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Evening star., 1943-10-12
House Group Hears
Leaders Fight Change
In Child Labor Laws

school and church officials and a
Federal executive, testifying before
the National Defense Subcommittee
OF the House District Committee. to-
day opposed any relaxation of Dis
trict child labor laws to permit the
night employment of bows over IA in
bowling alleys.
Representatives Of the Board of
Education and the Washington Fed
eration of Churches objected to a
bill introduced by Representative
Herbert, Democrat. of Louisiana
which would allow boys Of IA and IS
to work in bowling alleys up to II
pm. and boys of Is and II up to
midnight.
Bowling alley operators. support
ing the measure. previously told the
subcommittee that the manpower
shortage was threatening the con-
tinued operation of the alleys.
Robert L. Haycock, acting super
intendent of schools, told the COM
mittee the Board of Education
recommends that boys Is years of
age and over be permitted to work
until 10 pm, provided the total
school and work-dav do not exceed
nine per day and that the working
day shall not exceed eight hours
when school is not in session. He
said the board did not recommend
any change in the law which now
prohibits bows from Ia tn 16 from
| working later than pm.
Mrs. Alice Sheldon, director Of the
Office of school attendance and work
Evening star., 1943-10-12
The Political Mill

conserved. This country is pour
ing out its material resources of
all kinds to make possible the
winning Of the war and to give
aid to it's Allies. Lease-lend is
entirely within the hands of the
administration. 1t is powerful
weapon to see that injustice is
not done to American interests.
1t is right to look after Ameri-
can interests. If our Govern
ment does not do so, no one will.
But it can be done, and should be
Done, without unnecessarily af-
fronting our Allies. II this cOun-
try can not cooperate in a
friendly manner with the United
Nations, and they cannot Coop
crate in a similar and reasonable
manner with us, while we are
allies in desperate war, what
chance is there for cooperation
after the war?
Except for the men in Ameri-
can fighting forces, the people OF
this country are far removed from
the war. We live in safety. In
comparison with the British and
the Russians, we eat magniflcently.
We travel and have so much
money we constantly are told we
are in danger of imitation.
Steps for Victory Hit.
Within the last year the United
Nations have taken the offensive
in a big way. This is due largely
to the tremendous effort made by
this country in the matter of sup
plies to the Allies and of Ameri-
can fighting men. Rightly or
wrongly, many Americans view
victory AS just around the corner.
Yet now there arises volume of
criticism Of the very means which
We have eXerted to gain this ad-
vantageous position in the war. 1t
neither makes sense, nor is it help
full.
Russian demands for a second
'front.' in Europe and her belittling
Of the victories in North Africa and
Italy have not helped. But neither
is Senator Lodges assertion that
l 600 900 Americans could be saved
by Russias allowing us to use Pa
cltic air bases against the Japanese
with its criticism of Russia for
not doing so-calculated to make
for better feeling either in this
country or Russia.
What Russia already has done
on her own Western front, and is
continuing to do. may have saved
more than 900 900 American lives,
Americans would like to see Russia
at war with Japan. At present,
however, Russia is bending all her
efforts to overwhelm Germany. In
the end that may prove a far more
effective way of bringing quick de-
feat to Japan than to have Russia
undertake a war now on the Pa
cific front.
Evening star., 1943-10-12
Id Rather Be Rioht-

ment, and on the smallest unit of
it, too. namely, himself. He has
heard the Governor and has decided
he had better be a rugged individ-
ualist.
A Borrowed Mood.
He looks about him from the
Lockheed-Vega plant, and he knows
all too we'll that the San Fernando
Valley of Southern California Is not
going to be able to solve the prob
lens of that giant factory, BY no
matter what miracles of local self
government.
When he notes the cackling laugh
ter that attends much public dis
cussion of social security, it comes
to him that the joke is on him, and
SO he begins to cackle, too; his way
of cackling being the cynical opera
ton of transferring to another JOB
paying bit more.
If there is moral coldnesS about
some of our big wartime industrial
operations, if the workers in them
sometimes seem to be scrambline
like ants after a spread OF crumbs,
and not keeping their minds on the
war, it is not unfair to say that
they have borrowed this moral cold
ness from above.
The seemingly painless move
mentS of the working force are
really the sum Of many individual
and often pathetic postwar plans.
Jokes Are Catching.
They have been told, over and
over, that they are going to be on
their own, and they have decided
that there Is no better time than
today. This mood distresses
number Of Congressman who eniov
the luxury of being cynical abyr,t
social security, but who sternly de-
nounce cynicism when it shows VI
among their listeners. They hand
out a stone instead of bread, and
are distressed when it is not greeted
with, "Mmmmm. Tastes wonderful"
So, II we wonder sometimes at the
2raSplng for higher wages and Ike
lack of deep spirituality on the part
OF the average Welder, let US undn-
stand that this is just the mood
which Is being prescribed for The
country by those who make Joke
OF freedom from want Jokes are
catching. Moods spread. Are YOU
hrlng today? How much 90 you
pay?
Evening star., 1943-10-12

permits, testified that the be rd con-
sldered night work detrimental to
the physical and menval welfare" of
the children. Her opinion was con-
CURED in by Miss Beatrice McCon-
nell, director Of the industrial divi-
sion Of the Chlldren's Bureau. Labor
Department, who testified that the
result Of the Hebert bill would be to
lower the standards in the exist =
ing law She cited reports from
other cities to show that pnboyS in
bowling alleys. employed at night.
drop out of school or fail in their
studies with greater frequency than
the average.
Taking issue with a contention of
the operators shat night work for
boys would tend to combat the drift
toward juvenile delinquency. Rev.
Francis McPeake of the Federation
of Churches. said that late hours
would be injurious to the health Of
the boys and would impair tne:r
educa ton.
Referring to statements By BOWL
ing alley owners that many var
workers now find recreation in
bowling, Rev. McPeake said:
1T is unWise to sustain the morale
OF adults at the expense of the
morale and the health of childrem. ="
H. w. Arbaugh. president of the
Metropolitan Washington Duck Pin
Operators Association. defended the
Dill, pointing out that bowling is
accepted as wholesome form of
recreation. He said that boys could
easily average so cents an hour for
their work Others who testified
for the operators were; J. w. Wood.
secretary treasurer Of the organiza-
ton; A L. Ebersole. secretary of the
National Duck Pin Bowling Con-
gress, and Percy C. Elicit. former
president of the Washington City
Duck Pin Association.
Representative Russell. Democrat.
OF Texas, chairman of the Subcom-
mittee, said another hearing would
be given the bill at later date.
Evening star., 1943-10-12
Truck Drivers Meet
With US. Conci|iators
To Terminate Tie-up
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
ATLANTA, Oct. Representa-
tlVeS OF the AF'L teamSterS' union
met here today with Labor Depart
ment conciliators and spokesmen
for striking Southern truck drivers
in en- effort TO settle spreading
"eek-old work stoppage that has
piled millions of pounds of freight
into idle terminals.
Robert Borden of Birmingham. in
ternatlonal representative Of the
brotherhood of TeamStcrs, Chauf-
leurS. Warehousemen and HELPERS,
said approximately 25 business rep-
rcsentativeS OF local unions in ma jor
cities OF Georgia, Tennessee. Ala
oama, Kentucky, Mississippi and
Louisiana were on hand for a confer
ence with Commissioner John Lacy
OF the Department conciliation
service.
Meanwhile. Local 729 of East St,
Evening star., 1943-10-12

they were waiting for action by the
War Labor Board on long pending
salary increase proposal
WLB announced in Washington
that no action would be taken until
after the union conference this
afternoon.
WLB Keeps Hands OFF.
Mr. Borden said he understood
both WLB representatives and the
operators were to sit in on confer
ences with the union leaders and
Labor Department conciliators but
Mr.. Lacy said he had not invited
any one except union representa-
tiveS to the meeting
WLB'S regional chairman. w. T.
Van Hecke of Atlanta. said the Re
gional Board was assuming a hands
off attitude as long as the strike
continued and no WLB representa-
tives would meet with the union
leaders.
Evening star., 1943-10-12
This Changing Wor|d-

supplies and reinforcements to
the troops fighting on the west
ern end Of the present line.
The fact that the Germans are
rushing reinforcements from the
north in large number indi-
Gates two things-they intend
to offer a stiff fight in the de-
fense Of Rome and they con-
template bringing further REIN
forcements into Northern Italy
from other theaters of operations.
Allied losses in the last 10 days
of battles are not yet known. The
operations are in course of devel-
opment and consequently they
must be kept secret until a deci-
sion has been reached. But be-
cause OF the bitterness of the
fight in the entire area it may be
assumed that casualties are heavy
on 10th sides.
The British 9th Army under
Gen. Montgomery has an easier
time than American forces under
Gen. Clark. The bulk of the Nazi
forces are opposing the Americans
while only two or three divisions
are trying to hold back the 9th
Army
Hold No Optimism.
There has never been undue
optimism in responsible quarters
regarding the speed of the Allied
advance toward Rome. At one
time it was hoped that the Ital-
ians, who were happy to get rid
of the Nazis and Mussolini. would
90 good Sabotaging job in the
Nazi rear.
But it appears that the ruth
lessness with which the Germans
have dealt with the civilian popu-
lation in Italy has dampened the
enthusiasm of our newly acquired
friends and only local and spo-
radio sabotage has taken place.
1t has not interfered in the
least with the Nazi concentration.
This is evident from the fact that
when we landed at Salerno there
were only three and one half Ger
man divisions in the area while
now the Nazis have about three
times that force.
The success of the campaign in
italy depends largely on the speed
with which we can rush reinforce
ments and supplies to our forces.
The Allied air force is expected
TO bomb effectively the NaZi lines
Of communications from the
Reich into Italy in order to offset
the present advantage of the
enemy, who IS bringing in fresh
troops and supplies by land while
We must move them by sea.
Evening star., 1943-10-12

Samuel Grafton. companies and
the railroads are beginning to ask
for special reserves to tide them
over later on. The railroads want
to be able to purchase equipment
to replace that which they are wear
ing out in the service of the war
The air companies want to have
money enough to buy themselves
time to think when the great silence
comes down over their factories.
Impulse Is the Same.
So these large corporations, too,
are beginning to do their own post
war planning They cant wait
They know day is coming. The
impulse which leads them 10 ask
for special money reserves (in effect,
higher prices is the same impulse
as that which propels their workers
out Of their airplane plants into
shipyards paying higher wages.
Both employers and employees
have the feeling that the war boom
is all there is. there isn't any more.
When they cock an ear to the do
mestic debate in Washington, their
worst fears are confirmed. They
hear all about how we are going to
return to local self-government when
this is over. and each State and
town is going TO solve its own prob
lens, and SO on.
And so the individual worker
trots out of The a!rplane plant TO
the shipyard where he can get $40
more per week. He is merely doing
what Gov. Brjcker tells him to. in
effect; he is relying on Self-govern-
Evening star., 1943-10-12


of the United States and in the
press of the other United Ma
tions. They were extremely
critical of our Allies, Great
Britain sand Russia. Does this
help a united front? Does it
help the war effort? 1t does not.
Senators who are friendly to
the idea of international CO.
operation insist that the reports
were distorted. But that does
not better the situation. 1t
merely emphasizes the mockery
of a Senate secret" session. 1t
would have been better to have
had the reports made in open
session. Then the American
people and the peoples of the
Allied Nations could have had
all the facts.
This week the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee is expected
to take up a substitute for the
Fulbright resolution, adopted
Overwhelmingly by the House,
for international cooperation by
the United States in the post
war period. The immediate sug-
geStion, in some quarters, after
the published reports of the
secret sessions of the Senate,
is that the committee will go
slower than ever; that it will
decline TO propose at this time
a resolution for international
collaboration: in other words,
that it will rebuff the proposal
that the United States should
adopt a definite policy of COL
liberation.
Action Would Set Policy.
The Foreign Relations Com
mittee has it in its power to
add still further to the suspicion
that this country will hold aloof
and turn more and more nation
aliStic. Or it can make this
week a United Nations Week"
by reporting favorably resolu-
ton that calls at least for the
principle of international collab-
Grafton. Certainly all the rea-
sons favor the latter course.
One of the main contentious
of the travelling Senators was
that this country lacked a def
mite foreign policy. Here is an
opportunity to do something
about 1t, so far as Congress is
concerned. The House has al
ready acted The Senate can
act if 1t will, and may improve
on the Fulbright resolution.
Another complaint of the five
travellers was that the United
States should have stronger rep
resentatiVes abroad. That is
something which only the admin
istration can deal with. The
President has The appointive
power.
There is no reason why the
Senators who visited the battle
fronts, encircling the globe,
should rot report on what they
learned. But to broadcast criti-
cisms of our Allies is another
thing. They picked up a lot of
military iniorma ton, beyond a
doubt, which they have withheld
from the public. Why should they
broa d s. other information
which is hurtful to united front
Of the Allied Nations? That they
took the precaution of giving this
information to their colleagues
N secret" session turns out to
be no precaution at all.
Affront to Allies Deplored.
The administration is in po-
sition to look after the interests
OF this country; to see, for exam
PIE, that the petroleum resources
Of America are not depleted while
those OF Britain and Russia are
Evening star., 1943-10-12

against US,
but the Nazis,
W h o appear
determined to
dispute every
inch of the
territory, have
sent in pow
erful in
forcements in
an effort to
make our ad-
vance as eX-
pensive a s
possible.
Evening star., 1943-10-12

cord Con.tantin. Brown.
ing to availa bic reports there are
no fewer than 10 German di-
visions from the Adristic to the
Tyrrhenian opposing the Amer
ican 5th Army and the British
9th Army.
Marshal Albert Kesselring,
who operates under the immedi-
ate orders OF Marshal Rommel,
has adopted the strategy used by
his chief in Egypt. The Ger
mans now have about as many
men on the battlefront as the
Americans and British and they
are aided by the rains and mud,
which always give an advantage
to an army which is on the
defensive.
The Volturno River has been
crossed at some points by small
Allied detachments. 1t is doubt
full whether we can regard this
success as very important when
We have to consider the strength
OF the enemy divisions on the
other bank Of the river.
Stand More Determined.
The old German strategy Of
hit and run has been changed
in spots. AS the Allies continue
to advance the Nazis are putting
up a more determined stand
and the number of counter
attacks has substantially increas-
ed in the past few days.
Gen. Eisenhower, who is di-
recting the operations, has large
enough forces at his disposal
But the facilities of the port of
Naples still are against him.
The harbor is said to have been
cleared, but no ships can dock
yet because all the docking
facilities were destroyed by the
NazlS. AS result barges must
be used to a great extent to take
Evening star., 1943-10-12
New Air Route Proposed

Colonial Airlines, Inc. currently
flying New York-to-Montrea
route, has filed application with the
Civil Aeronautics Board for a new
route from Washington and to Port
land, Me. The line would serve
Washington. Baltimore, Reading.
Pa; New York City. Bridgeport,
Hartford, Worcester, Concord, N. H.,
and Portland.
Evening star., 1943-10-12

back again? Be-
Cau3e he sees no
reason to believe
he is going to
have anything
after this war
Is over, except
what he gets
during it. He is
looking for the
biggest bucket in
which to catch
the brief golden
rain.
The aviation
Evening star., 1943-10-12

henry Mehemore' Hey, did YOU
know that old McLemore is going
in the Army? Maybe we'd better
have him around for dinner before
he leaves"
"Oh, all right, but believe me I
am not going TO use up ary meat
points on him. Well have either
chicken or fish"
This conversation must have
taken place in every household to
which l was invited, because it was
! chicken and fish, fish and chicken.
III swear that if I were going to be
! around here another week l would
be cackling and breathing through
my gills.
| Lemon Pies Flop.
| But that's beside the point What
I really want to discuss today is the
! inability Of any hostess TO pu5
dish in front of you, whether It be
Of her own making or a dish whose
making she supervised, and not
make some sort Of apology for it.
AT every one Of the fish and
chicken dinners I was asked to, the
hostess, knowing me, was kind
enough to prepare one dish that
she knew I especially liked.
/ But so help me, the hostess ac-
companied the serving of the dish
with remarks like these:
L could just cry, Henry. I know
how much you like lemon pie. so I
made YOU lemon pie today, and I
don't know what in the world went
wrong with it l usually have such
good luck with my pastry, but this
one is complete flop"
Well, Henry, I was going to have
real surprise for YOU tonight
know how much you like lemon pie,
so I told Johnny this morning that
was going to make YOU lemon
pie with my own hands. Well, this
4 is the first time this has happened
to me in years. but the filling is
terrible, and the meringue fell"
At another home the hot biscuits
went wrong. They looked perfect
and they tasted perfect, as did the
two lemon pies I have mentioned,
but the hostess was not going to ad-
nit she had reached top form.
My biscuits are usually as light
as feathers, but what happened to
this batch is beyond me-
Time Always Wrong.
1t reminded me OF Correlis Otis
SINNERS story about people show
ing you their gardens No one ever
said, You came just al the right
time to see the garden At its best"
Either YOU should have been there
last week or YOU should come back
next week. You Just happened to
get there when nothing is in bloom.
SO. 1t has gone with the food all
week. have dined on what to me
were perfect cakes, pies. biscuits.
and rolls. but there wasn't a hostess
who didn't think her food had been
failure.
wonder if it will be that way at
Camp Blanding? Do YOU supposs
the mess sergeant will stand at the
door and say, Men. l am simply
( crushed. My mashed potatoes are
usually so faky and light. but TODAY
something went wrong and they are
positively soggy. I just don't want
/ you to judge me as a mess sergeant
by these mashed potatoes. Now
don try to be polite and eat them
/ just on account of me, because I
know they're not up to my stand
ard"
One bit Of information have
gathered cheers me up. I under
stand that the Army gets the choice
cuts of meats from all over the
| country
Evening star., 1943-10-12

now.
w or d OF my
90 n g in t h e
Army h win z
leaked out in my
home town. old
fr e n ds felt
called u pom to
ask me to fare
we'll dinners. I
can pretty we'll
imagine the con-
versation t h a t
led up to these
invitations.
Evening star., 1943-10-12

international
elaboration
the oppo r.
t u n ity to
state h ei +
vers ions Of
t h e reports
made to the
Senate oenlnd
closed q o OfS
by five Sena-
tors who have
lust returned
fro M t h e
battle fronts.
These w c I e
Evening star., 1943-10-12

Louis. Ill. stopped work today as re-
ports from the strike-hit centers
showed an increasing amount of
freight piling up on loading docks as
result OF what Business Manager
p. H. Hall Of the Atlanta teamsters'
local said was strictly a wildcat
strike" An estimated 4.s00 were
idle in Birmingham, Memphis, At
lanta. Nashville, New Orleans and
St. Louis.
Huge Volume Tied Up.
Regional Director John G. Galley
Of the Office Of Defense Transporta
ton said that incomplete reports
from Tennessee. Georgia. Alabama
Mississippi and Florida showed more
than 25000,000 pounds" of freight
tied uD as result of the strike.
Mr.. Galley said he had no report
from New Orleans or points west Of
the Mississippi River.
A spokesman for the operators said
Evening star., 1943-10-12
BY GOULD LINCOLN.

'Dis-United Nations Week" was
held last week. The Senate had
two days of secret" sessions,
which gave the opponents of
Evening star., 1943-10-12

done the Chi
nese people ever
since 1887 h e
year the Chinese
we're first eX-
c ! u d e d from
e n t erin the
United States.
T h e sentence
" h ! C h will at
ira C t W orl d.
W i d e attention
and which is a
splendid example
of st a t eSman-
ship is the fol-
Evening star., 1943-10-12
By SAMUEL GRAFTON.

If we do not do any planning for
the plain man, he is going to do it
for himself. Why does he run from
! farm to air plant to shipyard and
Evening star., 1943-10-12
By CONSTANTINE BROWN.

The road to Rome will be a
long and difficult one for the
Allied forces.
Not only is the weather now
Evening star., 1943-10-12
|Chinese Ban
Lifting Held
Slap at Jops
BY DAVID LAWRENCE,

President Roosevelt sent a nota-
BILE message to Congress this week
when he asked that our National
Legislature correct the injustice
Evening star., 1943-10-12

HE opinions OF the Uriters this their
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented in The
Stars effort to gUe all sides OF questions of interest to its
readers although such opinions may contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
Evening star., 1943-10-12
McLemore-
Good-by Chicken,
Hello Meat
BY HENRY McLEMORE.

II it were possible to develop some
strange ailment from eating chicken
and fish, am sure that would be
in the throes of the ailment right
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-01
See Here, Private Hargrove
Nv MARION HARGROVE
By MARION HARGROVE

your face getting gray and you
wonder why bolt OF lightning
doesn't come TO deliver you
from the prospective torture.
"One. Two. Three. Four.
Five. Six. Seven. Eight. One.
Two"
The first three or four times
are the hardest. After that, yot
get the swing of II. It's really
anne stuff, you decide.
THE next exercise" says the
sergeant, els what we call the
quarter, half and full knee bend.
II goes like this" He shows you.
When you see II, the corners OF
your mouth 60 up IN a sheer OF
derhion (unleSs the corporal is
looking). Ho hum, you say to
yourself. Why do they take up
my time with this play?