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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-05
Dolly Monitor Washington
CORRESPONDENTS

Dolly Monitor Washington
Correspondents
WASHINGTON, March 5.
Nov that Mrs. Roosevelt Is
out Of the Office Of Civilian
Defense, il can be told how
she got in. 1t was her own
ideo. She was counselled
oooinst it by some Of the Pres
ident's closest advisers, but
because she felt thot some-
thing had to be done, that the
country had to be oroused to
full mobilization, that every
one had to get busy and do
something, she went to work.
She was told q Presidents wife
couldn't mix officially in gov
eminent motters. She was
warned what might hoppen.
Ii did.
MeIwn Douglas appoint
ment os director of the un-
fortunately named WAR Coun-
ell Of Arts" in OCD was some-
thing else. Douglas himself
had the original ideo on this
booking office for actor writ
er-musieion talent and came
to Washington to sell the idea
to anyone who would listen.
The movie actor had no ideo
Of doing the job himself, but
when he explained it to Dean
james M. Lands, then execu-
tive director and now director
Of OCD, Lands persuaded
Douglas to stoy and do the
Job himself.
Incidentally, other defense
agencies like the ideo-thoueh
not the nome-of this Arts
Council for the reason it tokes
off their necks the Job Of find
ine something for all this VOL
unteer tolent to do. Douglas,
in other words, is q convenient
buck to whom poster pointers,
potriotic poets and pen pushers
con be posed.
Donald M. Nelson's osso-
ciotes and subordinotes Office
tionoteIy coll the War Produc-
ton Board boss "Uncle Oon-
oId"-but not to his foce.
MAcHIkIsT MOVES
}. S. KnowIson, president OF
Stewort-Worner who is now
head Of the important Division
Of Industry Operations in
WPB, likes to think Of himself
as "just another poor old ma
chinist." He introduced him.
self that way at his first press
conference when he explained
some Of the headaches Of the
Industry conversion program
for shifting civilian goo d S
manufacturers to war produc-
ton.
"Over-conversion" is one OF
the doneers Of this work, os
mochnist Knowlson sees it.
For instance, locomotives have
A-3 priorities, Tanks Al, but
if all the locomotive plants ore
converted to tank monufoc-
ture, what happens when we
need some more locomotives?
Similarly, typewriters. The
typewriter industry can be con-
verified 100 per cent to war pro-
duction but it seems that even
the Army and Navy and most
certainly Washington wouldn't
be able to win the war without
typewriters. Knowlson admits
the conversion effort has been
criticized for lack Of speed. A
cose can therefore be made.
h. soys, to give makers Of type
writer's Ala priorities SO as
to produce more "oriticoI ar
ticIes." And he odmits thot's
q rotten pun, too.
Here is one confidential but
authoritative prediction Of how
prices may rise this yeor:
Non durable goods floods.
fuels, etc. up 5 per cent.
Durable goods (hordwore,
furnishings, etc., up 70 per
cent, but there may be q drop
Of as much as so per cent in
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-05
IS YEARS AGO TODAY

1887
VIM. A. Rowley missed his
pocketbook Tuesday. After an
hours search, Mr.. Rowley stub
bed his toe on it in Ullrich e.
Crocker's bank.
Senator Conger has introduced
a bill to Appropriate $356 to pay
A. w. Hager, of this city, for
transporting troops in 1861.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-05
. FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES .
SO YEARS AGO TODAY

The Palace livery is offered
for sale. 1t did a business of
nearly $4,000 last year, and Is a
good thing for a pusher.
The Avery House dining room
girls gave a successful leap year
party at the Light Infantry arm
DRY last evening:
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-05
CROWDED OUT

PADUCAH, KY, Coach Ed
Peck of the Heath Pirates didn't
get to see his boys drop a AZ to
81 decision to Lone Oak in a
basketball tournament at Heath.
The coach went out of the
gymnasium between halves and
there was such a crowd milling
around the entrance he could not
push his way through. Heath
was leading 20 to 81 at the half.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-05
HOW PLEASE?

LA w ENCE. Kas. - "Fm
sorry" apologized Flavia Stone,
"but I can't max out what
you've written here
Prof. Harold Jenkins scowled
at the scrawl on the University
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-05
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON

the totoI dollar volume Of soles
through inability to Get mer-
chondiss to sell.
Evening star., 1942-09-15
A Penalty With Teeth

Judge Nelson in Traffic Court Is
eminently correct in announcing a
new policy of sitter fines for motor
lists who exceed the thirty-five mile
speed limit. Speeding these days is
not merely the infraction OF another
automobile safety measure; it Is a
failure to comply with the Nations
war effort by conserving rubber.
Higher fines may bring a remedy.
They have not brought the remedy
In past, sporadic efforts to enforce
the speed laws, however. A more
effective way of going about it would
be to coordinate the activities of the
courts with those of Leon Hender-
sons Office and to withdraw gasoline
ration books from speeders. Gasoline
rationing Is a form of rubber con-
servation. Those unwilling to COM
ply voluntarily with rubber conserva-
ton should lose the privilege of OBJ
tanning rationed gasoline.
II motorists knew that a failure to
comply with the thirty-flve mile limit
meant the loss of gasoline rationing
books for a definite period, there
would be no more excessive speed.
Gasoline rationing to save rubber
would be doubly effective. Mr.. Hen
derson has authority to issue gasoline
ration books. Presumably he has the
authority to revoke them,
Evening star., 1942-09-15

provision IS designed to deal with
employees unwilling to take new as
signments. Just how much employees
themselves have hindered the trans
fer program in the past is uncertain.
1t Is known that in an appreciable
number Of cases, the reluctance of
agencies to give up workers has
blocked shifts.
The Manpower Commission direc-
tive seems intended to serve the
same purpose as the. mandatory
transfer bill recently introduced by
Senator Tydings as the result of the
personnel inquiry by the Senate sub
committee which he headed. 1t does
not necessarily follow, however, that
the hearings on the Tydings measure
should be dropped. Congress would
be we'll advised to conduct it's own
investigation of the Federal Govern
ment's personnel situation in event
experience should indicate the de-
STABILITY of supplementing the COM
missions directive with legislative
action.
Evening star., 1942-09-15
EmpIoye Transfers

The question of shifting Federal
employees to obtain the maximum
benefit of their service for the war
effort has been agitated so long with
out appreciable result, that it Is
difficult to gauge the effect OF the
Manpower Commission directive en-
larging the transfer authority OF the
Civil Service Commission in what is
described as "a further move to place
Federal Government on a total war
basis" If 1t brings about material
reduction in personnel in activities
not related to the war, 1t rightly can
be hailed as success. Otherwise,
not.
AS a part of the program, the
Manpower Commission, which now
assumes supervision over transfers
by virtue of an executive order,
and the Civil Service Commission
could profltably take a close look at
some of the principal war agencies
and determine il their personnel Is
being utilized to best advantage.
Approximately 1oo,o employees have
been brought into the Capital since
Pearl Harbor, and unrestrained re-
cruiting still is in progress. In an
effort to meet demands, the Civil
Service has been forced to lower ex-
animation standards. This. Is not
conducive to efficiency.
The principal effects OF the Man.
power Commission directive will bs
to empower the Civil Service Com
mission to, enforce inter-agency
transfers that help the war effort,
and to protect the employment rights
of Federal workers transferring to
essential occupations In private In
dustry. The mandatory transfer
Evening star., 1942-09-15
Not by q Word

Not By a Dord is inner peace xsads
kno1Dn,
No declaration yields The pisfbls s1rn,
But BY the face, silent Of ,soyd Or
tone,
The face, commandment IN svSry kns,
Here is the truth q scord soHH not
gainsay,
Pictorial evidence ss lnmdscapes
Fields, lush or meaesr, skies OF blue
or gray,
The hearts bleak haN, the spirits
every scar.
Knoao bp the green the secret ysu
,Dhich foDs,
BIZ rdinboD bloom the seed from
Whence 1t springs.
Prope By the OUTWARD oleam the
lamp Dhich glotDs
Within the breast, the song the spirit
sings
By meusures printed IN NE knss
tDs see.
Not BY d scord Is Uorn tranquility.
ISABELLE BRYANS
LONGFELLCw.
Evening star., 1942-09-15
THIS AND THAT
By Charles 4. Trnce,peH.

suffering today from what he has done
to the animals in the past?
The sirgun is potent weapon, one
which should never be allowed in chill
dren's hands.
Yet it is common knowledge that the
"BB" guns are purchased as toys ana
turned over to the smallest youngsters.
1t is natural for boys to want guns
Some parents seem to solve this natural
desire by getting them interested in
skeet shooting and the like.
AS the world wags today, the ability to
handle a gun seems to be necessary
If the world of man is bent on making
a target of itself, it is necessary for all
to be able to shoot accurately.
But the airgun is notoriously tricky
instrument.
Its pellets seem to have an affinity for
eyes.
Several years ago one young man got
shot IN the right eye with one
Fortunately for him, the pellet was
steel, not lead. If it had been lead, it
could not have been removed. Being of
| steel, it was Whisked out in short time.
If an airgun is purchased, care should
be taken to see that the bullets" are of
steel
In the use OF the gun to remove single
pigeon from an unwanted flock, it is best
to get the chosen pigeon with a good
background
Be sure that there is something behind
| the bird which will stop the bullet in case
| it misses its intended mark.
Care always must be taken to look
first at the possible place the bullet may
land in case it goes Wild These guns,
| with the exception of the best high
| powered ones, are not extremely accu-
rate. In fact, the amateur user will
have to treat it something as cannon
and allow for trajectory, that is, for a
| curved arc, rather than a straight line
A straight line may be the shortest dis
tance between two points, but not If it is
traced by a BIB" shot.
X \
Those who may establish new bird
feeding stations this fall should take
care to run the pigeons away from tn,
| very first.
They, too, are hungry, but they do .
great deal to take all the pleasure out
of feeding the birds.
They are dirty and uninteresting, anc
they run up the food bills enormously
Rising costs of everything include cos
of seeds and grains.
If one is to feed the birds all winter
care will have to be taken to conserve
the stocks Of food for them. This mean.
that wild pigeons must be kept out
These street pigeons are capable, ane
can find their living almost anywhere
1t is not necessary to feed them. They
are smart and need only few hints, al
though sometimes the hint has to be
very pointed one.
Evening star., 1942-09-15
Simplicity of Utterunce

A plea for simplicity of language
In application to the war has come
from Prof. Gilbert Murray, famous
oxford classical scholar, president of
the International Committee of In
tellectual Cooperation since 1928.
Much knowledge of the world, wide
acquaintance with all classes Of men,
a liberal comprehension of the whole
art OF human utterance and particu-
larly profound concern for the de-
velopment Of civilization worthy
Of the name prompt him to speak
and entitle him to thoughtful au-
dience among citizens of the United
Nations.
This global struggle, Prof. Murray
declares, has produced a greater
number of special words and over
worked words than the last war did.
The shock of the horror vocabulary
was tremendous at first, but gradual
ly 1t has lost much of its meaning.
No matter how deeply affect peo-
pie may be by the reports of blood
shed the interminable repeti-
ton Of stock cliches defeats its pur-
pose in the end. Perhaps the answer
Is to be found in a greater degree
Of under statement than we have
permitted ourselves"
OF course, Prof Murray realizes that
intemperance of expression often,
If not invariably, traces back to hys-
terra in the mind and panic in the
heart of the individual The average
listener instinctively perceives the
agitation and cultivates a resistance
to it. Hence the Illustration which
many of those who extravagantly
have attempted to- influence public
opinion complain about.
Prof Murray suggests: Perhaps we
would be closer to the general truth
II we were to stop making every
thing connected with the war 'ap-
pafing,' devastating and 'desoiate
Evening star., 1942-09-15
Discusses Alleged Neglect
OF Little" Fellows in Sports.
To the Editor of The Star:

10 the Edltof OF The star.
Are our sports columns helping us to
win this war? Gene Tunney ran into a
hornets nest when he suggested that we
may have to play down big money
making sporting exhibitions in favor of
news and views that will stimulate pro-
grams to strengthen the morale of our
American youth. Our sporting COM
mentators have favored the spectator
sports. The amount of space given
events is determined by the size of the
contestants or the size Of the gate or
purse. The little fellow developing is
ignored.
In line with our boasting we have de-
veloped mass inferiority complex. The
American way in sports Is about on par
with the Roman way just before the de-
cline and fall.
The American way puts a premium on
blgness. There was time when a clever
lightweight boxer or wrestler could at
tract interest and a gate on q par with
that furnished by the big fellows. George
Bothner and George Dixon or Joe Cans
were tops.
The sports columns should devote
some space to encouraging the present
day crop of schoolboys. Their small time
games could be played up. Their intra-
mural sports could be put into. the lime
light. A little less attention could be
paid to the one team from 80 to 40 bows
and some stimulation given to the activi-
ties Of the other l 1000 boys who will soon
be ready for the Army or Navy or Air
Forces. At present in nearly any high
school the football squad uses the field
every afternoon every playing day in the
fall and the two dozen basket-ballers of
the team monopolize the gym every play
ing afternoon until it is too hot to stay
indoors. The rest Of the boys and girls
have no room, no attention, except for a
few minutes in the class periods, and for
the most part exercise in sitting on the
hard benches watching practice or games.
Some few schools are exceptions.
What is wanted today is q Nation Of
participants. e. B. HENDERSON.
Evening star., 1942-09-15
Price-ControI Outlook

Viewed in it's entirety, the prospect
that Congress will take satisfactory
action to control the cost of living is
none too bright at this stage of the
game.
In the Senate, simple resolution
has been offered by Senator Brown
of Michigan, which empowers and
directs the President to stabilize farm
prices and wages. This resolution Is
far from being ideal, but it is rea-
sonably good If appropriately in
terpreted by the President, it would
make possible the stabilization of
living costs at levels not greatly above
F. those currently prevailing. To be
sure, the Senate resolution is de-
signed to assure wage-earners and
farmers a degree of governmental
protection against the vitiating eco
nomic effects of war which has not
been extended to the other elements
of the population. But this, perhaps,
is to be expected. In any event, the
resolution contemplates an improve
ment over the existing state of af-
fairs, and has the great virtue of pre-
serving the legislative integrity of
Congress. If the Senate measure were
to become law, the President then
would act to control living costs
within the flexible limits of formal
legislative sanction, and would not be
compelled by economic necessity to
use his wartime executive powers to
compensate for the failure of Con-
gress to act.
This outlook for satisfactory solu-
ton of the problem has been seriously
clouded, however, by the action in
the House. Instead of pursuing
course corresponding to that taken
In the Senate, Representative Stea-
gall has proposed House bill which
seems calculated to use the present
emergency to improve the relative
position of agriculture. Mr.. Steagall's
measure is both complicated and
vague, but he apparently intends to
rewrite the formula for determining
parity, to permit agricultural prices
to rise to higher levels than indi-
Gated by the President, and to place
a floor under farm prices by guar
anteeing 100 per cent of parity loans
on agricultural commodities. In other
words, Mr. Steagall proposes to i'm
prove the already good economic po-
sition of the farmers at time when
severe sacrifices are destined to be
the lot of the great bulk Of the people.
If Congress is to function as a
wartime legislature, the point of
view reflected in the Senate measure
should prevail. 1t is inconceivable
that a settlement should be reached
on the basis of the Steagall proposal,
and it is to be hoped that mature
reflection will convince both House
and Senate of the desirability of ac-
cepting the essentials of the plan
advanced by Senator Brown. The
farm bloc would do well to reflect
upon the probable consequences
should it use its disproportionate vot-
ing strength to make such a settle
ment impossible.
Evening star., 1942-09-15

and II we called truce to such words
as 'annihilation.' Every reader,
every listener, could add to the cata-
logue OF phrases that we'll might be
spared for the duration. Victory over
the aggressor powers is not to be
achieved by big talk or loud talk or
mad talk. Hitler and Hirohito are
little hurt by verbal brickbats. What
is wanted, instead, for their destruc-
ton is that variety Of noble anger
which finds its only proper outlet in
heroic deeds.
Evening star., 1942-09-15
UNIVERSITY TERRACE.

DRdT SH.
Your recent discussion of the pigeon
problem has interested us a great deal.
We cannot be sure yet. but we are
reasonably certain that we have at last
found way to keep the greedy maraud-
ers away from our rooftop and feeding
box.
MY husband simply took out his
airgun and shot one-only one.
TT has now been over a month since
he did this and not one of the 20 or
30 that appeared daily has come back
even to look around.
do you think we have perhaps found
the answer to this distressing problem?
Yours truly, E. B. NJ
This shows that there is some good use
for airguns in adult hands.
There is no good use for them in
children's hands.
Our correspondent probably is right,
Putting one pigeon out of business is
likely to keep the whole band away
and, we hope, permanently.
Pigeons are wise, as we'll as persistent
birds.
They seem to be able to go for days
chance that something to eat will be
forthcoming ultimately.
We have been trying to starve out
group of them.
So far. after four weeks, they are
still on the job.
It would seem impossible for such
large birds to go a month without food
but we can vouch for the fact that they
get nothing to eat from first light until
the time they fly away, about 2 o'clock
in the afternoon.
After that, it is another matter
Probably they pick up living around
the streets, but why they don't do ii
all morning Is the question.
They perch all morning looking down
at the empty feeding station.
Then they fly away, but the mex
day they come back to repeat the same
performance.
X
We know of case of pigeon dying q
natural death on a roof
It's carcass remained there for months
without seeming to look any smaller.
The other pigeons paid not the slight.
est bit of attention to it.
1t was indubitably dead, but they die
not mind.
| No doubt the shot from the air rife
and the instantaneous effects, are what
! determines them to stay away.
| They, as all other birds and beasts
have learned to understand mans guns
Now man. himself, has learned t.
understand the same thing.
| May it not be that he, man, il
Evening star., 1942-09-15
COmmends Minister'S Letter
On Spiritual Front in War.
To the Editor Of Tho Star.
To the Editor of

Your readers owe you a debt of graft
tude for publishing the Rev. Mr.. James
H. Phillips inspiring letter. This letter
should be reprinted and sent to every
minister of every religious denomination
In all the English-speaking countries
For the Christian churches at this
time to remain silent on the issues of
the war would be an abject confession
of their blindness. The issues are clear.
They should be clearer to the ministers
of the Christian churches than to any
other class of the community, seeing
that the gang of International criminals,
who have forced the peaceful millions
of the world to turn aside from their
ordinary daily vocations in order to slay
tackled the churches.
These gangsters assail Christian teach
ing on two fundamentals as to which
there can be no compromise: % Their
doctrine OF the supremacy Of the state
In placing Caesar above God is contrary
to the teaching of Higher Allegiance
which the Christian churches Of all
creeds enjoin; CD they deny the value
Of the individual which is Christianity's
supreme gift to human welfare, and
from which we have derived most OF
our notions Of democracy, justice and
personal freedom.
When we add to this the foul methods
of warfare which the enemy employs,
methods previously unknown to history,
it is matter for amazement that the
churches have not long since risen as
one man and proclaimed that this Is no
ordinary war In which we are engaged
but a crusade. +. U.