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Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09
ENEMY LABORERS
OF GERMANY
(Pasadena Star-NeWs)


Uneasiness in California because there
are a few thousand hostile japanese at
Tule Lake provides a yardstick by which
to gauge the anxiety in Germany over
the presence there of millions of prison
ers of war and foreign laborers taken
from their home lands and forced to
work for the Reich.
The conscripted labor in Germany in
cludes Poles, Russians, Frenchmen, Bel
gians. Dutchmen and Scandinavians.
They are natural enemies of Nazi Ger
many. Their countries have been inVad-
ed and looted by the Nazis. They them
selves were torn from their homes, de-
prived of their liberty and forced to
labor for taskmasters.
There are $4,000, 900 of the cOnScmpted
foreign laborers in Germany, occupied
Poland and CzechoslOvakia, to be fed,
housed, clothed and kept under control
as they work in fields and factories.
These serfs have contributed to Ger
many's industrial strength and released
Germans for service in the army, but
they are unwilling workers and many of
them seize every opportunity for sabo-
tage.
They are Germany's enemies at heart,
and they will be active enemies at the
first chance. When the day for action
comes, they will be in a position to strike
crippling blows throughout Germany
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09
Bus Crash Deaths
Stand at e

KINGMAN, Ariz., Jan. 8 tUP)-
The death toll from the worst
transportation accident in Arizona
history stood at % Saturday, with
investigators unable to explain why
a jammed bus halted for an on
coming train and then lurched into
its path.
Twenty-six of the dead were army
air cadets returning from night
gunnery drill to Kingman air base
The heavy diesel locomotive
smashed into the center of the
bus, hurting bodies and Wreckage
for 100 yards.
Twenty-seven were killed out
right in the crash early FRIDAY
Aviation Cadet Robert t. Tingley
Marshall, Ill, died later in the day
C. L. Hickey, Needles, CALI, en-
gineer, said the bus leaped in front
of his train just as it hit the cross
ing He hadn't time to reach the
brake before the impact, he said.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09
JUSTICE ON HIGH
COURT CRITICISED

1t comes as 40 surprise that two L. 5.
Supreme Court justices have called a
fellow-member to account justices Black,
Roosevelts first appointee on the high
court, and Justice Murphy, in cases de-
eided 5 to 4, with Black and Murphy
sharing in the decision, took occasion to
criticize Justice Frankfurter in no hid
den language because of Frankfurters
continued decisions based on what he
thought laws should be- rather than on
the plain matter of cOnstitutionallty. All
three justices are New Deal appolntees
Frankfurter's position and attitude on
the tribunal have been, at the least, pc
culiar Long close adviser of the chief
executive, he has continued to act in that
capacity. There has been no effort to
hide this fact. In addition, the justice
under criticism has had much to do with
the selection of close administration aids
and advisers.
These actions alone warrant criticism.
Never in the history of the supreme
bench-and it has had as occupants men
of greater ability than Mr.. Frankfurter,
has this condition prevailed. 1t goes
squarely against the beliefs and actions
of recent stalwarts like Holmes and
Brandeis. 1t has no parallel. 1t Is a
precedent that should be short-lived.
: II is Refreshing anu clSOuI " s~S
men like Black and Murphy rebel at the
rawness of some of the latter-day policies
and procedures. Black, it will be remem-
bered faced fight for confirmation and
had he not been a United States senator
he probably would have failed of confir-
nation by the senate. He had connections
that made it hard for conservative SEN
ators and some far from conservative, to
voice approval Murphy, too, drew fire
when named for the bench. He had been
extremely active in politics and again
conservative senator's had doubts as to
his availability. Both have gone far to
make records that have the approval of
those who were not so sure at time of
appointment.
sJustice Frankfurter has evidenced the
tendency to have hand in everything
connected with the government and has
not assumed the traits and demeanor
the country long has demanded of the
justices and expect in any appointee.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09
EDUCATION SET BACK
Riverside Daily Press)

There are more than million less
youngsters in the public high schools
this year than there were two years
ago, the U. S. Office of Education re-
ports. This sets enrolment back 10
years, and represents drop of 246,OOO
boys and $4,000 girls since last year.
In the two upper classes there are fif-
teen per cent less boys and five per cent
less girls.
The distribution makes it obvious that
the armed services slightly, and war
work for the most part, are responsible
for the decrease. Probably that is inev-
liable. Boys and girls are anxious to
get into the good money that is avail
able, and also want to aid in war produc-
ton.
But Paul McNutt, who should know
our manpower problem better than most,
Joins with Education Commissioner Stu
debaker and with Katherine Lenroot,
chief of the children's bureau, in urging
that schooling be not neglected. We do
not want the next generation to lose
ground in the progress that democracy
has been achieving.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09
TaIk

Penny Ante Poker addicts whose
indoor sport has been so cruelty
spoiled by the wartime shortage of
pennies may find a postwar source
of req and blue chips in the two
billion plastic ration point tokens
which the Office of Price Admins
tration will put in circulation about
Feb. 81. The tokens are to be used
of course, in making change when
shoppers submit larger denomina-
ton ration point coupons to the
butcher and grocer,
Originally the tokens were to be
made about the size of a tWo-bit
piece, but as soon as that was an
nounced a delegation of slot
machine operators in the country
descended on Washington protest
that the chips would gum up all
their devices. So the plans were
changed and now the tokens will
be a little smaller than a dime.
This may make them a bit small
for miniature poker chips. Still
bigger objection is that no game
using the tokens for chips could be
for keeps. The tokens will be just
too valuable. While the war lasts,
red chips will be good for meat,
blue chips for proceesed foods, and
you'll have to rob mamas purse be-
fore you gamble that kind of money.
CAN PRESIDENT RESIGN?
Political gossip on the possibility
of President Roosevelt's running
for fourth term just to carry the
party hacks into office on his coat
tails and lead the ticket through to
victory, then resigning to take a
bigger world peace delegation" job
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09
Sheds Problems
Remains Puzzle

~ Frankly there is no solution,
Robert H. Montgomery, area chief
of placement division of the War
ManpoWer Commission from San
Diego, declared in reference to the
valleys enigmatical packing shed
labor question.
The problem goes beyond the
local situation" Montgomery said.
1T evolves around whose definition
should be followed. We feel that
shed labor is not agricultural. We
are principally concerned, however,
with the effect (of shed labor'S
agricultural classification to local
business people who are losing
valuable personnel to the sheds
He found the employment stabili-
zation plan working smoothly in
the valley with the exception of
the shed labor problem which has
continued status quo for two months.
Shed labor, under the agricul-
tural extension service interpreta-
ton which is based on a ruling
through the Department Of Inter g.
nal Revenue, is classed as agricul-
tural. The War Manpower Com
mission, through it's rulings inter
pceted locally by manager -om
Finney, gives it an industrial clas-
sification.
Meanwhile several packing sheds
require availability certificates, 9TH
ers do net, and attracted by the
higher ~,cges, employees Of local
industrieS that are under .,,,c stab
ilization clan, ere leaving their
Jobs.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09
Shipyard Workers
Stay Off Jobs

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 8. (UP)-
Striking workers at the Cramp
Sh.pbuilding CO. remained away
from the yards Saturday in defi-
ance of return-to-Work orders
from the navy department, the war
labor board and their own national
leader.
John L. Green, national president
of the Industrial Union of Marine
and Shipbuilding Workers of Amer
lea (CIO), had ordered the men to
return to work lat once"
A general membership meeting
was scheduled for Sunday by local
officials, however, at which time
they said resumption of production
would be discussed.
The strike of the 1900 workers
grew out of the dismissal OF AZ
painters who refused to transfer
from brush to spray painting, but
local officials said this was only
a minor issue and that seven other
grievances would have to be set
tied before work was resumed.
Green characterized the strike as
'inexcusable and unthinkable.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09
GETS HIGHEST MARKS

LUKE FIELD, Ariz., Jan. 7. CUP9
-LieutenanU Robert DeliSle Miller
graduated from the fighter pilot
gunnery school with the highest
score ever attained by any student
at this field, the public relations
office announced. Lit. Miller scored
an average of rs per cent in the
class and is the son of Lieutenant
Colonel and Mrs. w. L. Miller OF
Gilroy, Cal. All members OF the
class who received gunnery train
ing qualified for expert or marks :
man grade.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09
FORTRESSES DESTROY NAZI
PRISONERS BIG PLANT

Schaurte, an Allied prisoner in
Canada, will be interested in know
ing that his half of the Bauer and
Schaurte bolt factory in the Ruhr
valley was wrecked by a small
formation of Flying Fortresses
which had failed to locate their
primary target at nearby Dussel-
dorff If it is any consolation to
Herr Schuarte. the American bonn
bardierS who handled the Wrecking
job reported that Herr Bauer's half
also was in ruins. The plant for
merly produced about half the
high-grade nuts and bolts used in
German industries.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09
BEHIND THE VEIL

The situation that is developing
/ in Jugoslavia is of much greater
/ Significance even than the mill
/ tary importance OF hat strategical-
" located, potentially useful little
/ Balkan nation.
Our handling of internal italian
discords is described by some as a
supreme test Of our real attitude
toward democracy. But the Jugo-
slavian muddle provides at least as
significant a challenge. which also
can have enormous military rami-
fications.
Much that we should know has
been kept from us by wartime
secretiveneSs. Certain things we
do know, and they are worth re-
capitulating.
The Jugoslavian government,
under Paul, was capitulating 10
Hitler. President Roosevelt sent
Colonel William J. Donovan down
there. Certain representations were
made AS a result, there was
revolt. Paul was ousted. King
Peter was installed Jugoslavla
resisted Hitler. She took a terrible
beating. which we could do nothing
to soften. She was beaten. Peter
and his government fled to British
protection. General Mikhailovitch,
Minister of war, remained 10 con-
duct guerrilla warfare against the
Axis.
We-the British and the Ameri-
cans-asked General Mikhallovltcn
not to waste his men, his materiel
and his energy in foredoomed
skirmishes against the Nazis.
Meanwhile Russia, pressing Tor a
second front on the continent,
sponsored organization of the So
called Partisians under Marshal
CTito) Josip Broz, who did what
Stain demanded, which was the
exact opposite of what London and
washington had asked from Mix
hailovitch.
The Partisans began at once to
fight the Axis for all they were
worth. In a nation as, indepen-
dent. as Warlike, as iconoclastlc as
Jugoslavia, the Partisans appealed
to the popular fancy, and their
bold activity drew to them the re-
cruits upon whom Mikhailovitch
had depended.
Therefore, the Partisans became
not only the interesting, spectacu-
| lar faction. but also the powerful
/ one.
Now the Allies, on the ground
that they will help anybody Whe
| is fighting Hitler, and will help
most those who are fighting hard
est. are sending the bulk of their
| assistance to Tito-and there Is
very strong evidence that they are
not discouraging Tito's claim thai
his is now the government Of Jugo-
/ slavia, that Peter is out for good
To laymen it seems questionable
whether Anglo-American advice tt
Peter and Mikhailovitch was good
But we did inspire the revolt which
led to Peters troubles, and we dc
hold back Mikhailovitch when ne
would have done what, under bet
ter Russian advice, Tito actually
did.
For the fix that Peter and Mix
hailovitch are now in, we Amerl
cans and British are responsible
Therefore, it seems to some of us
we have no moral or ethical riGh
now to turn on Peter and Mikhail
ovitch in favor of Tito.
This is not to say that we shoulC
try 10 force Peter onto his people
1t is not to argue against givinl
the Partisans the utmost possible
military assistance. 1t is merel,
to suggest that, having got Pete
into a mess, we should stand b,
him and see that his position re
mains in status quo until liber
ated Jugoslavia is in position Il
choose its own government, both il
form and in personnel.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09
"BIG GEORGE" DIES

DETROIT, Jan. 3. CUP)-George
Mullin, famous Detroit Tiger pitcher
during the teams pennant-Wlnhlhe
wears of 1907 -O8-09 died Friday II
Wabash, md, where he was porn
62 years ago, his son-in-law, l..
M. Rish, Detroit, said today. Mullin,
known as Big George" during his
12-year pitching career with the
Tigers, succumbed to long illness
which had reduced his once robust
weight to 100 pounds. Mullins ma
ior league hurling record included
zig games won against 1T lost.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09
OPPOSE NEWSPRINT MOVE

CHICAGO, Jan. 8. CUP)-Th.
Chicago Newspaper Publishers as
ISOLATION opposes creation of gov
ernment newsprint stockpile as
neither necessary nor practicable" Z"
The association adopted a resolu-
ton condemning a plan to put $1,000
tons of Canadian newsprint into a
government stockpile because ut
will not operate in the interests OF
our armed forces" The association
also acked that current newsprint
production be made available for
immediate consumption,
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09
Canned Fruits,
Vegetables
Become Scarcer

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 tUP)-
The War Food Administration re-
ported Saturday that civilians will
have more fresh but fewer canned
vegetables during the remainder Of
this winter than they did y the
same months Of last year
The aggregate average Cf IA fresh
market truck crops for harvest
during the winter season was estl-
mated at q per cent larger than
last winter. The civilian supply OF
canned vegetables, however, is 20
to 25 per cent less than a year ago.
Florida, Texas, and California
commercial truck farmers have in
dicated they plan to grow more
early spring cabbage and spring
onions than they did last year.
Storage stocks of cabbage and
onions were said to be consider
ably smaller than a year ago.
The repL. : on canned vegetables
did not include home canning from
victory gardens. The VIA said
the home canned supplies would at
least partially offset the smaller
supply available to civilians from
commercial canneries.
The supply of potatoes was said
to be ample to meet all demands.
in contrast with the potato short
age last spring. The 1943 potato
crop set an all-time record of 465,-
100000 bushels
An increased supply of spring
potatoes was indicated by reports
from Florida and Texas that grow
ers would increase their acreage
over last year by about 1/6. Civilian
supplies of sweet potatoes and
beans are about the same as year
ago, but SO per cent more dried
peas are available.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09
-by-
Peter Edison

Of some kind, has started an argu-
nent on whether or not a presi-
dent can resign from office. A
president can die in office, of
course, and he can be impeached.
There is no provision in the Con-
stitution, however, for a presidents
reSigning from office. But there
isn't anything that says he can't
resign, either Constitutional laWy-
ers say that as long as the presi-
dent isn't prohibited from resign
ing, he can do it. No president
ever has resigned though a lot of
them have no doubt secretly wish
ed there was some honorable but
easy escape from the highest but
most thankless job in The world.
Senate'S Truman Committee in
vStigating the war effort will soon
bring out its delayed report on the
Army's $134 100000 Canol oil pipe
line and refinery project on the
Alcan Highway in northwestern
Canada The Truman Committee
has never issued a divided report or
majority and minority reports, but
the Canol investigation is one that
has come close to causing a COM
mittee split. A report condemning
the report had been prepared and
was to have been issued right after
Lieut.. Gen. Brehon B. Somervell
testified on his direction of the
ln,.to Ii, Cn,l,nrun1lnfG
money altered the views Of some of
the committee members, notably
Connally, Hatch and Mead. Sena-
tors Truman, Kilgore and Ferguson
still favored the original report,
strongly censuring the War Depart
ment for the whole business and
even recommending its dlScon-
tinuance The report that Is eX-
pected before Congress reconvenes
Jan. 10 will in all probability be a
compromise on the two points OF
view. Part of the delay in its is
suance has been due to difficulty
in obtaining approval from the
senators who were out OF town Tor
the Christmas holiday.
NLSON AND RECONVEHS1ON
Frequent reports that Donald M.
Nelson will resign as chairman OF
the War Production Board unless
he gets control over reconVerSlon
of American industry from war
production to peacetime production
of civilian consumer goods have
one firm basis. If Nelson's job Is
to be Just production and more
production, there's nothing new in
it for him to do. He could turn
that work over to any competent
industrialist and then go home. If,
however, Nelson is given something
new to do, such as supervising cut
backs, cancellations and recon-
version, it is believed he would
tackle that job and stick with 1t
till it was done.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09
RATION-TOKENS COMING

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. IUPJ-
Price administrator Chester Bowles
announces the ration-token will go
into effect as planned next month
despite protests that the dime
sized tokens could be. used in coin
machines. Bowles discontinued the
significance of these complaints
and said II simply don't believe
the rank and file of American
people cheat"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09
THREE DIE IN CRASH

PAMPA, Tex, Jan. 8. (UP)-A
flying instructor and two student
pilots stationed at the Pampa army
air field were killed when two
twin-engine combat training planes
colilded while in flight and crashed
Is miles southeast of Canadian,
Tex The dead included: Lieuten-
ant Robert H. Rodgers, %, son of
Mrs. Doris V. Rodgers, Los Angeles,
Calf
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09
Very Cited

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 7. UP) =
Big Norm Very, 235 pound guard
of the victorious University of
Southern California rose bowl
team, Friday was chosen the out
standing player of the New Years
day game by the Helms athletic
foundation. Very was given credit
by Coach Jeff Cravath for firing
up the Trojans from their pre-
game underdog odds of 3 to
against Washington
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09
ASK "OPEN" PASSES

NEW YORK, Jan. 7. (UP) =
Coach Lou Little of Columbia uni
versity, speaking at a dinner in his
honor last night, urged that COL
lege football rules be changed to
permit use of the forward pass
anywhere behind the line of scrim-
mage instead of five yards or more
as at present.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09
STIIDY VACANCY

RENO, Jan. 8. CUP)-The board
of regents of the University OF
Nevada in a closed, informal ses-
sion discussed the applications OF
about 40 persons who are seeking
appointment to the presidency made
vacant by the death of Dr.. Leon w.
Hartman, last August.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09
MURDEROUS HITLER

Evidently Hitler intends to stick to
his murderous course to the end. Kill
ings for the slightest reasons continue
in occupied countries where there is
growing spirit of rebellion. The low
land countries especially have suffered
at Hitler's bloody hands and there is no
let-up. Latest advices tell of three poll
tical assassinations in Denmark where
the provocations could not be construed
to the point of execution.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09
BY DIRECTIVE

Congress has been given, by the
Constitution, sole power to make
all laws necessary and proper for
the raising of an army. See Article
I, Section /; Section 8, paragraphs
19 and II, preferably in that order.
Congress has decreed, by law, that
pre-Pearl Harbor fathers shall be
placed at the bottom Of the list Of
selectiye service eligibles. This, says
President Roosevelt, who signed
that law, is nothing but a "pious
wish" without binding force.
Congress also decreed, wisely or
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09
s. Burton Heath
Writes:

foolishly but legally, that Paul Nc
Mutt should be divorced from the
administration of the draft. Presi-
dent Roosevelt, whose signature
approved this decree also, says he
is going to take advantage OF an
other law to continue McNutt's
participation in the selectiVe serv-
ice setup.
Amt we got fun?
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09
Editorials and Comment

EDITORS NOTE: The fOiiOCing edit
orials are presented as interesting opin-
ions Uoiced by editors elsewhere. They
do not necessarily reflect the opinion OF
this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09
CURRENT QUOTATIONS

If you feel you are unworthy, if you
know you are bad, if you are thoroughly
dissatisfied with yourself, you are in
the right frame of mind to become a
Christian.-Rev. Samuel NJ. Shoemaker
of New York.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09
WE
the Women
BY RUTH NlILLETT

"Tt says here" said Mr.. Jones
passing on an item from his news
paper that after the war there is
to be a new deal for domestic SER
wants in England. They're talking
about a domestic charter giving
maids an eight -hcur day, with one
day off a week, ard a yearly vaca-
ton with full pay and living ex-
penses.
They've already got new deal
here" said Mrs. Jones, as usual
unimpressed by any news related by
her husband. IF you don't believe
it. turn to the help-Wanted ads and
read a few for maids
Mr.. Jones found the page and
read: Maid wanted, by easy-to-
work-for couple with no children.
No laundry and no cooking. Thurs
day afternoon and Sunday off. Top
wages"
"Housekeeper wanted by working
couple, who would see that she had
pleasant, happy home. Close to
bus line, two movie theaters, and
beauty parlor. Room nicely furnish
ed, private bath, radio.
Maid wanted. Family of three.
One small child, but maid will not
be expected to care for her. No
laundry, no heavy cleaning. Please
call 7-913 any hour"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09
MAKES LAST GASP

1t is reported on reliable authority that
King Michael of Rumania is journeying
from Bucharest to London, there to make
a tardy effort to arrange for some sort
of truse with the allies to prevent an
invasion of his country by the rampant
Red army. 1t is bit late for Michael
to make any such move. 1t is pity that
Rumanians should be placed between two
fires. They have been compelled to wait
and watch a vacillating policy Of the
king and his advisers. They never have
been any way near pro-nazi. 1t is doubt
ful if the allies could do anything to
stay Stalins victorious army, even if
Michael should win his plea. 1t could
be the willy ruler is beating the Reds to
the gun and is seeking haven for him
self