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Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-01-12
Voznost IetoI v
p~revozonju ~roniencev

IL zavezniskega glavnega sta
ma V Alziru V francoski Afriki
porocajo, da so ameriSka in an
gleska letala prevozila z raznih
boise V sredozemlju 70 tisoc ra-
njencev, najvec IL Italije, delo-
ma V vojaSke bolnice V Siciliii,
Sc vec pa v Afriko, kjer SO po-
pomona ma varnem.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-01-12


vzor katolicana, sedaj hvali "ko-
muniste' v Jugoslaviji, ceprav
more duhovnike in nune''? Ali
pa SO morda samo slovenski par
tizani tako podivjani, .da raise
pobijajo svoje ljudi in svoje du-
she pastirje, kot pa Hitlerjeve
vpadalce?
Louis Adamic v svoji knjigi
MY Native Land" dovolj jasno
opisuje, kaksno je bio S pocetka
upornisko gibanje: neorganizi-
rano, brez nacrtov. TIL ena, tam
druga ceta. Desperatnezi, pusto-
lovci-vseh vrst "hoodlums''-
so prisli craven, .da kradejo,
morda SO Sc tudi tepli z Nemci
in Italijani, &c so jim bill ma Sic
du, toda tie vrste svojati nj bio
kot 'listja in trave', vendar pa
dovolj, da so "a svoja fla deia-
MIA ljudje dolzii vse druge, XII
so Sc borili proti sovraznikove-
mu nasilju.
V revolucijah Sc code nude
reel. Oborozena upornistva MISC
parada. Kdor pozna zgodovino,
We, da Sc nj nobena revoluciia
dogodila ma nacin kot 10 prika-
zuje film operete "Vesela vdo-
va. Tudi regularna vojna je po-
vsem drugacna kot pa jo nam
predstavljajo filmske vojne
igre. Memo resnicnost predstav-
ljajo lie tisti filmi, XII SO bill sneti
direktno ma bojiscih, v spopadih
med sovrazniki. Da, nekoc Sc DO
izvedelo marsikaj, kot preroku-
je Rt. Rev. Oman, ampak 1--WE
dele Sc bodo tudi stvari, XII mu
ne bodo vsec. Pa tudi patru Am
brozicu ne. Oba sta zagnala svo-
10 propaganda proti uporniStvu
v Sloveniji S ~staliSca, da Sc bo-
jujeta lie proti tolpi morilcev, XII
pod masko borbe "a svobodo po-
bijajo Medicine ljudi. Drugi pra-
WHO, da nj bill nobep duhovnik
ali katoliski politik, ali uradnik
v Sloveniji obsojen smrt cato,
ker je bill duhovnik ali verni Ia
iik, pac pa vsled kvizlinskega
sodelovanja s sovrazllikom. Pc
ljaki trdijo, da Sc med njihnim
narodom kvizlinga nj moglo do
biti. Med Slovenci sta imela Hit
Ter in V "provinci Lubiana"
Mussolini vec srece. Sc boil ma
Hrvatskem in v Srbiji, ker sta
vecji dezeli in imata vecje We
XII so 81 bill pripravljeni
prodati.
AmeriSki socialist so Sc S ko-
munisti veliko prepirali, ali bo-
lie, branili pred mimi. Pokojni
Morris Hillquit je znal odbijati
njihove udarce, in James Oneal,
socialisticni urednik takrat Cd
licnega socialisticnega New Lea
dra" je vedel polemizirati, uciti
in razkrinkavati razdirace in "a
vajalee kot malokdo. Oh enem
sta Sc morala boriti S strujo, XII
10 je vodil Norman Thomas, XII
je venomer drezala, maj socia-
listicna stranka sprejme vabilo
komunistov ma posvetovanje "a
sklenitev enotne fronte. Cimboli
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Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-01-12
ONn ENTABJH


Newburski novicar (kanonik
j. j. Oman?) pise v Am. domo-
vini z dne 81. dec. med drugim:
Z~anesljiva poroGiIa liz Slovenije
prip0yedujejO, da SO partizani pO-
morrill, ma tisoce ljudi donna, med
mimi tudi najmanj dvajset duhoy-
nikov. B0doca zgodovina BIO vse to
enkrat natancnO p~orocala in maj
veCia uganka pri tenn BIO to, kakO je
mcgla X. S. X. Jednota in SlOven-
ska ZenslIa Zveza partizane pri tenn
GeIu podpirati moralno in z denar-
jen1. To DO tudi ~najvecja blamaza
in sramota "a te dive Organizaciji,
pOsebn0 "a njih giavne odbOrnike.
KatOliSke organizacije pOmagajo
komunisticnim partizanom mOriti
svOje lastne brate. To mai razume,
kdOr more.
Rt. Rev. Oman je brzkone tt
sti, XII glede gornje notice sam
sebe ne more razumeti Tudi
glede Stevilk je V napacnem, &c
SO one, XII Jill je navajal V svojih
clankih pater Ambrozic, resnic-
nejSe cd njegovih. Il prvih bi
bio namrec razvidno, da so "ko-
munisticni podivjanci' pomorili
veliko vec duhovnikov in nun,
kaj sele drugih vernih ljudi, kot
pa Jill navajo newburSki kano-
nix.
Cudno je, cemu ameriSka in
angleska vlada, XII sta V Italiji
duhovniStvu silno naklonjeni,
pomagata THU z orozjem, NUM-
clio in twill, &c je njegov namen
iztrebiti vero in duhovScino in
napraviti il Jugoslavije "komu-
n~isticno" diktaturo.
General Franco je S hvalospe-
vom borcem v J~ugoslaviji, XII ga
je izrekel V svojem govoru dine
8. januarja pred castniskim zbo-
rom V Madridu, ustvaril veliko
senzacijo. C%astnikom, Xxi so Sc
zbrali, da mu poklonijo marsal-
ski bat, je o borcih V Jugoslaviii
dejal: "Po treh letih tezavne
borbe so delezni priznanja in
spostovanja. To dokazuje, da Sc
ie proti ljudski zivljenski in du-
hovni sill nemogoce boriti." Do
dial je, da je odpor g~erilcev v Ju-
g~oslaviji spremenil vso Evropo
V vojno "brez horizona". To je
bilo prvic, da je Franco rekel
prijazno besedo v prid borbe
proti osvojevalcem. Doslej je
vedno rohnel "a Mussoliniia in
Hitlerja.
Nadskof SpeIlman IL New
Yorka je pc svoji lanski vrnitvi
il I~talije in Spanije Franco jaw
no OZnacll "a VZOfnega KatOIl-
skega moza, stebra cerkve in pa
triota, XII bi vse dial "a Spanijo.
Ker je nadSkof Spellman avto-
riteta V takih stvareh, mu lahko
verjame sal kanonik Oman.
Franco je prisel ma krmilo z ge-
slom borbe proti komunizmu in
VISA katoliSka cerkev, z Vatika-
nom ma celu, ga je podpirala,
ker je reSeval duhovnike in nu-
ne pred "komunisti''. Ali nj Gu
dno, da sedaj ia isti Franco, XII
ga je pred par meseci omenjeni
neWyorSki nadSkof oznacil "a
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49,
premogarje, maj nikar ne stav-
kaJo, maj Sc ne upirajo nasemu
vrhovnemu komandantu, toda
hrvatski rudarji SO raise sledili
Lewisu in stavkali, Oh enem pa
mnogi izmed Nth pridno agiti-
rail "a list, XII jim je ocital, da S
stavkanjem pomagajo sovrazni-
ku in fasizmu. &c clovek "vse to
natancno preudari", je zelo "a
nimivo in - smeSno, &c ne NOR
da boil tragicno kot smesno.
General Marshall je v vojnih
zadevah slovit vescak, cato je
nacelnik ameriskega generalne-
ga staba. Nj pa mic kaj spreten
v utrjevanju morale, kadar Sc
spusti ma politicno pole. VIM.
Green ga dolzi, da je bill on tisti,
XII je ma novoletni vecer anonim-
no dejal, da SO zeleznicarji S
pretnjo stavke, in jeklarski de-
lavci S stavkanjem podaljsali
vojno, dvignili pogum nemskega
ljudstva, V okupiranih ter safe
litnih dezelah pa ohladili voljo
"a upor Hitlerju. NE v Jugosla-
vijiD S tenn SO OBJ enem zrtvovali
vsled podaljsanja vojne ma tiso-
&c ameriskih zivljenj, XII bodo
padla pc nepotrebnem safho pc
krivdi delavcev, XII groze S stav-
kami, ali stavkajo, namesto da
bi delali.
Amerisko delavstvo PRODU-
C1RA V mnozinah, kot Sc nikdar
pref. Ameriska p%rodukcija je res
"arzenal demokracije'. cato je
krivicno scuvati nase vojake
proti svojim ocetom in bratom
delavcem, ces, da bodo morali
tvegati zivljenja mesece dali sa-
mo Pc mimi KrlVQ1.
Dne 26. junija 1871, torej ne
kaj dni pc nemskem vpadu v
RUSTIC, je incl zaupnik generala
Marshalla V Washingtonu sesta-
mex S casnikarji, ma katerem je
bio cd MEGA prerokovano, da
DO Hitler Sovjetsko Rusijo pre-
magal V okrog treh mesecih.
journalist Bascom N. Timmons,
XII pise v Washingtonu "a Chica-
go Sun, pravi, da je imelo tisto
prerokovanje 0 porazenju Ru-
size "v treh mesecih" ocividno
tudi odobritev generala Mar
shalla. Torej Sc tudi vojaSki eks-
peril lahko MOTTO cello v voja-
Skin stvareh. Kako bi Sc ne v
delavskih in politienih!
Novo mesto ma Doleniskem Sc
nj bio nobenkrat toliko imeno-
vano v casopisju pc svetu kot
cd kar Sc tam bore proti Hitler
jew posadki cete osvobodilne
fronte. Vesti minuil teden so
pravile, da ga oblegajo partizani
in da Nemcem pc Doleniskem
vsled partizanskih napadov sla-
ba prede. Torej Dolenjci lie MISC
tako ponizni, kot SO jih nam
slikali cerkveni in klerikalni Ii
sti, ma primer nekdanji "Domo-
ljub", in pa misijonarji ma boz
Jill potih. Steer pa so Re pred
meseci poroeali, da so Nemci
Novo mesto porusili do tai. Pa
mora zanje lie Sc imeti kaj vred-
nosti, da ga tako srdito branijo
pred ljudmi, katerim spada.
"Ce ii nj ia dezela vSecc, cemu
Sc ne poberes cd kjer 81 prisel?"
To zbadljivko je cul ali pa cital
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(Nadaljevanje S /. strani.)

VISA porocila soglasno odobrena
Konferenci je professional
Sansov predsednik Etbin Kri-
stan in deloma podpredsednica
Marie Prisland. Kristan je podal
Sansovem delu cd postanka
decembra 1912 pa do sedai sijai-
no porocilo, XII je bio z odobra-
vaniem in soglasno sprejeto.
Mirko G. Kuhel je porocal o
financah Sansa cd ustanovitve
do 81. dec, o poslovanju urada,
o svojem delu in druge podrob-
nosti. Naprayil je fin wis ma ma
vzoce.
Blagajnik Joe Zalar je izjavil,
da je poslovanje med MIN in
tajnikom, kot v uradu in v Cd
boru, vzorno. Kratki porocili sta
imela Sc podpredsednica in dru-
81 podpredsednik, ostali odbor-
niki pa so izjavili, da nimaio k
podanim porocilom nicesar do
dati.
Nato je bio ma predlog Antona
ZbaSnika, 81. tajnika ABB skle-
memo, ola Sc izrece izvrsnemu
odboru zaupnico "a njegovo de-
10. Ugovora nj bilo.
Vsi prisotni bill upraviceni do
glasOvne pravice
Vsi zborovalci so bill upravi-
ceni do sedezev ma tel konferen-
ci, kot je ugotovil poverilni cd
Dor, V katerem SO bill Frank
Puncer, Anton ZbaSnik in Frank
Alesh.
Predsednik Kristan ie omenil.
da je navzoc kot COST tudi pravo-
slavni duhovnik Strahinja Ma
letic, XII je ma to V kratkem ma
govoru pozdravil Sans in mu ce-
stital ma njegovih uspehih. Ma
letic, XII ga je srbsko sveceni-
stvo, z Dionisijem ma celu, lob
clio, je sedaj izvrsni tajnik V
uradu ZOJSA v New Yorku.
Drugih pozdravnih govorov
ma konferenci nj bilo, prislo pa
je precej pozdravnih brzojavk.
Zapisnik z~borovanja je vodil ia
cob Zupancic.
Tajnik Kuhel je porocal, da
ina SANS sedaj SO delovnih po-
druznic. Ia njegovo delo mu ie
bio izreceno posebno priznanje.
V. Cainkar je poJasnil, kako
Sc je urad Sansa pricel, in razvi-
jail, ter u~gotovil, da Sc veliko
Sansovega uradniskega della IL
vrsi v poslopju SNIP S presto
voljno, brezplaeno pomocjo par
izvrsnih odbornikov in drugih,
XII so pripravljeni pomagati.
Louis Adamic je govoril OBJ
raznih prilikah. V svojem uvod-
mem govoru je med drugim po-
jasnil, cemu Sc toliko govori o
komunisticnem vodstvu v osvo-
bodilni 'front.' V Jugoslaviji. De
jail je, da je bila pc razpadu Jul
g~oslavije komunisticna stranka
edna, XII je lahko kar naprei
funkcionirala, pac raditega, ker
je bila re pod jugoslovansko dix
taturo prisiljena postati podtal-
ma stranka, docim so druge SINE
lie vec ali mani ostati ma povr-
STU, z razsulom drzave pa so raz-
padle tudi one. Wee O tenn ie 60
voril ma shodu istega dine zvecer
v dvorani SNIP.
Prvi nadzorni odbor
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u
sto vabilo zgolj poteza "a bega-
ME clanstva S. P, boil je Tho
mas trdil, Ola hi bio vabilo po-
trebno sprejeti sal da prideta
ODE skupini skupaj in povesta
vsaka svoje. A pozneje, ko Sc je
leta 1886 "stara garda' umakni-
la, Sc novi voditelji MISC vec "a
nimali "a zblizanje S komunisti,
pac pa raise sprejeli trockiste,
katere SO morali koncno pognati
IL stranke, sicer bi postala po-
vsem njihova. Ma drugi strani
pa vidimo res socialisticno orga-
nizacijo V Readingu v tenn oziru
2ovsem tolerantno in Memo gla-
silo je zares socialisticno ureje-
VanO.
Delavska stranka V Angliji Sc
ne boil "a demokracijo, kajti &c
bi Sc, bi komunisticni stranki v
Rusiji ne ponujala zveze. Vse-
kakor je Mi vec "a sedanje sorte
demokracijo kakor pa tistim, XII
so 10 V Zed. drzavah oznacevali
z bogus demokracija. Tudi S
komunisti V Angliji ina L. P,
raZprtiie. tOda Svoiih enerpii ne
trosi v prepirih z mimi, niti ne
seize mrznje prot Rusiji. Demo
kracijo angleskega tipa il mic ne
ponuja. Ponuja pa il ZVEZO
angleSkega delavstva z delav-
stvom Sovjetske unije. Veliki
ljudje in velike stranke odgo-
vornost vse drugace razumejo
kot pa tisti posamezniki in stru-
je, XII SO zakopani sami vase in
nimajo ne cuta ne smisla "a ra-
zumevanje sveta kakrsen je, ne
"a dogodke, XII svigajo mimo
drug "a drugim.
Etbin Kristan je V casu, ko je
bill poslanec v ustavodajni skup-
Semi V Beogradu, prisel nekega
dine V Ljub1jano, kjer SO mu So
drugi tozarili drug drugega in
mu pravili, kako SO izkljucili te-
ga in omega. Odvrnil jim je, Ola
&c bodo Sc dolgo uganjali to ne
umno pocetje, 81 bodo organiza-
clio povsem demoralizirali, kar
Sc je zgodilo. Izgubili so dnev-
mix in revije. Klerikalizmu, pa
tudi liberalcem, je bio to zelo
pc wolff. Pravim socialistom je
bio treba zaceti spet cd kraia,
toda tocka preporoda nj bila vec
Ljubljana, pac pa Maribor, z
"Delavsko politiko", Petejanom
in Erzenom, DIR. Reismanom in
drugimi. 0 Erzenu smo zvedeli,
da SO ga Nemci takoj pc okupa-
ciji Marlboro virgil V jeco. Neka-
teri SO menda pobegnili - med
mimi bivsi/ p~oslanec Petejan, o
katerem pravi porocilo il urada
Odbora jugoslovanskih Ameri-
kancev, ola je sedaj clan odbora
osvobodilne fronte v Sloveniii.
ko mine vojna, bono tudi mi IL
vedeli marsikaj, ne samo tisti,
katerim newburski novicar pre-
ii, ker pomagajo "financno in
moralno' partizanskim moril-
Gem.
Emo stvar kapitalisticna reak-
CHA komuniStom v Ameriki ne
more vec ocitati in predbacivati.
MANFRED odgovornost "a stavke,
ker je iDaily Worker boil proti
MIN in Jill kritizira kot kateri-
sibodi kapitalisticni list. Tudi
hrvatski Narodni GIasnik ie 20
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Prvi nadzorni odbor

Ma tel prvi konferenci sirsega
odbora je bill izvoljen tudi mad
zorni odbor, XII ga SANS doslei
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-23
SPEAKING OF HATS

(Christian Science Monitor)
The British House of Commons, adept
as it may be at grasping the bull by the
horns, has come to grips with no penslve
Ferdinand when it tackles the question
OF women's hats.
Hugh Dalton, chairman of the board
of trade, when challenged to explain the
price and shape of the latest Spring mil
linery models, promptly dove for the
nearest foXhole.
A man who could undoubtedly stand
his ground through no end of parlia-
mentary fireworks over partition for Ire
land or the independence of India, Mr..
Dalton knows when to take cover.
Who indeed, that wished to enjoy the
benefits of his social security would be
so brash as to attempt to place an arbl-
trary value upon Woman's hat. 1t can't
be done A hat may have any one OF a
number Of Values-all of them intangible.
For instance, who can deny the value
of hats as a morale builder? On the
other hand, there are hats which are
noted chiefly for their nuisance value
particularly in the movies. Then there
are hats that nave, shall we say, a GER
tain ''face" value.
After ALL woman doesn't buy hat
Just because it's hat It's what it does
for her that counts. For the hat that
catches the eye may be the one that also
catches the guy as every millinery
conscious female knows
Now, Mr. Dalton, would you mind NOV
ing over?
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-23
Stranded Airmen
Find Welcome

LONDON, Feb. %. UP)-Four
American gunners, who had baled
cut of a crippled Flying Fortress,
were astonished when they knocked
on the door of a home in East An
glia.
"I've been expecting you said
a woman, answering the door
Wont you come in?'
The gunners, mumbling apollo
gies, walked inside, found the table
laden with hard boiled eggs, toast,
marmalade, coffee, and bottle OF
whisky.
"I dreamed last night that a
Flying Fortress crashed nearby and
four men came to the door" the
hostess, a Mrs. Buckingham, ex-
planned while the Ameri ca n S
stared in amazement.
Il didn't want to see it come
true, but / wanted to be prepared. y
The incident was reported by the
army newspaper, Stars and Stripes,
which identified the Americans as
T/Sgt. Bradley II. Parker, Rich
mond, va; S/Sgts. Edward j.
Roddy, Chicago; Howard E. An
derson, st. Paul, and John S. Rose,
Holden, Mass.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-23
THANK YOU, SENATOR LUCKEY
AND ASSEMBLYMAN HASTlAN

) Neither of these men was an eXperienc
ed legislator when he first took office
run to succeed themselves in office Both
plead the demands of attending their
extensive business operations, a reason
which any farmer, rancher or business
man can appreciate in these difficult
days of keeping the home front economy
working in healthy manner.
: Each of these men have given of their
services to the people They have served
Imperial county unselfishly and we'll and
as they decide to withdraw from this
form of public life, they should be accord
ed the thanks and appreciation of those
whom they represented wisely and capab
ly.
> Neither of these men were experienced
legislators when they first took office
four years ago. And in the realm of poll
tics, experience and priority of seniority
are of considerable import. But both
were wise men and quickly learned their
way around. At no time did this south
ern county have reason to be ashamed of
their representatives in Sacramento, and
most of the time there was ample reason
to be extra proud.
We won't say that all they did met
with entire approval but no public serv-
ant in such position can expect 100 per-
cent concurrence on the part of a con-
stituency We can and do say, however,
that in the vast majority of cases these
two men did a fine job, worked to the
betterment of this county and the state,
were sincere in their efforts and wise in
their acts.
We are confident that the people of
Imperial County concur in thanking these
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-23
Talk
bly,
Peter Edison

pro-Nazi in his sympathies, lndl-
eating for the first time that he
might be engaged in activities in
imical to The national security. 1t
was more than a year later, how
ever, before the G-men were able
to check his record and gather the
EVIDENCE that led to his conviction.
Both Lehmitz and De Spretter were
sentenced to 80 years.
COLOMBIAN N4.zI
1t was q New Workers. tip that
helped clinch the case against Ro-
berto Lanas Vallencilla, Colombian
employed in the offices of the Co.
ordinator of Inter American Affairs
in Washington, Lanas Vallencilla
recently confessed to communica-
tion with the Nazis, after his arrest
by the FBI. Months before q New
Yorker had reported to the FBI
that Lanas Vallencilla had asked
woman acquaintance to work
for the cause" and had offered
$3.50 a month for her services. This
one scrap cf information was an
important contribution to the evi-
dence which the FBI had already
accumulated, and it aided mate
rally in his conviction.
Rounding up of the Detroit spy
ring of eight principals last fall
had its beginning in San Francisco
before the war when German
ex-army captain named Gugula
Rozinek aroused the suspicious of
fellow employees in chemical
works by his pro-Nazi views. He
had proclaimed, Hitler is not only
my Fueher, but my God" A loE~
American reported the icident to
the FBI, and the investigation be-
| gan.
Rozinek was found to be the
| husband of well-known lecturer
on Hungarian folklore, Sari de Ha-
elk, whose lecture tours were really
4 blind for gathering information
On Americas defense effort. 1t was
Sari de Hajek who recruited Grace
Buchanan-Dineen, the Canadian
born woman who was the center
If the ring, and was trained fo.
her work in Budapest and Berlin.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-23
THE NAUSEATING, FILTHY
LOS ANGLES STRIKE

Army aroused as power strike hits
war plants" reads newspaper headlines
relating to the fact that 100 war manutac-
turing plants in Los Angeles are shut
down because striking Los Angeles power
workers won't repair damage done by
the storm.
Not only should the army be aroused.
The whole nation should be aroused.
Doubtless. millions of people are fight
ing mad that even one war plant or essen
tial industry should be stopped by strike
in war time It's a deSpicable. filthy
fact that strikes have stopped not only
these industries but thousands of others
all year long.
WHY in heavens name the Washington
administration. through its Weakened.
class-favoritism labor policy permits
ANY strikes during War time in ANY
essential war work, is simply beyond un-
derstanding.
: Of course these workers have cause.
Of course they have a case. Maybe they
should have more money-we don't know.
/. BUT =. there is war. Millions OF
men have been grabbed away from their
civilian pursuits. Hundreds of thousands
didn't want to GO It injured them finan-
cially and domesticallv and certainly rob-
bed them of their civilian liberties. And
fust as War was placed above self in
their cases, so should it be placed above
all of us in all our cases.
: Strikes should have been definitely out
fawad a long time ago. We know the
yowlers who think more of self than of
nation, claim that We're fighting for the
Fight to strike. Balderdash We're
fighting to sustain the existence of this
country and this world so we can, in
Iaacetme, have the right to strike and
all other rights that the people see fit to
grant.
= If workers have a right to stop war
production, then fighters have a right
10 stop fighting.
. Let's put the war on that basis, and
then see if civilians who are not in the
Battle lines will continue to chissel on
the war program.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-23
BECOMING INTERESTED
(San Diego Union)

(San DegO OnlOn)
Those serious looking gentlemen we
all encounter these days probably include
a number of the potential congressional
candidates, of both parties who are try
ing. at one and the same time. to keep
an eye on the political weathervane and
an ear to the ground, listening for the
voice of the people,
They haven't much time. Advancement
of the primary date from August to May
has caused considerable shift in politi-
cal plans and the advantages, to individ-
ual candidates, are offset by obvious dis
advantages. While the primary campaign
will be short, there will follow six
months campaign between nomination
and election.
As yet there has come no word from
our theoretical representative in Wash
ington, whose listening ear has been tun-
ed to the White House rather than to-
ward the people II this district Specu-
lation is about fifty-fifty as to whether
he will run, one theory being that his
overwhelming victory of some 600 votes
two years ago scared the political day
lights out of him. Another view is that
he is fulfilling his pledge to follow as
closely as possible in the footsteps OF
my commander-in-chief" and continues
to be coy about the whole business.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-23
CALIFORNIAN PRESSES
FOR START OF CANAL

WASHINGTON, Feb. %. up
Representative A. j. Elliott, Cd,
California, said Wednesday that
war Production Chief Donald Mel
son had promised TO give personal
attention to proposals for construc-
ton of the Kern-Friant irrigation
canal in California, once rejected
by the WPB.
He has offered TO hear our case,
and I'm going TO have a competent
review of the evidence with Nelson
in person." Elliott said, "and that
is something we haven't had since
I started working on this thing when
I came TO Washington in 1887"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-23
County Studies
Unit Insurance

Imperial county supervisors this
week agreed to pay one-third of
the cost of group insurance for
county employees if rs per cent of
the employees decide to participate.
In general the insurance resem-
bles that carried by Imperial Irri-
cation district and Ell Centro city
employees. 1t is sicHness and life in
surance and is based on the rate
of the employees pay. 1t is available
to those who want 1t regardless Of
ages. No medical examination is
required, it was explained.
The matter will be placed before
county employees soon.
Elective officers may participate
but the county will not pay any OF
the cost. To do 50 would mean an
increase in salary while the officer
is in office, which is illegal, it is
pointed out.