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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-26
LETTERS
TO THE EDITOR:

TO THE EDITOR:
THIS letter is in regard 10
publication in your newSpa-
per Of the column by Mr.. West
brook Pegler.
Mr.. Pegler has consistently
taken a vicious and deroGatory
attitude toward organized labor
and its membership for quite
some time. Hardly a few days
pass in which this coIumnist has
not accused labor unions and
their members in some unjust
manner.
We do not condemn Mr.. Peg
Ter when ne sticks TO facts and
makes attacks upon certain Ia
Dor leaders who have been right
fully accused of racketeering
and eXtortlon in their individual
unions In this we concur and
Fundamentally desire that these
facts be made known.
But we do protest because
Mr.. Pegler through his writings
has endeavored 10 create the
impression that all labor lead
erS. labor unions and their men,
berShlps are guilty.
He has smeared the coura-
geouS members of the National
Maritime Union by abiding TO
them as radicals and Commu-
nists, and brought out isolated
cases of drunkenness and insub-
ordination and widely publicIzed
these charges SO that many peo-
pie believe this 10 be the rule
rather than the exception.
We realize Mr.. Pegler'S right
to the free speech OF a demo-
cratic country and only desire
that he stick 10 the facts and
not try TO stir up dlsunity
among the people OF our coun-
try who are doing their best IN
their contribution TO the sue
ceSSful elimination OF fasclsm
throughout the world. We re-
main,
Respectfully yours.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-26

True fortitude take 10 be the
quiet possession OF mans self
and an undisturbed doing his
duty, whatever evil besets or
danger lies in his way.-Locke.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-26

Some are born great. some
achieve greatness, and some
have greatness hrust upon
them. Shakespeare.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-26
FRANK IGLESIAS.
Recording Secretary,
LIU 80, UCW-CIO.
TO THE EDITOR:
Respectfully yours

TO THE EDITOR:
I AM writing this on behalf of
Il the men waiting trial I'm the
Wayne County Jail and lails all
over the United States. We are
interested in finding the public's
views on the following question.
WHY not let these men who
are Of draft age and physically
I'll enlist in the armed services?
This would relieve the man
power situation quite a bit. and
in many cases, where the cir
CumStances warrant. we feel we
should 5e given this chance.
Mistakes do not condemn
these men altogether. A per-
centage OF these men, after
spending two 10 six months
waiting trial, have learned
lesson.
We feel that in times like
these. when every man Is
needed, we would be Of more
use 10 our country and our
selves in the armed forces.
We would be paying our debt
TO society ard also having a
chance TO improve ourselves.
This also would keep quite a
few men here in the war plants.
Many Of these men would
make good soldiers and the
army would improve their
status as citizens in 'later life.
We hope you print this. As
we are interested in the publics
reaction 10 II.
NO. SOL.
Wayne County Jail.
TO THE EDITOR:
A MILLION words would not
"A adequately express the
thanks of the Amateur Softball
Association for your co-opera-
tion in making the 1943 world
championship games, here last
month. a success, -L-hope
simple thank you will suffice.
RAY JOHNSON,
President.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-26
| NEWS
BEHIND
The News
BY Paul
Malon

SHINING llEnt ever wifi
out here faster or with less at
tention than that of Leon Hen
derson's price fixing successor
PrentiSs Brown.
Few papers thought IT worth
page one notice.
The inner story, most often
told. is that Brown, two or
three months ago, had enough
of Washington and the OBJ
stacles Of conflicting govern
ment policies, personalities like
Ickes. and Henderson's radical
holdovers in OPA.
Surface developments attach
greater significance TO his
withdrawal These suggest he
quit while quitting was good.
I Asst week. Mr.. Roosevelt
~ first had the farm leaders
into the White House. A few
days later, labor came in. The
labor demand for more wage
increases could be pushed aside
for only the next 60 days or so
by presidential appointment OF
commission -restndY- his
own government statistics. That
day Brown quit.
Election time is coming along.
The farmers and labor are
needed for the fourth term.
Congress is reluctant 10 buy
them off with food subsidies out
OF the treasury.
The present price ceiling,
therefore, is likely to crack I'M
der the pressure Of demand for
higher wages. Mr.. Roosevelt
may shortly have his hand
forced by political exigencies.
If Brown saw these things
coming, he choose the right
time 10 leave, while his OPA has
established al least A Semblance
of orderly price restraints.
THE whole price-wage ques-
Il ton has been thrown into a
battle of statistics.
But the labor leaders say the
Is per cent increase allowance
of the Little Steel formula is not
enough 10 pay the increased
cost of living since January,
1912, and they must have more
money.
You can prove wages have not
increased much by including
white collar workers outside the
unions, or you can prove they
have quadrupled by counting
only the unions where tremen-
dous mere asses have been
granted construction workers,
shipyards, etc.
Or you can becloud the in
creaSes that actually have been
granted by deducting fore d
savings and increased taxes, and
count only take home pay a
new phrase devils d by the
unions.
TT JUST seems impossible 10
l. found national economy
on statistics.
Even if any one here wanted
pure, unadulterated statistics
tand no one does, because all
are seeking only to prove view
points already adopted). the col
lection of national figures would
level off TO an average which in
itself is unjust because so few
people experience the national
average.
The great bulk Of the people
either will be under II like
teaCherS) or over it like do
nestle SerVants).
Now Mr.. Roosevelt is using
this situation obviously to bring
Congress around 10 his subsidy
payment viewpoint, the idea of
making the treasury pay a part
of the higher prices so the con-
sumner will not think he is pay
ing it, although. of course. he
pays it all through taxation or
bonds.
Congress is in no mood to ac-
cept this whole. but a compro-
mise eventually might be
effected which would create the
appearance OF holding the pres
emf line temporarily AT least.
Browns timing does seem
perfect.
Distributed ny King Features Synd., Inc.
Reproduction IN whole or in part
strictly prohibited,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-26

After the verb TO love-" ito
help is the most beautiful verb
in the world.-Baroness Won
Suttner.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-26
FAIR N
ENOUGH
BY Westbrook
Pealer.

TN MY daily reading OF the :
L comic strip detectives and :
my occasional quarter hours
with the spies and counterspies
of the radio. l have noticed a
strong resemblance 10 the Ver-
boten literature of my youth. !
Nick Carter, the King Bradys, -
Old and Young. and Old Sleuth i,
live again under other names
and their resurrection is a puz- q.
cling thing because 30-odd years /,
ago when their adventures were
appearing weekly in the nickel
editions and monthly in the 15-
cent sizes which gave you more
wordage and at least three des- b,
perate predicaments instead OF
one, this was strictly juvenile >
entertainment. scored by the.
elders and by most OF them for r
mally forbidden to the young.
Parents seized these works
when they could find them and
put them in the stove. Teachers o
confiscated them on sight and
boys were popularity supposed to-
sneak away To the barn To keep .
up in their reading, although
that was just way of putting
il. Girls, as far as l know, took a.
no interest in such tales.
THE revivals, or reincarna-,
Il tions, of today are not ad-
dressed TO adoleScents hut 20
the adult public and of both
sexes. Moreover. and l am sur
prised and feel warm sense
of vindication in my own early
taste. 10 observe hat the
grown-up people OF today are
eating il up.
| might say, too, that N /
remember correctly, our stories
were better, for i do not recall
any loose ends or outrageous
impositions on probability or the
readers credulity, whereas now
adays in some of the adventure
comics and radio dramas there
are usually details which are
not solved satisfactorily.
Sometimes the author Just
makes a lot OF noise and con-
fusion 10 cover up flaws in his .
story. and if YOU are an OLD
dime-novel reader. that is where.
your early training comes in,
handy. They can't fool you.
I KNOW girl who writes
1 occasional instalmentS OF a
radio serial who shows shock,
ing cynicism in this respect.
She Is not really a professional
writer but Just sits al home
listens 10 a couple OF these
dramas of an evening and. when
the mood is right, bats out an
episode as l believe they are,
called.
She SAYS the whole thing Is a
trick. You get a heroic young
man or woman or a pair OF
lovers into a terrible Jam and in
the last minute or two. after the
plug for the handover cure, OF
the soap or the soup. YOU bust
the public over the head with a
surprise and then make Your
escape under cover OF loud music
from the band and almost hys-
terical spiel from the pitch
man. telling you 10 he sure 10
listen tomorrow night at the
same time. a.
She says they pay hundred
or a hundred and quarter and
then your reflections are not
hard 10 take because il is just
spare-time work any way
i guess this revival shows that
our parents weren't so smart
after all and l hope the satisfac-
ton will aSsauge, after all these.
years, the pangs of any whaling
in the woodshed as punishment
for Illicit reading. Not that I
ever knew of an authenticated
case OF such whaling 1t was
Just popular myth Of the day.
Copyright 1888 by United Features, synd.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-26

THE Office of War Information will use
i $4,000 tons Of paper this year to convey
information of varying Importance to the
American people.
The Boren-Haeck committee of the House
Of Representatives, conducting an nvestiga-
ton Of the paper shortage which has already
caused curtailment Of newspapers and maya
zines and raises the imminent prospect of
further and more drastic curtailments has
become very curious about the varying" i'm
portance Of government uses of paper.
Chairman Boren Of the committee is
especially curious about specific publications
of the Office Of War Information.
One Of these publications with which he
confronted Director Elmer Davis of the Office
Of War Information, was message 10 the
American people advising them TO keep their
homes warm in winter by keeping their doors
closed.
CHAIRMAN BOREN wonders if this is
- typical of the uses to which $4,000 tons
Of paper arc being put
II think il j. An insult To the intelligence
of the American people" said Mr.. Boren, ito
have government agency waste time. paper
and printing 10 tell them to close the door To
keep the cold out.
Vet that particular item, was only one
part Of the bale of news releases which are
sent TO country editors every week. and which
find their way into the waste baskets.
~Tbe people are being forced 10 the belief
that their government is the biggest waSter
of paper IN the country. ] am getting that
complaint from every side"
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Page I6-ToesdsH October 10, l943
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ANSWERS on Opposite Pager
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q What did he say?
Ale couldn't afford II. as
other unions would demand
similar wage-cut reservations.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-18
TWO PROGRAMS
AT MOB THEATER

Sweet and swing cohorts among
officers and enlisted men of the
Naval Operating Base and other
local activities were IN the
groove" last night when they
FOUNDED out the rhythm beats 10
the 40 music of Barney Rapp
and his New EngIanders Orches-
ira.
Two programs presented IN the
MOB theatre We're attended by
capacity crowds anxious to hear
this top-notch I6-piece band which
came here under the Sponsorship
of USO-Camp Shows Of New York
Rapp, a veteran Of thousands Of
hours on commercial and Sus-
tanning shows over MIC. CHS and
Mutual, had his band all dressed
up for this presentation by add
ing comedy, vocal and choral ar
engagements and speciality acts to
his aggregation.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-18
PRETTY LADY-WITH A MIND
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

for something very nice" she says,
than not so long for something
Disappointing"
She's a blonde, has an ingrati :
ating smile, and a slight English
accent that has been transformed.
for film purposes, into an Irish
brogue. ncii22lsl sbiW no .
Gene Autry wants to go into
active service, with the ferry
command. IS soon as his army or
dered tour IS finished. Dinah
Shore is to be in Eddie Cantor's
Show Business. Judy Canova,
winding up at Republic with
Sleepy Lagoon" says she's
through with long-term contracts.
She's to do Louisiana Hayride"
for Columbia, and start her new
air show, Casa Canova, it'll be
Americana, rather than hillbil-
ly," she says. Why do all these
people who rode to fame on the
hillbilly highway want to get
away, sooner or later? -.
Frances Clifford called it quits
with Tarzan and all other forms
of jungle life. No more jungle
movies and no more jungle cos
tunes, she said. She would insist
on drawing room roles and beau
tiful buds.
So she got her first assignment
at M-G-M-in Cry Havoc"
The setting was jungle on Ba-
taan. Her glamorous wardrobe
consisted of coveralls.
AT least ! don't have to swing
from trees" she consoled herself.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-18
BIG FISH CATCH
MADE ON SUNDAY
LARGEST OF JEWISH TAKEN
WEIGHED 2o4
POUNDS

The best fishing story of EN- all
449 pounds of Jewish in 80 min
utes-was related this week by
men at the Nays Commissary
Store.
The largest one weighed 204
pounds. Another scaled 95 and two
others were about rs pounds
apiece.
Eden Miller, Sk2c of Granite
City, ILL.,, said that the big catch
was made Sunday at Bahia Honda
Bridge by the party of IA persons.
The 204-pound giant was hook
ed by Jack Wright of Miami and
all hands stood by to haul the fish
to the top of the bridge. Proof of
the catch was recorded on several
rolls of box camera film and a
record of the strenuous hauling
job was filmed by an unidenti-
fled army officer who had movie
camera.
Angling in the main channel in
the afternoon tide were Lieut.. w.
M. Holmberg, assistant officer in
charge, of Birmingham, Ala; Jack
Vann of Pompano, Eddie Sehr of
Chicago, Floyde Tabor of Miami,
Harvey Denton of Henderson, KY,
and wright.
Vann also did yeoman work by
sharing not only the 95-pounder
but also one of those weighing IS
pounds. Denton cleaned the jack
pot by dragging ashore the other
75-pounder.
Lieut.. Gg) Paul Clark, temper
airy officer in charge, Atlanta, Ga,
led the anglers on shore by catch
ing a three-pound jack on a light
rcd.
Bill Sabre, Key West, put on
quite sideshow to the main
events by landing 25-pound
shark with light trolling gear.
Other members of the party
were Mrs. Floyd Tabor and her
mother, Mrs. Moore; Mrs. Bill
Sadler; MFR. and Mrs. Eden Miller
of Granite City, H.; Charles 0'Dell
of ST, Louis, Mo-, and Edward
Powers of New York.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-18
>5k6 L0CE<1NG
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.


ed to by the delegations from the
forty-four participating nations.
1t may, be interesting to consid-
er the results of the conference
which studied world problems of
food and agriculture, concluding
that "the goal of freedom from
want of food, suitable and ade-
quate for the health and strength
of all peoples, can be achieved"
Recognizing that the first task
is to complete the winning of the
war. and to deliver millions of
people from tyranny and plumber,
| the conference pointed out that
during the periods of critical
shortage, freedom from hunger
can be achieved only by urging a
concerted effort to economic con-
sumption, to increase supplies and
to distribute them to the best adj
vantage.
Thereafter, efforts to secure
freedom from fear and freedom
from want can be attempted. De-
claring that there has never been
enough food for the health of all
people" and that this situation lis
justified neither by ignorance nor
by the justice of nature" the con-
ference concluded that the produc-
ton of food must DE greatly ex-
banded. LIZ ssEs ssSaasa
AS "the first cause of hunger
and malnutritions is poverty it
is useless to produce more faod
unless men and nations provide
the market to absorb it. Conse-
quently, there must be IAN ex-
pansion of the whole world econ
omy to provide purchasing power
sufficient to maintain an adequate
diet for ALL"
While s'the primary responsible
ity lies with each nation" for
meeting the needs of its own peo-
pie and each nation must deter
mine what steps it will take, the
goal can be achieved "only if all
work together"
Consequently, it is recommend
ed that the governments study
the findings of the conference and
take ''the first STEP without
awaiting the solution of all other
problems.
There seems to be nothing dan
gerous to the liberties of any peo-
pie in the conclusions of the con-
ference.
The delegates were in agree
ment that there must be an ex-
banded world economy to provide
purchasing power to maintain an
adequate diet but that with full
employment in all countries, en-
larged industrial production, the
absence of exploitation, the in
creasing flow of trade within and
between countries, the orderly
management of domestic and in
ternational investment and cur
rency and sustained internal and
international economic equili-
brium," the problem can be sue
cessfully met and the worlds
food can be made available to all
its people.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-18
PLEASE, SOMEBODY,
TAKE 1T AWAY
(By Associates Pre<.l

AKRON, Ohio, June l8-Mem-
bers of American Legion Post 19
thought they really had something
worth giving away when they Of
fered ton of coal as a door prize
at a recent social function.
They drew numbers for the
prizes and the winner of the coal
was Ed Wagner, local manager of
the East Ohio Gas Co.
81 burn gas Wagner protested.
Il don't want it"
They drew another number. The
winner was Dave Brown, the coal
dealer who had donated the prize
The ton of coal finally went to
c. H. Brilliant, of the Dime bank.
81" said he, ''can use it.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-18
POSTAL SERVICE DETEHIoH-
ATES
RAILROADS ARE INADEQUATE.
AUTOS AND PLANES NEEDED

Postmaster General Frank c.
c. Walker reports that, for the
first time in twenty-four years,
postal expenditures were held
within revenues for the first ten
months of the present fiscal year.
This is record which deserves
praise, especially in view of the
large volume of postagefree mail
handled for the armed forces and
the government agencies. 1t was
accomplished despite the payment
Of $35, 100000 for increased postal
salaries in recent months.
Now that we have called atten-
ton to the good features of the
Postmaster Generals announce
ment, it might not be out of place
to make some observations as to
the postal service itself.
Many business men complain
of delayed mail. Apparently. the
cause of this somewhat general
complaint is based upon more than
the pressure Of the present en-
ergency.
1t should ALSO be noted that the
Post Office Department has failed
to utilize the automobile in the
transportation of mail. Relying
largely upon the railroads, which
have curtailed schedules drastic
ally, and seldom utilizing depart
ment-owned trucks for the inter-
city transportation of mail, the
postal service has experienced
some deterioration in the type of
service offered to the public.
Moreover, while airmail service
has been made available to the
larger cities of the land, it means
little or nothing to the bulk of
the population of the country. 1t
seems to us that the airplane,
like the automobile, should have
been adopted by the postal service
to improve and speed the delivery
of mail.
Of course, in making these OBJ
servations, we do not direct
criticism toward present postal
officials. Many of the matters are
not entirely left to their discre-
ton and they are dependent upon
Congress for appropriations and
authority to institute the changes
suggested.
However, we think that the
ideas discussed deserve considera-
tion and that improvement in the
postal service is not only desirable
but inevitable.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-18
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
BY ROBIN cooNs

HOLLYWOOD. June 18.-Ann
Richards is girl who knows her
own mind.
There have been plenty of pref
ty young things who set out hope
fully for Hollywood, determined
to make their way on the screen.
Ann Richards is the only one
know who would set out from Aus
tralia, just after December 7, 1941,
and dare war to stop her. That's
what she did.
Ann is the girl who beat out
several established beauties for
the role opposite Brian Donlevy
in King Vidor's America She
had been on the M-G-M contract
list year, lost with the other
"unknowns" in that vast lineup
of talent and beauty, and it didn't
make sense that she should pull
down a plum. She did, and it still
doesn't make sense. Her perform
ance does. With the picture IL
weeks in production, and as many
more to go, Ann Richards is al
ready Gin"
An American citizen through
her late father, an engineer who
settled and married in Australia,
Ann had long wanted to visit
America. She had made name in
Australian movies when the war
. curtailed production there, and
she decided then was the time.
She was packing for the trip when
the Japs struck, and there was
doubt that her ship would sail at
all. When il did, all but 95 of the
passengers had needed warnings
of the dangers involved in the
crossing and had cancelled pas
sage. Ann stayed on. The vessel
lodged and zig-zagged its way to
America-but it was a year before
Ann reached America
Through friend, scenarist Carl
Dudley, who was writing at
M-G-M, Ann got inside the studio
and applied for job. In two weeks
she was playing. at %, a Cougar
old woman in a short, "A Woman
in the House" 1t won her con-
tract, and a year of waiting.
But it's better to wait longer
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-18
ALlBI NO. s99,999'
COFFEE BRANCH.
GBy Associated Press,

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn. June
l8.-One Chattanooga lady told
the ration board she simply had
to have more coffee
You see, / haven't any teeth
and / have to dunk my food in
coffee to eat it. With the amount
of coffee l get now, I just don't
get enough to eat" she explained
The ration board was very sor-
ry and all, but it refused the re-
quest.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-18
COUPLE MARRIED

Lauriette Magee, of Key West,
and Corporal Dempsey Ballard,
of Fort Myers, were married yes
.terday afternoon by Justice of the
Peace Esquinaldo.
Mrs. George Nodine and Bastic
B. Morton stood with the couple.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-18
FLOATING DRESSER

WARSAW, Mo.-Hastilv re-
articles from a dresser
drawer as flood waters rose in his
cabin, Sam Bishop stopped to light
a cigarette and then turned to re-
sumo his task. Surprised, he
found that the dresser had float
ed out of TIE room.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-18

SCHEL CITY. ~ 49,
q cuts co EzSulzle rsUrEg an
Worry Isaac Lzzhsr H rzrsz--r
visited Els SISTER ar ner hurle Is
miles aWsr and maze ~ ruzll
trip In one dav-an hls So
old nzule-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-18
Good Figuring

Doctors Wife = So you told
that patient to diet?
Doctor - Yes. / ordered him
to eat only the very plainest
food, and very little of it.
Wife-Do you think that will
help him to get well?
Doctor-It will help him to
save money so he can pay my
bill.