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Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-25
A LONG BALLOT

When voters go into booths to mark
thir ballots few days hence. they will
find what appears to be a long ballot, and
it will be unless every effort is made prior
to the moment of marking ballots, to be-
come fully informed on the twelve propo-
sitions up for decisions on the state por-
tion Of the ballot.
The mere reading of the titles to the
dozen proposals will require at least ten
minutes. If the voter waits until he OBJ
tains his ballot to study and get even a
fair understanding of them, the time re-
quired in the booth would be impossible.
Sample ballots will be available to each
and every voter in the next few days.
Between now and November all voters
should inform themselves if they already
have not had access to the pro and con
arguments mailed from the state capitol.
The collaboration between our coun-
tries (U.S.S.R. and the L s. is expressed
in the strengthening Of the cultural
relations between our peoples.-Ambas
sador Andrei Gromyko
WPB chairman.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-25
Bic Plane Lands
Safely at SEQ

surviving the first successful emer-
gency night landing of a multi
engine plane in Pacifie history, il
was announced Tuesday.
The record lano:ng was made by
Lieutenant Anthony Stinis. USNR,
SO. Orinda. Calf, former Pan
American pilCt forced to bring down
his giant plane October II in chop
by seas 1000 miles west of San
Francisco.
Halfway to Honolulu from Ala
media airport, one engine of the
Coronado stopped and Stinis turned
the plane back toward the Pacific
coast. A second engine began to
sputter and Stinis SaiG he knew
he wouldn't be able to make it so
we headed for the nearest ship"
The second engine failed so miles
short of the nearest ship. but by
the time Stinis circled for his land
ing a coast guard patrol vessel ap-
preached anc spread flares on the
sea. He brought the huge aircraft
down 200 yards from the ship in
eight to l0-foot ocean swells.
Stinis and his passengers and
crew. most of them suffering violent
sea sickness but no other afflictionS,
we're removed by whaleboat. The
ships cargo also was saved before
storm, which subsequently pre-
vented for eight days transfer of
the party to a warship, wrecked the
plane which sank.
Passengers anci crew included;
Lit. (jg) Lee Arnold, USNR, Phoe-
nix, Ariz., 1t. w. H. East, USNR,
Cal; 1t jg) Marion
USNR, San Diego, Cal,
co-pilot; Robert Levers, ARMS c
Sutter Creek, Cal: Thomas L.
Schmidt, AAM2 c. Fall Brook. Cal.
1t. jg) Irwin A. Kaufman, USNR,
Louisville, KY; LIT. jgl T. M
Roach, USNR, Hamilton, Tex; Ems.
W. H Tarborough. USNR. Corpus
Christi, Tex; Ems. Alfred Mathe-
son, USNR, Maplewood, N. j.. Sec
md pilot; 1t. Jack Close. USNR,
Spokane, Wash, first navigator; 1t.
Ijg) Alvin J. OWnes, USNR, Cape
Mo, second navigator;
,. L. Lowrie, AMM2IC, Baltimore,
Nd; Eulis Red, AMMlkC, Aoh,
Okla; Harold Shell, SP3 C, Cleve-
and. o.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-25
IRRESPONSIBLE NEW DEALERS
DEAL IN ABSURDITIES

Unbridled statements issuing from q
number Of New Dealers indicate a new
fear catalogued. The fear of defeat and
among these is Senator Truman These
current statements have TO do with the
policy Of the administration if the New
Deal moves out.
An instance Truman and others are
naming DeWeys cabinet for him in ad
vance and also organizing the next sen
ate. They also list Republican candidates
for the senate and branding them as lsol-
ationists. Among the senators to be elect
ed according TO these stump speakers Is
Hiram johnson. California. And they
would have the next senate leader an
arch-isoationist
Both these statements are SO absurd
in point of fact as TO leave no doubt of
the say anything plan from now on
until election. In the first place Hiram
Johnson Is not up for reelection as any
average Informed person knows. Second
ly, the most sanguine Republicans do not
claim. nor do they expect to have ma
jority in the senate-hence the present
partisan organization will stand. includ-
ing at least three democratic chairmen
of vital committees who are isolationists.
And be It said the chairman of the for
eign relations committee itself is not so
dyed-in-the-wool an internationalist.
The references to organization of the
senate is hooked up with bald declara-
tions that the incoming senate will toss
all peace plans out the window.
But the height of absurdity is reached
when Truman and practically every other
transforming New Dealer try TO tell
their listeners that the very first thing
IA new administration will do is to fire
Marshall and Eisenhower and Mac Arthur
and Nimitz and other military leaders
now so successfully bringing victory
about
Many foolish statments may be eX-
pected in the heat of campaign. 1t
wouldn't be a campaign if the insiders
couldn't disprove everything the outsid
ers charge and cite records or if the party
seeking control discovered things the in
siders forgot had happened. But in the
wartime campaign, no one will counten-
ance the idea for a moment that any of
the high commanders will be displaced.
While there are minor differences, and
perhaps few major ones, too, on the
peace program as whole it is we'll
agreed that the entire peace plan will be
honestly and carefully studied with the
key effort aimed at forever ending wars.
If this plan is finally approved by the
whole people after having free opportun-
ity consider it, and # It is not forced
through by power-designing world lead
ers, it will stand a good chance of bring
ing about that single purpose.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-25
6! D;etician
Leaves Hints
To Successor

SHEPPARD FIELD. Tex, Oct 25.
fUP1-When Staff Sgt. Frederick
Tripp of New Orleans left his post
as chief dietician at Sheppard Field
he left behind him the oenefit of
lis experience.
Trips bible" for two years had
neen the armys idea of what the
Servicemen should cat, tome en-
titled The Master Menu" After
"a months of wrestling, the Ser
geant had conquered the volume, and
TO save his successors from a like
Struggle, he added a key entitled
The Master Menu-MASTERED." :"
His experiences resulted in the
following observations on we'll
known articles of the soldiers diet:
Lamb Mutton-A futile, nay. a
reprehensible meat; needless An
glicizing of the Diet. Should Chur-
chill insist, Is pounds for roast, 35
pounds for stew is enough. This item
Is unfortunately net rationed.
Broccoli - WormWood, Horatio.
1ormWood.
Spinach = This perfectly futile
vegetable and its cousin, the turnip
green, have properly no place in
the tiet of even such a remotely
human being as a soldier.
Celery-ThiS would require Jesu-
itical subtlety to loooncile The eX-
treme usefulness of his vegetable
with its stringy, raboity and utter
ly tasteless characteristics. Accord
in2ly, We shall not try.
Onions. Dry-A prir cely item in
deed. AS useful as celery, the onion
Is also as full of character as the
ether is not. That The indigestion
OF this item raw is a detriment TO
all enterprise, can not be construed
IS else than foul libel
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-25
MARINE CORPS AVIATION
COMMANDER VISITS BASE

Major General Field Harris, COM
manding general of all marine corps
aviation visited the Ell Centre mar
inc air station Monday and Tues
day.
He conferred with Lieutenant
Colonel Karl Voelter, station COM
mander, and with other officers
at the station. He also toured the
plant and witnessed some of the
phases of training in progress there.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-25
STEALS" RIDE HOME
SAN FRANCISl

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 25. CUP)
William S. Holman, 35, Oklahoma
city civilian army worker, was
charged Tuesday with slowing away
on an army bomber from Hickam
Field, Hawaii, to Hamilton Field,
California, in Criminal informa-
ton filed in federal district court.
Holman told authorities who ar
rested him last night after he was
discovered when the plane was six
hours out that his wife was sick
in Oklahoma City. He said he had
been denied permission by the army
to leave his job.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-25
FREEDOM FOR GREECE
(Christian Science Monitor)

(ChrIStlan Science M0nlt0r)
The blue and white banner of Greece
flies once more over the Acropolis. Greek
patriots are reported in control of Ath-
ems British troops have cleared the Pelo-
ponnesus. taken Corfu, and landed at
Piraeus. Berlin says Greece is being evac-
uated.
1t seems simple story now and rather
matter-of-fact. But it should stir the
peoples of free nations as few stories of
this war have stirred them. For they
cannot have forgotten the splendid sue
cesses of the Greeks when they turned to
drive back Mussolinis invasion, or the
heroic defiance with which they met Hit
ler's hordes in the spring of 1941. The
Russians remember, for the Nazis' late
start against Moscow and their failure
to take it have been credited to the de-
lays caused by Greek-Yugoslay resistance.
Nor can free men forget what Greece
has meant to the development Of beauty,
culture and free ideas in the Western
World. The liberation of her starving
people is symbolic of the steady release
Of civilization from the grasp, physical
and mental, of the new barbarism.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-25
From where | sit =. by Joe Marsh
Soldiers Wives and
Returning Husbands

You may have seen in the papers
where a writer cautioned Army
wives that their returning hus.
bands would be strangers" to
them-because they've been
through experiences that their
wives could never share.
Well, high.ranking officer
wrote an answer to that; he
called 1t nonsense. "What do our
men want most? To finish the
war and come home ;. What
are they fighting for?. for every.
thing the word home MEANS"
Of course, the word "home"
means something different to
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-25
SECRECY HOLDS

Secrecy is the word for the post
postwar automobile. but some of
the story can be told now
The post postwar" car is going
TO be as different as the industry
can make it within the range of
public capacity TO accept. At least
one company now manufacturing
airplanes is planning TO enter the
automobile field AT least four rivals
fer the midget car fields are in
proSpect-due to the popularity of
the jeep Ford is going to make a
new loW-priced car-juSt how low
priced, Ford won't say. But some
post postwar cars will be more eX-
pensive than preWar cars. All will
incorporate what the industry has
learned about materials and engi-
neering during the war. And they
will give vastly better performance
and last longer.
The industry is working 100 per
cent on its war orders and there is
no question of war materials being |
diverted. But designers and engi- |
neers are available. Experimental
models can be made of cdds and I
ends So streamlined cars of the I
future are coming off the drafting
boards by the scores and some are
being built
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-25
Editorials and Comment

EDITORS NOTE: The foHoming edit
0ridis are presented as interesting 0pin-
ions Uoiced by editors elsechere. They
do not necessarily reflect the opinion of
this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-25
Auto Builders
Now Testing
Postwar Models
Bv CHARLES T. PEARSON

DETROIT. Oct. 25. tUPl-"Post
postwar" automobiles are being
planned here-and some even have
been manufactured-but they are
guarded like the gold at Fort Knox.
They're whizzing around the test
track of at least one major manu-
facturer. driven by men inaccessible
TO the public and business rivals.
1t would take a heavy tank with
strong infantry support to break
through TO that track.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-25

every fighting man. For home Is
lot of little things! A garden or
a work bench well.thumbed
books -. a mellow glass of beer
with friends.
But whatever they are, it's the
memory of these small familiar
things that he takes with him
into battle. And it's these little
things that link his thoughts to
home -and to the familiar life
that he looks forward to return.
ing to.
@e M~u<
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-25
CARRIER BEES

Bees were used as carrier pigeons
by retreating Chinese forces. Micro
filmed and printed on very fine
paper, the messages were carried
back across the Japanese lines to
spies who waited at the hives.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-25

PEARL HARBOR, Oct %. up
Fifteen passengers and crew of
a four -motored Coronado have ar
rived safely at Pearl Harbor after
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-25

the war is wen take the chancesoi
having people say our war leaders
were chosen by Democrats
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-25
of State. :

BOND ACT OF This provides for
thirty million dollars t,ooooooo) be used by
Veterans Welfare Board assisting California
10 acquire farms OF homes.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-25

AGAINST THE VETERANS BOND ACT OF 1919, This provides
bond thirty million dollars 00o) be used
by the Veterans Welfare Board in California
o acquire farms homes
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-25

tThis proposed law. by act OF the
Legislature passed at its fifty fifth SEES
sion. Is submitted to the people in &C.
l OF Article XVI of the Constitution
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-25
, NOTICE TO VOTERS

NOTICE TO VOTERS
NOTICE HEREBY GIVEN the electors Of the State Of Cali
ornia that following Bond Act will be submitted the People
held the seventh day of November AD 1914
FRANK M. JORDAN,
Secretary of State.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-08-04

: DIES nit jeSte horst lekviSic'
: jak-li driv a dyby sc starost:
preci max docuchal, re je Va
: CLAW donna -"
: Albfna mela pohotove rizno,
odpoved, protoze poslednf slo
vo muscle byt jejf, kdyby i We
! della, re il jazyk zcerna, ale O
hledla Sc ma tiche pootevren
dverf a ma udychane. ode,
Panbu dobrej vecir" Sc chysta.
la podekovat, kdyz prfchozi, z
nfz zrovna lima cisela, dobehls
az do prostred svetnice a ODE
ruce tisknouc ma bourici nadra
zvolala upachtenym. roztrese.
nym a jake zlekanym hlasem
"Pantato, pro Krista Pana,
nechte belt vseho - jdou pre-
vas cetnfci = jsou mi v patach,
utecte!"
Vsechen dech vyplytval temi
spesnymi a tolik zdesenymi
slovy. Ted pc mem znovu la
pala a pTi tom rozsfrenyma O.
Gina, jichz klapky mely ledove
trepenf ma brvach, pila vzhled
VeverGv.
o byl to Vaclav, jejf Vaclav,
byl! Zmenila no Size leta, zme-
nil no i zivot, az to ma prve po-
dfvanf Rdzu prekvapilo, ale
pax hned sc k nemu znala -
byl to on dosud, Vaclav sam.
On zIstal okamzik jake bles-
KEN omracen. R1zena? Rnza?
Kde Sc tn bere? Co il pTivadi?
V~zpomfnka? Laska? Pane ma
nebi!
Nevnfmal jeff slova, jen pTi-
tomnost jeff, ia no omracila. A
hned Sc MI to v srdci obratilo,
jake Sc dvou stran brouseny o.
stry nGz. Pfirovnani il a Abb
ny zpGsobilo mu tn rezavou,
palcivou bolest.
Ale jiz zdesenf cele svetnice
no vzpamatovalo.
Starry Vevera zrovna Sc zvra-
til ma lavici, jake by no podtal
a pan1mama udesene ma jmeno
Bozf zavolala.
| BetuSka Siti upustila a ohli-
zela Sc prvne, kan by bratra
skryla.
"No tax Sc hni, ty neknubo!"
rozkfikla Sc rovnez polekana
Alb1na. "Honem kabat, boty
= a pryc, utec trebas do Rybo-
low k nasim. Ale honem!"
Teprve ted Sc Vaclav vzcho-
pill, ale vice snad nez ma sve "a
chrane zalezelo mu ma tom, a.
by zvedel, jak Sc sem Rnza do
stala a proc prave ona.
'R1zo, to ty -" mluvil tax
rozechvele a tax pobourene, az
to bylo napadno. Albina 81 po-
dobnych zachvevd nikdy nevsi-
mala a tax jenom pamatovala,
ably byl co nejdrive pryc, lee
panimama i Betuska a nejvice
snad starry, schouleny pod peel
ma lavici, 81 toho vsimali.
RHO, TVS prisla me upozor-
nit? RHO, jak jsem 81 toho "a
slouzil?"
"Nemluv stale daremne a hi
DEF, at jses uz venku!" utrhla
Sc Alb1na a rekla smerem k RI
zene:
TO jste hodna, re jste prrisla
= to VAN pekne dekujem a
estli potrebujete, m6zete 81 sem
tax nekdy prijft pro naky sbi-
rany vliko."
Vsak R1za Sc nezdrzovala.
Nechtela "a mic, ably il tn cetni-
ci nasli, nebo potkali.
Proto Sc poobratila jen k Va
clavovi a zaj1kavym hlasem
mu rekla:
"Pantato - s Panem Bohem
-" a uz Sc brala re dverf.
Nikdo il nezdrzoval.
Starry byl jake bez sebe a pa
n1mama s Albinou chystaly to
nejnutnejs1.
Jednu kosily, kus slaniny =
krajfc chleba a nejake penize.
Jen B6tuska vybehla "a Ri
zou a Tekla il, nemoc premoci
plac:
RHO, dekujeme ii! Dyby
bylo vic casu, rekla bych ii ra-
da, jak Sc Vaclav vozenil, jak
je nestastnej! Tatinek uz Sc
nalitoval a Vaclav ma tebe ma
vzpominal = z tebe tn mohla
belt jina hospodyne.
R1za neodpovfdala. Zalomi-
la mlcky rukama - il nemuse]
nikdo povfdat; pouhe podfvani
ma selku Veverovou j stacilo,
ably pochopila vsechno.
Ale, uz ubihala re statku a
The CIO news., 1944-12-04

to be dissipated once the election was
over, SO that an entirely new start had to
be made all over again when the next
election rolled around.
The convention recognized the great victory
involved In the reelection of Pres. Roosevelt
and the strengthening of the progressive
forces in Congress. But 1t also recognized that
this is only step in the direction Of the great
goals to which the CIO and all other pro-
gressve Americans are dedicated.
We now have more favorable conditions
under which to carry forward the strug-
gle for the attainment of these goals, the
convention pointed out, but CLOS mobili-
zation In the political field must be con-
tinued, II we are to carry on this struggle
effectively.
We must be good citizens, not only on elec-
tion day, but also every other day of the year,
keeping tab on our elected representatives,
letting them hear from us, maintaining our
local political committees, concerning our
selves with state and local as well as national
issues, and starting to prepare right now for
the important local elections of 1945, as well
as for the 1916 elections.
The CIO news., 1944-12-04

The goal of sixty million jobs after the
war is much more than a fine-sounding slogan,
SO far as the CIO is concerned 1t regards
this goal as not only practical and possible
but also as a necessity If we are to be avoid
the horrors of postwar depression and mass
misery-and the recent C1O convention out
lined a concrete program for attaining this
goal
This program IL based on the close CO.
operation of labor, farmers, industry and
all other community groups with govern
ment in a united crusade for our common
prosperity, with the same kind of PLAN
ming, energy and enthusiasm that have
gone into our war effort.
The program suggests the machinery and
the practical steps necessary for planned re-
conversion. with full protection of the human
factor and for stimulating the full production
that is needed to provide jobs for all.
It recognizes that increased wages and pur-
chasing power are necessary to provide the
domestic market on which expanding post
war prosperity must be based.
1t advocates a guaranteed annual wage to
The CIO news., 1944-12-04
Suxry Million Jobs

provide security for the workers as well as
a steady level of purchasing power
And 1t calls upon government to supple
ment the expansion of private industrial pro-
ducton by undertaking enterprises such as
IVA and the proposed Missouri Valley Au-
thority that are beyond the capacity of pri-
vate industry.
The CIO program also recognizes that
full production and employment depend on
a vast expansion of world trade. 1t well
comes the steps taken by the United Ma
tiOns at the DumbartOn Oaks and Bret
ton Woods conferences to lay the basis
for world cooperation for reconstruction,
rehabilitation, the industrializati0n of eco
nomicalIy backward nations and the pro-
motion of world prosperity.
This war has shown the imperative necessity
of unity within nations and between nations
TO achieve victory. To achieve such great
goals as sixty million jobs after the war; the
same kind of unity and cooperation nationally
and internationally will be necessary-and the
CIO will dedicate all its efforts to this end.
The CIO news., 1944-12-04

sible this great labor advance.
There was no disagreement on
political action, no undercover tug
ging and pulling-just a mighty
wave of enthusiasm over the vim
dication of labor's political efforts
and a solid determination to con-
tinue and extend them.
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But there were deeper grounds
for all this unity.
All the delegates had relatives
or friends at the fighting fronts.
They scanned the papers daily
for news from Leyte, Italy and
Germany's west wall-news that
meant something personally to
every one of them.
How could anyone play factional
politics with issues that might
mean life or death to their loved
ones? How could there be anything
but unanimity on policies designed
to back our armed forces to the
limit and to speed victory?
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On wage policy, on reconversion,
on planning for 60 million jobs
there was little room for serious
disagreement and every incentive
for concerted effort.
Then. too, the convention mapped
out such bold. clear-cut and pro-
gressive program on foreign policy
and world labor unity that 1t stirred
the enthusiasm Of all who feel that
human brotherhood and lasting
peace are practical goals that can
and must be worked for.
But still one more important fac
tor must be added to explain the
almost complete absence of bicker-
ing at this convention.
That Is the outstanding leader
ship Of President Murray. He
took office when the movement
was at low ebb and rent with
bitter factiOnalism. Day after
day, year after year, he worked
with extraordinary patience and
skill to heal old wounds, to ad-
just differences and to map pro-
gressive policies behind which
the whole movement could unite.
Among all the tributes paid to
Phil Murray. the greatest testimo-
nial was this convention itself-rep-
resenting a new peak in the power.
unity and progressive purpose a
the great movement he heads.
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! ran into my cynical friend on
the last day and asked him how
much dirt he had dug up.
"Aw. skip It." he said. Got 10
hand Il to the CIO. It's certainly
going to town."
The CIO news., 1944-12-04
Looking Ahead
BY Len De Caux

LIE NUDGED me as was pass
- ing through the lobby OF the
Stevens during the CIO convention,
and beckoned me mysteriously TO q
quiet corner
I've been around at some Of
your conventions" he said. intro
ducing himself. 'and i want TO get
the lowdown on this one"
lie looked bored as l started to
talk about political action and 9TH
er issues, and finally broke in:
"Cut out the balOney, bud, and
give me the real dirt. How're
they lining mp behind the scenes?
who's going to be ditched?
How's the fight on the no-strike
pledge: How's about -"
And he started shooting ques-
tions In terms of factions, person.
alities and the like.
Sorry l can't give you anything
spicy" / replied. But there's more
unity and harmony and general
agreement at this convention than
at any I've seen-and II you want
the real story. It's right on the
floor of the convention"
Nuts" he said, turning away.
"That's what / get for wasting my
time questioning a press agent"
My cynical friend avoided me
thereafter, though I noticed him
buttonholing other people.
Once I caught his eye, In the
visitors section, when he seemed
10 have caught the fever of the
demonstrations on political ac-
tiOn. He blushed and stopped
clapping.
But he need not have felt so
frustrated In his quest for "ths
lowdown." For with the biggest
press ever at a CIO convention, in
Guiding most Of the ace labor re-
porters, there was hardly a story
written from the backroom." The
news that made the headlines all
came from the convention itself.
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The convention met In the flush
Of triumph over CLOS magnificent
success in political activity.
1t had a lift and q lilt to 1t. And
emotions were all the more deeply
stirred because of the venomous
attacks of the campaign.
So when Sidney Hillman was
presented, the target for all Of
reactions most scurrilous abuse,
the convention went wild. And
the demonstration rose and
swelied rs he In turn paid trib-
ute to Philip Murray as the man
whose leadership had made pos
The CIO news., 1944-12-04
Continuous Political Activity

In voting to continue the work of the Polit-
ical Action Committee, the recent CIO conven-
tion sought to avoid the shortcomings which
have marked much previous labor political
activity.
There have been other elections In the
past in which much enthusiasm and effort
have gone into particular campaign, only
The CIO news., 1944-12-04

! ran into my cynical friend on
the last day and asked him how
much dirt he had dug UP.
"Aw, skip It." he said. Got 10
hand It to the CIO. It's certainly
going to town."