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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-24
Grange Votes
Its Platform
Seeks Increase
In Former Wages

uESATCHEE- Grange leaders
Monday sought deferment II
essential farm laborcrs and boost
ing u farm wages 80 they may
compete with industrial wages ~
proposed IN the post-convention
statement Of the Grange executive
committee.
The committee met with Ma
tional Master Albert s. Goss to
discuss plans for making operative
the policy embodied in resolutions
adopted by the 18th annual con-
venfion last week.
Policies adopted last year
at Worcester. Mass. were
continued Goss said. 'sThose
policies were designed 10 meet
initiation and price control
problems and besides estab-
li<h floors under farm prices
10 prevent postwar collapse
A 15-polnt summary Of the
Grange platform for agriculture
presented by the committee read
a follows:
1. Victory is the first objective
OF Americans at war. and TO its
achievement the Grange pledges
tits unlimited efforts.
2. Agriculture recognizes its re-
sponsibility for maximum produc-
ton Of essential food and fiber.
:. Universal service Il ia
xsred n 10 n necessary 90 win
the war.
4. Selective services plan 10
defer essential dairy. livestock and
poultry workers should be extend
ed to other types Of farming.
8. Fair prices to producers that
win allow farm wages TO compete
with industrial wages and hours
will prevent initiation and protect
consumers.
8. Definition of parity should be
amended 10 use of current price
levels instead OF the prices Of 30
years ago and should include labor
cost of farm production.
J. Price ceilings should be
flexible.
&. Subsidies as a substitute for
fair prices are wrong in principle.
2. Floors under farm prices
must be maintained 10 prevent
postwar depression.
10. Any food administrator
named should be a man with agri-
cultural experience.
IL. Efficient transportation must
be maintained.
IL. The basis of taxation should
be the ability to pay, and benefits
derived.
Is. Unnecessary ccntraliza-
ton Of government under
mines democracy and destroys
self-government and should
cease with end of war.
IL. Unity and cooperation among
farm organizations essential to
develop a common program.
Is. Plans should be made for a
lasting peace that will assure all
peoples an opportunity to exercise
initiative and enterprise.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-24
Red Cross Field
Directors al Meet

American Red Cross field d.
nectors from military ard naval
stations throughout Washington.
Oregon and Idaho were . meet
Monday and Tuesday Al the
Olympic hotel. Seattle. to discuss
and correlate Red Cross services
70 the armed forces Il was an
nounced by A. L Schafer. Pacific
area manager.
schafer was 10 attend TIRE two
day regional conference ard will
lead several OF tire discussions.
Walter Marshall. Pacific AREA ad-
ministrator Of services 70 the
armed forces. and John II. Whit
ing. area director Of military and
naval welfare service. are in direct
charge OF the meetings.
From Tacoma. attending both
sessions. viii be Milton J. Evans.
executive secretary. Pierce county
chapter: Emery Asbury, chairman.
Pierce county chapter; Mrs. A. ID.
Fay, chairman. volunteer services
OF Tacoma: Mrs. William Deer.
ing. publicity chairman; MISS
Eleanor Hervin. home service sec
Rotary; Mrs. Herman Calm. chair
man. camp and hospital COM
mittee: Capt. Fred Griffiths
chairman junior Red Cross.
/
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-24
Plan New Measure

WASHINGToS-A house ways
and means sub committee has
agreed on the draft of a substi-
tute bill giving the president war
time power to suspend laws gov
erning tariffs. immigration. and
transmission OF information 10
and from the United States. but
with limitations described by
Chairman Cooper. D., Tenn. as
proper safeguards.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-24
California Prisons
Honor System Success

CHINO. Cal - CALIFORNIA; FAM
Gus experimental prison farm here
has no walls. only a barbed wire
fence around IL. and the prisoners
are on their honor not 10 run away
Out Of 47s prisoners. only l6 have
made their escape. A number Of
others who walked away were re-
captured.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-24
Alarm Clocks Hold
Up War Production

SAN DIEGO. Cal. = The thous-
ands Of war workers here have
bought up all the alarm clocks in
the city, and new arrivals declare
IL Is absolutely impossible 10 OBJ
tain one.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-24

SACRAMENTO, Cal. = Early
day cattle raising was recalled by
contribution Of "a copper brand
ing irons to the scrap pile.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-24

from Algeria 10 Mahres on the
gulf. the French communique
said.
ANS ARMY HALTED
French. American and British
troops met them. The axis forces
were halted. the communique said.
and then the Allies launched
counter-attack.
The Germans were thrown
out of the Gafsa area. the
communique said. and n num-
her of prisoners were taken.
Radio Morocco broadcast the
compunique. the fourth French
army communique of the Tuni-
sian campaign. few hours after
an Allied headquarters communique
issued here announced that a
British advance unit had inflicted
heavy damage on German
armored column Saturday and the
French had thrown back two
savage German attacks in another
sector.
FORTRESsEs IN ACTION
The eommunique revealed that
United States army Flying Fort
resses had been thrown into action
and that in raid in force on
Tunis airdrome Saturday they
scored bomb hits on hangers and
warehouses, destroyed at least
five grounded enemy planes and
damaged more and. with their
escort of new crack Lockheed
lightning PCS fighters. had shot
down four challenging enemy
planes.
Aside from aiding the
American and British forces
In the first line. the Allied
communique noted, French
regulars are operating far In
the German rear In combat
patrols.
No doubt remained that Adolf
Hitler had ordered the axis forces
TO put up a fight to the death TO
hold the northeast corner of
Tunisia into which they were being
/ pinned. and IL was indicated that
at any time. the German-Italian
forces in Libya might make a
stand in hope Of stopping the
great drive Of the British eighth
army.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-24

Your postmaster can tell you
how 10 invest in U. s WAR
BONDS.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-24
Vital Dakar Goes
Over to Allies

Continued from Page One)
key town on the railroad running
from Algeria 10 Mahres on the
gulf. the French communique
said.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-18
Case Collapsed?

Did the States case against State High
way Commissioner William j. Cox COL
lapse this week? That remains to be
seen. But at any rate the State through
the Attorney Generals office withdrew
a number of the charges on which 1t
was baSing it's claim for removal OF the
incumbent Mr. Cox and also rested its
case Thursday. When hearings are re-
Sumed next week it will be Mr.. Cox who
will air the troubles that were his ana
his department during the last few years.
All of which means that the hearing
isn't going to be as long-drawn out as
was imagined when it first began There
should be as speedy presentation OF
evidence by the defense as there was by
the State. SummationS won't take too
long and before we know it a decision
will be made and probably in the hands
of the governor. That's what the State
desires and it looks as if it's wish would
be granted.
Preiudgipg case, even one OF so
public a nature as this, is never salts
factory and probably shouldn't be in
dulged in. But as the evidence of the
entire case against Mr.. Cox has been
made public and he has been accused OF
various serious things there's no reason
in expressing an opinion on what has
gone before. A public opinion, we feel,
would acquit Mr.. Cox of any misdeeds on
his own part, but would probably demand
rehabilitation of the department he has
headed along the lines that were de-
manded not once but on more than one
occasion in the past
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-18
A Thought for Today
We Need Roads

The latest edict of the War Production
Board apparently puts the quietus on
all road projects in Connecticut as well
as elsewhere. State Highway Depart
ment officials are afraid it will necessi-
tate the securing Of high priority ratings
if any work within Connecticut is to be
continued. All of which is bit discour-
aging. There are any number OF road
projects now underway or contemplated
that are almost vitality necessary to con-
tinuation of our war effort.
Construction of the Wilbur l.. Cross
Parkway doesn't mean that great road
will be open for tourists necessarily, Tor
tourist travel in the months to come is
going to be considerably curtailed. How
ever it does mean that short and direct
route across this state, linking such big
cities as New York and Boston, Will pc
available. That in itself is enough, IN
this writer's estimation, to demand a
Speed-up in construction OF the parkway.
Or coming closer to home who can
deny the fact that improved travelling
conditions between Waterbury and
Bridgeport are needed. The Highway De-
partment has embarked on a program
which ultimately will find the distance
between the two industrial centerS
signify leSSeneu, puC lie G1dVe!l!lS V4AAle
greatly decreased. 70 stop this work
would certainly be interference with sue
cessful prosecution of the war effort here
in Connecticut.
There should be some cleavage between
vital highway construction and that
purely Incidental, so that the materials
involved would be made available for the
one, denied the other. Highways, in the
event of invasion, would be one of our
sources of defense.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-18

The nations ability to produce the
guns, tanks and airplanes that will win
the war is only as good as our transpor-
tation facilities points out Harvey g.
Fruehauf, Detroit truck-trailer manufac-
turer. According to this authority, 1t will
not be long before our production program
will be rolling so rapidly that present rail
and highway transportation facilities will
be taxed to their limit to keep pace. 1t is
inevitable that transportation must be
geared direcly with production to keep
the flow of materials and finished prod
UtS moving Our highways are but part
Of our production lines.
The biggest job that highway transpor-
tation will have to fill is in the elimina-
ton of what traffic men term "hot
Spots" says Mr.. Fruehauf Should pro-
duction OUTRAGE transportation, condi-
lions in this respect respect will not be
uniform Throughout the country In
one spot production requirements may be
readily met by the available tranSporta-
ton, while In another place raw materials
Oh finished products may pile up beyond
the ability Of local transportation re-
ouirements. Such a condition produces
the 'hot spots"
Il IS here that highway transportation,
particularly the truck-trailer with its
areat capacity and versatility, can do its
greatest job. Only three days before
Pearl Harbor, Donald M. Nelson, then
Priorities Director, ordered the removal
Of ali restrictions on the production OF
because, he stated, they
provide the most economical form OF
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-18
Get Ready

You are going to do lot more coward
winning this war than you are doing
right now If you do it. with smile, so
much the better. But you are going to do
it-and how. Things you haven't even
thought about are going to happen to
you. You doubt that? Well, just look back
year ago or even less. Suppose someone
had forecast that today you'd have no cuffs
on your pants, that you'd turn in an old
tooth paste tube before you could get a
new one, or ride bicycle instead Of car
If you have bicycle.
You would have laughed and gone on
listening to that radio commentator tell
ing WI the Japs would be soft touch for
us big rich Americans. Get ready, brothers
and sisters, there'll be some changes made
before you win this war.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-18
Current Comment

Our free Workere can give to VIC
tory far more than the axis task
masters can ever wiring from the ur-
willing muscles Of the regimentated
toilers of Europe and Japan.
President Roosevelt.
The gardener who plants a few
rows Of seeds In the spring and har-
vests big crop OF weeds In the fall
doesn OF do much to help win the
war.
Federal Security Administrator
Paul v. McNutt.
Men will not fight and will not
die unless they know what they are
fighting for. IN democracies, 1t Is
essential that the public know the
truth.
Gen. Douglas Macarthur.
Too many people believe the war
Is a glorified WPA project.
Sen. Harold H. Burton, Ohio Re-
publican.
We're going TO see to 1t that no.
body pushes labor around--but we're
going to see to 1t that labor doesn't
push anyone around, either. There's
a small number Of short-sighted enl-
ployers at one end, and 3 small
number Of Short-sighted labor folks
at the other end Of the line.
War Production Chief Donald IA.
Nelson.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-18
Let's Clear the Air

The Senate has decided wisely to study
the effect of patent control upon war
production. It is to be assumed that the
inquiry will delve deeply into the matter
of international agreements, which has
received considerable publicity. There
have been serious allegations, rejecting
upon the essential patriotism of indus
trial concerns whose efficiency during
the war is vital. To the extent that these
were justified, the bottlenecks found
should be broken.
But there were instances in which it
appeared that, while unwise cartels had
been created to control prices and in
flate profits, no possible American mill
tary right had been waived. In these
cases, the Senate can clear the atmosphere
by ascertaining and FULFILLING all OF the
facts
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-18


commercial highway transportation, both
from the standpoint of cost and metals
consumed"
Franklin D. Roosevelt not long ago
said,. "production and transportation Of
the machinery Of defense must not be
interrupted" The time to prevent such
an interruption, according to Fruehauf,
is not when the emergency or shortage
exists. It is then too late. With trans
portation experts freely predicting that
a transportation crisis may develop any
where from July, 1912 on, Fruehauf
points out that now is the time to build
up a bank of truck-trailers before this
industry is entirely on military produc-
ton. At the present time deliveries OF
truck-trailers are "frozen" and this con-
dition has existed for two months, Natur-
ally this has similarly curtailed produc-
tion condition which cannot be recon-
ciled with the pending shortage!
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-18

This is the time of the year when the
eyes of certain men light up with pecu,-
liar CLEAN. They are bit absent-minded
at the supper table and are apt to be
verv busy in the cellar or attic when
the lady of the household thinks Of a
task for them to perform. It's the middle
of April and that means trout fishing is
at hand. The season opened in Connec-
ticut today - the 18th-so that workers
could take advantage of the weekend
to get "first cracks" at their favoritee
stream. Pond fishing has been enjoyed
for several days past, but your dyed-in-
the-wool fisherman doesn't go in for any
thing so prosaic as all that. He's got
to have flowing stream that he can
whip to his hearts content - not to
mention a few slippery stones or sub
merged logs that he can fall over. No
fishing trip, particularly when, the airs
a bit brisk is complete without at least
one boot filling with nice cold Connectl-
cut brook water
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-18

added force that 1t doesn't make so
much difference where we are or
what we are doing in the world so
long as we keep In touch with the
source Of divine power. Some people
think that the only way TO do the
Lords work Is to enter the ministry.
But the Lords work can be done In
ONCE, mill, school, or store Just as
well as In the church, provided we
KEEP our connection with spiritual
power. We can take our religion
with us to the ends Of the earth. We
can carry 1t as our most precious
cargo across the seven seas. Where
we are makes no difference II our
religious pretensions are sincere.
After O months sojourn IN mil
itary camp, ! have been saying to
parents everywhere that 1t won't
make much difference whether a
soldier boy is here or In Asia, In
Alaska or In the near East, II he Is
diligent to see that his life holds
vital connection with the Spirit OF
the living God. He can cut in and
out Of traffic Of q dlstraught world
with confidence that he viii have
the power to keep going.
All Rights Reserved
Babscn Newspaper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-18

O. what Ia the Race Retirement
Foundation and who 10 head OF itp
A, Il Is O trusteeship established
and endowed by John Harvey kel-
logg In 1905. The main purpose 10
10 promote race betterment through
the diffusion Of knowledge In rela"
ton to eugenies..and biology. John
Harvey Kellogg, NJ. D., Battle Greek,
Mich, Is the president.
q. Where and when did the sing.
or, Jimmie Rodgers, die, and what
caused his death2
A, He died May 26, 1888, In New
York City According to friends ho
had been suffering from tubereulo-
sis for the last 10 years and had
been In New York only two weeks,
accompanied by o nurse, To all
photograph recording engage"
ments. He was native OF Meridian.
Miss, and was 50 years old.
q. Can you furnish q formula for
waterpfoofing wool9
A. Boil 4 l.2 ounces Of white soap
In 2 Ia gallons Of water, and sepa-
rately dissolve 8 Sd ounces OF alum
In q l.2 gallons OF water. Heat the
two solutions TO 100 degrees F. pass
the fabric first through the soap
bath and then through the alum,
and finally dry In the open cir.
q. What Is the function OF eapll-
larlesP
A. They connect the smallest ar
terles (arterloles) with the smallest
veins, (venules) receiving the blood
from the arterioles and carrying ~
| TO the venules. All the tissues, with
the exception Of the eartilages, hair,
nails, cutlcle, and eorneA OF the
eve are traversed by networks OF
capillary vessels. Their diameter Is
so small that the blood cells must
pass through them In single file and
very frequently the cell Is larger
than the calibeg OF the vessel, and
has TO be squeezed to pass through.
q, Is there q law preventing 0
person from working for two sepa-
rate employers9
A, No, but II Is important q per-
BOIE WIN tWU JUS SAONAA uDV OAV
Social Security Account number for
both employers so that he will get
| full credit for the taxes paid for
| old age and survivors insurance.
Q. What are vertical and hori-
NontAl unlons2
A. Vertical unions have members
In industries regardless OF their kind
OF work; as In mass production IN.
dustrles, where all workers, skilled
and non-Skllled, are given member.
ship. They are called industrial
unions. Horizontal unions have
members IN particular crafts or
skills; and are known as craft
unions.
EDITORS NOTE-1e you are
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beckett, HOUSEHOLD PESTS"
address r. NJ. Kirby, Department
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Ice Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth street,
washington, d. g., with 10 cents
10 cover postage.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-18
Selected Poem
THE COMET

THE COMET
ORANGES Frost In the Christian Science Momtor'
Like a small silver fish In . sea OF blue,
swan in sleep until my mother woke me.
Come to the windowl Hurryl Come mere qulcKlyI
The room was strangely lighted from outdoors;
her arms were warm as she met me on the 1loor
The floor was cool and my chin just topped the SIN
"see there above the spires on Two Church AiA!'
clutched the sill and stared, shook with glory,
while the great fiery star swan slowly southwark
trailing Its green-white stream OF satellites
drawing my small soul wildly In its wake.
blnked and stood on tiptoe, ooh, what Is itP"
MaJestically across the night 1t moved.
"A comet" my mother said, and held her breath.
you'll never see 1t again as long as you hvel"
I tried to push my nose against the SCREEN
against the vast sky, but couldn't reach,
In brilliance the great star swept into the south,
and was sobbing like q foolish baby,
not like big girl quite past three years old.
But I'm going TO live q hundred yearsP Wept
MY mother tucked me firmly back in bed
stop crying now and 60 to sleepI she said.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-18

associates when testifying before
the Truman Committee was that
the WPB's failure TO speed up
conversion OF the cotton industry
to war production was due chiefly
to dawdllng.
He declared that Frank l.. Wal
ton, a dollar.a-year subordinate
IN charge OF cotton for the tex
tiles division, had not been dill
gent In planning for cotton war
needs.
FL tried 10 speed him up"
said Guthrie. I'm fact, ! got
eight or ten men 10 help him,
but II didn't seem 70 do any
good.
"You got too many" lntcrposcd
Senator Tom Connally Of Texas.
"DOwn In my state, we used 10
twist o mules nose or build =
fire under him when he got
balky."
II tried 10 build q fire un.
der him. replied Guthrie.
''YOur fire went cut" said
COnnalIy. "ls II your idea that
dollar-a.yeaF men are Overpald?"
"In some cases."
"They're not overpald by The
companies that are now paying
their salaries" broke In Sena.
Truman. TITS the government
that Is 0verpaylng them"
MERRY.Go.ROUND
John wiley, cx.minister to the
Baltic states, tells friends that II
the French fleet does 60 over
TO Hitler II will wait until It goes
into battle, then turn Its guns on
the NaEis. Diplomatic worry Is
Vice versa Wendell Willkle
refers To congressional isolationlsts
as "wobblefs," a paraphrass OF
"wobblies," the term once applied
TO members OF the I. W. W. $50.
Rep. Karl Mundt, North Dakota
isolationist, Is no New Dealer but
he Is publicly boaStlng that he Is
a strong supporter Of the National
Youth Administration, one OF tho
Presidents pet agencies, IN an
advertisement announcing his
candidacy for reelection, Mundt
listed himself as q member OF
the NYA bloc IN Congress"
Copyright, le42, by United
Feature Syndicate, 1ne)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-18

According to his own words, Mayor
George Coyle of New Britain is forsaking
the political warfares. At meeting OF
the Common Council the other night the
MAYOR said, ct assure you will not be
back. :" Others have said that before
him, but the urge was too strong when
another season and another campaign
rolled around. We remember how Dem
ocrats used to persuade ex-Mayor Angelo
Paonessa back into the political arena
when he was announcing his own retire
ment. And perhaps even Mayor-Elect
George Quigley may have said the same
thing at some time or another in his long
and tempestuouS political career.