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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-21
BY PETER EDSON
Monitor-leoder Washington
Correspondent


WASHINGTON, April IL
Headaches over he moving Of
some rs, 200 Japanese from
their no-Ionger hoppy homes in
Pacific coast stotes are just be-
ginning, as the final report
from the ToIon Committee In
Vestiootine National Defense
Migration will show when it is
issued in q week or so. All
these Japanese will be moved
by the end Of Moy-not to
their final wartime obodes, but
out Of the strategic areas into
temporary reception CenterS.
Thot doesn't solve the problem.
In the wake of this mass mi
grafton ore whirIpooIs and ed
dies that may not be quoted
for months.
About 1000 Of these jap
onese ore u. S. citizens, with
oil the rights and privileges OF
any other citizens. So for, the
Jop citizens have been good.
Too good. They have recogniz-
ed they're on the spot and they
have moved out Of their form
err homes without making any
fuss or starting any lawsuits.
But without getting soft or
sentimental about these Jop-
Americans, they ore unQues-
tlonobIy taking pretty much OF
O beating and the potentIoIl-
ties for claims against the gov
eminent out Of real or imogin-
dry domo9es to their persons
and property can be rother
sizeoble.
In simplest analysis, the
problem has been thot its i'm
possible to tell q good jop from
O bad Jop. In the hours and
doys immediately following the
Pearl Horbor sneak attack, FIJI
and the miItiory authorities
took into custody some 5000
Jops on whom the finger Of
suspicion had already fallen
They're sofeIy tucked away in
concentration camps today and
ore no problem. The foct is
that today the government has
no evidence Of any actual solo,
toee from the Japanese Amer
iCon element Of the population.
Espionage, yes. The Jops did
plenty Of spying But no subo-
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-21


correct social usage by an
Swering the following ques-
tions, then checking against
the authoritative answers be-
low:
l. If a friend of yours re-
ceiveS a promotion in the Ar
my should you write and con-
graduate him
2. Should a mother show let
ters from her son who is in the
Army to persons outside the
family?
3. When he gets TO m p
should a soldier write those
who entertained him before he
left home?
4. If a girl is engaged TO A
young man in the service should
her parents object to her visit
ing him at his camp?
5. If a girl is engaged to a
soldier is it al right for her
to date other men Whlle ne Is
away?
What would you do if
You are talking with the
mother or father Of boy in
the service
(a) Talk about how terrible
the war is and how uncer-
tain If outcome
Cb) Don't be gloomy and pes
sirlistlC7
Answers
/. Yes.
2. Not unless she knows he
would not mind.
3. Yes.
4 No.
S. That depends entirely on
whatever understanding Sh
and her fiance have
Better What Would You
Do solution-(b),
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-21
@ FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES .
80 YEARS AGO TODAY
1899

A Detroit paper speaks of Miss
Ada Parker, Of New Baltimore,
as "A promising pupil Of Miss
Agnes AndruS.
Or. CrOman establishes his Of
flee over ShOtwcll Bros. Drug
store
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-21
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTONs

tor Milton S. Eisenhower, q
wholesome pat on the beck tor
the Job done thus for. At the
same time the committee will
not hesitate TO point out some
Of the existing dangers and the
troubles that lie ahead.
There is no provision yet for
safeguarding the property IN
terests Of these u. s. citizens
Of Jop extraction, as the Alien
Property CustodionshiP takes
core Of non-residentS only.
Consequently the JoP-Amerl-
cans cars, houses, furniture
and farms orc now threatened
with serious depreciation or
destruction, laying the bosis for
many claims against the gov
eminent later.
THE STATES SAY mo"
The Army now is footing the
bill for preliminary transfers OF
the japanese population from
defense areas to temporary re-
Ception centers on race tracks,
parks and similar semi-pubIiC
places where ample shelter and
adequate public utilities ore
quickly available. One premo-
nent relocation center hos
been selected, an Indian reser-
Votion in New Moxico. Others
ore being considered, but one
problem here is that no stote
wants these colonies.
But the IuckIess Jops have
TO go somewhere, ond once on
these permanent reservations
the problems multiply. Shall
they be Poid2 If SO, whot3
Should it be more than the
soldiers wogeo Shall they be
put to developing qreas which
wifi be theirs after the war? Or
shall they build homes and
break ground for others2 ShoII
they be forced labor or free
labor Shall they be forced TO
grow crops needed for the y.
S war effort-guoyuIe, for in
stance, or sugar beets or the
truck and vegetables needed
as vitomins for victory Can
they be used in other war pro-
duction, such os having the
fishmen make conoufloee
netso
Those ore just O few Of me
headaches ahead.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-21
THE ARMY STEPS IN

There remained the donge.
thot any one Of the more than
100000 Jops still at large
might commit sabotage, how
ever, so at this point the Army
took over. Even the 6COO young
men Of Japanese extraction
who we're in the u. S. miIitory
service had TO be 1emobiIized
into the reserves. The 5000
suspicious characters put into
concentration camps included
most Of the leading citizens,
the exporters and importers,
the bankers, the big merchants
and hoteIkeepers. They could
hire lawyers and ogents to look
otter private interests, keep
businesses going. But the mass
Of Japanese left included the
poorer elements, the fruit and
vegetable growers and vendors,
the fishermen, the people who
took in each others woshing.
ToIon committee members
ard Staff Director Robert K.
Lamb give the FBI the Army
and WRA, the new War ReIo-
cation Authority under Direc-
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-21
- YEARS AGO TODAY

Orau-, Freeman wants the
Romeo post office. Why not?
Marshall Trew to the saloon
keepers. Close your doors at IL
o'clock
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-21
. MIND YOUR
MANNERS

Test your knowledge OF
correct social usage by an
Swering the following ques-
tiOns, then checking against
the authoritative answers be-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-21
Blow to the Colleges

There is no blinking the fact that this war is hitting American colleges hard already, and may easily destroy many of the financially weak. That would be a major tragedy. This nation is committed to the theory that sound democracy rest on a relatively high level of general in- telligence Colleges do not create intelll- gence They are not absolutely essential to the cultivation of native intelligence. But with all their faults, they have con tributed nightly to making democracy work here while it was failing in so many countries.
 Every land has good colleges and uni versailles. Germany'S and ItalyS were famous. Yet those two nations drlfted first and furtheSt backward from de- mocracy. From this one might infer that a few topnotch universities, for benefit of the elect, are not enough to serve democracy'S purpose. The unique feat ure of American higher education is that it offers opportunity to almost everybody, right in his own front yard at every va riety of cost
 Tens of thousands of youngsters are graduated every June who never would have seen campus but for the hundreds of small, underfinanced colleges with underpaid faculties and limited curricula - the sort of college which may not sur vive the impact of this war economy. The U. s. Office of Education reports drop of 14 per cent in college enrolment for October of this year as against October of 1941. This is heaviest, naturally, among men. Junior colleges are off 24.3 per cent, state and publicly controlled colleges off 15.9 per cent, and others ll.7 per cent.
 These figures do not reflect the l8-l9- year-old draft, which had not even been iegalized when they were compiled. The significance of the situation goes deeper than the personal tragedy of youths de- prived of higher learning, or that of ed- ucators deprived of their jobs.
 It touches the grassrootS of function ing democracy. It raises the question whether there must be a break in the steady, if almost imperceptibly tedious, improvement in the electorate's ability to think things through intelligently on the basis of universal education. We raise the question, tentatively, whether it may not become major duty of govern ment to subsidize the financially weak but educationally useful among our col leges, enough to enable them to survive until a postwar economy permits them once more to stand alone.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-21
Family Troubles

Up in Hartford the Board of Education has just requested that an item of $98,- BIO be included in It's 1943 budget to provide a system of day nurseries where children of working mothers may be talk en care of. Tn some degree this is taking place all over the country. It has hap pened here in Waterbury where the city applied for federal funds with which to maintain center for children whose mothers are employed in war industries Every municipality in areas, such as Con- necticut, has felt the need of providing such service to families.
 It wouldn't be surprising to find the demand for them even greater in the next two years than right now. As it stands during 1943 there will be great many more women working in the fac- tories than there are right now or ever have before. Employment figures indi- cate how many men will be available and the only conclusion that could be drawn was that women would have to be depended upon more and more to per- form the services for which only man once would be considered.
 Without the benefit of some such pub lie care as Hartford, Waterbury and other large cities are planning or even now pro- viding conditions in a great many homes would reach deplorable conditions. They're bad enough as it is, but they cer- tainly will be much worse unless some thing is done to provide younger children with both the proper training, care, and sustenance in pariod of their lives when such good care is absolutely essential. Civil authorities must do all in their pow CT to replace family ties with good sub- stitute in these crucial times.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-21
What's Pleasure Driving?

The ban on gasoline sales imposed generally throughout the East raises just one question of interpretation, as far as we can sec The idea behind the restric- ton is to conserve immediate supplies of gasoline so that they may be shipped to North Africa, from which war sector has just come an imperative demand for fuel But federal officials have gradually been working up to the point where all pleasure driving in the United States will be prohibited for the duration.
 That, of course wasn't the original idea behind gasoline rationing. AS we recall it officials pointed out that many workers, particularly those in areas where war production was heavy, were entitled to a bit of relaxation in the form of mod crate use of their motor vehicles, solely tor pleasure purposes. We've now emerged rom this phase and it's no longer possi- ole to allow cars to be used for pleasure trips, particularly here in the East where granSportation difficulties seem to be at ] maximum.
 But there still remains an obvious duty on the part of those imposing restrictions md bans on automobile use. That's to iifferentiate between pleasure and pur- ooseful driving. Both are pretty general md are interpreted broadly by every car owner. But it's pretty evident that what's one mans conception of pleasure iriving isn't another's. For example, us- ng a car to drive two or three miles to ,hurch services on Sunday may be ermed pleasure driving by some, but cer- ainly not by all.
 And there are so many other uses Of motor vehicles to which we have become accustomed that there should be a defl- aite answer to all of them. Either they are completely scrapped after this tenn porary period of car inactivity is over or there is a dividing line and it isn't left to the individual to determine just what the dividing line is. In short essential use of motor vehicles is limited to but few such, all well defined. If this matter is settled, we'll all be much better satis- fled and cooperate more willingly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-21

If you can't buy your favorite candy bar these days, blame it on the war. But if you still want to buy those candy bars, you'd better join Uncle Sam'S armed forces. Not only is lot of candy being dl- verted towards the military camps, posts, stations, etc, as we'll as overseas to points where our troops are located, but soldiers, sailors, marines, etc. are heavy candy eaters and don't pass a store without loading up. The situation in New York is unique Most newSStands are candy re- tailers, but they are hard pressed to keep a stock on hand, for every uniformed man who passes buys at least couple of bars And candy output this year is consider ably less than it was year ago. And by the middle of 1943 no one knows just what it'll be. Railroad station stands 1n large cities, particularly rail terminals, usually are cleaned out of candies, etc., in short order. They are hard to keep stocked up because they are center of attention the moment train discharges a fresh load of soldiers. So all in all that favorite confection of candy-eating Amer jeans is just about at it's height of popu- larity with production probably as much threatened as ever it will be.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-21
Press Comment
LEST HIGH TOR BE BUT
 TRAPROCK
(New York Herald-Tribune)

(New York Herald-Tribune) An effort to keep High Tor on the Hudson River west bank from go- ing the way of all trap rock is be- ing made by the Hudson River Con- servation Society. Recalling the fate of Mount Taurus-quarried to build the Henry Hudson Parkway-the society proposes to buy High Tor and turn 1t over to the Palisades In- terestate Park Commission. Surely none would deny that much of the beauty of the Hudson gorge rests in these heights commandig the river, casting and catching shadows as the sun passes from dawn to eve ming, parading the colors of the sea- sons to achieve surpassing splendor in autumn.
 These, too, are part of our literary radition-Mount Taurus taking its name from the echoing thunder of the Highlands storms Washington Irving made memorable, High Tor more recently fixed in the tradition by Maxwell Anderson. MT. Ander- son, incidentally, heads a Rockland County group, including also Henry Varnum Poor whose painting of the Tor, "Gray Day" sangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Guth- rie McClintic and Burgess Meredith, which is co-operatjng with the Hudson River Society. According to Mrs. Gordon E. Wiehtman. vice. president, the society now holds an option on the High Tor property from the estate of the late Elmer Van Orden family since the early eighteenth century. The purchase
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-21
Who Gets the Benefit?

From time to time the public asks a question which ultimately is going to embarrass several somebodies. It is this: When businesses save money by eliminat- ing hitherto established customer serv- ices, do they just pocket the change?
 It has been argued correctly that an important part of the retail markup was necessitated by delivery, exchange, re- turn and similar courtesy privileges. Now those are going. Some are gone. Does the markup still stand? Isn't the laborer worthy of his hire when the customer Jugs his purchase home? If the landlord burns less oil or coal to save transporta- tion, does the tenant get cut in his rent?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-21
HEADLINES
 and HILARITY

Leon Henderson is the first fel- low ever to complain that Wash ington is too hot, even in the win ter time.
 cone if by A, and two if by C." yell the t0wn-criers, and modern ''minute-men" beat it to tn, near est gas station in 60-seconds flat.
 The way this chap Rommel is running these days, 'ie's a cinch to qualify for the "A Olympics. But we wonder whom he'll be run ming for.
 OPA has cracked down on bowl ing alleys now, ordering them to cut their rates. They were only making pin money as 1t was.
 The only difference between walking and riding the 1. es these days Is that when you walk you stand and move yourself; on the blisses, you stand and get aisisad-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-21

got a copy of the dossier, and when he read the charges, he boiled over.
 The President heard about the matter and one day when Watt was at the White House, he re- marked:
 "A little bird tells me that you and Francis are having some difficulties"
 "Mr. President" said Watt, 'T can't get along with a man who tells lies about me-" He produced the dossier and laid 1t defiantly on the Presidents desk.
 The President read the pages, then looked up with q smile. "Why that's nothing, Bob" he said. That's nothing compared to what J. Edgar Hoover says about my wife!"
 NOTE: The President, good President, good friend fo Hoov- er's, likes to josh him by making up stories about the G-Man's ac- tivities. Hoover does have dos sier on some of Mrs. Roosevelt's friends but not on the First Lady.
 Copyright, l942, by United
 Feature SyndicateI nc)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-21

Believe it or not there is serious talk of issuing new stamps after the first of the year. That's real news in 1942. A few years back it might have been relegated to the inside pages, but today when the Post Office Department decides to issue a new stamp, we'll, that's something. Ac- cording to advance notices, and these are not official ones, the l, 2, and Scent de- fense stamps will be replaced with some thing more in keeping with the current struggle of the United Nations New stamped envelopes are also believed to be in the process of preparation for l943 issuance. We can still remember the glor- ious days of "Jim" Farley when you might expect new stamp every week in the year A veritable philatelic paradise!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-21
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR O. My employer dictated this sentence: we have always
 conducted this business on an
 honest foundation" Is 1t cor- rect?

the name Reynolds chiefly means tobacco to the American public, a man named R. s. Reynolds (nephew of tobacco king R. J. Reynolds) heads company now producing aluminium at the rate of 165 ,000,00 pounds a year.
 Reynolds Metals company for years has been the leading manu- facturer of metatl foils, especially aluminium foils, for wrapping candy and cigarettes. But 1t had to buy its aluminium from the great monopoly, Aluminium Com pany of America.
 Reynolds had the inpertinence to buck that monopoly, and now he is turning out aluminium for something more strategic than candy wrappers. His company has surpassed its own production estimates, while ALCOA has failed to meet theirs.
 Reynolds says, T got my monopoly lesson at the age of twelve, when I defeated the IS-year old marble king of Bris- tol (Va.). carried my bag ' of marbles home, and hid them in the attic. I enjoyed short period of glory. Younger boys carried my books home, and older boys looked at me with envy.
 But like all other champions, I soon felt the loneliness that envy breeds. By hoarding my winnings, I had stopped the play of others. My popularity waned. Then I got an idea. I filled my pockets with mar bles every day and gave them to other boys at school. Finally, all my hoarded wealth was gone, but the great game of marbles was revived on every back street in Bristol"
 Reynolds has applied the mar bles lesson to aluminium with a result which will be felt in the U. s. production of airplanes. INVESTIGATING
 MRS. ROOSEVELT
 Robert Watt, canny AFL leader, tangled with Attorney General Francis Riddle when he learned that Justice Department had a file on him in which he was listed as supporting snbversive organ izatiOns." Through friend, Watt
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-21
EYE WASH

Is the daily use of Q home made solution of borlc acid in raln water as an eye wash harmful to the eyesRl My daughter wears glasses for near-l siRhmtedness, and 1t worries me tol have her use this eye wash 60 fre-| quently. tMrs. b. JI
 Probably the girl has acquired theI belief that her eyes are "weak''- myopia or nearslghtedness if often. regarded as weakness" of the eyes' and imagines that the regular use' of an eye wash will "strengthen'l her eyes.
 There is no foundation in fact forl such belief. If anything the pro-l longed or habitual use of this or| any other eye wash or drops would tend to make the eyes appearl weaker" of less clear and bright. though of coure 1t would have nd appreciable influence on the eyed sight or vision.
 Boric (formerly called boracicJ| acid may be had in colorless ofs pearly scales or in white powder. M is very cheap. It Is not a germicide. ' but was mild antiseptic effort when| used fn powder, ointment or solu-| ton.
 Even the antiseptic value (that is. power to prevent or retard multipli-l cation of germs) of doric acid soiu-| ton applied as drops or as wash' for the eyes, Q spray or irrigationl in throat or nose, as mouthwashsl bladder wash, bowel wash or enema, is feeble at best, for the boric solu- ton is not only not germicidal but when SO applied 1t is in contact with the surface only for Q brief mos ment. While boric acid solution, if' freely applied as . wash, is an ex-| cellent detergent or cleanser to rinS0 or wash away mucns, abnormal se- cretions ard such germs as may be! on the surface-for this purpose it is probably even better than normal salt solution" because the boric acid solution is tastless-it cannot pene- trate the mucus membranes to reach disease germs which may have invaded the tissues. And we must remember, it Is not the germs cuI the surface, where spray, gargle or. irrigation can reach them, buil germs that have already invaded th0 tissues and are beyond reach of any such antiSeptic, that cause the in. flammation, infection or disease.
 If I had a sore throat or any! threat of one and you offered md some trick gargle with instructionI to gargle with 1t every so often, f'd' lay basck my head and gargle Ju, V once, making a noise like hearty Bronx cheer.
 Right strength of boric acid so lution for eye drops, eye wash mouth wash, gargle, nasal spraN etc. is a heaping teaspoonful oN boric acid scales or powder) in th# pint of BOILED water--tap wateiE well water, rain or snow water oM distilled water, IL is cheap, and therefore should be freshly prepai cd when needed. It is best applio# comfortably warm. More about ey& wash tomorrow
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-21

If you had any doubt about the season of the year, listen closely Tomorrow of- ficially ushers in winter. And it will also be the shortest day of the year. From now on days will lengthen with the change more apparent in the afternoons than the mornings. AS for the weather it's been wintry for quite few weeks now, so the next eight weeks shouldn't frighten us.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-21
Current Comment

We will not be properly equipped to win the war until as nation we develop a willingness to die for our country.
 Lieut.. -Comdr. Gene Tunney.
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 To insure lasting peace in Europe and free development for nations it is necessary to create in central and eastern Europe a close union of states united by common interests and aims.
 Polish National Council.