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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-09
Time ar. II.iNI
BN ARTHIR "BI GS" BAER

Pushing The CLOCKS up hour called and it's
just that.
Why get farmer up earlier in February wait
for catalog containing nothing Au, prouies
Along in April the East will The clocks up another
hour and here's what happens The clock city
hall says while cuckoos cnrp and he church bells
ring
No matter wha, you town YOU car 90 a witness
10 swear you YOU not there no 'uc
railroads need only their sccpcrs
daytime.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-09
BY PAUL MALLON

4 SECRET meeting OF govern
n mont publicity men took
place the other day to find out
why Mr. American Citizen Is not
more enthusiastic about this
war.
This new bogy has been riS-
ing for some time Officials are
becoming aware that apathy has
been creeping upon the country
since shortly after Pearl Harbor.
Popular push Is lacking.
In short. government pulse
fcclorS fear that the people are
settling back 10 the pre-Pearl
Iiarhor view that the war is
something remote and not con-
nccted with them
Reports have been received
from the West Coast that the
citizens even there have Slumped
into iaekadaisy since the first
furious rush 10 organize black
outs and other air raid precau-
tons. This battles the experts.
I'VE meeting of publicity men
L was called by GeneraliSSimo
Archibald MaCLclSh, head of the
new Office Of Facts and Figures.
and his assistant, Capt. Robert
klntncr teX-ColumniSt.
Those attending represented
the finest public relations acu-
men of the New Deal. but the
general impression ma d G on
them was that MacLeish had
fine new organization and
wanted suggestions as 10 what
10 do with IT.
The main program announced
by MacLeiSh was a plan to set
up in OFF several depart
ments" 10 build up public morale.
Although the description Of
these new departments was
little vague, three were outlined
as follows:
One would bring home TO the
American people Just who are
our friends and who are our
enemies in this war. Another
would drum into the public the
need for individual sacrifices 10
win the war The third would
aim At whipping up war produc-
ton
MaCLeiSh desired that MI
agencies of the government make
every effort 10 adjust their ac-
tyitiCS 10 aid these programs.
To show that he wasn't foolnE,
he announced that in the future
cabinet members and heads Of
government agencies must sub
init their speeches in advance
for OFF approval What men
like State Secretary Hull, Navy
Secretary Knox and sarcastic
Mr.. IckcS said when they heard
this order, can only be guessed.
EXPERIENCED public rela-
~ tiOnS experts who sat in the
gathering and listened 10 Mac
LeiSh and humptiouS young Bob
StrauS. assistant publicity man
for the Office of Emergency
Management, discuss the state
OF the nation, felt that some
thing a little more ambitious
would have 10 be tried before
the desired public enthusiasm is
rallied.
OF course. more bands and
minute speakers could be organ
lIed but somehow the admins
tration inclincS toward avoiding
this repetition OF the last war.
The White House is definitely
antl-hoOpla
Some old-timerS suggest that
the American people get right
down TO brass taCkS and realize
how serious our situation can he
before this year is over. Putting
II BADLY tho British are being
pushed back by a superior Ger
man force IN Libya which may
be invading Egypt before long
General Macarthur can't hold
out forever Singapore looks
bad The Japanese can very
ConCcivablv take Rangoon. cut
off the Burma Road and Kill our
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-09
Valuable Isles to u. S.

TOW closely the Philippines have become integral
part of the United States is revealed by report OF
the commerce department
This report Will also reveal TO those doubling
Thomases who have questioned the value Of our holding
on 10 these islands Just what the two peoples mean to
one another in material benefits.
Last October alone NINETY-FOUR PER CENT Of
the total exports from the Philippines came to THIS
country WV.
Fer the first rane months Of 19il EIGHTY FER
CENT Of imports into the Philippines from the
USA
How startlngy small is the trade of the Philippines
with the rest Of brought light in the depart
meuts statement that 1910 only SO per cent Of her
exports went 10 Japan and only ID per cent to China
Nearly ElGHTY-THREE PER CENT went to the United
States.
DROVING once again how little the Philippines have
l IN common with Japan and how close she Is to us,
in 1910 out of S134 100000 of materials and goods
ported into the Philippines ONLY As per cent originated
Japan and SEVENTY EIGHT PER CENT came
from us
In 1870 alse, the United States had $156SO0OOo
invested in the Philippine Islands-whe the islands
SCI 100000 invested here.
The departments figures also show that in 1910 and
1911 for months of the latter year,, the exports
the islands from the t. S A. and the imports into the
L. S, A. from the islands increasing by leaps and
bounds-measured in millions of dollars.
The department of commerce says that the philip
pines show growing dependence upon the United States
as market well source of supply
This exchange of goods has bred an unusual friend
ship and understanding between two peoples so widely
separated the United States and the Philippines.
THAT the FIlipinos have been satisfied with our
l stewardship and rely on our promises of ultimate
independence is in the way they standing TO
man behind General Macarthur and Old Glory.
1t, then all adds up to this
That the Japanese have no business rights of
] any kind in the Philippines.
1.-The Fipinos will not trade with them to any
= appreciate extent
1.-The Japanese trying To Wrest from us and the
= Filipinos by brutal force what the Americans and
Fipnos have built up in the useful and benefcent ways
of trade and mutual trust
by all standards Of human rights the Philippines
= belong to the United States AND the Fipinos,
No island in all the broad Pacific has EVER called
} Japan to save" it.
The Pacific Ocean is, from Australia to Alaska,
" American and British waters.
Japan-is the ROWING THIEF OF THE
PACIFIC
She may conquer the Philippines for brief time,
but she hold them because both the Filpnos and
the Americans have said NO.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-09

THE board OF economic war
L fare has tough new prob
lem on It's hands. Believe it or
not il is that of trying 10 Get
various parts OF the British En-
pre- 20 produce material useful
IN the war and.not material Just
useful 10 them
We have lost about one-quar-
'cr Of our hiGh-gradc chromium
production m tho Philippines.
We ~tlI get 30 per cent from
The Union Of South Africa.
We would like them 10 in
crease their production 10 make
up our loss bur amazingly
enough they would still rather
mine gold
Right now gold is very useful
~ The Unlon of South Africa.
hut not much 80 the war effort.
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Reproduction in whole ny IN part
Su.fv prohibited
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-09
JOHN II. SLENIN
so PeterbOrO street

Census records indicate that
white male baby born now
has a life expectancy Of 6O.6
years. Forty years ago he
would he expected 10 survive
only 1923 years Female white
babies now have a life expect
ancy Of 6i5 years. as COM
pared with 5l0S in 1900 .-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-09

WHAT the United States
w battles for today are rights
and liberties Of the individual
against those who would make
Of the state an all-devouring
Moloch.
| have just read one Of the
finest tributes 10 the individual
b. Samuel J. 3 Wolk in volume
) Of the New Universal Jewish
Encyclopedia, which has Just
been issued Mr.. Wolk says:
Standardization IL the eternal
struggle Of the human spirit to
free itself from the twofold
bondage OF natural necessity
and social pressure.
There IL only necessity IN
nature. not freedom; the human
spirit has forged freedom for :,
itself with the fire OF Its divine
curiosity, its yearning and quest
for truth"
1T IL i'm a democratic social
structure that the free spirit
OF the individual can expand to
the fullest and realize It's sub
TEST potentialities; ethically, be-
cause democracy respects tho
integrity of every individual,
and intellectually because .
democratic state can achieve
its fullest expression only as
every individual in II grows to
his fullest capacity"
This essay on individualism as
il relates 10 the evolution OF
Jewry is the most remarkable
and ControverSy-stimulating ar
ticle in the volume which 10
another stone IN this monu-
mental house Of Jewish
history and culture, in 10 vol
~umeS.
NO MATTER how many liber-
~ ties we may be forced 10
give mp 10 win this war, we
must become Neutrality-suspicious.
our greatest danger has been
HAT -etif l6Q-year-old liberties
have become too much a part Of
Us We have taken them for
granted II may have softened
US somewhat
You are not SoCk-conscious
until you run around in bare
feet. You are not conscious OF
thu value of a watch until one
day you find you are without IL.
You are not conscious OF the
value Of food until you get hun
cry.
And so II is with that most
precious thing in the world
liberty We take il for granted.
We've lived with it 100 years.
II is like the air we breathe.
We are sometimes no longer
conscious OF II.
We'll. If YOU want 10 know
just how precious it is and be-
come acutely conscious OF its
blessings have yourself COM
mitted TO jail for a year or so.
Communism, faSciSm and
nalism are jallS. If we ever
get into those prisons we'll
know what the Bill of Rights
and the Constitution as whole
mean! Become iiberty-conscioua.
1t means victory!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-09
Japs Called
Monkeys
With Bombs
Also Bone. Muscle Race,
Failing TO Think Z
BY BENJAMIN DE CASSERES

DROF. ERNEST A. HOOTON
i of Harvard. anthropologist,
sometimes is apt 10 clown it a
bit. But in his slap-easy way
he often hits the nail smack
on the head. He recently made
these penetrating remarks on
the Japs to Gerold Frank. a
Hearst reporter:
They've come through sc-
cording to pattern. Your yaps
are bOne-and-muscle race;
they're doors, not thinkers:
they're a race wanting TO DOM
mate, not philosOphize; all punch
and drive, executive, combative,
pugnacious, brutal, savage.
They're the sort of people
who are causing trouble In the
world today sort Of Oriental
Prussian with a thin veneer of
civilization"
If you've read Doctor Hooton's
widely-known books. Apes. Men
and MoronS& and Twilight OF
Man" you will remember that
he doesn't think much of homo
sap.
DUT il all depends on the
- angle from which you sp-
preach man II you approach
hlrh as idealst, il you compare
man 10 what he ought 10 be
according TO some mental pat
tern OF your own make. then
man is about what Doctor
Hooton calls him, something OF
an "ovcrgrown ape
But il you look at man realis-
tically, that is. stand. mentallya
at his origins, behold his battle
against Overwhelming odds -
pest, famine. animals. nature.
war. tlgeriSh instincts - filth.
and his rlse-to civilized being,
with his arts. literature. phi-
losophles, his great surgeons. in
ventors, his iceboxes. his tele-
phones. his great poems his
scienCcS-why, then, man Is a
sublime creature.
While he wears a crown Ut
thornS on his head his eyes are
set cvcrlastinGly on things still
greater than himself ad- aStra
per aSpera Co the stars through
SufferlngD.
But to return 10 our mutton.
which is the JapS, the most
cauSilC the most Hootonesque.
as II were thing ever said
about this Malayan-M ongoloid
savage loose IN the Pacific was
said by Pierre Lott, famous
French writer who lived in
Japan for some time - "a
monkey with a bomb"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-09
IS YEARS AGO TODAY
Feb. 9, 1917

British destroyer sinks in the
English Channel after hitting a
mine; 10 perish.
TWO American liners leave
New York for Bordeaux in an
attempt 10 cross the Atlantic
unmolcSted ships carry no con-
traband.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-09

IN DEALING with so.called
L enemy aliens, we are fol-
loving a concept and procedure,
which, preSuming that every
man is loyal TO the country of
his citizenship. claSSificS the po-
tcntially loyal or dlSloyal ac-
cordlnG 10 that standard only.
In the East the war is almost
wholly a war TO which such con-
CeptS generally apply. The Japa-
ncSe are not waGing war for
"ShintoiSm. -
The Japanese government has
never tried 10 organize Japa-
ncSe- Americans into groups 10
Influence immediately the do
nestle and foreign policies OF
the United States government;
nor does it count on being able
TO engineer through them con-
tinual assaults on the American
mind.
In the field of political war
fare within the United States,
the japanese are helpless.
DUT the war in the West is
- different 1t began with
countcr-rcvolutionS in Europe,
as civil war, inside Italy and
Germany
In these civil wars, the FaS-
ciSt or Nall parties attacked
democratic institutions and per-
sonalitieS, and eliminated them
from Italian or German life.
Since expansion. or "leben-
sraum," is an integral necessity
Of fasciSm. war was always inn
pliCit IN its counter-revolution
The elimination Of democratic
institutions and the exiting Of
democratic personalities had,
therefore. a double purpose: 10
effect the internal counter
revolution and 10 remove the
friends of other demoCraCics
abroad
In Germany and Italy, an
other factor was introduced. All
"non-AryanS were deprived of
their rights OF citizenship and
work. and hundreds of thou
sands Of them driven into exile.
MANY Of these voluntary and
Nl enforced cNileS eventually
came TO the United States. They
are those people who lost the
iiCSt. great battles Of this war
and went 10 democratic coun-
tries Eventually the successful
internal counter revolutions
turned outward INTO aggressive
International wars.
But these international wars
continued 10 be COunter-rcVolu-
tons as we'll FaSciSm and
naliSm were welded together
into an internal lonal political
movement. which was organized
inside all countries. both through
German and Italian nationals
and through mon and women OF
German and Italian race.
The Na2iS introduced first the
concept that all men and women
of German race mot nationality
merely were claimed by the
Third Reich.
But 10 them were added sym
pathilcrS, those attracted by the
theology. so that II was possible
10 give a plan to all the counter
revolutionary movements inside
the western countries. give them
a common program. guide their
activities and build them into
SubverSlve forces.
Thus. the Nazi propaganda
and tactics have been dlShed out
by Father Coughlin. by the Sill
yer Shirts, the knights of the
White Camellia the ku kluN
Khan and over a hundred other
native Fascist groups. as well as
by tho German American Bund.
and by more respectable bodies.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-09
America Urged to Revamp
Pursuit Of Enemy Aliens
By DOROTHY THOMPSON

THE FaScintern completely dis
l. regards the element of ma
tionaiity. It's concept ahgnS men
not according 10 national ale
gianceS, but according TO idco-
logical allegianccS.
II is true that in all countries
sabotage, espionage, and much
of the propaganda work has
been directed from consular
offices.
But the Fascist movements in
each country are quite lndepend-
ent of consular agencies. They
have been given their line, and
are still pursuing it
Their business is 10 create in
Congress majorltieS unfavorahle
TO the President. thus paralyzlng
his program and the country as
well, counsel showdown tactics
in war industries. play down the
war in the West. continue efforts
for appeaSement with the NaZiS.
denOunCe anti-faSCiStS as Com
muniStS. and break down Amer
lean morale by confusing the
aims Of the war
In short. during the intorna-
tiOnal war, they continue 10
conduct the international civil
war: they operate untTingly IN
the realm Of political warfare,
on their now famous pattern
that one can destroy a country
a. effectively as by arms, if one
can create division and contu-
sion inside IT,
NOW, I am sure that no one
~ in authority IN this admin
iStration would contradict this
brief outline Of the Fascist pO-
lltlcal warfare.
But why, then, try 10 combat
il in an irrelevant way? In
doing so, we are acting rs
France acted and are playing the
Fascist game
Hitler wants nothing more
than that the suspicious of the
United States vernm en- I
should be turned against our
alien friends and his victims IN
stead of against our theological
enemies OF whatever nationality.
While we are pursuing Hit
ler'S victims. his agents continue
their termitc work. While We
are registering German and Ital-
ian democrats, the real pullcrS
Of Fascist strings are planning
for the next congressional cleo
tons.
NEW methods of warfare re-
y quire new weapons OF de-
Tense. The political methods We
are using are as outdated rs
horse cavalry against panzer di-
visions.
While We are making life pre-
CarlouS for those whom Hitler
and MuSSolini have already per-
secuted the AXIS powers are
using Americans and Hungari-
ans and other of their allies
as foreign agents in this Coun-
try, and a Hungarian newspaper
in Bridgeport is advising its
readers 10 listen 10 the Hun
garian short wave broadcaSts
which are made by Htler's
propaganda ministry.
II is not humanitarianism
that prompts these lines. II is
a desire 10 win the war. II is
a desire that we should display
considerably more intelligence
in the field Of political warfare
than other countries have shown.
New tiIneS, new methods.
New dangers. new devices for
meeting tho dangers
Instead we arc using, by and
large. the political concepts and
procedures of 1917. They don't
meet the problem. They con-
fuse the issues.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-09
u. s. Worried
Over Ap athy
Toward War

Seeks Way TO Jolt Public
Into Realizing Strife
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-09

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-09

WE AMERICANS pride our
w selves on being wise guys.
l wonder If we have not Just
hann L ,,l,It,r,-,Y,,s.. I,..,a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-22

tables pictures on the swalI and particularly
iig1r-coiored articles can be recognized easily.
All this car be achieved in total darkness.
with the. help Of glowing squares Of lu-
minescent paint or the glowing, painted lamp
shades, any family will find that it can easily
get around the house"
Mr. Caverys sensible advice comes just
at the time when there is a rising tide of
resentment against the exploitation of the
public over air raid and iblackout gadgets.
Col. Walter w. Metcalf, acting Regional
Director of the Second Civilian Defense Area,
recently condemned many Of the gadgets
Specifically he mentioned "blackout candles"
offered at high prices when any candle will do
Just as we'll
And Col Metcalf criticized the exploitation
Of colored lights any better than white
lights He did this because higher levels of
illumination cannot be tolerated with blue
or red lights any more than they can with
white lights, as some people seem to think.
Most people have no conception of how
dim these lights must be to be tolerated
SOnce you have seen the faint. tiny glow Of
a real blackout light you will realize that all
questions of color become Of minor import
ance.
Coll Metcalf also raped at people who
buy material for blackout curtains when
old blankets or. Grapes can do the job equally
we'll when hung properly.
If anyone insists on full light in his house
and has blackout curtains, it is necessary to
go one step further and rig up Tight traps
at doorways they do in England. Many
people with good set Of blackout curtains
in their homes right now have never thought
of this point.
All these factors add up to the original
hat fba hos md
simple way to get your OWN HOME through
a blackout is to turn off the lights and remain
quiet.
The glow of lumnescent paint can aid you
to move about bit and it will prevent you
from falling down stairs and over the fur
niture
And the faint glow will be a friendly
thing in the utter blackness that any real
backout must bring
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-22
BY ROBERT ID. POTTER,
Science Editor. The American Weekly.

- ONT buy a lot Of useleSs gadgets for
blackouts. hghsing experts advise be
49, cause any air raids Tor so IL now seems
Will be brief hit-and-rln affairs and your
home won't need elaborate special lighting
Glowing luminescent paint that viii be
visible for several hours IN utter darkness may
be the best home defense for blackouts This
is the SUMMARY Of the bestthlnkiug Of many
Illuminating engineers who are trying des-
perately 10 find the sane answer 20 the ma
tons blackout worries
Many Of these worries are unfoundcd and
border on hysteria, What needs 10 be done Is 10
direct the present hysteria into useful chan
nels and really prepare for American black
outs say men like D. +. Cavery illuminating
engineer OF the Upgrade Sylvania Corporation.
New glowing paints made from cheap and
easily-available American materials can pro-
duce all the light in a home which can be
tolerated during blackout
Applied TO the inside OF lampshades in a
house these white paint pigments store up
light energy when the electric lights are
turned on And they will give off this energy
for hours after the lights are turned off
The pictures on this page, some taken
right in Engineer Caverly's own home in
Salem, Mass, show exactly how well the lumi-
nescent paints will perform
England has often been called the prov
ing ground for Americas war effort and this
is mostly true But many people have
roneously believed that New York, Boston and
the cities Of the West Coast must prepare for
the kind OF blackouts that have 10 be en-
forced in London. Dover and the other cities
Of the British Isles.
Although the situation may change in the.
future the necessities of England not
those OF America today England Is guard
ing against enemy planes that are only
half hour away. America will be in a COM
parable position only II enemy planes are
based in Newfoundland or in British Columbia
or Mexico.
No one can afford to laugh off the pos
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-22

why lighting experts caution against spending
too much money for special blackout lights
at the present time.
The pictures on this page, taken under the
direction of Mr.. Caverly, show what can be
accomplished during blackouts with glowing,
luminescent paint. He suggests that the in
side surfaces of lampshades be painted with
this material, which costs not much more per
gallon than the best of house paint. He also
suggests that the paint be applied to light
switches on the wall, to stair treads and rail-
ings. to door stills. curbstones fire hydrants.
fire boxes and other essential spots.
The whole idea of the paint is to give i'm
portant places a faint glow which will reveal
their presence. and leave sufficient light. to
get around the house.
Make no mistake about II; getting around
the house is about all anyone is going to be