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Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-06-07
PIosse

Gospa Marija je stopala po-
casi oh izlozbah. nj SIC ozirala
vanje. cemu? Sal nj bio denar-
ia "a take stvari. MOI, otro-
ci da, oni SO vedno rabbi
kaj. Zanjo. je bio vse dobro.
otopela je ze in rijeaa dusa nj
poznala drugih leila kot - mir.
Ia gospo Mario je stopal
mlad par.
'"Tak plasc bos imela tudi IT,.
je' dejal on. Gospa Marija je
vzdrhtela. 'Tak plasc kakor je
moi? Pa nosim ga ze tretje leto!
Brez linije je in brez barve ka-
kor JAZZ Nosim ga, ker mi
je potrebe, zivin1 zato, ker
sem potrebna. Mar nj najina
usoda enaka?"
'Tak-le bel plasc hos imela",
je nadaljeval on. "Lepa moras
biti, lepa :. ker 81 moja!"
Dekle Sc je zasmejalo veselo.
Gospa Marija je postala. S
trudno roko 81 je pogladila Cello.
"Ali je nnogoce, da privosei MOI
zeni nov plase? Mojemu :"
in vzdihnila je globoko, "moje-
mu Sc nikoi nj prislo ma misel,
da bi me razveselil z najbor-
nejsim darilcem Sc vrsicka
zelenja mi nj podaril v prvi po-
mladi zakona, kaj Sc: lie plasc!!"
Postala je zalostna. "Tovorna
in MOLINA zival sem lie >. in "a
to .je tako pusto v meni in v
mojem zivljenju "
zapihal je veter in zavila Sc
je tesneje v plasc.
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Oponli1li glede raci-
joIlirania

Meso, sir, maslo, konzervirane
ribe In mleko
Rdece znamke w do Z-2 so
veljavne vsaka "a 10 pointov.
Procesirana jedila
Modre znamke D-1 do HI
so veljavne vsaka "a 10 pointov.
Sladkor .-..
Sladkorna znamka stew. Sc "a
5 funtov sladkorja je veljavna
do 81. augusta. 49, t:.. ..... ..
Knilno' Ole
Znamke stew. 1, 2, 3, A in s.,
so sedaj veljavne, vsaka "a
10 galonov. s~s.raz.n,.... =. ~. @..~
" Cegljf
Znamke St. !, n in 8 z zrako-,
plovon1s Y knjikicis st. 8 so We
.ljavne do preklica. ,. .~,
GaS0Iin j
| Znamka Ais je veljavna
"a stiri galone gasolina do Il.
Ijunija. Znamke B-6, B-7, CO in
CT 50 veljavne vsaka n pet
Igalonov gasolina "a nedolocen
Icas.s M lieu vsakega kupona
fm ora biti napisano irne dr..
zave in licenena stevilka. Pri
prosnji ~ dodatno kcli6ino ga
solina je treba navesti rekord
prevokenih mill.
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irnela na sebi, in ga oddaIa odl
iboru "a poinot Jugoslaviji. Mno-
81 prisotni a1aeriski pisatelji III
pesnikf 50 darovaii svoje knjige
.kot poklon jugosloyanskin knji-
zevnikorn. Ameriski knjizevni-
XII, med mimi tudi Upton Sim
clair, SO po delegatu Vladimirju
Dedijeru izrotiI prisrcne po-
zdrave knjizevnikom Jugoslavi-
lie. .~'.-. 80 SANS.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-06-07
Velika slavnOstna
priredba "a Jugosla-
WHO v Los Angelesu
(Nadaljevanje S /. strari)

lie sepetane po hribih, po vaseh
in mestih. Te besede izgovarja-
jo moski, zenske in otroci, ko
sreeajo razbojniske nacijske od-
lelke. To je pozdrav marsala
Tita in to je njegova zastava.
To je znak image in obenem
znak borbe "a trajni mir.
cali to je tudi simbol delovno-
sti tega odbora, XII je priredil ia
banket. Skusal sem poiskati pra-
Wine besede, XII maj bi znacile
pomen pomoci "a Jugoslavijo.
Toda JAZZ pravilne besede ne mo-
rem najti. Spominjam Sc omega
dine, ko sem pred vec kot enim
letom zagledal podpolkovnika
Dedijerja v Evropi, ko sem Sc
pojavil pred njegovim oddel-
'kom. Govori1 sem jerk, XII ga
oni MISC razumeli, a odgovarja-
Ii so mi klici, katerih JAZZ nj
sem razumel. Toda dobro sem
vedel in nadejam Sc, da so Sc
tega zavedali tudi oni, da smo
81 prijatelji. Bill so to mozje in
zene in otroci, XII so skozi stiri
leta Sc borili proti mehanizira-
nj sill hitlerizma. To so bill liud-
je brez topov in letal, bre z
zdravstvenih potrebscin in zdra-
vii, XII so Sc z nozi, z golimi ro-
kami in hrabrirn srcem borili in
premagali mocnejse trupe kot so
bile one, poti katerim so Sc VOL
skovale zavezniske sile v Itali-
j. S katero besedo maj izrazim
pomoc "a ME?
Mnogokrat mislim ma doticni
dan in doticno noe, neprestano
mi prihajajo ma pamet moski in
! zenske in otroci vojske marsala
Tita, XII SO plesali kolo in prepe-
vail pesmi ter hoteli, da JAZZ -
Amerikanec - izvem, da nobe-
den tiranov nikoli ne bo mogel
81 osvojiti Jugoslavije, niti zlo-
miti njenega duha. Tega bi ne
mogel povedati, &c bi mi oni ne
dali te moci. S katero besedo
maj torej iseenn pomoci "a ME +?
"Oni MISC mogli pojmovati ma
sih 'pin-up' deklet, toda pojas-
nil sem jim, da nasi vojaki ma ia
nacin izrazajo svoje hrepenenje
/ po domu. Tedaj SO razumeli, kaj-
ii to SO bill brezdomci, udove in
sirote. Oni pa SO seboj nosili sli-
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-06-07
Uredn1l<0Va
poSta
Velik shod v prid Primorske

Cleveland, Ohio. - Evropska
vojna je koncana, ampak pod
pisom miru so Sc pojavila raz-
licna vprasanja narodnostnih
manjsin, ravnotezja vpliva We
lesil in mnogo drugih zamota-
nih problemov. Ia mas Sloven-
ce pride v postev Primorsko in
Korosko ozemlje, XII spada pc
vseh pravilih k novi federativni
Jugoslaviji. &c bi bila Jugosla-
via velesila, bi to vprasanje
sploh ne prislo postev, ker pa
nj velesila, je pa Primorje po-
stale predmet angleskih mese-
tarjev in kramarjev. Kaksna
usoda caka Primorsko in Trst,
je seveda zavito v diplomatsko
tajnost, toda sodec po pisanju
ameriskih casopisov, Sc ne obe-
ia mic dobrega.
V svrho boljsih informacij
trzaskega vprasanja ameriske-
mu ,casopisju in javnosti sploh,
so sklenili clevelandski Jugoslo-
vani sklicati velik javen ljudski
shod V nedeljo dne II. junija OBJ
3. uri popoldne v Slovenskem
narodnem domu ma ST. Clair
Ave. Ia shod Sc DO vrsil po d
imenom United Committee of
Cleveland Jugoslavs". V odbo-
ru so zastopani: Sloverci, Srbi,
Hrvatje in Macedonci, brez raz-
like strank in verskih prepri-
canj. Sodelovali bodo tudi osta-
Ii Slovani, potion "Vseslovan-
skega ameriskega kongresa."
Ma vsporedu bodo prominent
nj slovanski in ameriski govor-
nikil Glavni govornik DO pa Clan
jugoslovanske delegacije iz San
Francisco. V program boo O
vkljucene tudi glasbene in muzi-
kalne tocke.
V zvezi S TEN bono ma tenn
shodu proslavili tudi dan zna-
&c mad nemskim in italijanskim
fasizmom. Ma vso slovensko
javnost apeliramo, da rezervira
nedeljo, dine II. junija izkljucno
"a ia shod in S tenn pokaze soli-
darnost "a pravicne zahteve ma
sega Primorja. CHM vec mas bo,
tenn vecji Wits bono. napravili
ma navzoce ameriske poroceval-
ce. Oh tel priliki bono odposla-
Ii tudi primerne resolucije ma
merodajna mesta. Vec podrob-
nosti O tenn shodu, Be sledi. Ma
svidenje!
Ia odbor
4 IT, u NJ
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MISC Jugoslovani majhni ljudje.
Jugosavlija tudi nikoli' siromas-
ma ne bo. Niti ne bo Poljska ke-
daj tako siromasna, kot je bila
pod protijudovsko diktaturo Pill
sudkija in polkovnika Becka.
Romunija ne. bo nikoli tako 81
romasna, kot je bila pod brezob-
zirno vlado Karola in Antones-
cua. Finska ne bo nikoli tako ST.
romasna niti ne tako majhna,
kot je bila pod Mannerheimom.
In cello Nemcija ne bo nikoli ta-:
ko siromasna, kot je bila pod
Hitlerjem. -. ,.a'=
"Da, nikoli vec ne SINE biti 81
romastva ma tenn svetu, kajti
ono ustvarja pogoje, XII dovajajoi
vojno. Vojaski fasizem je mr.
.tev. Treba je, da Sc zavarujemo
tudi pred ekonomskim - fasiz-
nom. Petnajst milijonov Jugo-:
slovanov mas poziva, da sc jim
pridruzimo v velikem delu, XII je
pred nami. Ako nocoj ma tenn
mestu nekaj storimo, bono s.
tenn naznanili sovraznikom de-
mokracije, da smo NIL. ameriski
narod, pripravljeni sodelovati in
prijateljsko delati v vseh pod
rocjih skupaj z nasimi zavezni-
XII. v vojnem casu verujemo v
lend-lease in danes tudi veruje-
mo v Breton Woods. Kadar bo-
do vsi tt mednarodni sporazumi
podpisani, ko DO tudi vsak clo-
vek in najmanjse dete zivelo
brez strahu in bojazni, sarno te-
daj bono dosegli cello in popol-
no zmago.
"Skupaj vami, gospodi am
basador in podpolkovnik Dedi-
jer ter gospod Krasovec, skupaj
z vami Jugoslovani in vsemi
osvobojenimi narodi sveta xii
Gem il globina svojega srca:
Smrt fasizmu-svobo narodu!
zivio tovaris Tito!" gs .
Ia igralcem Garfieldorn je ma
stopilo Sc nekaj govornikov, a
kot zakljucni govornik vecera
je nastopil Vladimir Dedijer. V
svojem govoru, XII je trajal mad
emo uro in katerega je oddajal v
anglescini, je Dedijer opisal pri-
cetek in potek narodne osvobo-
dime borbe, zatem pa 0 delu ma
sih knjizevnikov in unetnikov
in sc dotaknil zlasti pesmiT RADIO
vana Zogovica 0 marsalu Titu.
Pc govorih je bilo ma lieu me-
sta nabranih $12, 900 "a pornoe
Jugoslaviji. Ma poznano filmsko
zvezdo Paulette Goddard so vsi
govori 0 Jugoslavijf naprayili
tako globok vtis, da je .odstra-
nila yes dragocen nakit, Ii go je
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"a TAKOJsNJO POMOC

Namesto venca "a pokojnega
John Dacar so pri Progresivnih
Slovenian darovali "a takojsnjo
pomoc:: SIS Mr.. in Mrs. Casper
Bashel, 1913 Cherokee Ave.. in
SIS Mr.. in Mrs. Leo Wolf, 147O3
Sylvia Ave.
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Minlo je ze poldrugo leto odkar je zrusil Musso
linijev mpero Romano XII ga talijanski imperiais
zgradi pesku zahrbnostjo in saratanstvom, po-
tuho "demokracnh reakcionarjev, kakor seveda tud
zaslepl enostjo itaanskega udstva, kaeremu kaza
ujo zemlo ker bali svoa grofovska veleposesva
To zrsilo septembra 1943 trhlo ira
movie e pablo gave itajanskih imperalistov toda
ansk mperalisti imajo trde lave ter noceo
metovati Razgaleni pred svetom in pred svojm ST.
romasnim udstvom Zda krozijo mad razvalnam in kar
napre krakajo svoo imperiaiscno pesem To krakanje
zane kapak nj brez vsakega sisla napre skusao
svoje zocine drugc skuSajo obdrzat ita anskega ke
ca in kelona Sc naprej mperiasticnem razpolozsnju
ker Sc vedno boe svoa posesva tretc pa Sc kar
napre tpejo raznmi zvezam in upajo da Sc bodo lie
okorisi migavanje slovanski in boljseviski ne
varnosti zato tud skusao sejat razdor med veke
veznke in zdruzene narode.
Italjansko casopisje kar vzdrzema napada Sovetsko
Jugoslavijo svoh napadh e slo cello tako da
lee, da e morala vlada nekaj sov prepovedat med Mi
mi tud zogasni rimsk ednik I'll Rettore, XII je
h clankh psanih pristnem fassticnem duhu in bese
discu grobo napada naso drzaVo in tud kar naravnos
povedal canku Perseverare diaboicum hoce
ati svojem nepopustlj jivem nacionaizmu.
Ialjanski imperalisti seveda laajo tia kamor morejo
in kamor jim je dovoeno. nekdanjih itaanskih koo-
na psejo ka poredkoma in Sc takrat dobrkavo kakor
pot cuck ces nemara bo pa le pada kaka kost kri-
Gavin clankov asi Primorsk in Trstu pa e pretek
Razni rnsk in podezeski "strokovnjaki," "gospodar-
stvenki" in "politiki' pisejo gobokoumne razprave
"vprasanu JUL ske Benecije" in trzaskem vprasanju
I'll nekda krcavi in danes jokav mperiastcn pisuni
boil poredkoma odkrijeo svoim pravim imenom kajti
&c vedo ka povedati naS zemlji bill pr mas; pa
bill pri nas bill vecinoma ritisocletni cvilzaor
in dobro vedo da e bilo nhovo pocete vsa blzu zoci
ma.
Danes ne bono podrobneje ukvarjali temi 'raz,
praVam maj jih pisejo koa pismen juznask zeenci
ali pa 79letni beralni ozofsk ocak Benedetto Croce
XII doga leta faszma hrabro prezvel svoi viii
Neapu in psal take meglene "razprave svobodi" da
jim je lahko svobodno tska tud fassticni dobi Ne-
gova zadnja knjiga Pensier vari ina etnico 1943XXI
Vse te clanke ahko razdemo navadno asiscno kri-
cane tako gospodarske razprave in "objek-
tivna razmorvana trzaskem vprasanju kakor itali-
janski pisun menujeo znanstveno potvarane resnice
fassticnem lajanju, XII e danes kakor ze rekli,
bo podobno cvilenju tepenega psa, bono razprava
ker nismo huroriscn list Il vsega psanja tako zvanih
gospodarstvenikov in pokov, pa sledi vedno emo in
isto Italia nj moga dat Trstu gospodarskega procva in
mu ga tud v bodocnosti ne DO mogla dati
tega pisanja in IL takega zakjucka hi kajpak sle-
do, da Trst sodi Ita Toda italiansk imperiali-
sticni gospodarstvenki MISC ega mnenja. In ke sceo
tt imperiaistcni kramar resve "a svoe nadane kup-
cije? Rimski tednik Domenica je H. IT, 1915 probcil
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prebredli skozi vodo do svoji
ke Roosevelta in Stalina in Tita.
Ia spomin so mi dali revolver
nemski revolver. v MENU je BIZ
10 pet krogel. Rekli SO mi, da je
vsak streFnamenjen "a enega fa-
sista ter da so krogle dragocene.
Odgovoril sem jim, da streljanje
ne spada v mole podrocje, razen
v filnih. Toda prosili so me, da
revolver vseeno vzamem - in
sprejel sem ga. Kajti Sc nikoli v
zgodovini te vojne nj bilo toliko
nacijev ubitih njihovin1i last
mimi revolverji in lastnimi kro-
glami, kot so jih ubili partizani
v Jugoslaviji. Kako maj iseem
pomoci "a one, XII so 81 sami toll
ko pomogli?
APPEL "a pomoc jugoslovanskemu
-. ljudstyu j ..
-s~'".".s . ~: ~ y -
"Ta arneriski odbor "a jugo-
slovanski relif deli obleko, hrano
in zdravila. Obleka ne bo rlikoli
pokrivala telesa onih mrtvih
partizanov, XII so radi zine po-
mrli v hribih, in to najvec radi
tega, ker so Sc Sc nahajali ljud-
-je, XII MISC hoteli slisati o marsa-
lu Titu. Hrana ne DO nikoli ma
sitila onih' partizanskih ,oddel-
kov, XII so Sc borili in padli radi
tega, ker je nekdo Sc vedno 60
voril o njih kot 'rdeckarjih.' In
VISA zdravila prihajajo prepozno
"a one, XII so umrli v bolecinah in
agoniji lie radi tega, ker v cell
Jugoslaviji nj bilo niti kapljice
anestizije in drugih potrebnih
medikalij.
'Mrtvim je nemogoce poma-
gait. I'll so ziveli, Sc borili in po-
mrli. Diva milijona jih je pobrala
smrt-vsaki deseti prebivalec-
zato, da smo mi Americani in
drugi nasi bratje in prijatelji
mogli zmagovito prekoraciti 60
rovja, da osvobodimo Avstrij jo
in okupiramo Nemcijo. Oni, Ju-
goslovani so doprinesli to Zedi-
njenim narodom. Oni so ma ia
nacin prispevali svoj doprinos
"a hitter in uspesen zakljucek
prve faze Vojne Evropi--da je
Mussolinijevo oblicje opljuvano,
a. zlikavi Hitler mrtev.
"V vojni SO Sc uporabljali tan
XII, topovi, letala in ladje. Ameri-
Ski narod je skoval to orozje "a
Zdruzene narode. Mi smo bill ar
senal demokracije-po imenu in
po dejstvu. Danes pa Sc sestaja-
mo, da izvedemo in damo nasim
prijateljera po vsen svetu orozje
Iniru.
'Radi tega je ia vecer vazen.
Meni nudi prilika, da poplacam
nekoliko svoj dolg, ne samo
onim, XII so sc zrtvovali, "a mojo
domovino in mojo svobodo-in in
svetovno svobodo, ternvec tudi
oninl, XII SO Sc borili in docakali
videti veliko Novo Jugoslavijo.
Date jim, da zivijo in da more
jo zaeno 2 nami korakati trium-
falno proti vecnemu miru
Mnogo Sc govori zadnja diva
tedna o malih narodih in o rev.
nih narodih. Jugoslavija nj mali
lnarod, niti nj siroma6ia, niti
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Perseverare diabolicum
ZAKRKNJENI in JOKAVI
ITALIJANSKI MPERIJALISTI

Naslednji clanek katerega je napisal znani pri-
morski pisatelj Girl Kosmac, e izse 27. marca t. l.
"Ljudski pravic,'' glaslu Slovenske osvobodilne
fronte.
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clubbing her "The Galloping
Ghost of the Oahu Coast"
TO BE COMMISSIONED
Soon thereafter she will be
de-commissioned. 1t is general
ly accepted that she will be
tied up at some major port -
probably with a few fighters
and torpedo bombers moored to
her deck - as a museum of
World War II naval achieve
ment.
There are scores of Ameri-
can warships - carriers, battle
wagons, cruisers, submarines,
d~estroyers and more prosaic
craft - that have written proud
chapters into the history of this
war. There may we'll be dozens
on which as great courage and
efficiency, under the most ter
rible conditions, have been ex-
hibited. 1t is possible that there
is another ship that has done
as great damage to the Japs.
But when you walk up the
gangplank to the hangar deck
of Big E, and wander through
its tortuous passageways up
stairs and down, tread it's flight
deck and maybe climb labori-
ously up into the various levels
of the ISLAND" you will be
about as close to the great ira
dition of American naval glory
as you could ever get in this
world.
Out of % naval battles in the
Pacific, she was in 10. Fifteen
times, in four years, the Japs
succeeded in damaging her with
hits or near misses. Six times
the Nips claimed to have sunk
Big E. At least once she suf-
fered severe damage from Amer
lean shells aimed at kamikaze
planes at close quarters. She
downed Oil Jap planes, sank II
Jap ships and damaged 1872 9TH
erS.
You won't be able to find the
scars, but when you look at the
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President to Discuss
Cost Of Living Tonight

ton that wages should go up
while prices stand still he'll
have support from his own
economists.
A staff of economists OF the
governments reconversion board
recently made a cnfidential re-
port (allowed to leak to the
press) which said:
The average factory workers
wages in l946-although higher
in dollars than in l941 wheh
living costs really started to
climb-will actually buy less
than in 194l.
Go workers are asking for a
80 per cent wage increase.
They'll probably settle for less.
But IL the President lays down
this policy-business generally
can raise wages without price
boosts-then the jockeying will
start between labor and bust
ness.
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BY JAMES MARROW

WASHINGTON. Oct. 30-(R
Your cost of living-and other
things-will be tied into what
President Truman says at 10
o'clock tonight when he broad
casts about wage increases and
prices.
He's trying to keep prices
from rising.
Right after the Japanese sur
render he stated his Administra-
tons policy on wages and prices
when he said:
A boss could raise a workers.
salary as high as he wished if he
didn't use that as a reason for
raising the prices of goods
which the worker made.
This policy has run straight
into a stone wall.
Labor-deprived of the over
time pay made in the war years
and forced to take lower-paying
jobs-has been demanding wage
increases.
Business has baked. Many
businessmen say they cannot
grant pay increases without GET
ting permission from the gov
eminent to raise prices on goods.
Mr.. Truman could say:
/. Business is able to raise
wages without raising prices.
2. Or, business will be allow
ed to raise prices generally if it
increases wages.
No. 2 would breach the policy
of holding the line against in
creased living costs.
Philip MURRAY, head Of the
CLIO, said at a luncheon here
yesterday that labor is opposed
to a combination of wage and
price increases.
His reason: That would not be
a real wage increase at all be-
cause rising prices would mean
a rise in living costs and
therefore wipe out the wage in
crease.
Mr.. Truman said last August
that price increases could be
granted to adjust "inequities'
where pay raises were given.
But no one in government has
explained yet what an lin
equity" is.
If Mr.. Truman takes the posi-
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forward elevator, big enough to,
raise or lower two planes stimuli,
taneously between hangar and
flight deck, try to picture that
large mass suspended 400 feet
in the air, atop what looks like,
Old Faithful in full eruption
That was what happened when
a Jap suicide pilot succeeded in
slamming square into the for
ward area on the flight deck.
On the port side of the hangar
deck, take a look at the wing
of another kamikaze plane that
just missed the flight deck and
exploded in the water along
side.
PIONEERED NIGHT FLIGHT
After you have wandered
through officers and crews
quarters, look in Big Els picture
album and see the shambles that
they VIC : after the kamikaze
exploded, or ever after a drop
ped bomb went through the
flight deck and exploded inside.
Remember Butch O'Hare? He
made his name and fame flying
off the Enterprise, and died
leading the first carrier night
flying mission, whose methods
he had conceived.
Veteran or boot, your heart
fills your throat when you see
a fast fighter landing on that
little deck in a cross-wind by
full daylight on a calm sea. But
the Enterprise pioneered take
offs and landings in the black
of South Pacific night. some
times when the sea was far from.
calm.
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Big E. the GaIIoping Ghost Returns
Proudly from Hisfory-Mdking Battles
BY 3. BURTON HEATH
NEA Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK - She's just an
other Old Lady now - a relict
about to become a relic. The
boys used to think her trim and
graceful, and give her the wolf
call whenever she hove into
view. Her lines haven't changed,
though she has had a few major
operations and a couple of face
fittings. She still can step as
fast, rs high, as wide and as
handsome as In her prime. But
times have changed, I stes have
progressed, newer models have
come along.
Now she's just the Old En-
terprise - the Big E. She's the
fightingest carrier in the fleet
and probably the most famous
warship in modern American
history. Now she is making her
last round Of public appearances
before her aged carcass is turn
ed into a museum piece.
We have the Midway now and
the Franklin D. Roosevelt, each
boasting As, 1000 tons of mass and
power and beauty. W. have Is
nice new Essex class carriers of
$4,000 tons each, not to men,
ton the 3,000-ton Saratoga.
That leaves the Enterprise
tagging, when the Roosevelt
takes to sea and a couple of
the Essex classers 60 into serv-
Ice, in 10th place in our car
rier procession.
SMALL, BUT MIGHTY
She's small, In contrast with
her newer sisters. She's six years
old - pre-war. Her equipment
isn't 30 modern and efficient as
that Of the new carrier debu-
tantes. BY concession of the men
who love her most, she doesn't
belong any more.
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Yet, if the powers that be
had not decreed that Big E
must be decommissioned, l doubt
that any man who ever served
on the Enterprise would will
ingly accept assignment to any
other carrier in our fleet.
The way Enterprisers feel
about their Old Lady can be
illustrated by two stories. One
concerns an episode at Pearl
Harbor, when Big E was re-
turning to the Bremerton Navy
Yard for repairs after a kam-
ikaze plane had all but ruined
her.
AS she approached port a
formation of fighter : bombers
flew over, forming the letter
&C." They were from Air Group
Six, that had homed on the En-
terprise during the first eight
months of the war. They were
now reassigned, but they still
loved their old carrier. AS proof,
they flew low so that the men
on Big E could see, on signs
painted on the aircraft:
Enterprise"
The other story is of the En-
terprise crew member who, on
a party visiting the newer, big
ger Saratoga, was asked for his
credentials. Reaching into a
pocket he pulled out a nickel,
dropped it into a nearby crack,
and inquired:
This is the Staten Island fer
ry, isn't it,"
Big E is lying tied to a New
York pier where she took part
in the Presidential review on
Navy Day. Now it is reported
that she will 60 to Boston to
participate in a celebration for
Admiral Bull" Halsey, who had
his flag aboard her on Pearl Har-
Dor Day, who used her to escort
the late Hornet when Jimmy
Doolittle's filters were taking off
to bomb Tokyo, and who well
coined her return to his COM
mand in the fall of 1914 by
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Murray has pointed out that
since the Japanese surrender
there has not been a single sue.
cessful collective bargaining
agreement in a big wage dispute
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between management and laboDt
And even II MI. Truman
okays raising wages thereu ~
arguments - and probably
strikes-for months.