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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-07
Women Learn
How TO Pull
Together
BY HELEN ROWLAND

DAMON RUNYON. who re-
Gently wrote a challenging
column on Cheating Wives"
processes 10 be quite surprised
at the irate soprano chorus.
which has come back at him
with What about cheating hus-
bands? ?"
Mr.. Runyon claims complete
ignorance on that subject. He
knows nothing about cheating
husbands.
l ask you, girls, isn't it Won
derful what a lot of things we
are learning from the men,
these days? We're learning how
to wear uniforms and handle
guns; how 10 command COM
panies, run riveting machines,
dig trenches and build airplanes.
viii Have an Edge
The only thing that we haven't
yet quite mastered is the men
tai attitude of the men toward
one another; and until we ac-
quire that, the men will always
have an edge on women.
Mr. Runyon is merely running
true TO form. when he diSclaims
all knowledge of any delin-
quencies in his own sex. How
those men love one another!
How perfectly they form a hol-
low square, like soldiers and
fight back to back, against
their common enemy!
Did you ever try TO get one
man to tell you anything about
another?
The Last TO Learn
The best man on earth will
lie to the best woman on earth
in order to protect the worst
man on earth from her wrath.
Did you ever observe how
tenderly a man will lead an
inebriated brother home from
the club and deposit him on his
doorstep? Did you ever notice
how carefully and gently the
conductor (male) will help a
drunk off and on the bus? Or
how patient a hard-boiled cab
driver can be with the intoxi-
Gated passenger who is trying
TO recall his house number?
It's sex loyalty-that'S what it
is, Every man for the men.
But don't let it throw you,
girls. We women are getting
an insight into this clever mas
culine strategy. which has been
our defeat, ever since the dawn
of civilization. No longer is
woman against woman.
The day has passed when
petty rivalries and envy made
every woman every other
woman's natural enemy. War
has taught us TO stand together
and by each other; to pull to-
gether instead of pulling each
others hair.
The girl Of today IS a
"womans woman" who is as
generous and loyal TO her own
sex as any man ever was TO
recalcitrant brother; who will
cover up for her sisters, root
for them and defend them, right
or wrong.
Copyright. 1913, by King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-07
Just Like Corn

Mr.. Jong told me that when
he was a boy in China they used
10 roast soy beans in the pod
over an open fire in just the
same way that we roast corn.
Just think of it--a new food TO
take on picnics even if they turn
out 10 be in our own back yards!
If you'll 90 back in your pa
peTs and reread the directions
for making soy bean milk I'll
60 on from there. The milk may
be thin like skim milk or thick
like cream, depending on how
much water is added TO the
beans.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-07
Bake Edible SoYbeans
Or Serve in CasseroIes
BN ISABEL ZUCkER
Garden EDITOR, The Detroit Times

cold water and says after that
treatment they literally fall
open
II the beans are 10 be used
after drying and must be Shelled
then. simply put them on any
hard surface and roll them with
"a rolling pin and they'll pop out.
Like Other Beans
one of Mrs. longs pet caSsc-
role dishes is made by soaking
the beans over night, cooking
them for an hour IN sailed
water then draining and COM
bining them with onion and a
hit of garlic. 2 pound of ham
burger and tomatoes 20 taste.
The tomato may be omitted.
Picked green, Just before they
begin 10 ripen, the beans may
be cooked like any other green
beans. As baked beans the only
difference from navy beans is
that the precoOking time will
be a little longer.
As substitute for peanuts
the SoyS may be roasted and
sailed. In this case a frying pan
IS sailed and the beans put in
they are handled just like pop
corn and will pop or swell in
much the same manner and get
brittle.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-04
Westbrook Peger
Maritime Unionist Defends Status
JOSEPH CURRAN, president

JOSEPH CURRAN, president
A." Of the National Maritime
Union which faithfully follows
the party line. has written me
a long letter IN reply to my COM
ment> on his draft -deferment
and other matters.
He asks that. in fairness, his
statement be published. Am de-
lighted TO comply, not only be-
cause | am very fair, but be-
cause he puts up some inviting
targets which | will blow down
in further essays.
Curran. or, perhaps. Victor
Weingarten. another bluff sailor
who released the letter under
the title Of assistant public re-
lations director Of the union, is
very~long winded, however, so |
must allow myself the liberty OF
condensing the letter, AS an
old-time press association pony
editor, believe | can do this
without injury 10 tho truth or
injustice to these two old salts.
TIIEY say my comments con-
L tanned several miSstatementS
and omissions. and doubt that |
will print their version. They
say Curran didn't ask defer
ment and that this was done by
the union in his absence.
Curran then told the union 10
ask his draft board to Vet him
serve as merchant sailor be-
cause he is a skilled seaman, and
thought he could be more useful
AT sea. The board, however, did
defer him 50 that he could con-
tinue his job of keeping our
merchant ships manned.
They say merchant service
mcSSboyS do not get 500 a
week from the government but
$3.50 month plus 500
month while AZ sea. They get
no extra pay or bonus IN port,
They say Admiral Land of the
War Shipping Administration
says merchant Seamen average
S57 a week. but themselves in
Sisi that unlicensed sailors aver
age only S33 a week. for a maxi
mum Of eight months employ
mont per year In peace time
they virtually starved, working
an average OF four TO six
months"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-04

SONS when tho mood is purely
patriotic and not pleasure
seeking.
THE 'Star-Spangled Banner
Il has Swelled the American
pride IN America for more than
generation We and the ma
tIonal anthem are bound to-
gc'her by tics and memories
That nothing can sever. Why,
tho anthem very words repre-
Son'cd the FIRST wave of united
patriotism that helped mold
early AWcrlcanl~m Thcv were
zinc emotions Francis Scott Key
So c.ouoISiN expressed under
STRAIN of q battle which ondan-
grrrg fho humas and frcoldcS
o' oW free people
Now whI'c free Americans
Gre once more dying with those
emotion, deep within their
heart, vc arc Irrcycrcufly shut
fling up aI~IcS toward 'hcatcr
exits and topping of night club
uerrIwcnr with a casual playing
of the Star-SpanElri Bannct .
TQ hermit Tho playing Of
The national anthem under
such inappropriate CIrcum-
~'7nCNS Dis, m n}y estimation,
fauIo 90 Keep that fath We
owe those valiant defenders Of
Fort NcIcury and those who
arc currently manning he ram
paris Of 0Ir freedom
With every good "i-h av YOU
Start another scar of Invaluable
service 'o Hr4r country ann
CORDIALLY yours
Lou Costello
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-04

mons Service, The merchant
marines equivalent Of the USO
with much fanfare.
Curran and or Weingarten
says or say that Curran always
favored war against faSclSm. He
was against MusSolini's Ethi-
opisn expedition and Japan's in
vaSiOn OF China. The letter says
we Seamen' fought against de-
livery of scrap 10 Japan and
were almost jailed in 1895
when they and Harry Bridges
West Coast longSShoremen tried
to boycott shipments which since
have been fired back at our
troops
He was in favor Of fighting
faSciSm when Franco. with the
help of MusSolinl and Hitler,
used Spain as trial ground for
this war. and when Czecho-
Slovakia was dismembered be.
cause Chamberlain and the ap-
peaSer crowd were busy selling
their countries down the river
in the hope that Hitler would
move east and leave them
alone
GIN MY opinion" meaning
Curran'S. this did not be-
come a peoples war until the
Soviet Union was attacked and
the government Of Britain, under
Churchill. pledged all Of it, re-
sources 10 destroy the Fascist
armies.
And. even with tho efforts ~
President Roosevelt. Mr.. Church
III and the Soviet Union and
other United Nations, for an
all-out war against fascism,
there are still some who balk
against our collective security
program just n they baked In
the days Of Spain, China and
Ethiopia"
In closing, the letter says:
II am bringing these things
to your attention because I be-
lieve an accurate reporter In
terested In getting the facts
would want to know them.
II am sending this letter to
you because during n recent dis
cussion, one said " given the
facts YOU would present thnm."
believe this condensation
does fully present Currans con-
tentionS.
Copyrighted by United Festur" synd., Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-04

m happy to report that I'm
feeling inc now ] m very CRATE.
Ihl 10 Almighty GOD Tor permit
'lnG me 10 mex my illness
without any permanent after
eiIec,S Sei<inI me.
Na'uiaIll, "nen 2 Euy has
heen IN hed a. long - J have,
ne Goes plenty oi thinking I've
peen noing plenty oi thinking
ABOUT 4 Siinpi' la'a advanced IN
>i'ic'fe paui'tI' spirit ~ ono O..
my 'ilPioS e> ~ my HOLLYWOOD
Shl 'iIh' me bahnhoN inns
map en'nl,ia>jIcsIIE suggested
ma 'i'e hdi'i'N Tea ''Ii' me
"fElUN o' 'I'' N'dI - i'r''.- .''
in6iln'i al''l 'o'h performance
oil or iI'of Sh'"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-04
Knowledge Test
" DIR. SABINA ". CONNOLLY

Give the last word (al Leap
out OF the frying pan into the
......: lb) Handsome is that
handsome ......; tc) No more
privacy than p ......
Who is he? Cav HIS m d d ] .
name Is Jennings; tb) his
middle names are / . on r q
Spencer. (C) his middle name
is ACard
Give an adjective that describes
the person called ca brick;
thD Lots wife, tcD a March
hare.
What is it9 Ca) cheetah th)
dhow; tcl Jimmy. A
What is another word for: Cal
caribou? tbl portico? tc)
shake?
Where arc these seas (a)
Caspian, tb) blan.; Co
Dead. y
ANSWERS ON Opposite Page
T. is hard for an9empty sack
to sand upright, Benjamin
Franklin
Tho true use Of speech IS not
80 much go express our wants
as to conceal them.-Ollver
Goldsmith.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-04
Probe Of OPA Vital


\ SPECIAL committee Of the national House Of Rep
n resentatnes has been conducting investigation
of the grade labelling program Of the Office Of Price
Administration
The object Of the investigation to determine what
the program Will accomplish and particularly what II Is
INTENDED to accomplish.
And the investigation has already gone far enough
to clarity the matter both of these important respects
The thing that Will he accomplished by the program
is the rulnation and oblteration of the and very
useful and highly beneficial quality production industries
in the United States and the augmentation and COM
NJ'N1ZATION OF the remaining but impaired and dimin
shed mass production industries
And that is precisely what it is intended to accomplish
THIS IS strange situation
The Office of Price Administration not estab-
shed with either the the powers change
the economic and political institutions of the country.
II is agency, existing solely for the purpose of
making the nation strong-which of course and inescap
ably includes making its industries strong
Why, then, has the Office of Price Administration
gone not merely far beyond this purpose but directly
opposite to the purpose to defeat it?
THE grim answer is that the elements within the Office
l of Price Administration responsible for this destruc
tive program are thinking about concerned
with the war
They endeavorng to carry out theological pro-
gram conceived long before the war and opportu-
nstcay using their powers for that purpose the
Rep. Lyle Boren of Oklahoma exposed these subver-
sive elements in this fashion:
THE evidence is that certain members Of the Office
of Price Administration seeking to DESTROY Ameri
business, change whole economy and impose their
rule upon American life"
CLARKE w. TOBIN, executive vice president of the
- Proper cCalum Hosiery Co.. asserted that the
communstic grade labelling program lis like placing
ncnerator outside fine apartment building to destroy
its value" and charged
THE whole philosophy of the Office of Price Admin
istratiOn behind this order is eemmunistic
They expect and WANT casualties in small business
large businesses more easily"
Lew Hahn general manager of the National Retail
Dry Goods Association told the House committee:
I'm one short year. the Office of Price Admnistra-
On has achieved in the creation of confusion mis-
understanding and the uDwarranted RECOMMENDATION Of
business and the public than the draers of the Price
Control Act ever could have foreseen'
OBVIOUSLY, the special House committee is making
~ very proper and vitality necessary investigation.
1t is to be hoped it will continue to be very thor
ough investigation
The United States entered this war as a land Of
democratic government and free enterprise.
The American people fighting and sacrificing to
preserve the essential institutions of such land
And the things they fighting vaanty for on
the batteeds of this must not be undermined ard
destroyed by communstc and subversive bureaucracy
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-04
MRS. EDWARD SALTINSkI,
5659 Newberry avenue.

TO TIE Editors
NOW that the final figures
y have been released and the
second war loan drive - Off
ClaIlv ended. ! want you TO
know how much ] personally
appreciate the cooperation of
The Detroit Times IN this fund
raising effort.
Your cooperation was out
standing and was a large con-
tributinG factor TO the success
of the campaign. | doubt If any
other city received the support,
both editorally and in front
page news, that the Detroit
newspapers contributed!
MCPHERSON BROWNING,
Chairman, District No. 8.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-04

THEY say I should have men
i toned that 4l9S merchant
Soamen have died I'm the sorry
ice of their country" and tho
fact" that tho ShipownerS made
a profit of S26.974 176 for 81
trips 10 tho Red Sea and tho
Persian Gulf with lend-leaSe
supplies.
am accused Of overlooking
"the fact that the VISA has
given contracts TO the shipown-
erS complete with bonuses and
coSt-plus clauses which relieve
them of all responsibility for
delays and poor loading which
have already cost many lives
and cargoeS because Of ncgli-
gcnce.
Under their arrangements"
the letter SAYS. "these owners
will. just rs they did In the last
war. receive their vessels for a
song"
! am sorry for this ierky
style. but | am boiling An awful
lot Of language Of this letter in
order TO present the arguments
in my allotted spread of white
paper.
Well. 7 omit the fact" that
since Pearl IIarbor no ship in
our jurisdiction has been de-
layed in sailing and that some
union sailors have been tor
pedoed as many As nine times.
! omit the fact that the NMU
replaced other organizations IN
which raCkctccrS stole the men :
money and allowed mo dcmoc-
racy.'
THE NMU makes quarterly
L financial reports, Strikes are
called only by referendum and
there has been none during the
war Candidates are elected by
secret ballot under supervision
Of the Honest Ballot Association
and records and pictures of can
dldates appear in the official
publication during campaigns
Ifailed TO say that the civilian
union sailors have 10 keep their
families. buy their clothes, pay
taxes and maintain themselves
during unemployment on their
'S33 a week or that VISA AL
lowed the shipowners 10 write
off as overhead 81 100000 which
they gave TO the United Sea-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-04

THE humane treatment of prisoners of war
/ has been formally agreed to among civil
lied nations by a series of treaties and con-
ventions. II is also, as in this country, made
obligatory upon soldiers and sailors by
regulations governing the conduct of armies
in the field, and naval vessels upon the seas.
1t is also provided that prisoners of war
may he employed as laborers upon tasks not
contributory TO military operations and in
such cases should he compensated. These
provisions are practicable, humane, and in the
long run, advantageous to captors as well as
captives.
In the American Expeditionary Force in
Siberia we used about 500 prisoners as a
labor detachment or work battalion. They
were Germans, Austrians, Magyars, even a
few Turks, until my general, in outburst
of wrath, told me TO get rid of the Turks and
turn them over To somebody else, because the
United States was not at war with Turkey.
THESE men had had several years Of hard
i experience Some Of them had passed
through three winters of Imprisonment in
Siberian prison barracks. As our captives,
they had the food the medical care the shell
ter. the clothing, which was furnished to our
own men.
AS the Siberian winter drew near, our
army provided them with furs. think they
were the happiest and most contented cap
tured men that / ever saw.
They were grateful because we made
them comfortable, kept them we'll and warm
spared them insult, made life decent and also
industrious.
THESE prisoners conducted the best salvage
i depot that | have ever seen. Every army
accumulates almost daily. enormous amounts
of material that is no longer disable. but can
be repaired. Under good military administra-
ton and where possible, all such material is
salvaged. Among these prisoners, there were
expert workers-fine boot and shoe makers
Viennese tailors, a variety of craftsmen.
Any soldier of our army, whose boots
were beginning to deterorate, could go 10
quartermaster and from a great dump OF
boots and shoes that had been made wearable,
get pair of his size and shape by turning in
the wrecked pair he had on.
Shirts blouses, breeches that had become
torn and unsoldierly, could likewise be ex-
changed. The amount of work done by these
fellows in army captivity seemed to be not
only surprising in quantity, but excellent in It's
quality.
A MOTHER large section Of this prisoner
n detachment was employed in the handling
of army supplies. The prisoners unloaded our
transports at docks at the Zolotoi Rog or
Golden Horn" in the harbor of Vladivostok.
They broke down these supplies, prepared
and loaded them for further shipment TO our
troops throughout Eastern Siberia.
I think these men had access 10 An army
canteen set up there, from which, out Of the
moderate bat regularly paid wage which they
received, they could make purchases that
helped to sustain life and spirit.
do not need to add TO this that these
men gained just appreciation of American
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-04
Quick Questions
Nv TIN ACE NNSWERMNN

What recently completed >truc-
turc j, the world, largest Of
flee huddluE2 \NH#... ,N.
What IS tho capital Of Ilau7
How many months arc there in
q Julian Ncar7
What j, International dance of
Scotland
What horse Was tho winner of
The Ia>r Kentucky Derby
According 20 The rhyme what
arc littIc girls m7dc of
What name IS gwen w women
member, of thc l. s Marine
Corps
ANSWERS on Opposite Page
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-04


American way of doing things. v
AHY OBJECT in citing this example Of the
lV1 treatment of prisoners Of war by an
American army is to place emphasis, if | can,
upon the observance of humanity in this
aspect of war
The practice of warfare has undoubtedly
deteriorated. The sense of chvalry, OF
courtesy to foes, that was present in former
wars and markedly so in our Civil War, has
suffered impairment.
II should be restored. At any rate, the
American people, in battle, have too splendid
a record for them to heedlessly and vengefully
mar it in this war.
In the Spanish American War, in 1893,
there were surrendered in Cuba, Puerto Rico
and Manila, mass of soldiers comparable to
the numbers captured in Tunsia.
They were in poor condition. Numbers
were suffering disease-malaria in Cuba, and
threats Of yellow fever; amoebic dysentery
and other complaints in the Philippines.
The Spanish army medical service was de-
plorably bad. The Spanish military admins
tration, both in America and the Philippines,
had completely broken down.
WHAT the American armies did, with the
w sanction Of their government and of Con.
gress was to take over this great body Of
suffering and defeated men, feed them, hos
pitalize them, and finally, at the expense OF
this country. transport them To Spain.
This was an act of generosity that we
were abundantly able to perform and reflec-
ton of generous chivalry to fallen foes, whom,
when we came TO know them, evoked liking
and respect. e
1t set up A high standard 10 which otheN
people might and may repair. II won the
gratitude of the Spaniards. II helped to heal
the feelings of hostility with which that war
was entered upon.
II dspelled from Spanish minds misappre-
tensions that had been deliberately built I'D
there, that the Americans were savages. and
OF lower level even than the Red Indian.
IN 1914 the Japanese captured the German
i town Of Tsing-Tao on the Shantung Pen.
insua of China. | was in Tsing-Tao some
time after and was told that the Japanese
took about 5000 war prisoners in this capitu.
lation, and that they treated their prisoners
very we'll
This was partly because they believed A.
that time that the Germans would win the
world war and would then be japanese allies.
but also, doubtless. because, AT that time they
affected high regard for all the niceties Of
international morality.
In the Hague Convention regulating the
employment Of war prisoners in labor, il was
provided that men should be assigned TO tasks
to which they were accustomed and for which
they had preference.
Accordingly. as the story went, the Japa-
nese inquired carefully Of these German
prisoners what was their usual and preferred
occupation.
The Germans replied that they were
sausage makers There being no sausage fac.
tory in Japan, the japanese obligingly con.
sfrnctnd
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-04
Lou Costello S Plea
Los ANGELES, CAL,
May 6, lo43.
Mr.. William r. Hearst,
San Simeon. Cal.
Dear Mr.. Hearst:

AM taking this opportunity Of writing you because have
long admired your constructive Ameucansm which sin
ceey believe has been beacon TO the homes and resds
our free American people.
As you already know the only freedom I'm enjoying
these days mental I've been acting like screen
stage and radio for long that decided to make
unanimous and give disease rheumatic fever Fate
didn't know was only kidding when said u boy"
However there's very little kidding the effects Of this
disease Mr..
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-04
EDITOR OF THE TINES:
- 4 USTRALIANS can never

rest until all prisoners in
Japan are free. Deliverance
must not he too long deferred"
SAID Australian Minister for EX-
ternal Affairs Dr II Y. Evatt
AT Commonwealth Club, San
Francisco.
eff Japan he allowed Suffi-
Ciently long possession Of her
captured territories, the future
will he dark indeed.
WITHIN FOUR MONTHS
AFTER Pc ARL HARBOR
JAPAN ACQUIRED THE
MOST COMPACT. THE VEAL
THIEST ECONOMIC EMPIRE
THE WORLD HAS EVER
SEEN"
Is this not worth cOnSidera-
ton by every American?
{. VI. GOETHE,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-04

THIS II The Readers Column. NJ
tuhjrrtS within good taste are
barred. Say what sou think. but
sign YOUR name and address-and
write a. short as you can.