The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-09-03
Straight From
Washington
BY STEPHEN NJ. YOUNG
Congressman at Large, Ohio

WashiEgton-Th WAVES received
this nickname even before the act of
Congress created the women's corps
in the Navy Department. Around these
letters an official of the Bureau of
Naval Personnel built the words
Women Appointed for Volunteer
Emergency Service"
Help for Small Business
Congress has been making every eff
fort possible to help small business.
Donald Nelson however, in setting up
the small business corporation pro-
vided by act of Congress, placed Sid
ney Weinberg, New York banker in
charge. Weinberg is IA member of the
New York Curb Exchange and Direc-
tor in Sears, Roebuck & Company, B.
f. Goodrich Company and other great
corporations Just what chance does
Il little business fellow have with a
set-up headed by Il big business man
from New York? These dollar-a-year
men in Washington seem to make it Il
rule to take care Of their own.
Last Year
When President Roosevelt recently
said that there were many bronze
statues that might well be melted down
into munitions he may have been think
| ing of numerous statues of politicians
who became generals in the Civil War.
Also, perhaps, of the statue of Fred
ercl the Great from which good
many shells could be made. Seventy
| wears ago veterans Ofthe GAR led
by hordes of Republican postmasters
| Justify cheered the names of General
Franz Sigel, John A. Logan and other
| Civil War leaders whose statues on
rearing chargers are ignored daily by
thousands of III o t o ri 81 S. Nowadays
when we think of the Civil War the
names Stonewall Jackson, Robert r..
Lee L. $. Grant and Abraham Lincoln
occur to us but the scores of political
generals who led Union soldiers have
some of these monstrosities and make
good use of the metal.
Back in December 1911, months be
fore President Roosevelts statement
on this subject, the writer i'm this
column stated:
In the United States there are 90
GOO statues and memorials TO men on
horseback, soldiers, sailors, politicians
and occasions Some of these memorials
are very terrible. Here are nearly one
million tons Of metal-many welded
Into atrOcious mOnStrOSties Why not
take over if necessary and use some OF
this vast amount of metal for national
defense purposes! a commission could
be created to save the worthwhile and
beautiful and convert the useless and
save democracy"
1--WE don't like fellows who say Il
told YOU so'--anyway one doesn't say
that to our Commander in Chief)
Birth Certificates
Citizens desiring employment i'm wal
Industries or elderly citizens seeking tt
prove age and citizenship may now
obtain their birth records or records
Bureau. Many state birth records are
incomplete; therefore, our CenSu
Bureau by reason of its complete
records from 1890 on is in a position u
help people who desire information.
Not Macarthur
In Congressional circles there is con
siderable speculation about the new
AEF commander. The new leader viii
not be General Douglas Macarthur lie
will remain i'm Australia and later on
do exactly what he pledged he would
do--lead an army back to the Philip
pines.
Well. It's A job
An Ohio congressman, candidate foi
reelection, received an offer of another
job. His constituent wrote: "AS We are
laying YOU off at the end of the year