The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-03-26

Of the
WEEK
By
FOSTER GILRoY


proposals for settlement of India's
demands for political independence,
Sir Stafford Grips, troubleshooter
for the Churchill Cabinet, has ar
rived here for a series of conferences
with leaders of the country's various
religious and political parties. Much
of success of any defense against
the threatened invasion by the Jap
anese depends upon the unity he Is
able to achieve among the Moslem,
Hindoo and other sects forming In
dia's 400, 100000 people.
Arms Drive Planned
washington - Spurred by disap-
pointing reports of defense produc-
ton from many sections of the
country, the War Production Board
will launch drive beginning April
1 for greatly increased output from
1000 plants engaged in airplane, tank
arms and ship construction. Assist
ance is being asked of labor leaders
to make the drives success in all
affected industries.
President Seizes Road
Peoria, nl.-Tied up by a strike
since December, the Toledo, Peoria
& Western r. r., an important 239-
mile freight line serving many war
industries, was taken over by Presi-
dent Roosevelt as an emergency
measure. AL efforts to arbitrate the
differences between the manage
ment and the employees have broken
down. The railroad is pressing a
charge in the federal court against
three strikes for conspiracy to dyn-
amite one of the lines important
bridges.
japanese People Warned
Tokyo-A government spokesman
warned the public that air raids
may be expected at any time by U.
s. planes operating either from
American bases in the Aleutian Is
lands or from bases in China. This
is the first official warning that the
Japs may get a dose of their own
medicine.
One Tanker-1O0,000 Cars
New York City-According to the
American Petroleum Institute, Tor
every average tanker sunk off our
coasts 100000 automobiles must find
some other sources of gas to supply
the loss. It was explained that heavy
U-boat sinkings lately has made
necessary the 20 percent rationing
now effective along the Atlantic
Seaboard in deliveries to filling sta
tionS.
GINS Earnings Up
Detroit General Motors Corpora
ton earned $201 $50, 900 net in 1871,
its last full year of motor car man
ufacture before turning over all Its
available plant facilities to defense
production. It broke all records in
its sales of cars and trucks, total
ling 21a billions OF dollars. Its taxes
more than doubled, amounting to
S1428 for each of 3o3,827 employees.
Stockholders totalling 410,759 shar-
ed in dividends of $4.44 per share,
previous year.
Ask Arnold's Scalp
Washington - An eXcoriation OF
racketeering labor leaders by Thur
man Arnold, Assistant Attorney
General, in the course of which he
declared the small business man to
be at the mercy of labor unions, raj
lied the Congressional labor lobby
to the support of strikes-at-will and
the 40-hour week with the prospect
of a stiff fight in congress over all
efforts to curb labor in behalf of the
defense effort. With labor leaders
specifically exempted from war serv-
ice, no interference with strikes OF
picketing, and prohibitive scales for
defense overtime, the efforts of pa
triotic industrial managers to speed
up war production seemed stymied
in congress on direct orders from the
White House