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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-28
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The Wilmington morning star., 1942-07-14
Washington Daybook

/ WASHINGTON. July l3-T don't know about
the rest Of the country, but the rubber salvage
drive in Washington bounced all over the
place.
Star Rubber Conservator Harold L. Ickes
got into a typical Ickesian sQuabble when he
demanded all government buildings toss their
rubber floor mats o2to the reclamation stock
pile. The Public Building Administration de-
clared that stretching things too far.
Not only government employees but govern
meat visitors, said PBA, might fall and break
their backs any rainy day if the buildings
didn't have their rubber mats. investigators
dashed over to the OPA Offices in the LaSalle
building to find out what Leon Henderson was
doing about it all. They came away disap-
pointed The price administrators office is US
ing cocoa straw nats-the building never has
had anything else-and the only broken backs
thereabouts were found to have nothing to do
with what was under foot on rainy days.
Practically overnight, Congressional tobacco
chewers received their greatest challenge to
aim in history. Acting on orders from Speaker
Sam Rayburn, Capitol Architect David Lynn
had all the gaboon mats picked up aad dumped
on the stockpile By that time, the controversy
was SO hot, the cuspidor crowd didn't spit out
a word of compalint
Just when the mat story was going good
along came word from Akron that scrap rub
anything anyway except making more rubber
mats.
In the White House, where President Roose-
velt holds forth as the nations No. rubber
salvage urger, Diana daughter of the White
House star boarder Harry Hopkins tossed in
her collection Of rubber dolls: and Fala the
Presidents Scotte, caught the spirit Of the
times and dug up couple of bushels Of rubber
bones. Total White House contribution approx
imately 400 pounds
| The President himself urged rubber contri-
buttons to the limit, suggesting that Capital
autolsts even throw in their rubber floor COW
eli1gs. Washington traffic and safely officials
bounced right up to the ceiling, saying there
was traffic safety ruling that all cars must
have rubber floor coverings as protection
against gas fumes and electric shock.
Branded the District of Colunnbia's big
gest chiselers during the drive were few per
sons who, during the night stole old tires off
the unguarded scrap piles One irate custodian
OF the scrap heaps stayed up several nights to
catch the marauders-fould they were taxi
drIVers-Who can get retreads it, and only if
they turn in old casings
The local lady who really won top honors for
making contributions to the drive was the So
cialite who went into suburban five and dime
store, bought every rubber toy on the counters
a1d with the assistance Of her chauffeur carted
them across the street to a filling station
and dumped them on the heap. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-07-14
Banner Crops

co1,tries upon which Hitler must depe>d
far tood cropg are reported below par In pro
5uctioa. 4 late spring. insufficient rain and
orodigsI wsstage Of seed, together with lack
If fertilizer and farm workers, have combined
10 create a serioGs tod shortage IN continen-
tsl Europe which ig the worse because the oezt
of everything and the bulk ri all crops 60 u
the military forces fighting xader the swas-
tika. The outlook for next winter is grave n
deed tor the millions IT people who have come
under Eitlers rule.
In sharp contrast With this is the report ri
the Department Of Agriculture q. Washington,
which indicates banner food crop in tn 8
ton Of vegetable oil crops-soy Oang, flax
seed sad pesnuts-and Of sugar oeets, barley,
dry edible beans, rice and canning vegetables
Bread and feed grain crops also are large.
This years acreage Of crops is largest since
1872 and production, if present indications are
borne out. will be per cent greater than
last year and IL per cent above the 1892
average, the decade preceding Introduction Of
the crop control program.
Estimates Of the wheat crop place the total
at s04 2ss, 900 bushels. The corn forecast is for
z. Ell. .s23. 900 bushels. The soy bean acreage is
4. ri 900, peanuts, 4s27 900; fazseed, 4,44o,-
900. The percentage of increase is 42, SO and
% respectively Sugar cane production is es-
timsted at 1897, 900 tons. nearly two million
more tha1 last year, and the beet sugar crop
TIM
above last years yield.
AZ American industrial production swings
upward TO new levels, placing the Axis far
behind in the race for war tools, it is heart
ening to learn that agricultural production is
also nearing new goals. The Uaited States
viii be not only the arsenal Of the United Ma
tioae but their warehouse as well.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-07-14
A FIimsy Platform

IN hme&bury, Mass, business man named
Bailey, vino il rkcd because he can't ge.
a& much gaaolinc as he wants. has announced
his candidacy for governor Of the Bay State
saying: Il can get all the gaaolinc I want as
a politician without answering any questions,
whereas as a business man get d card and
have to answer yards of questions" The gent
lcman has something there
At the same time it is questionable If he is
doing right by the rest Of US who view gag.
ohhe ratohing as aomething to be dealt with
IN strict Observance Of the letter az veil AZ
the intent Of the program. The czcusc piven
Tor entering a political carnpaipn hardly
squares with the best principles Of citizenship
or Of political aspiration Mr. Bailey IL moi
setting the best Of examples for his fellow
business men
Furthermore, if he goes into the carnpajgr
with fcrvor, he is liable to find the cost ot
the gasoline he consumes in stumpjnp th,
state will be out Of all proportion to anv bc
nefitS he may derive.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-07-14
New York Politics

The New York state political kettle, which
has been simnering for some weeks, seems
at last about TO boil over, with President
Roosevelt and James A. Farley. the S It a e
democratic chairman, in d dither over a can
didate for governor
Mr.. Farley is backing Attorney General
John ]. Bennett Jr. Mr.. Roosevelt is under
stood TO prefer Senator James NJ M e d.
Whether peace will be restored between these
party Leaders, Of whom already has about
ALL and maybe more, than one man can do as
President Of the United States remains to be
seen. Perhaps Al Smith, recent White
House visitor, turn the trick. It is a
strange coincidence that as Mr.. Roosevelt
seems willing to make up with Smith, who
has been at swords point with him for years,
he is widening Of the breach between himself
and his one-tirne chief lieutenant, former Post
master Jim Farley.
Because party harmony is quite as impor-
tant aoW as unity in the war effort it is 10
be hoped that Mr.. Roosevelt and Mr. Farley
can come to an agreement on the governor
ship without further delay II they do not, the
way will be open for Tom Dewey, the bright
young man from the West who has the back
ing Of former President Hoover, to step into
the governorship, and give the republican op-
position a free hand at Albany
Now, Mr.. Dewey is not anathama, nor
would his election be disastrous in itself But
behind him range two figures Of great poten-
,tisl political poWer-forrner President Hoover
and the presidential aspirant, Wendell A. Will
ke.
Mr. Hoover is DeWey's sponsor, not, per-
haps, because Of any deep affection for him
but because through him, Hoover would re-
gain much Of his lost party prestige II he
succeeded in electing Dewey governor of New
York he would come very close to being able
to name the republican candidate for presi
dent.
Should he fail Mr.. Wlkie would retain his
titular leadership Of the party And between
the two, Mr.. Willkie, who has grown since his
defeat at the polls, is more acceptable 70
that high post than Mr.. Hoover, whose repudi
alton at the ballot bax established a record ir
our political history
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-07-14
Balanced Economy

Pearl Strachan, writing in the Christian
Science Monitor on balanced economy, doubt.
the wisdom Of shipping fruit to England, be
cause it approxmates about 80 per cent water
and Of boarding string at the cost of time con
sumed loosening knots in it, says that what W.
need most is to arm ourselves with ideas.
But let the author tell it his own way:
II civilians are to be useful in this war
they will have to employ their intelligence,
above all other means at their disposal
Regardless Of the statistical miles of rope
or string, a woman who spends half day
untying knots in the string round cake
box or bundle of pork chops, when she \
might be making munitions or teaching
mathematics to boys whose teacher has
gone into the army, is guilty of serious
waste.
In speaking Of examples Of defeat it has
become automatic to mention France The
French people we're the worlds experts in
economy. I have seen women In French
markets spend an entire morning, going
from one stall to another, to save an
amount totaling less than 10 cents
The small family hotels Of Paris with
their minnte-liahts that went ont leaving
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-07-14
The Literary Guidepost

The Log of the Betsy Ann" I
read that book twice, and prob
cad that book twice, and prob
ably others have done the same
1t is record of happenings but
more than that, of enthusiasm
The author really loves rivers and
river boats, all river boats. One of
his preparations for THE Allie
gheny' was a trip by motorboat
from Olean in New York to Pitts
burgh; only eight people have done
that, he believes, since motorboats
began.
Not all the romance of the AL
lekheny region stems from oil,
either. One of the strangest of all
the stories is that Of the Fox home
stead vast stone house in
one of the widest districts along
the river which belonged to peo-
pie who even built railroads for
their personal convenience, now
gone long while from their lone
~ castle. The dams and locks Of
the lower river. the copperheads
and rattlesnakes of the middle
stretch, the drunk travelling sales
man whose horse took him over
ID, d iallroad trestle, the oil barges
which once were floated down on
man-made freshets-all these and
great many more are in Mr.
ways book. Plus a list of all the
river. 'i4e
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-07-14
Photographs

Rhode Island is the most densely
populated of all the states in the
Union, and it exceeds all other
states in per capita industrial out.
put.
The Portuguese claim that the
largest rosary in the world is on
the monument of the Madonna Of
Peace in Funchal, Madeira.
At the time of the close Of the
War of 1872, there were 18 states
in the Union. The war ended in De-
cember, 1914. :
Employees in an Indianapolis war
plant call themselves Production.
GERS"
In U. S. Army post bakeries
loaves on one pound and one anc
one fourth pounds are standard
The loaf produced is compact anc
has excellent eating and keeping
qualities. 1t is not wrapped OF
sliced.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-07-14

ore n complete da-EeEs. hallway upstairs
ard their wasaoowl faucets which. when
f1sIly turned On. permitted little more than
ore drop ot water al time, were IN peace
tine. economical enough % build Up. Il
statistics mean anything, colossal re-
sources for tire of var.
But France needed more than econcry.
more toan thrifty citizens untying knots II
string What she needed was stressed IN Z
recent speech By Archibald 1lacLeish, Ii
brarian Of Congress. before American
newsps permen. in New YORK. Il vas what
Americans need most Of al todav-'the
weapons Of IDEAS and woros." published in
the press Of the country and used by the
readers throughout the country. As 3ir.
MscLeish warned an AXIS offensive On the
psychological front. Is in the making.
While our efforts to save all material for
war purposes are useful we must uEe
enough Of our time 10 obtain the right kind
Of information ard facts 70 equip US 10
meet the enemy On the psychological
'front.' Our potato-shay;ng and cabbage
stalk soup. and millions Of miles Of united
string viii be Of little value # We neglect
70 arm ourselves with ideas.
He believed it Of little worth Of spend a
our 3 day making something that is usual
,urchased. concocting soups out Of bacon rim
nd withered cabbage leaves, and learning hor
0 Sharpen razor blades on tur2bIers. unless
he same time the person so occupied gain
xact information On the state Of the worl
nd what can be done for its oetterment.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-07-14
.... BY JOHN SELBY 49,,
THE ALLEGHENY" BY Fred
erick Way, Jr. (Farrar & Rine-
heart: $3.50.

erlCk way, Jr. (F drrdT " NiHe-
heart; $3.50.
The Rivers of America series is
the richer by Frederick Way, Jr.'s
THE Allegheny. Ina literary sense
it is not the most distinguished of
the series, and certain passages
particularly those dealing with the
Pennsylvania oil boom) could have
been amplif;ed with profit. But
there Is lot of substantial in
formation in the text, and it is
written with enthusiasm and care.
The Allegheny is the Ohio River
extended. Those quirks of geology
which influence such matters even
tricked the river farther-in the
beginning what now is the Clarion
was the Allegheny, and it would
be so today but for a playful
glacier soome thousands of years
back. Today it is also three-part
river. The lower third ending at
Pittsburg swings through an in
dustrial district of first impor-
tance. The middle reaches are not
distinguished in commerce or even
a agriculture. And the upper Sec
ton, in New York State, connects
series of very up-and-coming
towns which are active in the best
American sense.
Mr.. Way is a river pilot, and
| his only other book is apparently
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-07-14
Star-NewsP rogram

10 ala IN every way the .'roEecution o'
he ~ar u complete victory
Public For Terminals
Perfected Truch and Berry Preserving
ara Narkct!ns Facilities
seaHl1e Hiahway from WtizhtsTille
Eeack ~ Bad Head Island
fzteat!.n II CRY Limits
z.-io,r Cape Fear RIVER channel.
use. Turning Basin, With Ehip laneg
mt. Ind1Htrial z.teE along Eastern tank
2.4th Of Wilmington.
f,a1e4 River Road 70 Southport. via
Cfton Plantation
Ds.e!opnnent u Pulp v d Production
through .usta4ned-yield methods through
out aputheaHtern North Carolina
Uulfed Industrial and Resort Promo,
.!pil Agency, Eup1ofted ~ one county.
vide tan
Ehipyards and Drydocks.
Nexro Health Center tor Southeastern
%pfh Carolina. Developed around the
Cpin'nDnity Hospital
Adequate uoap!tal facilities for white.
junior High School
ca
DeYeoprncnt Ut native grape growing
-hIouEhoUf GoutheaFtern North Carolina
Mocern TuberculrGis Ganatorium
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-07-14
Threats Fulfilled

One thing that should by this time be an
parent to every one is that while Hitler has
violated his every pledge he has not failed
to make good any major threat
II is vital to our security to understand This
and to remember that his main obiectivo i.
world conquest. He has threatened the Untcd
States. saying that our national collapse would
come from within.
We have seen how well his plans have becn
laid for this boring from within through the
capture Of eight saboteurs who landed on our
shores with explosives and plenty of cash. and
the FBI roundup Of Naz agents We know
that Hitler has an army in our midst so wei,
concealed that detection is all but impossible
We know that its members are not only com.
mitting criminal acts but spreading sedition
wherever they find willing ears.
There can be no reasonable doubt that so
far as lies in his power, Hitler is promoting
dissatisfaction with war leadership and
program, and breeding confusion of the sort
that led to the fall Of France 1t must be
apparent then, to every person whose mind
is open and heart loyal, that if we are to
n x ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-07-14
Editorial Comment
EDIT COMMENT
THE SOURCE OF COMPLACENCY
New York Times

From time to time there still emanate from
Washington statements that the country is too
'complacent and that is why it is still not
making the sacrifices necessary for victory
If Washington, however, would pause to exam
Inc the sources Of this complacency it would
discover that the greatest single source is
Washington itself. Take. as an example the
statement of Representative May who does no4
hesitate to predict that the war will end 'nroh
ably in 1912 and unquestionably in 1943
predlchon OF this sort. even if by some happv
miracle it should be fulfilled, cannot possib]v
be justified. simply because no man can know,
all the facts necessary to make such predic
ton But Mr.. Mays star-gaZing will unfort1n
ately carry considerable weight with nnany
people because of his position as chairman Of
the House Military Affairs Committee. It will
carry even more weight with some people be-
cause he declares that his prediction is based
on his knowledge of a military secret"
Mr. May doubtless does know some mi]itarv
secrets not known to the country in general
But the kind of prediction he made cannot
possibly be warranted by Knowledge onlv of
our own strength and weakness: one must
know also the exact weakness and strength of
the enemy. And Mr.. May is no more priv to
the military secrets of Germany and Janan
than the rest of us. All the tremendous known
facts moreover, are against his complacent
assumption of short and easy victory. The
Red armies in Russia, the British in Egvnt
the Chinese in their own country, are all en-
gagged in desperate stands against the power
| full drives of their opponents. Except for few
Operations very small in scale, the United
States is still engaged mainly in defensive war
fare; and shipping, upon which we are almost
entirely dependent to make our weight felt ag-
gressvely is gravely limited
No public official is performing public serv-
ice today if he implies that we can win the
war in brief time with less than every ounce
of courage and effort we can muster.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-07-14

WASHINGTON, July 13 - In a
previous Merry-Go-Rouad column
it was revealed that Jesse Jones
Rubber Reserve, which is supposed
to provide the nation with rubber,
had let 81 contracts for big synthe-
tic rubber plants to one patent
pool; that other, quicker patents for
making rubber had been ruled out:
and that the 81 big new plants,
each costing 100000 ,000 would not
be finished and working until
around 1914.
This, it was revealed, was one
of the reasons behind the White
House warning that civilian tires
might have to be requisitioned.
Continuing the story, it is neces-
sary to go back and review some
significant and not generally
known background,
Two years ago there was loud
public clanor when it was discov-
cred that Torkild Rieber, chair
man of the board of the Texas
Oil company. had loaned an auto
mobile to DR.. Gerhard Westrick,
Nazi commercial agent in New
York. So great was the ou1ciy,
that the Board of Directors forced
Rieber's resignation from Texas
But what is not generally known
is that the president of the Texas
Development company, a subsldi-
ary of Texas, is now in the gov
ernment and is Jesse Jones's key
man on rubber contracts. Further
more, this man, Richard ]. Dear
born, was at the Hague in Octo-
ber, 1899, one month after war
broke, where he helped negotiate
with the Nazis a new contrac- con
tinuing Hitler's monopoly on syn
thetic rubber-a monopoly which
is charged with preventing Amer
ican development of synthetic rub
ber.
Dearborn's company, Texas, is
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-07-14

Bill Sparks, scientist for STANDARD
of N. j., discovered new form ol
rubber called isobutylene, general.
ly referred to as butyl, which coulG
be made much quicker and cheap
er than buna.
And although Hitler had refused
to give Standard the secrets Oil
buna, Frank Howard hoped owe!
to Berlin in March. 1899. just q,
the time of Hitler's invasion o.
Austria, and gave the NazlS NN
precious secret. All he got IN re-
turn was 1. G. FarbenS 5 prorll'
that sit would endeavor to P!'
cure Hitler's consent for the es
ploitation of rubber-like prodl''
in the United States"
Some time after this. lnVenM.
Sparks resigned his meager s4%
salary. But Howard, rushing D.
from another trip to Europe pEl
tested that he was his most 'al.
able man, and rehired nm -
higher salary. 7
Meanwhile, Standard Of NJ .'i "
was keeping this new, cheap w., w.,
rubber very much a secret lID. va
American rubber companies az. n,
on Nov. 6, 1889, after war ofo"t
Frank Howard wrote an inter-
flee memo stating: There - M.
considerable temptation 10 pu0t,,.
ize this butyl rubber developI!.rh ,,h.
and to seek contact with tne ~,
Der companies on it immeolan.''; i
but a sounder policy appareh.'o M
to confine the development 10 '
own organization -
And it was not until Ma.cn nv
1910 that Frank Howard I-!.I .,e
suggested letting Firestone use .ro
butyl rubber process. This was sosn ~
full years after Hitler hao w. ne
given the secret, and at a W.. -.
when U. S. war advisers were "
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