Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-04
SMALL BUSINESS A BIG WORRY

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SMALL BUSINESS \ BIG WORRY
Establishment of small business
unit in the Department of Com
mercc now brings to six the num-
rer of government agencies worry
na about TINS question. The other
five are:
FLOYD w. Odlum's contract distri-
button division of OPM is at the
top of the heap with White House
order creating it and giving it the
.ob OF spreading the work.
There Is a contract distribution
division III the office Of the under
secretary OF war.
The Department of Justice has Il
small business unit III Its antitrust
division.
Senator James f Murray, Butte.
Mont. heads special Senate in
yeStiguting committee to study the
problems OF small business.
Senator Harry S. Truman, Inde-
pendence. Mo. heads another Sen
ate committee investigating national
defense, which has interested it
self on behalf of the little fellow.
All that is needed to completely
confuse the issue is the appoint
ment of a cO-OrdinatOr of govern
ment agencies investigating,
studying, recommending. and try
ing to do something about small
/ business. He could be known for
short 81 the COGAISRATTD-
SASB.
CIVIL AERON NAUT1C S AU-
j THORITY is interested in check
/ ing up in more detail on who rides
around in chartered airplanes and
i Why. New regulations require the
] pilots of all hired planes to in
/ Spect the baggage of their paSsen-
, gers. That doesn't apply to COM
mercial planes yet, but on all flights
cameras must be checked in com
partmentS inaccessible to paSsen-
GERS during flight. Additional regu-
lationS are coming.
HOW NAZIS GOT ALUMINIUM
One hitherto untold chapter in
the long story of how Germany
began to fight economic warfare as
soon as Hitler took over is reveal
cd in Department of Justice in
vestiCations of the world aluminium
cartel. Soviet Russia and the United
States aluminium companies weren't
in on the original trust agreement
of 1881. but the rest of the world
was taken in, including Canada
Great Britain, France, and other
principal producers. In 1882 they
agreed TO limit production to sc
/ uer cent of capacity, which amount
ed to an actual cut Of about 25 per
cent.
In 1884. Hitler began building ur
the German army and ali force and
he needed aluminium. Through the
German member of the cartel the
itea was put over that while the
German government didn't want K
upset the world trade restrictions
of the Industry. it had to have more
aluminium II was proposed thai
! Germany be allowed to produce
! above the cartel requirements, but
,oielv for use in Germany and moi
for export. Furthermore, for every
round of aluminium produced il
Germany above the cartel quotas
the German government would buy
another pound of aluminium from
the non German members Of the
cartel
By this slick trick, the Gemnac
government secured the right 70 un-
limited production in Germany cur
/ tailed the production in her pOten-
tial enemy countries, and bought
up the surpluSes of those countries
The net result was that II, from
1894 10 1899. France hadn't made
an ala.ninum pot, pan. yaccum
cleaner or automobile part She still
yould not have produced enough
aluminium for planes to match the
German rearmament effort
Issuance of individual requests
orders and regulations restricting
ycur usual pcace-time liberties
doesn't make much impression. YoL
KISS a single privilege goodby ant
cont miss it, But when gou lisi
and add up a number Of thee new
orders. the sum total hits YOU with
an impact which makes you realize
the country is really a ~ar Here
are just a few of the recent ukases
from Washington.
You shouldn't buy new matcria
for blackout curtains. Use old rem
rants because the country needs al
the new cloth it can get If yoL
pet new car, it Will have only
EOur new tires The number Of new
cars will of course be limited. anC
they Will have no bright work. Tir
End lead foils will be banned fol
civilian u.s., You must save waste
paper, rags, metals, rubber. Yot
should not use surgical tape OF
windows a. an air raid precautior
against broken glass. You shoulc
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