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Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-10-10
RACKETEERS STALKING SOLDIERS:
ARE TAKING ENORMOUS TOLL

There continues to be much talk of plans to give to returning
service men the help which was promised in the highly advertised
&C. l. Bill of Rights"
This newspaper, along with other friends of the veterans, views
many of the proposals with suspicion. 1t has insisted all along that
whatever legislation is enacted should contain ample safeguards to
protect veterans from racketeers. Already, these harpies are doing a
thriving business at the expense of exservice men.
"Yank," the enlisted mems newspaper, asserts that veterans are
now being robbed through spurious schemes to the extent o S2 $780,
100000 a year.
INSCRIPTIONS money lenders and real estate crooks ae declared
to oe lying n Walt for victims at almost every corner.
The American Legion has proposed to Congress IN amendment
to the loan provisions of the &c. 1 BnT' which many O Capitol Hill
feel may turn out to be bad for veterans and Uncle Sam, but good for
money lending and real estate racekteers.
The Legislation, the Legion says, was drafted by representatives of
financial interest. 1t put. responsibility and authority for making loans
to veterans entirely within the hands of the lenders. All that the Vet
Grams Administration can do is to approve loans after they ae made.
The government guarantees loans up to 2OO0.
The amendment permits banks and other lending agencies to 60
the limit in making plans. If they run out of funds, they may discount
their paper with the Federal Reserve System, obtain more money and
make more loans.
Inc amendment permits veterans to buy homes up to a value of
$4,000, with the Veterans Bureau guaranteeing So 900 and the Fed
eral Housing Administration advancing 5000 on a mortgage.
In other words, the veteran can obtain a home without paying a
peny down. Naturally, that fact will be capitalized by the unscrupu-
lous e estate man, and used to get outrageous prices for property.
Labor.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-10-10
THE BASIC FACTS OF BRITISH PLIGHT

Whle tn Anglo-American financial talks continue without visible
progress, the British government has begun to take steps to reduce
mportS winch must be paid for in dollars. Contracts for LendLease
SoooS amounting to $500 100000 on VI Day have been cut in half by
canoeing orders for tobacco, raw materials, and manufactured goods.
hi means more "austerity" for the British consumer but is also bad
ernat sources of supply of such commodities as cotton, huge sur
PluSeS OF Whlch already exist in this country. Administration experts
Who m conducting the negotiations with Lords Halifax and Keynes
0noerStan FULLY the basic facts of Britain's plight. They know that if
we 40 hOt heIp 1t to tits feet, it will have to renounce the ideal of un-
restricted international trade II face starvation. But the Administration
is tnld about putting the fact before the country. 1t fears that isda-
UohISt n Anglophobes, in Congress and elsewhere, will damn any
lealsuc solution to the problem by saying that Uncle Sam is being
TO play Santa Claus for the benefit of British Socialism. Washing
ION nope, therefore, is to fix up a scheme that will appear though
g 0s p"h at a commercial raeo of interest, for instance-and leave the
eHoMtlatlo OF TITS nWorkabiity to time. TIE British, however, seem
reluctant to cooperate in this deception. They have taken a stand
against mourning Liabilities they know they will not be able to meet
nauner imam That, they will tighten their belts until they "a reorgan-
Ne heIr trade n a barted basis. If we force them to adopt this alter
n"lVe' we "a say goodby to u hopes of an expanding world market
TOR American surpluses-The Nation.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-10-10
The Ens|uved PEOPLES
Are Liberated
BY JOSEPH DRAsLER
formerly ON Associate Editor of ProIetoree)
By JOSEPH DRASLER

Formerly an Associate Editor of P~roIetoree)
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-10-10
NOTICE TO THE BIBLE CLASS.
WHY NOT
OUR ARMY?

Congress is passing a bill offer
ing young men unprecedented in
ducement to volunteer for short
periods of peacetime service in the
United States Army. Yet Congress
and the army doubt if sufficient
volunteers will be obtained, ano
argue it will be necessary to con
tinue the draft after it expires next
May.
This raises the question: Why
are American boys so reluctant to
enter the army? Anyone who talks
with enlisted soldiers will find
there is one main reason.
Our boys have been brought up
to believe they are as good as any
other Americans, that we are
born equal" By joining the army
they place themselves in a posi-
ton of artificial inferiority.
In the army, and likewise the
navy, there is a sharp class distinc-
ton between Officers and gentle
men" and mere enlisted men,"
The latter resent that deep down
in their souls. They will put up
with it in time of war, but will not
voluntarily subject themselves to
it in time of peace.
Congress should consider wheth-
er it is necessary to have that sharp
dividing line between officers and
enlisted men. Some distinguished
officers have believed it is neither
necessary nor American, and we
heartily agree.-Labor.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-10-10
WHAT'S WRONG
WITH TEXAS?

What's wrong with Texas? Well,
nothing is wrong with Texas, &C
cording to j.. A. Murphy, of Hous-
ton, except entirely too many of
us get up in the morning at the
alarm of a Connecticut clock, but
ton a pair of Ohio suspenders to a
pair Of Chicago pants, put on a
pair of Massachusetts, shoes, wash
u face in a Pittsburgh tin basin,
using Cincinnati soap and a cotton
towel made in New Hampshire, sit
down to a Grand Rapids table, eat
pancakes made from Minneapolis
flour spread with Vermont maple
syrup, and Kansas bacon fried on
a st. Louis stove.
Next, we buy fruit put up in
California, seasoned with Rhode
Island spices and sWeetened with
Colorado sugar, We put on a hat
made in Philadelphia, hitch a De-
troit mule fed on Oklahoma gaso-
line to an Ohio pillow and work all
day on a Texas farm covered with
a New England mortgage.
At night we crawl under a New
Jersey blanket to be kept awake
by a bullfrog, the only home pro-
duct on the place, wondering all
the while where the money goes
in this wonderful State of ours. If
we would buy more home manu-
featured products we could be
more prosperous.-From a Texas
newspaper.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-10-10

tire habitationS have been burned
to the ground, bridges and rail
ways destroyed, naval and mer-
chant shipping dragged off or sunk
and forests and crops destroyed.
Italy must return everything her
armies and civil authorities stole
or exported from Yugoslavia and
pay for all the damage. Until now,
Italy has taken no steps to COM
pensate for Wal damage, nor shown
any readiness to do so. On the con
trary, Italian reactionaries are
doing everything possible to trans
form themselves from accused into
accusers. Bakic said: I'VE do not
think these maneuvers will sue
ceed. The flnanciers and creators
OF Fascism and Fascist war, the
lnstlgators of massacres, devasta-
ton and looting, must bear the
brunt of PREPARATIONS. We are con-
Vlnced that reparations de-
mands against Italy will receive
the full support of our Allies. The
correct solution of war indemnity
and other problems will be the
foundation upon which friendship
between Yugoslavia anu Italy can
De built and will create the basis
Tor a lasting peace between both
peoples"
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-10-10
BOARDING LARGE
DENOMINATION BILLS

one OF the strangest of the MANY
strange phenomena of the war pc
Rod was the disposition of per
sons of ample means to hoard cur
rency of large denominations. They
questioned the value of all secur-
tiles. They didn't trust the banks
They filled their safety deposit
boxes with cash-millions of it!
In the first two months of this
year, 81 per cent of the currency
in circulation was in large denomi-
nations-that is, from $50 to S1O,-
600. That's the kind the hoarders
liked. Since then the percentage
has been dropping. In June it was
70 Del cent. 1t is probably below
that now.
j. Pierpont Morgan, the elder,
once said that the man who ''sold
America short" was a fool. These
hoarders were not doing exactly
that. Many of them were expecting
a crash-something like 1929-and
they figured on picking up juicy
bargains in all kinds of property.
There is nothing new about that.
Some of Americas most astute
moneyed men did exactly that
during the last panic.-Labor.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-10-10

II The Netherlands East Indies arr not ready for full Independence
tney clearly ought o to be returned to the colonial rule of the Dutch.
elther. n. Soekarno, president of 1.-The Indonesan republic" may or
may not be the ideal man to head the national independence move
ment. But lie makes complete sense when he says: 1T is ridiculous for
a nauon OF 100000 Dutchmen to attempt to control the government
OF Io,OoOOOO ndoneslans' 1t has been made no less ridiculous by the
SNUG declaration Of Houand-after centuries of holding the Indo-
resians in ignorance, and exploiting them for the profit of the Dutch
.masters-that these colonial wards will soon be granted "eoual" stains
n a federation" under the Dutch crown.
The proper immediate solution is establishment of a collective
united Nations trusteeship for the Netherlands East Indies. to speed
the eoucatlon, the economic advance and the political experience of the
people, and n prepare them for independence within a fixed number
OF years. America cannot escape her responsibility in this matter: Asia
hoW ina II a above a Ii power which liberated the Indies from
Japan Holland IN n past has been able to hold them in bondage
primarily because the great powers re- unwilling to entrust these
treasure Islands OF the Pacific to each other. If We meet our obligation
Tor spreading freedom, w e shall take the lead for proclamation of a
ChHeo Nations truseeshop. The Chicago Sun.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-10-10
IN THE WIND
From THE NATION

u. S. S. R. ZION: The September
10 bulletin of the Agricultural
Committee for American-Soviet
Friendship, Inc, reports that
twenty years ago the Soviet gov
eminent offered the territory
around Birobidshan, on the north
east border Of Manchuria, to the
Jews as an autonomous Jewish
region. Gradually about 200 enter
prising and hardy settlers moved
in These Jewish farmers have
converted their part of the Amur
valley -. into the most homelike
place in Russian Asia. Their col
lective farms compare favorably
with any American or European
estate"
TOLERANCE: The Gentle
League, which lost it's charter in
July, 1914, because of it's anti
Semltism, is seeking for a new
license. In an interview with Ar
thur W. Friede, founder of the
league, the Milwaukee Journal of
September II reports Friede's de-
NAL of anti-Semitic charges. eve
have to call it the Gentle League
he said, ito let the Jews know we
have an organization, too. They
have an organization that we can't
join, but we won't go that far. If
they can qualify, they can join
ours -. One of the aims of the
league is to try to prevent any
particular group getting control of
(SurpluS war goods and gouging
the American public =. The league
emphatically declares that it is not
anti-religious."
DECENTRALIZATION: The Sep
TENDER 8 issue of Editor and Pub
Usher mentions that articles from
the Chicago Tribune are being sent
to the main prisoner-of-war camp
at Concordia, Kansas, for use in a
German monthly digest, and quotes
a letter from the camps assistant
executive officer to the Tribune:
Your newspaper has been coming
regularly to this camp and has
served a useful purpose indeed in
the reeducation of German prison
ers."
NOTICE TO THE BIBLE CLASS:
A correspondent has sent in a clip
ping from Variety noting that
Frank Ross, who is making a Hol-
lyWood spectacle out of "The
Robe" has signed a contract to
provide color stills from the pic
ture for S as illustrations in an
edition of the New Testament to
be published after the film re-
leased.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-10-10
ltuly Owes Preparations TO Jugoslaviu

ELGRADE.-CTANJUG) - In
connection with the recent London
Conference of Foreign Ministers,
Mitar Bake, Secretary-General of
the Yugoslav Government, told a
TANJUG correspondent, regarding
Yugoslav a i claims
against Italy that these claims were
announced by Marshal Tito in his
speech at the third session of Az
MOI.
Demands for PREPARATIONS from
Italy are based on Italy's response
bility in preparing for and parti-
clpatlng in the war and the meth
DDS by which she conducted the
war. The war damage, caused bv
Italy in Y~ugoslavia, has been as
c~ertained and estimated. The ma
tional wealth alone, that the Itali-
n destroyed and looted from the
9th April, 1941 till their surrender
is estimated at 1,449, 1868, 681 dol
lars, according to world prices in
1888. To this must be added the
loss of national income and the ex-
penSeS of the Liberation War. No
compensation for loss of life. di-
miniShed working capacity, or loss
of freedom in various forms has
been allowed for in this figure.
These losses are a heavy blow to
u peoples and our national eco
nomy. The State Commission for
War Indemnity and the State War
Crimes Commission have collected
exact data about the Yugoslav peo-
pies losses at the hands of the
enemy. These losses will be pub
lished later. They are enormous
amounting to hundreds of thou
sands. The ravages, caused by the
Italians are very widespread. En-
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-10-10
ON THE MARCH WITH THE
LIVING AND DEAD
Continued,

The Both Division had just made
the costly Mozelle River crossing,
and the fighting front for the
317th was in the territory between
Hernie and Falquemont on the
Maginot Line. We unloaded Just
outside Hernie where batteries of
u 1865 were in action, and
struck for what was an apple Or
chard on a steep hill. 1t was still
raining continuously, and we were
still carrying duffle bags stuff
fed solidly with extra clothing and
equipment. We learned later that
this was the system employed by
the army for getting extra equip
ment up on the line. It is all
brought up by men coming in as
replacement" or Reinforcement,
as they were later called.
We were ordered to put on as
much clothing as we could, which
meant two pairs of underwear, two
shirts and trousers, a jacket and
o%vercoat, and the remainder we
carried down to a barn ALONGSIDE
the road. We scattered out and
started moving towards the town,
but before we reached it, we were
cought in a hail of 88's. We hit the
ground like wet sacks, some of us
IN shall hN1nC uyh1oI uy>1,o o,o4Aou
ed all oVer the place and the rest
into any low spot in the ground
that could be found. A Heinie bar
rage of 88's lasts just as long and
you get SO that you can tell Just
about when it will be over, for
even in this they are precise. When
things quieted down again, we took
Oft o the town and put up in eel
lars for the night. Most German
homes are built with very strong
n IN many cases bomb-proof
cellars, reinforced with concrete
n brick and arched ceilings.
they were apparently looking and
planning far ahead when they built
them. For further protection
against air raids they had deep
tunnels dug in the hills around
tie towns. A good deal of the loot
and liquor the boys picked up
coming across Germany was found
IN these tunnels.
The day before we came into
Hernle, our company commander
was killed by schrapnel, while get
ting some new men located out in
a field on the outskirts of the town.
AT this time practically all the
men in the company were what is
known in the infantry as new
men. In fact casualties were SO
heaVy each day, that in a short
period of a few weeks you we're an
old man" in the company, in
more than one sense of the word.
The Mozelle River crossing had
taken a lot of men and a trench
TOOL epidemic had taken a large
TOLL. SO that when we set out next
morning for what was to be our
1lrst contact with the enemy as
rltlemen, we were indeed a green
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-10-10
WOMEN UNPAID!

The Women's Bureau of the
Department of Labor reports that
in the Midwest war area women's
pay is still below that of men doing
similar work. The bureau appeals
to the unions to remedy this Unjust
ice.
Evidently it feels a plea to the
employers would not produce re-
suits. AS a matter of fact, the
labor unions have tackled the
problem. They are always bat
ting for equal pay for equal work
for men and women.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-10-10
IT'S "WORLD WAR III

In goes down in the Official e.
cords as World War H." That de-
slgnatlon has been approved by
PRESIDENT Truman, "as a matter of
simplicity and to insure uniform
terminology." Under the Presi-
cents order, the term will here
atter be used in all official docu-
mentS.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-10-10

outfit, officers as we'll as the men,
as far as battle experience was con-
cerned. (To be continued
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-10-10

Ever thought Of it? The night falls
but it doesn't break, and day
breaks but it never falls.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-27
Ferriss Throws
 For 18th Todoy

Boston, July H-UP)-A ladies day crowd of perhaps 10000 was expected at Fenway park today to watch baseball'S most eligible bach elor, Dave Ferriss of the Red Sox, make bid for his 18th mound tri- umph in the opening game of ser- ies against the Washington Sena- tors.
 Already victor over the Senators twice this season, Ferriss will bear down hard for this game because a win would put the Sox in tie for the American leagues second spot. The big righthander with the mat inee idols profile currently leads pitchers of both leagues with a fancy percentage of 1894.
 The game may mark the return to the Mats lineup of Buddy Lewis who was discharged recently from the Army Air corps after three years. service. Lewis has been working out with the Washington club and has advised manager Ossie Bluege that he's ready for the Red Sox series. A former third baseman, Lewis probably will be used in the outfleld where the Senators are In need of hitting power.
 Lewis is the fourth American league star to attempt comeback in recent months. Al Benton of the Tigers started the returning parade of ex-servicemen and was followed by teammate Hank Greenberg, and Red Rufflng of the Yankees.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-27
Jersey Anchors Here Saturday

Two weeks ago the BraSscos met unexpected opposition from the Jer- sey City Anchor Club, and then the rains came to their rescue. It was the fifth inning and the Waterbury club was trailing Az when a break in the contest allowed the home forces to come from behind and score three times to take the lead.
 Jersey City fought back in the sixth and tied the score with one out, and then the skies opened up and everybody and everything in sight took a drenching. It rained steadily for 20 minutes, and when 1t was over the Brasscos were taking a warm shower in the dressing rooms and they had a 5-4 triumph, the Je:sey City teams tying run being wiped out.
 Tomorrow night the Anchor Club will make an effort to win the sec- ond meeting of the teams. The An chors have a crackerjack infield, good pitching and punch.
 Warren Mueller, who finally came into his own with. well-pitched contest Wednesday night, will be on the firing line for the Davimen at 8:3O.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-27
Todoy's Sport Parade

vented the title from going to South America. Assisted by plenty of smelling salts, Dempsey came out fresh for the second round and bounced Firpo all over the canvas while arranging a second-session kayo.
 Whitey Bimstein, veteran trainer, says, 'Firpo was much more awk- ward f1ghter-when he made his U. S. debut against Sailor Tom Maxted at Newark, N. J., in 1922. But he came on and registered II straight knockouts to win recognition from the late Tex Rickard as challenger against Dempsey"
 If Cestac wins impressively tonighte he will be moved forward rapidly by Promoter Mike Jacobs until he is either belted out of the heavy picture or proves that he is a gen. uine foreign invader.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-27
vvvVVVVvvv Friday Fish and Chips

Carmen Mele, Torrington's young and able MT. Five By Five has enrolled a as freshman at Holy Cross come September, indi- eating that he may be of con- siderable help to the Crusaders in football, baseball and basketball and perhaps track, when he really gets under way. Coach Jack Barry should be able to make quite a ball player out of him, as he can hit hard and for a chunky, heavy boy is surprisingly fast Sco- will Company through its SERA will sponsor 8 water carnival, Sunday, August 5th at its Wood- tick recreation center for both men, women, boys and girls from almost any age upward. Midget events up to g years of age; jun- iors from 9-13 years; intermedi- ates, 1916 and seniors over IS years have been planned for the water program; with field events including a IS yard dash for kids up to and including 6 years of age. twhat, no baby paradeO There will also be a BEAUTY CONTEST to name the "Scovill Pin Up Girl' Entries must be filed through the Recreation Office, where Fred Wilson is in charge. The carnival will get under way at 1:30 PM. Baseballs five Liberty Ships are still batting 1000 according to Arthur (Red) Patterson, publi- city chief of the National League service bureau. Merchant Marine records disclose that the SS Ab- ner Doubleday, the SS Lou Ger rig; SS Christy Mathewson; SS Edward L. Grant; and the SS John J. McGraw which joinsd the NM fleet in that order have been to Murmansk in the Russian arc- tic, Busreh, on the sweltering Per- sian Gulf. and Noumea in the South Pacific. In two years of war service they have ducked all en- en1y submarines and bombs carry ing materials of war to our men and allies everywhere. The "Abner Doubleday" has been in service since its launching at Portland, Oregon in November, 1e42.
 vvvVVVvvv
 In addition to the Alfone and Crisco brothers playing baseball loc- ally, there is the Aufiero boys, Jo: and Don of Mary Abbott school and the German brothers, John and Jim of the CYO league Then, too there was Joe and the late Roger Connor of Cleveland-G Giants fame in the days when men were men and 8 home run had to be earned for there were no lively balls and SHORT FENCES It. Luddy Burke, in Chicago with his wife has given up setback and handball in favor of the Chicago Cubs, whom he sees at every opportunity, at Wrigley field.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-27
St. Anns 9-8
 C. Y. o. Winners

St. Anns were 9-8 winners of a nip and tuck CYO league baseball game last night, as singles by Al and George Perrault in the seventh inn ing brought in two runs, just enough to win the game by one run from the Blessed Sacraments.
 Another excellent feature of the game that helped the Frenchies win was Pearzio's pitching in the sixth inning, after his teammate pitcher, Fontaine, had loaded the bases and was taken out. PearZio came in and sat down the next three B-S batters on strikes. Score:
 St Ann .... 101 140 2-9 2 3 Blessed Sac. .... 012 104 0-8 6 4
 R. Fontaine, R. Pearizo and G.. Perreault; LaPorta and Fercucci, E.. Gilhooley. Umpire: Ahearn.