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Evening star., 1943-12-16

ser, Democrat, Of Ohio, father Of
much national railway legislation
Fact is, I do not think the rail
employees want it"
The brotherhoods in an action be-
ginning last January sought 30
per cent pay increase. The strike
vote was taken after an emergency
board allowed increases for cents
an hour under the Little Steel
formula which limits raises to IS
per cent above the January /, l94l,
level.
Fifteen incorporating unions also
have taken a strike ballot but are
Withholding announcement of re-
suits pending final congressional ac-
.tlon on a resolution which would
give them a raise Of cents an
hour. Sterilization Director Vinson
vetoed raise of this amount after
1t was recommended last May by
an emergency board.
The brotherhood chieftains. In
announcing that plans called for a
strike of workers on one fourth of
the Nations railroads at 6 am. De-
cember 80 and strikes on other Sc
lected groups of railroads at the
same time on succeeding days, said
they were thoroughly aware OF a
walkout's immediate effects.
In the long run" they added in
a joint statement, such action will
raHnllnH m tho
the war and the present and post
war welfare of the common people
OF this Nation" .
Railroad workers do not believe
that swollen railroad earnings. lar
cenous profiteering. soaring prices
and depressed real wages are neces-
sites TO the, war effort the state =
ment continued. -. ss, (. ,s = q.
Cheap Appeals" ssssea 81
"'They ipsYgye In the...ua4uSev Of
fhings only when ConeesA pssses
bad laws and administrations inter
pret good ones wrongly and execute
them badly. All the frantic and
cheap appAalsssto patriotiansassaed d
bys.the Ofness OF War Mobi1Eafs6n
and War stabilization cannot @ub-
scure this issue. Z. tFE
1T is a mattervof Official record
that the basic wage rates of ali but
substandard wage earners have been
practically frozen for more than a
year. 1t is a further fact that prices
have continued upward.
This state Of affairs cannot be
permitted to go unchsllenged. If
labor does not challenge it a COM
Evening star., 1943-12-16
Both Sides Confident
Railroad Walkout
Can Be Prevented
BY the ASsociat ted Press.

CLEVELAND, Dec. 16.-Rail-
way and Government officials
expressed belief today a Nation
wide railroad strike scheduled in
two weeks would fail to material
I ize, while spokesman for one of
the five operating unions in
volved said we know of no rea-
son why a settlement cannot be
worked out" at mediation meet
ing next Monday.
The meeting was called by the
National Mediation Board after
operating brotherhoods set December
30 and the three succeeding DAYS
for progressive strike" of $50, 900
unionists seeking to enforce demands
for wage increases. The session will
be held in Chicago and will be at
tended by railroad officials and
brotherhood leaders.
Announcing proposed strike
against initiation for the privileged
few and deflation for the many" "
presidents of the brotherhoods said
97.7 per cent of their members voted
for the walkout.
All Are Optimistic.
President H. F. Fraser of the rail-
way conductors, John j. Pelley, pres
ldent of the Association of American
Railroads: Joseph B. Eastman, di-
rector Of the Offlce OF Defense
Transportation and Daniel Loomis,
chairman at sthe. Western Carriers
Conference Committee, were opti-
mistic concerning the outcome Of
the mediation meeting.
I'VE believe We have an absolutely
yJnet case" saMMr. Fraser. "and,swe
,,hbw of no rfasDn why settlement
cannot be worked out at Chicago. I" =
/ Mr.. Pelley declared the out
come remains to be seen, but I'm an
optimist--I just can't see a Nation
wide railroad strike"
Mr.. Eastman asserted, II cannot
and will not believe railroad work
ers will resort to strike and
stop transportation"
Other Union Chiefs Silent.
Presidents of the other brother
hoods voting to strike made no
comment. They are A. F. Whitney
Of the Trainmen, D. B. Robertson
of the Firemen and Enginemen,
Alvanlev Johnston of the Locomo-
tive Engineers and T. c. Cashen of
the Switchmen.
The action brought comment con-
corning the possibility of Govern
ment seizure of the railroads in
event of a strike as was the case
when the Nations coal miners
walked out recently.
Nobody in Congress wants
seizure of the railroads SO far as
I know" said Representative Cros-
Evening star., 1943-12-16

Gratis IN forcing passage Of sub
stltute States rights bill did not
want servicemen to vote. s.,a.-
He made this charge after Senator
Moore, =, Republican,, of Oklahoma
had delivered a. scatflng attack-on
! the New Deal arH had declared that
Ia servicernen's I6te bill sponsored
by Senators Lucas and Green, Dem
ocrat. of Rhode Island was -uncon-
stitutional.
Senator Moore said every one
wanted the soldaers~to-pote, but he
for one did no" want. the admi11tss,
.tration in control of-the vote-eoi-
'lecting machinery He. contended
that President Roosevelt, as n pos
Slble fourth-term candidate, would
have the final decision on operation
Of the machinery.
Senator Moore. a lifelong Demo-
crat until he was elected to the Sen
ate last year as Republican, in
vlted Democratic opponents Of the
Green-Lucas bill to join In an al
lance TO fight the fourth term.
Lucas Offers Compromise.
The Southern Democrats opposed
the measure on the ground that it
would provide for Federal instead of
State supervision of servicemens
balloting. but Senator Lucas said he
was willing to compromise on that
point and would have a modified
version of his bill offered in the
House.
He indicated this compromise
would call for circulation among
servicemen of a uniform ballot for
presidential and congressional Of
fees under supervision of the Army
and Navy. The Army and Navy
would collect the ballots and turn
them over to the States.
From there on Senator Lucas
said. 1T would be up to the States
to decide whether the soldier who
had voted was qualified under the
State law to cast a ballot and the
precinct officials could accept or re-
lect the vote as they saw fit"
Evening star., 1943-12-16

xApprentice allowance claimed.
Post time-l.30 pm.
Evening star., 1943-12-16
Congress in Brief
Ey the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
Senate:
Continues study of bill to limit
informers' suits. d.
Barking Committee may vote on
commodity credit bill, carrying ban
on SUBSIDIES -.
judiciary Subcommittee reopens
liquor shortage hearings.
House:
Takes up deficiency appropriations
hill
Evening star., 1943-12-16

day battle characterized as the
bloodie.t In all Marine Corps his
tory, was one Of three islands
stormed in the operations November
81 to % by marine and United
States Army troops.
Evening star., 1943-12-16
Left Boots Get Breok

Left boots last longest IN the
Army, according to testimony dur
Ing recent trial in Liverpool, Eng
land.
Evening star., 1943-12-16
Sugar Mills Busy

Sugar mills in South Africa are
working almost to capacity under
government control.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-22
Memoirs of H CGnnOHPPr
Dog For Every Man
In Camp Taylor, 1918
By ARTHUR BUGS" BAER

guess I've written about all stages of army life in 1913
except the camp dogs.
Out in Camp Zach were in good spot to get all the
hounds from Kentucky hills Folks those pups used TO
drive in every day report to the recruiting sergeant
dog that into camp one cold winter morning
was so hungry he pointed a chicken feather
We him. and he became the battery mascot mat IS
to saw YOU couldn't drive away from the back door Of
the mess hall,
BY and by, everybody had mascot Then every company
and then every squad and then every cannoneer.
the poochcs started to double up on the battery
commander that they must be hqudated
All because day formal guard mount they fol-
lowed around in columns of four The echoes OF
that laugh still bouncing around in the hills OF Kentucky
don't know what procedure followed but one morn
ing all the dogs had evaporated in transit don't know
whether they were bombarded poisoned.
figured if they could cat artillery food they
immune to further and more deliberate toxins.
They knew the bugle call for pory pory porky without
bit of lean.
All they wanted to do was themselves bowlegged
all and then to sleep the south side of
pleasant dream.
If those pups had stayed out of that formal guard mount
they would still be in the still don't know how they
deported 1t might have been magic flute We
had enough Pe-eyed Pipers.
Copyright Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-22
Better dIth

ONE Of my correspondents
" takes exception TO an an
swer l gave the other day when
/ was asked whether an eggnogg
a day Is effective in relieving a
tired and WORKOUT feeling, be-
cause it has been said that raw
eggs destroy vitamins.
My answer was that eggs
themselves are full of vitaInins.
My correspondent points out
that biochemists have s h ow n
that there is an egg white in
jury factor" and that biotin has
a strong affinity for raw egg
white.
She says that dietitians were
informed by a biochemist that
they should tell their classes and
patients that raw egg white can
keep the body from absorbing
biotin and that, therefore, raw
egg white is not good as such,
but should be cooked.
T AM glad to make this letter
Il public, although / have con-
siderable reservations about the
whole subject of the egg white
injury factor and also about the
great powers of biotin.
Biotin is a growth-stimulating
vitamin; its physiologic activity
has been investigated mostly IN
the lower forms of plant and
animal life.
AS 10 the egg white injury
factor. experiments have sug-
gested that when rats are kept
on a diet containing uncooked
egg white, they develop char
acteristic syndrome known as
egg white injury"
Continued feeding Of this diet
results in the death of the
animal.
1t has been Indicated that the
injury produced is not due 10
the action Of the egg white, but
results from an inter-action OF
protein present in egg white
with the biotin OF the diet.
AS a result the biotin is rem
dered unavailable TO the animal
and a biotin deficiency results,
producing the typical egg white
injury syndrome."
TVIIS is all very we'll, but as /
Il recently pointed out 10 a
doctor, the human body is ca
pable of a good many things
which you wouldn't guess if you
were just reading a single article
in the Journal of Biological
Chemistry.
This particular doctor was
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-22
Buy Wisely.
Live Simply

CARRAMBA! The next morn
- ing the excited town hur-
ried 10 the railroad tracks 10
find the boulder gone-not an
atom Of it in sight. Joe the
Bum lounged over to the mayor
and demanded 10000 pesos
which he got.
Well, how did Joe the Bum
do it? Why, during the night
he collected al his cronies from
roundabout. had them dig a
hole as deep and as wide as the
boulder, rolled the boulder into
1t and covered II up-pronto!
That, folks. is an instance OF
the righteousness, the inventive
ness, the magic Of individualistic
private enterprise versus bureau
cratic stupidity, red tape and
the the obfuScated rigmarole OF
governmental brains" when
confronting a problem.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-22
The Brighter Side

can not understand how I missed
the rest. I must say there is
nothing more interesting to me
than the story that goes with a
tip, If it is a good story.
The race track "fuZZes," or
detectives, are the only persons
who continue to refuse recogni-
ton of the MIA as a legiti-
mate organization devoted to
public service. They insist on
calling the members by crude
title of touts, a term that car
ries implications OF somewhat
unworthy nature and goes back
to a racing period before the
advisers were amalgamated and
certain individuals among them
promulgated tips without that
conscientious effort to first es-
tablish the reliability thereof
that is characteristic Of the
members of the MIA.
believe I have already told
you that Horse Thief Burke"
chairman of the beefs committee
OF the MIA is in the armed
forces. The last heard of him
he was in camp at Columbus, o.,
and had been made the camp
fire chief. 1 presume this was
because of his facility for get
ting dressed and out quickly,
which he acquired from long
experience with landlords knock
ing at his door.
HCOLLAR BOX KEEL Y"
~ tells me that Marble
Eyes is in the navy. THE
Dream" is in a southern camp.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-22
What War Bonds Buy

The tradition Of American
cavalry threads back to Indian
warfare days. and although mod
ern armies arc largely motorized
today, the cavalry still plays an
important role. Sturdy, we'll
trained horses and excellent
equipment and trappings are
necessary.
When mon arc in the saddle
for hours, their saddles, saddle
rolls and other equipment must
he made TO stand the wear.
Complete with carbine and hell
NETS, the equipment for the cav
alrymen runs into hundreds of
dollars. You can help provide
this with your War Bond pur-
.chases. II you have not dorr so,
join the Pay Roll Savings Plan
and put 10 per cent of your in
come into War Bonds.
u, 9. Treasury Department
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-22
On the Side

Who shall tell the lddys grief
When her cat bOds past relief?
Who shall number the hot tears
Shed DER, beiov'd for years3
Who shall say the dark dismdy
Which her dying caused this day?
Christina Rossetti.
(Abeve is from a long poem
by the brilliant Miss RoSsetti
written in memory Of her cat,
Grimalkin, VINO passed on at
the age of 10ls years.
Ut has been claimed that II
takes a highly intellectual per-
son really to appreciate a cat.
-EVDD
WHEN Bob Feller was seven
w years old his father started
him practiclng pitching.
When Bobby Jones was seven
his father gave him a set Of golf
clubs for Christmas.
If you want your son 10 be a
champion or a star in baseball,
football or golf you better get
him interested in the chosen
sport early in life.
A young matron who says
she likes 10 combine the old
and the new in furnishing and
decorating her house asks for
A quotation for wall motto to
hang in the living room.
Something about the peace
and quiet one finds at home
these days" she says.
How about this excerpt from
a poem by Dora Greenwell;
A tcorld of care pithout,
A t0orld of strife shut ont,
A World Of love shut an.
O-The DiMaggio family has
W three boys in the big leagues.
Now you name a family that had
five boys in the big leagues or
send me a Wheeling stogie by
return mail.
Aft the family you mention
was not the Delehanty family
I will send you the stogie.
Q-Why don't they have a
system of heating which would
permit a fellow 10 press a but
ton near his bed on a cold morn
ing and thus cause the house TO
be well heated when he got up?
A-They do have heating sys-
TENS like that. We have a
press-the-button heating system
in our house.
However, the button Is not
right near the bed but there is
no reason why it couldn't be-
Owe expect a blessed event
soon. 1t may be twins. Have
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-22

7 WONDER that France ever
4 got anything done. Politics
was her disease. Instability was
her emotional weakness. Cor
ruption was her undoing. And
all of this with a latter-day
cheap cynicism-combined 10
bring France 10 the hell-hole Of
defeat and despair in June, 1910
However. Id rather see
France free with her wishy-
washy parliaments and worm
wood cabinets than see her with
out even the forms of individual
iStic democracy. But / fear
that republican France is no
more. No matter how free"
she becomes, il is my opinion
she will accept dictatorship.
The glamour OF the two Ma
poleons has not faded from
Marianne's eyes.
HERE S a story l read some
H time ago in Christopher
Wren's book Of short stories,
"Odd-But Even SO" gripping
yarns, by the way.
Jose II rnan d ez was the
champion bum, panhandler and
bloodhound Of all Central Amer
lea, Senior Joe sat all day on
a bench in a park in a banana
town waiting for a centavo or
two 20 be tossed into his hat.
One day a giant boulder rolled
down the rou tain, went
through the town, smashing
everything in its path and AT
last repoSed on the railroad
tracks.
The mayor and his cabinet"
went into a huddle. No crane
in the town-''no nothing" so
10 speak. How 10 remove this
boulder, as high as a tree? No
body had any ideas. The rail-
road was tied up and so was
the town.
I'll give 10000 pesos" said
Mayor De Los Banana, ito any
one who will remove the
boulder"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-22
Pa pers Clipped
To Hide Data

"EXcised at the border" is not
a new surgical technique. 1t
is a 24-hour wartime operation
deemed necessary TO protect our
soldiers and sailors from the
Axis. Actually, the dictionary
defines "eXcision-the act of cut
ting out or off" That is what
happens TO a local newspaper in
transit from the publishing office
TO the home town boys seeking
news of the community in their
far off posts of duty.
Postal censors at border con-
troll stations are obliged 10 use
their scissors on all printed
items which disclose troop move
ments and locations.
The recipients are often puZ-
zled about the clipped items.
They usually assume IL is some
thing vital deliberately kept
from their eyes when il is moth
ing more than their exact adj
dresses and unit Identification.
These government examiners
know that a seemingly insignifi-
cant news item or a complete
mailing address when considered
alone is not important Informal
ton 10 the general staff at Ber-
lin or Toxic. However, when
these tiny pieces of military and
naval data are pieced together
the resulting mosaic provides A
pretty good picture of the
strength or weakness Of Ameri-
can forces.
or course. Axis agents could
probably obtain the vital infor-
nation from other sources. It
is not patriotic TO hand them
military data on a platter. One
way TO give the postal censors
more time TO detect more subtle
information leaks is 10 delete
data about troop movements at
the source-here at home.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-22
DIR. Logan CIendening
Raw
Eggs

worried about some patients
who had had continued fever
and who had not been able TO
eat very much for several
weeks.
He thought they must be just
full of vitamin deficiencies and
that their blood wouldn't coagu-
late.
But it just so happened that
they weren't full Of vitamin de-
ficiencies and their blood did
coagulate.
One biochemist stated that
biotin is so powerful in its eff
fects on life that il is felt in
such, minute amounts as one
part in 50O,000,0O0,000.
Yet is can't overcome a little
white egg?
DEGRADING egg white in
IL jury, there is one question
l would like the biochemists 10
explain: Before chicken is
Matched. il Is in a state in which
it is saturated with raw egg
white.
In fact, that is about the only
kind of protein it gets, and I
would like TO see a newborn
chicken suffering from the egg
white injury syndrome.
Also weasels and others Of
that family, such as skunks,
suck raw eggs a good deal, but
/ never heard OF one with egg
white injury.
My acquaintance with skunks
has impressed me with their in
souciance and complete lack of
vitamin deficiency.
Understand, / am not crab
bling: just trying TO adjust bio
ehemics TO nature.
General Pershing said TO some
young officers:
eff the landscape does not
agree with the map you have
drawn of II, consider the posi-
bility that the landscape Is cor
rect"
QUESTIONS, ANSWERS
A. S.-Can you tell by X-ray
whether tuberculosis is active?
Is il a true test? How do you
know whether one is carrier
Of the diSease7
Answer - The X-ray shows
the existence of tuberculosis,
but not necessarily whether 1t
is active or not.
This, however, can be decided
by examining the chest with a
stethoscope and by examining
the sputum for the presence OF
the germs Of tuberculosis.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-22

you some names for twins we
could be considering?
We are tired of arguing about
what TO name the baby if il is
only one boy or girl.
Awhile we haven't a very
fancy selection of names for
twins on hand we can give you a
few combinations to argue about
until we get some others,
Ask your wife how she likes
Velma and Selma. Hedda and
Media, Sue and Prue or May
and Fay.
For male twins we have only
on hand the names Of Don and
John.
Naming boy and girl twins Is
easy by use of such combinations
as Charles and Charlotte, Fred
and Fredrika, Joseph and Jo-
sephine, etc.
bridget PRIT G II z T T.
- Model. She just has been
admitted to the My Name Is a
Poem Club, of which organiza-
ton Hugh Blue is president. Fay
Wray vice president, and Ed
Head, second vice president.
In addition to having a poetic
name, Miss Pritchett is the only
model in the country named
Bridget.
At one time this was a very
popular name, but around the
turn of the century whenever
anybody told a joke about a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-22

dumb Irish servant girl they
gave her the name of Bridget.
This made the name unpopu-
lar.
Dick Hyman. Newspaper SYM
dictate executive.
Mr.. Hyman's hobbies are
growing dahlias, collecting auto
graphs of left-handed cefebri-
ties and discovering the exist
ence of quaint laws.
He recently discovered there
Is a statute in Arkansas which
permits a man TO spank his wife
once a month.
Speaking of legislation with
which the public is not generally
familiar, we would like TO call
attention to the fact that ac-
cording TO the laws OF the state
of Michigan a wife's clothing be-
longs to her husband.
So, lady, if you live in Detroit
you better behave yourself and
be very kind to your husband or
he will take his mink coat away
from you.
DISPATCH says that during
IL the month of December.
1912, three steakless days were
endured" in United States Sem
ate Restaurant in Washington.
What do they mean tlASs
steakless days were endured
by the senator's in a month?
Why, if we get steak twice a
month in our neighborhood we
think we are lucky.
Some girls now have compacts
on which is pasted a photograph
OF their soldier, sailor or ma
rine sweetheart. Very romantic.
Something similar TO a hus-
band having his wife's pictures
in his watch case.
In 1915, according to statis-
tics, nine out of every 10 hus-
bands carried such pictures.
In 1925 only five out OF 10
husbands did so.
And in 1910 only one husband
In 10 had a picture of his loving
wife In his watch case.
I don't know whether this Is
due to the decrease in romantic
husbands or the increase in the
wearing of wrist watches.
81 gave him the best years Of
my life" is a saying often heard.
AS to what are the best years
OF a woman's life experts say
they are those between the ages
of 25 and 40.
The best years Of a mans life
are said to be between the ages
of 80 and SIS.
Copyright, 1913, by King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-22
March Of Events
BY BENJAMIN DeCasseres

nON'T buy anything that isn't
~ necessary. With the govern
ment having the first call on all
that is made-even food you
increase the scarcity OF an
article when you buy.
That sends the price UP. And
when the price goes up the value
OF your dollar in purchasing
power goes down. That's infia-
ton. Initiation means ruin. Eggs
at IS a dozen means that your
money is no good. Don't spend
unnecessarily. Put your money
in bonds or IN the savings bank
(whcre 81 VIII GO into bonds).
Live simply--and VIGOROUSLY.
NIHEN the Vichy government
w recently abolished the
French Parliament II abolished
u say IL with great regret
tho weakest parliamentary body
in the world.
The French Parliament OF the
Third Republic misused both its
courage and authority. II over
turned cabinets and even forced
a president TO resign merely 10
show that il was "vox popuh."
The French. the most brilliant,
the most civilized and the most
evenly balanced people mentally
in the world, are paradoxically,
also the most stupid. the most
irresponsible and most foolish
people on Garth.
- These latter faults were re-
tcted more and more in the
Ast 70 years. The Chamber of
Deputies, the Senate--and the
cabinets of France. except in
rare instances, never had a def
mite policy of any kind for a
month at q time.
Some cabinets did not last a
day. The Parliament was split
into a number of parties, these
parties into dozens of blocs, and
in back Of the blocs stood politi-
cal. religious-and often traitor
ous-prcSsure groups.