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The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-11-22

family responsibilities and never
get a chance to develop as adult
women. She claims that this lack
OF development Is reflected in most
men-who don't become real adults
either.
Miss Halves makes q strong
plea for adequate child care, for
community cooking, for decent
housing that can easily be cleaned
so that women won't be tied to
broom handles and wash boards
the major part Of their lives.
The basis for Miss Halves book
was a production job she held in
the Wright Aeronautical Plant at
Paterson, N. j., where she learned
at first hand that the so-called
highly paid war workers aren't
making mint Of money.
Taking a crack at Rlckenbacker,
she says that "the idea that the
average worker in any war in
dustry is highly paid or as Is popu-
larly supposed, bathes daily in
champagne, is sheer Nazi propa-
ganda."
Miss Halves doesn't come right
out and say so, but it's pretty
plain that she had her book In
mind when she took the job.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-11-22
New Auxiliary
Pamphlet

Washington, Nov. 2O-"Lets Get
Organized" is the title Of the CLIO
Auxiliary Manual just issued by
the Congress OF Women's Auxlli-
aries of the CLIO. The title page car
ries this quotation from President
Philip Murray: II urge our CLIO
affiliates TO cooperate with and
support the Congress Of Women's
Auxiliaries in its work to mobilize
the women in our homes and in our
communities behind the CLIO pro-
gram"
Every aspect Of auxiliary work is
covered In this "a page pamphlet.
It tells why auxiliaries are impor-
tant, their role in helping the CLIO.
and gives in some detail the steps
necessary to establish a new aux
Hilary on q firm foundation. 1t lists
the most important committees and
their functions and puts special en-
phasis on political action, price con-
troll and war activities-especially
the welfare Of our servicemen.
The final section Of the Manual
stresses the ?ital Importance OF
work with the union. and urges
each auxiliary body to strive to
become, In President Murray's
words. ian established part OF our
union machinery"
Order "Lsty GET ORGANIZED" from
tie Congress Of Womss's Aaxiiiaries
Of the CIO, WI9-ISfh ST., NV,
Washington S. DC. 10 cents copy.
Quantity prices on application.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-11-22

ing the program right along. Their
most recent undertaking is spon-
sorship OF a Consumer Conference
for joint labor-farmer-community
action on the initiation front. sched-
uled for December II In Detroit.
NMU auxiliaries in New York
and other parts are pressing for
subsidies. Their newly organized
Houston, Texas, local is making
this the central issue around
which they are building member
ship.
In addition to a letter writing
campaign they've launched drive
10 organize consumer groups in
neighborhoods to involve all house.
wives In supporting the stabiliza-
ton program.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-11-22

New York, Nov. 20-Joseph p.
Selly, president OF the CLIO Ameri-
can Communications Assn. has
been elected TO the Board OF Di-
rectors Of Group Health Coopera-
tive, Inc. Selly's election followed
endorsement by the CLIO Council
Of the Group Health Plan for
medical and surgical care, the CO.
operative announced.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-11-22

She's highly critical Of women
dividing them according to class
into "Contented Cows, Forgotten
Females, Ladies, Les Riches
Bitches, The Observation-Disclosures,
GentlewOmen and NOt-So-Gentle-
women, Equal-Righters. Club
women, She Wolves, Women
workers, Common Women and
Wenches"-yet despite her cyni-
cism she sees chance for the
salvation of all Of them-and gets
In a plug for It,
She reveals herself as about the
most highly developed individualist
imaginable, yet says that socialism
ais nothing but a system whereby
everything is run for the benefit
OF everyone and owned by every
one, instead of a system where
almost everything is run for the
benefit of a few people and owned
by those people"
Miss Halves makes q mighty tell
ing argument for the emancipation
of women from household drudgery.
She says they are "wenches" be-
cause they're always tied down to
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-11-22

Miss Halves
major asset is q
fran k n ess as
startling as 1t Is
pleasant.
She's 100 per
cent for unions
but stron gly
condemns t h G
anti-female atti.
tudes OF a lot OF
u n ! on officials
who sh u | d
know better.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-11-22

Her seemingly superficial piece Of
writing, that . lot Of people
would consider an interesting
present for q sick friend, IL
packed full Of some sensible OBJ
servations.
To Miss Halves credit, she en-
tered what appears to have been q
fairly chaotic union situation as q
liberal, and came out not only un-
soured but stronger than ever for
the rights Of workers TO organize.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-11-22

The auxiliary leahet appeals to
every member to write today to her
Congressman urging him to vote
against any provision banning sub
sides.
Here are the main arguments:
1. Subsidies hold food prices
down-if they are forbidden by
Congress-, bread will go up u cent
a loaf. butter 5 cents u pound.
milk a cent q quart, potatoes two
or three cents u pound. etc.
2. Increased food prices would
mean less war production because
workers could buy less food and
"people cannot work long hours
on war jobs without plenty OF
food to keep them healthy"
8. Subsidies to farmers are
needed to help them plant new
crops and produce more food.
4. Subsidies cost the govern
ment much less than price In
creases because the government
buys $50 OF our war goods and
price increases mean Increased
war costs far above the cost OF
subsidies.
JAW, NMU COOPERATE
The auxiliaries are on the job
Mildred Partlow, consumer chair
man OF the Newspaper Guild Auxil-
larry. has sent a special letter to
every local which says In part:
Probably the most important
single task facing our auxiliary Is
an immediate and about mobiliza'
ton OF popular support for the
Presidents firm stand of November
2 for subsidies and price rollback.
The letter urges action TO get let
ters in to Congressman demand
ing the junking OF the prohibition
against subsidies"
JAW auxiliaries have been push
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-11-22
JAW Women Aid
nf0-for-Servicen1en
pIun in Detroit

Detroit, Nov. 30 Wholehearted
cooperation In the Santa for Serv-
icemen campaign of the United
Automobile Workers Is the big
Christmas program Of the Women's
Auxiliary of the JAW in the De-
troit area.aftfal gIm pN Ok
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-11-22
AuxiIidries Back Go
Fight for Subsidies
BY ELEANOR FOWLER

Seerefary.T rsasursr CIO Womsss ARriiaries
subsidies food at prices people pay Is the
heading eae issued by the CLIO Congress Of W0mens
AuxiIaries and sent to every affiliated auxiliary.
Congress debating the issue right in the Commodity
Credit Corporation BILL Section Of that bill orbds all subsidies
to hold prices help costs
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-11-22
There's a Bit of Spinach Some
Sound Sense i'm Why Women Cry'
By FRED d'AVILA

Workers
a"weuh"
des andw o a en- Fashion Is pnach"
Elizabeth
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-11-22

IONS. Her latest puDIIcatIon mikes
a little spinach with some sound
sense.
Evening star., 1943-08-27
Army Aids Soft Drink
Flow as Morale Builder

A commonplace of civilian life in
pescetime-the soft drink-has been
deemed essential to soldier morale
and will be stocked in all domestic
post exchanges, the Army has de-
creed.
Members Of the Army, Navy and
other services are already drinking
more than twice as many carbon
ated beverages per capita as the
civilian population, but civilian sup
plies will not be reduced as a result
Of the order.
WPB and OPA orders provide ex-
ira sugar and bottle crowns for all
deliveries to Army and Navy posts
for service personnel, bringing the
supply Of soft drinks for civilians
to about 30 per cent of the 1941
level.
Bottlers estimate that men and
women in the services are drinking
one-sixth of all the soft drinks pro-
duced In the United States this
year. In addition, thousands of gall
Ions of concentrated sirups are be-
ing shipped overseas.
Evening star., 1943-08-27
The Great Game of Politics

IOurLE-uerm democrats IN Congress
from giving full support to every
request for money and power which
Mr.. Roosevelt has made since Pearl
Harbor. Nor has it in any way
hampered the financing of the war
or diluted the unity and enthusiasm
with which our armed forces have
been and are now supported. On
the contrary, political criticism has
been justifiably centered on the
mistakes Of omission and commits
sion on the home front.
Without that sort of criticism the
situation in Washington, bad as it
is, would be far worse. Without
that criticism the cost in lives and
money Of this war would be far
greater. Without that criticism, 1t
is appalling to think of the lengths
to which waste, incompetency, New
Deal politics and lack of sense would
have carried us.
Would Gag Critics.
The well-known White House at
titude is that all administration
criticism is political criticism or
presidential "heckling" and now it is
proposed that, in the interests Of the
war, this be abandoned.
II such nonsense should be taken
seriously it would effectively gag all
Roosevelt critics and put an end to
all independent speaking and writ
ing. 1t would mean that the Re-
puolicans would have to cease their
attack on the vulnerable spots in
war management. 1t would mean
that all restraint would be removed
from administration officials; that
the President, with impunity, could
codd.e the city bosses and radical
labor leaders who form the basis of
the fourth-term movement. 1t
would make it impossible adequately
to .acquaint the country with the
opposing candidates or get to the
people the opposition arguments.
Idea Itself Political.
1t would make all publicity ia
vorable publicity for Mr.. Roosevelt.
1t would give him a monopoly of
the channels of communication, re-
move from him all restrictions, per-
NIT the fourth-term strategists to
operate without protest or dis
closure, which, so far as they are
concerned, would be the ideal situa-
ton.
In other words, the proposal to
adjourn politics is, itself, trans
parently political, we'll designed to
give the White House incumbent
overwhelming advantages in his
effort to continue as President
another term. 1t is not in the inter-
ests OF the war-quite the reverse,
1t is in the interests OF the Roose-
velt campaign and no matter how
periodically couched. the American
people would be boobish in the ex-
treme If they did not see through it,
Evening star., 1943-08-27

who holds Constantine Brown.
the titles of admiral, general and
and air marshal. His ground and
air ranks are purely honorary.
He is a sailor by profession and
vocation.
Lord Mountbatten's experience
with the commandos should not
be overestimated. The comman-
dos have been more spectacular
than efiicient. But his knowledge
in amphibious warfare is Of great
Importance, since in all likeli-
hood the principal operations
against the japanese in Burma
will be Of that type.
The Mediterranean has been
practically cleared of the enemy.
This will permit the American
and British naval commands to
detach a substantial part Of the
Allied navy from that area for
action in the Indian Ocean.
Naval Forces Lacking.
Heretofore the greatest diff
Guilty in the path of Field Mar
shal Archibald Wavell, who until
recently was in charge of the
eastern Asiatic front, was the
lack Of an adequate naval force
in the Bay of Bengal.
There is an almost impossible
jungle between India and Burma,
which makes the defense of
Burma easy for the Japanese.
While admitting the jungle
should not be an unsurmount-
able obstacle for the Allies, all
the strategists who have studied
the situation on the spot agree
that amphibious operations such
as landings on Rangoon or in
the Gulf OF Martaban would
yield quicker results than "step
by step" jungle warfare.
Until the Axis defeat in North
Africa and later in Sicily, the
Allies were not able to amass
sufficiently large naval force to
permit amphibious operations.
The Japanese maintained in the
Gulf OF Bengal and vicinity a
sufficiently strong naval and air
force to defeat any British land
ing attempt.
British Fleet Now Available.
But now that the Mediterra-
mean has been cleared and units
OF the French fleet are ready to
take over police and patrol du-
ties, the bulk Of the British feet.
consisting OF battleships, carriers
and lighter craft can be rushed
to the Indian Ocean. Additional
ground forces are being sent to
Evening star., 1943-08-27

throughout the Nazi regime. But
Prick, a bureaucrat, regarded as
relatively mild and moderate, was
retained in his position as
facade for Himmler. Frick also
had in hand the apparatus that,
being bureaucratic, with rem
nants of the previous system re-
tanned in it, tended to operate
with only veiled terror, Inside
Germany itself.
Himmler's career has been in
the organization of the S. S., the
elite guards, who have been the
special armed force of Hitler, and
the Nazi party. His business has
not been to run the interior ad-
ministration of Germany, but to
protect the party. When the war
began, Himmler became openly
the head of the police for the
occupied countries, where there
was no attempt to- conceal the
fact the Germans were operating
with naked terror.
Represented Nazi Concept.
In this position be came into
repeated conflicts with the army,
especially in the places where the
terror was most outrageous, as in
Poland. The army had the rem
nants Of some code. Himmler
represented the Nazi concept, in
clu6ng the ruthless extermina-
ton of even suspected opposition,
and the decimination OF peoples.
The S. S. has thus been the
living embodiment of Nazi ideol-
ogy-Nordic supremacy, master
race. cruelty as a mark of supe-
riority, etc. Actually a physically
selected corps. they have been
trained to consider themselves
biologically the cream of the
Germanic race, superior to all
other peoples and also to all other
Germans.
They protected their own lives
on this principle-that their
blood must be spared for the fu-
ture Of Germany-which was an
other thing that brought them
into conflict with the army.
OF all Nazis, Himmler is most
unpopular with the German peo~
Pile. This is the reason why his
terror, except against Jews, was
yelled inside Germany while
naked abroad.
Now If Hitler puts Himmler
openly in power, with control
over the entire internal admin
istration, concentrating his ac-
tivities at home, instead of In the
occupied countries-that is be-
cause Hitler has something on
his hands.
Follows Many Setbacks.
This appointment occurs when
the Germans have lost Kharkov
and will have to evacuate the
Evening star., 1943-08-27
Attorney General
Of Britain to Speok

The Right Hon. Sir Donald Brad
ley Somervell, o. B. E., K. c., MP,
British attorney general, will discuss
the status of labor laws in this coun-
try and Britain at dinner and re-
ceptlon given by the District chap
ter OF the National Lawyers Guild,
TO be held at Hotel Statler on
September 7.
Other addresses In the same field
Will be made by figures nationally
known In American labor law.
Thomas I. Emerson. president of
the group, said.
Evening star., 1943-08-27

commentator from the more active
and important Of the Administra-
ton politicians.
1t Is easy to understand why.
Nothing possibly could suit their
book better. If Mr.. Byrnes' noble
notion should be adopted, the
fourth-term nomination and cleo
ton would be walkover. If poll
tics should be "relegated to the
rear" or kept under cover for the
next IL months or so, there would
really be no fight, no campaign and
the election would become a farce.
No one knows this better than the
astute and likable Mr.. Byrnes, who
despite his high character and abil-
ity, nevertheless, is primarily a poll
tician, for many years stepped in
politics.
Walker Acts in New York.
A significant indication of Just
how much Mr.. Byrnes' appeal means
TO his own side was given in the
recent unsought intrusion of Mr..
Roosevelt's Postmaster General and
chairman of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee into the New
York situation.
Though he had nothing whatever
to do with the New York affair, Mr..
Walker appeared at Albany last
week and rallied in conference
Michael Kennedy, leader of Tam
many Hall; Edward Flynn, leader
of the Bronx; Frank Kelly, leader
of Brooklyn, and others in an ef-
fort to see that the man the Demo-
Gratis nominated for Lieutenant
Governor was one who could be de-
pended on not to make it more diff
ficult for the President to control
the New York delegation in the
convention next year.
This, in itself rather makes a joke
Of Mr.. Byrnes' proposal, which was
made as impressively as though he
really expected it to be accepted.
However, there still are several
things that should be said and un-
derstood concerning it.
In the first place, of course, 1t is
an impossible proposition. There is
no way by which politics can be ad-
journed any more than there is
any way the election can be
abandoned The two are insepara-
bly, connected and the idea that we
can run up to a month or two be-
fore a presidential election without
holding conventions and primaries
and without talking, writing, think
ing and playing politics is absurd.
Clearly it can't be done, and just
as clearly 1t shouldn't be done.
Human nature is not built that way,
and if 1t were, the Constitution of
the country and the physical aspects
of our elective system would rule it
out.
In the second place, 1t is false
assumption that politics has inter-
fered-or threatens to interfere
with wholehearted concentration on
winning the war. Politics has not
prevented Republicans and anti
Evening star., 1943-08-27

entire Donetz Valley. 1t occurs
after the night of the worst air
raid on Berlin, after terrible
bombings of other German cities.
1t occurs after the fall of Sicily
and at the close of the Quebec
conference in which new, grandi-
ose military moves have been
planned. 1t occurs month after
the fall of Mussolini in Italy.
simultaneously we learn Copen-
hagen has been occupied by So
900 German troops, and martial
law established for unruly Den
mark.
The conclusions that one can
draw are: The military defeats
that Germany has suffered and
new ones in the making, have
forced Hitler to reconsider his
position, not only in the occupied
countries. but in Germany itself.
Bad as the situation is for the
Nazis in the occupied countries,
these can be entrusted to the
army. which will fight for Ger
many as long as she is fighting
and suppress national risings.
But in Germany itself, the
army Is not trustworthy and
neither is the bureaucracy. The
Italian Army has not been able
to quiet the italian people, but
has openly expressed its SYM
pathy for them. Hitler thinks
the time has come when naked
terror alone will hold his people
in line. In this, of course, he is
expressing his ancient fear of the
people, repeated over and over
in the famous "knife-thrust in
the back" legend, that they, and
not the armies, were responsible
for losing the last war. The Ger
man nation, from now on, is to
be treated as though it were it
self an occupied country. For,
in a showdown, Hitler always
believes in the efficiency of ter
ror.
Bureaucracy Is Strained.
But the appointment of Hmm
Ter indicates not only fear of the
German people, but other di-
lemmas. The bombings and mass
evacuation must have strained
the bureaucratic machinery to
the breaking point. A bureau
crat like Prick cannot control 1t.
1t needs an improviser, like
Himnler. A disorganized appa-
ratus offers the chance of dis
integration at the top. Every
opposition seizes opportunities as
they arise. Among the top Lead
ers. international policy plays its
role. When Roosevelt and
Churchill appealed to Italy,
Grandi, Ciano and Badoglio saw
their chance. When Moscow
appealed to Germany. there were
certainly similar figures in Ger
many who saw their chance. It
is significant that the Nazi radio.
commenting on the Litvinoff af-
fair, said, "Ihe Allies are all
united against National Social
ISM" This was a departure
They have hitherto said, against
Germany"
Thus the manifesto of Free
Germans issued from Russia
would appear to have had a dis
tinct political effect. The top
Nazis are fighting for their
heads. not only against enemies
abroad. but against real or fam
cied enemies inside Germany.
II this is pressed home with the
most calculated political policies.
We can win the war this year.
tFeleased, 1943. by the Bell syndieats
s1nc).
Evening star., 1943-08-27
Field Day for Girls
Scheduled Tuesduy

The District Recreation Depart
ment will hold a field day for girls
IN grove No. % of Rock Creek Park
at pm. Tuesday, Milo F. Christian
sen, director, has announced.
The outing, featuring games and
contests, Is planned primarily for
girls, but boys of the District have
also been invited, Mr.. Christensen
added.
Evening star., 1943-08-27
This Chunqinq World

the new command OF Lord
Mountbatten and an early vigor-
Gus attempt to land forces in
Southern Burma can be ex-
pected.
The Allied chiefs Of staff are
fully aware that the operations
In Burma must be made with q
strong force. Any attempt to
dislodge the Japanese with q
few divisions and = handful Of
planes would be doomed.
Extensive use Of Indian troops
is considered unwise by those
who have followed recent poll
tical developments in that area.
The Japanese have given the
Burmese their independence. A
Burmese army is In the making.
The Indian divisions which have
fought brilliantly in the cam
paign against the Axis forces
from Egypt to Tunisia might be
less enthusiastic to fight the
free" Burma territory.
There are. Of course, a large
number Of British troops in India
but they are not available for
action against the Japanese since
a strong European army is neces-
sary to police India.
Hence, it is expected that ad-
ditional Anglo-American forces
will have to be dispatched to
Lord Mountbatten before he can
start his major operation.
Amphibious Drive Likely.
II sufficient divisions are sent
1t is probable that the attack
on Burma will take the shape
of amphibious operations from
Ceylon or Madras, and In the
North, British American troops
which have been trained for jun
gle warfare would create q di-
version toward the northern ap-
proaches of the Burma road.
The Chinese are anxious to
join in the campaign and, al
though they are poorly equipped,
they will be able to contribute
substantially to the operations of
Lord Mountbatten. There is every
reason to believe the Japanese
will be confronted this year with
an attack on three fronts-from
the Chinese In the North and
from the British and Americans
in Western and Southern Burma.
There are no indications as to
how the Japs intend to parry
these blows. There are said to be
about 00.000 Japanese troops in
the Burma area. The Burmese
army now being formed cannot
be regarded as a great menace as
yet.
The Japanese Navy has been
kept in cotton in the home wa
ters. Hitherto it has been difIicult
for the American Navy to chal-
lenge it because 1t refused to
give battle. But the prospects
now are that it will have to
fight two powerful fieets-an Al
lied force in the Indian Ocean
and an American force with a
large cruising radius in the Pa
cific.
If the Burma campaign mate
rializes. the Japanese Navy will
be confronted for the first time
since 1941 with a war On two
fronts, which must be as dis
pleasing to Hirohito as to Hit
ler.
Evening star., 1943-08-27
Magnet Hurvests Serop

SCHENECTADY, N. Y. R.-A
new magnetic scrap pickup makes
the rounds Of the yards and park
ing fields of,a war plant every Sum
day. In addition to saving workers
tires from tacks, the pickup collect
ed more than 5000 pounds of scrap
in six Sundays.
Evening star., 1943-08-27

member Of the
peasant class. In
q country that
Is conquered and
{ h en- re : con-
quered.
Think yourself
of the pictures
you have seen
since the war
started Of de-
liriously h Apply
peasants well
coming the SOL
diers of invading