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Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-12-13

economy was small. That was the
way of life and of progress in a
world of scarcity. 1t worked when
there we're plenty of small nations
to exploit and an abundance of
territory to develop.
But now the economy is big and
the world is small. Now no nation
can move far from it's own back
yard without trespassing upon the
other fellows lot.
If we want peace for our child
c we've got to face facts. And
the big fact is that America is able
to supply enough airplanes to take
care of ALL the transportation of
the world. Likewise, we can sup
ply ALL-or SO close to all that
there would be little left for any
other nation to supply-of most
of the things that people buy and
use.
So what? So our profit-takers
want to compete with nations that
just can't compete. AndNso the less
favored British want to sort of
divide up the jobs.
Yes, l favor the British idea and,
incidentally, it's the idea of most
other nations, about those jobs.
/ favor the idea even if it is
described as an international car
tel" First, because I don't want
the rest of the world to go gang
ing up on America in the next
world war, and, second, because
being an American, / don't want
all the work of the whole world
pushed on the people of this coun-
try.
I'm remembering now that we
do live in an age of such abun-
dance that, properly distributed
everybody can have enough Of the
good things of life. And from that
point it's easy to come to the con-
clusion that workers can stop
killing for jobs and owners can
stop competing for markets - il
they splan it Nthat way"
And that's the way Socialists
propose to plan it.
Who wants to build airplanes
and run a stratosphere delivery
route? That's only a job to be done
to make life better and easier. But
it's not the essence of life. Let's
divide the burden.
Who wants to sweat in a steeI
mill? Somebody MUST do it, to be
sure. Well, Americans should be
willing to do their share. But they
should also want Britishers to dc
their share.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-12-13
A Bod Case Of
Stubborn Streak

70 US the most inexpainable angle of the wage situation, in this
country, a s brought about by the wage sterilization order, is the tepa.
oy WIN winch the Government has held to the $50 limit on wage
increases. I$#~NN%NN
AS originally laid down, this 15% limit was calculated on the basis
n ~ increase IN the cost of living between January I, 1941, and Sep
TENDER Il, 1912. That is, it had been found that the cost of living had
increased 1870 during that period, and the WLB accordingly ruled that
III Wage-earnerS were entitled to a corresponding increase in pay. We
are therefore, presumably operating under a system of wage control
sucn as Is IN force In Canada-which ties wage increases to the cost of
hvng, allowing wages to advance with any overall increase in the cost
OF Hvng, and vice versa. We all know that such is not the case. -"
what IS the situation here? The Government, through the Bureau
II Labor Statistics, acknowledges that the cost of living has increased
aoout 1920; a special fact-finding committee, appointed by the Presi.
Gent tnds 1t has increased about 30%; a survey conducted by the
apo members O the WLB claims it has increased at least 43. 5%.
vote nal even the Government does not claim that the cost of
living has been held to the mere 15% increase registered III to Sentenn.
e l. 1872, yet the Government, when ruling on wage increases.
clahns that 1T has and governs itself accordingly.
AS Lii Abner Yokum would say: Its very confoosin'. but not
amoozn.-The Brewery Worker.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-12-13

Once it happened that a teacher
set out to teach the French lam
guage to a group of students who
insisted upon reading nothing but
German text books. 1t happened,
too, that this teachers efforts were
an utter failure and that he ended
up in a nut house before the end
of a year.
l tell this unhappy story with
grave misgivings. For now it hap
pens that we Socialists are at
tempting the task of teaching peo-
pie how to live together in peace
and happiness under an economy
of abundance when the class per-
sists in thinking according to rules
that are logical only under a con-
dition of scarcity. Certainly, SO
long as our fellow humans fail to
understand that it is abundance
we are talking about, and that
abundance is a condition they can't
avoid dealing with, they're not
going to think the right thoughts
or say the right words or do the
right things to avoid another war
which, ever now, is clearly taking
form in the chickering's of inter
national diplomacy.
What l am leading up to is a dis
cussion of the conflict for postwar
economic advantage that present
ly exists between the worlds two
greatest allies-Britain and the
United States of America. TO make
it easy, let's narrow our con-
sideration to the single item of
commercial air transportation.
The conflict here is basic. Brit
aims capitalists want to poole the
business of air transportation.
American profiteers want to COM
pete for the business as rugged in
dividuals.
1t is at this point that the Amer
lean capitalists are t inkin G
thoughts and proposing policies
that clash so violently with the
facts that, unless they see their
error in time, they will have al
most everybody - and especially
their British war-allies - hating
America.
. | submit that the advocates of
postwar international competition
for economic advantage are as out
of tune with the facts as were those
students who tried to learn French
while they were thinking German.
Let us admit that it was proper
to rush and scramble and grab
while the world was big and the
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-12-13
CIGARETTES AREe
SCANTY, BUT
SUGGESTIONS AREN'T
X. M. LANDS II in the Chicago
Sun

So W ~ liz tIC NIIlLdR "
Sun
The cigarette shortage is getting
serious.
| can't understand why Gov.
Dewey didn't seize on this issue in
the last stages of his campaign. He
might have swept the country if
he had given US the slogan, cts
time for a light"
The OPA hasn't been much help.
Administrator Chester Bowles sug-
gests "sane buying as a solution,
which is as infuriating as Marie
Antoinette's remark about the
starving Partisans: LET them eat
cake"
Another solution has been adj
vanced by the Anti Cigarette Al
lance, which says this is the psy-
Geological time for us to swear off
the filthy weed.
Unfortunately, these good peo-
pie don't understand psychology
There is no satisfaction in swear
ing off unless you can boast about
your will power, and there is nc
will power in being turned away
from a cigarette counter.
Besides, a point of honor is in
volved. The OPA blames the short
age on the fact that we are smok-
ing more under the hectic strain
Of war days"
Anyone who yea off now
will be suspected of not being i'm
mersed in the war effort.
No Known Way to Ration Nerve.
The OPA goes on to say tina,
rationing is impractical because
some of us patriots smoke more
heavily than others. And this is
right. There is no way to ration
nerves.
But there should be some way
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-12-13
SANTA CLAUS is ON
WAY TO SOLDIERS
OVERSEAS

The War Department disclosed
that over 5O,O co. 900 Christmas
packages, the biggest load of mail
ever to leave the United States,
are now on their way to American
soldiers overseas.
In some areas dog teams, camels,
parachutes, amphibious ducks and
jeeps will be used to speed the
packages to isolated outposts.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-12-13

to separatesthe true patriots from
those who smoke just because il is
fashionable who aren't really
breaking down under the strain of
the war.
| reject the idea that a distinc-
ton can be made along sex lines.
Women are as much a part of this
war as men and many Of them
wear the uniform of the Army and
Navy.
But a law should be passed
agains the pseudo-patriots of both
sexes who barely light a cigarette,
take n drag and then stamp it
out. The OPA should require us to
bring in our stubs before getting a
new pack.
A Damper for Puff-Puff-Puffers
Then there are the repropates
who smoke under forced draft and
puff like locomotives. They can
burn UP a cigarette in a few Sc.
conds without getting any taste
out of it.
A damper should be required
for such saboteurs, constructed
along the lines of the metal masks
used by hay fever sufferers. If this
failed, the OPA might place on the
market a cigarette filled with coaf
or some other Ignite substance
that would produce the same e.
feet.
And the Red Cross should be de-
legated to give public classes on
how to inhale. Fully half the
smokers l know could get along Oh
several cigarettes a week if they
inhaled, and a good many Of them
would get sick on one.
In the meantime Pm doing my
best to follow the OPA suggestion
about sane buying. Whenever
get a chance / buy a pack of extra
lengths, and I'm not particulsi
about the brand.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-12-13
In THE WIND
From THE NATION

The Veterans Of the Abraham
Lancoln Brigade pass on this quota
sion from the magazine Sales Mon
agemcnt: "Dr. John Dollard is the
suthor of a valuable and interest
ng pamphlet called Fear IL
Battle which gives the findings
IF a survey made among 800 sur
vivors of the Abraham Lincoln
Brigade. While it deals only with
the causes and cures of fear in
battle, any alert sales-training ex-
ecutive will find many helpful
hints on how to train new sales
men"
A report from the Spanish 'front.'
.er says many veterans of FRANCOIS
Blue Division, which was sent to
Russia to help the Germans, are
now in concentration camps in
Spain, accused of spreading Com
munist propaganda.
The Federal Council of the
Churches of Christ in America an
nounces the results of it's 1943 sur
vey of church membership, the
first since 1926. The number o.
churches has increased TO per cent
since the last survey, the number
of. Sunday schools 1876 per cent,
and the number of their students
8.3 per cent. But the largest in
crease-21.7 per cent-was in the
number of denominations.
A letter to the Catholic Worker
reports a rumor that Hollywood is
making a movie about the good
works of American nuns, and
warns against it: Lest we again
spend our enthusiasm and our mo-
ney too readily and rashly and be
caught again by Hollywood, we
should try to perceive the danger
Gus hook of n~aturalism which is so
subtly. concealed within the at
tractive bait of religious entertain
ment." The letter is signed, "a
Priest Who Saw Going My Way"
There is less than one public
library book per capita in the
United States according to the
American Library Association.
The figure for the country as a
whole is 81 per capita; New Hamp-
shire has 3.58 the highest for any
state; Mississippi has is, the low
est.
Festung Europa: All rail con-
nections between eastern and west
ern Slovakia having been cut by
the ~partisans, the Minister of
Transportation announces that
postal service has been discontinue
ed for technical reasons" The
neutral Swedish radio is a major
source of news in Denmark. 1t is
considered discourteous to tele-
phone people during its broad
casts -. A common sight in Hol-
land these days is a procession of
German officers retreating before
the Allies in anything that will
roll, including automobiles drawn
by horses. They are usually ac-
companied by a Gestapo detach-
ment threatening to shoot anyone
who laughs.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-12-13
THREE BILLIONS

NEW YORK. Latin American
countries are growing rich on the
Good N%eighbor policy.
The Guaranty Trust Company re-
ports our friends to the south have
accumulated 5000, oO0, 900 in this
country.
It's all legitimate. They sold us
all kinds of things we needed and
we paid good prices.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-12-13

Fanaticism is the false fire
an overheated mind.-Cowper.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-12-04

The total area OF the Philippines
is 1880 square miles.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-12-04

Ware scored IS points with his "Mr.
Big" Just one point ahead of En-
sign Peter Paganis of the coast
guard. who sailed his Quest.
Ems. Paganis commanded a coast
guard patrol boat in the English
Channel on D-Day last June.
The Swiss were the first to use
nickel for coins.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-12-04
SIGNATURE LOANS
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monthly instruments of Sl8.48 each
costs Sl0.88. lfrepaid in four monthly
instruments of $26.93 each. a 500
loan costs only STU. A $50 loan re-
paid in three monthly instruments
costs S3.07. Payments shown include
principal and charges. You pay no
fees or extras of any kind.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-12-04
Confusion Marks Race
For Eastern Grid Title

Chicago. Dec. Al AL was
confusion today in the eastern divi.
sion OF the National Football
League.
Only two games remained TO be
played in the circuit. but in those
two games are three teams still
with a chance OF winning the east
ern division title and plucking that
remunerative plum that is the inter
divisional playoff game.
The three are New York, Phila-
delphia, and Washington. The
fourth team in the final league
games is Cleveland-Buff Don.
ellis unheralded batch OF dynamite
that may upset a down-to-the wire
situation that already is confused.
The situation today was this:
New York beat Washington Sun
day. 1913, to take undisputed lead
of the eastern division. The same
two teams meet again next Sunday.
II Washington reverses the score,
the two will be tied with seven
victories. two losses and a tie each.
Meanwhile. II that situation oc-
ours and Philadelphia beats Cleve.
land. then the Eagles will roost
atop the east division standings.
Further, II New York and Wash
ington should tie, and Philadelphia
wins. then the Giants and Eagles
would be tied and a playor would
be necessary.
A New York victory is the only
quick and simple soluuon to a
problem that has league officials
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-12-04
College Has
Sports Events

Hockey and archery season is al
most over and Goodison Dormitory
WOE the tournament at Normal Col
lege.
WA.A. has planned a series OF
sports TO be played in the evening
and most OF them will be tourna.
ments. The schedule Is as follows.
Tuesday, badminton from z TO 8 p.
m. Patricia Sidall. manager; Wed
nesday from to : p. m, fencing,
Frances Jeanne, manager. Thurs.
day from Z 10 9 p. m, volleyball,
Betty Manning, manager. Betty
Scott, assistant manager.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-12-04
Sports Roundup

the Second Air Force claimed
football circles today The announcement over
powerful service eeyens would meet at
grounds Treasury Bond Bowl focus
Sunday Los Angeles and Atlanta
Fancisco-APsgt Jim Ferrer gofing soldier from Camp
Roberts Ca held onestroke lead the defending champion
eed off today for the final round
Of the 72hole San Francisco open golf tournament
ChcagAPrhs East the Midwest and the Far West We'd for
ASar match bowling
half the preliminary with 1875
battling Snke Chicago took the
lead early today the second round OF firing ended
Glenn 1914 college
high scoring championship with % points 20 ouchdowns final
l9
Tailed winning high scoring honos
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-12-04
Army Sinks
Navy, 23.7

Baltimore Dec. 4-AP-Except
for a few scattered games which
will prove nothing, the 1874 inter
collegiate football season is at an
end, but It is going to be a mighty
long time before the fans stop
talking about the great Army
Eleven that closed out its first per
feet season since 1916 with a 23.7
victory over Navy.
In chalking up their ninth
straight victory and assurance as
the football team of the year. the
cadets gave the impression that
they had control OF the game from
the time they took a 20 lead In
the second period until they rolled
across for two more in the final.
quarter to turn the game into
rout.
There is no doubt Navy suffered
when Bob jenkins, hard-hitting full
back. was injured on the third play
OF the game. and Don Whitmire, all
America tackle candidate, limped
OF the field late in the second
quarter. But even II both Middle
aces had seen full time service. 1t
is doubtful there would have been
any material difference In the final
score.
Jenkins got back onto action in
the fourth period in time TO have
pass intercepted by Glenn Davis,
one OF the five Navy aerials pulled
in by the future generals as they
ran kheir total pass interruptions
Z the season TO 35. Davis grab
bed the ball ION his 80 and from
there Army marched for the touch
down that took the game out OF
the danger class.
One of the other Army intercep.
lions, this one by Herschel Fuson,
center, set the stage for the Army's
first touchdown scored by Dale
Hall from "a yards out. Davis and
Felix Blanchard, pile,driving back
all day, teamed for the second
score with the latter going over
from the nine yard line and Davis
went so yards for the third on a
lateral.
Without taking anything from
the brilliant offensive play of Davis
and Blanchard, the game, in the
final analysis, was settled by the
lines. The Navy forward wall was
heralded as something to behold
but it found itself outplayed ex.
cept in the even first perod and
in the third when the Middies
marched 70 yards, largely on the
passes OF little Hal Hamberg. with
Clyde Scott eliminating the drive
from the one yard stripe.
Acting on instructions from
lead Coach Col. Earl Blaik the
Cadets took repeated cracks in the
first period at the left side OF the
line manned by Whitmire and End
Leon Bramlett. Unable to make
Roadway they switched to the Mid
dies right side and it was there
the Army's woodworking 1T"
formation opened holes that led
to the first two touchdowns.
Army's great line play stood out
again in the third period when
Art Arnold blocked John Hansen's
punt for a safety
With the Army plebe team pro-
viding all the touchdowus no doubt
was left that Army would be well
supplied with material for several
years to come Experts rated the
Army as a team that could hold
its own with any of the college pre-
war outfits. An eleven that was
dangerous any spot on the field
had the dreaded 1T" working to
perfection with outstanding opera
tives in every position and a wealth
of reserves.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-12-04
Quick phone service

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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-12-04
SUSPENSION ON LES
LEAR BEING LIFTED

Winnipeg, Dec. 4--AP-President
Frank Hannibal OF the Manitoba
Amateur Hockey Association, an.
nounced today the lifting of the sus-
pension imposed at the end OF the
last season on Les Lear, coach OF
Winnipeg Esquires OF the Manitoba
Junior Hockey League. Lear, now
playing professional football with
the Cleveland Rams, was suspend.
ed during the play-offs for ignoring
the referees order to leave the rs
quire bench.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-12-04
SHORTAGE HITS
YACHT RACING

Chicago, Dec. 4-AP-The man
power shortage has hit yacht racing.
IL seems.
Willis Ware had only his daugh-
ter. Leslie, as crew when he won the
Columbia Yacht Clubs fiye-race
series for B-class "Frostbite" ding
HES In Chicago harbor yesterday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-12-04
Army. Navy End Fall Grid Tits
DETROIT LIONS
SEASON SUCCESS

Detroit. Dec. 4-AP-The Detroit
Lions, closing their finest National
Football League season In eight
years. marked time today awaiting
their second place western division
share OF the playoff pot after
swapping the Boston Yanks, - to
:. Sunday for their NTH straight
victory By whipping the Yanks.
Detroit wound up a successful cam
paign by writing a final record OF
six victories, three defeats and a
tie into the books-a mark that
gave them deadlock with the Chi
cago Bears for runner.up honors
back Of Green Bay in the western
division.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-12-04

( ON Commissioner Elmer Layden
on down worried.
II the Giants win they will gain
undisputed possession OF the title,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-12-04

North of the equator, cyclones
always have a counterclockwis
spin. but south of the equator
they revolve clockwisp.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-12-04

st. Augustine, Fla. changed
hands 10 times and has been under
Spanish, French, British, CUnfed.
crate and L. S. flags.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-12-04

The frst trade union newspaper
published In Canada appeared In
1872 in Toronto.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-12-04

Ox-hair is used in plaster ms n
binding medium.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-12-04

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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-15
CHARTERS GRANTED
TO TWO COMPANIES

RALEIGH, Sept. 14-R-Three
certificates of incorporation were
filed today with the secretary of
state:
Richmond Roofing and Heating
company of Rockingham, to en-
gage in general roofing and
heating business. Authorized capt.
tai stock $4,000; subscribed stock
So, 900 by William P. McLester, p.
B. McLester, Earnest j. Spivey,
Eunice S. McLester, all of Rock
ingham.
South East Airlines, Inc, of
Gastonia, to own and operate air
planes for the transportation Of
passengers. Authorized capital
stock 100000; subscribed stock
$500 by W. c. league, A. L. Burn.
ham, o. B. Wholesome, all Of Cas-
tonia, and others.
Christ Rescue Mission Inc, Of
Fayetteville, to maintain and
operate one or more rescue homes.
Non-stock corporations; incorpora-
tors; L. c. Hubbard, Henry c.
Camper, Mrs. Mildren White, Mrs.
Josie Pennington, all of Fayette-
vile.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-15
AANNECAN HURLS
RACIAL CHARGES

WV YORK, Sept. IA - R =
t W.T. E. Hannegan, Democratic
Ko 4:ensl chairman, charged today
n liI. Republican campaign speak
na' were directly injecting ra-
q. al prejudice'' in the November
..ection campaign.
" uannegan told press confer
10 that republicans were refer
en'F repeatedly to Sidney Hillman,
lI.i5 ma of the CLIO political ac-
s committee which is support
hva President Roosevelt, as a
nas born labor leader
"This emphasis on one labor
,..der is a clear injection of ra-
lt ;al nreiudice," Hannegan said.
sl'i an hopeful that it will be dis
n+inued in view of Mr.. Brow
s soll Herbert Brownell, republic
~. .sn national chairman statement
:" keep racial and religious issues
s,t Of the campaign.
w. 81 call upon Mr.. Brownell to re-
.,1.te the statements of repub-
y iran orators and this type of
Propaganda.
flanagan made the charge after
living that he was pleased to note
~. ~. both Brownell and he had
; s statements pledging to
Ion racial and religious issues
INF of the campaign.