The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-02-20
PICKING PARASITES
BY J. E. Jones

Washington, d. c., February 16---
When President Roosevelt told
Washington pressmen that the
parasites" should be driven out of
over-crowded Washington and that
2O-room houses on Massachusetts
Avenue should be taken over for
workers who couldn't find rooms he
started new game that the Nation
al Capital found as entertaining as
the Presidents birthday balls.
One Washington newspaper pub
lished long, dull and serious edi-
torial in defense of suspects, and
it was a perfect vindication for
some very dear ladies, including
Mrs. William Howard Taft, Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson and Mrs. Alice
Roosevelt Longworth. All the other
newspapers made game out of the
Presidents remarks about there
being too many people here ito
watch the show.
A retired General and retired
Admiral collaborated and protest
ed that they must stay in Washing
ton and see to it that this nonsense
about the Army and Navy coop
Grating is pigeon-holed".
An intelligent taxi-driver observed
that "as I get it they want room
for more clerks to do the work the
clerks they have got amt DOING.
A society leader protested: $50
now l am parasite, am 1? After
eight years of feeding lisping New
Dealers until I am bustle-bound
myself. / wish I had my anchovies
back"
A policeman: 81 don't know any
thing about these Termites, but do
want to be on the detail that sees to
it that girls are put to bed at 10
O'Clock every night, the way one of
our smart Congressman suggests"
A taxpayer observed that ''it
don't make any difference to me,
brother; my number is UP any way
you figure"
A number of rich, or lucky, poll
tical parasites were put on the spot.
Were their faces red' when the
great newspapers used their names
as horrible examples, with plenty of
unwelcome advice about what to do
with their 2O-room houses, their
spare time and their money.
picking parasites" is great
game. 1t can be played everywhere
right in your own community, with
your friends and neighbors. But
don't get tough because some one
may make jokes about you.
Behind The Man Behind The Gun
Training young men for work in
the industrial army needed to win
the war is one of the major jobs OF
American industry. The man behind
the man behind the gun is vital
cog in the Nations war efforts.
To help meet this need for train
ed men, the General Motors Insti-
tute at Flint, Michigan, is starting a
new class in cooperative industrial
and product engineering. 1t will
open in March with one section en-
tering the Institute for the first
month of academic training and
the alternate section starting the
first work period in the plants al
the same time.
High school graduates who finish
their work at mid-year will be able
to enter the training program almost
Immediately.
Preference will be given young
men from cities in which General
Motors plants are located, although
men from any locality with good
high school records and recon-
mended by their school authorities
will be given every consideration.
More than 1,1OO students are now
taking part in the cooperative pro-
gram. Students spend one month in
school and one month in the plant
alternately.
General Motors Institute has been
the central training agency of Gen
eral Motors workers and supervis-
ors. The position which the Institute
holds in the war production program
was typified recently when it was
referred to as the West Point OF
the General Motors arsenal"
A total of 5000 men and women
were reached in training during
I1941 in programs conducted by the
Institute star, involving 1,4S5,0OO
man-hours of instruction. In addi-
ton, 6,473 individuals were reach
led in training conducted by the
plants but related to and centralized
through the Institute program. This
does not include the operators train
ed for specialized production Jobs in
the plants--upwards of 50,00O--most
of whom, however, were instructed
by trainers trained in this pro-
gram centralized through the In
stitute.