Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-13
CAPITAL TALKS
by
Peter
Edison
WASHINGTON. March l3

W ASHlN(II ION. A,NlNAl 10
Tbov shculd be called ATTACK
bonds and ATTACK savings stamp,
That's the suggestion OF LieUt.-Co.
w + Kernau whose new book, De
tense VIII Not Wm tie War h2s
become the overnight best seller IL
WaShington. Professional and anna
teur StrategiStS carry It around and
pick holes III lis arguments. tW
the mere title IS having an ntlu-
erce on the psychological approach
TO the war question
Right after Pearl Harbor, there
vas a flareup of publicity for call
ing them victory stamps, and
Wendell Willkie suggested bonn
bardment bonds, but the Treasury
Department's answer was that all
its promotion was now keyed in
with the word defense. so that
name would have to stick for a
while
The stamps don't bear the
word defense. so they could
] he called anything. But 80 mil
lion stamp albums have been
printed. and they all bear the
word defense. as we'll as mil
liens of pieces of promotion lit
erature, posters, and pledge
cards for the payroll savings
campaigns. If the names were
changed now. all this would
have to be Scrappcd.
+ Department Of Labor statisticians
/ who make monthly calculations on
changes in the cost of living have
eliminated all consideration of pay
mentS on the purchase of a new
car or new tires as items figuring
IN the cost of living ReasOn-thcre
aren't any more autos or tires to
/ buy. Charges for increased auto
and tire repair bills and increased
Use Of public transportation are
given added importance on the
ether hand. because the AVERAGE
family VIII hereafter be spondin.
more on these items. Cost OF lyl =
!: now estimated at 13,5 per cent
iigher than in August, 1899.
GLASS BURNS EN-
Senator Carter Glass of lynch
turg. Va. president pro tenn CT TIE
( Senate and Il member OF Congress
since the 9th session. is 4 GOOD b.
ike a great and venerable grand
fyther clock He ticks along quietly,
apparently unperturbed by what
gOe5 on about him, and then on the
hour, wheels Whir and he strikes
At hearings of the joint COM
mittee on reduction Cf n0n-eS-
sential federal expenditures the
other day. Senator Byrd called
to the attention of Office of
Civilian Defense Director James
VI. Lands a speech which Phil
adelphia John q. Kelly of O.
CD's physical fitness depart
mert delivered, calling on the
American people Ito be a lot
stronger and a little dumber."
Glass hadn't said a word all
morning. but when he heard that
his wheels whirred and he struck
e%claimiEg. Gould they be any
dumber than they have BEEN
II You want to get nice trip
+ &c London at government expense.
there seems - be one sure formula
get a high government admins
.rat.ro job. do 1t in way which
subjects you to widespread criticism,
become unpopular with your aSSo-
clates, and as a reward for trying
you'll be sent abroad on a special
mission That happened WLcn John
2. Biggers was eaSed out Of the lob
of production boss at OPM, and it
happened again recently when
Charles F. Palmer was relieved of
lis position as federal housing CO.
O.dlnator.
The gag in WASHINGTON is that
London should be renamed the
cog house.
NEW YORK GOES WESTERN
Some of the 900 Wage and Hour
Administration employees who were
moved from Washington 10 New
York to make office room for cX-
pandlng var agencies III thc ca9ltal
alc still agog over The reception
given them in the big town. It beat
Anything mid-Wosteru chamber
c commerce ever did in Wc.eoming
a nov glove factory. Mayor La
Guardla Sc: The police p.oc club
around 10 sing for EN-, and the /
mayor also told the neWcome5 not .
- be afraid Of the subway which. /.
lie said. were no worse than Wash 7
In2tOn street cars.
Barney Mulady. na'Irc-born T
NcU Yorker who is actIa2 head of .
wage Hour public relations got
bIsy and promoted a lot Of free
tickets 10 the movies, free trIps TO
Rockefeller Center, &c ,rec tickets
10 the opera and about as many
free meals at leading hotels. The
Government employees drew lots to
soc who got to 20 whore
One good, loyal, gray haired
maiden lady of the civil serv ce
drew free meal a. one of the
swankier hotels and had the
time of her life. Telling about
it, she explained in detail how
she walked past the doorman
into the lobby, presented her
letter of introduction at the
dcSk-and the manager himself
came out Of his office and cs-
corted her into the dining room.
Then some man came up to her
table and bowed and called her
'Madam', II was the head
"aiter.
H hclbcd hr With ~. .ldcr .
I'D 'l1ugn she ncsCr to51 cock
;.ls. tAc man sg2gc,,ed hc have
,no. anyway. sac didut know what
Il brought her, but i VS. real
900 END The chef came ID la,cr