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Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-05-02
CRAB

Efforts of the powerful power interests to force rural electrified
ton into their hands must be blocked at all costs.
The Edison Electric Institute, front organization for the private
power trust, suddenly wants control of all rural electrifcahon for the
power interests-and seeks to destroy the Rural Identification Adj
ministration, which has done sc much to bring electricity to all farms
in the nation.
REA was created in 1885. In less than ten years of its efforts, cleo
triication of farms rose from 100000 to more than 25500O0. This
means that 100000 farms which had been in the dark days of the
past were brought into the electric fold.
For the ten years before that, the power trust, which now seeks
to gain control of REA, managed to get electricity to less than $4,000
farms, and in most cases, these farms were electrified at tremendous
cost to the farmer who wanted to connect on to existing power lines.
The coal industry is vitality interested in this field of broadening
Use of power, and its principal hope for a greater expansion of the use
Of electric current lies in the REA and not in the hands of private
interests.
More coal means more work and more wages and private utility in
terests must not be permitted to interfere with this great growth Of
freedom for the American farmer-The Progressive Miner.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-05-02

concert to secure the peace.
Watch for the gradual resolu-
ton OF compromise on the main
specific issues which will have to
be settled during the course of the
conference. They are: (a) Voting
whether, as now provided, one
of the big Five should have the
power to prevent the security
council from taking jurisdiction
and recommending a peaceful
solution to a dispute; (b) whether
regional agencies, such as the Pan
American Union, car act ahead of
the security council to resolve dis
putes and repress aggression; (c)
review-whether the council shall
be equipped with specific author
ity to review and propose changes
in the settlements growing out of
the present war; I'D trusteeships
whether the council shall be
given some mandate over certain
territory taken from Germany and
Japan to see that it is used in the
common defense; (e) intermediate
powers - whether such countries
as Canada, Australia, Brazil, the
Netherlands and Sweden shall be
given a larger voice in the deci-
sions of the security council.
Last Headline to Be the Best
Weigh the settlement of all spe-
cific issues in the scale of the larg-
est objective of the conference.
One test by which to judge results
is that the organization must have
some means to revise bad inter
national law, to promote peaceful
change.
Measure the end achievement of
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-05-02
PUT A PADDOCK
ON YOUR POcKETBOOK

Look out, Mr.. Worker! The
"high-pressure boys" ade out to
separate you from the few dollars
you may have put away during
these strenuous war days. A big
New York advertising ICE has
originated "a new concept of adj
v~etising." It's called "Jobvertis-
ing" Never heard of that before.
did you?
Well, these advertising men ex-
pect to make a lot of money out
Of it.
They are telling their respective
clients that 1.-The bulk of Americas
war dollars saved-up billions of
them-are in the hands Of the
wage-earners," and they are pre-
pared to make "Jobvertising'' so
convincing, 80 build
ing" that you cannot resist your
desire to buy it.
They boast: 4We have filled his
the worker's)s head with ideas.
changed his opinion on important
questions. One reason-We never
forget that he, and millions like
him, still eat in the kitchen"
Forewarned is forearmed. Don't
permit these advertising artists to
separate you from your hard-earn-
ed dollars. They will go after you
through the newspapers and ma
gaines and over the radio. Prices
will be boosted to pay the fees of
the discoveries of ''.Jobvertising."
Just stuff cotton in your ears and
go on smoking your pipe. If you
don't you may not be able to eat
even in the kitchen.-Labor.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-05-02

the conference against the size of
the task, not against a Utopian
world.
Realize that San Francisco is not
the end; it is the beginning of the
pattern Of world cooperation.
Never forget the fact that political
cooperation is an empty house UNI
less it is equipped with economic,
financial, commercial, intellectual
cooperation.
Remember that this is not some
body else's peace which San Fran
cisco is working toward, that it is
your peace and mine - and the
members Of the American delega-
ton and your representatives in
Congress are prepared to give
heed to your desires.
For myself, l believe that the
last headlines will be the best.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-05-02
OUR FASCIST FRIENDS

Some of our best friends are
fascicts. Take Franco. We always
knew his heart was in the right
place. Now that he has broken
with Japan, refused entry to Ger
man planes, invited Spanish Rep
ublicans to return (none have ac-
cepted), and lifted the censorship
on outgoing news, what more can
liberals ask? They can and do ask
a general amnesty for all political
prisoners, a lifting of the internal
censorship, the arrest of Nazi war
criminals, the restoration of civil
and political liberties, and the
holding of free elections guarant-
eed by the presence of foreign OBJ
servers. They demand that the
State Deprt. break with Franco,
whose shaky regime it now sup
ports. Of course, the fact that
Franco is a very Catholic fascist
makes this a bit difficult. He and
his buddy across the border, Sala-
Ear, are two of the most God-fear-
ing fascists with whom we main
tain friendly relations. Together
with their fellow-dictators in Bra
iii and Argentina they form a
Catholic fascist bloc in Europe and
in America which hopes to CONT
nue. its activities within the frame
work of the world security organ
ization. 1t is not inconceivable that
they may yet be given the oppor-
tunlty to do So-With State De
partment help. Severance Of rela-
tons with Spain would be a NOR
tai blow to the Fascist Four. This
step would also permit the Span
ish people to achieve their own
liberation. Can it be that we still
fear a republic in Spain more than
we fear fascism? The State De-
partment misrepresents the Amer
lean people if it answers yes. -
The Nation.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-05-02
ODDS AMI ENDS

Every man should have a Vic
tory garden, even if he has to help
his wife dig 1.-THE Dorchester
(Wis.) Clarion.
I'VE. are for the proposed inter
national bank, but we don't like
the currency fund" So says the
Finance Committee of the u. S.
Chamber of Commerce. In other
words, the committee me-toos the
report of the American Bankers
Association. Maybe it's just a coin
cidence that Chairman Hanes of
the Finance Committee is a former
president of the A. B. A.-The ST.
Louis Post-D Dispatch.
1t is useless for the sheep to pass
resolutions in favor of vegetarian
ism, while the wolf remains of a
different opinion.-Dean Inge.
No one knows what we can do
till he tries.-Publilius Syrus.
Several dozen more high-rank-
ing German officers are liquidated
by the Gestapo. Give Himmler
time and the Allies won't have any
war-criminal problem at all to deal
with aside from the pleasant
task, to be sure, of liuuidating
Himmler.-The New York Times
Magazine.
The Volkssturmer's family was
seeing him off to the wars.
Have you got everything, Papa
your rifle, your bullets, your
cane, your white flag?" The
Omaha World Herald.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-05-02
HOLD ON TO EN-!

No n Of us would hand a sol
der a bullet he needed and then
take it away from him. We do not
send planes and tanks overseas,
then ship them back before they
can go into battle. Yet, every time
any II of us buys a War Bond
and cashes it in, we are stepping
back from victory as surely as if
we took bullets away from soldiers
and recalled planes and tanks.
So let us hold onto our War
Bonds, come what may. If you cash
in even one bond, you r cheating
not only yourself-since, of course,
you lose money by this-but you
r cheating every man in our
fighting forces. And we cannot and
must not cheat those men of vic
tory.-The Brewery Worker.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-05-02
VETERANS AND UNIONS

Governmental agencies OF all
kinds r going to everything pos
sible to make the life of the re-
turning service man one of full
ness and Of employment. This is
as it should be and no man in his
right senses will object to this pro-
posal.
aBut service men who have SO
far returned from battle and have
been retired from actiyr service
r among the first to object
~'strenuously to any attempt at cod
ding the men, although they feel
entitled to all rights and privileges
which they have earned by their
service.
This, too, is as it should be. No
service man wants to be babied,
but he does want the right to
stand side by side with his brother
toilers and to earn an honest
living.
To union men in all spheres of
action, this presents a real chal-
lenge, in fact, two challenges: The
first is to see that the returning
service men gets that to which he
is entitled, and secondly, to see
that he gets his rights and priv
ileges through the union in which
he should hold membership.
Returning service men, by and
Large, recognize that the cheap lies
which have been spread against
labor unions while he was in serv-
ice were cheap lies. He recognizes
the stability of unionism, and he
will become a union man if pro-
perly approached with the educa-
ton necessary to show him.
Unionism provides the strength
to help him to fight his future
peace time battles, and this coali-
ton between the returning service
man and unionism would work
well for both. Get the returning
service man into your union, and
you'll find him helpful and a
strong associate.-The Progressive
Miner.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-05-02
IN THE WIND
From TIE NATION

Governor Chauncey Sparks of
Alabama is expected to ask the
state legislature, which conveneS
May /, to repeal the poll tax. The
South Carolina Senate has passed
a resolution authorizing a referen-
dum on repeal next year, and po-
litical observers on the scene think
e House will pass, it oon Mean
while, T. Grady Head, Attorney
General of Georgia, has minimized
the effect of repeal in his state by
ruling that all past-due poll taxes
must be paid before the right to
vote is granted. In fairness to Gov
ernor Arnall, who fought for re-
peal, it should be pointed out that
Mr.. Head wa elected, not APP
pointed.
H.. r. 1923, the C, !, assault
BILL" which would provide for
federal prosecution of any person
%assaulting or killing q member of
the armed forces, is languishing in
the House Judiciary Committee. 1t
was introduced January Is.
The good gray columnist: Radio
Station WNYC, New York, pre-
sented a half-hour reading from
Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass
by Eugene O'Neill, Jr., on April
IA. The New York Post listed the
program as Reading of Walter
| Lippmann's Leaves and Grass. F"
The weekly market letter of
Paine, Weber, Jackson and Cur
tbs, stockholders, for April Z con
tanned this optimistic note: IF ia,
pan should r%epudiate her con
quests and meet Allied surrender
terms sooner than our military be-
lieves, and mayhap this year, the
American economy and its mar
kets are then supposed to sustain
a severe shock. Granting the ia
panese are treacherous, and might
suddenly throw in the sponge, we
find it difficult to become depress-
ed contemplating such a prospect
The Kelley Kar Company of Los
Angeles is currently advertising
that it will include four cartons OIL
cigarettes in the price of any usec
a it buys.
Charles NJ. Burgess, an indus
trialist of Aurora, Illinois, put
forth this plan for keeping the
peace at a recent meeting of the
Elgin Kiwanis Club: Literally
and completely annihilate the ia
panese nation. Then turn Japan
over to the Chinese. If the Japan
csc nation is not annihilated, the
next really big war will be Russia
and Japan together against the
white race" He said he was a re-
alist.
In the weekly chess problem
published by the French newspa-
per Les Lettres Franchises, the
bishops are represented by little
figures wearing the cap and bells
of a court lester.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-05-02
CRIME PAYS!

HARTFORD, Conn. Further
proof that the maxim, "Crime
doesn't pay" does not apply to
black market operators:
William H. Warren, president OF
a liquor rectifying wholesale com-
pany, cleaned up nearly a million
dollars by adulterating LIQUOR and
selling it above ceiling prices.
Indicted for conspiring to vio-
late O.. P. A. regulations, Warren
virtually pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to a year in Jail ana
fined $4,000. Two-fellow conspir-
ators escaped with lighter penal
ties.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-05-02
Rosco Drummond:
How ShoN | Weigh
The Conference News?

This is q condensation of an article
IN the Christian Science Monitor
Here is a guide to understand
ing the spate of headlines which
are DOR to start to appear over
dispatches, many of which will be-
gin something like this: San
Francisco.-lhe United Nations
conference was deadlocked today
over whether it should 49,. ETC."
Keep your eye open for the last
headline rather than fixed on the
first. There will, of course be
disagreements, diSsents and con-
conflicts. 1t takes only one nation
to make war; it takes many to
make peace. Honest disagreement
is the anvil on which honest agree
ment is forged.
Remember that San Francisco
is not the peace conference: it is
the .peace-machinery conference.
This is not a conference to liqui-
date the last war; it is a confer,
ence to get ready to prevent an
other war.
Bear in mind that San Francisco
will III no way deal with the
authority of the American dele
gate on the security council. This
matter will be determined by Con-
gress, probably by an act passed by
the House and Senate.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-05-02
Rule of Thumb

Wicklow can we estimate our
cost of living?
Husband - That's simple; take
our income and add 80 per cent.
After long experience in the
world, / affirm, before God, that
l never knew a rogue who was
not unhappy.-Junius.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-05-02
Watch for Agreements on
Specific Issues

Center attention on the essen
tial purpose of the conference. It's
essential purpose is to transform.
the present Allied coalition which
is winning the war into a perma-
nent coalition which would act in
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-05-02

Every man should have a Vic
tory garden, even if he has to help
his wife dig 1.-THE Dorchester
(Wis.) Clarion.
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-15
THE BRIGHTER SIDE

LIE CAME swinging into
- Lindy's between crutches
just as I finished reading a re-
capitulation by sportswriter Ar
thur Daley, an exceptionally
sound man, of an old piece of
baseball skullduggery known as
the Black Sox scandal
Daley HaFpeled in his column
that, although it brought the
late Judge Lands TO power,
nothing much was said of it
when the old judge died recently
and. in a sketchy revival Of
the tale. he commented
"No one seems TO know eX-
actly whether or not Arnold
Rothstein made 100000 from
the series or was just an inno-
cent bystander."
/ was going TO pass the paper
10 the dapper figure just shak-
ing himself clear Of his sticks
and easing himself into the seat
opposite me. Then I thought
better of il. This man, Abe
Attell, former featherweight
champion of the world and one
Of our all-time fistic greats,
once told me the whole story
of the Black Sox business in
detail. including his own part in
il, and why stir up what might
be a painful memory to him?
Anyway. / had a more i'm
pOrtant bone TO pick with him
which was his letter to sports
editor Dan Parker that there
are only five major punches in
boxing, omitting mention of the
left hook and the left hand up
percut. I said even advancing
years was no excuse for such
forgetfulneSs.
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-15
WASHINGTON Scene
By George Dixon

nected with the Dow Chemical
Co. in which he holds the i'm
pressive title OF assistant 10 the
president.
HIS invitatIon--and I hope he
H has had the forethought 10
send a copy 10 the French
Academy-came in this letter:
Dear George: As a result Of
the outstanding reputation you
have established in the field OF
science, I have been authorized
to write you concerning one of
the greatest discoveries In the
Age-old battle between man
and nature.
AS you undoubtedly know,
the common hurricane has been
the cause OF untold destruction.
For centuries man has dreamed
OF finding a way 10 prevent the
greatest of all natures scourges.
well. am happy to dis
close We have at last found q
solution!
AS you know, hurricanes are
the result OF cyclones which
start somewhere. At the mo-
ment we are not exactly sure
where this somewhere IL but
we are pretty sure that cyclones
start somewhere.
They start very slowly and
build themselves up into tower
Ing cones Of revolving water.
The normal thing TO do when
this happens Is to 20 as rapidly
as possible In the other direction
but we have figured out that all
we need 10 do Is to countersct
the cooling action Of the water
picked up at the center by sail
ing q few thousand barrels Of oil
into the center OF the storm
whore II II spread on the water
and ignited.
Then, according TO our for
mula, the cyclone simply col
lapses and q hurricane II pre-
vented.
"The only difficulty is that we
have not had an opportunity to
actually see II the idea works.
Consequently we have been
wondering whether you would
be willing to volunteer 90 steer
a suitable barge filled with oil
into the next cyclone we hear
about"
THE little woman, who always
Il has my welfare closest 10 her
heart, said:
Its q glorious opportunity.
And you are right about IL land
Ing you with the immortals. IL
will-fastw
l have been thinking IL over
from all angles and can see only
one possible drawback. / get
seasicki
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-15
1" -. And what's YOUR favorite sport, Susie?"
One Word Led to Another
BY Linda and
Jerry Walter
By Arthur Bugs" Baer

Let's have the decomposte picture of who has
off of his most nutritious habits for two
weeks
He has expression on his face like nature was
doctoring the books He has builtin crouch and dis
position like farmer scaldng hog
He is only two weeks along the remorseful detours
and his good intentions cracking like cellophane He
has along for two weeks under his power.
From now on they will have to carry him.
A resolution is what makes your bad hibits SO
good
l have pipe that smokes like cured sturgeon.
Every year give it up for two weeks Then my good
intentions go overheard like scared frogs
Every must have some bad habits to give up
when the doctor tells him to- That's the only reason
smoke and drink.
If didn't have those two things to give up when
get sick how would ever get better?
Monday l will be chinning the old heater again
Reformation is okay until it violates the Bill of Rights
and puts a mans disposition in jeopardy
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-15
THESE nAVS By George E.
m AAA1SnI 11A ~ y SokolskY

THE American Legion and
l. other organizations devoted
TO the ex-soldlier ought to
assume the responsibility of
making certain that the re-
turned soldier gets not only a
job but the Job he left, II he
still wants 1t and is physically
fit for il.
Phil Murray said The CIO
contends that every person once
in uniform has a call on a job"
Fine! Yet seniority does
arise and when cutbacks created
a false optimism, the Com
munist and the Negro press
started an agitation for some
kind of a quota system for lay
ing off Negroes and whites
which bore all the earInarks of
an attempt to freeze out the
veteran. Mr.. Murray also said:
1T is apparent therefore
that an economic situation must
prevail during and following re-
conversion in which there are
more jobs than there are people
to fill them"
WELL, suppose there are not
w more jobs.
The President has a figure OF
$4,000, 900 jobs.
He has never disclosed the
arithmetic by which he calcu-
lated this figure.
II would be interesting TO
know whether the Presidents
100000 jobs Is a figure or a
mere ejaculation.
II he can produce 100000
jobs, nobody will be out of work.
Apparently the AFL, the CIO
and the Veterans OF Foreign
Wars have a program that
would provide the veteran with
cumulative seniority for every
month he has been at war.
But there are many differ
ences Of opinion as TO how this
accrued seniority for the veteran
is actually applied-and will he
have TO join a union to get a Job
whether he wants to or not?
The general attitude is ex-
pressed by Phil Murray when he
says:
"Thls agreement does not pro-
pose that returning veteran
has accrued seniority I'm any
plant or factory before he II on
the pay roll Of that plant or
factory. This could not be true.
Just as q man cannot write
checks on q bank until he has
an account therein"
IN A WORD, accrued seniority
Il is eaningless. a mere
promise until a veteran actually
gets a job. But II those who did
don't 90 to war hold the jobs and
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-15
BETTER HEALTH
BY DR.. Logan Clendening-

all younger people who have a
chronic sinus or nasal catarrh
10 get il fixed as thoroughly as
possible.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
NJ A. C.:-Do we have taste
buds '? II so what are they?
What is their purpose, can they
be destroyed, are they an abso-
lutte necessity?
Answer: Certainly we have
taste buds. They are nerve
endings on the tongue and con-
tribute as much 10 the Joy and
happiness of life as anything.
Why in the world would any
body want 20 destroy them? II
Is like saying Can / destroy
my eyesight or my hearing ?"
II, M.-What causes the SEN
sation OF being Seasick and
wanting 10 throw up when
reading on n moving vehicle,
such as a car or bus
Answer-Jiggling and move
ment OF the fluid in the semi
circular canals Of the ear. Some
people are very sensitive 10
this.
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-15
Il. ". DURLING

Though fate decrssd that Ws
must part,
We keep each other IN our heart.
True lope hath Oinos and cav as
soon,
Survey the world. as sun or
moon;
And sveryVhere our triumphs
keep
Over absence, which makes
others weep.
Brooks.
How much longer will the
IL taxicabs last?
Most of them are beginning 10
fall apart now. But they are
still operated "a hours a day.
One taxi skipper expressed the
opinion that in one year there
won't be a serviceable taxicab
in New York City.
A New Jersey war plant Is Of
fering $40 a week for unskilled
women workers. Just before the
war in 1899 highly experienced
secretaries were being paid SIS
a week and less.
The cashier In n coffee shop
Is usually a waitress whose legs
have gone back on her." writes
a Los Angeles subscriber. Being
a waitress 1 know"
"The women have you com
pletely intimidated," writes a
New Yorker.
"You consistently cater 10
them.
"Why dwell exclusively on the
manpower shortage I'm war
plants?
How about the womanpower
shortage?
Hundreds OF strong, healthy
young women are now chorus
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-15
WALTER WINCHELL DG On

have upped the fee another
nickel.
Howcum soldiers stationed
near Reading. Pa, can't get Gig
gies, but Nazi prisoners Of war
can?
A ID Saboteur Amateurs:
"A Happened about a year ago
in a tiny Canadian town.
A stranger checked into a viii
lage hotel. He went right TO his
room, where he bathed and
shaved. He was affable with
the people in the lobby. o.
The owner wondered about
him. why would he come to
my place when bigger and bet
ter hotels are not very far
away?"
While the guest was dining,
the owner went TO his room
where he inspected the mans
luggage and few clothes, etc.
He was just about to leave,
convinced that the stranger was
all right, when he paused TO look
into the wastebasket.
From it he picked up a box Of
matches.
The cover OF which was a
photo of a hotel in Brussels,
Belgium!
The owner phoned the law.
The official squelch of the Ca
madam Govt was: "Congenital
inadequacy for the mission, plus
lack Of proper indoctrination by
his superiors."
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