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FATHER BARUCH

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Gaunt, gray Bernie Baruch, whose
relentless prodding of the war eff
fort has saved more lives than any
one can estimate, is worried over
lot of things besides tanks, airplanes
and machine guns. Among other
things he is worried over the human
problem of readjusting the lives of
people who have flooded cities, who
have been thrown out of joint by
the war.
Sitting on his park bench in La
fayette park, where he holds "of-
fee" conferences, Bernie sees the
stream of girls, thousands of them
from all over the u. S. A., dumped
into government offices, into crowd
ed boarding houses, and wonders
what will happen to them when the
war is over.
Baruch won't tell you-but his
friends will-about how he handled
this problem after the last war.
He had employed several thousand
clerks and stenographers in his War
Industries board, and after the
Armistice he began to worry about
whether these girls were going back
to their homes or would remain in
the exciting cities.
So he sent each girl letter thank
ing her for the time and loyal work
she had given her country. And as
hint that she should go back to
her mother he suggested: Anyone
who will apply at my office can re-
ceive railroad ticket back home"
Baruch also attached to each let
ter $40 bill.
The railroad tickets were paid for
out of his own pocket, since the gov
ernment does not pay for personal
transportation, and it cost Baruch
many thousands of dollars. He was
little fearful that some of the girls
might have taken the tickets, then
turned them in to the railroad. How
ever, he hoped that he might have
helped to get at least a fair proper
ton out of the city and back home.
HCL
The high cost of living which the
coal miners have complained about
recently was substantiated by an
OPA survey of company stores in
western Pennsylvania.
John A. Faith, who made the sur
vey, came back with a report of Eek
orbitant prices and mark-ups" and
insisted that company stores, which
do no advertising or sales promo
ton, should sell their goods at lower
prices than other stores, rather than
higher.
He found suits selling for $3.50
which cost the store $3.50. He found
a shoe box marked 1895, but inside
the box he found the shoes them
selves marked with crayon, $3.50"
Result of the survey already has
been voluntary price roll-back in
the company stores. Now that the
government has taken over the
mines, the OPA is moving to make
this company store price roll-back
not voluntary, but universal.
NOte-Fath was once storekeep-
er himself in Millville, N. j., home
town of Leon Henderson. He gave
Henderson his first job.
HONORS FOR WORKMEN
The Office of War Information is
arranging de luxe program for
next Labor day, hailing the contribu-
ton of American workmen in the
drive for victory Producing for
Attack" will be the theme of the pro-
gram, and it will include inspiration
al broadcasts by President Roose-
velt and other top-ranking war lead
erS.
However, this isn't the only labor
show on the Owl schedule this year.
Another special celebration for La
Dor, to be known as Son to Victory"
day also will be observed within the
next two months.
1t was conceived by Maj. Paul
Hines, chief of the labor branch of
the Fourth Service command at At
lanta, Ga, and promoted by Her
vey Allen, author of Anthony Ad-
verse"
All war plants will be asked to
declare an ''hour off on ''On to Vic
tory" day, at which time special
war Merit emblems will be
awarded.
Climaxing the "On to Victory
programs will be nationwide
broadcast in the evening-accordin
to owl plans-featuring such speak
ers as President Roosevelt, Winston
Churchill, Generals Macarthur,
Eisenhower and Doolittle and Ad-
mirals King and Halsey. Joseph
Stain and General Chang Kai-
shek of China also may be invited
to take part. All the speakers will
have a special message for Amer
lean labor.
The evening broadcast will con-
clude with the sounding of taps from
the steps of the nations Capitol, in
memory of our war dead, and an
answering taps by U. S. buglers in
Europe and the South Pacific.
MERRY-GO-ROUN
q One thing President Roosevelt
talked to President Avila Camacho