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Victory worker. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1942-1943, 1943-09-19
Congressman
Coffee Addresses
Demo Club

Honorable John M. Coffee, con-
gresham from the sixth district,
speaking at the regular Saturday
noon meeting of the King County
Democratic Club at Meeves Cafe
terra, told of his stand on legisla-
ton which will confront this ses-
sion of congress. Mr.. Coffee's pro-
gram is affirmative and construc-
tive. Washington voters should
give enthusiastic support to his
bill providing for Federal match
ing of state funds spent for me-
deal and dental care extended to
all recipients of public assistance;
senior citizens, blind, dependent
children, and the physically han
dicapped. At present our state
bears the entire cost of medical
and dental care available to these
groups. Most people think of me
as from Tacoma" said Mr.. Coffee,
but rural King County votes for
me, and the records show that 1
have fronted for Seattle many
times, and / will continue to do
So"
Victory worker. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1942-1943, 1943-09-19
Flight! Work! and SAVE"
Bowles Supports Labor Stand

WASHINGTON -- Acting Price
Administrator Chester Bowie S
says that the WLB's analysis of
the movement of hourly wage
rates through last fall confirms
the need to carry through the ad-
ministration's program Tcr reduc-
ing the cost of living.
'Fo-- the last three months the
cost OF living trend has been re-
versed," he said. "The cost of liv-
ing was reduced in June and July,
and we expect another decrease to
show in the BIS cost of living in
dex for August. But there is still
some way to go. We still have to
bring about a reduction of AS per
cent before prices are brought into
line with stabilized wage rates."
You have to remember" Bow
les pointed out, that under the
sterilization agreement we are
dealing with the relation between
the cost of living and hourly wage
rates-not weekly earnings. Hour
ly wage rates have been effective
ly stabilized, as directed by Con-
gress, at the levels of September
Is, 1912. The only thing that can
and should be stabilized is hourly
wage rates. To attempt to freeze
total weekly earnings would be
both unfair and disastrous. 1t
would be unfair because men can
not be expected to work harder, at
higher sl<ills and more hours per
week for the same weekly pay. 1t
would be disastrous because it
would wreck the policy of getting
maximum production from our
limited manpower. Businessmen
would rightly object if, in the field
of price control, their total earn
ings were frozen regardless of how
many units of goods they pro-
duced and sold"
The OPA official said he felt it
necessary to make this statement
because some people had drawn
erroneous interpretations fro m
OPA data on hourly and weekly
earnings that had no direct bear
ing on the program for reducing
the cost of living" According to
Bowles, these people had Jumped
to the conclusion t h a t the OPA
saw no necessity for reducing all
prices because average weekly and
hourly arnings had increased more
rapidly than the cost of living"
"Of course, that is wrong" ne
continued. $50 far as this agency
is concerned, we intend to do ev-
erything possible to continue and
speed up the reduction in the cost
of living. We want to see the cost
of living figures reduced to the
point at which wage rates were
stabilized. We know the large per-
Victory worker. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1942-1943, 1943-09-19

centage of the American people
agree with us.
Organized labor is supporting
this program to cut the cost of
living. They work for this pro-
gram, rather than press for higher
wage rates, and l think their posi-
ton is a credit to the statesman
ship of their responsible represen-
tatives."
The recently published WLB an
alysis of wage rates shows that
increases in rates of pay approved
by the War Labor Board in manu-
featuring occupations totaled only
0.8 per cent between September 15,
1912, and May Is, 1943. Increases
in pay rates approved by the War
Labor Board in other private non
farm employment averaged only
0.4 per cent during the same pc
riOd,
Victory worker. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1942-1943, 1943-09-19
Wake Up to Facts
Mahon's Grocery

Of all the grocery stores in the
downtown district, none are more
highly regarded by the particular
housewife than Mahon's Grocery
is. They stock only the best
brands of merchandise, such as
canned goods, dairy products,
vegetables and pastries.
While most shrewd housewives
are interested in quality, they also
appreciate courteous friendly serv-
ice and demand moderate prices,
especially since food rationing was
enforced.
With food rationing points
scarce as they are; it behooves
everyone of us to demand quail
ty; due to the fact that grade A
merchandise has less waste and in
the end takes less points and will
meet with the approval of the
family much better.
Cert ainly folks who shop in the
downtown area should at least
drop into Mahon's Grocery, in the
Security Public Market and COM
pare their prices, their service and
their merchandise with that of
other grocers. Without a doubt
such comparison based on quail
ty, service and price would even
tually lead to your continued pat
ronage of Mahon's Grocery, which
is so ably managed by Chas. e.
Mahon who is interested enough in
his customers to arrange free
parking for them while they shop
at the market, not to mention the
fact that he cashes pay checks
without charge to his many pa
torns.
Since Mr.. Mahon first estab-
lished himself in the grocery bust
ness he has won thousands of
friends and today he is doing a
thriving business. So just as a
suggestion to you when your shop
ping downtown, drop into Mahon's
Grocery. the store where quality,
service and moderate prices are
outstanding.
Victory worker. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1942-1943, 1943-09-19

TO: THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES
AND: THE WAS HINGT
CONGRESSIONAL ID Ell e G A =
TON, Washington, d. c.
GREETINGS:
SINCE: Price ceilings were es-
tablished by the Federal Office
Price Control on wholesale COM
modities at 20 per cent above pre-
vailing price levels as of the price
freezing date, and since price cell
ings were established by the Fed
eral Office, Price Administration
bringing commodity price levels to
consumers on essential consumer
commodities to 80 per cent above
prevailing price levels as of the
freezing date as Indicated by the
confidential record of the o. p A.
to be found in Volume 6 of O.P.A.
series war Profit Studies"
THEREFORE,, BE 1T RESOLV-
ED: That the General Council of
Washington State Labor Consum-
ers' League go on record demand
ing that prices be rolled back to
the level of September, 1871, or
to the date such price ceilings as
were established by Leon Hender-
son, Federal Price Administrator,
%. P. A., Washington, D. c., which
permitted wholesalers and retail
ers to increase their regular prices
by 20 per cent and 80 per cent
respectively before tn e freezing
thereof.
SINCE: Milk producers and dis
tributors are demanding an in
crease in the price of milk all
down the line because of the con-
slant rise in the cost of feed and
so forth, and since such increase
in the price of milk would bring
additional hardship upon the con-
sumers, particularly tn os e who
are already seriously affected by
the high cost of living because of
low and fixed incomes;
THEREFORE,, BE 1T RESOLV-
ED: That this assembly, the Cen
cral Council of Labor Consumers
League of the State of Washing
ton, go on record as opposing any
increase in the price of milk, IT,
order to HOLD TIKI LINE in
PRICE CONTROL for Victory,
and;
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED:
That the Federal Government sub
sidize the producers to meet pro-
auctions costs whenever such is
found necessary!
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED:
That record of this resolution
be placed on the minutes of this
meeting, and that copy be sent
to the President of the United
States, the members of the Wash
ington Congressional Delegation,
Prentiss M. Brown, Director of the
Victory worker. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1942-1943, 1943-09-19
MiIt Phillips EnIists

OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. H.
Maybe it was inevitable that Milt
Phillips, department adjutant of
the Oklahoma American Legion
since 1929, who has been beating
the enlistment drum for the armed
services since s TART of the war,
should in the end recruit himself.
Anyway, that's what he did. He
was sworn in August % as a chief
electricians mate in the Seabees.
Phillips was ordered to report for
boot training September 7. Con-
sequently his many American Lee
gion friends will miss him at the
25th national convention in Oma-
ha September 81 to %.
Department Adjutant Phillips is
Al and father of two children. He
served as department vice COM
mander during 192S-29. He was
appointed department adjutant of
Oklahoma September 10, 1929, and
has held that post since. In recent
years he has also served as de-
partment publicity chairman, de-
partment legislative chairman and
department radio chairman. His
departure also will cause a vacan-
cy in the membership of the Okla
homa state postwar planning COM
mission.
Victory worker. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1942-1943, 1943-09-19
Reference

ut seems to me that in times
like these you could get a job of
some sort"
II could, but every one wants a
reference from my last employer"
well, can't you get one?"
mo, sir, he's been dead for
twenty-nine years."
Victory worker. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1942-1943, 1943-09-19
Forestry Bill Killed
.ChiIdren's Cotegories

Down in Florida a colored
woman applied for relief. She re-
ported that she had four children.
She didn't remember their ages
but on being pressed for more ac-
curate information, she told the
investigator: 81 got one lap chile,
op- creeper, one porch chile and
{ ,rd youn' un."
Victory worker. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1942-1943, 1943-09-19

Federal O.PA., and Chester A.
Boles, Senior Deputy Administra-
J tor of Federal o.P,A, and a copy
to each union affiliate with
Washington State Labor Consum-
ers' League, and that each affili-
ated union be requested to for
ward like resolution passed by
their respective assemblies.
SINCE: Agricultural commodi-
ties as well as others do not come
under the Price Control Act inso-
far as the establishing of ceiling
prices is concerned; and since this
situation has created an unbalanc-
ed condition between consumer
and producer all throughout the
United States, and is rendering
the Price Control Act practically
unavoidable;
THEREFORE,, BE 1T RESOLV-
ED That we demand that the
Price Control Act be amended so
as to bring all commodities of
every type and description under
it's jurisdiction, and thus make
possible the coordination of price
administration in it's relation to
all areas and conditions.
Labor Management League.
- -
price levels must be set back
to conform with the terms of the
little steel formula" or else labor
will insist on breaking this un.
just shackle," said Arthur A. Kru-
eyer, business manager of the
Consumers League.
League Organized Groups of
Consumers
The Labor Consumers League
detectives are made clear in a
statement made by Bernard L.
Pearce
Labor Consumers League rec.
ognizing that community PARTIES
patton in and understanding Of
the OPA rationing and price con-
troll program are required to main
tain a stabilized war economy, has
recently engaged in a project to
organize groups of consumers to
support local board price panels
and to bring reports of price vio-
lations before the boards.
Function Of the consumer COM
mittees will be to gather reports
Of violations, to aid in educating
consumers and merchants on tina
Importance of avoiding initiation,
and to bring to the price panel
reports of repeated violations.
Popular support of OPA price
control and rationing is the prime
necessity in keeping down the
cost of living in the Commanders
In-Chiefs program for a stal ~ :
ed war economy. Communicates
ticipation and UNDERSTAND iof
! Continued on Page q ~
Victory worker. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1942-1943, 1943-09-19
Read The Records" Says
Ralph C. Young Of 18th District

democrats have again proven that
they stand on the side of the peo-
pie by protecting their rights"
Wake Up to Facts
IF the people of the state of
Washington will wake up to these
facts, we will again have a work.
able majority, with a workable
governor of our own party in
1914"
Victory worker. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1942-1943, 1943-09-19
g UNIONS PASS RESOLUTIONS
Three Resolutions of Labor Consumers League

Three Resolutions OF Lobor Consumers League
Synne unions have passed the three resolutions drafted
by the Labor Consumers League II j. Gibson presidents
Arthur A. Kruger executive secretary pro tem L. c. L.
The League determined inform the congressional
delegation of labors demand for roback in the of
living invited all congressman and senators from the state
appear before special delegate meeting of the league
which was held Friday September 10TH
Victory worker. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1942-1943, 1943-09-19
Thought

mo man and no force can put
thought in a concentration camp
forever"
Victory worker. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1942-1943, 1943-09-19
The
YARDS
Se-Tac Picnic Highlights

Mrs. Bill Forsyth didn't look
too happy as she contemplated
the broken egg running down the
front of her blouse after she
missed It in the egg-throwing con-
test. We wonder if Leonard
Haynes was real careful when he
made that last toss.
Lefty McFadden won the first
game for his team, then turned
around and won the champion
ship game from the Plant A day
shift outfit. He did a marvellous
job of pitching, got few hits and
scored the first run in the play
OFF.
Lots of credit to Pop" Plouf's
two daughters who helped out in
the canteen. The girls worked
steadily all day, took time out to
grab a bite, then back to the
grind.
The big event OF the evening
was provided when Howard Chap
mans young son Scooter" showed
the older generation what we can
expect from the youngsters. He
really stopped the show with his
singing and baton welding.
Mr.. and MRS. "Siggy" Sigurdson
were the all-around champs of the
day. They entered the egg-tossing
contest and won it, as well as the
hubby and wife relay and the
wheelbarrow race. Siggy also won
both heats of the 75-yard dash
and pulled on the championship
tug-o'-war team.
Glenn Mcleod did a swell job
of running off the field sports.
They were done in rapid work.
uudIlllhS lildllIlcI.
Johnny Hurley tried to get into
the Penny Scramble, but after Bill
Forsyth told him he looked older
than six he contented himself with
riding on the merry-go-round.
TOdi'S
Mr.. ana Mrs. Larry Gilbreth
have moved into their attractive
new home at 2126 dist Ave-, S.
w. Larry is an old timer at Todd's
having been there four years. He
is in the engineering department.
Associated
Associated reports great bond
rallies with a speaker for every
shift.
Mrs. r. ]. Locke, woman's rep
resentative of Seattle-King Coun-
ty War Savings Staff, encouraged
all the women workers to buy
more bonds and to turn all the
facts into her organization about
what they We're doing for the war
effort. More power to the women.
Dick Turpin of Bremerton, and
father of undersea welding spoke
at the rally Wednesday and in
increased the long list of his serv-
ice to his country. He's seventy
eight years old, was born in At
RIGA, has nine gold hash marks to
his credit.
Victory worker. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1942-1943, 1943-09-19

THE democratic vote of the leg
islature is solidly behind the COM
mon people, while the republican
vote is just as solidly behind big
interests" said Ralph c. Young,
representative from the 18th dis
trict, in a statement to the Demo-
cratic Record. Read the records
and this stands out as the truth.
The governor, in presenting the
War Power bills, contended they
were not his bills, but insisted
we pass them as they were, or not
at all"
Attorney General Called In
"The attorney general was called
in and gave his opinion that all
five bills were unconstitutional"
stated Mr.. Young. AT the sugges-
ton of the attorney general, one
Civilian Defense bill was drawn by
the committee, taking in the five
bills of the governor. This bill was
known as H.B. $50 and was OPP
posed by the governor and the
house republicans. 1t was passed,
however, by vote of Sc to 20.
The power the governor had asked
for in his War Power bills was not
needed, because when an emergen-
cy required these powers, the U.
S. military authorities would take
over"
Rights and Liberties To Be
Preserved
THE democrats who stopped
this act are to be congratulated.
Those of us concerned with pre-
serving rights and liberty in this
country must watch and ju d g e
any tendency to put more and yet
more authority into the hands of
any one official"
Forestry Bill Killed
THE governors proposed fores-
try bills rightly died in committee.
If they had reached the floor they
would have met the m fate.
This was a move by the large lum-
Der interests to control all the
state timber left in Washington.
BY defeating the Forestry bills the
Victory worker. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1942-1943, 1943-09-19

Dick Turpin of Bremerton, and
father of undersea welding spoke
at the rally Wednesday and in
increased the long list of his serv-
ice to his country. He's seventy
eight years old, was born in AZ
RIGA, has nine gold hash marks to
his credit.
Victory worker. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1942-1943, 1943-09-19

Continued on Page p "
Victory worker. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1942-1943, 1943-09-19
TOdd's

Mr.. ana Mrs. Larry Gilbreth
have moved into their attractive
new home at 2126 dist Ave-, S.
w. Larry is an old timer at Todd's
having been there four years. He
is in the engineering department.
Victory worker. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1942-1943, 1943-09-19
Associated

Associated
Associated reports great bond
rallies with a speaker for every
shift.
Victory worker. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1942-1943, 1943-09-19

Mrs. r. j. Locke, woman's rep
resentative of Seattle-King Coun-
ty War Savings Staff, encouraged
all the women workers to buy
more bonds and to turn all the
facts into her organization about
what they We're doing for the war
effort. More power to the women.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-07-08
DON'T RUSH MARRIAGE

Hasty maritime marriages are
not tCise as is stOtCn IN this case
of a 22-year-oId girl who, moUed
by youthful passion, rushed into
marriage t0ith an ensign. Help
ing to support her tCidOtCed
mother and trCo brothers has
left her little time for education
and the finer things of life. His
rich family has provided him
tUitH s0eaIth of culture and re-
fnement. The girl is wholesome
but she reveals her ignorance in
letters to him. He is shocked.
His mother offers to send the
girl to school and brings up the
ugly pord-diuorce. Torn be-
t,ceen her duty to her mother
and husband she asks for aduice.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-07-08

ers and I love them to need me; it
breaks my heart to have my happy
love-affair go all to pieces this way,
but I don't feel as if I'd ever love
Morgan again. Shall I consent to
a divorce? I wish you could have
heard all Morgan's mother told us
about his relatives, and the beau
tiful country places they live in,
and everything. What shall I do?"
Girls Spirits Wounded.
This letter has mistakes In it,
quite a few of them. Inelegancies,
too. Donna feels like she would
die" she is real goodlooking, her
stepfather treated her swell" At
the end of the letter, in reference to
Morgan's snobbishl mother: "any-
one who thinks they are so much
better than ordinary people are not
the kind Of friend your mother-in-
law should be-" says Donna.
Isn't it a pity that her good, gem
erous heart, her deep affection for
her own people, her youth and beau
ty and love should go down before
such artifcialities as thisl For down
they will go, sooner or later. Her
real qualities of heart and soul, her
native charm and eagerness will
wither very quickly in the atmos-
phere of elegance and distinction
that is Morgan's background. The
talk among his friends will be Greek
to her; theirs is world of beauty
and graciousness and culture; they
know enough about Europe, music,
books, tennis and polo, they know
enough of the worlds prominent
personages, to make conversation an
agony to her. She doesn't speak
French or Spanish; she doesn't know
the great symphonies; she's never
been to grand opera or to Palm
Beach or London or Hawaii.
Donna, when he comes back, must
either separate Morgan from his
people, which apparently would be
most unwelcome idea to him, or
she must become the silent, the IN
appreciated member of the group:
the common girl Morgan married SO
hurriedly just before be went away.
Poor Donna, always doing and say
ing the awkward, the tinnid, the
wrong thingl
Price of Hurried Marriage.
What Is the solution? Donna, IN
your hurried marriage you were like
man who hurriedly commits a
murder. There is no happy solution.
The solution is there for the benefit
of other girls; girls who have not
yet jumped into wartime mar
riages, but have left their affairs
at the courtship stage. My own adj
vice to all girls, unless the friend
ship between them and their sailors
and soldiers and marines is of really
long standing, based on other things
than young passion, is to wait.
would have advised Donna to wait. /,
Now she should write Morgan
that she regrets her inperfections
as a scholar, and if she can. man.
age to go to some kindly school
teacher, and try to correct her diff
ferences.
Then let her read good books.
Shakespeare among them; even if it
is only five lines at the~weary sleepy
close OF each hard day, read Shake
speare. A woman who is a social
leader now, but who was once a
chorus girl in something like Dom
mas position told me that it was a
great help to her to memorize Ger
tain lines of beautiful poetry. Per-
haps he viii find gentle, cultured,
forglving woman in the place of the
Ignorant little wife, to whom he is
being so cruel and viii fan IN love
all over again.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-07-08
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STAGE ScREENRADlO
By VIRGINIA VALE

AFTER spending six months
"A in Hollywood, airing his
tremendously popular "Take 1t
or Leave IT, show and making
a picture for 10th Century-Fox
Phil Baker returns to New
York with a pretty good idea of
who's smarter, West coast contest
ants or those from the East. But
he's a cagey soul; when asked about
the results of his own private survey
he replied Americas intelligence is
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-07-08
Gas on Stomach
DE0D0RANT CREAM

Relieved IN minutes or douhie money hack
When excess stomach acid causes painful suffocat-
Ing gas stomach and heartburn, doctors usually
prescribe the fastest-scting medicines known for
symptomatic relief-medicines like thosein Bell-ans
Tablets. No laxative. Bell-ans brings comfort in
uffy or double your money back return OF bot<51
70 rs. &c at all druggists.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-07-08

nationwide" He's going to be ask
ing "Take It or Leave IT. questions
Sunday nights at the New York CHS
studio.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-07-08

YOU can retain the lovely
beauty of the tulips by making
this fower-like apron. Sprinkle it
with vivid tulip-colored patchwork
pieces. It will brighten your ap-
pearance with its dainty fresh
ness.
To obtain pattern for Applique Tulip
Apron pattern No. 5400l send Is cents
and one cent for postage in coins for each
pattern desired, your name. your address
and pattern number.
HOME NEEDLEWoRK
$50 South Wells st. Chicago
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-07-08

Three weeks after Jack Carson's
radio show went on the air it was
bought for the screen by Warner
Bros. They plan to star him as his
radio character, with Elizabeth Pat
terson also duplicating her radio
role.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-07-08

California's oldest mission bell,
cast in bronze in Lima, Peru, in 1918
for La Purisima Mission at Lompoc,
is the bell that tolls in "For Whom
the Bell Tolls" By the way, though
you'll probably hardly glance at the
pictures main title when it's flashed
on the screen, 35 men worked on it,
after William Cameron Menzies had
designed it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-07-08

Arturo Toscanini, director of
MICS Symphony Orchestra, has do
mated a record library to the U. S.
Naval Operating Base at Dutch
Harbor, Alaska; the records are
used for the Sunday evening con-
certs and also for broadcasts.