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Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-11
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
HAS A REAL OPPORTUNITY

The Republican party faces one of the
greatest opportunities Of history But
it apparently is going to muff the ball.
The last time when they were in power,
the Republicans did d poor job which
eliminated with the great depression.
The New Deal during the last decade has
done an equally poor job, but of differ
ent nature.
The Republicans overstressed capital
ism and disregarded the common man;
the Democrats overstressed the organiZ-
ed elements Of the common worker and
have just about wrecked the American
economic system.
The Republican administration ended
in q great depression; the Democrats
never really pulled us out Of that depres-
sion
The Republicans understressed reason
able governmental controls; the Demo-
Gratis moved toward centralized economy
at a suicidal speed.
Each party failed to realize that there
is sane and sound central ground; that
capital. administrative ability and labor
are ALL OF equal necessity and import
ance and that none can be said to be
MORE important than the other,
Had the New Dealers realized this,
thy could have made monumental rec
ord, and today the Republicans would
have nothing to stand on.
But the New Deal missed the target
it went hog-wild off to the left 1t has
split the party asunder and thus given
the Republicans a chance to come for
ward with real program.
This program must stress that no phase
Of economic life is the teachers pet
that all phases have their Importance;
that this nations health depends upon
the equal balance between capital and
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-11
ABSENTEEISM
Jacksonville Register-Pa jaronian)

Jacksonville RegiSterPa jaronian)
The Bethlehem Steel Company is to be
commended for discharging $50 welders
who had remained away from their work
at the Fore River S<ipyardS without eX-
cuse. The offenSe was not a first one.
The Yards general manager says that
the men had been absent three or
four days a week." that they had been
warned twice, and that the situation had
been discussed with their union.
William H. Norton, president of the
independent Union of Fore River Work
ers, also is entitled to credit for taking
the public viewpoint, commencing the
discharges and cOndemning absenteeism.
This habit of staying home when the
spirit moves has become q major hazard
in American war production In the
shipbuilding industry alone. the loss is
estimated at full million man-hours
week. which is equivalent to $4,000 men
working 40 hours. The navy department
estimates that time lost through unnec-
essary failure to repOrt-abSenteelSm
would build another 81 deStroyerS or 80
submarines year.
Nor is the evil confined to shipyards.
Eddie Rickenbacker told an audience the
other day that the morning after Christ
mas 26 per cent of Boeing workers and
1000 others in Douglas plants failed to
show up. A few, undoubtedly, had legl-
innate excuses. Most of them were ia
voring stomachs upset by oVereating
heads splitting from overdrinking, or had
decided to enjoy long weekend and let
the fighting men whistle another day for
their bombers, fighters and transport
planes.
A government survey shows three prn-
cipal reasons for the current increase
in absenteeism. First, failure of work
ers to realize the harm they are doing;
second, high wages which enable men to
live comfortably without working con-
stantly; third, luxury goods shortages
which create monetary surpluses that
cen be and are spent on recreation The
last two represent pure selfishness which
is unpatrlotlc.
A Philadelphia draft board warns that
habitual absentees, if otherwise eligible,
will be aclaesified IA for military draft.
Many other boards agree with Phlladel-
phia's No. Sc:
"We feel an absentee is a Stacker work
ing in defense plant to keep from gong
into the service
A lot more agree with Eddie Ricken-
backer:
There's no absenteesm in the foXholes
of the Pacific and the burning sands OF
Africa
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-11
SHOULD ROOSEVELT
HAVE A FOURTH TERM?

Interest will not down in whether Pres
ident Roosevelt should be elected for a
fourth term.
For many reasons, any important de-
gree of thought on this question should
be deferred until a later date But the
question is being pushed more and more
prominently before the electorate, and
we might as we'll recognize that it has
come to stay until final decision in the
autumn of next year.
1t would be preferable that we forget
political strife as long as possible. There's
enough disunity on public issues without
Frightening the fire with the kerosene of
politics. Besides by the time election
day comes, certain factors will be clari-
fled which today are obscure.
As Mr.. Roosevelt's hackers start their
drive for fourth term, they revert to
regular procedure. They dangle an in
tangible future before us, and this time
the b1it Of promise and lure is the writ
ing of a proper peace
Candidly. we think that nine of ten
people don't know what kind of peace
We want and need. Likewise. we are con-
Vinced that mighty little has been told us
ordinary folks of the plans which are
being made by Mr.. Roosevelt.
With similar candor, we believe that he
has much more of definite plan than he
reveals, and we resent that we are not
let in on the secret.
After all. the American people are
pretty intelligent and can decide their
own problems if given fair chance.
Somehow. the idea that the New Deal
must fix everything into a capsule for
US to swallow doesn't sit so we'll
The greatest danger, however, is that
tie peace-writing appeal will be so stress
ed that sight will be lost of the real, para
mount issue which is . IF he hasn't
succeeded in ten years. why should there
be four more years?'
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-11
WE
the Women

Mans alleged helplcssncss arour d
a house has always exasperateo
women.
To her thc., '"', 't tho average
husband is absolutely % help
vixen the electric toaster blows
a fuse or when a leg falls ccf a
chair.
And husbands have had no come
back to all the accu7ations about
their utter helplessness when faced
with some minor household repair
job.
We'll, they are getting their rev.
enge. They are going off to war
and their wives are finding that
without a man in the home every
thing starts falling apart.
The man of the house may have
been clumsy in his attempts as
Mr.. FiX-it. He may have required
continual waiting on while he
hammered and sawed His Ian
guage may have been dreadful to
hear when he wrestled with a
tough job.
But he did fix things eventually
And the little woman who used
to laugh at his bungling jobs has
discovered that little as she
thought her husband knew about
such things she knows a whole
lot less.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-11
:. Burton
Heath
Wrifes:

If George Washington were a.i"t
today it would be Interesting to i'll.
tervieW him on the general ques-
tiCn Have you changed your mind
about keeping out of "entanglinR
alliances? The interview would
have to start by finding a working
definition of what constitutes an
"entangling alliance"
We 2re feeling, ha,f-heartedly,
the problem of our postwar atti-
tuda toward the rest of the world
Sentiment ranges from extreme iSo-
latiOniSm-the viewpoint that this
nation shcr'd make itself SO self
sufficient that it can thumb its
nose at all Cthers-to extreme pa
tern llism-tne viewpoint that we
should install throughout the world,
end maintain ~ force of arms,
what we consider to be the most
desirable governmental institu-
ti0ns.
Somewhere between these ex-
tremeS We must begin, very soon to
formulate a sound. workable policy
which can hope TO have the slc-
port of a majority CT Americans,
so that Wh2n our representatives at
the peace conference shall speak
they can represent the nation and
not merely their own high aSpira-
tiOn".
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-11
Editorials and Comment

labor, and not upon the grinding of one
under the heel of the other.
The Republicans now should formu-
late an affirmative program and not
rely upon mere attack and mud-slinging
to take them to power.
The people are hungry and thirsting
and eager They want deliverance.
If you Republicans don't supply that
demand, it will be your own fault. and
YOU will betray great public RESPONSE
bilitV
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-11
JUSTICE SAFEGUARDED
(Redding Record)

Although we regret to see George Syl-
vester Vi2reck. who was mixed up in Ger
man propaganda, go free, we find com
fort and assurance in the supreme court
decision which reversed his conviction.
The court held that the prosecuting
attorney had Improperly appealed to the
passions and prejudices Of the jury, and
pointed out that in time of war the lmpl-
cation that defendant is connected with
or sympathetic with the enemy can ROB
him of a fair verdict. 1t is good to know
that the highest court of the land Is on
guard against allowing our "ar-tofh
feelings to interfere with justice.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-11
a Little Here
and
4 Little There

Eyerv ~ T. v.'le +~l 10 q -,u- ~'',o
o-der~ b" u irt'nq u h.tlo hoo ~nd little
there" cn We theory thut he'd Ike TO kneo
everyone hupov. His stock shelves usually
reflect more philanthropy than good manage
ment
The MIN is giving owov oil of the udvon-
iuges which could be his by putting his print
ing eggs in one bosket. For if he chose one
printer. as he'd choose his lawyer or his doc
tor. he'd Get the professional help and advice
ihct intelligent printing needs. Thut printer
could holp him professionally because he'd
have an "ollover" knowledge of his clients
printing needs. That printer could plan the
printing OF his clients printing as units OF
related group. doing better Job and saving
unnecessary expense.
We cant print all OF the forms for oil OF the
needs OF Imperial Valley. olthouah our shop
facilities make more neorly able to do so
than any other shop in the Valley We do
plan and print for many Valley business firms
on .h:s "oll-out basis. We'd be glad to
give you the udvice and help that this printing
experience enables to give. How about
phoning today?
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-11
GL0RIFYlNG
YOURSELF
By ALICIA HART
NEA Service Staff Writer

If it seems q long walk home
from the store with YOUR parcels
consider the motto of one of New
YorES leading H. experts bor-
rows from NapOlean: More bat
ties are wen ty the force of the
legs than by the force of the
arms It's still true on the home
front, and it is still possible, de-
spite gas rationing, to feel and
look pert with your parcels.
This expert reminds you that a
course of treatments will fix weary,
+en5er, swollen feet-but why have
them? A little regular care is a
preventive.
Check YOUR sho's, of course. Run
down hee,s are harmful, and like
wise short stockings, high heels,
poorly fitted and pointed shoes.
Wear medium heels, flexible soles.
Set aside just about six minutes
for a morning or evening freshen-
ing routine. This expert, solndly
trained in anatomy. makes her
own products fore home use. She
would nave you m~lSten YOUR feet
and ankles with foot and leg oil,
dot5e feet in a fragant pine scent
2G foothath as hot as you can
stand it, keep adding hot water for
a few minutes, then rub b,iskly
with a towel and massage.
The massage is not difficult
Grasp each tie b ween your
thumb and forefinger, massage
from tcenail to base of toe ana re-
tate each toe. Nov curl toes down
and massage with thumb, in cir
cular motion. on top of foot at the
base Of each toe. Arch the foot
downward and with palm of the
hand massage the instep from the
hall CT the foot backward toward
the heel You might repeat each
Of these massage ideas six to ten
minutes.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-11

As discussion proceeds, we shall
begin again to have George WASH
ington's advice against "entang-
line alliances thrown at us,
cCr1tered with documented pro-
tests tAat the first President didn't
mean at all to advocate isolation
ism.
Such a nati1n as ours could live
l7rP 7lv 10 itself when Washington
was President In many ways it
could do little else But now no
na'icn is sufficiently remote to be-
come successfully a hermit.
We must assume that if Wash
ington were to be born again to-
day, possessed of all the wisdom
he acquired during his lifetime but
nurPed Cf its ocean-bound biaSes,
he would proclaim his independ-
ence. from 150-year-old concep-
tions, and approach our current
problems with an open mind.
Perhaps we would get further if
We we're to do likewise. The shape
Of the postwar world is too vital
tC us, our children and their chill
dren to be approached in any part
iSan, hidebound, provincial mood.
Somehow there must he way for
this great nation to lead the world
toward peace without playing Lady
Bountiful, without dragging our
selves Gown to the level of the less
fortunate, without playing police
man to enforce international laws
imposed by us as proclaimed
dictetors of world theology.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-11
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL
ESTATE, EXECUTION
C.C.P., Secs. 692-693
No. 1884
OFFICE

| SHERIFF'S OFFICE }
COUNTY CT IMPERIAL } SIS.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
BY VIRTUE OF an execution is
sued out of the Superior Court ol
| the State of California in and fol
i the County of Imperial in an action
wherein z. ASAMAN is named as
plaintiff, and j. l.. THOMPSON, j
T. BUM, CROWN PACKING
COMPANY, j. L. THOMPSON
/ COMPANY are named as defend
ants, upon a judgment rendered or
the 18th day of January, 194l in
favor of said plaintiff and against
said defendants, for the sum OF
Seven Thousand Five Hundred
Ninety-eight and 65/100 dollars, ir
: lawful money of the United States
besides costs and interest, have
this day levied upon all the right
title, claim and interest of said de-
PENDANTS j. L. Thompson, j. t
Bum individually of as copartners
Crown Packing Company and j. l.
Thompson Company in and to the
following described real property
tO-Wit:
That portion of Tract 96H, in
Township l6 South, Range IA
East, S.B.M in the City of Ell
Centro, County Of Imperial,
State of California, described as
follows:
Beginning at the point of in
tersection of the East line OF
First Street produced Norther-
ly and the North Line of Main
Street; thence Easterly along
the North line of Main Street
78O feet to the West line OF
Fairfield Avenue; thence North
along the West line of Fairfield
Avenue. $50 feet to the South
line of 20 foot strip heretofore
conveyed to the Southern Pa
cific Railroad Company for a
drill track; thence westerly
along the South Line of said
strip to point in the East line
of First Street produced North
ely; thence South $50 feet,
more or less, to the point of be-
ginring.
And noti'e is hereby given that
will on Friday, the 26th day of
March, 1943, at 1000 O'Clock A. M.
0f said Gay, in front of the Court
House door of the County of Impe-
.'ial in the City of Ell Centre in said
County, sell to the highest bidder at
PUBLIC AUCTION for lawful mon
ey of the United States, all the right.
title, claim and interest of said
defendants in and to the above de-
scribed property, or SO much there
OF as may be necessary to raise
sufficient money to satisfy sid
judgment, with interest and costs
and accruing costs.
r. w. WARE.
Sheriff.
BY S. T. ROBINSON.
Deputy Sheriff
Dated at El Centre, Calf, this
25 daY of Feb, 1943.
mo. SD -l1-18 -25)
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-11
Archbishop Makes
Prayer For Victory

LONDON. March 11-(UPl-AS
the United Nations marshal their
strength for 1943 the Archbishop of
Canterbury, at the request of the
United States. today composed a
special prayer asking victory for
and a true peace. -
The archbishop's prayer follows:
Almighty God who art King
and Judge of all nations. look upon
the world which thou hast made,
>and in this hour grant victory to
righteousness, that true peace may
be restored and all men live to-
gether in freedom and good will;
through Jesus Christ our Lord
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-11
FALSE teeth
That Loosen
Need Not Embarras.

N"nY wearers OF false teeth have suf-
'"""d "o'l or bar"aSSr'"nt because their
platc dropped. slipped or wabbled at
iu't tie wong time. Do not live in
ron" 0f this happening to you. Just
sprnl:le n little FASTEETH, the aka
~" (n0n-acidl powder. on your plates.
Holds false teeth more firmly. so they
rncl moo comfortable. sDoes not sour.
"hocl-- "nla'o odor" (denture BREATH.
Get FhSTEETH al any drug store.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-11
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE INVITING BIDS FOR
TIE COLLECTION OF GARB-
AGE WITHIN THE CITY OF Ell
CENTRIC AND THE DISPOSAL
THEREOF


/ NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that
4 sealed bids will be received by the
City Clerk of the City of Ell Centre
at his office in the City Hall in
said Git of Ell Centro up to and
until 730 pm. on the 18th day of
+ March, l943, for the collection of
garbage within the City of Ell Gen.
tro, and the disposal thereof as fol-
lows:
/ /. Bids for the period of one yearSn
2. Alternate bids for the periotV
of two years;
3. Alternate bids for the period
of three years;
| Sail bids shall be based upon the
form of contract and the specifica-
tions therein contained, to whicfI
the bidders attention is called for
further particulars. Said contract
form is on file and may be inspect
ed at the office of the City Clerk
and also in the office of the Director
of Public Works, and the same is by
this reference made a part of this
proposal inviting bids.
In accordance with the provisions
of the Labor Code and of Sections
ITO to 1777 inclusive thereof, the
City Council has ascertained the
general prevailing wage or per diem
wages in this locality applicable to
the said work to be as follows:
Classification Rate Per Day
Labor, skilled ........................ $o.OU
Labor, common .................... 800
TN,,.,,
Truck Driver, over 1880 700
Any classification omitted
here not less than ............ 100
Time is based upon eight hours
for each calendar day except
ing Sundays and legal holidays. ~
The general prevailing rate for(V
legal holidays and overtime work
shall be one and one-half times
the above rates.
Said bids will be open and con-
sidered by the City Council of 70
City of Ell Centre at its regular
meeting to be held on said l7th
day Of March, 1943, at 7:30 pm. of
said day at said City Hall, or at
such subsequent time to which said
meeting may be regularly adjourn
ed, and a contract will be awarded
to the lowest responsible bidder,
provided said City Council reserves
the right to reject any and all bids.
The bidder whose proposal is ac-
cepted shall be required to enter
into said contract with the City of
FL Centre within ten days from
and after the time of the accept
ance of his bid and to furnish the
lit with a bond CIR bonds as pro-
2ided by law and in said contract
to pe entered into as aforesaid
Each bid shall be accompanied
" a certified check equal to ten
Fer cent of the total amount of such
bid, payable to the City of Ell Gen.
tro. or by a bond for like amount
With sureties acceptable to said City
Council. as guarantee that if suAV
id be accepted the maker thereof
viii enter into the proposed contract
it, said CitV and give the bond
~ bends required by such CONTRACT
provided that such check or boNV
viii be returned to each unsucceSS-
ful tiiGer upon the rejection of his
Did ar d to the successful bidder up
Oh his execution of said contract
md delivery of said bonds.
Dated this 5th day of March,
1913.
NEAL H. GAVIN,
City Clerk of the City of
Ell Centro.
No $50 (M5-lD
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-11
COLDS
EVERYWHERE

If this spreading wave OF colds sweeps
your way and grips you with muscular
aches, coughing, nasal congestion ::
try Penetro, the salve with the base of
old fashioned mutton suet-same kind
Grandma put such faith in. Penetro
works two ways % outside by counter
irritation (2) inside by vaporlzlng. 25c.
Double supply 35c. Demand Penetro.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-11
INTEND TO MARRY

A notice of their intention to
marry was filed with County Clerk
w. j. McClelland Wednesday by
Ambrose G.. Forbes, %, Camp SeeleYG
and Marjorie Alice Roberts, 10, Ell
Centeo bank clerk.
Evening star., 1943-09-19
By Joseph A. Loftus,
Associated Press Writer.

Division rather than unity is the out
look for the American labor movement.
The Machinists' and the Typographical
Unions may rejoin the American Fed
Grafton of Labor (AFL), but labor men
will tell you that does not signify trend.
Neither had belonged to the Congress
of Industrial Organizations (CIO), which
is holding its forces intact.
The United Mine Workers OF America
still is independent, and prospects are
that this union will stay that way for
while unless John L. Lewis modifies his
terms OF readmittance to the AFL.
Lewis UNIV Journal says fatty that
the AFLs delay Of action on the miners
application for reafiliation was a frus-
tration of labor unity engineered by the
New Deal. Denials of that in labor cir
cles have not been too vigorous. At any
rate, the effect has been to keep Lewis
out of the only remaining AFL conven-
ton before the 1914 political campaigns.
Relations between the AFL and the
CIO have deteriorated rather than i'm
proved in the last year, so far as any
possible organic amalgamation is con-
cerned. The annual conventions Of both
organizations will be held within the next
few weeks. and unity may not even be a
live issue there. The Unity Committees
are expected to report, in effect, mo
progress"
The issue Of craft vs.. industrial union
Ism u not ~ important as 1t once was,
but still u Z stinbling block 10 AN-
Evening star., 1943-09-19
Congo Produces Silk

Experiments in silkworm cultivation
were begun several years ago at Mont
Hawa, Ituri district in the extreme
northeast of the Belgian Congo. These
experiments proved extremely successful,
and sericulture was introduced among
the native populations of the territory
of Mahagi, where sericulture expert
mental station is located
Today a number of nursery buildings
have been constructed in the villages
around Mont Hawa, and the natives are
now growing silkworms.
The l943 production program provides
for the building up of an assorted stock
of surgical thread which should, by next
year, satisfy the most varied demands in
both quality and quantity. Waste is
avoided by selling second choice silk gut
for fishing. Under this program it is
expected that the silkworm nurseries will
be producing cocoons in 1914
Besides surgical thread, the silk is
used in the manufacture of parachutes,
airplane wings, balloons for observation
and for bombardment defense, parachute
flares, ETC.
Silk waste is also used for Jackets,
where it has proven highly resistant to
penetration by projectiles. Gun covers
for big marine cannon are woven from
the same waste.
Evening star., 1943-09-19
Err THAN UNITY APPEARS 10 BE LABORs OUTLOC

to issue joint statement denouncing
the antistrike BILL but the AFL refused
to subscribe to a paragraph blaming
Lewis for the bill or specifically repu-
dating the miners strike.
Although both organizations will be
supporting and opposing the same cam
didates for national office, generally
speaking, in the coming campaigns, the
AFL declined a bid to function Jointly
with the CIO Committee on Political
Action. There is some genuine localized
cooperation, but the picture is spotty.
On the War Labor Board (WLB), AFI.
and CIO members keep up united front
SO per cent Of the time The labor peace
optlmlsts look upon that as the most
encouraging evidence for their outlook.
On the other hand, the AFL Metal
Trades Department. led by John p Frey,
was able to persuade Congress to write
into an appropriations bill a provision
preventing the National Labor Relations
Board (NLRB) from interfering with
labor agreements which have been in
existence without challenge for three
months or longer.
This enraged many CIO leaders, who
contend that the restriction does far
more than shut out the CIO unions
which have been trying to get foot
hold in the Kaiser shipyards where the
AFL has closed-shop contracts The pro-
visions, says the CIO insulates company
unions from prosecution under the Wag-
ner Labor Relations Act and therefore
hurts the AFL ~ well ~ the CIO.
Ths two organisations are q far spest