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Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-03-28
French Labor Movement
2opidly Recovering

The French labor movement is
not only recovering its strength
capidly but seems to be advancing
beyond the point of it's pre-war
numerical power. The General
Confederation of Labor claims A.
1000 MEMBERS, which is 25 per
cent % than in 1899. This fig
IRE is remarkable on two counts
first, millions of French work
'ers are still in Nazi hands as pris-
oners Of war or as deporteo slave
labor; second, many industries are
still seriously tagging in produc-
ton because of inadequate coal
output and disrupted transporta-
ton.
Another highly significant de-
veloprnent in French labor is the
formation of a farmers organiza-
ton, the General Federation of
Agriculture, with which is affiliat-
ed the Federation of Agricultural
Workers, a branch of the CGT. A
firm worker-farmer alliance, such
as this seems to betoken, would
function as a powerful pillar of
French democracy.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-03-28
UN-AMERlCAN NO. l

The New Hart Committee on IN
American Activities has not had
far to look for a big juicy sample
of Un-Americanism. The first out
fit it has been asked to investigate
is its own predecessor, the Un-
American Dies Committee.
Rep. Frank r. Havenner Cd.
Calif.) has charged the Dies Com
mittee with a false and un-Amer-
lean smear campaign against him
self, and the Hart Committee has
promised to investigate.
Labor unions and thousands of
other patriotic and progressive
Americans, in and out of public
life, were similarly slandered and
smeared in the Dies Committees
long campaign against the New
Deal administration, against labor
and against progressive American
ism generally.
The Dies Committees record
places it at the top of the list of
un-American activities deserving
the new committees attention. -
The Go News.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-03-28
Am Encouraging News" From Rome

The discovery that a "Trade1union Pope" sits in the Vatican is
very encouraging, When that Pope turns out to be Paceli, it is more
SO to the Italian Communists, who announced their discovery o n the
occasion OF Pope PnusSs address before the Christian Workers Assecia-
ton. "Unita', the Communist publication, was profoundly moved by
n liberal sentiments expressed by His Holiness and has probably
greeted his talk on Sunday, March 18, attacking prohteers and reHg-
VI intolerance, with even greater joy, For once Pacelli has decided to
embrace the cause of the Common Man-now that his former Fascist
friends on the way out-none will surpass him in ardor. Undoubt-
edly, each OF his Sunday pronouncements will be more radical than
the asst. Sui II "Un1ta' % easily forgets the record of the present Pope,
"lzvesha" remembers better. On the same day that Rome welcomed
Plus XII into the democratic fold, the Soviet paper mentioned him.
together with other members of the former worldwide Cliveden sci.
as an appeaser who would bear constant watching. We r inclined to
agree With lzveStla rather than with Unita. And we wager that before
many months have passed the very people who III now singing psalms
in praise of the Trade Union Pope" will again identify him for what
lie ls-one of the high chiefs of international reaction. The Nation.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-03-28
WORLD INSECURITY

Sir. William Beveridge, British
Liberal whose plans for full en-
ployment have received wide at
tention, charges hat the Yalta
formula for voting in the proposed
world security organization places
the Big Five above the law which
is to be established for all other
nations.
"The inevitable result of this"
he adds, will be that the small
powers must seek security in an
alliance or dependence on one or
other of the great powers. That,
with spheres of influence, balance
of power, competitive ornaments,
and the rest of the old bag of
tricks, is a short way to a third
World War"
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-03-28

cooperative hospital and clinic,
one of the bcst-equipped small
town sct-ups in the u. S.
A staff of full-time doctors and
specialists was engaged, whose
salaries range from $4,000 to
$4,000, plus a Is per cent bonus,
and who enjoy one months an
nual vacation with pay.
Relieved of financial worry and
bill collecting, the prime motive of
these scientists became that of
keeping the farmers and their
families in the best of health.
Each family pays from $24 to
$27 per year, eliminating doctor
bills, but must pay small daily
charges for hospital care and GER
tain related services. (Similar
plans now established elsewhere
charge higher dues and eliminate
most or all fees, thus completely
protecting families from the disas-
ter of large medical bills at times
when the patient, if a breadwin-
ner, is least able to pay them.)
Elk City is now able to enjoy
the services of a 1ullA staff of spe-
cialists, whereas previously no
urologist, brain man, or orthoped-
ist practiced nearer than 100 miles
away.
Through regular physical exams,
and because the financial barrier
which once kept patients away is
removed, these doctors r able to
detect and prevent ailments in
their early stages. Today less than
10 per cent of appendix cases ar
rive r%uptured; at first, rs per cent
arrived in this condition.
Many a Elk City farmer owns
his farm today because he was not
forced to mortgage it to pay doctor
and hospital bills,-Hugh Reichard
in the United Auto Worker.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-03-28
Why Not Give the People All Sides?

The State Department has launched ar elaborate campaign to
tamilarize the American people with the administrations foreign
policies and more particularly with the proposal to set up a new
League of Nations. 4
Once a week top-notch officials of the department gather around
TIL mike" and read the script prepared by Archibald MacLeish, now
an Assistant Secretary of State, and once head of the Congressional
Library.
These chats ar very interesting. MI. MacLeish knows how TO
make the English language attractive. However, why shouldn't the
American people get all sides of the story?
Mr.. MacLeish and his colleagues champion the doctrines favored
by President Roosevelt That is entirely proper. But there ae out
standing men in public and private life who feel the administrators
policy has serious defects. Perhaps they are wrong!
But wouldn't it be a good thing to give them a chance to present
t1cir views? Then the American people could listen and make up their
minds for themselves. #a s.
If something like this is not done, the people are likely to feet
that Assistant Secretary MacLeish has started another propaganda
bureau and they may tune out when the State Departments program
is announced - Labor. .I ~.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-03-28
JUGOSLAVS OUTLINE
RAW MATERIAL NEEDS

Observation-Disclosures material re-
luirements of liberated Jugoslavia
for the years rehabilitation pro-
gram include $1,000 tons of scrap
iron, 1880 tons OF rags, 4,500 tons
of newsprint, LOO tons of leather,
2,100 tons of rubber, and 1850
tons of glass tho. Belgrade radio
said in a recent broadcast record
ed for the Office of War Infor-
nation by FEC monitors.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-03-28
IN THE WIND
From THE NATION

A reader passes on to us an ar
ticle from the German propaganda
magazine Signal" for January Il,
1914, which has just reached him.
The magazine was found on the
body of a dead German soldier.
The article is a translation of
America, the Land OF Promises, by
Henry j. Taylor, in the September,
i943, issue of the Readers Digest.
Taylor's article consisted of ex-
cerpts from his book '"Men in
Notion The Readers Digest pre-
faced it with this editorial note:
Americas policy of exaggerated
internationalism is as dangerous;
foolhardly, and destructive as mar
row isolationism." Signal prefaced
it thus: In September, 1943, the
Readers Digest published excerpts
from the book Men in Notion
The author, Henry J. Taylor, was
a correspondent in Africa, Palcs-
tine, and Syria for North Amer
lean newspapers; his thoughts are
of interest to us Europeans also.
They show that Signals analysis
of American affairs has .paralleled
that Of clear-thinking Americans
themselves"
An astrologist advertises in the
Carnegie Hall program booklet
that she lis now specializing her
practice in postwar rehabilitation
cases and vocational guidance"
The Chicago Sun reports that
Dewey and American of the Cen
tury," the official campaign bio
graphy published last year al
$3.50, is now on sale in Chicago at
10 cents a copy. The price in New
York is 40 cents.
Application blanks for member
ship in the Gideons International,
the organization that puts Bibles
in hotel rooms, contain this note:
IMPORTANT: The object of the
Gideons is to associate Christian
business men (white) for service,
and to carry to the world the Cos
pei of the Lord Jesus Christ" In
answer to an inquiry N. F. Dewar,
secretary, wrote, 1--WE do not ac-
cept into u association any but
those of the white race"
Festung Europa: A new weapon
in the Norwegian's war of nerves
against the Nazis is the telephone
bomb" A stranger phones to a fac
fury, business office, or public
building and warns that the place
is about to be blown up. There
have been so many explosions that
such warnings cannot be taken
lightly. The disruptive effect is
considerable. The extreme youth
of the new Nazi recruits in Den
mark has given rise to this joke:
They say Hitler has asked for a
48-hour armistice.' Why" "Oh,
Iney say ne mas TWO DIVISIONS that
are going to be confirmed on Sun
day.. : Lieutenant General Kurt
Ditmar, Nazi military commenta-
tor, explained the situation thus in
a recent lecture in Bradshaw: I'VE
have taken our European task so
seriously as to hold on to areas
more than once solely out of re-
gard for this or that ally or neu-
trail state in order not to endanger
them. Our European conscience
was so strong that for the sake Of
our allies we undertook enter
prises which were often beyond
our strength"
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-03-28

Don't say you haven't been
warned.
We Socialists have told you so.
This column has said it time and
again until the editor became tired
of reading his own words. But
here it is again:
Either the American people are
going to socialize the economic
processes upon which their very
existence depends, or they will
themselves be socializcd in the
service of a master class.
Certainly the people to whom.
this column always is addressed
failed to understand. If they had
they'd not have continued to.
choose between two evils, hoping
that they had guessed right in the
selection Of the lesser one.
If they'd have understood
The unemployed would not have
been grateful when, locked out of
industry, they were made wards of
a government which worked them
and gave them meager doles rather
than release the flood of album
dance which war has shown to be
possible.
The stepchildren of a paternal-
iStic administration would have
been insulted rather than pacified
when they were offered food
stamps which means that they
might eat what private business
could not easily sell.
Workers would have seen the
barbed hook in the freedom to
organize unions which a Labor
Board now dominates.
Wage freezing, job freezing and
rationing would have been recog-
nized as the devices whereby the
class and profit society could be
maintained-whereby a few could
continue to dictate to and exploit
the many - by fitting the many
into a straightjacket of govern
ment control.
Perhaps the very bigness of the
thing that was being done to this
generation of Americans made
understanding impossible-just as
according to one Adolph Hitler
the bigness of a lie blinds people
to the truth.
But now the controls are being
extended to little things, and one
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-03-28
Nice, Clean Daily Papers

Because they refuse to accept the advertising of an industry that
is legal and bona fide, the beverage industry, and we do not Coca
Cola, Minneapolis, daily newspapers preen themselves on their purity
and virtue.
No, they do not accept liquor advertising, but regale their readers
with accounts of pethng parties where a professor and his enamorata
III the pursuance of science, we presume, felt clothes a hindrance to
education. Now and again these household sweeteners and purifiers
recount the sexual activities of dogs.
Sure they are nice, clean daily papers. They print just about all the
news that isn't fit TO print-Mnneapo1is Labor Review.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-03-28
SEEKS STRONG LAWS
PROTECTING 'KIDDlES'

To protect children under 16 and
prevent them from competing with
adults for jobs, the National Child
Labor Committee has sent out an
appeal for the enactment now of
effective state regulations. Pro-
posals dealing with the matter are
before Is state legislatures, the
committee revealed.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-03-28
Old Rome and the Old Deal

In Old Rome the financiers of those days used to put on a free
circus for the people, but while the folks were at the circus the indus
try OF loohng their homes prospered. Wonder if the author of Rise
And al O The Roman Empire" were he among those present, would
recognize any similarity between that free circus of Old Rome and the
present free Radio programs of the Minnesota Resources Commission
which proposes the legislature pass a sales tax.
which said sales tax recalls the saying of the vtrioIic Voltaire,
The State is a device for transferring money from SET IF pockets
TO another-Mnneapois Labor Review.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-03-28

The Health Department of
Washington, D. c., proudly an
nounces that the Capitals general
death rate has dropped 30 per cent
during the last 10 years.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-03-28

may hope that the people will see
how their lives are being pattern
ed by edicts from above.
Now people - free" American
pcople!-are being fashioned to a
midnight curfew. That fits people
with the pattern of exploitation.
Now people arc told how they
MUST buy poultry-With the CUTS
and feet and head fouling the car
cass. That is "A small part of the
process of RECOMMENDATION and con-
troll Of people IL. another step in
the road to the Specialization of
humans along with factories and
dwelling houses and night clubs
and dressed poultry
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-03-28
AND NOW. WHAT?

Should Socialists weep because
Specialization is on the march? No,
for Socialists know that the curse
of evolution can not be delayed by
the wishes of mankind nor yet by
concepts of freedom that clash
with the n in which human
ity produces and distribute S
wealth.
Our tears and our regrets are
not that a new order is in the
making, but that it is dominated
and given character by e~xploiters
instead of by workers.
The task for Socialists is not to
save the old, but to show mankind
how the new Ear be endowed with
the spirit of freedom and democ-
racy.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-03-28
Why Always Choosing Between Two Evils?
Eliminate Both For Your Own Good

BY RAYMOND HOFsEs, Editor, Reading Labor Advocate
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-03-28

But now the controls are being
extended to little things, and one
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-02-22
Strauss Gantz
Continued on Page One

to work on q percentage deal too
but previous group of board
members insisted that the setup be
change and Kenning was told
that he could either work for
$500 a year FULL TIME or quit.
He accepted and stayed on the job
until he retired. DR.. Harris is a
former associate of DR.. Kenning and
Harris took over when Kenning left.
Whether Harris was supposed to
work full time or part time is OBJ
scure but the records show
that he wound up working part time
-. and last year the city paid him
$1,000 for the year 1914 on a
salary basis and no percentage deal.
At the beginning Of the new year
Harris salary arrangement was
changed by the hospital board. The
present board has agreed to this
gouging Of public funds after
previous board members and the
hospital superintendent won a battle
that corrected this method OF hir-
ing.
II Charles Findlsy objects to
this pork-barrel way OF running a
hospital why has the board agreed
TO give away such a huge lump of
the taxpayers money when 9TH
er hospitals get the identical same
services for a fraction of the cost2
Who is responsible for this miss
use of public funds7
Why is 40 per cent of the revenue
In our city hospital x-dsy depart
ment paid for services that are
purchased by other hospitals for
much less?
There may be a plausible reason
for this.
We can't think Of any.
We do believe the taxpayers Of
Wyandotte are entitled to an eX-
PLANTATION.
We aren't pointing a finger.
We only want to know why.
And as an explanation we DON'T
want to hear that there's a war
going on and x-ray technicians are
hard to get. There's a shortage Of
plumbers a shortage Of cleo
tricians ;. shortage of butchers
and a shortage Of newspapermen
and none Of these men are
wallowing in the gravy boat as a
result of the war
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-02-22
ROBERT KORTAS

Robert Kortas, Son of Patrolman
and Mrs. Joseph Kortas, Gle Syca-
more street, died February Is at
William H. Maybury sanitarium. He
was 10 years old.
He was born in Wyandotte, March
7, 1923.
Funeral services we're held at
$50 a. m. today from the Czopek
funeral home and at 9 a. m. at Our
Lady Of Mount Carmel church. Bur-
ial was in Mount Carmel cemetery.
Besides his parents, he is sur
vived by two brothers, Eugene and
Gerald, and a sister, Christine.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-02-22
CHARLES PFIEFFER

Charles Pfieffer, SO, of 800 Hud-
son street, died on February IA at
the Seymour Hospital from an i'll
ness that he had for some time. He
was born in Marion. Ohio and had
lived in the down river area for
the past % years
He was employed as a Waterman
by the Greyhound Bus garage IN
Wyandotte.
He is survived by his son Charles.
two daughters, Mrs. Virginia Gia-
coelli Of !Yyandotte and Mrs. veIma
Cicotte in River Rouge. Also two
brothers William CT Wyando..e ard
Fred OF Sylvania, Ohio.
The funeral was Saturday from
NiXons funeral home with the RcY-
erend Firnschild officiating e. 2
p. N. Burial will be at FernGale
cemetery.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-02-22
DOROTHY MARIE BALLARD

Dying very suddenly on February
IA was Dorothy Marie Ballard. nine
year old daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Basil Ballard of 2O2 Clark street,
She was in the Herman Kiefer hos
pital and died after a three day
illness.
She is survived by her mother
md father. Mr.. and Mrs. Basil Bal
ard, two sisters Thelma Jean and
Alice and one brother, Basil. Jr.
The funeral was from Nixons
funeral home on Saturday at 1890
in the morning. Burial will be At
Ferndale cemetery. Miss Ballard
was a student at the j. B. Ford
school.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-02-22
Obituary

George Leo O'Coaror. 81, OF i25
North Drive. died ST the Veterans
Hospital. ir Dearborn. Saturday He
was born III Detroit and hGs lived
IN the Detroit area for the pas. year.
He wa employed at Ternstedt Mfg.
Co. as a receiving clerk.
Mr.. O'Connor is survived BY luis
wife Dorothy, one son Robert in the
U. S. army, one daughter Mary Lob.
He also leaves one sister, Mrs. Es-
tella Martin of Detroit.
The funeral will be on Wednesday
at 2 p. m. from Nixon's funeral
home with the Reverend w. E. Will
cox officiating. Burial will be at
Woodmere cemetery.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-02-22
BIRTHDAY WEEK

Plans for observing Girl Scout
Birthday week, March 1917, are
being completed. This is in men,
DRY Of Juliette Low, who started the
Girl Scouts in 1912. At this time
money which has been collected for
the Juliette Low fund, will be
turned in.
Girl Scout troops and friends Of
Girl Scouting all over the United
States contribute to this fund every
year. The fund is used in the way
that seems best for bringing about
better understanding among young
people of the different countries.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-02-22
SITUATION WANTED

WILL Do your laundry. Quick serv-
Ice. 1856 West jefferson or phone
trenton 1927. (57B)
WASHING and Ironings done. Call
4587-W. (35l8B)
CURTAINS Hundred. 1892 Elm ST.,
west basement entrance. Phone
1881. (3553B)
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-02-22
INTERNATIONAL RALLY

Plans for attending the Inte.ns-
tional Rally TO be held at Cass Tech.
in Detroit, on Feb. "a, 10 =. N.
have been completed. A special bus
will stop at B!ddle and Oak az 100
A. m. making another stop few
minutes later at En:mons and Bid
die. for local scouts and their lead
ers.
A Skit in paEtomine Is 20 be CIV
Ell by representatives OF various
down river troops under the direc-
ton OF Mrs. Richard HoffheinS.
Scouts from Lincoln Park viii give
book review using Girl Scout as
characters. These scouts will DE n
the costume OF the country they
represent.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-02-22
TROOP NO. Ia

TROOP NO. 147
It's not all work for girl scouts,
for Monday, Feb. l9 a very pleas
ant surprise was shared by Miss
Nepadol'S scout troop which meets
at the Washington school. A for
mer member of the troop. Emily
Walton, sent her friends in troop
No. AIT two grand boxes Of candy
all the way from Massachusetts!
Enily's new address is 43l Prospect
street, Norwood, Mass.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-02-22
FOR SALE-USED FURNITURE

TWO PIECE living room suite; five
piece breakfast set; rug and pad;
three piece bedroom suite and mis-
cellaneous. 81 North Drive. (3555B)
GAS RANGE; oak dining room
suite, and 9x12 rug. 1718 Ash.
DRESSER and chest of drawers.
Phone 2458-R. (3546B)
DRESSER, chest of drawers, twin
beds, sheets and miscellaneous.
BIOS 21st street. Phone 2903-J.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-02-22
Proposals Wanted
for
Test Borings

Sealed proposals will be re
ceived by the undersigned until
four "a o'clock Pm. Eastern War
Time, Monday, February 90. 1915,
for furnishing the City Of Wyan-
dotte, Municipal Service Depart
ment, the following service:
Test borings in the Detroit
River as directed by the
Superintendent ST the Mu-
nicipal Service Department.
Proposals shall be delivered to
the Purchasing Agent in the City
Hall of the City of Wyandotte
and shall be entitled PROPOSAL
FOR TEST BORINGS. Said bids
will be opened and read at the
regular meeting of the Municipal
Service Commission at the office
of the Commission, 2555 Van Ais
tyne Boulevard. Wyandotte.
Michigan, on Monday, February
26, 1945, at eight 90 o'clock Pm.
Eastern War Time.
The City reserves the right to
waive defects in bids or to accept
any bid or reject any or all bids,
should it be deemed for the best
interest Of the city.
wILFRED KANE
Purchasing Agent
(35795-2-22-45)
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-09

NO MoUTH-sPTeHIHo /, needed when you this
improved toothbrush with its dngie-bent small head
You can get after every nook and Granny" in your
mouth with surprising The result Is that you
don't skimp the highly important job of cleaning your
teeth And the whole secret Is in the unique design of
the Squbb Angle Toothbrush-a design developed by
a practicing dentist after long study. Your choice OF
hard or medium bristles.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-09
The EXCLUSIVE SHAVING ADVANTAGES MEN COULDN'T FORGETl

SOLID GUIDE BAR has a sure.
grip surface that stretch
eS and flattens the skin
just ahead of the blade.
Makes whiskers pop up
for closer, more COM
Portable shave. Corner
guards protect against
nicking and scraping.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-09
DOUBLE. THICK BLADES

D0UBLe.THlcK BLADES . .
twice as thick as ordi.
nary blades, 3 times as
thick as paper-thin ones.
Take and hold a really
keen edge. Oil-packed 10
special cartridge, their
cutting edges are sus-
pended IN space.