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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-27

quicker if the rights and free
dom of Americans is preserved
in the process.
Above all, the rights of labor
must not be destroyed. 1t was
the destruction of the rights of
labor in Germany, Japan and
Italy which made them the war
mongering nations they are. II
capital and government will al
low labor its freedom then we
will see that labor will lay it.
self down completely on the al
tar of sacrifice.
Nay, the British soldier is as
brave and strong as any in the
world. But empty guns will not
aid strong hearts. The world
needs more than just courage to
progress; it also needs love and
understanding; the first prin-
ciple without the latter two is a
useless monstrosity. No nation
can insure q better future of
sacrificing the culture and free
dom which past generations
have given it in their own blood.
II We gain power and lose free
dom then we are destroying the
very basis Of everlasting peace.
J. COLLINS,
Spsnaway, Wash.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-27
HOROSCOPE
FRIDAY, FEB. n

Benefie aspects rule strongly
today. There il fortunate
sing for labor which promises
increased volume OF production
in many factories. Minds should
be well-bslanced and war phil
osophy relieved Of hysteris.
Heart and Home: Older per-
sons come under 4 stimulating
and fortunate rule OF the starsL
Men and women of middle age
will prove efficient in positions
left vacant by young men called
into war service. The counsels
of the aged will receive respect
As the lessons learned In hard
experiences are successfully APP
piled In this time of crisis.
Business Affairs: Encouraging
news regarding naval. military
and air forces win have q good
effect upon the stock market.
Trade and commerce will be sat
isfactory according to war stand
ards. Early spring buying
should be brisk. The wise will
buy necessary summer clothing
in March when prices will be
less than they are likely to be
later.
National Issues: Neptune is in
a place supposed to encourage
socislistic tendencies which will
be strong after peace is attained.
Great progress will mark Amer
lean education. In schools and
colleges economics will be
studied NTH intense interest.
Persons whose birthdate IL is
have the sugury OF a year OF
good luck that is far above the
average. They should make the
most Of present opportunities.
Children born on this day
probably will be talented and
able to cash in on their special
gifts. They have the forecast Of
general good fortune in unusual
careers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-27
Mr.. FIXIT
He Fixes Thinus

To receive attention n TIA col
umn letters must give name and
address q writer Only Initial.
VII % published When requested
Mr. fIxit: Please Iet me know
n there IL . rubber company In
OF near Tacoma want 10 get
In touch with . company which
uses reclaimed rubb~r.-P. n.
There seems 10 be no place
near here which il buying old
rubber. The tire companies here
have considerable quantities on
hand At the moment but are
holding II because freight rates
10 buyers In the East are too
high to justify sending IL. II
the price rises. there may be-
come a market later. Portland
Rubber Mills may use some such
rubber but IL not known to be
buying II at present.
Mr.. Fixit: do you know Of .
home remedy I eeuld Use 10 re-
move scerch from q rayon
blouse. - MRS. \. c. T.
While II always u safest TO
have a professional cleaner do
the Job. you could try the fol-
lowing suggested home remedy:
First apply water; then a -olu-
ton one part ammonia, eight
parts peroxide. Cover with q dry
cloth. then dry with q hot iron.
Mr.. fixit: Would like 10 know
u . birth certificate isssued nj
. hospital nj the time Of birth -
all you need 10 obtain = govern
ment job like one NJ the ship
yard, Ii . grocery bill out
la~ed In three years: K. W.
II there isn't a state or city
birth certificate available. an ex-
act copy preferably photostat)
of the office record OF the ply
stefan who attended the birth or
Of the hospital record Of IL. 10
acceptable documentary evil
dence. You could present that
TO the employer. or with 1t yop
should have no trouble obtain
ing = delayed birth certificate,
which would be conclusive proof
OF the birth date and place.
Normally \ grocery bill would
be outlswed in that time.
Mr.. Fixit: Last fall I heard Of
some nursery that raises fg
trees that ripen In this climate
and have not heard Of Il since
but would like TO get the Ad-
dress. 1 think u WAS somewhere
near Bremerton. - b. n. ID.
II the local nursery or garden
store you are accustomed to
iesling with doesn't have fig
.rees. and most can get them.
{ can at least tell you OF a
iealer who has them.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-27
Stories in
Stamps
BoIivio's Tin Is Vitol
To Defense Of Americas

BOLIVIA, a nation twice as
~ large as Texas and supporting
only IS per cent as many people, il
becoming Increasingly important
IN the defense OF the u. S. and
all the Americas.
The only South American nation
without direct access 10 the sea,
Bolivia produces one of the
strategic metals highest on the
United States want list-tin. Be-
fore the current war Bolivia wss
the third ranking in-produoing
country Of the world, outdis-
tsnced only by British Malaga and
the Dutch East Indies.
Since the japanese invasion of
both those areas has closed tin
mines. the New World looks to
Bolivia for the metal 50 necessary
IN bronze. baobitt, and food con-
tanners.
The stamp above. issued IN 1871.
bears . design Of q monument
erected 70 Pedro Domingo Murillo.
Bolivian patriot who led the ma
tons fight for freedom sEsinst
Spain.
In Bolivia the TIN standard
substitutes for the gold standard.
II constitutes from tWo-thiros to
nine-tenthx Of the country's ex-
ports. and export duties in this
land OF impoverished agriculture
and limited industry are the chief
sources Of government income.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-27
The Test

There need to work up temperature Of los degrees
because Democratic Party Chairman Flynn said the
Try ought to elect Democratic house and senate this fall
That il what party chairman forto plug for election
Of members of their party.
Flynn put badly urging election of Democrats the
ground that only such could properly support the president
That the president knows himself is also
bad politics, the president knows, with the memory of
President Wilson's appeal for Democratic in 1918
far esher in his memory than in Fynns He remembers
that al Wilson's appeal did to present him with both
house and senate predomnsey Republican So the pres
dent disavows Flynns appeal. and rightly SO.
The people sensible be much moved by partisan
appeals at time like this. What's wanted in congress
day is Of the highest ability get and
loyal to support their country in fight that we'll be
party another is not going to cut much ice with the
majority of the voters this and the charmen of both
parties will do well to remember it.
What both parties ought to do is prune off their
dead limbs and the electorate with candidates of
definitely good qualifications Our prediction is that fat
political boatmen, wndbags johnny come ateys.
coatairiders supporters and critics for purely political
motives nonenttes misusers of franks
dwrngers and incompetens, all going to have
rough road to ride to election this fall.
Party politics such well adjourn for the dura
ton. We need congressman who will support the war not
bndly but inegenty and aggressivey We need critics
who will criticize aertly understandngy and always with
the sole purpose of making the war effort more effective
The country which pouring out its blood and its
70 win the is mood for partisan posturngs by
Flynn anybody se The party that the cleo
torate with the best list of congressional candidates. nel
gently alert to prosecute the with effectiveness ought
to get majority regardless of which party preferably
it il combination of both.
We need al the brains ability and real patriotism
that there and the country
greatly concerned about which party furnishes them.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-27
Death by Punishment

Because indiscriminate shootings of civilians caused
profound uneasiness' among Frenchmen. the German
Of OCCUPATION has devised technique II exles
Frenchmen by hundreds to eastern Europe. There of
most of them will die but their deaths will be
nconspcuous and less likely invite reprsas from other
Frenchnen than deaths against wall
This is truly satanic technique OF no
attention to the German allegation that all those
who commit acts against the Germans Jews Com
munists" If that true, much the for gen.
tiles and democrats But it is not true. Jews and Com
nunists not the only patriots of France
The hardest to get out of bed is summer fall
winter and spring.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-27
ANDERSON-DowNEY BILL
VETOED FOR GOOD WILL

Diplomatic rather than eco
nomie considerations lie behind
President Roosevelt's veto of the
ACKNOWLEDGING bill for sub
sidized production OF gusyule as
a domest substitute for
rubber.
At the Rio de Janeiro confer
ence our delegates promised 10
purchase every ounce Of this
product which our good neigh
bors' could grow and bring out
OF the wilderness. We agreed TO
furnish the money and materials
for the construction OF roads and
water ways into. untspped
jungles. The supply will be
small. perhaps 10000 tons an
nuSlly as against domestic de-
msnds OF 500 900 tons. The labor
cost viii be high. And il is
doubtful whether We can spare
the steel, the concrete. lumber
and shipping space needed 70
penetrate the Brazilian fast
nesses
Assuming that all these OBJ
stacles can be overcome. South
American rubber will not reach
our market on a large scale in
advance Of the California gusy-
uls unoerwritten In the vetoed
measure. But home production
~ this vital plant would have
been resented BY the South
Americans we have eneours ged
and financed. Therefore the
proposal was turned down by
the White House In a diplomatic
move which may bring rich diyi-
oend in good will.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-27
BLASTS CRITICS
OF CIVILIAN DEFENSE

Editor, The Times: There ar.
several thousand civilian defense
workers in Tacoma who are Civ
ing hour upon hour. night and
day. OF their time in this citv,s
protection program. This pro-
gram is much more important
than the election Of any candi-
date to an office in our city
election.
Some would be politicians
have used civilian defense as
football to kick around and con-
fuse the people to gain votes
foi themselves; but they are not
hoodwinking the many workers.
the men and women who are
learning what to do in an emer-
gsncy like Pearl Hsrbor.s
As the sailor said. IF Won
want 10 know where the NAVY
Is and what it is doing, Join tn.
Navy and find out" To US.
politicians who are asking about
civilian defense. tell them 10
JOIN up and they viii find out
what our air raid wardens. our
police and auxiliary policemen.
our firemen, and auxiliary FIRE
men. First Aid. Red Cross and
thousand Of other volunteer
workers are doing.
To those politicians. saw.
goln the civilian defense: do
something for your country. and
you Will not have time TO crit
else those who are sacrificing in
order that the people Of Tacoma
car be protected.
A volunteer at the armory
December 7. 1s4i. who has
worked several hours a week
ever ssnee.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-27
PULSE OF
THE PU BLIC
LIQUOR TABOO
IN HAWAII

Editor The Times: After the
attack on Pearl Harbor Dec. Z
a ban was placed on liquor. 1t.
Gen. Delor c. Emmons, mill
tary governor there, said there
will be no relaxing OF the ban
on liquor sales in Hawaii. The
ministers don't want it, the
working men don't want il. All
the army admit the rule is good.
The general said he found. in
short, nobody really seriously
wanted liquor sold again.
A press report from Honolulu
Dec. 80 said crime in Honolulu
is down to nothing since black
outs were instituted. Police
Chief W. A. Gabrielson said
there has not been one case OF
sabotage, holdups or murders
since Dec. 7 when the Japs at
tackled Hawaii. Gabrielson said
he attributed this to the no
liquor orders and blackouts.
II would be a fine thing II
We could clean up Tacoma.
What is the matter with Ia
comans Asleep at the Wheel
Too many Christians are afraid
they will get their hands soiled.
II is dirty business. You can't
touch the vice conditions in Ia
coma without getting an awful
backfire.
MRS. REGIME BENNETT,
1909 So. Yakima ave.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-27
BALKED BIRDMAN

Air ace chesley (Pete) Peter
son not only knows how to fly a
plane, but how to build one as
well! After being honorably dis
charged from the u. s. Air Corps
he went to work for Douglas
and helped to produce many of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-27

THERE seems to Be several
i angles 70 this business Of
DR.. Harry Ward and his connec-
ton with the Methodist church.
The issue was raised when = few
days ago there appeared in The
Times a letter from the Rev.
Charles MscCaughey. superin-
tendent of the Meth dist
churches in the Seattle Tacoma
district, implying that II the
Methodist Federation for Social
Service. represented by DR..
Ward. ever did have any connec-
ton with the Methodist church
IL was now defunct as far as
that connection was concerned.
There also was the implication
that in using the word "Metho-
dist" the federation was travel
ing under false colors.
Whatever might have been
the basis for DR.. MaeCaughey's
implications. his letter started
something. In the past week.
there has come to this desk
number of letters taking DR..
Macaughey to task and quot
ing some old records to substan-
tiate the claim that the use of
the designation. Methodist Fed
GRAFTON for Social Service" is
justified. Some Of the writers
recall DIR. Wards first visit here
about thirty-five years ago and
seem to remember that the
Methodists then were all for
him. Altogether the information
Is interesting even IL one does
not agree with all for which the
federation stands.
Harry Ward himself has an
interesting background. As re-
called by one Of the correspond
ents, shortly graduating from a
theological seminary he was as
signed to the pastorate of
small church in the stockysrds
district in Chicago. This was
about the time Upton Sinclair
was browsing around the stock
yards and getting material for
his book, The Jungle" an
expose of the conditions under
which employees of the country's
biggest meat packing plants
worked. The book also disclosed
the shocking lsxity of the meat
inspection service.
IL was The Jungle"
which started the federal In
vestigation of the country's
meat packing industry In
Theodore Roosevelt's admin
istration. The Jungle" also
was one of the books which
helped develop in Franklin
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-27
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven OF these
test questions Turn TO the
woman's page for the answer.
/. What Ia the name of the
monetary unit OF Great Britain :
Z. What rank do students at
the u. S. Naval Academy hold 4.
;. Name the motion picture
actor who was recently appoint
ed TO direct the arts council Of
the Office OF Civilian Defense.
4. OF what country was Franz
Joseph emperor,
5. Name the capital Puerto
Rico.
9. strikes and spares are
terms used in polo. tennis. or
bowling
I. A esSsock. surplice and
stole, have what in common.
9. Who gave funds for the cree
ton ~ the National Gallery az
Art in Washington. d. c.
.. II -fer-de-lsnce" the name
Of a flower. a weapon or a SER
pent-
10. What do the initials .. n.
Q. stand for!
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-27
RIGHTS OF LABOR
MUST PREVAIL.

Editor, The Times: The de-
feats suffered by the British
army has caused unjust ranking
and bitter prejudice in the hearts
and INNS OF Americans. II we
study the situation more logi-
cslly We might find that the
British soldier has been defeated
by the Tory actions OF his own
government.
Maybe we can find in this tho
reason why Singapore. the
greatest fortress in the East.
was without planes. Perhaps we
can find the answer TO Dun
kerque. And also the underhand
sabotage of the Maginot line and
the French army. Maybe, If We
20 back far enough, we can find
the answer 10 Britain's defeats
In the isolation policy" OF her
Tories in the defeat Of the demo-
cratic people OF Spain.
IL was the loss Of democracy
IN Spain which prophesied the
fall Of the French republic. To
these defeats we can charge up
the bombing Of London and the
humiliation Of Coventry. Per-
hsps the House Of Lloyds mas
been mistaken too many times
for the House OF Commons. Let
us Americans take heed OF these
points and remember that de-
mOerSey can be destroyed swift
er from within than from with
out
This Is Americas war as ".
ali very well know. II isa var
10 free the world Of TYRANNY.
But Ne must never forget that
a purpose car defeat itself. II
We are 10 lose our own freedom
under the propaganda and rag
ing hysteria Of war. then il
seems that in gaining. we lose
Every American desires above
everything else TO win this war.
And this war viii be Won much
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-27
This Business OF Horny Ward
Learned His Philosophy in the Jungle"
Once Mode Hit With the Methodists
A Few Words From ST. Paul
From ST. Paul

Roosevelt some ~ tho
philosophy he has expressed
~ the New Deal president
philosophy which enabled
him 10 break a tradition a.
old "a the nation and be
elected for a third term.
In the environment which in
spired The Jungle" young
Harry Ward acquired some "ad-
vanced' ideas. A few years later
he was privileged TO travel
around the world and study So
eial conditions in countries from
which most of the people in his
former parish had come. On
his return he became q member
of the staff Of Garrett Biblical
Institute, and later of Drew
Theological Seminary. two Of the
leading theological schools in
Ah' A1AiAAA y
With his background of exper-
fence and sound thinking he soon
became a leader in the then
comparatively new social reform
movement. In 1907, with other
Methodists of similar vision he
was instrumental in organizing
the Methodist Federation of
Social Service" a small unoffi-
cial group within the church.
In 1908 the federation
group presented to the gen.
eral conference Of the Meth
odist church n program Of
social activity known as
The Social Greed Of the
Churches" The program
included movements against
poverty and overwork, the
paying Of a living wage and
establishment of interna-
tional peace.
Naturally sharp differences
OF opinion would develop over
such a program. In the general
conference a proposal to require
the name Methodist" eliminated
from Methodist Federation for
Social Service" was voted down.
The conference is said to have
taken the position that ANY
group Of Methodists, acting. of
course, in field in which the
fundamental beliefs of the
church are not in question, has
right to say what it pleases az
a Methodist group. providing it
does not assume to speak for
any group but itself"
The thirty-fifth anniversary
of the Methodist Federation for
Social Service will be held next
May in Cleveland, Ohio, the fed
Grafton birthplace. Methodist
Bishop Francis J. Mcconnell will
preside. The inference here il
that Methodists east of the
Rocky mountains and some of
those on the Pacific coast are
not always in agreement on
some details.
In passing, a review of THE
Jungle will be found interest
ing after thirty-five years, even
though the conditions represent
ed no longer exist. But the book
still presents a sharp picture of
some of the sources of the unrest
that occasionally breaks out to-
day. It's in the public library.
In everything gre thanks
Quench not the spirit.
DespiSs not prophecies.
Prone all things: hold
fast that which is good.
st. Paul.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-27

that company's famous bombers.
He left the plane plant and join
ed the Raj. in Canada, and is
now veteran of Is months
service.
HEAD LOAN
Before the present Far East
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-27
TTcHT An Inside Picture OF Finon-
II III i ciul and Political America
BY RAY TUCKER

Whenever army and navy officers ap-
before congressional committees the first question
shot at them Isl How about Macarthur? Can you
nforce relieve him." Washington mail reveals that
the defender of Battan is the nations only popular
Wendell Wke has demanded that he be brought to this
cii,r nr,d Do nhi Il
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-27

a spring drive on a grand scale.
But our smartest strategists
think that he intends to push
southwark. despite his construc-
ton of strong defensive positions
on the North Sea, channel and
the French coast.
Der fuehrer has recently es-
tablished CLOSED zones along
the French littoral which extend
from 20 to so kilometers inland
and ere barred TO foreigners. He
has set up the same sort of
protective fringe in Norway. De-
spite his need for food. he has
increased industrial wages in
order to spur production of arms
in conquered France. Workers
who earn only rs francs a week
on farms are flocking to the
cities where they are paid
double and triple that amount
making guns. planes and tanks.
The German leader has forti-
fled the French and Norwegian
sea borders with powerful guns
taken from the Siegfried and
Maginott lines. From Narvik to
cities in southern France the
edge OF the continent held by
the Germans has been made i'm
pregnsble. These preparations,
in our experts opinion, do not
pressge a grand assault on Eng
land. They are ramparts de-
signed to hold off invaders while
Hitler presses through Turkey,
Iran and the Suez area.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-27

The who relaxes is helping the axis.-Sogan pro-
posed by Ambrose Harle. munitions worker.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-27
GERMANY PREPARING
FOR SPRING OFFENSIVE

Confidential reports from
France and Norway confirm ri
mors nat Killer 10 preparing for
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-27
No "CLIvEDEN SET"
AT WASHINGTON

The "Cliveden set" at Wash
ington which President Roose-
Welt denounced Is a different
breed Of dowagers from the pro-
Hitler clique which dominated
British drawings rooms before
the Nazi attack on Poland in
1899. II may have escaped pub
lie attention, but on the noon
before he asssiled American "sp-
pessers Mr.. Roosevelt lunched
with the leader Of Englsnd's for
mer Clivedenites - Ambassador
Halifax.
There is no ''Cliveden set AZ
the capital. II exists only in the
presidential mind. There are
people including some OF his
closest associates. who believe
that the war has been mismAn-
aged by London and Washing
ton. Some think the truth about
Pearl Harbor should have been
told. Others demand more open
ness from high circles with re-
spect TO the Anglo-Russisn-
American plight They maintain
that =. d. r. should reveal the
worst news instead OF conceal
ing II. They believe that the
chin.
Mr.. Roosevelt. however. con-
signs all dissenters from his per-
Torrance 10 a mythical eoncen-
tration camp. The fact is-snd
every Washington correspondent
recognizes 1.-THE president re-
CARDS honest and constructive
critics as enemies of the state
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-27

You help yourself when yeu bos
q. q DEFENSE Boada-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-27

ern war. Britain's colonial ad-
ministrators had all but wiped
out the practice of matchmaking
in Borneo. But to enable the
natives to perform ancient cere-
monies in which a human head
took part, they kept a few old
heads for borrowing purposesl