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you don't stand, sit or walk
correctly, and you become
fatigucd, suffer from indi-
gestion, complain of head
aches and backaches.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-07-31

pogleda v njene. meme, jasne
oci. "
- Da, Wolf, 49, pravi mirno.
- Samo zelo resne misli me mu-
CLIO, ako ii nisemv v napotju gle
de tvoje bodocnosti. Ko ne bos
vec vojak, ali bi ii bila po vo-
iii sluzba pri policiji ali davka-
riji? Mislim, da ne. Oh, JAZZ sem
samo navadno dekle, brez stanu
in imena - ii pa - mixer tt
ne hi bilo treba zastonj potrka-
ii in &c hi tudi hotel iskati svo-
jo tovarisico " najvisjih kro.
9Th.
- Toda, Maria -
- Pusti me, da povem, Wolf
In tedaj 81 mislim, morda hi bi'
10 boljse, da Sc midva ne bi nj
kdar videla.
- Maria, - jo prekine vzne.
mirjen in j krcevito stisne ro-
ke, - Maria, ako me resnic5
ljubis, tedaj ne reci tega nikdar
vec. Ali Sc pa mogoce re kesas
da 81 ljubica ubogega castnika
Tvoja lepota bi ii mogla mnogc
prinesti - denar in moe in sla-
vo, cesar tt JAZZ ne morem dati!
In tedaj Sc ozre mani nepo'
pisnim pogledom, vsled cesar nj
hotel vec dalje govoriti. Razu'
nela sta Sc.
Oba molcita; mesecna noe ju
objame svojo carobnostjo -
zdelo Sc jima je kot bi bilo vse
razlito v najlepsem svitu in 81
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Pon1ladni sen
ROMAN II zIVI.JENJA

Priredil I. Fl.

nenje, da bi v njenem obJemu
pozabil YES nemir, vse mucne
misi. Toda potrpeti je moral do
jutri, kar Sc mu je zdelo celia
vecnost. Kaj bi sele bilo, ako bi
bila popolnoma loeena med Sc
boj? - Kako veliko moe je do
bila; ljubezen mad MIN; tega ne
bi bill nikdar verjel. Vse drugo
mu je bilo brezpomembno - kaj
je sedaj vprasal "a priznanje
in odlikovanje? Vsega je napol-
njevala samo ona. Pogosto Sc
ga je lotila nespametna boja-
zen, da bi mu je kdo odtujil. Mi
sci ma to mu je tezila srce. Mir
,je dobil zopet sele v njeni ma
vzocnosti, XII ga je osrecavala in
manila.
Tiha, carobno lepa noe; tako
gorek in priliznjen zrak, tako
nasicen z vonjem cvetlic in
omamljivega cvetja akacij; ta-
ko skrivnostna tisina, katero je
motilo samo ihtece in koprnece
slavcevo petite; vse tako tajin-
stveno, da je morale biti konec
vsaki tugi in da nj bilo niti mo-
goce misliti v bodocnost!
Dva dni te nisem videla!
o, moi dragi, kako poeasi je
potekal cas-, - sepece Maria in
Sc mu nasloni ma prsi. Kot we'd
no, sta sedela pod veliko lipo,
kjer je bilo tako prijetno v IT,
hem mraku.
In kako sem JAZZ hrepenel
po tebi, mi nj treba sele pove-
dati, - odgovori Wolf in jo gle
da z ljubecimi ocmi. - Kako le-
pa 81 zopet danes!
- Priliznjenec, - Sc mu sme-
je, - rikar me ne napravi Ohio
10! - In zopet Sc poljubita. -
Wolf, ali 81 prinesel sliko "a
Bergerjeve? Obljubila sva jim
jo.
- Seveda, srce mole! Nikdar
ne pozabim, kadar sem kaj re.
kel.
- Potem jo nesiva tia, tudi
JAZZ sem prinesla svojo.
Vendar pocakaj "a pozne-
ie; ali ne bova Sc nekoliko uzi-
vala lepega vecera? Sal je ven
dar tako krasno.
Tudi navzlic temu bova Sc
lahko. Gospel Bergerjevi bi Sc
rada dala neko malenkost. Tu-
di nj rada sama; MEN MOI je
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jaju. Brez vsake namere gresta
po ozki stezi, XII je bila cd obeh
straneh obrascena z gostimi
drevesi, katerih veje so Sc med
seboj stikale, tako, da nj mo-
gel skozi ME predreti noben
svetlobni zarek in bio je tenn
no kot v rogu. Bojeee Sc Maria
stisne k Wolfu.
- Ali te je strah? . jo vpra-
sa tho, kot bi Sc bal z .glasno
besedo pregnant carobnost, XII
ju je objemala.
|. Mesto odgovora samo zmaje
glavo in ga smeje pogleda
Nj sicer mogel videti, toda Gu.
til je, da so ga njene oci iskale
in Wolf Sc pripogne in il polju-
bi roznate ustnice.
(Dalje prihodmjic) ~
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no jo nosite in mislite ma meme
-- stkala sem jo IL hvaleznosti
do vas. In te slike maj vas we'd
no spominjajo ma naju, ko mas
vec ne bo tu. ~.
- Dobra otroka! Da sc vsaj
kaj kmalu izpolni vajina zelja,
-. pravi gospa Bergerjeva VISA
ginjena, - da sta kmalu MOI
in zena!
Wolf in Maria 81 pogledata
globoko v oei. Sal je to bila r1jih
iskrena zelja. Kmalu nato Sc po-
slovita in odideta.
Hvalezne besede gospe Ber-
gerjeve so ju sprelnljale. Roko
v roki sta korakala v tho noe.
- Kaj 81 me hotela vprasati ?
- pricne Wolf.
Veeraj opoldne sem te vi
della z gospodieno Ulrihovo, -
O., tako hudo mi je bilo!
Maria, menda nisi ljubo-
sumna! Glej, moi stan je I'VE
zan mnogimi druzabnimi OBJ
veznostmi, katerim sc nikakor
ne morem odtegniti. Obcujem v
Ulrihovi hisi, pogostokrat sem
tia povabljen in zaradi tega go.
spodicne ne morem kar tako
pustiti, dasi ne cutim prav no.
bene naklonjenosti do ME.
- Res, Wolf -- in v njenih
besedah je ticalo veliko vpra'
SAME.
- Da, Maria. Boil brezsrcne.
ga, bolj povrsnega bitja Sc nj
sem nikdar poznal.
- IN Vendar gOVOre IN re
dolgo, da Sc nameravas z MIC
zarociti. Lepa je in bogata. We'd.
no kupuje pri mas najdrazje klo'
buke in je tako sitna in take
malo priljubljena, da Sc vsakde
boji j postreci. In meme vedne
zadene ia naloga. Gospa Gunde
me vedno poslje k Mi; tudi sa;
ma sc je boji.
- Rad verjamem, tax uti:
napravi vedno. Ako Sc j do Sc
daj nj posrecilo dobiti mojegs
srca, je sedaj popolnoma memo
goce, da bi mogla iz NIGGA pre-
gnati mojo Mario. Ali 81 seda,
zadovoljna? - lie vpraSa in il
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Opremo in register, mize,
stole in sploh vse, kar Sc ra-
bi "a delikatesno trgovino Sc
proda po zmerni ceni. Ako
zelite iti v trgovino, je to IL
vrstna prilika.
JOHN KOVAGIc
6603 St. Clair Ave.
Ali pa poklicite po 2. uri
pop. do 8. ure zvecer EX
1894.
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pri Viljemu. Pozneje pa bi te Sc
rada nekaj vprasala.
- Tedaj pa pojdiva! Toda
tam se ne bova dolgo zadrzala,
kajti tudi meni lezi nekaj ma ST.
Gu - zaradi pred kratkim -
Vzame il majhen zavitek in
gresta h gospel Bergerjevi, XII
ju je pozdravila z velikim vese-
ljem.
- Cakala sem ze; tako cud-
no mi je. Berger je Sci danes
k Viljemu. Rekel je, da DO oh
desetih nazaj.
- Tako pozno pa Sc dolgo nj,
gospa Berger, - pravi Wolf.
- Sedite, prosim, gospica
Maria. Ali zelite kozarec limo
made?
Medtem, ko je stara zena hi
tela IL enc sobe v drugo, da po-
streze svojima gostoma, je Ma
rija razvila zavitek in vzame il
NIGGA lepo stkano cepico in svo-
jo sliko.
- Kaj pomeni to? - vprasa
Wolf.
Samo pazi, Wolf, kako be
vesela. Cepico sem sinoci stkala
in pri tenn mislila ma tebe, kakc
81 sc zabaval v kazini.
- Kako lepo Cd tebe! - E
in tvoja slika! - Hrepenece jc
gleda in jo pritisne ma svoje
ustnice.
- Kaj pa delas, Wolf? Sa,
imaS vendar meme! - Pri ten
Sc dvigne ma prste in mu ponu.
di ustnice v poljub. - Zdaj pa
nitro tvojo sliko, Wolf.
Gospa Bergerjeva vstopi z Ii
monado.
- Ia gospoda porocnika imam
steklenico piva, katerega Sc go.
tovo ne bo branil.
Videti je bilo, kako je bils
vesela, da je mogla pogostit
svoja costa.
- To je prav, matt, - prav
prijazno Wolf, ravno sem ze
jen, voda pa je tako tenka.
- Mama Berger, poglejte sal
- zaklice veselo Maria. -
Starka pristopi k mizi. Najpre
zagleda slike.
- Joj, joj - kaj takega -
III taKO pOQODnl, kOt Dl Dill lZre
zani. - In izmenoma opazujt
enkrat emo, enkrat drugo sliko
- Kaj pa te cepice ne vidite
XII vam jo je prinesla moja Ma
RIA? - vprasa Wolf.
Tedaj pa zagleda stara zens
njej prineseni dar.
- Kaj to maj imam JAZZ? Pre-
lepa je "a meme, - in solze gi
njenosti il teko po licih, ko ogle
duje cepico Cd vseh strani.
- Ne, matt Berger, ia Sc dol
60 nj dovolj dobra "a vas. We'd
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pogleda v njene meme, jasne
oci.
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(Nadaljevamje)


nasmehom in zadovoljno neci-
murnostjo ma svojih ustih. Toll
ko ljudi jo je ze videlo skupaj z
lepim Wolfom in vedela je, da
so bile S tenn zvezane mnoge
sumnje. Kako ga je ljubila -
morala je postati gospa pl. VOL
fova in maj jo velja, kar hoce!
Da bi sal incl mnogo dolgov -
toda .je bill vedno tako skrben
in trezen - kako lepo bi to bilo,
ako bi ga mogla osreciti S svo-
jimi milijoni! Ia danes je bila
zadovoljna; sal ga je videla in
MIN govorila - jutri bo pri-
sci ma zajtrk in kdo We, koliko
casa bo Sc vzelo, da DO dosegla
svoj cilj. Mladega elegantnega
castnika je ljubila ono trdo-
vratno ljubeznijo, XII jo nosijo
v svojem srcu trmoglavi otroci,
XII hocejo imeti, cesar ne more
10 dobiti, ali pa lie velikimi "a
prekami.
Oh njegovi strani bi zavze-
mala povsem drugo stalisce, kot
pa sedaj. Wolf je incl velik
ugled on je bill zelo priljubljen,
kavalir Cd nog do glave, pri tenn
lep in razumen - in tako nepo-
pisno ljubeznjiv.
Premislja, kaj maj stori, da
bi ga navezala ma sebe. Moral
bi imeti kako skrivno ljubimko,
kakor je porocnik Brener ONE
nil. Toda tako ina vsak mlad
clovek - kaj bi bio to! Samo
ko bi vedela, katera? ? - Cd one
ga vecera v gledaliscu je .imela
ma sunni Mario Winterjevo. Da,
imela je ostre oci; natancno je
vedela, da je govoril Z MO, da-
81 samo mimogrede in cetudi ta-
il - mogoce je bill to zacetek!
Slednjic je vseeno; to je hote-
la in tudi mora izvedeti. o tenn
je nj skrbelo. z denarjem Sc vse
doseze. In denarja je imela do
volj - on pa nj incl nicesar,
Da bi vsaj igral, mogoce bi Sc
dal k temu napeljati. In BELLA
81 je glavo, kako bi ga mogla
najbolj ujeti.
Wolf nj bill mic posebno dobro
razpolozen. Kaj 81 je morala
Maria misliti! Ako pa il vse
okolscine razlozi, mora izpre-
videti, da Sc je moral ozirati
tudi ma druge. Sal je bila VEN
dar razumno dekle. Kako je Ca
brijela opravljivo govorila o
njej, katero sc ne more niti
najmanj primerjati v cistoti in
neomadezevanem znacaiu; Ca
brijela plitvo povrsnostjo in
brezbriznostjo!
Ali je navzlic veliki tajnosti
prodrla kaka vest med svetom
o njihovih sestankih? PRAY 60
tovo bi bio boljse, da gre il
mesta. Toda kako je mogel III
YETI brez ME?
Pred Is. Julien nj mogel pu-
stiti svoje sluzbe. Kan mai te-
daj gre? Ko pomisli ma svojo
rodbino, Sc mu v bridkosti skr-
ci srcc. Oce mu nj pisal, "a ME
ga nj bll Vec XIV. SamO Erwin,
njegov razposajeni brat, Sc ga
je vcasih spomnil S par vrstica-
mi. Wolf pa je incl veliko smi-
sci "a druzino; pa komaj je spo-
znal zensko bite, so sc mu pro-
ii zdruzitvi Z MO pokazale tako
velike tezkoce. Incl je S m O
majhno premozenje, toda bill je
re ma tenn, da postane stotnik
in vsa zadeva nj izgledala tako
slabo.
Toda Maria; O njej nj vedel
mnogo. Cd omega vecera nista
vec govorila O tenn. Rahlocuten,
kot je bill, je nj nikdar vprasal
o njeni preteklosti. Pustolovka
nj bila - nj mogla biti, - "a
kaj takega je bila prenedolzna
in neizkusena - dvomiti mad
memo odkritosrcnostjo bi bill
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Southampton, Of
Air Flying Fortress took shng
England this engineer
all tho home who buy War Bonds 70 heal wounded
fighters the and at tho time assuring ample sufficient
treatment for t0 be wounded Dess~ss
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S+onovonie Sc isce

3 ali 4 sobe "a zakonski par brez
otrok. Okrog E. 185 st. ali v
Collinwoodu. &c mogoce do Is.
augusta. Sporocite ma 1905
Neff Rd. ali pa poklicite w 0246.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-01-02
Vote Loss Laid
To Poll Taxes

More than 100000 white citizens and
4 100000 Negroes are DISTINGUISHED every year by
continuance of the poll tax declared Dr. Frank
p Graham president of the University of North
Carolina and public member Of the National WLB,
in recent article
Graham exploded the generally accepted belief
that the poll tax is holdover from early American
election laws In his article, appearing in the
current number of the UAW-CIO monthly,
Ammunition, he said most OF the poll tax laws had
been enacted in the last four decades
lie said that since the passage Of the laws in
eight states, the percentage OF people voting had
declined steadily He cited the election of 50
Congl csSmen from poll tax states, Not one OF
whom received a vote from as much as per cent
OF tho population
There is high promise for freedom and
democracy in the~increasing insistence of Amer
leans for full suffrage" he said
1T il time that all men and women have the
right 10 vote. regardless of race, cou. creed
economic noSition."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-01-02
Wyoming TO LET
laps Depart

WASHINGTON, Jan. ! GNS)--
Senator Robertson (R) of Wy
ominC predicted today that few
relocated japanese would re
ntairr ~ his state. hut reports
from COLORADO indicated many
have bought land and wifi stay
there
Robertson said he is satisfied
the people of Wyoming Will put
no obstacles m the way of de
parture hy The JapS
He said the japanese do not
make good ranch hands and that
the Wyoming experience seems
10 be that a. group they are
poor workers when working for
some one else but good workers
when they are working for them
selves
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-22

chased him a couple Of blocks, but Al
refused TO go to the station house.
There was nothing for the cop on the
beat TO do but call out the reserves.
The whistle shrilled again and seven
radio cars swirled around the scene.
And that's how AL and Gertie came
TO be in court the next morning.
AL apologized for losing his temper
and got suspended sentence for
disorderly conduct.
That left two other charges and
a rising tide of hot water for the hap
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-22

the clouds. Leaving gay night club,
AL went for the car. Gertie wrapped
her cloak around her and waited un-
der a sidewalk canopy.
With Al Greenfield. minute away
from Gertie is an eternity. SO what
was more natural than to back up his
shiny 1912 model 10 the canopy rather
than make the utterly useless swing
around the block?
Only luckiess Al didn't take into
account the clear blue eyes of Patrol
man Dan Mulvey. The Mulvey whistle
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-22

Shrilled and around
the block went Al.
Then he picked up
Gertie and swore at
the cop which was
about as smart as
daring Joe Louis to
knock a chip off your
shoulder. AIS blow
off was an act Of un-
wisdom on all possible
counts.
He failed TO consider
of whom he spoke, TO
whom he spoke, and
how and when and
where-and thus one
single rat-a-tat-tat of
defiance violated all
five major rules for
tactfulneSS in talking
back that GonfHeiuS
and other counsellors
of the headstrong have
been nrpaching for
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-22

centuries. And AL didn't need a law
yer to tell him he had overplayed his
hand-or should we say mouth.
In the quick mind of Officer Null
vey this was no wise man speaking.
1t was only an out-and-out wise guy.
Worse still, AL drove away from
the scene of his folly. The officer
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-22

less Chlcagoan. A1ter
several days of annoy
ance and inquiry these
charges, driving with
out license or regis
tration, were dis
missed.
But tn G troubled
waters still rose. The
OPA pricked an inter
ested ear and wanted
to know how AL got
the car from Chicago
to New York 1866
miles) on a B ration
card-also how he got
a priority to buy the
cara Valentine for
gorgeous G tie-in
the first place.
Then, in the midst
of all this how and
why, the car itself
vanished from Gertie's
Park Ave. garage. 1t
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-22

was found day later minus the rear
plate and the contents of the glove
compartment.
So much for the trouble Of anxious
Al and how he came to be an expert
on the amount of warding man may
have to do with his head when he
opens his mouth without thinking.
THE AMERICAN WEEKLY l5
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-22

~OME droll fellow once said
that a man with flip tongue
- must be ready to ward with
his head.
Now it's a pretty safe bet that
Albert Greenfield. rich Chicago
restaurant and cocktail lounge
man, never ran across this little
pearl of pure culture In his out
side reading. And even il he did,
1t slipped his mind entirely the
other night when a New York
cop caught him backing up on a
one-way street.
Poor Al never even thought OF
counting 10. All he did was lean
out of his luxurious gas chariot
let the law have IL in choicest
iCa
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-22

throaty heart-thumper of the Broad
way hit, Follow the Girls"
Ironically, the trouble he's seen
in New York all stems from his
eagerness to reach the side of his
shapely wife.
The run-ir with the law was an un-
happy landing after a happy night in
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-22

GlanOrous
Gertie
Herself
Good and
Sufficient
Reason for q
Husband to
Defy
q Whole
Library
OF Laws,
To Say
Nothing OF
Bawling Out
an Ordinary
Cop.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-22

But as alw a y s
happens in sue h
cases, tn e police
man had the last
word and d AIS
been warding with
his handsome head
ever since.
Ordin a rily his
luck's good. In his
Chicago rendezvous
the C a S h register
rings often and
loudly and tending
the LareS and Pen
ateS of his house
hold is none other
than gla m orous
Gertrude NieSen,
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-14
Brain Game

Give yourself 10 for each correct an
,uer through question sin, 40 each ior
the remaining Two questions Any score IS
nr higher ~ excellent.
What have James Stewart,
Gary Cooper. James Cagney
and Paul Lukas IN common,
besides being movie actors ?
2-U scrap b Q these noted
Americans Of the past and
their occupations: Ring w.
Lardner educator; Francis
Scott Key iurist; George
Eastman, poet; Oliver w.
Holmes, inventor, Emma
Willard. humorist.
3-True or faleS; ta) Wellesley
is the women's college that
has the tradition of the
Daisy chain CbD Technoc-
racy. which caused a stir in
1928. hoped 10 see the
power of government in the
hands of scientists and en-
glneerS.
BIN speed racing for automo-
biles why must a driver take
as his record the average OF
two runs-one in each direc-
ton and both within the
same hour?
(Which of the great classical
composers had his career cut
short by deafness
eff someone called you an in
troVert he would mean that:
lal you are a mean person,
tbl YOU like 10 think about
yourself, tcD YOU are willing
70 give as much as you take.
THE United States has eight
great rivers, Can YOU name
six OF the eight
S S-Fhere IS only one we'll known
foreign city of any size
whose name begins with the
letter z. Where is this city?
tADsSers sp opposite parsl
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-14
knowledge Test
BY DR.. SABINA CONNOLLY

Give Yourself ONT for each of IN. first
five questions and FIVE for the last aues-
tim. Score, so brilliant; T-s. bright
as. average; Oh, dull.
1-PotSdam would be a long
walk from Berlin How far
Is it7 ta) SIX miles. (b) l6
miles, tcl 81 miles.
2-The last czar Of the Russians
was ra) Peter I. Nbl Mich
olas II. .lcl- Alexander ILL.,
3-If YOU have a noCgin of
whisky, would you be satis-
fed with Ia quart, tbl a
pint. tc) a gill?
4-The new director Of the
Womens Army Corps. Col.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-14

Boyce, has a martial middle
name. Is II ca Battle, tb)
Fray, tc) Mars?
5-The Polish author best
known in the English world
is tal' Victor Hugo. (b)
Joseph Conrad, lc) Leo Toll
StpI2 ----
6 6-TheSe are AL scrambled
names of presidents of the
United States. Name each
one tal Dlgecolo.- -thl Tan
gishwon. (c) Cllnnol, I'd
Sadmoni te) Hidrang.
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Detroit evening times., 1945-08-14
More 'PIanned Economy

HAVING brought on a needless
IL FOOD SHORTAGE in the
United States by inept bureaucratic
methods, the Office of Price Admins
tration is now proceeding in similar
way to cause a JOB SHORTAGE
when the Pacific war ends and mil
lions of veterans and war workers
will seek unemployment in private
industry.
AS in the case of the meat famine,
OPA is accomplishing it's results
through its arbitrary control of retail
price ceilings.
The policy was announced last
May in statement which began
"A reconversion pricing program
under which most peacetire goods
returning to the market UiH sell at
1912 retail prices Was outlined by
Price Administrator Chester
BoWles."
However, it is no longer possible
for industry to operate on or near a
1912 price basis.
THE reason is this-under federal
n regulation, wages and costs of
materials have been greatly in
creased since 1941 and-with virtu-
ally all industries engaged in war
production-there have been no cor
responding price increases in the
normal market.
The average price Of raw ma
terials has gone up over 35 per cent
since 194l.
Basic wages have been increased
almost 35 per cent.
In the same period, manufacture
ers have received an average price
increase Of only 13 per cent.
Manufacturers resuming peace
time production will have to pay the
1915 rates for labor and supplies and
the 1912 scale of retail prices, at
which their goods must be sold, will
not return enough TO meet the costs
of production.
Manufacturing and selling goods
on such terms-at loss on every
transaction-amounts TO giving mer-
chandise away, and no industrial
concern can operate and maintain
pay rolls in that way
This precarious situation which,
unless it be promptly corrected, may
mean postwar depression and bread
lines as soon as Japan surrenders-
is not unknown to Congress.
IT WAS brought to the attention Of
L the Lower House by Rep. Law
renee II. Smith of Wisconsin on
July 18.
AT the present time" Mr.. Smith
said, "the outon,otiUe industry, along
Uith hundreds OF other firms, are at.
tempting to convince the OPA that
sensible program for pricing neL0
cars must be adopted II that indus
Try is TO produce the cars authorized
BY WPB.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-14
When Peace Comes

EDITORS NoTE-The following selected from the
opening delivered conference Mack
inoe Island Mich by Maui OF Utah emphasize the
and Increasing part Federal Union
taking in he whole field Of American HeS