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Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-29
BY PETER EDISON
day coach to Washington:

BY day coach to Washington
Every seat was taken, of course
and a few people were standing in
the aisles, all the way from New
York.
A very young sailor in whites
with service ribbons and stars SHOW
ing he had been in action, along
the coast, across the Atlantic and
in African waters, learned over the
back of his seat, arguing with a man
in khaki shirt and slacks who
wasn't a soldier, for he wore no in
sigma, but it didn't take long to find
out what he was.
"I'm in the merchant marine!"
he bOasted i'm a husky voice that
could be heard all over the car
or about a 10-knOt gale. Both of
them had pints. about half gone,
and so were they. Everyone in
the car was trying to ignore
them or pay them no attention,
but il was hard work. All around
were young soldiers, clean cut
kids, behaving themselves, refus-
ing the bottle which the sailor
and the seaman tried to force
upon them.
II don't drink" said a corporal
who sat down beside the sailor. Be
sides, you better save that stuff
it's going to be rationed."
The sailor was pretty vile mouth
ed and abusive, but nobody bother
ed. The merchant seaman was just
loud.
Have you been in the Red Sea?'
the merchantmen demanded.
The sailor was evasive.
Well if you haven't been in the
Red Sea, you haven't got any right
to wear medals. Where did you gel
those medals, anyway? I haven't
got any medals and I've been il
the Red Sea and up to Cairo. Have
you been to Cairo? Well then vol
haven't got any right to wear rib
bons on your chest"
! The sailor was no match for him
either in back talk or contest will
the bottle. Just north of Philadel-
rtia he passed out cold, leaving the
merchant seaman to a monologue.
BIG MAN AND TALK
q just got off ship" he brag-
ged in his roarlr. lice. Il got
$40 in my pocKev and I'm going tt
Baltimore and have me time" II
proof of it he reached into hi.
shirt pocket and pulled out his roll
The last time I was home. hao
! $1l0o, and I spent it all. Ha. Ha
Ha. Ha." He had slow, dirty
laugh. That's why I'm in the
/ merchant marine. Fifteen hundred
dollars for two trips. Not bad, ehi
Ha. Ha. Ha. Hal"
All this banter and lot more,
unfit to print, was taken by the
other passengers in bored tOler-
ance, and for two very good rea-
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-29

Copyright, I943, Brewing Industry Foundation
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-28

Now it is the Golden West that cries
out for State rights and criticizes the pol
icies forced upon the States by the Fed
eral government. Incidentally, the "Solid
South" still votes the Democratic ticket
The Governors of Idaho, Oregon, Wash
ington, Montana and Wyoming met
few days ago and agreed upon plans to
coordinate natural resource development
under the sovereign rights of the State"
They agreed upon resolutions requesting
that Federal projects not be established
in any States without first considering
the interest of the States Then they
set up lehman committee to coordinate
State planning board projects. Governor
Hunt OF Wyoming was the only Democrat
at the meeting = and he declared that
the creation of the Jackson Hole mOnu-
ment park area in Western Wyoming was
"a horrible example of invasion of the
States rights by the Federal Government
The outstanding objector to the expan-
sion of Federal authority over the States
is Senator Harry Byrd who ranks as the
ablest and most outstanding Governor of
Virginia since the Civil War. He has
made clear statement in speeches and
reports to the Senate showing that the
States are outnumbered many times over
by government officials, agencies and
groups, and that controls have broken
down the powers of the States. It's
long and interesting story, and Senator
Byrd told it in the July issue of the
Readers Digest.
After the beginning of the Congress
sional recess Senator Taft of Ohio told
the Alabama Bar Association in an adj
dress that Congress has differed with
the President almost on every domestic
policy and cooperated with him on every
war question. Taft insisted that Con-
gress won the respect of the country
when it began to assert its "independ-
ence" He voiced the same sentiment
that was expressed by five Western Gov
errors when he told the Alabama Black
stonians that the Federal government
has stuck fast to the New Deal method
of deliberately by-passing and depreciat-
ing State and local governments. He
declared: "But Congress is determined to
reverse that attempt to seize power in
Washington"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-28

ling warned u.s. Lord God of Hosts, be
with us yet, Lest we forget-lest we for
get!" That advice from great English
man should be followed literally, and to
keep the record straight "lest we for
get" don't fail to remember that when
we entered this war France had fallen
and most of Europe had gone down with
her. An Englishman who came to Wash
lngton for his government told room
full OF newspaper men that there were
not half dozen bombers left in Britain
when Lend-Lease began shipments. Other
Englishmen freely admit that Great Bril-
tain had been defeated" but not con-
quered, when the goods from United
States war production factories reached
their shores.
The Automotive Council for War Pro-
duction reported that for the year 1912
the United States furnished under Lend
Lease NEARLY 20 million dollars of war
goods day-or a current annual rate
of 7 billion rs per cent above the dollar
level of the industry's best peacetime
year." That was the record of one
American industry, but it is significant
that our number one national industry
could perform tasks that will always
look like miracles when the totals are
placed before the reader
The United States won World War l.
When the United States came into the
present war Russia was the only nation
holding the line against the Axis. 1t is
long way from the Mediterranean
through Sicily, Italy, France and into
Berlin The United States has already
made Victory possibility. God of
Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-28
Wallace Is Still Going Strong

1t took the metropolitan newspapers
full week to wake up to the fact that
inasmuch as the President was elect
ed to his office by 27,243, 466 votes in the
1910 election that he ranks on the same
level with President Roosevelt who holds
office because he also received 81, 243, 466
votes in the same election Under the
provisions of the Constitution Mr.. Wal
lace would become President in case of
the disqualification or demise of Mr.
Roosevelt.
Vice President Wallace ranks exactly
as high in his own right as President
Roosevelt. Wise-boyS of Washington have
discovered that Wise President Roosevelt
made an error in appointing him to the
position of the chairman of the Board of
Economic Warfare, and he made greater
blunder in "baWling him out" The
Vice-President is the presiding officer of
the Senate and he has the deciding vote
to break tie. AS Vice-President he is
automatically disqualified to serve as the
head of one of the Presidents boards mas
much as the Presidents set-ups owe their
existence to appropriations from Con-
gress. The President didn't read the con-
Stitution the day he reached out and
pulled in the Vice-President The Presi-
uCAG vi oACCN ASAi' DyA11So AiOlil Vic ou-
preme Court - but Byrnes resigned the
Court.
Senator Wiley of Wisconsin was ap-
parently the first Senator to discover that
Wallace as Administrator of BEW was a
sad example of erosion of government"
Editorial writer's and columnists have
recently been filling the papers with
articles defending Mr. Wallace, and criti-
cising the President whom they say "hu-
inflated Wallace because he quarreled
with Secretary of Commerce Jones. The
President is in about the position as the
man who interfered in a family quarrel
and got the trouncing that was meant for
the other fellow. Those wise guessers
who are saying "this is the end of Wal
lace" seem to be getting themselves into
more trouble. We venture the predic-
ton that Roosevelt and Wallace will be
playing ball." as usual, before snowfall
time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-28
Views OF The Press

and the planting season will be
over. There is. still much more
planting which can and should be
done. The point is that we must
take full advantage of the oppor-
tunities which exist now for the
demands for vegetables will con-
tinue long after the production
schedule concludes.
Another factor which must not be
forgotten is the importance of stor-
ing. canning and drying the foods
which are being raised in such pro-
fusion. Much of the labor and
care of the past few weeks will be
lost if the crops are allowed to
spoil. A determined effort to pre-
serve those vegetables and fruits
which are not wanted for immedi-
ate eating will help greatly in max
ing the winter prospects better.
The amateur, however, should
first get copies of the rules and
regulations, before he attempts to
can or dehydrate. Indeed, any at
tempt to prepare food so that it
will keep indefinitely should be
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-28
CHESTER BOWLES TAKES HOLD
New Britain HERALD

Connecticut's contribution to the
Washington headquarters of the
OPA this week is-you've guessed it
Chester Bowles, who takes Office
as general manager under Prentiss
Brown. Mr.. Bowles being from Con-
necticut, we wish the best of success
for him.
Such success, in our opinion, can
best be achieved by not being much
of a yes-man to anybody else in
Washington. And it would be
helped, too, if a large proportion of
the right young economic igno-
ramuses were thrown out of the bu-
reau.
The OPA is loaded with this ilk,
including a huge assortment OF
young lawyers who should be in the
armed forces.
Let Mr.. BoWles, as general man
ager, actually manage the outfit;
we said manage, not take anything
for granted; Or take orders from his
interiors.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-28
World War Ill

Ernest Bevin, British Minister of Labor
believes Germany may have in mind
bleeding the democracies so white in this
war that she can win the next. That is,
of course, the reason we must not permit
this war to end until the Reich itself has
been bled as pale as the rest of the world.
If we permit Germany to crawl out
while she remains virtually intact but
the rest of Europe is ruined, she surely
will begin at once preparing for the next
attempt. However, unpleasant the task
may be, we must press on until the
Huns ability to start another war has
been destroyed utterly and for many gen.
erations to come, if not forever.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-28

Erection of a reviewing stand leads
observers to believe that the capsized
French luxury liner Normandie is about
to be righted within few days. Which
leads us to wonder what, when she has
been reconditioned as the U. S. S. Lafay
cite, she is going to do. Before she was
Quilted by fire, there was talk about con-
verting her to fast, giant aircraft car
rier, and discussion of her possibilities as
troopship, Experts remarked that her
shell was too thin for the first use, and
she was too much of a fire trap for the
second. Presumably she will have to be
reconditioned so thoroughly that at least
some structural defects can be eliminated,
and she may turn up in almost any kind
of service.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-28

Persons familiar with the farm situa-
ton have long pointed out the danger
the nation faced by stripping the farms
of manpower machinery and needed fer
tilizer. Time has shown their fears were
justified The situation as to our milk
supply is grave. At a recent hearing IN
the East, after testifying on details OF
milk marketing orders that can make or
break the farmer, Fred H. Sexauer pres
ident of the Dairymen's League Coopera-
tive Association, again sounded warn
ing as to our future milk supply. He
pointed out, for example, that milk must
be priced at figures that will enable dairy
men to compete with hog raisers for
corn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-28
Current Comment

The private who is out there get
ting shot at does most of the work
in this war. He gets little credit out
of it, too. A man can be as ferociouS
as the devil back home on three hot
meals a day, but it takes CUTS to
live in foX-hole in the rain eating
cold rations.
Lieut. Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
When spiritual responsibility does
not keep pace with material diScov-
cry and invention, true progress
ceases.
Leslie D. Weatherhead, British
pastor.
Right cannot be determined by
the criterion of whether it is use
full or otherwise The rights of the
individual as those of the society
are limited by eternal justice.
Bishop of Berlin.
No navy will be sufficient which
permits less than the most ships
and planes, equipped with the
hardest hitting weapons and
manned by the best trained Off
GERS and men. in any area
throughout the world where en-
envy forces may be met.
-Navy Secretary Frank Knox.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-28

loves best security, comfort,
pleasure, fellowship, culture?
Well, the only answer which can
be made to such questions is that
throughout human history thou
sands of men have given up all
these things and found abundant
life in so doing. st. Paul, Angus
tine, Bernard of Clairvaux, John
Wesley, John G. Patton, missionary
to the Hebrides. Father Damien,
David Livingstone, Jane Adams -
these have given up all for the well
fare of their fellows and have
found, like Grenfell. that in spite
of the hardship yes, in fact
largely because of tits all been
such jolly good fun"
We turn our faces from sacrifice
and say it is painful thing, but 1t
is when we crawl inside ourselves
that we experience real pain and
unhappiness. Life, when we live 1t
wholesomely and to the full Is
always Jolly good fun
All Rights Reserved
Babson Newspaper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-28

.
Real fact, however, is that
neither the Army nor the Navy
has stirred itself about convert
ing to coal. OPA officials
estimate that if the armed
forces really wanted to, they
could save tons of fuel oil
oil along the Atlantic Coast.
This does not include oil used
for fuel in naval vessels. Nor
does it include gasoline or oil
used for Army trucks and tanks.
1t includes only fuel oil to heat
Army and Navy establishments
or to operate Army and Navy
factories.
Both the Army and Navy get
a blank check for oil require
ments to be used as they see fit.
The OPA has no authority to
talk to the armed forces about
either conversion or cOnserva-
ton.
Here are some Of the requests
made by the Army for fuel oil
within the fiscal year beginning
this month: Army Engineers, At
lantic City, 100000 gallons;
Army Engineers, Cape May. l.
98OOOO,0O0; Quartermaster Corps,
Atlantic City, 100000 Model
City, N. Y, Ordnance Works, A.
943 900; Springfield, Mass, Arm
DRY, 2,785,OO0; Aberdeen Proving
Ground, 1,24o,OO0; Watertown,
Mass, Asenal, 6,675, 900 - plus an
extra 100000 for storage.
The Navy requirements for
fuel oil for next year include:
Philadelphia Naval Hospital,
100000; Marine Corps Sup
ply Depot, Philadelphia, 1861
coo; New York Navy Yard, A.
100000; Lakehurst Naval Air
Station, 100000; Pawtuxent
River Naval Air Station, anew
establishment, 1,531,OO0
NOTE: Though located in an
area where oil is not so scarce
as along the Atlantic Seaboard,
the War Relocation Authority at
Rivers, Arizona, a new establish
ment for japanese, has just re-
quested 100000 gallons of fuel
oil for the coming year.
cox COMMITTEE GLOWING
Congressman Cox's investiga-
ton of the Federal Communica-
lions Commission has degenerated
chiefly into name-calling con-
test in which Chairman Larry
Fly is the main target. Every
thing that happens, no matter
whether it pertains to interna-
tional affairs or the salary of a
stenographer, is blamed on Fly.
Only objector to the antics of
the Cox Committee is fortnight
Representative Hart of New Jer-
sey.
The other day Cox's commit
tee counsel, Eugene Carey, start
ed to read message from j.
Edgar Hoover, when Cox of
Georgia interrupted with eulogy
of Mr.. Hoover. He told of his
great devotion to the FBI chief,
concluding with the remark:
eat one time we wanted to
vote a Congressional Medal to
Mr.. Hoover"
"And 1 suppose" said Con-
gresham Hart of New Jersey,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-28

Kansas has passed labor union con-
troll bill with teeth in it. Other states are
considering similar measures. One bill
before Congress would do away with
racketeering by INSCRIPTIONS leaders
within union ranks. Another bill would
clarity the meaning of the term "em-
ploye' 50 that Supervisory and man
agement' officials could not be forced
into unions under the classification OF
"employe," thereby denying management
any representation in controversial issues:
ORGANIZED labor has had the good will OF
the public, but the American people
resent dictator policies. Labor leaders
should take notice.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-28
chat Chairman Fly blocked
that too"
HOLLYWOOD SIT-DOWN


Hollywood moguls have been
staging a polite shutdown strike
against the Army's training films
produced by production ace, 1t.
Col Frank Capra.
Capra has produced some of
the most successful films ever
born in Hollywood-"Lost Hori-
zon," "Mr. Smith Goes to Wash
ington," "Mr. Deeds Goes to
Town." and "Meet John Doe.
He has done equally well in pro-
ducing films for the Army. AL
though called training films his
pictures are much more than that,
comprise a liberal education for
any good American.
But Hollywood big-shots, though
not actually refusing to show the
Army's films, schedule them for
midnight when the theater is al
most empty.
Behind the film Shutdown seems
to be Hollywood's fear of Gov
eminent encroachment on the
motion picture industry.
5 FLYING SENATORS
There was lot of cloakroom
opposition to the trip of the Five
Flying Senators to inspect the
North African, Australian and
Pacific war fronts this summer.
Senator Bennett Clark of
Missouri vigorously opposed the
investigation describing it as
"junket trip" to the battlefields,
which will be mo public service"
Senator Scott Lucas of Illinois,
who holds the purse-strings on
Senate Investigations as chair
man of the Audit and Control
Committee, also raised objections.
Lucas demanded to know who
was paying for the trip.
Majority Leader Alben Barley
of Kentucky replied that the
War Department was footing ex-
penses. To this Lucas retorted:
II wish to state emphatically
that if any money is to be re-
quested, will not vote single
dime for the trip"
In reply to further questions
by economy-m minded COP Sena-
tor John A. Danaher of Connec-
ticut about whether "any value
attached to the proposed trip"
Barley stated that that that
would depend on future events.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-28

VlTuleHJ SOTC.
Every act, every utterance, every
frothing at the mouth by every pub.
lie and political figure now and for
the next 16 months wants careful
examination. Does it mean what il
seems to mean? Is it sincere? Is
it horse sense or hooey? Does ii
have political implications?
Don't let anyone put anything
over on you.
When that old New Deal wheel
horse Harold Ickes lets loose a blast
at the industrialists holding key
| jobs in government war agencies
| who's he shooting at 1t certainly
doesn't help the war effort, doesn'
improve the entente cordiale of the
! official family.
BIG SHOT AIDES
Also, bear in mind that Ickes has
two big shot business men working
for him in Ralph K. Davies, head of
Standard Oil of California, who is
now deputy petroleum administra-
tor for war, and Carl E. Newton,
| head of the C. g. o. railroad, who
is now deputy coal mines admin
istrator. Why doesn't Secretary
Ickes fire these men if he is so filled
with contempt for the businessman
breed, SO afraid they will take over
the government?
But maybe Ickes was just making
political speech. Why not? In
the last few weeks there have been
several cracks at the New Deal for
mess and run it. Notable was re-
cnt statement by Republican Sen
ator Ralph o. Brewster of Dexter,
Me-. remarkable for it's sweeping
insinuations but lack of substantial
ing fact, accusing the New Dealers
of plotting. first to destroy small
business, then to take over big bus
mess. Brewster couldn't have been
making a political speech, could he?
Oh no. Neither could Ickes.
PROPOSED COAL DEAL
Take the case of the proposed
agreement between John L. Lewis
and Illinois coal operators, calling
for an increase in pay of SIPS portal
to portal, $3.50 for an extra hours
work each day, and Is cents addi-
tional compensation ordered by the
War Labor Board. This amounts to
a SO a day increase, going way above
the Little Steel formula, but-and
here's the catch-subject to OPA
approval for an increase in the price
of coal to make up for the wage
increases. 1t is preposterous
agreement on it's 1ace-something
which neither the War Labor Board
nor OPA could approve. 1t hasn't
a chance.
But look at the political aftermath.
When it is turneC down, what's to
prevent Lewis from saying, not just
to his miners, but to the labor
movement in general, "See what
gains I obtained for the working
man! And what turned them down?
The administration of the political
party in power, which claims to be
labor's friend" The inference is
that labor might we'll follow Lewis
into other political paths where he
might choose to lead.
Unquestionably, the coming po-
with double plays like those cited
liticsal campaign is going to be filled
above. 1t will be one of the dirtiest
campaigns in history. That's why
it bears such close watching from
here on in.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-28

"WeIl, the members Of the
party making the trip might
come back and write a book"
suggested Danaher amid laughs.
cit wouldn't be the first
time," quipped Barley. "An-
other famous American has done
the same thing, with apparent
ly fruitful reward"
FDR AND FARMERS
FDR's testers of political
opinion for some time have been
trying to decide how seriously!
the President has lost the farm
vote. Some Of them are con-
WINGED that it is the big farm
Hobbies who are the real leaders
against the President and that
the great masses of farmers are
not.
Here is the way one top-rank-
ing official in the Agriculture De-
partment, himself farmer,
summaries the farm lobby battle
against FDR:
"All my life," he says, "the
farm organizations have been
plugging for parity. That has
been their slogan: Parity for
farm products. Now they have
it. Every major product except
wheat is selling above Parity.
$50 the farm organizations
are left without an issue. But
they can't survive without an
issue. They have to have
something to battle for, or farm
ers would not support them.
$50 they take up the cry
against subsidies. Instead of
subsidies, they want farm prices
to go higher, which means in
flation."
It's a curious comment on
United States politics that, af-
ter ten years OF subsidies to farm
ers from a Democratic Admins
tration, the greatest strength of
the Republican Party is in the
farm belt. If Roosevelt and Wal
lace were to stand for election to-
day in Iowa, on domestic issues,
they would lose by a landslide.
Yet the principal argument
which farm organizations use
against subsidies is that they
put the beneficiaries in the pay OF
the Government, and thus
strengthen the party in power.
copyright, 1943, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-28

Senator Byrd of Virginia continues to
demand greater economy and lower ap-
preparations for non-military purposes.
The Senate has sided with him against
the attacks of the President. So at the
present date Byrd is being supported by
Democrats and Republicans. Senator
Byrd was far better Governor OF Virginia
than the Governor of New York at the
time F. D. R. was the Governor OF that
State
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-28

have been before
and while the old
adage is that bark
inging dogs don't
bite, few political
barking dogs have
ever been inocu-
lated it'll the
serum of complete
sanity, so it be-
hoves the average
citizen with a vote
to listen carefully
and not get bit.
The rabies of po-
litical preju d | C e
are of the most