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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-16
The Tacoma Times Editorial and Feature Pages ----
. Our Opinions
. Casing Aspersions

After a two-week. s,754-mile big-circle
tour Of the United States, President Roose-
welt informed q press conference that the
people of the country are ahead of Wash
inRton in their understanding of war needs
and in their willingness to respond.
The president has confirmed what We,
and other newspaper writers. have been
insisting for months. There has not been
the slightest doubt in our mind, since A
few days after Pearl Harbor, that the
people were ahead OF Washington and
were gaining fast.
Newspapers have been certain OF this,
among other reasons, because in the ag-
gregate they have spent millions of dol
lars to send skilled observers around the
country and to exchange the results of
their research. They have gone to grass
roots for their information, seven days a
week and "a hours q day.
That is why Mr.. Roosevelt's accom-
panying remark, that the newspapers are
doing harm by printing what they do not
know-and that he knows better because
he has been around the country and the
reporters have not - was inconsiderate
and, presumably, uneonsidered.
Mr.. Roosevelt found three bad spots
in our war effort-congress, the press
and the radio, and certain minor members
OF his W encourage who, he says, have
been talking too much.
Congress, he says, is bad because con-
gress insists upon investigating the con-
duct of the war. 1t shouldn't, he thinks,
because congressman don't know enough.
They should mind their own business.
What is congress- business? The Con-
stitution says it is to legislate. How can
congress legislate intelligently unless it
inquiries into those matters requiring
legislation
The people, and we, have been and are
severely critical Of congress. But not on
the ground that II seeks to educate itself.
Quite the contrary.
The press and the radio, too, write and
talk of things of which they know nothing,
says Mr.. Roosevelt. To which we reply
that the press, at least. spares no effort
to get all the facts-although, often, by
request of censorship, much that it knows
il not printed.
Undoubtedly congressman, reporters,
columnists and administrators do talk out
of turn. at times. So does the president,
whose words. by virtue of his position,
carry the most weight Of all.
The public has been ahead Of congress,
and much of the time ahead of the White
House. The press and the radio have re-
ported that fact regularly.
We hope there will be great progress
in toughening up, now that Mr.. Roosevelt
knows that he need not wait for public
sentiment to catch up.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-16
, Ingenuity Misapplied

- II some of the ingenuity now being ap-
piled 10 evading and avoiding wartime
restrictions could be concentrated against
the axis, our progress toward peace could
be expedited.
- Few Of Us are so removed from the
rush OF affairs that We do not know of at
least 4 few stratagems by which the intent
of war regulations is given the r~unaround.
For example, al apparently reliable
story is circulating in Washington about
how some landlords are beating the rent
ceiling. A house, let's say, Is supposed TO
rent for SIS a month. But residences IN
the nations capital are worth almost their
weight in fine gold, and the owner Is not
satisfied with the ceiling income. -
What does he do? He SELLS the house
for S125 down and S125 a month, with an
understanding hat when the buyer is
through he will default on payments and
permit the house TO revert TO the seller"
This isn't just a sharp business trick.
IL is deliberate violation of a necessary and
proper regulation, designed to protect lit
orally hundreds of thousands OF new gov.
eminent employees against gouging.
Washington is so packed that another
sharp worker quite legally, it appears
took over a two-story brick warehouse, on
WHICH the HOfIHdi TtlIdl Nouid nc llol lHoic
than 1920 a month, and is renting to 40
soldiers at $40 a month each. For this
the soldier gets the use of q cot, plus one
foot clearance on each side, plus use of a
study table and toilet facilities - but no
screens and, thus far, no evidence of heat
ing equipment for the approaching winter.
A manufacturer found his contracts
with a navy yard banned because the
WPB forbade use of steel for his product.
But his competitors took over the business
and filled the orders.
They did it quite legally, merely by
changing the name of the equipment to
something not covered by the WPB's ban.
THE moment any restrictive regulation
appears" says this manufacturer, ''the
lawyers are called in to see how to get
around it and keep in business. The fac
tory whose lawyer gets the answer first
has the jump on its competitors"
These aren't isolated incidents. They
are typical. Almost anybody who gets
around can substitute his own observations
for these three.
Apparently there still are many who do
not comprehend that this is total war
that We cannot tolerate any obstructionism
for private benefit if We are going to win.
Official agencies, with all their faults,
are trying sincerely to enforce the neces-
sary wartime restrictions. With all the
bureaucracy they are creating, these agen-
cies can not see all, know all, do all.
The final curb upon individual chiseling
must come through the unrelenting pres
sure of public intolerance.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-16
. SO THEY SAY

We may have to take less in
order that backward peoples may
have more. - Walter Nash, New
Zealand minister to U. S.
Soldiers Of industry IN Just as
important 10 the war front as the
armed forces.-oseph keenan,. as
sociate director war production
board
I hope that the last part Of this
year will be the heaviest peak in
modelling for the armed forces
and that by next year We may be
seeing a ~declne-Maj.-Gen. Lewis
B. Hershey.
We are resolved to do our best
and. while our best does not COM
pare with the might summoned by
the United States and Britain, still
il IS our best And he who does
his best owes no one = debt-Dr.
Oswaldo Aranha, Brazilian for
eign minister.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-16
> Your Opinions

ton was Incorporated in the 14th
amendment to cover the cases of
children born TO diplomatic repre-
sentatives Of foreign governments.
who have certain immunities to
our laws, who have no desire for
American citizenship. and whose
loyalty naturally lies with their
own countries.
The suggestion that the Japa-
nese or any other foreign govern
ment shall have jurisdiction over
any persons born In this country,
regardless Of their parents wishes
or their own. seems to strike at
the very foundations of gov
eminent.
In case of dual citizenship" II
might be well to require a special
oath of allegiance at the age of 81.
But this attempt at wholesale dis
enfranchlsement Is identical with
that springing from the war hys-
terra of 1917-1s. directed against
those of German ancestry. and will
be e e in its proper light when
sanity returns with peace.
THOS. T. POLK,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-16
eTEST QUESTIONS

Can you answer seven of these
test questions? Turn to page Z
for the answers.
l. What is the nationality of
Thomas Mazaryk?
2. What navy rank corresponds
to lieutenant colonel in the army?
3. Captain Elliott Buckmaster
was the commander of which u.
s. naval vessel that was sunk by
the Japanese?
4. What significance does "calu-
met" have TO an American In
dian?
5. Does light from the sun re-
quire about 8 seconds. s minutes
or s hours 10 reach the earth?
6. Roger Bacon was a monk. a
chemist, or an authority on optics ?
Z. Champ Clark was a defeated
aspirant for the Democratic nomi-
nation for the presidency in the
1912 Baltimore Democratic con-
vention; who was the nominee !?
S. A bats wing consists of
feathers; true or false?
Q. What booy exercises exelu-
sive jurisdiction over the District
OF Columbia?
10. Were any women commits
stoned as officers by the navy in
the last World war?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-16
Spanaway,
THE FORTY MILL
TAX LIMIT BILL

Editor The Times: An excep-
tionally competent and talented
commentator on current affairs
recently appeared In the local
press giving impressive endorse
ment to the 4o-mill tax limit on
real estate"
AS = matter OF fact. q fact sub
stsntiated by the conclusion Of
all the recognized authorities on
political economy, nothing else
could be worse than an arbitrary
limitation, and q low limitation
At that. in the taxation Of real
estate" or perhaps better say.
land. unless perhaps it be a tax
on the products Of industry. COM
monty consumed. Such a limita-
ton on the taxation OF land
merely puts a premium upon land
boarding. rather than upon land
using. and it Is land using rather
than land boarding that onr eoun-
try is in need Of. Land using
means. Of course, something in
the interest Of all OF the people.
while mere land holding. land held
out OF use, is in the interest Of
land holders exclusively.
II any tax limitation Is desir-
able. why not apply it TO the taxes
on the sales OF foods and goods
and services and earnings and on
earned profits and 50 On. Why
should landlords be especially PAM
pered.
Why so carefully refrain from
limiting the taxes upon foods and
clothing and all that the common
people buy but protect the land
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-16

those giant Cotton tanks rumbling
In mansuvers. II takes q lot of
bonds to buy one Of them. brother.
cuess how many: $500. 1900.
oz00r
Answers On Page
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-16

Mr.. Ffxit: To settle nm argyll
ment. would you please ask your
readers II they ever heard of any,
one using ginger snaps to thicken
gravy for a roasts r.. w. Il.
That looks like an idea spring.
ing from one of those home eco
nomists who has to write a daily
column. Before trying that, II you
wish to avoid an argument rather
than settle one, we'd suggest you
ask the family members, II they
are agreeable to the experiment Of
ginger favored gravy. Ginger
snaps undoubtedly would serve as
a t~hickening agent as would any
bread or crackers, but not a well
as flour.
Mr.. Ffxit: VIII You please tell
me how long one must live In the
state of Washington before he
may apply for the old age PEN
sion. j. NJ ID.
An applicant must have resided
in this state five out of the past
nine years. That is the rule In
all states by federal law.
Mr.. Firit: Would you explain
the insurance plan for soldiers:
Is it compulsory
RURAL SUBSCRIBER.
Insurance for men in the mill
tary services is a strictly yolun-
tary matter. The man can take
it out in the amounts of $1,000,
$1,000 or $4,000 for premiums
which vary with age groups just
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-16
Todsy's Common Error

Do not say. y put In three hours
OF overtime" instead say 7 work
ed three hours overtime or Il
spent three hours in overtime
work.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-16
GAMBLING MAN

Huge sums of money never
phased John Law. who with regu-
larity made and lost fortunes
overnight. Consequently, after
winning his bet with a sustained
run of double-sixes, he offered to
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-16

2. w h o
william ~. JEFF
fers7
;. Buy U. s.
War Bonds and
stamps. Maybe
YoutYA aeAn
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-16
. WAR QUIZ

!. This flag-top band Of white.
bottom Of red-flew over the first
focal point Of World War II.
What country?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-16

Davis menu. Despite demands
from abroad and at home for
more victuais. Warrington insists
that We shall not 60 hungry. But
many = night we may 20 to bed
with . slightly empty feeling in
our national abdomen.
eome fellows buy their wives
pretty things In the hope It will
leave them speechless.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-16

let the bet ride and do 1t again.
The authorities stopped it, how
ever.
RIGHTEOUS ~HITCH-HIKER
Quick thinking and miraculous
luck gave Frank Lowell. swing
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-16

FLIGHT

German Leaders Male
Ne eonss Of Their Plans
Reich VII Eat Even II
Rest Of Word Sssrves
NJ RAT TUCKER
WAsuNGToN-A foreign fac
Tor which high officials do not
puhlicixe enters into the cnnzidera-
ton Il the amount % food which
the United States must grow and
consume IN the next few years.
How much meat bread and butter
we may have for ourselves de-
pends On our success In establish
ting = land front In Europe.
Goering has announced that the
Reich shall dine this winter even
n Il means starvation for the oc-
cupisd countries Hitler already
u carrying cut this program On
. large scale. He has stripped
vanquished provinces Of cattle.
ehickena. wheat and dairy prod
uctaL But he has left them the
bare meAnn Of human ~sustenance.
Once No invade France. Belgium.
Spain or the BALKANS. however,
he win drag into Germany every
living animal Or prospective crop.
He win level growing things
which ~ cannot loot That II his
proclaimed policy.
In that event the United Ma
tiona land that means the United
states) must feed the inhabitants
Of ths stricken areas. Besides
providing sdiblss for our soldiers
overseas and those Of our Allies.
va must supply the bread Of life
for the rsdeemsd peoples. Other
wise. they win turn against u
On the theory that they we're bet-
ter of under the snemyss regime.
That n . firm but unspokcn
argument which Secretary Claude
r. wiekard. with ths approval Of
the presidsnt. b making on Capitol
Hin these days. In short, to win
the war Ne must prepare TO set
up = soup kitchen for the world.
When William ~. LETTERS. for
mer head Of the Union Pacific
railroad. became the rubber csar
by presidential appointment. he
first consuitsd with Arthur New
hall. who had been handling the
problem for the war production
board
-Ilstsn." said LETTERS. '.you have
been doing . grand Job. Keep at
It. You run interference and /
win carry the hail."
"okax.s replied Arthur. But
let me, tan you something. Mr..
Jeffers- I have been around WASH
ington longer than you have been.
IN DO a you nay and you'll
carry the rubber bali. But watch
out from behind
In football the penalty for clip
ping u Is yards. In war II 10 a
far mora serious punishment-or
should ~
80
The congressional revolt AGAINST
Mr.. Roosevelt. which has been
mentioned frequently An this coll
umn. hit its climax In the senate
finance committees presentation
Ara report an the 1e<2 war reye-
nue. hIll n contained several pro-
visions which escaped the head
lines.
The meamre rives Colin STAN.
~en~r.l counse1 for the ioint con-
r-reexional TAXATION committee. the
r;vht "a yoam through the treas-
urv ana internal revenue bureau.
and 70 le.rn the loxraown on re-
c~,pt. oxn~nditure. ana prospect-
I've income. In tn past thess sub-
49,. INV. he.n dssp administrs-
zion secretaL presidential .pokss-
men have heen abae To buffalo
le-,5.,.tive apuronr4ators for that
-.--- ~rx~~.sS~-.A 80. ram
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-16

A human being uses ~ muscles
in the act of speaking. says a
medical journal And often not
much else.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-16
TOO-CAUTIOUS 1 II
WILL MISS A LOT .

Johnny Doughboy - when he
does get back to his home town
is almost Ire TO be more interest
ed in the girl who went through
the war as a nurse in the service,
or as a WAAC or WAVE or fac
tory worker than in the girl who
sat home and let Dad support her,
or cautiously chung to a non-essen-
tial Job rather than do something
that would give her a chance to
serve her country.
The girls who tackle new hard
jobs and go to different parts of
the country r going to develop
more as persons than their eau
tious sisters.
They'll be more capable and
more interesting when the war is
over And the young men who
have gone through a var I'M
doubtedly will appreciate the
change.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-16

shifter at Consolidated Aircraft,
San Diego, Calf, the opportun-
ity he needed to reclaim his car.
As Frank says: "onee I grabbed
a crank from the floor, il wasn't
hard to persuade the guy to head
for the police station"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-16
WE'THE
.WOMEN.
BY RUTH MILLETT

eff you refuse to bulge from
your own home towns. the boys
coming back from war after lee
ing new countries and having ex-
citing experiences are going to
find you pretty dull" a university
professor tells the co-eds who
aren't interested in accepting jobs
that would take them TO a new
part of the country.
And that is a good point for
all girls to remember. The men
who will be coming back to look
them over when the war is over
T going to be seeing them with
new eyes.
So it is up to the girls them
selves to see that they don't vege-
tate for the duration. They should
be up and coming enough to well
come the chance to get new and
different types Of jobs. and to
broaden their viewpoints as much
as possible.
La gaceta., 1942-08-22
F~REOCUPADA
POR Ell REGRESO DEL
EMBAJADOR ESPIL
Por Joseph H. Baird, Cores
ponsal de la 0. N. O.

Wash, Agosto 22.-(ONA)
HAY indicios de que en- Bue-
nos Aires estan preocupados
por la vuelta de su Embajador
en- esta, Sr. Felipe A. Espil,
quien va a dar informes a su
Gobierno. Espil es Ell decano del
cuerpo diplomatico y uno de los
mas populares enviados o emba-
jadores Y aquf Sc lie considera CO
mo pro-americano Y pro-dem6-
crata. Els casado con una ameri-
cana. No ha podido saberse 81 ell
Embajador va por SUI propia vo-
luntad o 81 fue lamado por su
gobierno.
FL pueblo argentine, en- 10 ge-
neral. no es pro-fascista Y como
su gobierho encuentra cada dia
MAS impossible comprar fuera
las materias primas que el pals
necesita para sus manufacturers
sc encontrara cada vez con ma
yor preston en- contra de su po-
Utica profile, seg1n Green algu-
nos observadores.
Los argentinos Sc alarman al
yer la cantinua c%orriente de mu-
niciones americans que negan
a todas las otras naciones de
Sur America, cuando ellos no
reciben NADIA.
FL sentir de Chile ha sido por
largo tempo mas %pro-america-
no que ell del gobierno argenti-
no. La principal raz6n que Chi
le da para no romper sus rela-
clones con Ell Eje especialmanta
con ell Jap6n, es su tenor a un
ataque EN- sus 1900 millas de
costas indefensas. Con las ulti-
mas victorias americans CON
ira el Japon, haran que Sc va
yam desvaneciendo dichos temo-
res.
La gaceta., 1942-08-22

ras, ametralladoras. rifles Ga
rand, canones anti-aereos, arti-
lierfa moderna, tanques etc.
+ Ell General -Maximino Avila
Camacho construira las carrete-
ras estrat6gicas.que SON tan i'm
periosamente necesarias para la
guerra. Ell usara en- estes traba-
jos un cr6dito de 100000
conocido por Ell Banco de Impor-
taciones y Exportaciones. LIE
cabra la distinction de terminar
la c~arretera Pan-Americana
hasta Guatemala.
Eli General Roberto Fierro,
Jefe de las fuerzas aereas, hace
va tempo que vic la nacesidad
de mas avicnes. Ell opina, con ell
Presidente Avila Camacho v
ION ell Ministro de Relaciones
Padilla, que ell destino de Next
&c .sta en- pelear.
Dsspu6s de la declaration de
1oe un estado de guerra existia
entire Mexico y las naciones del
Eje, el Coronel Enrique Garner,
de la fuerza aerea, un graduado
de "fWest Point frances, de st.
.Jyr, prepare una importante
mcnografia. Afirma que "Mexi
co es el punto mas importante
y estrategico Y la verdadera lla-
We del continente Americana"
EN- case de que Ia guerra lie
que al c~ontinente Americana, ell
primer objetivo seria, Mexico,
porque quien posea a Mexico
poseera tambien a America y
poseyendo a America domina-
"a al mundo,"
La defensa naval de las cos
tas es una tarea de especializa-
ci6n. M5xico necesita elaborar
I'm programa con bases en- am
GAS costas y mantener una cons
tante vigilancia de patrullas,
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Mexico y la lucha contra las
naclones que mtegran ell lie
"Quien posea a Mexico poseera la America

Washington, Agosto 22.-D Dos
meses han pasado desde que
Mexico que habia previamente
declarado la guerra al Fac, Sc u
Mo a las Naciones Unidas como
socio active en- ell conflicto glo-
bal.
Hoy dia, hay grandes senales
de que esta naci6n de veinte mi
Homes de habitantes, cuya posi-
ci6n geografica da la Have en- la
defensa del hemisferio occiden-
tai, 'esta poniendose en- acci6n y
cooperando con los Estados u
nidos.
Bajo la direction personal del
Presidente Avila, Camacho, ell
Jefe de Estado Mayor de Next
co, Oral. Salvadr Sanchez, ha a.
La gaceta., 1942-08-22
Las Arenas Sc Estan Esparciendo
Detr6s del escenario del frente:alema
(PoR K. c. T. TAYLoR)

de la guerra, las empresas mi
neras sc quejaron del decreci-
miento constante en- el rendi-
miento de los mineros, debido a
la falta de nutrici6u, al exceso
de fatiga Y a SUI rehabilitation
progressive por la edad. La ST.
tuaci6n tiene que haber empeo-
RADIO forzosamente desde la que
IRA y particularmente desde Ia
guerra rusa.
Cuando, al final de la Ultima
guerra, estuvo en- estudio una e
levaci6n general de las horas dc
trabajo de 10 a 1912 en- TODD el
Reich, "Der Deutsche Volks-
Writ, la publication economical
mas importante de Alamania, a.
viso las consequences que ten
dria tai prolongaci6n, en- la jor-
NADIA de trabajo sobre Ia produc
ci6n total alemana, En- ell n1me-
70 correspondence al 2 de Octu-
bre de 1941, dijo: los casos in
dividuales aumentaran Y agra
varan ell retroceso en- la produc-
ci6n; por otra parte, la capaci-
dad humane de trabajo va ha
empezado a declinar de un mode
perceptible."
Por la miSma epoca el vice
p~residente de la Camara Ale.
mana de Medicina public6 un in
forme referente a Ia extension
de la disminuci6n de energias en-
la generation actual, durante
dos 1ltimos amos. Segln dichC
infora-e, de los hombres entire
AQ y so amos, solo ell 500 esta-
ba en- possession plena de sus ener
gfas. y de los hombres compren-
didos en- ell grupo de so a so, SO
10 un 37%. Estos, sin embargo.
son los grupos que estan llenan-
do las fabricas y t~alleres, en- u
MON de los extranjeros y mule
res, Y de quienes, en- dltimo ter
mino, depende la cantidad y ca
La gaceta., 1942-08-22

Sc obtiene una mejor idea de la
magnitud del trabajo 81 Sc lie con-
sidera en- relacion a las sumas en-
dolares. Ell programa de guerra, al
~presente, requiere 1923. 900. 000.0
De csc total solamente 42.000.000.-
900 Sc han gastado. Pero en- los
proximos dos amos, la movilizacion
marchara mas rapidamente que en-
ell ano pasado.
ESQ quiere decir que ell Ejercito
y la Marina necesitaran TODD 10 que
los Estados Unidos puedan produ-
cir, Y por S es que ell General
Somervell Sc empena en- hacer COM
prender al p1blico 10 que signifca
exactamente hacer una guerra
total.
T6mese la question de los altman
t0s. Ell soldado requiere ell doble de
la cantidad que consume un civil,
Tn ejercito de 100000 de hombres
necesitaria 2.448. 000. 1000 de libras
de carne por ano.
MeaOs carne para los civiles
Por consiguiente, seg1n esos da-
tos, los civiles de los Estados Uni
dos tendran que conner memo carne
en- ell future.
Y 10 mismo pasara con los ali
mentos en- ~conserva, asf como tam
bien o la ropa, pues las necesi7
dades de la guerra reclama eons-
tantemente esos ~articulos.
FL aho pasado ell ejercito compr6
100000 de pares de zapatos, pero
existen perspectivas de que en- este
ano compre 24.000.000, Y, en- ell en-
|trante, 60.000.000.
Mas rigurosas seran las restric-
clones que sufriran los civiles en-
|otros articulos, tales como enseres
de casa, productos qufmicos, equipos
de acero, cobre y otros metales
esenciales.
Considerese tambien ell problema
del transporte. Las Industries civil
les que necesitan materiales, equipo
Y fuerza humana en- tiempos norma
les, estan en- la actualidad hacienda
SACRIFICES para llevar la guerra a
feliz termino.