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In these days of strife and un-
certainty, the average man and
woman hears so many stories and
rumors, concerning SO many diff
ferent subjects, that the truth
about the happenings of the world
are often concealed Naturally,
the winning of the war is the
prime interest of every American,
but there are those in this coun-
try who are not worthy of the
name, men and women who would
prolong the war and the terrible
sacrifice of human lives, merely
to advance their own selfish in
terests.
Labor has long known its en-
emies, long has recognized that
the fight of the working man and
woman must be carried on in
many places and on many fronts,
both within and without its own
ranks. The United Automobile
Workers, long suffering in the
battle for decent standards of liv-
ing for the American workers, has
had a rule that has stood the test
of many years, What enemies of
Labor like, IS BAD FOR LABOR"
That rule has saved many ad-
vantages that we have won in
the past for our membership, and
that rule will continue to protect
us in the future. We must care
fully examine every proposition
that is put before us. We must
consider not only the motive, but
we must also study the people
who present such problems, as
well as those who are the orig
inators.
In such a democratic organi-
zation as the Congress of Indus
trial Organizations, influences can
work both from within and with
out, and it is the duty of every
member, not only to himself and
herself, but to their fellow work.
ers, to consider the after effects
of all changes that may be pro-
posed in our present methods of
doing business with management.
Slick tongued politicians who
promise the world with a fence
around it are also a menace to
the worker, a menace that must
be fought with every weapon at
our command. It is a wel1-known
fact that the balance of political
power lies in the working men
and women of every community,
but it is equally well-known that
as long as the worker has a full
dinner pail, THAT POWER WILL
NOT BE USED! Politicians depend
on that fact.
That is why we r preparing
for the future, a future in which
the benefits that you derive from
organization can only be pro-
tected by concentrated political
action, and the election of repre-
sentatives who will be fully aware
of their duty to all workers. That
is why we fight to protect every
, 1943-10-14

Questions ond
Answers

Question. What special restric-
tons apply with respect to work
ers in occupations in the new
sList of Critical Occupations"
Answer. When employment sta
bilization programs are amended
to conform with Regulation No. Z,
workers last employed in critical
occupations may be hired only i'm
jobs to which they are referred by
the Employment Service. Like
wise, no employer may hire a
worker fer a job in one OF these
occupations unless the worker has
been referred to him by the
Employment Service. This control
is necessary to insure that work.
ers with critical skills will be
used in this jobs in which they
are most needed in the war ef-
fort
@. What can employers do to
cooperate in the Employment
Sterilization Program?
A. 1. They should get In touch
with the nearest local office of the
United States Employment Service
and acquaint themselves with the
controls on hiring and recruitment.
2. They should make a con-
scientious and thorough effort to
persuade workers who want to
quit essential war jobs to stay
ON these jobs and should seek to
remove the causes of wasteful
labor turnover.
3. They should issue or deny
Statements of Availability in ac-
cordance with the terms of the
program.
4. They should hire and recruit
workers only in accordance with
the terms of the program.
@. How should workers coop
crate in the Employment Stabil-
ization program?
A. 1. Workers who are employed
fuII-time at their top skill i'm work
which contributes to the war ef-
fort should stay On the job.
2. Workers who feel that they
can contribute more effectively to
the war by changing jobs should
nevertheless stay on their present
jobs until a decision as to their
eligibility for a transfer has been
made.
3. Don't shop for a job just to
get more money.
@. If an employer hires a work.
err contrary to the provisions of
the applicable Employment Sta
biIization Program, what penal
ties are there?
A. IL an employer hires the
worker at a wage higher than he
received ON his last job the m
ployer is subject to criminal pros
ecution which may result in a fine
of a $1,000, a year In prison, or
both. Furthermore, all wages paid
by him to the worker may be
disregarded when he computes his
!. costs for income tax purposes, for
price increase purposes or for
government contracts. Further
more, IL he is violating the pro-
gram, the Employment Service
may issue Statements CT Avail
ability to all of his workers and
may refuse to refer other workers
to him. Action may also be taken
through other government agen-
cies.
@. If any employer hires a
worker in violation of the pro-
gram but does not pay him a
wage higher than he was getting
, 1943-10-14
Do You
NEED 4 TRUSS?

Call KE-2621 and make an ap-
pointment for day or night. Our
expert truss filter will examine
and fit you with the proper truss.
You may veal it ten days and
If you are not entirely satisfied,
return it and your money will be
refunded
No need to suffer from rupture
when such a liberal offer Is made
to you right here at home.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-25
The Saviour of the World"

1.-THE Saviour of the World"
St. Matthew's Lutheran, Seven
teenth and Ann streets. service at
1890 am Saturday. Sermon.
'Earth's First Christmas Morn
ing" by the Rev. Carl. H. Fisher.
Grace Methodist church, the an
nual Christmas Communion will
be held at II o'clock Saturday
morning. The public has been in
vited to come and go anytime be.
tween IL and II O'Clock.
Winter Park Presbyterian
church, morning worship services
will be conducted at II am. by
the Rev. Alfred K Dudley, pas
tor. The sermon subject will be
Favored of God" Sunday school
will be at 10 am and the Young
Peoples League at 1880 pm.
Pearsan Memorial Presbyterian
church, evening worship will be
conducted at 1880 pm The sermon
subject will be "Once A Year. "
The Young Peoples League will
meet at GAS pm.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-25

ton Ministerial association.
The Rev. Russell H. Caudill de-
livered the sermon at II o'clock.
The Rev. o. K. Ingram pronounc-
ed the invocation and the Rev.
James H. Butler, the benediction.
Christmas music was furnished by
the Shipyard choir.
The evening service will be con-
Quoted by the Rev. Carl Fisher,
DR.. Fred S. Paschall and the Rev.
Mr.. Butler. Miss Ann Ruth Wa1i
will sing.
SATURDAY SERVICES
The following churches will hold
services on Christmas day:
Church of God, Fourth and Mar
stellar streets, service at $3.50
o'clock Saturday.
St. Pauls Lutheran, Sixth and
Market streets, traditional early
Christmas service at pm. Satur-
day. The Rev. Waiter B. Freed
will deliver the sermon, entitled
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-25
TWO UNIONS CALL OFF
THREATENED STRIKE
Continued from Pare One)

Anxiety over the rail situation
was augmented by controversy
in the steel industry, another vital
home front in the war effort. There
the contracts of $50, 900 workers ex-
pire at midnight.
CLIO President Philip Murray de-
clared in a statement that "a grave
situation has been created" by the
War Labor Bord's rejection of a
petition which would have contin-
ued existing contracts and made
pay adjustments retroactive. Pitts
burgh sources expressed d b
that all of the steel workers would
stay on the job. The WLB held
an afternoon session on the prob
en-.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-25

in the United States there has
come the means of stepping up the
attack on Japan without prejudice
to the primary campaign against
Germany. Mr.. Roosevelt noted
that the around-the world flight Of
General George c. Marshall, Ar
by chief of staff, following the
Cairo and Teheran conferences,
10 talk with General Macarthur
and Admiral Mint will speed
plenty of bad news for the Japs
in the not too far distant future"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-25
CHURCHES PLAN
SERVICES TODAY
Special Service Conducted
During Lunch Period
At Shipyard M

Most churches throughout Will
mington have arranged Christmas
services for Saturday as well as
Sunday.
Special Christmas services were
conducted during the lunch peri
DDS Friday for the first and sec
ond shift employees of the North
Carolina Shipbullding company.
under the auspices of the Whining
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-25
SECRECY IS LIFTED
FROM CONFERENCES
CONTINUED from Page One)

is to be pressed home relentlessly
in preparation for coming multi
nle Allied invasion drives on the
continent.
3. That out of the agreements
,eached with Russia and China
md of the increasing war output
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-15

Grief-strcken John Shafer of Chicago viewing the
body of his 4yearod stepdaughter who he beat to death
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-23
Who Asked Scorza?

Carlo Scorza, secretary general OF the
Fascist party in Italy, took it upon him
self to reply to the ultimatum given by
President Roosevelt and Premier Church
i'll. On behalf of Italy, he assumes to re-
ject our demand that the Italian people
cast off the yoke of Fascism and get out
of the war, while there is still something
left of "this Italy, which God made very
beautiful"
But who asked Scorza? Who is Scor-
"a? Is he the Italian people? Far from
it. He is just spokesman for the very
cancer that the Italian people have been
invited to cut out themselves before we
do it, more painfully, on their behalf.
Scorza cannot speak for the people OF
Italy in this matter any more than that
higher heel, Mussolini, can speak.
There is only one reasonably satisfying
denial that can come from Italy, as dis
tinct from the Fascist party. That is the
admission, already made by some news
papers there, that the Germans actually
control the country so that it could not, If
it would, throw off the shackles and reas-
sumo national self-government. 1t is
doubtful whether either Mr.. Roosevelt or
NAl. Nllo1 Illlll Wdo 11OlFC C1lOuS1l w SAPNSo
the Italian people to attempt to revolt
against their German masters and Hit
ler's puppet, the fat boy of Rome.
Presumably that they did have in mind
was that when Anglo-American troops
swarm across the Strait of Messina we
should like to find the Italian mainland
ers as cooperative in their welcome as we
have found the common people of Sicily.
We can and will whip them anyway. Their
reaction will make relatively little differ
ence in the immediate military outcome.
But after their armies have been soundly
trounced, and our victorious legions move
north toward Hunland, we do not want
to have to leave strong occupying forces
behind to protect our rear.
The less men we have to transport,
equip and maintain in Italy for that pur-
pose, the more men we can send in the
posse that will scour the mountains and
valleys looking for the Austrian murder
er who started this cruel war. So don't
pay any attention to Scorza or, for that
matter, to Bellicose Bento. They count
less and less every day. 1t is the COM
mon people of Italy to whom our COM
munications are addressed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-23
A Thought for Today
Grave Accusation

The charges which Representative Mel
win J. Mas has made against the WPB
are so serious and so specific that he
should not stop with them. He should
give further details, on the basis of which
a competent, objective investigation
should be made to determine whether the
War Production Board actually is using
the paper shortage as a weapon for cen
Sorship.
The Minnesota Republican says fatty
that magazine was blackjacked out of
publishing an article on "the lack of
unity of command and failure to have
adequate air support in the Pacific" by
threat that, if the piece appeared, the
WPB would deprive them of paper need
ed for future issues.
The magazine, the writer and the CEN
6or were not named. The subject is one
close to Mr.. Mas heart, since he did
a hitch of active duty in the South Pa
cific, and might be one on which his in
formation would be first hand
He charges further that a book pub
Usher was refused paper to print book
by Mas himself about the Pacific situa-
ton, though the WPB had not seen the
manuscript and did not ask to look at it.
This, surely, was personal enough to be
out of the hearsay classification.
And further, the congressman processes
to know that paper is being allocated to
new magazines to be started this year,
though established publications are be-
ing cut down. If any one of these things
is true, official heads ought to roll in the
dust of summertime Washington If they
are not, then Mr. Mas ought to be shown
UP as a viciouSly careless spreader OF
gossip In view of the number of response
BILE newspapermen connected with this
branch of the WPB, it is difficult to i'm
agine that such a situation as Mr.. Mas
charges could exist with responsible
sanction.
But the allegations cannot be laughed
off on that account. There have been in
stances in which ideologically- minded
underlings have exceeded their authority
and done inexcusable things that their
superiors never would have approved.
Freedom of the press is too vital to be
let go by default. The things Mr.. Mas
describes would be grave blows at free
dom of the press They should be very
easy to prove or disprove.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-23

FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover expresses
grave concern about the tremendous in
crease in juvenile delinquency Mr.. Hoover
tells of the destruction of industrial and
railroad property through youthful and
practical jokes and he says it "can prove
as serious menace to the success of
Americas war effort as deliberate, enemy
inspired sabotage" He tells of cases in
which boy set fire to large supply of
inflamable boxes in California, and other
boys placed oak planks across a railroad
track over which an ammunition train
was to pass. Other children placed spikes
in railway switch. Still another cut
air hoses on four railroad cars in an ap-
parent attempt to wreck the train. Hoover
is appealing for greater effort than ever
by parents, families, schools, churches,
youth organizations and law-enforcement
agencies to provide wholesome and con-
structive outlets for the energies and tai
ents of American youths. He asks the
public to help keep the boys from getting
into so much trouble.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-23
LOOKING BACKWARD
New York SUM

N2NSW Va n GUM
In the year 2013 or Whereabouts
Great grandpa will be telling the
children about the Last War. So in
the summer of 1913, he will be say
ing, things looked pretty black.
Hadn't the United Nations just con-
quered Tunisia, one of the brighter
great-grandchildren will ask, and
weren't they pounding the Axis from
the air? Yes, he will agree, we were
winning victories all right and get
ting ready for the bigger ones of
which you have all read in your
school books. was just short of
draft age and 1 was scared it would
be over before could get there. But
it wasn't the outside of the war that
looked black. 1t was the inside.
Great-grandpa will sigh heavily.
Lots of swallows around this year,
he will observe. The brightest great
grandchild will reply that they
aren't swallows just over the barn
'roof-theyre commuters, mile up,
coming home from work. 1t looked
black, the old man will resume. The
spring had been too cold. The sum-
mer was too hot. We couldn't get
our washing done. In those days,
you know, we had our shirts washed
instead of throwing them away. We
were afraid to take the car out for
fear the OPA would get us. Are they
extinct now? the youngest great
grandchild will ask, wide-eyed. They
have been seen in the Rocky Noun
tains, the old man will reply, but to
all intents and purposes they are
extinct. We couldn't get hired girl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-23
Our Number One" Postwar Drink?

Evidence that after the war the teapot
may cause the first major change in
u. S. consumer habits since cigarettes
emerged from the last war continues to
pile up in the form of letters written home
from our troops abroad, news dispatches,
special magazine articles and photographs
from all the Allied fighting fronts - in
Guiding closeups of General Macarthur
New Guinea and General Echelberger
doing the same following the victory at
Buna.
It would seem no exaggeration to pre-
dict that when the boys come home they
may start the teapot on the road to be-
coming as much symbol of America as
it is of England, or as the Somovar is of
Russia. AS short a time ago as twelve
months that prediction might have been
laughted out of print, and those laugh
ing loudest would probably have been the
very same young men who have now be-
come, to quote phrase in asrecent letter
received from one OF them, confirmed tea
addicts", because they have discovered
that far from being sissy" parlor drink,
1t is actually the "fghtingest drink in
the world.
We hear from Ernie Pyle, for example,
that "the Raj. custom of spot of tea
in the afternoon ought to be introduced
in America" From tea drinking Aus
tralia, the United Press reports that 'the
u. S. Army stationed here has acquired
the custom of morning and afternoon
tea" In recent article in the Saturday
Evening Post, two U. S. writer's from
Cairo declared that Americans in the
Middle East had definitely taken up the
tea habit and predicted that as result
there will be marked rise in tea con-
sumption in the U. S. after the war is
over" And from Henry McLemore in
England we learn that the biggest tea
d-inker in the British Isles today" is
young U. S. flyer from Mississippi who
had never touched the stuff before but
now sWears he twill have it every day"
after he gets home
Well, stranger things have happened.
And when you stop to think of it, it
wouldn't be so strange after ALL Tea is
not only the most popular drink in the
world but also the most economical, with
the single exception of water And up
to now, the U. S. is one of only few
members of the large family of United
Nations who do not boast of tea as their
rational drink.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-23

does anything wrong. We can be
pretty sure hiatt it is the Spirit of
God Himself-and not the spirit of
Satan-which gives us troubled
conscience under these conditions.
That idea of God which looks upon
Him always as the Giver OF pleas
antness and pleasure finds no justi-
fication in the Bible. The Lord is
indeed full of mercy and loving
kindness, but the very fact that He
is, causes Him to be extremely severe
in His treatment of erring men; not
for the purpose of Furnishing them
but for the purpose of turning them
from their evil. God sent the spirit
of discomfort and misery on Saul
not to punish him but to make his
wickedness so apparent to him that
he would see it in all its hideous-
ness and turn from it.
The next time you have a sore
conscience, think about 1t as one OF
heavens best gifts. God has sent
a spirit Of heaviness and distress
upon you, not that He might repay
you for your evil, but that He
night redeem you from It,
All Rights Decentralization News
paper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-23

Louis Buchalter, a thug known popu-
larly as Lepke, is serving federal sentence
of IA years on narcotic charge, which
has II years to 60. Meanwhile he has
been convicted of murder in New York
State, sentenced to death, lost all appeals
and awaits resentencing. The federal
government refuses to turn this gorilla,
one of the most unsavory characters in
modern criminal history, over to the
state of New York for execution. For some
bureaucratic reason it appears to have
been decided that before being electro
cuted for one of the many murders for
which he is responsible, he must be
boarded by the citizenry another II years.
Presently he is in house of detention,
"gentlemen's club" of incarceration, and
not even in penitentiary. Note that on
your income tax receipt
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-23
Sources For Oil

Claims are made in Washington to the
effect that if peacetime practices of drill
ling for new Oil wells were continued that
most of the shortage of petroleum and
it's derivatives would be met
The present demand for oil for military
purposes was recently estimated by the
Office of Lieutenant General Somervell
at one million barrels daily, exclusive of
aviation gasoline and lubricants. The
United States requires about 4,120,000
barrels of oil daily for all purposes.
Apparently parts of South America
have extensive oil fields. Mexico must
have good deal of oil, too, as it con-
fiscated British and American oil proper
ties in 1888. The Netherland West In
dies have major source of supply locat-
ed only 4,120 miles from Great Britain.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-23
THOSE VACATION TRIPS
New London Day.

tNcW LOllOOIl lay
So you want to go on a vacation
trip on 'saved-up" A coupons? If
you have a B or G supplemental
ration, for necessary driving to and
from your work or in connection
with your Job, prepare to part with
some of these coupons when you get
your permit for the A coupon vaca-
ton. This, says the OPA, is only
fair. If you are away from your job
for two weeks you won't use the
gas you ordinarily would in travel
ing back and forth to work, etc.
Therefore, in some states at least,
supplementary B and G books will
be tailored" to fit the circum-
stances. The result will be that the
motorist intending to chisel little,
and toss in few B or G coupons on
that vacation trip, is going to be
handicapping himself seriously on
his essential travel.
And, when one stops to think OF
it, there may even be a saving of
gas for this drought area in this
business. Assume, for instance, that
the man asking permission to use
four or five saved up" A coupons
for a vacation trip lives eight miles
from his work and is forced to use
his car for this trip each day. If he
is away IL working days he will have
avoided Is miles of driving to and
from work, each day, or total OF
1872 miles, whereas if the vacation
list has four A coupons in reserve,
each good for three gallons, he can
only get 100 miles of driving out
Of them at Is miles per gallon. 1t
looks like a net driving mileage saw
ing of IL miles. If he has five
coupons for the vacation spree" it
means 225 miles of driving, or a net
"loss" of 80 miles, etc.
And. while you are at it, take
heed of another OPA ruling. If you
can get permission to take vaca-
ton trip with accumulated A
coupons, the OPA says it has no
objection if you tow your neigh
bors gasless car to some vacation
spot. Watch this, because even II
the OPA hasn't any objection the
state motor vehicle department or
the police may not approve towing
a gasless car a considerable dis
tance) Hence there is the pleasant
prospect of a vacation trip to Lake
Whoozis or Sand Burr beach, haul
ing your neighbours jalopy after
yours, if you care to look forward
to 1t. You might even make up a
caravan, or train" of gasless cars,
with Juniors coaster wagon on the
end so the young hopeful can call
it a caboose and pretend he Is the
train brakeman.
What the OPA will think up next
we confess we don't know, but this
towing scheme does at least help
somewhat IN standing the recent
humidity.