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Detroit evening times., 1945-04-17
Truck Strike
Set Tonight
Agencies Seek to Avert
Walkout Of 10000

The War Labor Board joined
4 h federal and state labor agen-
- today in an effort TO block a
threatened strike of 10000 truck
drivers that would halt war pro-
nuction in three states.
The strike has been set for to-
plight.
Representatives of 191 Detroit
tnd outstate trucking companies
were to meet here late today 10
decide if they will accede to the
demands OF the Teamsters' Union,
AFL.
The un ion has threatened TO
stop all over the road and inter
city trucking in Michigan at mid
night unless the 19l companies
recognize the Teamsters Union as
the bargaining agency for office
workers employed by the truck
lines. The strike would also
hamper b transportation of war
materiel in two other states, gov
ernment agents said.
INDIVIDUAL DEALS
James Hoffa. business agent for
The union made the following de-
mands which, he says, must be
met.
AL of the truck lines must
recognize the Transfers Union
hs the office workers bargaining
sgency.
2-The union must be given the
right 10 bargain with each com
pany individually and not with
The trucking companies collec-
lively.
3-The union must be recog-
nized without the formaity Of an
election as IL is already the bar
gaining agency for the truck
drivers.
Hhe strike was scheduled orig
hy III iids ehoy fttEiIis UIl W o.
postponed al the request OF John
Boeschenstein. assistant disputes
director for the WLB. who is now
working with state and federal
labor conciliators on the case.
81 IN DETROIT
V. J. Schaeffner, ex-FBI agent.
now labor relations director for
the Over the Road Trucking As
sociation, and r. A. Ronowski.
labor relations representative Tor
the Greater Detroit Carriage As
sociation, are arranging the COM
pany meetings.
They viii report the result Of
todays conference TO the WLB
and labor agencies late this eve
ming. OF the l9 companies in
volved, "a are in Detroit. Hona
has pending before the WLB. five
charges of unfair labor practice
because OF discharge of employees.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-17

Dance rings around your hated
rivals at your next party. Learn
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rays. SIX hours with one Of his
charming experts will give you
the Rumbs or any new dance.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-17
Times Photo

Patrolman George Perkins phonng from the call box
Temple and Grand River of the shooting.
Shot in gun duel with two policemen after he had
attempted to rob cab driver George Zimmerman Jr of 925
Plum in critical condition in Receiving Hospital today
Zimmermans roommate. William McNerney, 81. held
for questioning Police said Zimmerman to Detroit from
Cincinnati where he is said to have police record April r.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-04-17

going to feel like a million do
lars tomorrow" or "This medi-
cine will put you on your feet
before you know it," Even a
child quickly sees through such
meaningless phrases.
Personally, ! should like 20
Danish forever from the sick
room the trite generality "How
are you feeling now?" 1t is my
belief that an observing nurse
should be able to judge with a
fair degree of accuracy how a
patient feels without askin 6
meaningless questions.
Another point of sickroom ETH
quette is to avoid whispering in
the presence Of the patient.
Speak in a quiet tone of voice,
but clearly and distinctly. He
can understand you with less
strain than when you whisper. II
you wish to say something that
he should not know about, 60
out of the room and entirely out
of his range of hearing. The pa
tient Is likely to be alarmed and
suspicious if he hears you whis-
pering, and will fear that he is
being deceived about his con-
dition.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-04-17
'HiqhIiqhts From The Latest Books

Sumner Welles, in his intro
duction to "An Intelligent Amer
leans Guide to the Peace" (Dry-
den Press: $3.75), says:
1.-THE surest way to kill un-
founded prejudice and suspicion
between two peoples is through,
knowledge on the part of each
concerning the other" 1t Is to
this theme that the book pre-
pared under his general editor
ship Is dedicated, and the result
Is the most complete, readable
and up-to- date compendium OF
information on every country OF
the globe to see print.
There Is no attempt to lead a
horse to water and make him
drink. The writer's do not say il
IL your duty to love a Czech, feel
for a Finn or adore an Arab.
Rather, the facts of a country
and its citizens are laid before
the reader; the attempt to over
come prejudice is made through
education without persuasion.
Over 80 countries, from Alden 70
Zanzibar, are discussed in an av-
erage of from four to five pages
each, divided into four sections:
(1) The Land and the People,
az The Economy, (3) The His
tory Between 1942-1944, and
az The stakes in the Peace.
Literally thousands of ques-
tons about the governments, &C.
equations, natural resources,
trade, education, and political
records of all nations, their do
minions and colonies are an
swered. More than SO maps pro-
vide aid to the text. The second
ary value of the book is a refer
ence; Guide to Peace" should
become the indispensable partner
of the World Almanac. The
prime purpose of this work Is to
impart a knowledge which will
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-04-17

enable citizens to make a wisely
reasoned choice when the time
comes for their voice to be
heard" in the framing Of a for
eign policy which will end war
Here is one of the very few vol
umes which should have a place
on every bookshelf.
"How to Read Better and
Faster" by Norman Lewis Zero
we'll: $2.50), who describes him.
self as probably having read
more pages in the unabridged
dictinary than any other person
in captivity, but primarily is a
perfectly normal and pleasant
sort, as well as a teacher of Eng
lish at Columbia University, puts
the reader through a five-week
course of improvement in read
ing.
In the first week, he gauges
your present degree of speed and
comprehension. (If you read
with not only eyes, but lips,
tongue, throat, and vocal chords
you REALLY need this book.
Many a reader who thinks he is
pretty good will be disillusioned,
especially If he Is "a fanatical
oevotee of covering every single
syllable of every word on a page
of print"
In the second week, the author
puts you to exercises and tests
including the reading of Poe's
Bells" without moving muscle
of your lips. Just try it. In the
third week vocabulary is con-
centrated on, in the fourth your
intellectual curiosity Is given a
jab in the arm, to help you enjoy
better books. In the final week
m n tai discipline is genially
hammered at, including one dan
dy passage, "How to develop an
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-04-17
Home
Nurse
By Iona l.. TROTT
Assistant Director,
Red Cross Nursing Service
Written for NEA Service

II you are one of the busting
type of people who rushes
around the house shouting or
ders and letting the furniture
fall where 1t may, let me warn
you that If you wish to be the
kind of home nurse whose pre-
sence is benediction to the
patient, you will have to throttle
your speed and put muffler on
your voice. Noise, hurry and
confusion are very distressing
to sick person, even though
he Is not seriously I'LL.
You will have to learn to
walk around the room calmly
and quietly, without hurrying,
and without humping and bang
ing. If possible, wear rubber
heels on your shoes so that you
need. not be afraid to put your
heels to the floor. Tiptoeing will
result in extra nervous strain
both on you and the patient.
DON'T WHISPER
In talking to the patient speak
cheerfully and with assurance
but do not try to oversell the
idea that he is getting we'll fast
er than he really is. He will draw
more encouragement from the
confidence of your tones than
from your words. An intelligent
adult is likely to be suspicious
OF such banalties as you're
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-04-17
Develops Lens for Haze
SOUTHBRIDGE, Mass.-1

SOUTHBRIDGE, Mass.-U.D
Even haze-covered targets
will be visible to Army Air
Force pilots, thanks to a new
glass tense developed by the
American Optical Co. The new
lens removes binding glare
and invisible light rays because
it's glass composition absorbs
scattered blue light characteris-
tic of haze.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-04-17

Alert Skepticism." Even II you
can pass the final comprehension
test, which is toughie, with fly
ing colors, your reading ability
IS bound to show Improvement.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-04-17

One of George Washington's
favorite amusements was dane
ing. Records show that at the age
of "a, he travelled 10 miles to
attend q dance.
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Evening star., 1945-03-23
Turkey on the Spot?

MoScow's denunciation of the
treaty which has moulded Soviet
Turkish relations for the past twenty
years may foreshadow another dip
lomatic complication with wide
spread significance. This will be
especially true if, as current reports
indicate, the move was made with
no advance notice to the British and
American governments. In that case,
Moscow will have taken another in
the long series of unilateral actions
which was supposed to have been
ended by the Yalta agreement.
1t was on December II, 1925, that
the Soviet and Turkish governments
signed treaty providing for mutual
nonaggression. neutrality and CO.
operation to run for ten-year term.
The instrument subsequently was
extended for another decade: in
other words. until the end of the
current year. This basic treaty was
supplemented in 1881 by protocol
under which each signatory pledged
itself not to sign any political treaty
with any country that was neigh
Dor of the other signatory without
previous consultation. Soviet Turk
ish relations further were defined by
a mutual declaration signed on
March Is. 1941. whereby the two
countries, reaff1rming their loyalty
to the original nonaggression pact,
Evening star., 1945-03-23

could easily mean not a curtail-
ment but a failure In war produc-
ton.
It is with these conditions in mind
that WPB Chairman Krug has in
terceded personally with representa-
tives of the armed services to in
duce them to bring their rising de-
mands into balance with the needs
and the capacities of the civilian
population and the civilian produc-
tive plant. The military representa-
tives, it is said, have agreed that
minimum civilian requirements must
be met, and have expressed willing
ness to compromise such Of their
demands as threaten to cut the CT
william economy below the danger
line.
If this is to be done. it would
seem that it may involve some re-
vision of military planning, since
the equipment schedules Of the
armed services presumably have
been harmonized with plans for
military operations which have long
since been worked out. That, If the
assumption be correct, comes as
something of a shock. But II we
have reached the point where mill
tary plans must be scaled down to
conform to the availability of ma
teriel, that is no reflection on Amer
ican industry. But it is persuasive
evidence that we must find some
means of making certain that we will
not again have to feed the Unsuitable
appetite of global war.
Evening star., 1945-03-23
On the Record
By Dorothy THOMPSON

This column has appeared uninter-
ruptedly for nearly two years, and its
author feels that 1t is time to stop for a
month and take a look around outside
the United States, and particularly in
Europe
For the commentator on international
affairs we are entering a most critical
phase. Militarily spoken. the European
war Is not yet over, but new political
phase already has begun-the transition
phase from war to peace. And, this war
having been what 1t is, this transitional
phase will hardly lead back to the pre-
war status quo, but forward into some
thing new.
Certainly a new Europe is emerging
out Of the ashes of the old, and out of
the most profound shock that Europe
has had in centuries. Some of the old
personalities, familiar to all of us for
the last 20 years, still play role But
new personalities also have arisen, out
of the various resistance movements. In
most of the liberated countries the old
parties are still in existence, but in all
OF them the, contents are changing This
in itself, confuses the issues, for the
labels remain the same, but the ten
denotes are different.
So
And under all the labels there is the
life Of the people, upon whom this par
ticular war has borne with crushing
pressure never known before. One can
not realize this war-one cannot realize
modern war at alias a civilian in the
United States. Here we speak of the
front" and the "home 'front.'" but in
Europe the front has been everywhere
exerting its peculiar psychological effects
upon civilian and soldier alike, and
creating q new society in suffering, in
which the line between soldier and
civilian Is hard to draw.
The civilian has often taken up arms,
or unarmed has been the target of the
foe. What new attitudes of mind have
come out Of this? What new hopes?
What old despairs? What new tensions?
What effects may the facts Of Europe
have upon the blueprints of world
leaders?
The material upon which the COM
Evening star., 1945-03-23

mentator at home Is inclined to draw
is the successive events in the sphere
OF diplomacy. Our eyes have turned
from Cairo to Teheran, to Yalta, and
now toward San Francisco. There two
scores Of nations will meet to discuss the
future Of the world. But are these
nations. which will there assemble? Or
are these only governments, in some
cases self-appointed, and In most cases
averaged? At this forthcoming con-
ference the United States will be the
only country that during this war has
had general, free election, and even
here the continuation of the war policy
was the leading issue in that election.
Therefore, important as it Is to OBJ
serve the proceedings which will take
place between high officials of old gov
ernments, provisional governments, or
exlled governments, it seems to me
equally, or perhaps more important, to
observe what Is going on in the minds
OF those whom they presume to repre-
sent. For one day every delegate to
San Francisco will have to answer to
them.
I am under no illusion that I shall
be able to discern all the answers to
all the questions. Actually not all the
questions-and not even the most i'm
portant ones-have yet been formulated.
The answers will grow out OF specific
reactions to specific acts. It is even
dubious whether the real face of the
new world will be discernible during
my lifetime. But 1t is interesting and
necessary to be present at the hour
of birth, even If we cannot predict the
future of the child.
I would not be so rash as to try to
write about Europe, from Europe, "of1
the cuff" At least month will be
needed to look around, to ask many
questions Of many people, in several
countries - compare the answers, and
think about them, quietly.
When I start writing again, a few
weeks from now, shall try to share
with my readers, an experience and a
research, to which look forward with
immense eagerneSs
Evening star., 1945-03-23
This Changing World
By Constantine BrosUn

Moscow's decision to renounce the
20-year nonaggresston treaty with Tur-
key caught the State Department OF
base. Until the Moscow radio broad
cast the news there had been no inkling
that Russia at this time planned to
tackle the question OF her future re-
lationship with Turkey.
1t had been rumored after President
Roosevelt returned from Yalta that
among the matters which he could
not reveal to the American people was
an agreement among the Big Three
settling the future status OF the Darda-
nelles. This has been the bone of con-
tention among Russia, Turkey and
Great Britain for nearly 100 years.
In order to prevent the outbreak of
a conflict between the two major powers.
that waterway had been left under ex-
elusive control Of the Turks. For a long
time Russia had been anxious, how
ever, to obtain possession Of the straits,
Czar Nicholas diplomats had caused
their allies in the World War to sign
a secret agreement to hand over the
Dardanelles and Constantinople to the
Russians. This appeared logical at that
time, because Turkey had joined the
oS4hAdAAo dAAA Aido CdhCll I'LL dCtlNc pdIL
in the war against the Allies.
The British and French governments
took advantage of the downfall OF the
Czarist regime and the installation of
the Bolsheviks to void the treaty. They
based their action on the fact that the
new Russian government-which they
refused to recognize-had broken Rus
sias pledge not to make separate peace
and had signed the treaty of Brest-
Litovsk in February, 1918, while the
other powers were still at war with the
Germans.
But Premier Stain never abandoned
the old political goal of Imperial Russia
to obtain a free exit from the Black
Sea to the Mediterranean. .
In 1899, soon after the war broke
out, representatives of all Russias bor-
der states-with the exception of Po-
land, with whom Russia was at war
sent representatives to Moscow to ar
range friendly relations with the U. S.
S. r. Turkeys Foreign Minister Saraco-
glu went to Moscow, although Turkey
Evening star., 1945-03-23
A Civilian Floor

The announcement that the War
Production Board is planning to
place floor" under this country's
civilian economy may prove to have
a greater significance than meets
the eye.
For the first time there are clear
indications that Americas great in
dustrial plant is approaching the
breaking point. It's record in this war
has been described, without exagger-
alton, as miracle of production. +"
In addition to supplying our own
huge military establishment with an
unprecedented quantity of weapons
of all kinds, American planes, tanks,
guns, etc, have been sent literally
around the world to the armies of
our Allies, who have used them with
telling effect against the common
enemy. But even in a land of
abundance such as ours there is a
limit beyond which a concentration
of effort on war production cannot
go, and it is that limit which is now
being approached in this country.
In reality, this is two-sided prob
lem. On the one hand there is the
question of how much can be di-
verted from individual civilian con-
sumers to war production, and the
clear indication is that the civilian
population cannot be called upon
to give up great deal more. The
second, and fundamentally more i'm
portant, question has to do with the
health of our industrial plant. Ma
chimes and other equipment are
wearing out. The demand for new
parts and replacements is increas-
ing and is becoming harder and
harder to satisfy. These needs must
be met, however, for the alternative
is breakdown in the Nations pro-
ductive plant. and that, in turn,
Evening star., 1945-03-23

And what do you give to Field Marshal
Kesselring with which to Withstand this
imminent series Of assaults, with his
center already preached, and with two
Of his armies already destroyed on the
far bank of the river he is to defend?
You give him the 1st Parachute Army,
in fair condition though suffering from
heavy losses in its battle with Crerar's
1st Canadians; you give him the 5th and
18th Armies, composed for the most part
OF inferior material, and suffering like
wise from the virtual destruction of
several divisions in the Rhineland Tight
ing. AL these you have assembled for
the defense of the Ruhr and the vulner-
able f1atlandS to the north of the Ruhr,
where you have waited so long for Mont
gomery to emerge from behind that
tantalizing smoke screen and strike
across the river.
South of that, you give him nothing,
or next to nothing, all the way from the
battle line along the Sieg southwark to
Karlsruhe and Strasbourg. Here your
1st and 7th Armies should have taken
up the defense of the great river. But
two American generals of whom YOU
@Ae~A AASsSA AAOoAN WAACA yO0 WCIC StuQy.
ing the campaigns of Frederick and
Moltke back In the good old days at
the Kriegsakademie-a man named Pat
ton and man named Patch-have been
little too quick for you in that matter
OF Withdrawing your 1st Army and what
was left OF your 7th Army to the east
bank OF the Rhine. They have caught
these two armies between them on the
Wocf hork nj univ
You will not be able to fill in that gap,
Meme Herren, even though troops to
fill it in were doubtless the first request
which your new Commander in chief
made Of you. He viii not like the Volks-
turn which is all you have to give him.
They will not seem to him as reliable
as the veteran divisions which he COM
manded In 1taly-and which are Still
thsre fighting for Italian hilltops while
the enemies Of Germany storm the
crossings Of the Rhine and the Oder.
And then finally down In the Black
Forest you have the 18th Army.
Reinforcements from some other rec.
tors? Yes, II you want to let the Rus
slams in-the Russians who are now
along. the Oder and the Neisse, who
are breaking your silly counterattacks
in Hungary and in the Moravian gate
way. Air support? But you know very
well there IS no use to talk Of that
any more, Me1ne Herren. Kesselring will
ask for these things, but you must deny
him-because you do not have them.
sToday-tomorrow-the great assault
win come. It is very near. There may
be only hours to wait You have sent
Kesselring to stave 1t on-but you know
III your hearts that he cannot do It.
that the great Frederick himself could
not do It,
It is too late-far. far too late.
(Copyright 1oz6.l
Evening star., 1945-03-23

already had q nonaggression pact With
Russia, with the other foreign ministers.
He was informed by the then Vice Com
nnissar Of Foreign Affairs Potemkin that
In view of the delicate international
situation and Russia's position in the
new war, the Dardanelles should be
more efiiciently protected. Potemkin
suggested the sending of two Red di-
visions to Chanak to help the Turks to
safeguard the neutrality of the straits.
Saracoglu realized the meaning Of this
offer and returned to Ankara at once.
In 1943, at Teheran, Premier Stain is
said to have raised the question of
Russia's vital interest in the Dardanelles
and indicated he wished to put an end
to that impossible situation" In his own
way
At the same time Moscow broadcasts
launched q violent anti-Turkish CAM
paign in which that neutral country was
denounced as Nazi-Fascist sympathizer
intending to harm the cause Of democ-
racy.
Prime Minister Churchill, who did not
relish the idea Of Russia straddling the
straits because 1t was against Britain's
SH~AAs~Se%A PSAA$ASC, AAS AAAo OCSL W COus
vince President Ismet Inonu to break
OF diplomatic relations with the Axis
and to hop on the Allied bandwagon
before it was too late.
When the Big Three met at Yalta
Russia's position from the diplomatic
point of view had become so strong that
Stain is said to have demanded an early
settlement of the question Of the straits.
Whether this has been formally ap-
proved by President Roosevelt and Prime
Minister Churchill is still secret. Most
observers believe that there was no real
opposition to the Russian leaders strong
arguments, but that he was urged to
leave the matter in allegiance until after
the San Francisco Conference, to which
Turkey would also be invited.
The American Government Is basically
not opposed to the fulf1llment of Russia's s
historical aims in regard to Turkey and
the Dardanelles. American high ofacials
E would have felt much happier, however,
had they been given hint from Moscow
about the intentions Of the Soviet
government