The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-08
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Philip Murray. president - the
c1o. demands that q lshor rep
resentsiive b put in position o.
coordinate power with nonsia NJ
Nelson. Uncle Sans director 81
the war production program. VII
liam Green. president % the All.
IL due to make the same demand.
Not leng ago. both the Go and
ALL pledged 70 President Recse-
welt thar labor would not call
strikes while the nation vas at
war. Hut the var labor bard.
which always plays ball with La
Dor. reports that for the seven
months since January Il. more
than 7ah.7ss workers violated the
no-strike pledge with q resulting
los 81 i.1so.eTs msn-dsys a out
put. The wI.B's figures do not
include non-defense strikes.
Up TO this writing the war pro-
duction board hasn't issued Stats
tics Of what could have eeen pro-
duced In the lest l.l30.e7s man
DAYS Of work. But 4, 10 easy TO
surmise the volume when n "
considered that Mr.. ksisers Pa
cif,e Coast shipyards alone turn
out q loooo-ton Liberty ship In
less than forty days. or. the lost
volume output Of machine guns.
tanks. airplsnes. etc.
Prompted by the annoyance over
being made late for lunch" one
Lewis d'Ambrosis, "a. OF NeN
Philadelphia, a worker in the lord
Motor company's Chester. Penna.,
tank plant. disabled a huge tank
and thus held up the whole pro-
duction line for an hour.
That news item should be flash
ed, via short-waye radio. 10 the
7<-year-old hard-bitten soldiers
and marines who lie in fox holes
not knowing how soon they will
relax in a heap when = Jap bull
let tears into them and never
knowing when lunch will come
around.
II Is only In America where la
Dor enjoys the freedom OF such
political dictatorial power. True.
Lewis d'Ambrosis may be an iso-
lated case, but IL Ia proof OF labor's
power a. understood by the aver
age worker.
The international grapevines say
that Herr Fritz Thyssen. German
industrialist. who gave blood
drenched Adolf sehickelgruber fl
nancial backing from the begin
ming In the hope that he would
obtain political favors In days to
come, u now In the hands a The
numbering Mani sestapo. Let this
be q lesson 10 all who bank too
much on the favors OF one group.
Admiral King said last week
that there are now 5000, 900 men
in the armed forces; that In an
other year the forces will number
5000, 900. Senator Taft (R.. ohio)
said men are being indicted into
the service at the rate OF 300, 900
q month.
Not knowing what supply OF
manpower Ia available under the
present draft law, married men
fear 4 call within the not dis
tant future. The fear prevails
even though II IL expected that
boys OF Is and 10 years Of age
are sure 10 be included after the
November elections. And II II
this fear that accounts for the
sharp decline in men's wearing APP
parel retail sales volume.
Chairman May ID, KY. house
military affairs committee, says
Selective Service Director Her.
shey informs him that an army
OF 6,2e6, 900 can be raised before
the draft age " lowered from 20
to IS years Of age: that every
able bodied man between Is and
IS will be in uniform in two years:
and, that the armed forces can
be lifted TO 1000 900 before men
with dependent wives and chill
dren are called.
Argentine business and finsn-
cial circles are greatly disturbed
by the vast economic collaboration
Brazil is receiving from the United
Nations a. a result OF entering the
war on the AXE. II all plannsd
economic Developments in Brazil
materialize, II Ia certain that when
World War III comes 10 a eIose.
Argentina will rank a bad sec
ond 10 Brazil In Latin American
political and economic Importance