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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-21
CWiCLeaders Aid
In Paying Tribute
To Bill Of Rights
Special Observanees
Set by Members Of
Board of Commerce

Leaders of government. indus
try, labor. education and religion
Joined together Saturday in this
mighty arsenal of democracy to
make preparations for the cele-
bration of an immortal date in
our nations hiStory--the 152d an
niversary Of the enactment Of the
Bill of Rights.
r anniversary of the Bill OF
Rights is Dec. Is and Gov. Kelly
and acting Mayor Lodge have de-
creed that tie week OF Dec. u
10 1S be set aside as Bill OF
Rights Week
SPONSORED BY TINES
Sponsored by The p etroi I
Times and other Hearst news
papers throughout the country,
this patriotic campaign for the
observance Of the birth date Of
this cherished document Of free
dom carries the endorsement OF
persons from all walks Of life.
The Bill of Rights guarantees
the freedom of the indiVigual, and
in these war times il is partlcu-
larry fitting that the people OF the
nation rededicate themselves 10
the things that our soldiers and
sailors are fighting and dying for
or the battlefieldS OF tho world.
Locally numerous rallles-and
meetings have been scheduled,
which will be climaxed by a spe-
cial radio program on Dec. Is.
In the citys public and paro-
chill schools the students are
vieing for war bond prizes which
will be presented by the Times
10 the authors Of the best edl-
torials on the Bill OF Rights.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-21
J. 6. MeCrory Dies;
Founded Chain Stores

-J0HNSTOWN, Pa, Nov. 20
QNS)-John G. McCrory. SO,
founder of the McCrory 5 and
10-cent stores, died today of pneu-
monia in his home at Brushvalley.
His first store was opened in
JohnStown in 1882. Ii was called
the Racket Store"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-21

Buy War Savings Stamps the
convenient way. Order them
delivered to your door from your
Detroit Times carrier salesman.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-21
Graft Trial in Recess

NEW YORK. Nov. 20 CINS)-
The trial of seven Chicago mob
sters and Newark labor leader
charged with attempting to eX-
tort more than a million dollars
from the movie industry was in
recess today with a government
prom ise 10 rest its case on
Monday.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-21
Upton Close 10 Make
Bill Of Rights Speech

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 20-One
Of the highlightS Of the Bill Of
Rights Week celebration in Los
Angeles will he an d dress by
Upton Close. writer. commentator
and authority on ASiatic affairs,
Dec Ia. which is dedicated 10 the
Bill of Rights and fr d o m OF
speech and press"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-21
Memorial Held
For PddereWski

Special memorial programs hon
oring Ignace paderewSki. Poland
first premier. and Gen. Wladyslaw
Slkorski. that cogntry'Sf first pre-
MGR a estl,,..~'s.' RI, ss~ L. Z, - allS
central citizens committee, repre-
senting more than 200 Polish
organizations Sunday
4 high mass viii be celebrated
a. 81 Andrews Roman Catholic
. Church in the morning, the Rev.
Stephen TrepczynSki. delivering a
special sermon. At 3 p. m. a pro-
gram will be held in ChadSey High
School, where speakers Will be
Polish Consul Stanislaw Anger
man, Mai. Clemens J Bishop chief
Of the Detroit field office: Prose
cutor Bowling. Miss Virginia
GadomSki OF the school faculty.
Joseph WisniewSki. commander OF
Post No. z Polish Army Veterans.
Sylvester Czerwinski, Waldo Les
SonEer Of Wayne University and
Staff Sgt. Thomas KlemaS2ewski
who was wounded three times in
the present war.
Buy War Savings Stamps the
convenient way. Order them
delivered to your door from YOUR
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-21
WIDE DISTRIBUTION

In addition, thousands Of copies
OF thesa first 10 amendments tC
the Constitution are being printed
for distribution in homes and wal
plantT throughout the city.
Or Thoburn T Brumbaugh
executive secretary 81 the De.
troit Council Of Churches has re.
qucsied that special attention hC
called 70 tho date hy ministers
IN their Sunday services
THE anniversary OF our
American Bill OF Rights" Or
Brumbaugh said should stir
the nobIest OF sentiments In
every loyal breast. Obligations
10 others Is hut diverse side of
human rights, and our Amer
icar forbears put both ~ these
rirmrutg- I'm tnF ffrSt III
amendments to the Constitu-
ton.
BATTLE FOR RIGHTS
"Now ~ we battle around
the world for democratic rights
Tor ourselves, we realize This
implies obligations 20 others "a
well. and America il today CON
sidering deeply how best in the
peace that IL 10 come we may
assure all the world the bless
lngs Of our Bill OF Rights"
The Detroit Board Of Commerc,
Is calling upon rs members q
arrange special observance Of the
date.
on the, j. Dor front. r !
Thomas, president OF the JAW
Go, has given tho campaign his
fan Endorsement and called upor
the unions 1000 900 members Il
JOIN IN the celebration.
Also cooperating is tho Amer
lean Legion and various othel
patriotic organizations
Evening star., 1943-02-17
President Is at Odds
With Congress Over
Posi- Planning
Roosevelt Faces Fight
For Restoration Of
Resources Bourd Funds

! BY the Associated Press.
The National Resources Planning
| Board, headed by Frederic A. Del
ano, President Roosevelt's uncle,
found itself in the middle of a hot
Roosevelt Congress debate today as
to who should do the postwar plan
! ming.
The Chief Executive chided Con-
gress at a press conference yester-
! day for ignoring budget recon-
mendation of $l,400000 for the
/ board now engaged in many post
war studies and co-ordinator of
similar projects Of other Govern
ment agencies
He described himself as a great
saver of money and watchdog of
the Nations pocketbook compared
with those at the Capitol who would
abolish national long-tim plan
ming. The latter are likely to be
the spendthrifts Of the country, he
added.
Members of the congressional
economy bloc reported they would
resist any efforts to have the ST.
100000 restored to the Independ-
ent Offices appropriation bill. If
they succeed, they will leave the
planning board without funds after
July 1.
Sees Several Billions Saved.
The President said he was in
clined to believe that advance pre-
paration might save several billions
OF dollars in such things as time and
employment. The Resources Board.
tcl example, has prepared a backlog
OF public works projects to provide
peace time jobs for returning SOL
diers and munition workers, he in
stanced
Most peaple, he went on, have an
idea that all Congress has to do is
appropriate money for public works
and the next day contracts can be
lei and men employed Actually, he
ADDED, unless engineering and srchi-
techtural plans are drawn before
hand 1t takes months before con-
tracts are let and another month or
Evening star., 1943-02-17

efficiency and economy into the
overgrown and wasteful bureaucracy
has been kicked around
During the day, the planning
board was defended on the House
floor by Representative Voorhis,
Democrat, of California for doing
worthy job" and having its work
we'll in hand" He said, however, he
believed Congress should under
take the job of looking ahead"
Discussing the congressional econ
omy efforts in general. Mr.. Roose-
welt said there had been much talk
of curtalllng non-war expenditures
which currently involved only 3la
per cent of total Government
spending.
Holds Savings Cancelled.
He commented that pages and
pages of the Congressional Record
would be taken up with discussion
Of efforts which might vhittle non
war items from 3.5 to "a per cent
OF the total. He suggested it might
be interesting to figure out whether
the size of the saving would not be
surpassed by the amount of con-
gressional salaries. secretarial sal
aries at the Capitol and cost of
printing the Recoro-all the costs
he said, which might be assigned
to legislative work on the pruning
process.
Preliminary to these remarks
there had been a press conference
discussion, precipitated by re-
porter, Of what might happen if the
Senate insisted on confirming all
appointments to Government Jobs
paying $4,000 year or more.
me reporter estimated there were
10000 such Jobs and that the Senate
would have to give as minutes OF
each legislative day to debate il
Evening star., 1943-02-17

more to get materials and workers.
The Resources Board, he said, not
only has been working on projects
OH which thousands could be put to
work quickly, but also studying what
disposition could be made of new
communities created by war produC-
ton growth.
Saving it made no difference what
agency did thee plotting as long as
it vas done. the President asked
whether it was advisable to plan
now TO- such things or wait until a
postwar crisis develops.
Long Hearings Held.
Chairman Cannon and Represent
ative Dirksen, Republican, of Illinois
of the House Appropriations Com
mittee told reporters that the COM
mittees denial of funds for the
board was based on long hearings
ana a feeling that Congress itself
should take more direct hand in
postwar planning.
Several proposals already are
pending to create legislative groups
either to make studies independently
or in conjunction with executive
agencies.
Il don't want any more super
boondoggling such as we have had
in the past Mr. Dirksen said, TT is
time Congress took over this job of
planning"
He told the House during debate
on the $2,621 104, ,379 independent Of
fees bill that a survey had shown
more than $50 Federal units were
in the planning business" at cost
Of $164, 100000. Results so far in
clude four-story penthouses, monkey
cages and rat-catching programs
costing $297 a rat, he said.
Senator Tydings, Democrat, of
Maryland remarked that if post
war planning is no more efficient
and far-seeing than the pre-war
planning then it will be a traVesty
and result in great human suffer
ing"
Can't Live on Future"
No government" he said, "can
continue to live on the future. The
type Of government people want in
peacetime ought to be paid for as
we go along. There has never been
any planning about payday.
Every one who has tried to bring
Evening star., 1943-02-17
rs Hurt, One Seriously,
In Hydrogen Tank BIost
BY the Associated Press.

BY lhe Associated FrsSS.
SCHENECTADY, N. Y, Feb, IL
Twenty five persons were injured,
one seriously, by the explosion of a
large, spherical hydrogen storage
tank at the General Electric Co.
plant yesterday,
A small adjoining building in
which gases were produced for metal
cutting and similar processes was
Evening star., 1943-02-17

only one out Of each 100 aroused
dispute and debate was limited to
minutes on each side.
Il should like to ask" the reporter
queried, could the Senate in war
time be better Employed"
With a smile, Mr.. Roosevelt cited
in reply what he said was a line
from the Bible: Thou hast said it.
Evening star., 1943-02-17

wrecked. Windows were shattered
in nearby plant buildings and IN
scattered sections of Schenectady.
Most seriously hurt was Louis
Forten, "a. Cohoes, N. Y, assistant
operator OF the gas plant. All but
two of the injured were treated for
cuts from broken glass.
Evening star., 1943-02-17

Not everybody with dollar to
spare can shoot gun straight-but
everybody can shoot straight to the
bank and buy a War bond.
Evening star., 1943-02-17

These are the best of the best =. the
1ne mink or sable blended muskrats
hat are selling everywhere for $50
more. Not f1anks-not bellies-but
he choicest backs of fresh-caught
nuskrats. Thickly furred. long
haired, silky and rich Generously
'ut, full sleeves, with turn-back cuffs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-23
The Literary Guidepost

used for the first leg of their jour-
ney home was attacked and sunk.
Eventually Flatley began as
sembling his squadron. He was
given some veterans from the
Lexington and the Yorktown, as
well as some green material fresh
from training. But he had what
was necessary to mould this ma
terial into deadly unit, and he
did it. BY chance the squadron
took the name of 1.-The Grim Reap
ers,'' and chose as it's unofficial
Insignia a picture of skeleton
welding a scythe. It turned out a
perfect representation of WHO'S
function.
Much the best part of the book
has to do with the way in which
the men Of WHO worked together.
You have the feeling of flying with
them, and of mourning with them
when a member fails to return.
Most exciting, for me, was the en-
sagement which threw the Japs
tack from Midway and of course
from their projected landings in
the Hawaiian Islands.
MIR. Johnston ends his book with
flatley bracketed by our own ack-
ack at Guadalcanal, but safely
threading his way out. It makes
proper end to a book of thrills.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-23
Water Prospect Improves

The chief remaining obstacle to the extern
sion of Wilmngton's water supply pipeline
to Kings Bluff appears to be change in
the route from Acme to Green's Ferry which
will shorten the line and save some material.
AS the proposal is in the interest of con-
serving vital material it IS reasonable on all
counts Some delay is involved. 1t will be
necessary to survey the new route and prepare
new specifications and estimates, but having
waited so long,, and as the additional work
involved is inconsiderable, the brief postpone
ment can be easily borne.
The prospect for salt-free water is better
in the light of Mr.. Steve Burns telephoned
encoura cement than at any time in the past.
Mr. Burns is in the priorities division of the
Federal Works Administration. He has told
City Manager A. c. Nichols that in his opinion
the War Production Beard. which has juris-
diction over vital materials, will "gc along''
with the pipeline project when the revision of
the route is completed.
This is strong evidence that Wilmington has
a friend at COURT in Mr. Burns. His con-
tinued friendship is worth cultivating by meet
ing the new requirements and completing the
york specified as quickly as possible.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-23

the government to seize the coal mines and
give in to their wage demands. In the expedi.
ency of the moment. the rights of the coal
mine owners were sacrificed, even as the
rights OF small nations were sacrificed at the
whim of Hitler. The War Labor Board CON.
firmed peace in our t;me'' wage contract
made under threat Of force with which the
government was unprepared to cope. In an
proving the contract, the industry members
of the WLB warned: we know that the cir
cumstances Of the last several months have
raised around this contract many far-reaching
questions of government policy These larger
questions OF government policy, the solution
of which unhappily has been too long deferred
will now, we hope, be faced and solved.''
One public member Of the War Labor Board
Wayne l.. Morse, dissented from the position
the Board took with the comment that: eft
is contrary to sound public policv for the
War Labor Board to approve this agreement.
which was negotiated under the duress of =
strike'
Now we face greater crisis than in the
coal strike. The threat Of railway workers
to walk off the job and disrupt the nations
chief transportation system, if carried out.
could turn our growing prospect of war sue
cess into disastrous failure. President Roose-
welt has personally undertaken to COMPOSE
the differences between workers and man.
age1nent. 1t is up to him, personally. there
fore, to exercise the full power of his office
to see that no train fails to run, and that
he uses his power, not to effect compromise
which will leave difficult problem to be
solved at q later time, but 10 settle the matter
now.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-23
AsOthers Say 1t
A NEW DEAL ALGER BOY.

Horatio Alger has had a tough
time lately. His success stories
read a bit sour during the long
depression. The boys on the far
left of economic thought scoffed
heartily at the whole string of AL
ser rags-to-riches romances. But
here's one that isn't out Of fic-
ton:
Sol Estes lives in Clyde, Tex.
Six years ago, ne had a eve lamb.
SCI was then about 10 years old.
He sold his flock. founded by the
eve, for 5000. Invested in pigs, he
ran his roll up 20 $4,000. Branch
ing out into crops, cattle and sheep
on his fathers ranch. he has a
bank account of $28,737 now.
He's one of those youngsters
who can recall nothing but New
Deal government in Washia gton.
He's been "regimented,' AAA,
4-H'd, taxed, CC'd. NYA'd and
new capitalized. And Horatio Al
ser, writing in the days of rugged
individualism, never THOUGHT up
anything better.-Chicago Times.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-23
"Peace In Our Time"

When the then Prime Minister Of Great
Britain, Neville Chamberlain, returned from
Munich with his false prophecy Of peace in
our time" after consenting to the rape OF
Czechoslovakia, only few persons realized
that a day of reckoning was inevitable.
Those who criticized the course of Britain
in those dark days can now observe parallel
right here in our own country, relative to
our domestic affairs. For years our govern
ment has failed to squarely face initiation
and labor problems, just as Britain failed to
face the growing might OF Hitler. Our gov
eminent, after long record OF silent en-
coura cement of labor 1awlessness, delegated
to a single agency, the War Labor Board,
the responsibility of restraining labor organi-
cations that had learned the effectiveness of
brute force-strikes. flow closely this paral-
lels the action Of the British government,
when after years OF bungling it expected one
man to stop a roaring tiger. with an umbrella.
The War Labor Board could not stem the
tide. The coal miners struck and compelled
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-23
Christmas Dinner At Camp

| Col Adam E. Potts has arrived at very
practical application in reverse OF Moham.
NETS trip to the mountain when the mountain
wouldn't come to him.
Colonel Potts, as everybody in Wilmington
Ihas grateful reason to know, IS commandant
at Camp Davis. He not only governs the
routine affairs of the camp but supervises
as far as common sense and kind heart
can do so, the going and conings of the
soldiers in his care. with an eye to their
comfort and welfare off the reservation. He
has found many ways not mentioned in books
on discipline and training to make the life OF
soldier less burdenscme and lonely, as the
USO, the canteen service and other units set
up to promote the welfare of selectees have
good reason to know,
Now, foreseeing that many friends and rela-
tives of the troops at Camp Davis are liable
to find restaurant service on Christmas in
adequate, and remembering that some thou
sands of persons went hungry last Christmas,
he has issued a bulletin urging the men in
his command to invite their people to have
Christmas dinner at the post. BY this means,
if his advice is generally accepted, the SOL
diers and their guests will be enabled to
enjoy a typical Christmas dinner with all the
trimmings in peace and comfort, and relieve
Wilmington's public eating places of a heavy
strain upon their limited facilities and food
supplies.
1t is particularly desirable t h a Colonel
Potts plan be carried out as there are many
many persons in Wilrril4gton's overflow popu-
lation living in single rooms with no house
keeping facilities who cannot prepare their
own meals and must depend upon the res
taurants for sustenance.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-23
BY JOHN SELBY
The Grim Reapers, by Stanley
johnson Dutton; S2.75).

SOAAoAA DueSoA, P~'sC(s
Stanley Johnstoa's ''The Grim
Reapers'' is in the tradition of his
earlier "Queen of the Flat-tops. =
And it also is an account of our
Pacific war in terms of one unit
therin. The method has the advaa.
tage of immediacy and personal
approach and, as Mr.. Johnston
knows, the disadvantage of linn
lied perspective. In effect, 1.-THE
Grim Reapers' IS one piece in the
great jig-saw puzzle that eventual
ly will be completed with the de-
feat of Japan.
The book begins with the Coral
Sea, and ends with Guadalcanal.
Before the Coral Sea engagement,
1t. Cmdr. James H. Flatley had
been ordered to detach himself
from the fleet and proceed to the
West Coast to form new fighter
squadron with the romantic name
VITO. But he smelled action, and
was permitted to delay his depart
ure long enough to take his part
in our first victory over the Japs
His life also was spared by his
desire to- fight, for the tanker he
and his companions would have
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-23
Something Dead Up The
Branch

Secretary Morgenthau of the Treasury scores
Congress bitterly for failing to give him the
ten and one-half billion dollars he demanded
in new revenue, saying the 81, lou, 600, 900 tax
bill as now drawn will open the way to ex-
tortionate war profits and holds the "seed of
a national scandal
On the other hand, Representative Doughton
and other members of Congress are equally
emphatic that the amount Mr.. Morgenthau
asked could be coafiscatory and create genu-
inc distress among the taxpayers. Mr.. John
@. Citizen may choose between these view
points, according to his earnings and preiu.
dices.
If he is influenced by the Doughton views
more than by Mr.. Morgenthau's he has strong
support in the fact that some $4,000, DOC, 900
of his money was involved in overestimates
for Army expenditures and has been cut off,
Can he be blamed if he believes that if there
lodges in the governments orgie of extrava-
gance?
Among Alabama's Negro illiterates there is
an expression which fits this case much more
aptly than highly polished expression. When
they scent something unsavory, whether gas
trononic or economic, they sa. there's some
thing dead up the branch" There is little
reason to doubt that the Aforesaid J. c. is
MIR. Morgenthau's tax bill views. a
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-23
Raymond Clapper Says:
Investigation OF Canol
Oil Project Is Justified

COO, 900 spent up to now. Ninety.
time per cent of the material is or
the ground now To suspend fur.
Their work and remove that ma.
terial would cost more than to fin.
1sh the job, so General Somervell' S
people say.
Against that is the combined
judgement of Donald Nelson of the
War Production Board, Secretary
of the Navy Knox. and Oil Admin.
,strator Ickes.
General Somervell and Senator
Truman, chairman of the Senate in.
vestigating committee. have had
sharp words. Some of the men
General Somervell picked to ad
wise and assist on the project
look bit goofy. But it is difficult
for anyone not specializing on the
case to have a solidly based budg-
nient as to what should be done.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-23
Daily Prayer
FOR VIVID IMAGINATION

Usage and familiarity have dull
ed our first keen sense of the real
significance of this war; and we
confess, o. Lord, that our spirits
have slumped into routine. We
rave lost our first glow of ardor
for a holy and sacrificial Cause
LIES evervdayI ess, and small
personal concerns, engross us. For
which sin we crave Thy fatherly
pardon, o. God. Forgive our COM
monplaceneSs and complacency.
Stir us to continuing sense of
the significance Of this world war
Make vivid within us the imagina-
ton to perceive the vast,~ss of
the issues at stake, and the life
of our service men and women.
Teach us how to pour out our
hearts in daily supplication to
Thee: for with Thee alone is the
outcome. Give lis godly greatness
to bear a full part in this day of
destiny. And Thine shall be the
praise forever. Amen.-W. T. E.