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RadnicÌŒka borba = Workers' struggle. [volume] ([New York, N.Y.]) 1907-1970, 1943-03-25

MISHAWAK.A, Ind. Vladina
agenciia WPB naredila je straj-
kuiueim gumarskim radnicima O.
vor mesta da. ses odn1ah povrate
na- -posao iii da ia agencija nece
aktovati vezi sa strajkaskim
Detroit evening times., 1943-04-09
Aosenteeism at It's Worst

I ESS than 100000 citizens bothered to vote Monday
Il The last time so few went to the polls was more than
TWO decades ago-back IN the days when Woodward was
still tree-shaded residential below the boulevard
and Henry Fords S5-a-day wage stl a subject of
argument
Today, Michigans industrial oenters have more than
doubled IN population and every single home there ar6
men VINO are at war or mon who manufacturing the
materials Of war.
They are fghtIng-}oyally and couragcouslv on the
distant bombtorn fronts and on the home fronts
- they are hghtng 70 preserve the American way of
slaught Of tyranny. I'uIW NJ.
VII nearly 100000 registered voters remained absent
Monday when their government asked them to per
form simple duty Of citizenship which is the very
foundation Of the freedom they Will protect on bloody
battehelds Of Europe and Asia and the steamng shops
OF THIS busy city and the farms and in the mines
UntlI we venerate the privilege for which we are
TO win.
The vote Monday was a shameful exhibition Of lack
OF patriotism
Detroit evening times., 1943-04-09
etterS
To The Editor

TO THE EDITOR:
WILL you please print this
w item in your paper and
dedicate il to those who work
in war plants, SOMETIMES,
and quit their jobs by striking
whenever they see fit? And
dedicate it especially TO those
at the Willow Run plant who
quit their jobs because they
WERE TOO FAR FRO NJ
HOME.
Pardon me while I laugh, So
they are homesick? What a
joke.
/ wonder what would happen
IL the soldiers in North Africa
who are stopping bullets should
decide 10 quit because they
were too far from home. l will
answer that question for the
softieS.
Any soldier in the L.. 6.
Army who decides 10 quit FOR
ANY REASON is considered
AWOL. and any type of pun
ishment may be dished out TO
him, from being shot 10 serv-
ing 30 days in the post guard
house.
PVT. JAMES I. LUNSFORD,
Company &. PMGSC,
Fort Custer.
Detroit evening times., 1943-04-09
PVT. JAMES I. LUNSFORD
Company c. PMGSC,
Fort Custer.
TO THE EDITOR:

nVER two years ago the city
" of Detroit appointed a COM
mlttee to make a study and To-
cate a site for Detroit's new air.
port The site they selected was
bounded by the Eight and Nine
Mile Roads and Shafer and
Wyoming Roads, an area of one
square mile.
In this square mile area. To-
Gated in the village of Oak Park,
over 20 per cent of the land was
owned by the state Of Michigan.
The state land board agreed to
donate this land to the city. The
village of Oak Park had no OBJ
lection 10 the airport being lo-
Gated in its limits, and all COM
mercial air lines favored this
site.
For some strange reason the
mayor ovcrruled the committee
and suddenly announced a new
site for the airport. bounded by
Eight and Nine Mile Roads and
Ryan and DeQuindrc Roads, also
a square mile in area. This
property is located in Macomb
County.
a number Of residents have
started injunction suits 10 pre-
vent this site being used as an
airport In the new location over
1000 property owners will be
dlSposSessed Of their land. The
cost Of condemnation will be
terrific.
Why does not the city locate
the new airport on the original
site aS selected by the airport
committee
Detroit evening times., 1943-04-09
Farm Bill Is Big Stick
To Block Wage Raises
By PAUL MALLON

sick at heart and sore in other
places after It's own action in
shunting the Ruml plan and all
pay as you go tax legislation
back into the deep well Of the
House ways and means COM
mittee.
No one seems satisfied, least
Of all the congressman involved.
Some Republican legislators are
complaining that IT was bad
strategy not 10 pass so,ne sort
of a bill, because the Senate
would then have adopted the
Ruml plan, and, after that ac-
ton, the House might have
accepted it..
This is matter OF debate,
however, as some Senate leaders
say a modified Ruml plan could
have been put through, While
others disagree.
PUT soreSt OF all is the treas
~ urY and the Democratic
leadership. IL solved nothing.
The treasury wanted a 20 per
cent Withholding tax on salaries
or the 19 per cent forgiveness
High paid war workers arc
moving around every few
months and income taxes cam
not CATCH them, but a withhold
ing tax would. Also. there is a
chance that Germany might coll
lapse suddenly and upset war
employment to the point where
war taxes would never be paid.
But, despite all this disap-
pointed reaction on both sides,
no one yet seems TO have a con-
Structive idea as To what 10 do
now. All are still thinking it
over.
Distributed by King Features synd Inc.
Reproduction In whole or IN part
strictly prohibited.
Detroit evening times., 1943-04-09

RLlSTERING kilograms, news.
~ paper editorials, and tele-
phone calls from back home
have made the House rather
Detroit evening times., 1943-04-09
AFTER THE WAR
---WHAT2

A nationwide study Of postacar problems made
among consumers Serricemen, manufacturers and
industry By the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and JoinerS of America mader direction of its
president, William L. HutchcSon. (ThiS is the
second of t1CO RStdtmeHtS1
Detroit evening times., 1943-04-09
TO THE EDITOR:
j. +. VI.

IN ANSWER 10 one of the
Il questions on birth certificates
submitted to your War Problem
Clinic, Mrs. Irene Murphy on
March s, referred the question
10 our War Information Center.
| thought that you would be
interested 10 know that the re-
sponSc was immediate and con-
tlnuing the calls started on
the day that the answer ap-
peared in your columns and
continued all through the fol-
lowing week and into the week
of the fifteenth. There must
have been well over $50 calls
from that one item.
FLORENCE KRETZSCHMAR,
War Information Center.
The Public Library.
Detroit evening times., 1943-04-09

The writer's against religion,
whilst they oppose every sys-
tenn, are wisely careful never TO
set up any of their own. Ed
mund Burke.
Detroit evening times., 1943-04-09

From Thee, great God. We
spring. 10 Thee We tend
Path, motive, guide, original
and end.
Samuel Johnson.
Detroit evening times., 1943-04-09

EROM foregoing surveys and
opinions, il is clear that all
of us are deeply concerned that
the possible elimination of in
stalment credit is the ultimate
result, if not the aim, of some
of our government theoretical
economists in Washington.
The worker has built up by
an outstanding record of re-
spOnSiblity for his obligations
an unassallable right to credit.
This credit has been granted
10 him by retail credit sources.
'Fhe worker -Shoffti- be allowed
10 use the credit he has estab-
liShed over the years. This
credit the businessman has al
ways extended and will continue
10 do so if the government does
not interfere.
The closing Of thousands Of
retail credit establishments Will
mean unemployment of a vast
army of workers, including not
only retail help, but men en-
gagged IN ScrNiclng.
This VIII necessarily include
workers in many varied crafts.
Thousands Of such workers have
served a lifetime of employment
IN their particular field and are,
in most instances, not readily
adaptable for conversion TO
other lpes of industry.
THOSE men engaged IN de-
Il tense industries can bear Wit
ness 10 the present contribution
made by inStalment credit deal
erS 10 their morale. Millions of
men have migrated from their
-fef'ffef'- homes to distant areas.
and found there the means of
securing credit with which 10
furnish their homes in their new
environment.
This credit method OF selling
has added lmmCasurably 10 cn,-
ploymcnt and prosperity in this
country.
II wouid br impossible 10 op-
crate the business world without
credit. The government has had
10 extend credit to manufacture
erS so that they could convert
their plants 20 war use. Very
few manufacturers. retailers or
men in business can exist with
out credit from banks and credit
from those with whom they do
business.
TiE extension Of credit in
Il creased the standard Of llv-
ing for the American workman
and has resulted in lower costs
10 consumers. not alone 10 those
who purchase on credit, but 10
those having the means 10 pur-
chase for cash.
When automobiles were first
made commercially, only the
very wealthy could afford them.
Henry Ford proved that, hv
mass production. they could be
brought within the means Of tho
average workingman.
Ford introduced tho credit
factor into the science Of selling
offering autouo- I
bileS on long-cxtcndod credit
Detroit evening times., 1943-04-09

WAsHINGToN, April 9-Mr.
" Roosevelt has won his great
est victory over the farm bloc
but at price that was not off
cially posted.
He succeeded in turning back
the Bankhead bill. delaying the
Pace bill, and quieting the RAM
pant farm lobbyists, but the SEN
ate allowed him 20 do it in such
a way that if he Weakens in his
fight against initiation on other
fronts tthe John L. Lewis miner
wage front, particularly these
bills can all be called back and
passed over his veto.
His men did not like this idea
Of hiding the Bankhead bill in
definitely as a Damoclean sword
in the Senate agriculture COM
mittee. Democratic Floor Leader
Barkley worked ardently against
the motion 10 send the bill back
TO the committee. He wanted
a Stralght-out vote on whether
or not the bill should pass by
two-thirds majority over the
veto.
pUT the polls showed in ad-
~ vance of the vote that Bark
ley could not get his way. or
rather the Presidents preferred
way because it may be conf
IDENTIFY assumed he was acting
for the White House Naturally.
the President would like TO feel
entirely free of this Bankhead
threat. 10 deal on other anti
infiationary fronts without the
threat Of future farm trouble.
The farm bloc found out
early that it would lose. It's poll
showed If slX votes short of the
necessary two-thirdS vote 10
pass the bill over the presiden-
tlal veto under the most favor
able circumstances possible.
Meanwhile. Democratic Sem
ator Byrd Of Virginia had as
Sumed inner leadership for the
course which the Senate ulti-
mately followed. lie first started
TO work on the proposition OF
sending the bill 10 the COM
mittce.
THIS drew away from the bloc
Il such an inveterate farm sup
porter as Bennett Clark of Mis-
souri, who never before failed TO
support farm measure.
The reaSonableness Of this at
titudc was clearly stated by Re-
publican Senator Vandenberg.
The President, he argued. had
sent a strong message saying
fatty he could not stop initiation
If the Bankhead bill were passed
over his veto.
The President thus assumed
the responsibility for stopping
initiation. If the Senate passed
the measure, it would take such
responsibility away. Mr.. Roose-
WIZ li'i ti'it e. SllOulu Ut ldktn
AT his word, should be allowed
TO try.
The implication, which no one
made plain, was that if the
President fails in dealing with
Lewis, or by allowing the OPA
TO inch prices up higher and
higher, the situation will he en-
tirely different.
The Senate then would be
able to draw the bill back from
tho committee and rally two
thirds majority for it-or some
thing stronger, even the Pace /
bill
The White House victory thus
really only gave FDR a chance /
TO have his way if he can.
RLlSTERING kilograms, news.
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have made the House rather !
Detroit evening times., 1943-04-09

The world is a comedy "a
those that think, a tragedy TO
those who feel Horace Wal
pole.
Detroit evening times., 1943-04-09
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Evening star., 1943-10-29

With the exception Of a few
items, obviously given to the re-
porterS by press relations officers.
nothing constructive had been
reported.
Yet 1t is well known here that
there had been serious conflicts
Of policies among the representa-
tives of the three powers. Had
there not been Secretary of
State Hull would have not been
compelled to take the long trip
to Moscow. Routine matters
always are settled by diplomatic
representatives on the spot and
do not require the presence of
the head OF the State Depart
ment
The drastic CenSOrlng of the re-
pOrterS had the effect of making
the public more concerned over
what was going on. There is
every justification for applying a
strict censorship on news of
military character Sometimes it
gives away more secrets than any
group of spies could gather.
Should Have Information.
But when it comes to diplo-
macy, to present and future ar
rangements which can affect the
lives Of nations, it is only justi-
fable that some intelligent daily
survey of the progress and diff
culties OF the conversations should
be given to the people.
There was a time not very long
ago when the democratic govern
ments promised to do away with
secret diplomacy. It was said
Evening star., 1943-10-29
Graham Grosvenor Dies;
Air Transport Figure
pv tho a,eoc;o,,sn

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK Oct. 29-Graham
Bethune Grosvenor. SO. special as
sistant to the president of Pan
American Always and since 1927 a
Well-knoWn figure in commercial
aviation, died Yesterday.
A descendant of John Grosvenor
who landed at RoXbury, Mass, in
1856, MIR. Grosvenor was born in
Dubuque, Iowa. and began his career
in Chicago with the Otis Elevator
Co. He was vice president of the
firm from 1918 until 1924 and in
vented several devices for high
speed electric elevators.
In 1923 he was named president
of the Fairchild Airplane Manufac-
turing Corp. and vice president of
the Fairchlld Aviation Corp, which
later served as nucleus of Aviation
Corp, Of which he became president.
The latter firm co-ordinated the
operations of seven airways and
later transferred its air transport
activities to American Airways. Inc.
predecessor to American Airlines.
Evening star., 1943-10-29

| in this country made fight of this
character. In other places they have
had candidates of their own ana
have campaigned more or less de-
corously. In Philadelphia, they
| have no Communist candidate but
assail the Democratic candidate with
violence and fury of which no
previous indication had been given.
In a special Philadelphia edition,
the Communist organ. the Daily
Worker, Mr Bullitt is daily riddled
with invectiVeS and all sorts OF
charges are made against him. Earl
Browder, head of the Communist
party in America, recently made a
virulent attack on Mr.. Bullitt III a
Town Hall speech. Other Com
muniSt orators have followed suit
and the full weight of the Com
munist party is being used to en-
compass his defeat.
! Campaign Reaches Low Level
As a result. the campaign has
reached a very low level, indeed.
Living stories about Mr.. Bullitt S
| life and career have been widely
spread. His words have been dis
torted; his views twisted, and a gen.
eral policy of misrepresentation
/ and untruth pursued. In this the
Republicans have played their part,
but the Communists have set the
pace Issues are in the background; A;
the whole business has become a
personal attack on Mr., Bullitt, in
which the Communists are unprece-
| Identedly yenOmOus.
No secret is made Of the cause
tOf their resentment. MI. Bullltt
went to Russia in 1894 and at first
was favorable to the Soviet system
After three years as Ambassador
he returned. considerably diSlllu-
stoned, and at various times has eX-
pressed his belief that the Russian
form OF government is far more Of
dictatorship than II Is a demOc-
racy, which is simply being realistic
about Russia.
II is also true that he has favored
A realistic rather than a sentiment
tai or apologize attitude toward
Russia generally. For example, he
has felt that while VIC are extend
ing lease lend aid is the time to
make our bargains with Russia and
TX our policy toward RuSsla-and
not afterWard.
Because Of these views and COM
ments (chief among them his club
Evening star., 1943-10-29
The Great Game of Politics.

land carrot" remark) Mr.. Bullitt Is
looked on AS not friendly to Russia
and because he is supposed not to
be friendly to Russia, the Comnu-
mist Party IN America has concen-
Itrated on driving him out of public
life.
Development New in U. S. Politics,
This is a new development in
American politics. Nothing quite
like it has happened before. And it
is new policy for the Communists
.at least, openly new. Heretofore.
they have supported candidates (Mr.
Roosevelt, for example, on the
ground that the things for which
they stood tended toward the "obiec-
tives' of the Communist party.
1t is, OF course, absurd to think
that as Mayor of Philadelphia Mr..
Bullitt would have anything to do
with foreign policy toward Russia or
any other nation. The Communist
press does not contend that he would
But, obviously, their idea is to pre-
vent any man openly unfriendly to
the Soviet system rising in American
politics, and, if they can, to penalize
such men for holding such views.
Facts Not Understood.
If group linked to the British
government in the way the Com
ImunlstS here are linked with Mos
COW conducted a violent campaign
OF defamation against a local candi-
date IN an American city because
they did not like his attitude to-
ward the British, there certainly
would be wave of lndignation
throughout the country. 1t would
be regarded-and properly so-as an
unWarranted intrusion by a foreign
government into our domestic
affairs.
Perhaps the reason there is no
such wave in this case is because
the facts are not generally known
or understood. What effect il will
have IN Philadelphia. where they
are-or, at least, ought to be-un-
derStood, remains to be seen. 1t
ought to help Mr. Bullitt.
Certainly, it Will not improve the
health Of American politics if the
Communist party can demonstrate
its ability to defeat an exceptionally
high-grade man for a purely mu-
nicipal Office merely because it does
not like his personal views on mat
ters not even remotely concerned
with the office he seeks,
Evening star., 1943-10-29
On The Record

According to the testimony, he
was not interested in their activi-
ties, They were just nice fellows.
II want you to understand that
I never had any dealings with
any of these people I have bum
dies OF real important friends of
mine, too. I don't want to men
ton their names"
Mr., Costello lives in a $3,6O0-
a-year apartment and meets
people of refinement among
them, he says, some of the finest,
biggest business men in the coun-
try" Il wouldn't. want to en-
barrass them,' he said with some
dicnity.
SO Mr. Costello is, we should
, believe, running much of New
York politics, out of sheer ami
ability. He isn't interested in
politics. nor does he want any
protection for his dubious ven-
lures. lie is Just a gregarious
chap with a wide acquaintance
from below the gutter to gentle
men of prominence III the politi-
tical and business world.
The question of why he has
so much authority remains COM
plctely unanswered.
Not Even a Plot"
If all this is true, it would be
about the worst thing that could
be revealed about American poll
tics. There is not even a plot,
not even bribery. The whole
thing is just meaningless game
without any prejudices. Perhaps
Mr. Costello, being a gambler,
Just chooses to gamble with Of
fees including Supreme Court
judgeships.
But still, from where does the
Democratic machine get its
money? What do judges have
to deliver, IN order to get nomi-
mated. not only in New York but
in many of our great cities? Does
any innocent think that judges
are picked merely for their COM
petence and record-that party
leaders go around with lamps.
looking for honest and erudite
men?
The party machines need money,
and some one has to pay. Who
should pay except those getting
something out of it? If those
who want something can't paw,
where should they look except
to their friends? And what is
better than friend with loose
money?
THIS case cannot be settled
with the acceptance or diSbarment
of Mr. Aurelio. 1t raises the uues-
ton OF how we run what we call
American democracy. Neither
the Democratic nor Republican
parties are fighting for principles
which attract the powerful con-
vlctlons of the people. They have
become mere devices for the crea-
ton OF careers. struggles between
ms and outs" Every one work.
ing III them has to be paid one
way or another, because no one
will sacrifice time and energy for
purely personal issues except
those who are personally inter-
ested.
Aurelio must be defeated
Nevertheless. his defeat. of itself
Will mean nothing.
released by The Bell syndicats. Ir-D
on to keep the peace is more i'm
ortant than the exact framework
the world organization itself
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ination was sponsored by one
Frank Costello, eX-c0nyic., gam
bier, hootlcsser and sioj machine
operator, to whom, il a recorded
telephone conversation, he had
expressed his thanks and vowed
"unGying loyGltr.'
The case OF Magistrate Aureuo
is now throwing cruel li1ht
unon the whole politics OF New
York City. In the picture that
is emerging, Costello, Who teSti-
fieS that he has never been a
member Of any parry and never
even voted. eme.GeS as the ma
ripulatOr OF the Tammany Hall
machinery. The nomination Of
AuIelio is only a minor incident
III this story Of a career. The
issue Of which of several posi-
b.ljt.cs should be chosen for the
highest bench in New York boiled
down, it seems. to whether the
candidate should be an Italian or
an IriShman. Costello threw his
power to an Italian
At first it seemed that Costello
wished to get some power for
himself through the person of
Aurello. MI. AureliO seemed to
be StOoge OF Nj. Costello. But
as the story unfolds, this is
undercStimati0n of the high
ranking personality of Mr.. Cos
tcllo. He die not need Mr..
Aurelio's ''undying loyalty" Mr..
Aurelio needs his.
Mr.. Costello, according to his
testimony, became the maker and
breaker Of leaders wholly through
social contacts. He met people at
race tracks bars. restaurants. and
they discussed this man and that.
Minor leaders would call his at
tention to this or that person,
present his qualifications. and
Costello would speak to the
powers that managed such mat
ters. His word always brought
with it high consideration.
In intrigucs between district
leaders, MI Costello appears as
arbiter He made decisions and
arranged compromises.
Wouldn't EmharrasS Friends.
Mr Costello testlles to no in
terest III the policies of any party.
lie is only interested in person.
alitles He has moved in fairly
exclusive society, including the
late Arnold Rothstein. Lefke
Buchhalter Buggsy Siegel, Jerry
Catania-Who was a hole in
one" gOlfer-and even, at one
time the great Al Capone.