
by John Hix

In nee, 1. ;. PAT. os--Al risht. r.s,sv.A
ship never flew. 1t contributed
greatly to aviation, for Charles
Matthews Manley designed for
it the first radial engine-the
ancestor of all the Wright Whirl-
winds and Cyclones that power
u. S. bombers in 1922
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wasted, the poorer we viii be.
more We will De hated.
The more we learn 10 hate. the
All the above would bv my
self be regarded as treasonous.
Curiously others regard the
same harmful acts as the high
est patriotism. and IN others
they are expressions OF adopted.
alien Royalties 10 an Asiatic des-
pot but yesterday allied with
Hitler, or to a decaying empire
upon which yesterdays sun
never set
ROBERT :. PEARSALL.
Sis So. PARK avenue.
ToDAY'S COMMON ERROR
Say Where shall We 20
not Where shall Ne 60 to ."
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You help yourself when you bu,
U. S. Defense Bonds.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-05
ToDAY'S COMMON ERROR

Saw Where shall We 90
not Where shall We 60 to ."
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To receive attention IN tn. ooi-
umn isttsrs must ave name and
sddress - writer ONLY initials
Vii 10 published when requested
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.
TELLS HOW HE WOULD
SERVE THE AXIS

LEO Y. SMITH.
, 1942-01-07
Defense
-WORK BEING
SOUGHT

The Union Shop Committee at
Delco Products has been informed
that an increasing effort is being
given by Management to securing
aefense contracts. The curtailment
of auto. production has made it
necessary to cut certain consumer
production lines at Delco to a
minimum, and it is hoped that with
additional defense contracts under
way, the entire working force will
be back before long.
Arrangements activities in behalf
of the ("Battle for Production"),
,1were described to the Shop Com
tmittee by Paul Fl. Rutherford,
Factory Manager. He informed the
COMMITTEE that a Especial defense
contracts staff had been set up,
and was working full time to
a number of important con-
tracts for war material to Delco.
The Shop Committee encouraged
Mr.. Rutherford, to do everything
possible in order that every Delco
worker could do his share on the
Iasse1bly lines, and at their ma
chimes, to swin.the war.
Regular reports will be made by
the Company to the Union, regard
ing the employment, and produc-
zion picture at Delco. Every men,
Der is urged to keep in touch with
Department Stewards, who will re-
eeive this information at their
Stewards Council meetings. Mean
while any member who feel they
have not been treated fairly in the
Iayoff should register at the Delco
Local Office, at 20 Madison Street.
The Company has agreed to correct
my errors that have been made.
, 1942-01-07

REVIEWS
PACT

Negotiations have been COM
pleted on a new Agreement, be-
tween UE Local so6, Buckeye Unit,
and the Buckeye Iron & Brass
Works. The Shop Committee,
headed by Ed. Stoner, supported
by Carl Mosser, Weldon Smith,
Clyde Garrett, Richard Ross,
assisted by K. M. Kirkendall, con-
Quoted negotiations for the Union.
A maintenance of the Member
ship Recognition clause was in
corporated in the new Agreement
along with a broadened vacation
plan providing two weeks vacation
for those having S years or more
service.
A wage classification system
developed by the Dinner Fare
Unit of UE Local 8O6, was insti-
tuted at Buckeye Iron & Brass
with several notifications to
meet existing. conditions. Re-
rating of employees will take place
every go days on the basis of in
dividual production and scrap
records.
The Rate Committee as estab-
lished by the Union to meet with
a similar Rate Committee of Man.
agement, was represented by
Carl Mosser and William Ford,
who are to continue in this ca
pacity for the duration of the
Agreement.
The workers of Buckeye Iron &
Brass are all members of UE
Local BOG, with very few excep-
tons, and the slogan of the Mem
bership is 1000 Union for 1000
support of the war production
program"
, 1942-01-07

A bare prospect has been ru-
pred that these workers will be
nsolidated and advanced to
eir former positions in from
rec to six months. This report
.uld appear to be Army Com
Unique Number 26; however, in
blunt statement of facts, indus
In Dayton and elsewhere has
ard the "air-raid sirens" for
lnths and became accustomed to
) sound, associating 1t with
as usual" Because of
business as usual" approxi-
Jelly 500 war production soldiers
contribute little to the de-
, 1942-01-07
GM :
Z R
IN DAYTON

The National Conference Board
of General Motors Locals will meet
in Dayton this Friday, January 9,
at 2 P. M. The purpose of the
conference is to discuss plans for
1912 contract negotiations.
Representatives from the Sun
light Electric Warren, Ohio,
Packard Electric (Warren, Ohio,
Delco Remy BLOOMFIELD, N. j.,
Frigidaire, Ordnance Plant, Delco
Products and Moraine Products
dayton, Ohio, Divisions will at
tend to draft the plans.
James J. Matles, National Direc-
tor of Organization, for the UE,
and Arthur L. Garfield, I~nterna-
tional Representative will assist
the delegates. The conference
will be held at UE Headquarters,
8 East Fifth Street.
RaSiSfer For Civilian Defense
, 1942-01-07
of our country.

tense OF our country.
Needless to say, that reams OF
reports, wires, letters, resolutions,
and even insults have been direct
ed to those responsible for this
condition. An orderly retreat has
been made and the only solution to
our problem is an immediate ad-
vancement to our former position
at the machines and benches of
the shops of Dayton and America.
The CLIO and the UE r dedi-
eating their every effort in win
ming this battle of production and
returning our production soldiers
to their jobs.
, 1942-01-07
MATLES VISITS
DAYTON

James J. Matles, National UE
Director of Organization will visit
Dayton this week, as part of a ma
tional tour he is making to all UE
Districts.
While in Dayton, he will attend
a meeting of the Delco Stewards
Council Thursday, January 8, at
Local 755 headquarters, at 20
Madison street. Friday, January
9, Brother Matles, will speak to
, 1942-01-07

the MGR Stewards, and to Frigi-
daire Local 801 Stewards Council.
Amalgamated Locals 300 and
753, are combining to arrange a
dinner for him on Thursday, Jan
uary s, at Eagles Hall. Brother
Matles will speak on several i'm
portant current matters, including
the employment situation, and our
unions role in the war effort.
Continued on Page 2, col. -
, 1942-01-07
= EVACUATED
Workers Retreoting Rapidly

An orderly withdrawal of more than so per cent of the
workers at CHR was successfully carried out during the
three months! Normal production at this plant involves
80 workers.! There are now $50 workers carrying out rear
uard action! Needless to say, these American workers are
igging in for the winter, unless harassed too severely by
tndlords, grocery bills, and other organized forces that are
apidlv pursuing them!
, 1942-01-07

The amount Of $12.65 was for
warded to each boy, along with
various gifts of cigarettes and to-
bacco, razor blades, soap and writ
ing materials. Twenty-three mem
bers of Local 8O4 in service were
the recipients of the Christmas
gifts.
The following is an example of
the replies of the boys who received
the Christmas gifts from Local 8O4:
Dec. %, 1871.
Members of Local 804:
Having just received a Christmas
gift from Leland Local 804, I would
like to express my thanks and say
that the happiness I will derive
from the gift is exceeded only by
the touching remembrance from
the donors.