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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-26

Not only is the world morally sick; it is
also mentally unbalanced. No stronger proof
of this fact can be adduced than millions of
men with every reason and every possibility to
be happy and every desire to be at peace are
actually and grimly calculating to destroy one
another and incidentally, to destroy them
selves.
How sad it is to think that the world, and
especially our own country, has made such
progress, intellectual, mechanical, industrial
and at the same time has retrogressed morally
and relgously. 1t is challenge that we all
must face and meet with all the strength and
with all the grace that God gives us.
Today the world needs the leadership of
men of faith to penetrate the modern darkness.
News coming to us hourly from abroad tells of
men slaughtered, homes shattered and nations
crushed into the earth
1t seems as if we are watching the down
fall of civilization. When we add to this our
domestic problems of social, industrial and
racial unrest, it is no wonder that many hearts
are sad as they look to the future.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-26
Praying for Peace

The forces of selfish materialism are surg
ing ahead. The only power that can overcome
such selfshness is to be found in the teachings
of Christ. Yet men by the millions have drifted
away from those teachings. Many who still
retain some vestiges of religion are filled with
skepticism and doubt
The reason the world is at war is that the
rulers of people and the people themselves have
spurned or have forgotten God and Gods COM
mandments. Many Of the sufferers on both
sides are innocent victims, thinking and praying
as we are thinking and praying for peace,
peace with justice
Yet we ourselves must look to the lessons
that their plight and our own plight teach that
we must put our own house in order against
those who through malice or ignorance would
tear down. This means that we must be vigi-
liant against internal as well as external
enemies.
We Americans want peace and it is now
evident that we must fight for it. For other
peoples have wanted peace and the peace they
received was the peace of death. Our good
will and the sincerity of our desire for peace
were demonstrated to the extent of sinking our
own battleships.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-26
We Can't Be Mo[es

We cannot longer afford to be moles who
cannot see or ostriches who will not see, for the
solemn agreements of the black-hearted lead
ers of some people are written with blood
stained, blood-dripping finger in the blacAness
of the midnight of civilization.
Vices have become considered as virtues
and truth has become synonym for false
hood
We Americans want peace and we shall
fight for peace, but the peace which we want
for ourselves and the peace which we wish for
others is not peace whose dilemmatic defni-
tons is slavery or death.
Science, knowledge, communism, these
three great hopes Of men, these three great
deified distractions, have wavered and failed
beneath the pressure of human prejudice and
selfishness and the spirit of cruelty and wick
edness in high places
A great scientist himself, refugee from
the deification of race and blood has stepped
beyond his depth and suggested that mankind
abandon belief in a personal God. That is just
what men have done and are doing, and the
net result is written in the bomb-mangled
bodies and the decree-shackled minds of the
worlds suffering millions.
What is the answer? There is only one
road to peace that know of, the high road of
democracy, the road marked by the sign posts
of the Ten Commandments, the road back to
Christ and his teaching in personal life, in
national life and in international life.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-26
Every Man Immortal

If we protest against divorce and birth
control, it is not because we are unmodern,
for these are the old practices of paganism that
brought ruin to ancient civilizations and
modern ones.
We would like to save our country from
the fate that these practices will inevitably
bring about, high-minded, sincere and scientific
though their advocates may be.
If we oppose atheistic Communists, Nazis,
Fascists and all tyrants, it is because we dis
agree not only with their practices but with
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-26
Ii. S. Fights for Freedom

Yes, America fights for God-given rights,
for her "credo" of religious freedom, industrial
freedom, educational freedom. social freedom
and freedom of speech.
Americans-true Americans. -deplore and
deprecate racsm, hate greed, violence, cruelty
and injustice.
America, and we Americans have only to
look at the record and the wreckage caused by
those governments who would now destroy us,
to realize that the war we desired not, but to
the winning of which we have dedicated all our
manpower and resources, is being fought for
our democratic way of life.
l hold no enmity toward any people.
Hatred has no place in my life. love all men
as brothers in Christ. But am one of $780,
100000 Americans and millions of other per-
sons who are at war against any system of
government that would destroy the things we
cherish most
Wherefore, if as Americans we are fight
ing the would-be destroyers of our God-given
rights as men and women we are likewise fight
ing against our very selves for the achievement
of the innate longings of our souls, Christian
perfection.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-26
What War Bonds Buy

UNCLE SAM pays out Si4.S1
Tor an enlisted mans barrack
equipment for one year Included
IN this equipment is the issue OF
ono folding chair for each three
enlisted men al S165 each.
In addition. officers have their
own chairs. SO the issue Of fold
ing chairs runs into The millions.
You can help pay for this little
comfort for our boys In train
ing with your purchase Of war
bonds
a fcw war stamps will buy
3 folding chair Invest al least
I'D per cent Of your income in
war bonds every pay day and do
your bIt toward winning the
war.
uaasa states Treasury Department.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-26

their philosophy. We believe every man has
an immortal soul made by God and as a SOW
erign person should not be completely SUBJ
merged nor enslaved by the totalitarian
shackles of any class, race or nation.
If we seek the betterment Of economic
conditions, it is not because we believe that
mans happiness consists in the abundance of
the things which ne possesses, but because
human beings should have the economic neces-
sites of life and thus be helped to save their
souls
If we love our country, it is not because
it is the greatest country in the world, for we
would love it if it were, the least, but we love
it because the virtue of piety which binds us to
God is the foundation of patriotism which
binds us to our fellowmen.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-26

If these false freedoms come americas
God-given rights will go and Americas lib
erty" the most precious of our possessions,
dearer to us than life, will succumb to tyranny
and America will die!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-26
TO THE EDITOR

TODAY various national lead
l. ers are making plans for the
restoration OF national economic
equilibrium in the postwar
period. The inclusion in such
plans OF the construction OF
deep aD-wster trade route link
ing the Great Lakes and the At
lantic Ocean would reduce the
cost Of transportation between
Middle West markets and sea-
board markets. IN some IN
stances, as much as 100 per cent.
Nl ". v. DAY
Alpens, Mich.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-26
Letters TO I he Editor

defense worker here in the city
and go back 10 her sister IN
Indiana.
MRS. q. MOATS
1894 LenoN avenue.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-26
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venomous, diabolical debauching of
the minds and bodies of our boys and
girls.
eff these false freedoms come,
Americas GOd-given rights will
go and Americas liberty, the most
precious of our possessions, dearer to
us than life, will succumb to tyranny
and America will die"
AMERICA WILL DIE!
Those are not the words of a
man given to ALARMS and eXcur-
sions." They come from the inner
compulsion of an American church
man, a man deeply moved and
gravely concerned for the safety of
his country.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-26
TO THE EDITOR

MY SISTER-IN-LAW has lived
WI in Detroit II years - gave
birth TO her three children here
Recently the fiat they lived in
was sold They could not find o
place 20 live anywhere. In order
10 have roof over. their heads
she had 70 store her furniture.
and leave her husband who is d
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-26

"R ELIGION and patriotism sup
~ port, strengthen and compile
ment each other. In the storm that
has struck America, the ship of state
will be held firm by these two
anchors. From "The Road to Vic
tory" by the Most Rev. Francis j.
Spellman, archbishop of New York.
1t is seldom that Roman
Catholic prelate writes for dissent
nation through the public market, as
Archbishop Spellman has written
.s'The Road to Victory" published by
Scribner's. In it he speaks to all peo-
pie not merely his own, thus obeying
the injunction of his Divine master.
His writing will appeal especially
to the readers of the Hearst news
papers, which for years have sought
to implant what he now clearly
states-that religion and patriotism
are indeed the anchors of the ship of
state, in peace as well as in war.
CONSIDER what he says of the
enemies Within" those who
shout! Democracy" even as they
plan and strive to destroy it:
"Are our God-given rights en-
dangered by enemies within our
borders? They most certainly are.
Our freedoms are abused in the very
name of freedom.
"There are those who piOuSly
shout censorship if they are not per-
mitted freely to exercise their venal.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-26
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-26

\ ND then:
a 'If we oppose atheistic Com
muhists, Nazis, Fascists and all ty-
rany it is because we believe every
man has an immortal soul made by
God and as a sovereign person should
not be completely submerged nor en-
shaved by the totalitarian Shackles of
any class, race or nation.
Religion believes in liberty,
teaches liberty and suffers for
liberty. 1t does not define liberty as
freedom to do what one pleases,' as
anarchists do"
To that every true American,
mindful of the fact that he is his
brothers keeper can and must sub
scribe-because the loss Of either of
those anchors religion or patriotism,
will truly mean the loss of America
not only the land, but its people
also-and darkness will again cover
the face Of the earth.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-26
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SUBSCRIPTION rates Gin advanceJ By mali
70 any place IN the United states. Canada
y Mexico con Canadian subscriptions add
.u,o 10 cover war import taxi
Evening star., 1942-06-10
Rubber
Continued From First Page.)

be converted to use to relieve the
rubber shortage" he said.
Mr.. Colliflower said such organi-
cations as the Salvation Army, Good
VIII Industries, Self Help Ex-
changes, the Volunteers of America
and the Christ Child Society were
ready to start collecting.
Persons having rubber scrap to
contribute may call these agencies or
the Salvage Committee in the Albee
Building, telephone Republic 8488, to
have a collector come to take the
material away, he said. Or the COM
mittee will arrange for dealer to
pick up the supply If the individual
desires to sell, Mr.. Colliflower said.
He urged, however, that persons
accumulate a considerable quantity
of waste rubber before they call for
q collector and he warned that use
full articles should not be discarded.
On the success or failure OF the
collection drive, Mr.. Roosevelt told
his press conference. depends the
matter of rationing gasoline
throughput the country.
He indicated there would be no
expansion Of the present Eastern
seaboard gasoline rationing at least
until after the results of the cam
paign were known. National gaso-
line rationing has been suggested in
some quarters as a measure to con-
servation, possibly starting around
mid-July.
One of the major problems in
volved in the current gasoline-rub-
ber situation, the President said,
Is the fact that there are no ac-
Evening star., 1942-06-10

depends on how the pickup cam
paign turns out and the facts de-
veloped from it.
The President hkened the rub
Der situation to mystery novel and
said that so far he had only read
the first chapter and did not know
how 1t would end. Neither, he said.
had he determined whether he
would make a fireSide chat to the
people on the subject. noting there
we're four or five ways of keeping
them informed.
Advice to Car Owners.
He did, however, offer car-owners
a little piece Of advice from the
President of the United States:
If you have four tires on your car
make them last as long as you can.
There are two ways to do this, by
cutting mileage-not essential mile
age required in going to and from
work-at least in half, and cutting
down on speed.
If car-owners followed this. he
said, it was hoped that the advice
would not have to be implemented.
Evening star., 1942-06-10
Tax Boost
by House
Committee Members
236 Million Additional
Revenue Expected; Move
Moy Meet Opposition
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Members of the House Ways and
Means Committee predicted today
that moderate increases in the ex-
else taxes on cigars, cigarettes and
smoking tobacco probably would be
approved.
Tobacco-State members were re-
ported ready to lead a fight against
any increases, but one of them con-
ceded they would lose because the
committee already has raised the
excises on liquor, beer and wines.
Secretary Morgenthau asked Con-
gress in March for increases on to-
bacco taxes to produce about $780,
100000 as follows:
Cigarettes-Raise present s325 a
thousand tax to $3.50 on l0-cent
brands and to 81 on 15-cent brands;
revenue, $l88.600, 900; smoking to-
bacco-from 18 to SO cents a pound;
revenue, $780, 900; cigar-grad-
uated increases designed 70 produce
$13 100000; cigarette papers and
tubes-substitute for the present
graduated scale no exemptions and
a tax of Y cent for each Is papers
or tubes; revenue, about $1,000 900.
The committee late yesterday re-
fused to accept Treasury sugges-
tion that the present l12-cent Fed
eral gasoline tax be doubled, but
decided tentatively to increase the
lubricating oil levy from Az to
cents a gallon The Treasury had
asked for an increase to 10 cents.
Evening star., 1942-06-10
| Rubber Articles
Valuable for
Scrap Listed

Here are some pointers for house
holders and industrialists on what
might be of use in the rubber sal
wage campaign:
l. Look first for old tires and
tubes. The. best rubber goes into
them, they make the best scrap and
bring the highest prices. Many are
used now as flower pots, swings and
boat bumpers.
g. Next best scrap comes from
boots and shoes-rubber soles, heels,
tennis shoes, etc.
3. Industrialists should look for
old hose, conveyor belts. gaskets,
packing, printing press rolls and the
like.
4. The housewife can do her bit
with rubber sheeting, garden hose,
hard-rubber combs. rubber gloves,
water bottles, nipples and pacif1ers,
stationers' rubber bands, bathing
caps, rubber balls and toys, toy bal
looms.
Rubber mats usually are made
from reclaimed rubber. but they
might be used to make more mats.
The same with the rubber wheel
coverings on baby buggies, wagons,
scooters, etc. Corsets and girdles df
you can spare them) are doubtful,
but might produce salvageable rub
Der thread. The same with rain
coats, suspenders and garters.
Then there are old washing ma
chine wringers, rubber covered elec-
trio cords, the tubing from vacuum
cleaners and worn-out trays, belts,
wiring and door stops on refrigera-
tors.
But don't throw away anything
you need!
Evening star., 1942-06-10
Rubber Salvage Drive May Add
Years Mileage for All Cars
Estimates of Available Scrap,
However, Cover Wide Ronqe

to estimates. drives about that far
in a year, the result comes out to
from one to two years OF extra
driving for tires now on the Ma
tion's cars.
But here all the variables come
in to upset the most optimistic
figures.
A scientist told The Star that
collectible uncollected scrap would
produce only about $500 tons
only half the WPB figure. II that
we're so, there wouldn't be enough
for all cars. And If Mr.. Henderson's
figure is correct, the amount would
be even less-enough for only from
78. .430 900 to 102 OOO, 900 retreads.
Then certain portion. perhaps
a large share, would have to be set
aside for the more essential forms
of transportation-delivery trucks.
cars carrying war plant workers to
their jobs and some trucks and
buses, although some Of these are
entitled to new tires.
Military Needs Unknown.
There are also uncalculated mill
tary needs. Although natural and
synthetic rubber furnishes the bulk
or requirements in that category,
the armed forces probably VIII hass
uses for the inferior reclaimed
product
Possibly the lease lend program
would require some Of the scrap.
The relatively poor quality of re-
claimed rubber Is illustrated by the
fact that it takes seven to 10 pounds
Of scrap to do the work Of natural
or synthetic rubber
One hundred thousand tons of
scrap shrinks down to 5000 tons of
reproceSSed rubber. Because of un-
removed ingredients, that rubber is
only about IS per cent as efficient
in tire rpaking-as the real thing
and the 5000 tons would be the
equivalent of roughly $500 tons of
raw rubber. Tires made from re-
claim would run from 5000 to 5000
miles, compared with from 10000
to 10000 for the normal tire-an-
other Is per cent reduction in COM
parative disability"
Thus, measured in tire-miles,
100000 tons Of scrap rubber would
be equivalent to from 10000 to Is 900
tons of natural rubber.
Evening star., 1942-06-10

Government scientists believe that
an outstandingly successful drive
for scrap rubber could add a year
or two to the driving mileage Of all
cars in the. United States-but their
own best guess is that it won't
There are so many uncertain and
variable factors in assessing the
scrap rubber situation that an &C
curate estimate is well-nigh impOs-
Sib1e
And that is the reason President
Roosevelt has ordered a collection
campaign to draw all the uncol-
lected rubber from every industry,
private garage, basement, kitchen,
medicine chest and shoe closet in
the country. It's the only way to
find out for sure.
Estimates Vary Widely.
Here are some figures that give q
general idea of how the scrap rub
ber situation shapes up:
Estimates of the amount OF col
lectible scrap have a fantastic
range. A rubber company omcial
told a congressional committee that
10000, 900 tons are available. Gov
ernment experts privately say this
figure is ridiculous The War Pro-
duction Board has estimated TOO. 900
tons. Some experts consider that a
maximum. Price Administrator Leon
Henderson told Congress yesterday
his estimate was 100000 tons.
But suppose 100000 tons is gath
cred. Deduct Is per cent from
that-because scrap shrinks at
least that much in processing-Sld
you get 595 900 tons or 10000, 900
pounds of reclaimed rubber.
1t takes from to 6ls pounds to
retread the average passenger tire.
That would mean that the collected
scrap could recap from 1873 100000
to 238, 100000 tires.
Four Recaps for Each Car.
There are an estimated 10000, 900
autos in the country with at least
120 10000 tires. The collection
campaign therefore conceivably
could supply reclaimed rubber to
recap four tires per car once and
possibly twice.
Since a retread is good for from
5000 to 5000 miles of slow driving,
and the average motoriSt. according
Evening star., 1942-06-10

curate estimates on the amount of
scrap rubber available.
No two persons agree on the
amount, he said, explaining that If
the lowest estimate were correct,
the situation would be serious, and
if the highest were accurate, the
situation, from a military stand
point, would not be so grave.
The only way to ascertain the
quantity, he continued, was through
a pick-up-the-rubber campaigns
quick, snappy campaign to bring 1t
in. The Government, he let 1t be
known, would take over the scrap
originally, but whether 1t would then
be allocated to civilian or military
use was something that would have
to be determined.
Voluntary Campaign.
He told a questioner that the col
lection campaign would be volun-
tary-to the extent that if it were
not entirely successful it would be-
come compulsory.
Mr.. Roosevelt remarked that rub
ber was a Nationwide matter, while
the gasoline problem was confined
principally to the Eastern Seaboard,
the Pacific Northwest and a few
isolated points far from the sources
of supply.
Whether the two situations can
be completely disassociated, he said,
Evening star., 1942-06-10
u. ). Bombers Attack
Lashio; Storm Blamed
For Crash Of Four
Airdrome and RoiIwuy
BIosted Despite Opposition
From Jop Fighters
Py the Associated Press.

ES the hssoclateo freSs.
The War Department an
nounced last night that Ameri-
can bombers raided the japanese
at Lashio, terminus of the Burma
road. scoring hits on the air
drome and planes as we'll as on
railway equipment and supplies.
None of the bombers was lost by
enemy action, said a delayed re-
port from Maj. Gen. Lewis H. Bre-
reton, but four of the planes crashed
in the Burmese mountains because
Of bad weather on a return trip to
their India base.
Enemy fighters attacked the
planes without success during the
raid, Gen Brereton reported.
Raid Made on June 3.
The communique said:
l. Burma:
Maj. Gen. Lewis H. Brereton. in
a delayed report. advised the War
Department that heavy United
States bombers of his command
attacked enemy installations at
Lashio on June 3. Hits were made
on the airdrome and planes on the
ground, as we'll as on railway equip
ment and supplies.
Our planes encountered extremely
diflcult weather en- route, including
a Burmese monsoon, forcing them
to fly entirely by instruments.
Jap Fighters Attacked Planes.
In spite of this fact. all of the
planes reached the objective and
delivered the attack However. ex-
tremely adverse weather conditions
resulted in the loss of four of our
planes in the wild, mountainous
region.
Enemy fighters attacked our
planes, but none was lost due to
enemy action. A large flight of
Japanese fighter planes attacked
one of our bombers for IS minutes
Nevertheless this plane returned to
its base without being seriously dam
aged.
2. There is nothing to report from
other areas.
Evening star., 1942-06-10
Congress in Briet
TO-DAY.

Senate:
In recess.
Banking Committee continues
hearing on rubber tires.
Commerce Subcommittee calls
Mayor La Guardia on inland water
ways transportation proposal.
Agriculture Subcommittee con-
tinues probe of synthetic alcohol
and rubber.
Foreign Relations Committee calls
Breckinridge Long and former con-
sular officer in Germany for closed
conference.
House.
Debates WPA appropriation bill
Ways and Means Committee con-
tinueS tax study.
Public Buildings Committee studies
defense housing legislation.
Civil Service Committee resumes
hearings on pay boosts for Federal
workers.