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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-02
Maurice Parmelee

almost a year ago, I ad-
dressed n letter TO the vice pres
ident calling his attention 10 the
record of Parmelee who was Mt
that time employed I'm the Board
of Economic Warfare at n sal
airy of $1,000.
81 cited that fact that Parme-
lee had written numerous vol
umes-all OF them revolutionary
In character--and that one of
them entitled 'Nudism I'm Mod
ern Life advocated the practice
Of universal nudism In office and
factory. I called the vice pres
ident's attention 10 the fact that
Parmelee's book contained 35
photographs, all Of which were
obscene, and that the volume
was an attack upon the moral
structure of our society and
upon the church and religion
'In the nudist society which
Parmelee envisaged, convent
and monastery, harem and mil
itary barracks, clubs and schools
exclusively for each sex will
disappear, and the sexes will
live n more normal and hap
pier life together
HE was dismissed from the
Board Of Economic Warfare.
The great bureaucratic frater-
nifty was, however. not 10 leave
Parmelee jobless for long. He
IL now employed rs an econo-
mist by the railroad retirement
board Mt a salary OF $4,000.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-02
Sam SCHNEIDER

HI IUODg WV VIZ
missed from his position In the
Federal Bureau OF Investigation
on account of his Communist
activities. In the space of q
few weeks. SCHNEIDER found en-
ployment In the Social Security
Board. There he worked for
several years, meanwhile carry
ing on his outside radical activi-
ties as usual.
"Schmerler was I'm charge OF
arrangements for the Washing
ton delegates TO the Chicago
convention which launched tho
American Peace Mobilization.
shortly after that. when the
Peace Mobilization was urging
and supporting sabotage strikes
I'm our major defense industries
and when the Peace Mobilizers
were picketing the White House,
schmerler was still an outstand-
ing leader In the movement. At
that time he was drawing q
salary of $4,000.
"Where is he today" Did the
attorney generals investigation
lead to Schmerler's dismissal
from government service: Not
at all: Sam SCHNEIDER has been
rewarded with promotion:
Today he is n social security
policy consultant at salary OF
az 400"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-02
William Pickens

Principal securities promotion
specialist for the treasury depart
salary, $500.
"Plekens signed a manifest I'm
defense Of the notorious Com
munfst, Sam Darcy. Pickens
was vice chairman Of the Amer
lean League Against War and
Fascism. which the attorney
general branded as subyersiye/o
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-02
Robert MOrss LOvett

Secretary OF the Virgin Islands
salary. $500.
"Oniy n few men I'm this coun-
try have records of Communist
affiliations which are rs long as
that OF Robert Morss Lovett."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-02
Nathaniel Heyl

Senior economic analyst. board
OF economic warfare. salary, S4,-
500
For several years. Heyl was
very prominent In Communist
activities among students."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-02
Harold Loeb

"On Jan. Is. 1912, I spread
the record OF Harold Loeb he
fore this House. He was then
business specialist In OPA. He
was let out Of OPA, hut not out
Of the government service. To-
day Harold Loeb In senior econ
omlst In building materials for
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-02
Walter GelhOrn

Assistant general counsel. OPA
New York office. salary, $4,000.
He was a lecturer this week
at the Communist Party's work
ers school"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-02
Jack Fahy

Principal liaison officer. boarc
of economic warfare. salary, $5.'
600.
"Jack Fahy worked In closest
sympathy with and support Of
the Communist Party In Spain
for two years.
"Fahy IL now being considered
for a transfer TO the department
Of interior where. IL transferred.
ne IL to become chairman OF the
territorial affairs bureau at q
salary of SO. 500 n year."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-02
300 Pau CEILING Threatens Life of Charity Institutions

mist. department Of agriculture
salary, $500. n.
"Jackson's Communist affili-
ations have been many.
1.-THE Robert Marshall FOun-
dalton has become one of the
chief sources Of funds with
which the numerous Commu-
mist front organizations are kept
going In their subversive work.
Gardner jackson Is one of the
Ave trustees who dispense those
funds"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-02

versive. karr was frequent
writer for the leagues magazine
Fight"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-02

Principal conomic analyst
board of economic warfare, salary,
SIS, 900.
"Bisson was affiliated with the
American League for Peace and
Democracy. He also contributed
numerous articles to the Com
munlst publication, soviet
Russia Today. He was a speaker
for the American Student Union
whose former head, Joseph p.
Lash, has assured us was
Communlst-controlled front or
ganziation,"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-02

and Schuenemann were all Lead
ers OF the Washington commit
tee for Democratic action. 4 hope
no one will rise 10 say that those
mems names simply appeared on
n mailing list Of the organixs-
ton. They were officially and
publicly identified az leaders of
this organization which Attorney
General Blddle has branded az
subversive."
Rexf0rd G.. Tugwell
Governor Of Puerto Rico, salary,
$4,000.
"For many years. one of the
New Republics contributing edi-
tors has been Rexford Guy Tug
well, original brain truster,
whose current administration OF
the affairs OF Puerto Rico re-
fleets no credit upon himself or
those who appointed him to the
position Of governor OF the
island. The outstanding feature
OF Tugwell's administration has
been a complete and undisgulsed
contempt for the legislative
branch Of the Puerto Rican
government"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-02
Harry G.. LambertOn

Head attorney Of the rural cleo
IRRIGATION administration, salary,
Sc, 500.
"He was chairman OF the
Washington branch of the
American League for Peace and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-02

Employed by the national you'll
administration. salary, $3.50.
"She was publicly and prom
inently affiliated with four OF
the organizations which the at
torney branded as subverslve."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-02
Karl Borders

Director Of oPA in Hawaii
salary. $4,000.
He has n long record of rad
lical activitieS in Chicago"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-02

the War Production Board at q
salary Of $4,000.
"Here are the titles OF six Of
Loeb's published books:
"'The Professors Like Vodka
Doodab.'
'1'umbling Mustard.
"'Life I'm a Technocracy.'
"'The Chart of Plenty.
"'Productpn for Use
"The first three OF Loeb's
books are pornographic novels"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-02
NJ Hospital
Wants Congress
Told Of Plight
Special 10 THE DETROIT TIMES


NEW YORK. Feb. "A signifi-
cant warning that the recently i'm
posed $4,000 income ceilin 6
threatens TO cripple many chari-
table. educational and religious in
stitutions was issued today by the
New York Infirmary for Women
ant Children.
The board OF directors. headed
by Mrs. Frank A. Vanderlip, pres
ident of the infirmary, has voted
20 appoint a special committee 10
take up with other hospitals and
charities the possibility OF a Joint
appeal TO Congress against the
S25 900 ceiling.
BLOW TO GIFTS
A public statement by the board
points out;
Like countless other charlta-
HE. educational and religious
institutions In America, this hos
pitaI probably would never have
been created or maintained in a
country which had limited OPP
portunity in individual money
making efforts.
The board unanimously
agreed that institutions like the
fnfirmary may be permanently
crippled IL contributions are
Withdrawn by individuals af-
fected by the new ruling.
"Mrs. Vanderlip pointed out
that the New York Infirmary
Tor Women and Children,
founded 90 years ago by the
first woman To receive a medi-
cal degree. DIR. Elizabeth Black
well. with small donation OF
$500, has been able TO maintain
ftsclf through these years by
receiving at least two-thirds OF
i4ts funds through generous do
nations from individuals.
1.-THE report OF the treasurer
Indicated that the year closed
Ayith no deficit.
ABLE TO AVOID DEFICIT
''By extreme economies and
self-sacrifices. the budget OF
S3S4,0 900 was met. Patients of
the hospital paid In slS7, 900.
with the remaining $4,000
earned through individual dona-
tions. united hospital and
greater New York funds plus
various benefits conducted by
the volunteer workers OF the
hospital board.
at was also agreed that its
medical efforts and service "a n
hospital 20 the community has
been maintained at the highest
possible standard entirely
through the combined efforts Of
individuals contributing services
and funds"
In addition TO Mrs. VanGerllp
members OF the board include such
prominent women as Mrs. Harold
+. Talbot, Mrs. Dodge Sloane.
Mrs. Nicholas NJ. Schenck, Mrs.
Bruce Barton. Mrs. David Sarnof,
Or. S. Josephine Baker and Mrs.
Samuel T. Jones.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-02
Merle Vincent

Director of the hearings branch
of labor; salary
81, $50.
Vincent was the first chair
man of the Washington Com
mittee for Democratic Action,
the Communist front organiza-
tion which the attorney general
branded as subverslve."
Gardner Jackson
Until recently principal econo.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-02
Dies Names
.
Men He Accuses

CONTINUED from Page One)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-02

medication is expressly designed to
aid your natural defense against colds
and il used in time, Va-tro-nol helps
prevent many colds from developing:
Even when your head is all stuffed
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-02

Democracy which the attorney
general branded as subverslve. I"
T. A. Bison
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-02

COLD THREATENS. put a
few drops of clinic-tested
.Vicks Va-tro-nol up each
'nostril at first snifflc or
sneeze. use as directed in
This effective specialized
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-02

more
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-02

In addition TO Mrs. VanGerIIp
members OF the board include such
prominent women as Mrs. Harold
T.. Talbot, Mrs. Dodge Sloane,
Mrs. Nicholas NJ. Schenck, Mrs.
Bruce Barton. Mrs. David Sarnoff
Or. S. Josephine Baker and Mrs.
Samuel T. Jones.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-02

up from a mean head cold, VicIs
Vatuo-nol relieves sniffly, sneezy dis
tress, makes breathing easier.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-23

Continued from Page II
the use of subsidies to roll back the
retail prices of food. The chief eX-
ecutive vetoed the bill and Congress
! sustained him, but only after he
had sent a sharply worded message
calling the bill ian initiation bill, q
high cost of living bill, food short
age bill"
There was no indication how Mr..
Roosevelt will meet labor's virtual
ultimatum. One theory was that he
may adopt a wait and see" policy
That was based on an authentic re-
port that the next figures of the
bureau of labor statistics will show
that for the first time since the war
began, the rise in the cost of living
has been halted.
Hold the Line Promise
CLIO President Philip Murray and
AFL President William Green took
their case directly to the president
and challenged him to fulfill his
'hold the Line" promise of April s
when he admitted that all prices af
fecting the cost of living could not
be rolled back to the Sept. Is, 1912
level, but some of these can and
should be rolled back"
After leaving the White House,
Green and Murray blamed Brown
for most of their complaints and
said of him: "He has failed and I'M
less he measures up "a pressure
demand will be made for his re-
moval."
The presidents sterilization pro-
gram dates back to Oct. 3, 1912 when
the Office of Ecoonmic Sterilization
headed by James F. Byrnes was set
up. It froze the price Of agricultural
commodities on the basis of Sept. Is
levels and also wages as of the same
date, using the Little Steel formula
as the yardstick The latter permits
a IS per cent increase in wages since
Jan. /, 1941, to compensate for the
rise in the cost Of living, which ad-
mittedly has risen more than that
"Freeze" Not Sterilization
Labor never took kindly to the
idea of a "fix" on wages, contending
that it operated as a freeze rather
than equallZed sterilization.
Labor contends that the line has
been held on wages, but not prices.
AS Murray said yesterday when he
left the presidents office. Greater
emphasis was placed lin the con-
ference on the utter futility OF
continuing the presidents hold-the-
line order in the presence of rising
prices and the obvious unWillingness
of certain administrative agencies
to make effective the commitments
of Congress to maintain prices at
the Sept. Is, 1912, level
The labor demand followed by a
few days Browns vigorous defense
Of the Office Of Price Administra-
ton. Brown then foresaW point in
the near future when price levels
would be back to Sept. Is, 1912. He
said they we're only five per cent
above that point now. But he adj
mitted that the rollback program
might not work and said this coun-
try might have to go to system
patterned along lines of the Cana
dian sterilization plan which ties
prices to wages; when one moves, so
does the other.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-23
Walter Willchell
, In NezO York

ham who gets his name in lights
thinks he owns the town Night
club patrons who go there to be
seen and talked about, but COM
plain about the conceit of others
when the spotlight is stolen from
them The amateur military
strategists who can tell you how to
win the war, and then complain
about the petty inconvenience that
will help win it.
The Big Alley set who consider a
person who gives intelligent opinions
about important subjects a bore.
But a competent wisecracker is al
ways looked upon as a genius
New York, which has become a syn
onym for gayety and exsitement
But most OF the burg is made up of
very quiet and dignified residential
sections Cheap entertainment
that demands big bankroll to see.
But museums and Libraries which
contain priceless treasurers can be
enjoyed gratis q. MobS waiting in
long lines to see a first run movie.
While Second-run cinemas, where
you don't have to wait, play the
same film a few weeks later at half
the price Those who work in
business districts all week, their
nerves frayed with noise and crowds,
relaxing on Broadway Saturday
evening - which is filled with ca
caphony e. Big shots who also have
the biggest worries trying to stay on
top of the heap.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-23
Palermo Surrenders
ToUnited States Men
Continued from Page l,

vance, which was sweeping across
western Sicily like a gigantic tidal
wave. The entire Italian 26th diVi-
sion surrendered.
Only on the wide plain before
Catania on the east coast was there
any organized resistance.
Speed Causes Confusion
Thrown into confusion by the
rapidity of the American thrusts
Italian and German troops to the
west were retreating in disorder
A front dispatch from Ned Rus
sell, representing the combined Uni
ted States press. said that bloody
fighting along the 20-mile front be-
low Catania had subsidized tempo
rarily out of the sheer exhaustion
of the opposing armies.
British military observers in Lon
don said the number of Axis troops
captured in Sicily has scared to be-
tween 10000 and 10000 with the
majority falling into American
hands. The 18th Barsaglieri regi-
ment was among the italian units
surrendering to the U. S. Seventh
Army, Radio Algiers said)
Can Italian conmunique broad
cast by Rome radio said that Italian
forces in Sicily had withdrawn to
new positions after bitter fighting"
with powerful enemy armored
forceS)
Sixth Largest City
American arnored units entered
Palermo, whose population of $4,000
makes it the sixth largest city in the
Italian empire, Wednesday and &C.
cupation was completed at 10 a. m.
yesterday-only Is days after Allied
forces first sWarmed ashore on the
southern beaches of the island.
The fully-equipped Italian garri-
son offered virtually no resistance
even though the Axis had built some
of Italy's best defenses around Pa
lermo in the belief that it would be
the first objective of any invasion
army.
This lack of resistance indicated
that Palermo's port installations,
like those in other harbors captured
by the Allies along the southern and
eastern shores, may have been TAX
en- intact. If SO, the Allies can quick
ly convert the port into a major
naval base for operations in the
Tyrrhenian Sea and possibly against
the Italian mainland.
The desperate German stand just
south of Catania obviously was de-
signed to cover the retreat of other
forces on the island to the north
eastern corner for a final delaying
stand and perhaps an attempted
"Dunkirk" retreat across the two
mile wide Messina Strait to the
Italian mainland.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-23
Los Angeles
Strike Wanes
Continued rom Page ID

creaseS from the 10 cents an hour
agreed to by employers and rail-
way emergency board to thre ecents
Vote Was 1928 to 40
The walkout, called after a 1,723
to 40 vote of approval, would par
alyze both passenger and freight
operations The Pacific Electric
serves 100000 csily riders in the city
and an interurban routes to SIS near
by communities and to the Cali
fornia Shipbuilding yards at Ter
minal Island, the nations largest
builders of Liberty freighters.
The strike would halt service on
the Harbor Belt Line, conducted
jointly by the P. E., Southern Pa
cific and Union Pacific and hand
ling SIS per cent of the freight in
war-busy Los Angeles-Long Beach
harbor.
For self preservation we are
leaving Our jobs - not for "a hours
but for 10 cents an hour" said a
statement issued by the P. E. lodge
of the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen. I'VE are in an econ
omic fox-hole from which we must
be lifted before we again become
soldiers in overallS.'
International officers Of the
brotherhood in Cleveland were not
given advance notice of the strike
action. The union joined with other
labor leaders recently in an anti
strike pledge to President Roose-
welt.
Unless the present P. E. wage
scale OF a 77-cent minimum and a
87-cent maximum is substantially
increased, the brothersood said, serv-
ice will be permanently impaired by
an exodus of qualified men to bet
ter-paying jobs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-23

become an important military CEN
ter while the Fascists were turning
aside pleas that it be made an open
city. Within Rome, he said, there
are munitions plants, airports and
railroad facilities which carry guns.
troops, and ammunition to Southern
Italy.
When the Sicilian campaign be-
gan, Mr. Roosevelt said. he had to
think of American boys who were
placed in greater danger by the
influx of enemy power from the
north and through Rome, the cen
ter of enemy supply.
The bombing of Rome, he said,
was undertaken with the primarY
objective of saving American and
British lives.
The president recalled that with
the aid of the italians, Germany
had destroyed 1000 churches. hos
pitfalls and libraries in Great Brit
ain. He said however, that he did
not believe in destruction for re-
taliation but destruction to save the
lives of our men was an inevitable
necessity.
Mr.. Roosevelt was asked whether
the bombing of Rome was the full
fillment of the warning he and
Prime Minister Churchill made to
the people of italy to surrender
or die" He replied that the two
things should not be confused, be-
cause one was the problem of an
entire nation and the other the
Problem of a city venerated all over
the world but used for military pur-
poses.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-23

repulsed. 1t did not mention the
capture of Palermo)
Army dispatches said that the
italian land forces at Palermo COM
planned that the Italian navy had
failed to assist them. They said
they had seen the navy only when
an italian boat put into the harbor
to evacuate high Fascist officials.
The 7th Army under Lieut.. Gen.
George S. Patton, Jr., had captured
ESQ guns, 500 vehicles and 10000, 900
rounds of ammunition in their adj
vance on Palermo, where they cut
off more than 1000 square miles, of
territory containing many important
air and sea bases.
On London, military observers
estimated that about $4,000 Italians
including remnants of the AsSietta
and Aosta divisions and three
coastal divisions. had been trapped
in western Sicily although they
might not yet have been taken
prisoner. They expressed belief that,
in view of the Allied air and sea
supremacy, the Germans could
only fight a delaying battle on the
northeastern tip of Sicily to hold
off the invasion of Italy as long as
possible.
Outnank Defenses
Gondon sources said The Allies
apparently we're attempting to out
flank the rugged Mount Una de-
lenses as rapidly IS possible to pre-
vcLt the enemy from getting set on
lew lines thereD
The fall of Palermo, only 200
miles from Naples and $50 miles
from Rome, gave the Allies control
of every principal port in Sicily ex-
cept Catania and Messina on the
east coast and every important air.
field except the remaining cluster
around Gerbini, west of Catania.
Though Trapani and MARSHA on
the west coast at last reports still
were in Axis hands, their capture
if not already effected-Was be-
lieved only matter of hours.
Thousands of additional prisoners
were taken in the American adj
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-23

Continued from Page II
Valera Of Fire had sent message of
sympathy TO Pope Plus on the bomb
ing Of Romeo
Madrid reports that informed
German military circles already
have conceded loss OF Sicily to the
| Allies appeared borne out by Nazi
broadcaStS depreciating the island
they once hailed as a Mediterranean
BaStion as a minor island out
post"
Fleeing Eastward
All Axis garriSonS in western
Sicily were reported by Madrid to
be fleeing eastward for a last stand
at Messina. Only small percent
age of Italo-German troops probably
can be evacuated across the two
mile MeSsina Strait, however, be-
cause of the preponderance of Allied
Sea and air power
Reliable information reaching
Madrid from Italy asserted that
Italian mainland ports have been
bombed SO heavily that efforts to re-
inforce Sicily by sea virtually have
been abandoned. Some 500 German
troops were killed or wounded at
one port while awaiting tranSpor-
tation, it was said.
tRadio London quoted an order
by Gen. Paul Conrad. commander
of the Nazi Hermann Goering divi-
sion in Sicily, threatening death for
further serious cases" of desertion
and unauthorized retreats by Ger
man troopsD
Mussolini Changed
The seriousness of the Sicily sit
uation and the growing threat tC
Italy herself were reported by the
Daily Herald to have turned the
swash-buckling Mussolini into ar
elderly, mild-mannered Italian. A
Cairo dispatch to the newspaper SAID
he had lost all his remaining hair
and a great deal of weight.
The London Daily Mail editorially
asserted that the Pope's letter on
the bombing Of Rome placed sole re-
sponsibility for the raid on Musso-
lini.
1--WE all share the Pope's sympathy
for the victims of the Rome raid
for We, too, have had many victims
in this country but we cannot
relax any means Of ending as quick
ly as possible war which, if long
continued, would engulf, not only
Rome, but the entire civilized
world the Daily Mail said.
The Daily Mirror protested that
the Pontiff's letter "casts a stigma
On the Allied Nations, especially
America"
I'VE may be pardoned, however,
if we imagine that it will not make
a deep impression on those sections
of the faithful who live in other
belligerent capitals and have already
passed through terrifying ordeals
and seen their sacred buildings shat
tered, yet without, as far as one can
be aware, of exciting any special
discontinue within the precincts Of
Vatican City, the Mirror said