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Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-05-24
Monopoly Controls
Scientific Wonder

The discovery of Synthetic quinine is a scientific event of the first
magnitude, but hardly less significant are the circumstances under
which two young Harvard chemists came to solve this century-old
problem. Although the shortage of qunne and the shortcomings of
atabrine made the need for synthetic quinine obvious, neither the
government nor Harvard University undertook to organize research into
the problem. Instead, the Polaroid Corporation was permitted, for an
investment of a few thousand dollars, to hire Harvard brains and use
Harvard laboratories, and is now the owner of the process. Despite
a glowing press release by the company, it is far from clear that it will
make this discovery freely available to the government " to industry.
The chances are that the process will be subjected to the kind of cautious
and limited commercial exploitation that is part of business as usual"
III the drug trade. The corporate affiliations of certain officials of
Polaroid make it unlikely that they will move in any way that might
unduly embarrass o discomfit either the natural quinine cartel or the
monopoly O. atabrIne held by Winthrop Chemical for General Anilne
and Film and Sterling Products. Yet more qunne is a war essential
n.the Pacific and cheaper quinine would be a blessing in other tropical
and semitropical areas, including our own South. Why can't the govern
nlent take over the patent and give u quick action in making the tran
stion from laboratory experiment to large scale production? The
Nation.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-05-24
Siesto Banned by
Mexicon Government

War has produced great changes
in the habits and customs of the
people of the world, but none more
revolutionary than a decree by the
Mexican government banning the
sieSta.
Taking two or three hours off for
sleep in the early afternoon will no
longer be tolerated, under penalty
of fines and Imprisonment. The
government will have to be strong
to get away with such an earth
shaking regulation.
MeXicans are not likely to accept
without vigorous protest a surren-
der to the demands of business in
~tereSts, mainly American, which
resent the idea that me and wo-
men should be sleeping when they
might be working and increasing
the profits of the bosses.-Labor.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-05-24

Some of the young boys in uni
form try hard to appear grown up
and sophisticated. One of this type
was in a night club group recently.
AS a mature cabaret singer danced
near his table, he whistled and
asked, Hey, babe, what you dom
after you get through here to-
night?"
The singer looked at him COM
pasionately. Leaning over tenderly,
she said: I'm going home to take
care of my little boy. who is just
about your age"
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-05-24
WHY ALL THE EXCITEMENT ABOUT
NORTHUMBERLAND INCIDENT?
BY M HOFSES, Editor, Reading Labor Advocate

to the abolition. of the chattel slave
economy.
For if there is one thing that
should be plain to eve the most
arrogant labor exploiter it lis that,
after this war is over the need of
society will be, not for less, but for
more and much stronger social con-
troll over the economic activities of
both corporations and individuals.
Already it has been demonstrate
ed that freedom can mean moth
ing more than freedom to go bank
rupt for business, and for workers
freedom to starve. Already it has
been seen that neither employer
nor workers want that kind of free
dom, that the one prefers codes of
fair competition" which place bust
mes under government regulation
and the other submits to the con-
trolls of a public assistance board or
a pension bureau.
Freedom has to work for the
material benefit of people or they
prefer controls. So let those who
weep for Montgomery-Ward dry
their tears and accept the newt
able, And let workers who gloat at
Sewell Avery's discontinue under
stand that in the days to come
THEY will have to submit to con-
trolls and regulations.
From that understanding will
develop an issue. 1t will be THE
issue that will determine and guide
the actions of people who live after
the waste and Straightforward jobs
and markets - of war are ended.
The issue will be:
Shall controls be exercised - as
they have been in the Montgom-
ery-Ward seizure - to preserve a
class system that, left to itself
must force the race to choose be-
tween chaos and slavery? Or shall
the purpose of controls be the So
cialization of business for the well
fare of all people instead of for the
profit and privilege of a super class.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-05-24
DEFENSE HOUSING

Since the summer of 1910 over
1,500,000 housing units have been
built for defense and war workers.
Over $4,000 units were added in
the first quarter of this year. Many
of the structures ire of a temporary
type, due to be dismantled after the
war.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-05-24

There r many angles from
which the recent Montgomery
Ward incident might be discussed.
One is the great hue and cry that
arose-in congress and especially
in the capitalist press of the nation
about army seizure of the COM
pany's business.
One who knows about Mont
gomery-Ward and nothing else
might think that something new
had happened when the govern
ment took over the operation of the
big mail order corporation. How
ever, nearly everyone knows that
that was not the first time the
armed forces of the nation had been
used to keep an industry running
when a disagreement between
workers and their employers halted
the process of production and dis
tribution.
1t had happened before, without
the shaking of editorial fingers and
without a demand for a congress
sional investigation. However, in
previous cases it was the workers
who were refusing to keep in step
with the administrations of social
control. And so it was that the
makers of laws, the elected repre-
sentatives of the people and the
moulders of public opinion saw
nothing dangerous in the procedure.
One angle on government con-
troll, then, is that it is right or
wrong, depending upon which side
is being forced to toe the mark.
Right when workers are to be
driven into line. Wrong when own
ers must be forced to use the in
Struments of economic control that
have come-and come to stay.
Well, it's all over now. The gov
eminent has moved out and MIR.
Sewel Avery sits in the presidents
scat. llOill WllCiiCG tC was lCO
by soldiers with a tenderness that
contrasts pointedly with the less
gentle treatment sometimes accord
ed workers who required manhan-
ding.
The union has been endorsed
once more as the bargaining agency
of the firms workers. The workers
are back to work. Montgomery
Ward will continue to pile up pro-
fits for its owners and pay big
salaries to its managers. And the
MIG workers will continue to be
paid enough to keep them in work
ing condition for as long as the cor
poration needs them - and no
longer.
However, looking at the incident
from another angle, the Mont
gomery-Ward seizure looms as
something more significant than a
tempest in a teapot" Future his
torians may write it down as a
trend toward the new way of life
that is taking form - just as the
Fugitive Slave Law, the bred Scott
Decision and the hanging of John
Brown now have become mere
sign-posts along the road that leads
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-05-24
O-LD-FASHIONED IDEA

She-You say a pat on the back
develops character?
He-YeS, if administered young
enough, often enough and low
enough.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-05-24

I have seldom seen much osten-
tation and much learning meet to-
gether.-Bishop Hall.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-05-24

Your War Bonds today will help
sink the Axis tomorrow.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-28
WALTER WINCHELL D.. On

of Sept. 8 and 16. when 1t ran
the Inside Story of Italy's Sur
render"
Almost word for word the ex-
act set Of facts ran in the Feb.
1914 Cosmopolitan in an article
by Clark Lee. The title was:
THE Story Behind Italy's Sur.
render" To make il worse
the Post ran an editors note in
the Sept. 16 issue, stating that
a thorough check had been made
and showed that the story of
Italy's surrender had never been
published in the u. S.
NUNNALLY JOHNSON, the
~ author of CasanoV
Brown" and other films, suffers
considerably from hangovers
when he drinks. A newspaper
man recalled the orning
after" when he was plying John
son with bromos, citrocarbonate,
aspirins, etc, and started giving
him advice about cure To
which Johnson groaned: Would
you talk TO Noah about what
big transforms YOU'VE been
in ?"
THE Writer'S War Board de-
L vised a subway and trolley
car card showing babies (of all
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-28

NEXT to the rifle, hole in
~ the ground is just about the
most important thing in a SOL
dier's life.
There's the foxhole. And the
machine gun emplacement. And
the tank trap. And the hole in
which he buries his orange peel.
Even eating an orange has its
complications in the army. A
soldier isn't supposed to toss the
peel away and forget 1t. He
rpIst unhitch his intrenching
shovel or pick, dig a hole, and
bury the peel.
There is adequate reason. An
army with faulty picnic man.
ners can be traced, and even
estimated as 20 size. by the
refuse il discards-paper, candy
wrappers. orange peel, apple
cores, tin cans from c rations.
You bury everything.
Out in the field, the kitchen
has a garbage pit. a dump for
water. a grease pit. pit for tin
cans, fire pits and an enormous
hole big enough to bury the ice
box.
Everything is filed In when
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-28

COLOR which read: Must They
Die in World War HIP"
The text continues: Yes!
Unless you work now for lasting
peace after victory" -. The
cards are distributed by Ameri-
cans United for World Organiza-
ton, Inc. Transit companies
in several cities are displaying
them =. Mayor LsGuardia
hoped our subway trains would
do the same.
In reporting the refusal OF
John II. Delaney chairman of
the Board of Transportation,
the n. Y. Times said in part;
Mr.. Delaney says he turned
down this particular poster be-
cause II was not Of local in
terest l don't intend 10 give
away free publicity TO any or
ganlzation seeking to promote
peace on its own. Our govern
ment is well equipped to do
that"
Not Of local interest!
A CERTAIN prina donra
"A complained to newspaper
man that she was getting
nervous and irritable and lust
didn't want 10 see people.
why not he suggested
give a concert"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-28
BY DR.. Logan
Clendening

Is backward in language, being
apprehensive about the childs
intelligence. for intelligence and
ability in wording are synony-
nous to many. This. however.
is not true.
In the group Of children who
are poor takers or late takers,
there are some Of poor intelli-
gence. but comparatively few.
One group of late and poor
takers consists Of children who
have defective hearing. They
have been puzzle TO their
parents because they hear some
sounds, and the fact that they
are partially deaf has never
been considered They like 10
listen 10 the radio, which is
pitched so they can hear il.
Careful tests show the real
defect.
Another and smaller group
are those who are word deaf.
They hear sounds but cannot
associate meanings with words
They are good mechanics and
understand machines.
The largest group Of children
found In these language clinics
are those classified as having
motor speech delay They have
no physical or mental defects.
Their intelligence is average or
better and they hear and see
we'll but their speech is back
ward. have had one personal
experience with such child
and since my experience has
now extended 10 30 years and
the child is now brilliant
executive and temporarily an
efficient officer in the army. my
idea would be that those cases
finally adjust.
Some of the poor takers
suffer from misuse OF the voice,
due TO some experience along
the line Of development. For
instance, il may follow tonsil
removal when the child subcon-
sciously splits his soft palate.
In the same category are those
who have not been trained after
a cleft palate operation and
those who talk poorly because
OF poor alignment of teeth.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-28
One Word Led to Another
By Patterson
The Detroit Times
By Arthur Bugs" Baer

dozen years in history is like crumb in snack
bar Yesterday culed an excerpt from the writings of
Cal Coolidge in which Cal extoled the Japs
The date April Ia, 1881. And being from
Brooklyn, take exception to the excerpt.
On the same front page with Calls editorial
three-column slug about the refusal of Alfonso abdi-
cate You know that thought that event occurred along
about the time Noah pushing the third monkey off The
ark gangplank
Juan de la Cierva, father of the autogyro inventor,
attempted to form conservative monarchst cabinet
Madrid civil guards fired on the marching citizens
On the front page President Hoover praised the Red
Cross for refusing federal aid in drought relief work And
the National Womens Democratic Law Enforcement
League for Prohibition cheered oraorca attacks the
presidential candidates. of AL Smith, AL Richie Jim Reed
Franklin Roosevelt, Johnny Raskob and other we'll
known gymnasts on the parallel bar
That seems more than II years ago. Just to make
things even, Amos Woodcock of the Feds staged raid
the Bronx storeroom of the Fruit Industries Limited
a branch of the California grape ranchers.
This organization sold grape concentrates in bricks
that rode up-ladder in hod A lady named Mabel
Wlebrandt protested this raid illegal dctaoral and
fun.
Copyright b.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-28
TuESE nAvS By George E.
AASA1 AIA u - Sokolsky

TOM DEWEYS speeches are
Il unusual in a campaign not
only in their directness but in
the specific responsibilities
which he assumes as he goes
along.
He does not dodge or hedge
at all. He is building a struc-
ture of promises so absolutely
stated that there is no possibil-
ity of going back on them
should he be elected.
For instance. he has stated
definitely that the next secre-
tary of labor would come from
the ranks of organized labor
That will mean. in the labor
world. that the next secretary
of labor will be either an AFL
or a Railroad Brotherhood Of
fetal.
AS the Go is fighting Dewey
even more vigorously than the
Democratic organization is, it
stands 10 reason that the Go
will not be represented in
Deweys cabinet, If elected.
Dewey has stated beyond
question that he would put the
administration Of labor prob
blems back in the department
of labor.
That means a complete re-
vamping of that department
which has been reduced TO in
nervousness because Mr.. Roose-
welt could not rely upon Miss
Perkins and he could not or
would not get her to resign.
The result of this administra-
tive curiosity of a formal de-
partment which does not
function has been pyramiding
of agency upon agency, con-
flicting jurisdictions, confusing
decisions, administrative anar-
chy. This Dewey promises TO
rectify.
TNHE fact is that the National
L Labor Relations Act. like
most laws. can be made to
work and Mr.. Dewey promises
10 make ii work. But II is not
good law because il is lopsided
law. II can be administered 10
give special privileges 10 one
group Of Americans against all
others.
1t cannot be disregarded that
the MIRA could be and has
been used TO split the labor
movement, to build the CLIO.
as a Communist enclave within
the labor movement, to create.
unending strife between labor
and management, and 10 in
crease strikes for which the en-
ployers and not the strikers
have been penalized.
II such unfairness and in
justice and confusion can be
produced by a law, the law as
well as its administration must
be scrutinized and the faults
corrected.
Mr.. Dewey, with a labor
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-28

THIS gap between producer
l. and consumer has always
seemed unbridgeable. The situa-
ton, painful from the outset of
a campaign, becomes positively
unbearable in September and
October.
Most OF these writing geniuses
are recruited from the advertis-
ing field. Some have achieved
wide reput tions and vast
wealth by their ability TO seduce
the public into reading all about
soap and toothpaste.
But they can't lure people
into reading their political ex-
citations. Before a campaign
is ended. many of them become
more frustrated than my Aunt
Maggie - which is a family
secret we will not 60 into at
this time.
But. at last, solution seems
10 have been found.
mean Tor the m pal gn
problem; not my Aunt Maggie.
We gave her up years ago.
The great discoverer. who
may become TO politics VIII a
Pasteur and DR.. Ehrlich were TO
medicine. is Mrs. Edith Kalkas
of Cleveland. The only marring
feature is that Mrs. KalkaS
seems to be partisan. She has
given her discovery exclusively
TO the Democratic National
Committee.
Her idea, like all great ones,
Is simple -- make all campaign
literature smell!
BEFORE you leap up to argue
- that it always has. let me
explain that Mrs. Kalkas means
1t literally.
Her idea is to have all cam
palgn literature written on blot
ting paper which is then soaked
In some seductive perfume!
She experimental. she re-
vealed. with campaign cards on
behalf OF the candidacy of Will
liam J. Corrigan. who is run
ming for common pleas judge
out in her bailiwick. Mrs. Kali
kas said she found il a me s I
fool-proof, particularly with
women.
Reports Mrs. Kalkas:
81 notice that each woman
who accepts one Of these cards
puts 10 In her purse-snd 20 far
we have not found one on
table or on the floor. They keep
them!"
Distributed By Kins Features synd Inc.
Reproduction In whole or In part
strictly prohibited.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-28
Letters From
A Soldier

A T NIGHT it was almost Inn
"A possible to find the place,
as it was situated in the trees
10 or Is yards off from a
straggly wagon track running
through our bivouac area. On
a moonless night you could walk
up and down the road straining
your eyes and never see that
canvas at all. In fact, about
all you could do was go bang
ing through the woods until by
luck you bumped into the
canvas.
The recruits promptly took
advantage of the remoteness.
Forbidden to smoke after night
fall, they would hide behind the
screen to sneak a forbidden
cigaret.
Well. that solved my problem.
You may not realize how much
light a cigaret gives. All I had
to do was wait for somebody to
take a puff on his cigaret. The
glow was strong enough to
throw a glimmer above that
S-foot screen.
It's a good thing I noticed it
instead of the captain. Some
body would have caught hell for
smoking.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-28

1-Some of the most down.
hearted. worried persons l have
ever known had about every
thing you could think of 10
safeguard them against trouble
money. friends. security. phys
ical health = everything but
mental health. AS the old saying
goes, most of the things people
worry about are things that
never happened and never will.
There are two types of
persons who are too ambitious.
One type feels inferior and sets
up impossible ambitions. This
makes an easy excuse for their
failure TO achieve their goals.
The other types want careers
above their actual abilities. Re-
searches show hosts of young
people plan 10 become lawyers,
doctors. engineers, etc, who
have ability only to become
modest (but successful and
happy statesmen, typists, me-
chanics, teachers. etc.
Usually such uncertainty
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-28
AN UNRELIABLE source in

A N UNRELIABLE source IN
"A Maitland reports that Hit
Ter. beaten and crushed in spirit.
called a conference of his top
men the other day.
\ "Gentlemen," he said, 1--WE
ke licked. We haven't q chance.
With forged passport i have
made plans to be struggled
through Argentins into the
United States - o citizen!
leaving"
"Are you mad:" exploded
Coering. "In the United States
you know rs well ~ ! do that
your life won't be worth Q
nickelw
81 know, I know" said Hitler
dejectedly, "but before / die
have made up my mind to do
ono moro thing for the father
land"
"Oh, fergoOdnessakes, Adolf"
pleaded Hermann. "What on
earth can you do for the father
land In the United States"
It'll 20 to the newsreels and
boo the ROOsevelts"
IT ISN'T often that the Satur-
L day Evening Post tears its
editorial pants. but it ripped
them in a big way in It's issues
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-28
WASHINGTON Scene
BY George Dixon

ONE of the great unsolved
" problems of politics has been
how 10 entice the voter into
reading the printed matter put
out by campaign committees.
This problem becomes par.
ticularly acute in presidential
years because the parties have
so much 10 say--and insist on
saying ii.
The Republicans hire the best
writing brains they can employ
and the Dem ocrats put
Charlie Michaelson back on the
pay roll.
These literary colossuses
hiya. Colossus. Old Kidl-pro-
duce very high-grade stuff. They
labor for days. sometimes weeks,
on piece Of campaign mate
rial, cudgeling their brains for
just the right phrase, the right
shade of argument.
On receipt of this priceless
literature, the voter promptly
mislays, loses, or even destroys
1t. In fact I hear that thou
sands OF householders buy extra
wastebaskets in presi dental
years Just 10 accommodate the
campaign output.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-28
Il. v. DURLINC

my dear. my better half" said
he,
II find now must leuue thee"
Sir Philip Sidney.
(The above IL the first time a
man described his wife as his
"better half" II was written
875 years ago. Sir Philip Sidney
was a soldier and a poet lie WAS
extremely popular with the
ladies. So much 10 that many
women decided 10 name their
first child after him. They did
40 even II the child was a girl.
This was the origin of the use
OF Sidney as girls name.
How many times a day do
II you kiss your wife? Don't
answer me. II is none of my
business. Just wanted 10 warn
you that she may be checking
on YOU.
A young matron of California
writes:
"My husband kisses me on an
average OF six times a day. This
In not enough. Besides I fire.
quently have To request that he
put little more romance In his
kisses"
One razor expert says 10 dry
your blade so il won't rust. An
other says TO rinse your blade
and let it dry itself. Which is
right? l am much interested
in shaving. On the days that l
get a smooth shave. rub my
face proudly and say 10 myself;
what a smart boy l am.
QUERIES from clients:
0 Q-Why can one buy a
ny on blouse and not nylon
stockings?
-A-You have me completely
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-28
JACK PICKERING

you1eave and wooden signs are
planted on top: "Old garbage
pit. CO. c, goth b." and the
date.
THE latrines are treated
L similarly, if you'll pardon
any lack of modesty in mention
ing the existence of such--they,
too, consist primarily of a hole
in the ground. and my brother
in-law, now Capt. Arthur Jen-
nings, writes from France that
they had to change the mark
ing on the signs that they
affixed to latrines when they
filed them and moved on.
For they discovered these
closed latrines covered with
flowers. The liberated French
people. perhaps som e W h a t
puzzled by the number of
Americans named "Old La
trine," were lovingly placing
flowers on these graves" Now
the legends are written in
French as we'll as English.
incidentally, the fittings of a
latrine vary according to con-
ditions and the materials avail
able, and on our last bivouac in
the mountains we hung a huge
canvas screen around the whole
business, by way of camouf1age.
The screen was some eight feet
high, and as far as I'm con-
cerned did neither harm nor
good, except at night.