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Evening star., 1942-12-04
On the Record
Presidents Move to Limit SuIuries Hit;
British Economic Reform Plan Praised

vacuum. There is no social SyS-
tenn, existing or proposed. into
which it fits. The limitation of
income is no system; it takes
from one group without securing
anything to anybody else.
1t also is a revolutionary act,
and it will bring about economic
and social disorder. 1t will, for
instance, hit a tremendous blow
at real estate values, insurance
systems, and charitable, educa-
tional and cultural activities, for
they are supported In the main
from the group about to be ex-
propriated.
1t has another social conse-
quence. The society of the better
off will become a closed shop in
which there is no opportunity for
this individual or that to rise.
In this sense it is more revolu-
tionary than anything in the
Beveridge report. Yet 1t is utter
ly unsystematic and related to
nothing.
Furthermore, it is tallacious to
believe that the State can stand
still at this point. 1t will have to
pick up the wreckage and take
over the obligations that this in
come group will be unable longer
to fulfill. And it will therefore
be all but impossible to reverse 1t
after the war.
War Financing Not Affected.
The ground on which 1t is ad-
vocated is phoney. The decree
limiting salaries was taken under
a law giving the President pow
ers to stabilize prices, wages and
salaries affecting the cost OF
living. No reputable economist,
whether of the right or OF the
left, could present reasonable
proof that these limitations will
in any way affect the price level.
1t has nothing to do with
financing the war. The financing
of the war Is a matter OF taxa
ton. not of arbitrary limitation
OF income.
1t is demagogic proposal.
demagogic not because it is radi-
cal, but because its radicalism
has no foundations in reason
and because its purposes are not
the purposes which it pretends.
It is revolution off the cuff.
And it's effect can be DISASTROUS
disastrous, among other things,
for the war, the peace and Mr..
Roosevelt.
New Order Held Necessary.
This column is written by one
who is convinced that we should
begin, during this war, to build
a new, more productive, more
Just, and more reasonable social
order in America. But this sort
of arbitrary and disorderly ac-
ton, outside the framework OF
any considered plan, put over by
decree, and without discussion.
will consolidate the most reac-
tionary elements around an issue
in which they have justice and
reason on their side.
1t will have just the opposite
effect of the Beveridge report,
which disarms the reactionary
elements in Britain by forcing
them to present considered
reasons why universally desir-
able goal cannot be achieved.
And in this country the reac-
tionary elements are exactly
those who will want to sabotage
a great constructive international
peace after the war.
The President could not have
chosen a less favorable battle
ground for showdown with
these isolationist circles.
tReleased BY the Bel Syndicate, Inc)
Evening star., 1942-12-04

be headed by four "Y" leaders, in
Guiding the Rev. William Firth,
pastor Of Colesville Methodist
Church; 1t. Lawrence Gunther,
U. S. N. r.; o. I. Bergstrom. boys
building secretary of the Y. M. C. A.,
and r. H. Gaber, boys work sec
retary.
High lights of the three-day con-
vention will be addresses by w.
Kyle Smith and Clark D. Shaugh-
messy. Tours of the Naval Acad-
emy, athletic events and confer
ences are included in the program
for the 125 delegates expected to
attend.
Evening star., 1942-12-04
This Changing World :.
Voor and Discipline Of Our New French Allies
In North Afrieo Praised by U. S. Officers

the type of war now being waged.
Officers from the highest rank
to the lowest are reported burn
ing with desire to renew the
fighting and are anxious to meet
the enemy even with poor equip
ment. American officers and
men are lionized not only by the
native and French population in
Morocco and Algeria, but par
ticularly by the North African
armed forces.
The French Navy, since the
order to cooperate with the
Allies was issued, is equally eager
to fight.
1t is considered extremely
fortunate that we obtained con-.
troll over the Dakar area by
friendly agreement. At Dakar
there are a number of men of
war which will come in extremely
handy in our operations in the
Mediterranean. Besides the 35,-
000-ton modern battleship Richie
lieu, which will have to be taken to
an Allied yard to be reconditioned,
there are three cruisers, the
Montcalm, the Georges Leygues
and the Gloire. These three fast
cruisers, together with some 10
destroyers and a score of cor
vettes and submarines, are in
perfect fighting trim.
War Material Being Rushed.
According to existing plans,
they will continue to fly the Tri-
color, remaining under the COM
mand of a French admiral, and
will aid the Allies in the Medi-
terranean as soon as the last
details of an agreement are COM
pleted.
Another modernized battleship,
the Lorraine. and two heavy
cruisers, the Duguay-Trouin and
the Suffren. are demilitarized at
Alexandria. Their officers and
men are on board and these ships
can be reconditioned in a short
time and sent into action against
the Axis probably early next
year when the Mediterranean
basin is expected to become the
scene of bitter naval, air and
land battles.
Large shipments of war ma
terial, rather than men, are now
being rushed to North Africa.
Modern American tanks, artillery
and machine guns and planes,
together with the necessary
quantities of ammunition, are
being distributed to the French
forces which are being sent into
the field as soon as they are ade-
quately equipped.
Gen. Henri Honore Giraud.
who is in command of the French
Army in North Africa, expects to
be able to put 100000 fully
trained soldiers into battle when
the fight for the Mediterranean
reaches It's peak and landing
operations on enemy soil are
contemplated.
While the hatred Of the Nazis
Is great, the hatred, mixed with
contempt; for the italians is even
greater. The American high
command fully expects the Afri-
can forces to live up to their old
reputation which has always
rated them among the best fight
ing troops in the world.
Evening star., 1942-12-04
Sinclair Gasoline Unit
Is Suspended by WPB
By the Associated Press.

ATLANTA, Dec. 4.-The regional
War Production Board today an
nounced service of a suspension
order on the Charleston IS. c.
branch Of the Sinclair Refining Co.
for exceeding gasoline delivery
quotas" and to II Charleston service
stations who accepted more gas
than they were entitled to under
rationing restrictions.
Regional WPB Compliance Chief
Harry S. Meyer said their un-
justifiable Interpretation of WPB
limitation order L-70' was RESPONSE
BILE for the action. 1t sharply cur
tails amounts Of gas which can be
handled by Sinclair to its II
Charleston outlets during December
and January, the announcement
added.
The order was issued for the re-
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among ma
tions.
This W a S
amply illus
trated in the
operations of
t he Ameri-
can forces in
North Africa
W h e n t h e
memory Of
the Argonne
a n d Belleau
w 90 ID re
kindled old
1 1. l.
Evening star., 1942-12-04

Lo! the Poor
TroveIine SoIesmon
By HENRY McLEMORE.

ATLANTA. Gals there q taxi
dermist in the house? If there Is
I'd like to talk to him, because I
have a spot of work for him. He
must be exceptionally capable, be-
cause what have in mind Is a big
job, much bigger than the average
taxidermist does on sailfish. moose
heads and household pets who are
gone but not forgotten.
want taxidermist who can stun
Evening star., 1942-12-04

henry McLemore' doomed, for
good while, at least, and I want
future generations of Americans to
be able to see what one of our most
| familiar species looked like. Ger
tainly If objects of art of long ago
are worth preserving, then travel
ing salesman is entitled to the same
respect. AS whole they are more
interesting than Colonial sideboards,
moth-eaten violins and worn-out
rugs and tapestries.
The travelling salesman have Sc
lected for preservation is an average
one. He stands about feet 8, wears
conservative suit, is fast talker. .
wears his hat at gay angle, calls
nearly every one Mac, has one lea
that is slightly longer than the other
from reaching for the accelerator on
his car, and slants slightly to one
side because of the tens OF thou
sands OF times he has leaned against
the window in train smoker in an
effort to get moments nap before
calling on the next customer.
He knows ten thousand stories, can
take punishment that would fold up
most men, and nearly always has a
smile. He has wife and kid at
home whom he doesn't see half as
much as he would like to- and gen.
orally works like the devil for what
he gets.
The salesman is being doomed by
the gas rationing boards. Wash
lngton apparently looks on him as
something about as necessary as a
haircut for the busts In the Hall of
Fame, and has laid down the law
against giving him anything better
than B card. A travelling sales
man with a B card has about as
much chance as valet at a hobos'
convention. He might just as we'll
lock his car and use it for a chicken
roost, provided he is lucky enough
to have laid UP a chicken or two
for rainy day.
This is not knock against gaso-
line rationing and tire conservation,
but l do wish that some one in
charge In, Washington. would please
explain to me what travelling sales
men are going to make living at
without any gasoline 1t Is like TAX
ing the dice away from a crap
shooter.
1t requires genius, and nothing
short of genius, to be a travelling
salesman If you can't travel. I also
wish some one would explain to me
the justice in giving every Tom,
Dick and Harry an A card and re-
fuslng statesmen anything but B
card. 1t seems to me that the tens
Of thousands of us to whom an au-
tomobile is convenience, but not
necessity, should have our A cards
taken away and the gasoline given
to men whose living depends on be-
ing able to get around.
II the travelling statesmen could
get around on the trains after
their gasoline is taken away, then
it would be all right, but travel by
train now is all but impossible and
getting worse. Trains are so con-
gested that even contortionists.
capable and willing of sitting three
in lap, have to make their res
ervations two weeks in advance. BY
the time calendar salesman, say.
got train booking for a swing
through his territory his calendars
would be out of date.
The plight of the travelling sales
man is serious one. Unfortunate
ly. they are human like all the rest
OF us and have to have food to eat,
clothes to wear, and a roof over
their heads. How they are going
to be able to earn these essentials IL
mystery to me.
Distributed by McNaurbt avnd;..t. -,
Evening star., 1942-12-04

that he wishes
his d e ere e,
now limiting
all salaries to
$25,OOo an
nually, to be
applied, with
the co-opera-
ton of Con-
SieSS, 70 dii
incomes from
W h a t e er
source. Since
Congress re-
fused, in the
first instance,
Evening star., 1942-12-04
BY DOROTHY THOMPSON.

Within the last few days Sir
william Beveridge has submitted
to the British government
$50, 0,000-word report on the re-
form of the social and economic
structure of Britain, intended to
achieve for the British people
freedom from want.
And, within the last days, Pres
ident Roosevelt has indicated
Evening star., 1942-12-04
24 D. c. Boys to Attend
Y Session at Annapolis

Twenty -four District boys are
scheduled to attend the three day
session of the Goth annual Older
Boys Conference of the Young
Mems Christian Association, OPEN
ing late today at Annapolis. Md.
The WASHINGTON delegation will
Evening star., 1942-12-04

Congress could
not deleg a t e
Legislative power
to the executive
agencies of the
Government un-
less suit a b / E
standards were
prescribed mark
ing the extent of
the delegated
power.
Justices Stone
and Ro b e r t S
cure d in
that, decision in
Evening star., 1942-12-04

the best = liked
men in Ameri-
can public life,
and which con-
tributed m or e
than anything
else to his in
huence in the
Senate, should
now oper q t e
against the sue
cessful manage
ment of the
great job he has
undertaken as
director Of eco
Evening star., 1942-12-04

and mount me q
travelling sales
man. Yes. a
travelling sales
man, the kind
you ha We seen
all your life
m o v ing from
town to town,
State to State,
selling goods of
all sorts.
The travelling
s a ! e S man ap-
p ars to b g
Evening star., 1942-12-04

gional Office by WPB's director gen.
eral of operations in Washington.
Mr.. Meyer pointed out that the
suspension hit both the Supplier and
Evening star., 1942-12-04

HE opinions OF the oers this page their
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented
Stars effort to glue all sides OF questions OF interest
although opinions may contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
Evening star., 1942-12-04
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

The gratitude of the common
people remains great regardless
of how much politicians en-
deavor to sabotage good relations
Evening star., 1942-12-04
BY FRANK r. KENT.

1t is interesting but not encour-
aging that one of the qualities
which made former Supreme Court
Justice James F. Byrnes one of
Evening star., 1942-12-04

working under them should recog-
nize that the most restrictive inter-
probation of their clauses, not the
most lenient, will best serve the
national war effort"
Evening star., 1942-12-04

the receiver, Of gasoline. Both will
be equally penalized," he continued.
Orders can't be interpreted to suit
ones desires. They're issued because
Of war necessities, and any one
Evening star., 1942-12-04
Major Issue
May Develop
On InfIution
Lifting Of Curb on
Court Reviews Seen
In Next Congress
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Once upon a time there was
Supreme Court composed of liberal
as. well as conservative justices, and
yet they agreed unanimously that
Evening star., 1942-12-04

= u
work and custom design of Kassan-
Stein uniforms for years has been
the reliance of thousands of officers
now serving in the four corners of
the world. Custom tailoring i'm
parts a degree of character to their
uniforms which can be attained in
no other way and at little, II
any, difference in cost. "
Evening star., 1942-12-04

To achieve the per-
fectly groomed ap-
pearance the armed
services den an d
requires skillful ht-
ting of an officers
uniform as we'll as
a smart military
bearing. The care
f,,J how'd eeI1n
Evening star., 1942-12-04

lRel.. sed b, ths R.,l syndicat.. IncN
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-10
Miss Tucker
to Head New
Plat Board

Miss Alice L. Tucker. register
of deeds, today became the chair
man of the County Plat board,
succeeding Probate Judge Jo-
seph v. Trombly, under provis-
ions of a State law effective to-
day.
The law provides that the reg
lister of deeds shall be the chair
man in counties where there is
no board of county auditors.
Carl B. Brandenburg, county
treasurer, and Guy l.. Brown
county clerk, remain members
of the board.
The m e m b ers of tn, Plat
Board were paid this year for
their services for the first time
in seven years. They collected a
total of $3.50 in 1941, although
this only represents partial pay
ment as the Board of Super
visors held up payment until
November.
The members are paid 81 each
for each meeting they attend.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-10
Board 0kays
isl Tire Sale
Cool Firm Gets
OfficioI OK.

Applications for one truck
tire and tube each for the Lake
side Fuel and Supply company,
% Pine and for the county Road
Commission were approved last
night at the first meeting Of
the County Tire Rationing
Board, Guy L. Brown, admin
istrator, revealed.
The law provides that COM
panies supplying fuel, and truck
engaged in the maintenance Of
public roads are eligible.
No application for passenger
car tires and tubes have been
received which are eligible,
Brown said.
Purchase certificates to the
above approved applicants will
be mailed early next week.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-10
Crash vi(iirIl
10 Sue City
Driver Hit Tree
on Lincoln Ave

Raymond Pardick Of $3.50
North River road, who spent 10
days in st. Joseph's hospital after
his automobile had crashed into
a tree in the middle of Lincoln
avenue Dec. 8, will sue the city
to recover damages, his attorney,
Everett D. Grove of Detroit, in
dicated this morning.
Decision to enter suit came
when the City Commission did
not answer a letter offering set
Element out of court, Grove said.
Pardick claims the city is IL
able for his injuries because
there was no warning sign on
the tree. his attorney declared.
The Lincoln avenue trees"
have long been a subject of Off
cial and unofficial discussion.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-10
5aie(Ieses.
Local Tavern
Esehsnbsrs Piece |
Is Locked Up :

Police Chief Arthur I. Rossc
said today that Michigan Con-
troll Commission agents last
night closed Eschehnburg's
Tavern, 50 Broadway, IT,.
scene of a commission raid on
Dec. 20.
Rosso said the place was clos
ed when Carl Eschenburg, the
proprietor, was unable to appear
in Detroit yesterday to answer
charges preferred against him.
Eschenburg Is q patient at ST..
Joseph's hospital.
The Chief indicated the
tavern will remain closed as
least until the hearing II held.
The raiding party arrested IL
men and two women when they
swooped down on the Eschen-
burg establishment. One Of
the women, Helen Friend, yes
terday was sentenced to 70 days
in the county jail when she was
found guilty Of q drunk . n d
disorderly charge.
The Friend woman, who has
several times appeared In JUS
tice court. was first charged
with accosting and soliciting for
immoral purposes.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-10
Half Billion
for CD Plans
Huge Federal
Plan Looms
BY d. HAROLD OLIVER

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10-(R
passage of the civil
ian defense bill will set in mo-
ton an equipment procurement
program which eventually may
cost the federal government:
$500, 900, 900 or more, in addi-
ton to large OUTLAWS by states
and cities in potential air raid
areas.
Informed officials made this
estimate today, as . conference
committee Of Senator'S and Re-
representatives. attempted to. COM
pose differences between, the
civilian protection measures
passed by each branch. The
House bill limits the initial
cost to 500, 0O0, 900
and transfers administrative
to the War Department.
The Senate version places no
See C-D-Page z
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-10

for a renewed Japanese often
sive drive on Luzon.
Also the Department said. a
considerable number of enemy
vessels had appeared off the
coast of the southernmost Phil
ipine Island of Mindanao, indi-
eating the probability of addi-
tional Japanese landings there.
Hostile air activity again was
said to be limited to observation
flights. 1t was the third success
sive day of relative luil in
fighting between General Doug
las MacArthur's little army and
the foe.
The text of the communique,
based on reports received until
$50 am, Eastern Standard
Time:
81. Philippine theater. Inten-
sive patrolling and artillery
duels characterized ground oper-
atoms on the island of Luzon
yesterday. Heavy enemy rein
forcementc are being brought
to the front and other indications
point to a resumption Of an Of
fensive drive by the Japanese.
Hostile air activity was again
limited to observation flights.
"The temperance yesterday
of a considerable number of en-
envy vessels off the coast of Min
danao indicates the probability
that additional japanese land
ings will be made on that island.
-: There is nothing to report
from other areas"
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-10

BOSTON, Jan. 10-(R1-The
Getty slicker" was described to-
day as more susceptible than
his country cousin to rumors
spread by enemy agents.
"In smaller communities peo-
pie know each other and make
allowances for the source of UNI
confirmed tales" said DR.. Floyd
L. Ruch, of New York, research
director of the committee for
national moral.
I'm the larger cities, however,
the resident has many acquain-
tances and fewer friends"
Consequently, he declared in
an address prepared for the New
England Sales Management con-
ference, "the average New York
er is more gullible than the rank
and file of Bostonians and both
are bigger suckers for Goebbel's
brain storms than are the in
habitants of Dover, N. j."
Ruch said a survey by his
committee showed that women
were not more susceptible to
rumor than were men.
This fact is especially in
teresting because the master
minds of Axis propaganda re-
gard the fairer sex as especially
vulnerable to their bag Of tricks"
he added.
The committees research. he
said, disclosed that "Nazi propa-
gandists read the published opin-
ion polls in the United States
for guidance in composing their
propaganda line"
Seeking to make mountain
out of molehills" in any sore
spots or strains in American So
ciety, the propogandists look for
"signs of fiction, such as labor
trouble, racial discrimination.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-10
CITY SHcker' Accepts Rumors
His Country Cousin Discounts

political skullduggery and the
like" Ruch declared. He added:
"These finding are reported to
Berlin, where the Nazi experts
compose the propaganda line
and implement it with gags
in the form of rumors.
"This material is then broad
cast to the United States by
short wave radio. Paid agents
and volunteer sympathizers list
en- to these programs and spread
the story by word of mouth to
innocent but gullible Americans
who relay them on, thus further
ing the dirty work"
DR.. Ruch said persons hear
ing unconfirmed stories should
ask themselves: "Whose axe am
l grinding If ! believe this story
and tell it,"
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-10
Expect 5000
Registrars
on Feb. Is
New Droft Coll
to List All Men
Between 20 and a.

An estimated 5000 men aged
20 to "A, will register for selec-
tive service on the third "R"
day set for Monday, Feb. Is,
county draft officials estimated
today.
The estimate is based on the
prediction of state selective serv-
ice officials that the number of
new registrants will approximate
80 per cent of the number al
ready registered by the three
draft boards. Men already regis
tered need not register again.
The 5000 present registrants
ARE divided as follows: Board No.
/, 5000; Board No. 2, $500 and
Board No. 3, 3540.
On the 80 per cent basis, the
new registrations would be d.
See DRAFT-Page 3
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-10

The torpedoes, launched from
close range, smashed in swift
succession against the Galatea's
after port side, amidships and
forward. tearing into her interior
with loud blasts and squirting
flame.
On the dying cruisers quarter
deck ! ching tenaciously to the
ar-board rail until the list Of
the ship flung me into the cold,
choppy sea.
SW1MS IN OIL
Then I battied through thick,
oily scum for IS minutes before
being rescued.
THE British Admiralty an
nounced yesterday that Q sub
marine had Silk the S.220-ton
Galatea, but did not specify the
date, place or number Of casual
ties. The Germans claimed on
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-10
Heavy Tanks
pIow Through
Malay Jungles
Outnumbered British
Fight Bitterly to
Stem onrushins Tide

Japanese troops led by mon
ster tanks, advancing almost so
miles in "a hours through the
Malayan Green He'll" jungles,
were reported today in an Of
fetal Tokyo broadcast to have
driven within 10 miles of Kaula
Lumpur, the worlds crude rub
Der capital, 240 miles north of
Singapore.
The broadcast said British
forces were Keeling back in con-
fusion and that q direct attack
on the city was expected to be-
gin today.
British far east headquarters
tersely acknowledged that bat
tle-wearied British imperial
troops had withdrawn farther
to the south" from the latest
Of q series of defense lines so
miles north of Kaula Lumpur.
No details were given.
PINCER MOVEMENT
Domei, Japanese news agen-
cy, said the Mikado's invasion
forces were closing in on the
city from two directions - one
moving down from the north
west, the other from the north.
Domei said the north column
had swent within 10 mi1ea nj