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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-25
People Want to Work Together

In the course of this trip / have talked
with thousands of people, individually and in
groups-to labor leaders and farmers, to cattle
men and ranch hands, to politicians, to bust
ness and professional people, to soldiers and
sailors to housewives and newspapermen. l
have done some talking, but a lot more lis
tening.
The most moving thing about my trip this
year is that l find our people, wherever they
live are in mood to work together.
They want a national administration in
Washington that will help them work to-
gether They are thoroughly fed up with gov
eminent policies which divide the West from
the East and the Middle West from both.
They are fed up with policies which divide
the farmer, the businessman and the working
man into rival and contending groups.
Men and women from all parts of our coun-
try have been fighting and working side by
side in this war.
They want to work together with the same
unity when peace comes. They want to meet
the problems of reconversion fairly and justly,
without advantage to any section over any
other section of the country
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-25
Brain Game

Name Is Of the 81 men who
have been president OF the
United States.
Although Homer Lea died in
1912, the American people
have had occasion TO remem-
her him since the outbreak
Of World War II. Would you
say he was ca one of the
first advocates OF air power?
tb) the inventor Of a new
type Of torpedo? tc) a writer
who warned Of japanese
plans TO attack the United
Ststes7
Other than the Black Sea
which bounds 1t on the east.
what are the boundaries Of
Bulgaria?
Rochester. MINI. is known
especially for its medical and
surgical clinic, which takes
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-25

Under the regime of Francis
- Biddle as attorney general of
the United States, a large number
of lawsuits has been brought by the
department of justice, since the war
began, against business concerns and
organizations most of which are de-
voting all Of their energies and re-
sources to war work and many of
which have lent high executives to
the government itself to solve some
of its most difficult war problems.
THE IMMEDIATE EFFECT
OF THESE ILL-TIMED ACTIONS
HAS BEEN TO INTERFERE
SERIOUSLY WITH THE WAR
EFFORT.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-25
to establish bipartisan cooperation for per-
manent world organization to maintain lasting
peace.
Recalls Job Depression in 1910

thlro important tnlng on everybody
mind is the question of jobs here at home after
the war is over. From one side of the country
to another, our people are determined that we
are not going back to The ten million unem-
ployed we had in 1910,
They know that under the New Deal we
had to have world war to get jobs.
You don't have to tell people that. They
haven't forgotten it. And they are worried
about it. They are worried about it because
they remember that in all those long years
from 1888 to 1910, this country failed for the
first time in its history to achieve real econ
omic recovery and go ahead of previous
decades.
The American people are thinking about
the problem of how we are to obtain economic
security without sacrificing our personal
freedom.
Last night, in San Francisco, I discussed
the philosophy of government which believe
we must establish if we are to achieve the
goal we seek-freedom and opportunity with
the fullest measure of economic security.
Tonight l am going to talk about another
aspect Of this great question: How we are to
obtain greater security for the men and women
of this country in their personal lives and what
the United States government should do about
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-25
Those in Service Ignored

A serious omission in the list of those COW
cred at the present time consists of the men
and women now in military service.
Those who once worked in jobs covered by
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-25
People Must Support Peace Plan

The next thing uppermost in the mind of
all our people is the securing of lasting peace.
Among the thousands of people that l talked
with was an Indian mother in Wyoming. She
was leading her little two-year-old son by the
hand She had gold star pinned on the blan-
ket she wore over her shoulders. She came up
to me and pointed to the little boy and said:
His father killed in France"
Then she said:
You make sure we never have another
war.
That Indian mother spoke what is in the
hearts of all Americans today. They want
America to join with the other peace-loving
nations of the world in building permanent
organization for peace
And they know that if this great under
taking is to succeed, it must not be the work
of one party or Of one man.
Representing the aspiration of all our peo-
ple it must be bipartisan effort, having the
support of all people.
Everywhere people knew and approved Of
the joint efforts Of Secretary Hull and myself
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-25


Corporation officials are not able
to do their best work for their coun-
try with untried federal charges
suspended over them or their com.
panieS.
Corporations themselves are no
more able to give their undistracted
service to the national defense if
large part of the time of their man
ayers and a considerable portion of
their means must be applied to the
preparation or trial of accusatory
litigation.
BECAUSE of this obvious and
ID undeniable injury to the nation,
both THE WAR DEPARTMENT
and THE NAVY DEPARTMENT
have protested against the policy Of
the justice department, and trials in
some 80 of the so-called antitrust
suits, involving large number of
important concerns, have been de.
ferred by order of the President
until after the war.
Yet, Notwithstanding this fact,
the department of justice has chosen
at this time to sue the Association of
American Railroads, the Western
Association of Railway Executives
and At railroad companies, alleging
"collusion" in the fixing of freight
rates.
From the point of view of the
armed forces, this suit is certainly
much worse than any of the other
similar suits which were brought
previously and suspended at their
request; for not only are the rail
roads as much a part of the war
effort as the army and navy them
selves; they are performing war
duty, unequaled in magnitude, with
insufficient equipment and personnel;
and they have, by the sheer brilliance
of their performance, prevented an
acute transportation crisis from be-
coming a national disaster.
w w x1A C1IOl A4Ouo OnOAAoO ALo w
- these railroads and railroad men
committed that their government
should sue them at this perilous juno
ture, while relying upon their IRE.
placeable facilities and direction to
win our two desperate wars?
These are the outstanding facts
of public record:
Away back in December of 1882
the western railroads entered into
rate agreement.
1t was not a secret schedule.
It was known to the interstate
commerce commission, which is
charged by law with the regulation
of railroad rates.
Only last year the late Joseph P.
Eastman, chairman of the commits
sion and director of the Office of De.
Tense Transportation, told a Senate
committee that the agreement chad
no sinister purpose"
The only idea, he explained, was
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-25

The Railroad Rate Suit

"to put a brake upon competitive
waste and extravaganza.
And the New Deal came into
power in 1888, three months after the
agreement was made, PLEDGED
TO FOSTER JUST SUCH A
POLICY AS THE AGREEMENT
EMBODIED.
In a campaign speech at Salt
Lake City in 1882, when he was run
ming for president for the first time,
Franklin D. Roosevelt had said:
a.. as the railroads haze been
allowed to increase their capacity far
beyond traffic needs, THE WASTES
COMPETITION haue become
more and more insupportable.
"NoW We face the issues: Shall
We permit then,-in fact, force them
TO BANKRUPT EACH OTHER?
Regulation, in fact, has pro-
tected Investors as tOell as patrons
and think that no enlightened rail-
road man would care to go back to
the old days when unregulated rail
road operation landed one-third of
the railroad mileage in receiUership.
81 BELIEVE THE POLICY OF
ENFORCED COMPETITION BE.
TWEEN RAILROADS CAN BE
CARRIED TO UNNECESSARY
LENGTHS"
THAT was what candidate Frank
L lin D. Roosevelt said in 1882, just
BEFORE the western agreement
was made.
Furthermore, in 1933-just
AFTER the agreement was adopted
New Deal Congress passed,
and President Roosevelt approved,
the Emergency Railroad Transports
ton Act, expressly authorizing-if it
did not actually require-railroads to
form exactly such associations as the
justice department now asks the fed
eral courts to destroy, and to enter
into exactly such economic protec-
tive arrangements as the justice
department now seeks to outlaw.
And from 1888 until 1944-during
a period of IL long years-the New
Deal administration made no attempt
to interfere with the western agree
ment.
During all that time, the inter-
state commerce commission had COM
plete jurisdiction over all railroad
rates.
DUT now, THREE MONTHS
ID BEFORE AN ELECTION IN
WHICH THE NEW DEAL ASKS
FOR A FOURTH TERM, this law
suit is brought-and the palpably
demagogic tinge of it is not lessened
bit by the circumstance that two
old Wall Street houses are named as
defendants, along with the railroads.
In sum, the western railroads are
being sued for what the government
itself lawfully AUTHORIZED and
REQUIRED them to do.
The case is in that aspect anala-
gous to that of the oil men who were
prosecuted in the northwest few
years ago.
They were asked by Secretary of
the Interior Ickes, as oil administra-
tor in the depression period, to take
certain collective action; and they
did so, to promote economic recovery.
Subsequently, they were prose
cuted by the department of justice
for DOING what the department of
the interior INDUCED THEM TO
DO.
1t is impossible to believe that
such litigations are based upon
either GOOD LAW or GOOD
FAITH.
-DN-~E a KNADUZ nUTT'
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-10

Of Wheat

KANSAS CITY. May 10-The
movement OF -hard wheat Through
out the Southwest has literally
dried up. with some mills forced
either TO curtail operations or
suspend. Millers, feed mixers and
diStillers, all are ready buyers of
wheat at the full ceiling with all
the accrued charges, but there is
Virtually none obtainable. Many
mills are contracting for the new
crop of wheat for July delivery at
the full ceiling with whatever
charges accrue.
The probability is that grain
men feel that an unsatisfied de-
,mand for wheat is being built
up and that will result in a scram-
BILE for the new crop, and il
seems more and more likely that
prices will remain at the ceiling
for some time after the crop
starts moving. II transportation
difficulties prevent the usual rush,
il is possible that wheat will stay
at the ceiling indefinitely. There
is hope that the clearing weather
throughout the Southwest will re-
suit IN the movement soon Of
wheat from the farms, TO give
moderate relief from present ex-
IRENE tightness.
A similarly drastic shrinkage
has occurred in the marketward
flow of the spirng wheat in the
Northwest, in fact. of wheat in all
sections.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-10
Jones
Cleared

WASHINGTON, May 10 CUP)
"A Senate interstate commerce
subcommittee has cleared Secre-
tary of Commerce Jesse Jones OF
charges that the RFC mishandled
the affairs of the Chicago and
Eastern Illinois Railroad during
lis reorganization.
The subcommittee report was
signed by Chairman Edwin {.
Johnson Cd of Colorado and
Senator d. Worth Clark CD Of
Idaho. Senator Clyde NJ. Reed
(R) of Kansas, author of a resolu-
ton to investigate the RIGS rail-
road transactions. refused to sign.
From the testimony and evil
dence submitted" the report
said. "Mr. Jones should not be
censured but should be COM
mended for his diligence in pro-
tecting the loan which the RFC
made to the Chicago and East
ern Illinois Railroad"
The report said no convincing
evidence" was submitted which
indicated that Jones eXerted any
| improper influence in the affair,
of the railroad, as had beer
charged by Victor Boatner. c. &
+. /. board member.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-10
Aid Coal Production

On the surface. there may
seem TO be little connection be-
tween making rubber and min
ing coal. But Goodyear's me-
chanical goods division has
linked the two by providing a
new line of coal mine belts
which il claims will bring
Americas coal mines TO new
heights of efficiency and pro-
ductlOn
w. {. Winnings, manager Of
the division. pointed out that
conventional loading equipment
IN the mines al present without
convcyor belts is idle as much
As 20 per cent of the time. due
10 intermittent operation of the
hauling equipment Conveyor
belts. he said. could increase any
mines production from five to
13 tons per man per shift.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-10
Syrup Made
From Wheat

NEW YORK, May 10-Comner-
cial production Of syrup from
wheat is under way at the rate Of
about 100000 pounds a month,
and prospects for this new de-
velopment of the research are
very promising. The quality and
taste Of the syrup equals that of
corn syrup il is reported. and the
new product is being made at idle
sugar beet plants.
The manufacture Of syrup from
wheat was developed at the
Northern Regional Laboratory,
Peoria, H.
1t is understood that one large
baking concern is also conducting
experiments in the manufacture
of syrup from hard wheat.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-10
Halt Shipping
OF Old Potatoes

WASHINGTON, May 10-Use
of railroad freight cars or refrig-
orator cars for transportation OF
old potatoes. other than sweet
and for purposes other than manu-
featuring and livestock feed, from
"A states. was forbidden by ICC.
Action was taken upon the re-
quest of War Food Administrator
Marvin Jones and the Office of
Defense Transportation who certi-
fed that an emergency exists IN
the marketing of old potatoes
which threatens waSteful trans
portation and the congestion Of
traffic.
To move old potatoes by rail,
shippers must supply certificates
showing that they grade at least
TO the minimum prescribed, or
that they are TO he used only for
livestock feed, or for manufac-
turing.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-10
Perfect Timing

Allen Crow capable PFexy-
the Economic Club Of Detroit,
recovered his unCanny timing
of speakers at last week S
meeting
c. -. Howe, minister Of mu-
nitionS and supplies for the
Dominion Of Canada, attracted
considerable attention because
of the problem he faces IN the
Ford Of Canada strike
incidentally Wallace Camp
bell. president of Canadian
Ford was at the speakers
table.
Howe afterward said that he
preferred 10 let the TWO groups
thrash out their own differ
ences.
III you don't" he said. "tbey
only crop up again later"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-10
Would Determine The Mission in Advance

But in order time he developed this technique: lie
would determine advance what the visitor wanted to discuss with
would of his staff who familiar
problem Accordingly Wiley hand shaker would greet
stated his business would introduce
him his assistant who handled such matters Then the assistant
the Wey Sanctum to continue the dis
cuSsion elsewhere.
Usually and cgarets used by The executive
of creating atmosphere of welcome calling
Charles Hastings then executive head OF Hupp Motors He
passed cigar which declined with thanks explaining that did
them.
missing great the manufacturer shot
back
The meal time conference popular among business eXecu
tves Most prefer luncheon clubs Many
relaxed holding conferences under conditions OF hospitality at
the luncheon dinner table
thief executive time results from tedious
pance regulations quesonnare
individual control this leakage, which
O a nuhc
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-10
Natural Rubber
Postwar Need

LONDON. May 1O-The Fed
GRAFTON of British Rubber and
Allied Manufacturers Associations
has presented a memorandum 10
the Board of Trade regarding the
resumption OF postwar trade. The
memorandum states:
synthetic, no matter how
freely available, cannot yet be
regarded as a complete substi-
suite for natural rubber i'm some
important products. Therefore,
il is desirable to emphasize that
the entire industry can neither
provide maximum employment
nor recover prewar productivity,
unless there Is an adequate
volume of the natural rubber
at its disposal"
Sterilization Of the price OF
rubber at a reasonable level for a
specified postwar period Is also
advocated.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-10
Col. Miller TO Speak

Col. II. w. Miller. noted de-
Sigpcr of artillery weapons dur
ing Two world wars, will address
the Detroit chapter of the Amer
lean Society of Tool Engineers
at their meeting Thursday night
in Rackham Memorial. Col
Miller Is IN the engineering
division, research and develop
mont section, ordnance depart
mcnt.
He Will talk on Late Devel-
opmentS in World War II and
VIII explore the military prog
reSS Of the war Grant S. Will
cox. assistant master mechanic
of Plymouth AIll44 preside at the
meeting
Col. Miller is the author Of
six books on artillery. In the
first war he served as chief
engineer heavy artillery, of the
AEF.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-10
|WarnEsSenate
Of Monopoly

WASHINGTON, May 10 (INS)
Maury Maverick Of
the Smaller War Plants Corp,
told a Senate small business COM
mittee today that 1858 per cent of
all war production is concentrated
in large business and warned
against the specter of postwar
monopoly.
Maverick said concentration of
production in big business has
grown by leaps and bounds"
since 1889, while the value of
shipments of plants in metal work
ing industries with less than 500
employees dropped from 46.4 per
cent in 1899 to 23.1 per cent IN
1913.
Every American must know
these facts, and the tendency
toward m ono poly must be
stopped" he said. This is war,
and not normal economy. We
must plan now, however, for a
free economy.
"And II the degree of concen-
tration which now exists Is
maintained in the postwar world
at anywhere near Its present
position, we face the danger of
an actual monopoly and cartel
dominated economy"
Maverick charged that the gov
eminent lacks an overall plan for
the preservation of small business.
In addition. he said, the SWPC
has failed TO receive adequate
representation on government
agencies.
eff we are going to have any
success" he declared. I'VE must
get cooperation. somehow. Of
ficialdom must relax Its infiexi-
bic and arbitrary rules and
develop means and methods TO
do the commonsense thing and
produce SOME civilian goods.
To curb the possible trend to-
ward monopoly, Maverick pro-
posed that small business be
given "a head start. and a very
substantial one at that.
He suggested that in recover
sion 10 civilian production small
firms could establish a blue print
OF errors for large business be-
cause III will certainly be better
to make mistakes in small guam
titles than large"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-10
.StoCks0pen
Firm, Quiet

NEW YORK. May 10 tINS(-
The market was firm at the open
ing today IN quiet trading Prices
were mainly on the upside al
though few important shares
showed losses OF an eighth and
quarter
Rail gains were featured by Is
in Atchison and a in &. a. o.
and Southern Pacific. Oils were
also better
Kennecott and FireStone lost
4 each on the first deals.
Opening prices: Commonwealth
Edison rs "a, of x Radio 9. off
- Curtis wright SIS unchanged
international Nickel 26, un-
changed Schenley 81 unchanged
Southern Pacific 2Si2, up "a;
Hudson Motors 107s. up Is.
Bethlehem Steel So. unchanged
SOcony-Vacuum 12sS, up Is;
North American CO. l7l2. un-
changed: Commercial Solvents
.15A, unchanged, Baltimore &
Ohio "a, unchanged; Standard
on N. J. 564, of Is; Boeing
.13A, up Is; u. S. Rubber Asa,
unchanged; Houston OIL II, UNI
changed. Continental Motors 5A,
up r.; Kennecott 30l2, of a;
General Motors (eX-divldend)
5S2s, unchanged.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-10
Move Chemical Division

The chemical division of the
r. r. Goodrich Co. will be
moved from Akron 10 Cleveland
about July l, it was announced
today by John l.. Collyer. presi-
dent. Executive, sales and tech
meal personnel will be head
quartered and directed from
Cleveland ,
The chemical division super
viscs the manufacture of syn
thetic, produces plastics, re-
claims rubber and makes many
types Of chemicals used in rub
Der and allied industries.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-10
Ann ArbOr Votes
On Tax Boost

ANN ARBOR, May 10--Ann
Arbor's citizens will 60 TO the
polls Saturday to decide if the
city tax rate should be raised
from rs mills to not more than
9.5 mills.
The Issue affects personal prop
erty taxes and the citizens de-
ciSions will not alter existing
county and school tax rates.
+fhis TAX rate referendum marks
the second time in t@o years that
the residents Of Ann Arbor have
had 10 decide 10 raise -theirta
rate.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-10
SHOW CAUTION

Certainly retailers are showing
considerable caution. on the
ground that a turn TO greater ease
in supplies may not be far off
iand that Sub-Standard merchan-
disc is therefore becoming harder
1 TO sell.
Commodity prices changed very
little but any drift was IN an up
ward direction. While the cotton
market cased a bit, wool tops,
steers, and roSin moved up a
.trihc
Whatever the reason may be, il
lis a fact that strikes in war
plants have recently increased in
number. These are mostly small
Unauthorized affairs, but they
show a disturbing tendency II
| may wen be that this tendency is
related to the Montgomery Ward
case
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-10
M. s. Rukeyser
Cites Time Savers
Used by Executives
M. s. Rukeyser

TO large extent management consists OF budgetng OF time
This reflected only time studies showing the number
produce the assembly line
bench, but also i'm Office procedure.
the expansion Of facilities for
been supervisory personnel especially IN
the needs during this
period growth many little executives suddenly be-
big executives overnight
In chatting with me about abnormal situation Pittsburgh
editor said:
wartime currents But
giders without selfpropellng
this In mind current statistics of volume
that suddenly become
Sma
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-10
arm ers' M drket

FRuiTs-Applss Bs1dwlns. fancy. Hit
~. No Z SO 70 so. Northern spies fancy.
~ ~ bu No J, 81 500 37s: siee.s Red,
fancy Nii bu. No. !. 81 81 , rs Note -
ceiling Price on apples. 4if fs-lb bu
VEGETABLE GREENS-French FndIv.
10 !, S29225 5-lb. box. Green onions.
- % e0c dor bChs
VEGETABLES MISC - Asparagus.
fancy - do1 bchs No I, 81 IS Beets.
topped. No. /. 81 50 bu Broccoli. No.
l. 81 30 bu Cabbage. No, !, sipl.25 bu.
Carrots topped. No /. Sl.5Ou7 bu. Celery
Root, No l. 50 5043 bu ChIves. aOc p 81
dor Horseradish.. tla rs peck basket.
kAle, 81 30 hu. Leeks. No 1. 81 so a a
dor hchs. Parsnips, fancy. 81 bu No 4,
50 p %. Potatoes No 4. 81 SOFA 100
he Rutabagas. No. l. Slal2s bu.
Radshes. red, dollhouse. 81 20 doz bchs.
sorrel. 81 50ni rs hu. Spinach. 81 50 a.
IS ls-lb. bu tceilingl. Turnips. topped.
No. /, sOcNxi25 bu. Rhubsrb. choice.
75c@ 81 5-lb box small, $3.50 so oos.
bchs outdoor. 81.
EGGS Large, sio5oa1I5o sO-dos.
case medium. Ss6i0
PLANTS-Vegetables mise. 81 IS fat.
cabbage g0c . 81; flowers. misc. 81 SOFA
Eat, pansy, $3.50a4.5o Fat; saliva. 81
fat