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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-10-16
The Danger Of

BY RUTH TAYLOR

one OF the most harmful sr.r,
OF group thinking is 3. tend.,..
to create over-reaching ambhio,.
within the group itself TIA,
the group may start with r,,.
idea a Worthwhile figh, for a.
served right. but once his !,
tanned. its members are No, 81.
tent They have tasted the W..
OF the power OF team work -.
they oyer-reaoh themselves "a
out after privileges Then IN ,A.,.
search for power. they 100 ~,
in turn trample on Inc rish. =
others.
Again and again in HISTORY IA.
this happened, from the Rule o,
Ten in Rome In the year ss, ne
land even before an 20 the pre.
cnt time. There is nothing 50 IN.
tolerant as the Intolerance ~ ,hos,
who have fought their gav u
power. They have 80 concenlrsisd
on their own struggle iha, ,h,
have been prone 10 overlook n,
fact that other people have % Nv.
too.
Up to now one OF me great al.
vantages OF our republic has been
that II was never static lors
enough for one group 10 keep con.
troll too long. The country was TOO
big. too varied in us resources 70
be anything but fluid. Founded Up
on religious freedom, religious Al.
tocracy has never been allowed
foothold. Not erected upon class
structure, II has MOI divided mo
classes--for in each generation na
have found their own level as "a.
dividuals, not as group or groups
The classic phrase Is three zen.
CREATIONS from shirt sleeves 20 shin
sleeves"
Lately. however there mas been
an increasing tendency n separs,
into groups. or cliques governed
by ideas. This trend IS definitely
dangerous-ior any group which
claims unique revelations or 70
liticsl preferment is a divisve "a.
fluence aiming az physical eco
nomic or mental domination over
others. II is the breeder o. dsssr-
ton and Intolerance among ON
people.
When Americans pui The inter-
ests OF their own group before lhs
interests OF America IS whols,
they are setting up In our oEa
country the breeding grounds io'
disputes. the like OF which haw
laid waste Europe for centuries.
Whether those interests he special
concessions for Industry Or special
privileges for Labor whether iar
be special consideration Tor any
religious group or special iaVon
for any minority. they sill spell
over-reaching. There is no group
whose record is guiI.less in III
respect.
Justice for all. equs In It's ~
plication. should be our aim
Americans. Before we make a d
mand. we should figure out II "
arelasking for favor or right
and II we are willing that the sane
right or favor be granted TO ''
eryope. The primary iallacy IN los'
ic IS arguing from the lndiyithl
TO tie grcup.
We are a government OF me psy
pie, by the people and Tor !"
people. But We can fulfill our a's
tiny as nation only as the in''
vidual citizens. acting not
groups. but as Americans. work i%
the good OF all the people-i0r !"
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-10-16
Colored Mrs. Roosevelt


wrote several weeks ago aud | quote: III l were a
Negro" / think I would have moments Of great
bitterness 1t would be hard for TO sustain my
faith IN democracy and to build up sense OF good
will toward men OF the other races There
remains much work to be done that freedom
becomes fact and just a promise for my
people This and much more spoke the first
lady
Black President
Now let US 20 still further II this writer
might be bold as 10 paraphase instead OF Mrs
Roosevcits III ] were Negro" let us assume the
say. III were Mrs Rooseveits husband and in
my third term President. Commander-in-chl
OF the United States and author OF the Four Free
doms OF World War II with million coiored sold
iers. hghtng bleeding and dying too for democracy
abroad II ] were President Roosevelt, would
first speak out and issue an executive order to
STOP all Discrimination and segregation OF Ameri-
can citizens, tax payers and war bond buyers on
the home front I would enforce the constitution
al rights OF l3,o00000 colored people North and
South. by outla wing lynching and fiots. abo-
ishlng the poll tax, registration and educational
OF colored Americans citizenship. thereby
guaranteeing equal justice TO all. without racial
distinction
II were President I would not keep silent
and let my wife do all the talking. especially when
however nice Il sounds, official help Is forth
coming from The white House and the administers
tons Democratic Representatives and Senators In
Congress and the executive departments
Fire Attorney General BiddIe
II we're President I would fire Attorney
General Biddle for trying to sabotage the all Out
war EFFORT in the recent recommendation that loyal
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-05-13
MAKING MONTANA sELF-sUFFICIENT

Dan Milestone of the Cut Bank Pioneer-Press does some
thinking about postwar development in a current editorial that
brings such thought down from the high and ideahstlc gloOal
ideas of Washington planners to something that we can under
stand at home.
Briefly, he wonders if there may not be a radical shit IN
production centers after the war. If such is the case, will 1t
not be well for Montana and its civic organizations to take
action. begin investigation leading toward such development!
Dan cites a number of excellent reasons why we may see a
decentralization of industry after the war among them the
disadvantages of high costs and rentals and difficult transpor-
tation problems in our present industrial centers.
The war has demonstrated the essential weakness OF central
izing industry and development of resources. Here IN the west
w have seen a hurried and sometimes disorderly and belated
effort to utilize some of those resources when shortages became
apparent or when shipments were cut off from some of our
good %neighbors."
A good example is the sugar beet industry, a despsed agr1-
cultural stepchild in Washington before the war, now receivingI
tardy attention. In Montana also, war has brought quick de-
velopment for deposits of such minerals as chromlte and man
ganese.
Peacetime and orderly development of all these, looking toI
a national emergency, would have been much less expensive
than the way it had to be done. |
Right at home here, we had a good example of possibilities
when a vegetable broker from the Twin Cities, a man who buys
potatoes, onions and lettuce by trainloads, made a visit here
last week He came here of his own voition and is asking devel
opment of truck gardening in our irrigated areas. As he points
out, our location actually gives us an advantage. over many
producing areas in reaching the big markets.
We look to the agricultural development and rural electrifi
cation that Fort Peck power will bring. Will it not also provide
some chance of industrial development?
All this points to the need for a detailed and exhaustive
survey of our resources and then a campaign to bring them
to the attention of industrial and agricultural leaders. 1t is a
task that will entail calls on many groups = the research and
development stats of some of our large industrial groups in
Montana, for example, perhaps the help of our university units,
the local cooperation of civic and service organizations, and
some statewide group to coordinate these efforts. 1t would be
well worth the time and work if it helped to make US more
self-suffcient.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-05-13
A FINE SHOWING

1t was a peoples war loan campaign. 1t went way over the
top here in Valley county, 1925 percent; every Montana county
exceeded its quota. The success was gratifying because so many
helped. Here in Valley county, it was estimated that more than
1000 individuals bought bonds during April. It is a matter of
pride for us. We believe it will be cheering news for the men
at the front, to realize that the folks at home are doing their
part, too. The people of Valley county have bought almost
100000 in war bonds already this year. Add to this about
S25O,O00, which was the bank quota for April, and we are near
the million-dollar mark for 1943. That's better than good for
a county with a wartime population of about 10000.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-05-13

MIR. POLLOCK OPENS: Ii the
man from Mars dropped in for a visit
on the United States and listened to
the current conversation about eco.
nomic security he would probably
get the impression that before 1888
our city streets were Uttered and
crawling with dead and starving citi-
zens. Most of the truly needy Ameri-
cans | have ever known are those
who were too proud to accept char
ity. America has always cared for
her unfortunates. The only difference
is that charity used to be admins
tered p~roperly-by the community
instead of by a Federal Bureau.
don't approve of hunger and
ricketts, any more than Mr.. Hays does
but the record of history makes me
very pessimistic about the POSSIBLE
ity of eliminating them through the
passage of a law. No matter how thin
you slice it, any government plan to
guarantee employment is basically a
dole system, which in turn is based
on penalizing fitness to reward un-
fitness. To add insult to injury the
administration Of the dole involves
the creation of a huge bureaucracy;
leads to political corruption, a regi-
mented population and eventual
bankruptcy. This should be self-evi-
dent from the waste, in%eff1ciency and
tremendous cost of our experiment
since 1888.
MIR. HAYS CHALLENGES: Mr..
Pollock assumes that normal men
are satisfied with mere sustenance
and prefer not to work. This is re-
futed by the obvious fact that many
millions of men who have security
continue to work hard and construc-
lively.
MI. Pollock also assumes that In
employment is synonymous with un-
fitness. What about chronological UNI
employment? New inventions bene-
At society but they also unemploy
workers. This creates a social, not
an individual problem. The denial of
government aid to millions of useful
but unemployed citizens in 1888
probably have destroyed the
American system. Empty stomachs
destroy democracy. Business cannot
guarantee employment. Therefore
government must.
MR.. POLLOCK REPLIES: Ii In
cannot guarantee employ
nent, government certainly cannot
because before government employs
t must first tax, thereby %spiraling
both unemployment and taxes.
When relief was a personal and
community function, a dollar given
vas a dollar received. Today as a
government function relief costs
hree times as much in taxes as Is
eceived by the unemployed.
Let's be realistic. After the war
America will need initiative as eve
,efore to produce goods for itself
md an impoverished world. The
urest way to destroy initiative is to
tut men on government payrolls.
Without individual initiative Amer
ca is not America. Let's not sabotage
9rr,fs a~
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-05-13
NEWSPAPERS DO GOOD JOB

The success of the second war loan campaign presents a
strong case for our contention that newspapers do not need
and should not be given a federal subsidy to pay for space in
putting over the nations war effort.
A letter of thanks addressed to the newspapers by Secretary
of Treasury Morgenthau says: I'VE feel quite certain that never
before has any cause received such complete and effective sup
port from the newspapers of the country, and we are grateful
for it"
We do not publish Secretary Morgenthaus statement to throw
bouquets at the press. We publish it to demonstrate our point
that a strong and verle press can perform the public service
that is expected of it without taking money from the govern
ment.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-05-13
As debated by

Arthur Garfield Hays Charming Pollock
Legal Counsel, american Civil Liber Celebrated Playwright, Author OF
ties Union; 4ufhor of "CHy Lawyer "Harpesf of Ny Years"
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-05-13

We need more and more of them,
for they are essential to the zee
full operation of the war. They are
made in several sizes from small
~ifty-footers, costing about $4,000 to
the big 500-tonners costing around
$37, 600. Your purchase of War
Bonds every payday will help pay
for them. u. s. Treasury Deboyt,nent
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-05-13
NEW CIVILIAN AGENCY

The office of civilian require
ments, empowered to provide civil
ians with essential goods and serv-
ices, has been set up in W?B. The
new agency supersedes the office
OF civilian supply. 1T shall be the
objective Of the war production
board the order states, ito provide
consumer goods and services ade-
quate to maintain essential civilian
life and the highest productive eff
ficiencY.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-05-13

MIR. HAYS OPENS: Democratic
Freedom does not include the free
dom to starve. Empty stomachs de-
stroy liberty, make bad citizens, pro-
duce totalitarianism.
Economic security was a natural
evolution of a responsible society
and has been tacitly recognized by
all political parties since 1886. AS
stated in the Democratic platform'
aid to those overtaken by disaster
is an obligation of government"
Disaster is not confined to fire.
earthquake and flood. Unemploy-
ment and poverty are just as real
and far more common. The old es-
cape mechanism: the inevitability Of
poverty, has been debunked as has
the iron law of wages based on COM
petition between starving men.
For a while we laid the crime of
poverty at the door of industry, but
that theory has also been debunked.
People don't work for corporations.
They work for other consumers.
This leaves the baby on the govern
ment's doorstep and fortunately the
government has intelligently accept
ed the responsibility. The Declaration
of independence proclaimed as self
evident certain ~inalienable rights:
life. liberty and pursuit of happiness.
II also proclaimed that the purpose
of government was to secure those
rights. Freedom from Want and Free
dom from Fear r just as much 8
part of political democracy as are
Freedom Of Speech and Freedom OF
Worship.
MR.. POLLOCK CHALLENGES:
Economic need does not produce to-
talitarianism. On the other hand,
government-guaranteed security does.
From ancient Rome to modern Ger
many. the record Is clear and con-
sistent. Citizens dependent upon the
State become weak citizens. States
that support citizens must be sufh-
Gently powerful to secure unques-
tioning obedience in return for a
full stomach. The Germans sold their
souls to Hitler for security and he Is
selling their souls to the devil in a
desperate effort to provide that Sc
curity.
While no man should be allowed
to go hungry. neither should he be
guaranteed a living at the expense
OF his more productive fellowmen.
MR.. HAYS REPLIES: Mr.. Pollock
assumes that the assurance that men
shall not go hungry would produce
millions Of cynical loafers content to
lean on W.P.A. shovels for mere sus-
tenance. Evidence to the contrary Is
overwhelming. The constructive i'm
pulse in human nature makes idle
ness unbearable to the vast majority
Of people.
But regardless of this, the nation
cannot again tolerate unemployment.
Unemployment feeds upon itself. 1t
reduces purchasing power and throws
out Of work. {
Economic security is entirely prac-
teal urder our economy of abun-
dance. Involuntary unemployment
must be abolished and fortunately it is
the least expensive course open % us.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-05-13

That he travelled 1886 miles in
his work in eastern Montana for the
year ending March l is shown in
IN annual report prepared by the
Rev. Blythe H. Mclean, missionary
or the American Sunday School
union in northeastern Montana. s.
Mr.. Mclean, who has his head
quarters in Glasgow, is completing
lis 18th year of service in this
section.
Sunday schools under his super
vision in rural sections now number
IS. During the year he supervised
% daily vacation Bible schools with
an enrolment of 178.
The missionary also conducted 3
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-05-13
IN SPECIAL

FORT DIES MONIES. Iowa-Aux-
il.ary GLADYS Rachel Hill, of Nashua
has completed basic training at the
first woman's army auxiliary corps
training center here, and has been
selected for specialist training in
administrative school. She will re-
ceive additional training in a spec
ial 2ed field prepatory to taking
over an important behind-the-lines
army job releasing a soldier for
duty.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-05-13
Boy Scouts will Compete for
Deerhide, Kampingo May e

Boy Scouts troops from Nashua,
Fort Peck, Hinsdale, Opheim and
Glasgow will compete for the new
perpetual trophy. "a suitably en-
graved deer hide" at events in the
annual Buffalo Plains Kampingo
on the Glasgow athletic field Sun
day, May %.
E F. Gilstrap of Fort Peck, dis
trict commissioner, is in charge of
the kampingo, it was announced
today by DR.. K, R. Steffensen, dis
trict chairman.
Kampingo events will begin at 2
and continue until $50, when
Scouts will have supper. A court of
honor is scheduled at 7:30, at which
L. o. Fjerstad, district court of
honor chairman, will preside.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-05-13

Shipping one-sixteenth to one
quarter of an inch off each match
manufactured in the United States
in 1943 will save at least 7 million
board feet or $50 car loads of
lumber.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-05-13
KOTKIN PROMOTED

FORT DOUGLAS, UTAH-Law-
renee j. Kotkin, formerly of Glas-
gov has been promoted to private
first class here. He entered the ser
vice last Sept. Is and received his
basic training at headquarters of
the ninth service command.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-05-13
17dl31a
A Is Economic Security a
.sesso,sss. Postwar MUST:
General hotmon
American Economic
Foundation

Moderoied by
FRED G. CLARK
General Choirmon
American Economic
Foundation
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-05-13
WARTIME A r PLANS

Plans for a dairy barn that uses
a minimum of critical materials
may be obtained free from the U.
S. department of agriculture, Wash
ington, D. c.. by writing for a
leaflet on "a Wartime Dairy Barn.
How to make fences and gates with
a minimum of metals ear also be
obtained by writing for the Wood
en- Fences and Gates"
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-05-13
X X
WhatHo4B ~4W M
WAN BONDS
r.

Down in the Solomons and on the
African coasts the Crocodile Boat or
tank lighter played a most impor-
tant role in landing our invasion ar
mics. These self-propelled, light
fast boats haul tanks, artillery and
other equipment from the big ships
off-shore to the beach heads.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-05-13
Missionary Travels Huge
Section Of State In Work

summer Bible camps, which had an
enrolment of 149.
His report shows he made SIG
field visits and delivered .146 SER
mons and addresses. t4
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-05-13

BY c~urtailing manufacture of
metal church goods. 230 tors of
brass, 80 tons of aluminium and les
ser quantities of tin, lead and nickel
will be saved during every war
year.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-04-23
Kenngo++ Refu+es
propaganda
Former Local II Officer
Debunks Anti-UniOn Talk

Alfred Kenngott, former chairman Of the Champion
Spark Plug Unit and Treasurer of Local 12 UAWCIO who
at 5day furough from Lake Muroc arbase in
California not only denies that the soldiers influenced by
anunon propaganda but goes the point of saying seven
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-04-23
Labor's News In Brief

WASHINGTON - Presid e Mt
Roosevelt issued a "hold the line''
executive order, holding wages TO
the Little Steel formula level and
specifying that "all items affecting
the cost Of living are to be brought
under control"
WASHINGTON - AFL men,
bers of the Natl. War Labor
Board declared that the Presi-
dents hold the line" order has
greatly weakened the board as
an effective instrumentality for
maintaining industrial peace"
WASHINGTON - The Hobbs
anti-labor bill, HR $50, passed
the house, 270 to 107.
NEW YORK CIO president
Philip Murray called for a fight
to roll prices back to their Sept
Is, 1912, level and to eliminate un-
reasonable war profits.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-04-23

NEW YoRK-A campaign TO
revive the Presidents Fair EN-
ployment Practices Committee was
launched here at the Eastern Sea-
board Conference of the Negro
and the War, sponsored by the
Natl. Negro Congress and attend
ed by 400 delegates, including
many unionists.
NASHVILLE, Tenn.-Military
police were blamed by the South
ern Conference for Human Well
fare for melting a riot here In
which innocent women and chill
dren were severely dubbed and
beaten.
RICHMOND, Cal. - Thousands
Of workers are being fired from
the Kaiser shipyards here despite
repeated warnings by the U. s.
Maritime Commission that short
age Of workers is endangering the
ship production program.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-04-23
Women Voters
Sponsor dIk

Mrs. Quincy Wright, chairman
of the Foreign Policy Department
of the National League of Women
Voters for number of years and
director of the league, will speak
on Reciprocal Trade Agreements
at the Main Library, Michigan
st. and Madison Ave. April 21 at
500 p. m.
Mrs. Wright was delegate to
the Pan-American conference in
l941 as representative of the
United States and is well acquaint-
ed with her subject. She also has
been recently appointed to serve
on the Council for the United Ma
tions plan.
Members of Local II, their
wives and friends, have been ex-
tended very spcial invitation to
hear the talk, by the Toledo
League of Women Voters.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-04-23

British Information Services and
distributed through Goth Century
Fox.
All of the cameramen in desert
Victory" occupied positions with
the most advanced elements of the
Eighth Army, at all times in the
thick of the fighting. When a
British field piece is fired, the
same camera records the hit on a
Nazi tank advancing a few hun
dred yards away. When an RAF
plane strafes ground troops, the
cameraman in the plane is some
times close enough to catch the
expressions on the faces of the
Nazis and Italians as they scurry
for cover.
In another Raj plane, diving on
an Axis ship, the ships anti-air-
craft fire whizzed close by the lens
of the camera. British bombs are
followed from the bomb bay to the
target.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-04-23
$i32 Billion Income;
$73 Billion Goods

! NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. S73 bill,
non dollars worth of goods anc
services will be available to the
American public this year al.
though our national income will
hit the peak of 1892 billion.
These facts have been published
IN a mlmeogTaphed statement OF
the OPA this week, which included
among other things, estimates of
the total national income for 1943
personal savings and direct taxes
and the size of the inflationarv
gap. Here's what the statistical
picture looks like for this year.
National
income 1882 billion
Personal
direct
taxes $16 billion
Personal
savings 27 billion 43
Consumer income SO billion
Goods and services
available 73 billion
Inflationary gap S 16 billion
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-04-23

Women who enter the WAVES
and SPARS in addition to free
ing men for combat duty, are given
their complete outfits which were
designed by the famous stylist,
Mainboucher.
Following is a list of the outfit
of Navy Blues worn by the two
auxiliary branches:
Soft crowned hat with rolled
brim.
Short jacket with slightly built
up shoulder, new rounded collar
and pointed lapel.
Six-gored skirt.
Shirts of Preserve blue" and
dark blue.
A black and light blue seaman's
tie.
Smart, over-the-shoulder leather
pouch bag.
White gloves for summer, black
for winter.
Beige Isle hose. Black oxfords.
In addition, there is an allowance
which is ample to cover the cost
of shoes, underclothing and other
apparel which is needed.
Additional information may be
obtained by visiting the special re-
cruiting office for WAVES and
SPARS at 715 Adams st.