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Detroit evening times., 1942-08-27
COMPARES FIGHTERS PAY


"On that brand of patriotism
advocated by Mr.. Thomas CO.
horts, our soldiers would polish
off Ave Japs a day for 81 n
head, but for SIS a head, they'd
finish off 5O," Fry commented
bitterly.
Citing Thomas statement that
McWilliams and an organizer cost
the union 81, 900 for several weeks
work at the Fry plant, the COM
pany president said the union time
study expert was in the plant
"only a portion of six days, over
"a period of two weeks"
"Union time study men must
he well paid" he said. "And
that goes double for Thomas
estimate OF McWilliams' work
being worth $4,000 to Fry
Products"
Fry fatty contradicted Thomas
contention that union time study
man and an engineer showed the
company how to make haversacks.
PRAISED FRY SETUP
"The record shows that the
government Inspector assigned
here TO the plant laid out the
entire detail of procedure and
his original blue prints and
plans are on file with the COM
pany," he said. "And as for
Thomas final remark that our
methods of manufacture are
archaic, McWilliams, himself,
praised our setup. Before the
war, we turned out over 5,0OO,-
600 pairs of seat covers for
automobiles and sold them In
highly competitive market.
"As to Mr.. Leo Easterman
being kept on our pay rolls for
sentimental reasons, he has
been with us for IL years but
was sick for four months.
Surely, Mr.. Thomas or his
union doesn't think that illness
Is grounds for firing.
'Easterman, In 1937-an ad-
mittedly good year-turned out
seat covers at the rate of StO9,-
600 worth month. With Mr..
Thomas $4,000 worth Of union
aid we have only managed to
ship $26,654 worth Of war ma
terials I'm the first half OF this
month, or only about half the
rate achieved by Mr.. Easterman
In peacetime," Fry added.
KEPT DOWN OUTPUT
"And we still have proof that
Thomas union representative
promised TO smash I'm the head
OF any operator who dared to
try to do better"
The manufactures concluded hi
wire to the President with a pie;
for the answer 10 four questions
1-"Are you going to continue
to permit deliberate open sab0-
tage In our war production
plants?
2-"Are so-called union labor
gains to be protected I'm prefer
ence to giving the service boys
at the front the materials they
| .nTyu-pTfcv,NENssY,
Detroit evening times., 1942-08-27

40 badly need Ito defend their
lives and our country? -.
3-"Are labor unions TO be
permitted. 10 continue 10 do
business as usual at the expense
and detriment of our war pro-
gram?
~ 4-"And- are you going TO
make the uniens defer for the
duration all jurisdictional dis
putes, all membership drives, all
clnseh shop demands, and all
Detroit evening times., 1942-08-27
Fry Accuses LAW of Retardins Output
Of War Supplies to Force Pay Raise

higher wage demands of appar-
emily 100000 organized work
ers at the expense OF AZ million
unorganized workers?
"R. j. Thomas evades the Is
sue" Fry said. "Here it Is:
"Shall we produce to the limit
OF our capacity and win this
war, or shall we let union lead
ers bash In workers heads to
keep production down and lose
AZ 9O
Detroit evening times., 1942-08-27
l.I99 File
>
.JObIeSS
Claims

A total OF l i9a new claims for
unemployment benefits were filed
in the DETROIT area for the week
ending August -, the Michigan
Une mployment Compensation
Commission announced today. In
the state, 1929 new claims were
fled. bringing The total claims on
fiie TO 81 2S3.
Detroit evening times., 1942-08-27

Facts and figures on war pro-
at the Fry Products Com
pany here were offered by
President Walter Fry today in an
swer to charges by r. j. Thomas.
president of the UAW-CIO, that
the union had stepped up the COM
pany's output and improved It's
manufacturing methods.
Fry presented his case in a sec
ond telegram TO President Roose-
Welt. His original wire TO the
President charged that union in
timidation had sabotaged produc-
ton of army cots, cartridge bags
and barracks bags and brought the
counter charges FROM Thomas
in the form Of a wire to Mr.
Roosevelt.
y FRY'S ANSWER
Fry took Thomas statements in
dividually and answered them as
follows:
Far from increasing output
of army cots from go to 100
day ms reported by Thomas. the
union time study expert, Delbert
McWilliams, set production
schedule of 55 cots "A day-and
that only II the union were
granted 10 cent an hour pay
increase to IS cents.
"Under a production Incentive
! plan, n further step up to 100
Detroit evening times., 1942-08-27

cots was TO bring an additional
10 cents an hour wage increase,
although McWilliams contended
that the 100 an hour figure was
beyond human endurance"
LINKED OUTPUT TO PAY
Fry charged that by holding
production down on a regular
hourly wage rate. the union em-
ployes. when placed on a piece
work basis TO step up production
were able to get 'abnormally large
wages for doing less than a nor
NAL days work.
1--WE had instances where girls
on sewing machines making cart
ridge bags were earning as high
as So an hour on piecework and
averaging $40 To $50 week.
IL threw our costs way out OF
line," he said.
But they just wouldn't pro-
duce on a straight hourly wage"
"At 81 cents an hour, our
workers produced Ave bags a
day. On piecewOrk basis
these same workers produced
nine to 12 bags a day. Today
these operators produce Is bags
a day-stiH on a piecework basis.
'But on straight salary, they
had a Ave bag limit"
REDUCED PRICE
Fly reported that as volume In
creased, whenever possible IN
company voluntarily reduced tn
price to the prime contractors
THUS reducing the cost to the gov
lernment.
Barracks bags were a repetitio
lof the others, he said.
"McWilliams set a union pro-
duction schedule of 669 on this
particular operation for an eight
hour day. Now five OF our six
operators are turning out l,26O
a day and the sixth Is produc-
ing from 700 to 900."
Fry reported that on anothe
barracks bag operation the CIR
produced rs units day at b cent
an hour but after demanding an
getting 65 cents, produced $50 wit
lease ------
Detroit evening times., 1942-08-27

cots was TO bring an additional
10 cents an hour wage increase,
although Mcwilliams contended
that the 100 an hour figure was
hevond human endurance"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-31
Meet Pvt. Hargrove. a Newspaper Man
The Army Sent to Cooking School

Sergeant I guess Tn just
not the executive type.
And for that he goes back
to KIP! Peeling potatoes by the
peck! Oh, well the army has
TO eat.
Kindergarten
You'll laugh and cry as you
follow Private Hargrove through
his first weeks In the army
it's the kindergarten Of army
schooling but your little boy
is not cutting out paper dolls
:. he's painting garbage cans,
dishing up chow, learning to
dress himself neatly and
quickly learning how to
carry a gun when TO salute
and when not to discipline
with a capital d.
The latter Is hard, for those
who never learned II at home.
It's a book for every mother
who has a boy in the army Z.
she'll be happier about him when
she has become acquainted with
little boy Hargrove.
A book every prospective
doughboy should read -. II
should preserve him from COM
hitting the sins that sent
young Hargrove so often to the
kitchen.
In fact, it's a book for every
body -. the private life OF
Johnny Doughboy, while Uncle
Sam struggles to make q man OF
him with a foreword by
Maxwell Anderson. who tells
how the journal Of Private Har-
grove came to be published.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-31
BY IDA JEAN KAHN

IF YOU think you were born
to be a shorty. here is encour-
aging proof that you can outstrip
your old man in height.
It is the story Of a boy near
ing 16, who was underweight
and S feet 3 inches tall and had
apparently stopped growing. He
hated to have his boyhood chums
tower head and shoulders above
him and the girl friends he used
to feel protective toward glance
down at him and call him
George.
And II didn't help any to have
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-31

Two minutes later the Internal
bell rang Private Hargrove
-. report for duty.
Where to, inquiries Private
Hargrove, as he salutes the SER
geant, whom he is not supposed
to salute at all.
To the garbage rack :. says
the sergeant. You're to scrub
them scrub them SO I can
see my face In them.
And then, he added >. paint
them inside and out.
Yes, by George, you join the
army to help win the war and
what do they set you to doing7
Painting garbage cans!
Good Morning!
It was the getting up that
was the worst. No stepping
leisurely into your trousers or
sorting your ties to see which
one suited your mood of the day.
You had 10 minutes in which
to ask yourself :. are my leg
gings laced right are my
shoes shined -. is my identifi-
cation tag pinned squarely on
the left pocket of my shirt -.
Is my gun cleaned and oiled ..
dear God, is my hair combed7
For it's worth your life to
appear registering less than leo
per cent.
The KIP Specialist
All, yes the army was a
business such as young Hargrove
had never encountered before
-. silly routine, and everything
had to be done just so a
routine full of pitfalls into which
he was always falling.
You had only to answer the
sergeant without thinking
TO land in the kitchen for
two days.
Thinking was not Private Har-
groves prime virtue conse-
quently he was most Of the time
on KIP.
For Gods sake, Hargrove,
walled the sergeant can't
you learn ANYTHING? Look at
al those fellows who came in
with you they're eorporals
they're lieutenants and
look at you still doing KIP!
Hargrove signs -. / know.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-31
Put Nutrition TO Work and Grow Tall =. Can Be Done

lows? What did he do, He ate
plenty of growth-promoting
foods. Some foods contain the
material for growth, others fur
nish only energy.
It's the protective foods that
help you 10 grow-milk, eggs,
cheese, meat, vegetables, fruit,
whole grain cereals and bread.
Every growing boy and girl
should have a quart OF milk a
day. George drank two quarts.
Start the day with a good
breakfast. You should have
whole grain breakfast cereal
every morning. For extra B
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-31

vitamins, mix a little wheat
germ with the hot cereal. Eat
only 100 per cent whole grain
bread or the enriched variety.
Try TO have one or two eggs
every day. Have tomato juice
or grapefruit, or orange juice,
or the whole fruit once daily.
Eat your vegetables. Have a
green or yellow vegetable every
day.
You should have meat daily
and once or twice a week this
should be liver or other meat
organs for extra minerals and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-31

sympathetic relatives proffer,
"You are just as tall as your
father and your mother is only
5 feet tall.
But just about that time. he
writes, Kahn came along with a
column on how to grow tall.
He went to work on all the
suggestions and here is what
happened: In ONE YEAR he
grew four inches! And he kept
on growing each year. And now.
at o.. George is s feet 9. That's
six inches taller than his father.
How's that for a record, fell
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-31
Red Ice Cubes

BRIGHT RED fee cubes tin
king in your favorite cool drink
are much prettier than colorless
ice. To make them combine 2
parts cranberry juice cocktail
with one part water.
Freeze this mixture In the
cube tray OF the automatic re-
frigerator. These Icy decorations
add new flavor to the bev-
erage. q
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-31
BY IRENE M. HAWKINS

~-~-~~~b 49, - -" = -~--~~
SLATED to become the most
popular book of the hour Is one
entitled, "See Here. Private Har-
grove" published by Henry Holt.
Being the private papers of
Pvt. Edward Thomas Marion
Lawton Hargrove, recent Of
Charlotte, N. c., where he was
q newspaper man and now
OF the United States Army.
Life was tough on the Char
lotte News ii was work.
work, work nobody appre-
ciated him :. Young Hargrove
was just one of those unfortu-
nate individuals that no matter
how hard he tried he could
never seem to do the right thing
at the right time you know
how 1t Is. when you want to be
q star reporter and they set you
sorting mail and a dozen other
odd jobs strictly beneath you.
Greetings!
And then right In the midst OF
his boredom, the army snapped
him up.
The President Of the United
States to M arion Hargrove,
Greeting: - that's the elegant
manner in which Won are invited
to work for Uncle Sam.
Well. phooey on the manag-
ing editor n. he, Mr.. Hargrove,
was going to be a soldier a
dashing. dignified. super-colossal
soldier. Besides, maybe he'd go
to California he could just
feel the breeze from the palm
trees as he marched along.
But did he go to California;
No! He drilled in the hot fields
Of North Carolina.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-31
A Lovely Morning

Twas a lovely morning
-. we began at daybreak and
devoted all the time until noon
to enjoying the beauties OF nature
!. >. we had a drill sergeant to
point them out to us we
marched a full 20 miles :.
lunch. needless to say, was deli
cious."
After lunch he fell into bed
a we'll deserved rest ali.
for an afternoon in dreamland.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-31

vitamins. Don't drink tea or
coffee and don't smoke. lt
Exercise Also
Exercise Is very important.
George rugged up a stretching
bar and had a good workout on
it every day. He took up bas-
ketball. He got a lot Of fresh
air and 10 hours sleep every
night.
Copyright, 1912. by King Features
Three Comic Pages every day
I'm Daily Detroit Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-31
SPICY TANG

Have you some spiced peaches
or pears left over? Fruit cup
and fruit salad are news when q
bit of spiced fruit Is added.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1942-10-07
MORE ABOUT GRACE PRESBYTERIAN

eordionist and cornetist, viii be
heard in solos and duets at the
morning and evening services.
You are requested to be at the
Grace Church all day. or at least
some part of the day. A rare
treat awaits you. Don't fail to
bring your poeketbook along, as
We are asking you to help US put
roof on our church. so as not
to have to serve the Lord with
rain pouring down on US this
winter. Let's show Rev Harris
we appreciate his valuable and
untiring services among US. Why
not perpetuate the loyal efforts
of these faithful servants of God
for the past 30 years? You could
perform no greater deed on earth.
So be present and enjoy the best
humanity has to offer in speech
and song.
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SAVOY Don't Miss The
Grand Opening
KING COUNTY NEARLY
.ouT OF THE RED" d.

King county property owners
are nearly out of the red" on
their property taxes as a result
Of the 4O-Mnl Tax Limit meas
ures. county records reveal.
IN 1898. the people of King
county owed to government $14,-
29s,2sS which they were unable
10 pay and which constituted a
substantial mortgage on their
property. But by 1912 total tax
delinquency in this county was
only s2,7S4,9S6.
over the state as a whole de-
iinquent property taxes have been
reduced &c per cent under the OPP
GRAFTON OF the 4O-Mill Tax Limit
laws, a reduction from S47,994,-
536 in 1888 to only $11, 469, 290
By Jan. /, 1912, and many of the
delinquencies still remaining are
being paid on time contracts.
Reduction in levies under tax
Limitation made it possible for
home, farm and other property
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NAACP in Double
Victory Drive

The LOCAL BRANCH \. A. A.
c. P. is IN TIE MIDST OF IT'S
ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
- concerted effort o. being pa
forth by the committee headed
by Rev. B. c. Allen. Reports com
ing in are gratifying Bethel par.
sonage is committee headquarters
where reports are made each
Tuesday. The chairman urges al
workers to stress the Crisis mem.
berships CS2.5o) there by getting
into the hands of as many a. pos
sible, the Associations official or
gan. The slogan Let's Go All out
for a Double W Victory for the
N. A. A. c. p.
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srEIaI LEVY To BE
SUBMITTED

ON motion by the Board of
County Commissioners. the Prose
cutting Attorney was directed to
prepare = resolution submitting a
special IaxF 60 the voters in the
November election. authorizing
aar mH taxation for the purpose
of providing matching funds to
obtain federal levy for the pur-
pose 81 haHdins suitable hospita-
lmuen facilities for the tubercu-
Dag patients be- King County.
TIE present facilities are total
.u Inadequate and literally hun
drefs - eases Of tuberculosis
which SHOULD be- hoanitalized are
allowed = circulate freely among
thrir fFleaas and neighbors.
sproaaiaa disoaac wherever they
ro. Thelf care IS ire oennty's re-
iponaIhAly ao determined by
state ias. and 10 provide this care,
addlfianal disqualification is ABB
sOLUTEIF NECESSARY.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1942-10-07
EVERETT NEWS
BY Mrs. William A. Harris

The residents of Everett are
very happy to welcome into their
midst newly married couple.
They are Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver VII
liams. Mr.. Williams is native
of this city and his bride is from
Los Angeles, California. They are
making their home with Mr.. and
Mrs. E. e. Wilson parents of Mr..
Williams. Mr.. Williams is a Stew
ard in the United States Navy and
is stationed at the Navy yard at
Bremerton.
Mrs. Ernest wilson entertained
with bridge party honoring her
son and daughter-in-law on Tues
day evening. Delicious refresh
ments we're enjoyed after an even
Ing pleasantly spent. Two tables
were in play.
Miss Dorothy Boiler spent two
day In Seattle on business during
the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Harris
spent Saturday afternoon and
evening in Seattle.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1942-10-07
PORTLAND NE w S
labor Executive
Returns To Portland

Hr Ksu4 Fazfef returned laai
Sunday ffam s IHIH fo ~ IHH.z.
SO where 80 aeirraie - 81.
fauera ths IftH Anuirefaff aHa
shIfd biennial = las lntefaaIHHHsi
brotherhood e sleen'nF Caf Pc.
isHs Despite lae lafrit best a
Vas e wonderful eanveni.ea H3Hfa#
~ Poster. Haa aaa amahK Ihe
very buoy persons Eel a memHsf e
the Constitution SAD Nesela1aaaa
COMMITTEES. h route bone - #1nH
ped over Ia Resi9n. Nea Naiseo
% visit bis mother end sister y
Vas a grand reaaion. street. 10y
and pleasure = meet the fsH Re-
naming old timers after many
years have bad their ton Haa.
tinued Mr.. Foster.
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PORTLAND NEWS

Rev. r. e. Donaldson and fam.
lily returned last Thursday from
a vacation trip which began early
last summer. The family reports
having had very profitable coast
to coast trip. They attended the
National Baptist Convention and
many other correctional meetings
of Importance. A reorganization
of departmets of his church are
some of the duties awaiting Rev.
Donaldson upon his return to his
puplit at Shilo in Montavilla.
Zuker's Ladies Ready To Wear
in San Francisco, Calf, has as
their window filter one of Port
lands young women - Mary Ell
len Duncan who is residing In the
bay city with her brother and
sisterin-law, Mr.. and Mrs. T. Eu-
gene OuHCd0.
Harorld Morris of Seattle a
draftee. passed through the city
camp and military training. Mr..
Morris will join his brother-in-law
a few days ago enroute south for
Fred Edwards who preceded him
by several months at Camp Clay
borne, La. Mrs. Morris the former
Jessie Edwards, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Lloyd Flowers, will re-
main in Seattle where she is. en-
ployed in government service. The
Morrises have resided in Seattle
since their marriage last spring.
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owners to meet their current tax
bills each year and also to pay
accumulated back taxes.
At the same time King county
schools and local governments
are better financed than before
the 40-Mill Tax Limit Law went
into effect. For the same items of
county government chargeable to
the current expense fund King
county had more money in 1871
than in 1888.
The 40-Mill Tax Limit Law, al
ready passed five times by the peo-
pie, will be on the ballot again
this November as Referendum
No. 6, and must be passed to keep
the measure safe from amendment
or repeal by the Legislature.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1942-10-07
FUEL CONSERVATION

Editors Note: In preparation
for a winter when fuel will be
scarce, the Washington Defense
Council and the Seattle Civilian
War Commission have released a
series of articles to tell household
ers what they can do to avoid
fuel waste. This is the first article
in the series. The information in
1t, as in the three to follow, was
gathered by the Pacific Northwest
and Oregon Chapters of the Amer
lean Society of Heating and Ven
tilating Engineers.)
The war will hit home this win
ter when civilians are asked to
conserve on fuel. The comfort of
every man, woman and child in
this community is directly affect
ed by the governments request for
fuel conservation. Foresighted
planning now will avert severe
hardship if we take immediate
steps to war against fuel waste.
Here is the fuel picture for this
winter:
Because Western coal has been
preempted by military and war in
dustry needs and because miners
have gone into other work, the
coal shortage in Washington will
exceed 100000 tons before cold
weather causes daily firing of
home furnaces, according to esti-
mates given Governor Arthur B.
Langlie.
Oil is not short right now. be-
cause War Production Board Or
der L-56 was suspended to permit
normal deliveries and stocking up.
But oil will be short again if
tankers are diverted from the
coastwise service.
Cordwood is short - the scar
est of all fuels today - because
there is a lack of manpower to cut
it.
Sawdust and logged fuel are
available now, but winter supplies
are uncertain.
Steps are being taken by gov
eminent agencies to meet the
shortage, but these steps are not
enough unless every citizen does
his part = in his own home, store
office building or factory. Con-
serving fuel is a definite duty for
each of us, part of our job of
self-preservation, part of our Job
in winning the war.
The practical things we do to
war against fuel waste will save
money, as well as fuel. Now is the
time to check up on drafty win
dows, block that crack under the
door, and balk the other rob
bers" of precious heat.
fThe next article in this SER
les tells how to prepare homes
for winter, and how controlling
temperatures properly helps to
save fuel.)
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1942-10-07

Feeling the need for Spiritual
growth and development Bethel
has re- established the former class
system. Pastor Allen has appoint
ed IA leaders, women and 7
men who will serve as spiritual
advisors. "All Are Yours and
"The Girdle of Truth" were sub
jects for two striking messages by
the Pastor on last Sunday. There
were two accessions to the church.
The Rev. Otis Brown. Melvin
Brown and F. Minor were inspir-
ing visitors to the A. c. E. League.
Sunday. Oct. 4th Quarterly meet
ing. will be conducted by Presid-
ing Elder C. B. Clements. Quar-
terly conference follows on Mon
day s p. m.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1942-10-07

Several meetings are scheduled
this week by race leaders and 10y.
al citizens in an effort to study.
discuss and revise plans TO help
remedy the agitation and situa-
ton in the Albina district brought
on by the recent influx of hun
dreds of new corners TO the city
for the ship yards. An effort TO
crowd Negroes into this already
over crowded district is causing
grave concern by both whites and
Negroes as the housing problem is
terrific. 1t is breeding a crime
wave never before experienced by
Portland. Investigation has proven
however that, the Negro is not the
perpetrator in this crime wave
never the less he as always bears
the blame.