The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-19


lea dominates the scene. The dee
give strength 10 our nation and \
Along the Atlantic coast. from
Warrington to Boston. business
and life 10 going on a. usual. with
sporadic attempts at blackouts.
wraneles over neon signs. and gen.
eral blasting OF the foibles of the
earlier concept Of the whol< IDEA
u civilian defense.
But here In Boston. where. with
m . rNdius of rs miles mos; OF
the events that made Revolution
ary war history began, the feeling
seems 70 be that December ! VA
the date that viii 70 down in his-
tory ~ NOT the beginning Of an
mraveIling process for this ooun-
try. but the day on which IS
states. the District Of Columbia.
congress. the new deal. Canada
Britain and the most indifferent
Of our citizens were united. united
for the first time l. i long years.
Thrifty Bostonians are uRng
their pee-wee subway and taking
. taxi. Most of them have a COM
plete ret of tires neatly parked in
the cool damp cellar. They have
not yet begun TO worry about
sugar rationing. and IT does not
0eem to concern anybody about
ANY POSSIBLE SHORTAGE. as
long N we spank the Nazis and
put the Japs back on their islands.
Hatred vanishes
There Ia no feeling of race hat
red. No emotion about down with
anybody. There 10 a definite feel
ing that our newsreel navy. all
majestic in white peacetime paint.
fooled Us nightly and that, until
90 days ago. the worst old school
tie fellows werv not in London,
but were right down in bureau
cratic Washington. The average
BostoniRn 10 4 Democrat. The av-
orage Bostonian aristocrat In a
New Deal hater.
But now he doesn't hate the New
Deal any morn. He feels they have
run their course and their doom In
elose At hand. Just a gritting Of
teeth and double meaning
phrase that tells you, despite the
New Deal leaf raking years of Idle
social reform. America must stand
by fts government To the last man
and WIN THIS WAR by MASS
PRODUCTION ON A FANTAs-
TIC SCALE.
New York Calm Spot
New York IL the most peaceful.
calm spot in the nation today.
New Yorkers pretend 20
POO and scott ut civilian de-
fease. The average New York
businessman calls La Guar
aia's Administration govern
nsnt BY pyrotechnics." New
Yorlk's civilian defense Ia torn
by an internai-racial feud that
hos driven n Into . nightly
series Of Debating societies
The feeling here In that La Guar
din h not only through as 4 ma
tional power. but Ia soon to be fin
ished Al \ New York city political
force.
The vast metropolitan AREA has
littl~ defense industrial activity.
Banks. bulging with money. are
marking time till the New Deal
finance gang runs its course. They
have shrewdly placed their best
brains In every war bosrd in WASH
1ngton.
No More Frilla
Ninety days ago the defense-war
effort was run like q New Deal
experiment, with daily muddling
Now II 10 being taken over by .
hard boiled crew Of production
men. with cold. fish-eyes for frills.
The Transition has come suddenly.
President Roosevelt in known TO
Be smarting under the loss of his
personal power. He too has had
30 sacrifice his control. in order
10 speed war production and get
the nation ARMED to the teeth
quickly
We in TIE Northwest have
munh 10 fear this year In the
txansitjea, for the lavish New
Deal love for the Northwest
n - form - new factories
and projects cannot he blow
Ing ih our favored direction
murh loager. What the North
west viii get out Of this war
from now on viii be landed by
Nay first. and forever after
No fane . series Of stoppages
- direct reverses.
It 10 one Of the ironies of fate
that the New Deal, which has been
- lavish 10 the Northwest, mas
been shorn of much of its power
since January LIST, and the old
east1rn industrial school, now IN
TIE ascendency once more. is at
work undermining the trend Of TIE
times toward the West, and put
ting industries right here in metro
politan New York, instead Of on
The Pacific coast
Must Create Clamor
Aluminium plants actually are
going 70 be erected In New York,
Philadeaphia and probably near
BOSTON, nsing high cost steam
power. Il which thsrs is q surplus,
- against our cheap hydro power.
IN old school eastern brain
thinks characterization Of the
Northwest 10 silly. uneconomic and
r1uuvnrrnnfed and q <ori.I srneri-