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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-10-11

at New Knoxville, Ohio, on Wednes-
day, Oct. II.
The meeting of the Regional Youth
Fellowship at st. Johns church, Sun
day afternoon at 2:30 and Sunday
evening at z. A fine program has
been arranged for all young. people.
st. Johns
$3.50 a. m. Church School.
10:45 a. m. Morning worship.
The choir of the church meets for
rehearsal on Thursday evening at
7:30.
The Edith Lahr Missionary Circle
meets at the home of Mrs. w. A.
Amstutz on Thursday evening of this
week at 7:3O. Meeting is advanced
one week due to the Women's Guild
meeting.
The committee on the Memorial
Organ meets on Friday evening of
this week at 300 o'clock at the home
of Mrs. Ruth Geiger.
The Regional Youth Fellowship
meets at our church, Sunday after
noon and evening. A fine program,
evening meal, recreation has been ar
ranged, SO plan to attend.
Catechism instruction Saturday at
$3.50 o'clock.
The Women's Guild meets at the
church on October Is, speaker for the
occasion will be Miss Erma Stearns,
who formerly worked with DR.. Lau-
bach.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-09-20

Continued from Page One)
were the winners in the shuttle.
board contests.
Following the afternoon OF sport
ing activities, 40 attended the ban
quet in the evening, honoring the
new commander, at the Legion
home. Special mention is made of
the entertainment given through
the singing of John Boyles, and
the music of the Ford, Mercury
Rangers all string orchestra, who
played through the courtesy Of the
Ford Motor Co.
After the dinner, prizes were
awarded to the winners Of the af-
ternoon's contests by Master of
Ceremonies James (Bingo) Brown.
The prizes ranged from a peck of
potatoes to bright suspenders, all
done up in exquisite wrappings.
Bling" Brown presented Command
er doc" McCuiloch with a gay, i'm
ported Scotch plaid hat, with a well
chosen feather. McCulloch return
ed the gesture by presenting the
"Bingo" with his faovrite dish-a
can of limburger cheese and onions.
AS a climax to the days festivi-
ties, doc" McCulloch gave his
opening address outlining Legion
plans for the ensuing year.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-09-20
Municipal Court

Robert C. Fisher, Jr, Griswold
Hotel, Ann Arbor. was arraigned
Wednesday on charges OF simple
larceny. He paid $50 restitution.
but falling to pay a S25 fine, he
was committed TO the county Jail
for 60 days or until the fine is
paid.
Thomas Justice, Detroit. was
committed for thirty days in the
county Jail sor failing TO appear in
court after a traffic violation.
Katherine Curd. 1929 Arlington,
was arraigned Wednesday for alb
andoning her children. The charge
was reduced to disorderly and she
was sentenced to pay SO restitu-
ton and SIS costs. Payment Is sus-
pended until Nov. l.
Mrs. NJ. tie c. Johnson. alias
Myrtle Sizemore, alias Myrtle SUIT
ter. was fined SIS and sentenced
to serve 80 days for disorderly con-
duct. II the fine is paid the SEN
tence will be conditionally sus-
pended provided she stays out OF
the county for one year.
Total receipts for Wednesday
were $685..
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-09-20
By ERICH BRANDEIs


Most men will be just as delight
ed as when they read that little
item from London about the re-
fusal OF British rehabilitation cen
ters to let wives or sweethearts be
present when the discharged SER
vicemen pick out their civilian
clothes.
This is a mans one opportunity
OF choosing a new outfit for him
SELF. said an officer in charge.
land besides-if women were al
lowed 1t would take US twice as long
to get each man QUILTED"
l second the motion with enthu-
siasm-and yet, Just this morning,
/ saw a comic strip in my newspa-
per which gives the other side Of
the picture.
A woman tells her friend that she
Is going to take her husband along
to pick out a new dress.
But .why?" asks the friend, Isn't
he just in the way"
NO" the other answers, III /
go alone l feel in duty bound to
pick cut something cheap. But
when he's with me he's so afraid
that the sales girl will think him
piker that he'll let me spend
more than I'd ever dare to-"
isn't 1t the TRUTH" said the
friend. You've given me an idea"
One OF my friends is a successful
businessman. But he is very much
henpecked, and his wife insists on
picking his clothes for him.
Last week she decided that 1t
would look very executive" II,
instead Of horn-rimmed e-glasses,
he wore a pince-nez on a wide black
ribbon around his neck. She loves
loud checks and ties that shrek.
So, as a result, this successful
businessman looks like ham actor
or a get-rich-quick promoter. But
she thinks he looks chic and youth
full.
Another friend of mine. whose
clothes are very expensive but look
like flour sacks on him, insists on
surprising his wife by bringing her
suits and dresses and hats.
He loves red and canary yellow
and bright greens and maribou and
sequin. She likes subdued colors
and simplicity.
81 could scream sometimes when
he brings home those awful things"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-09-20
'Vets" May Choose Garb

she confded IN me the other day.
But what can l do? He means well
and l don't want to hurt his feel
ings."
Meaning well" has caused an
awful lot OF damage!
Why can't people realize that
men women have different tastes :?
Nine times out of ten when a
woman picks her husbands things
she thinks OF her favorite movie
actor and wants her own spouse to
look as much as possible like him.
And men go in for fluff and color.
They think that overlooking their
wives with flashy clothes shows
OF their own prosperity.
My wife bought me a necktie
once.
Fortunately Deuce, my Sealyham,
chewed 1t up before l had to wear
1t.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-09-20
Pick of the Air Today

MBS-S: 3O-Agatha Christle's Poi
rot;
9:30-Bea Vain and Serenade:
10:00-Oboler Play Rocket from
Manhattan.
Friday
NBC-12 Noon-Words and Music;
2:15 p. m.-Today's Children;
6:15-Echoes OF Tropics:
7:00-Radio Supper Club;
9:00-Waltz Time.
CBS-11;15 a. m.-Second Hus-
band:
4p. m.-House Party;
6:15-Jimmy Carrolls Song;
S:30-Kate Smiths Music;
ABC-11-Brenemans Breakfast;
10:30-Harry James Musicians.
lis p. m.-Constance Bennett;
4:00-Jack Berch Show;
S:00-Blind Date;
9:30-The Sheriff.
MBS-1:15-Luncheon with Lopez;
2:15-Jane Cowl;
4:15-Johnson Family;
7:30-Cecil Browns New Time;
10:00-Leave it TO Mike.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-09-20
MonkeY Eaeed OH
DRIVER ExoNERATED

Lansing-Blame for the accident
Saturday in which a fire truck
struck city bus injuring 80 per
sons has been removed from the
fire department and the driver Of
the truck by the city board OF po-
lice and FIRE commissioners. The
board said IL could find no evidence
OF negligence on the part OF the
driver OF the members of the truck
crew. Four OF the injured passen-
gers are still under treatment at
their homes or local hospitals.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-09-20
WILLIAM scHWARZ

Ann Arbor.-Funeral services
for William Schwarz. 1850 Lake
view Dr., who died Wednesday at
his home. will be Friday at
O'Clock, at the Muehlig Chapel,
with Rev. Theodore Schmale offlci.
ating.
He is survived by his wife, Annie
Beck Schwarz; a son, William. Jr.,
at home; two daughters, Mrs. Den.
mis- A. Kuhn, Ypsilanti, and Mrs.
Allen c. Kloske, Ann Arbor; two
grandchildren and two sisters in
Germany.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-09-20
Daily Market Report

CATTLE-salable receipss. 600.
Good and choice short-fed native
steers and yearlings brought SIC
lL25, while a few S50-lb. mixed
yearlings sold at $685.. Load lots
Of medium l,000-l 100 ID. Western
grass steers cashed at Sl415.l5.0O.
but most common and medium ma
tive grassc cattle had 10 sell within
the $lO,00-l4.OO range. Good beef
COWS. although scarce. were neg
lected by the trade and medium
grade offerings sold indifferently
at S9.50-l1.00 with few above
S1050. Common cows met reliable
outlet at 100000. Gamers and
cutters again sold freely at 5000
1.75 with few strongweight cut
ters at $500. The few good heavy
bulls offered sold at $ll50-l2.00.
but drew less action than palmer
and lighter kinds. Medium sausage
bulls turned freely at Si000l05O.
Cutter and common lightweight
sausage bulls found aggressive
competition at SS.O0-9.5O. Replace
ment cattle were scarce and dull.
CALVES-S alable receipts 250.
Choice vealers sold freely at the
$l7.00 top. Common and medium
grades made $13.O6-l6.O0 and culls
ranged from S6.00-10.00. Most gras-
sy heavy calves Cashed uneyenly
from $140O down with culls as low
as $500. Good and choice hoayies
were quotable to $1,000. Quality Of
both calves and yealers remains
unattractiye. with excessive num-
bers OF culls.
HOGS Salable receipts. 200
While moderate numbers appeared
during the matinee session. morn
ing receipts were lightest in many
months. Demand continues broad
and supplies were quickly absorbed
at firm prices. Barrows and gifts
bulked at the $3.50 ceiling. SowS
sold mostly at Sl4.00 and Slil5.
while stays brought Sl4.O0 and
down.
SHEEP -Salable receipts 500
Good and choice spring lambs
bulked freely at $l3.50-13.75, some
medium and good lots at $3.50
1900. Bucks came out at S100 less.
Common and medium springers
made SlO.OOI2.0O with culls down
to $500. Feeders took unfinished
lambs under 20 lbs. at Sll.0013.0O.
Good and choice ewes sold at 5000
600 and some common and medi-
UNI kinds at $3.50-45o. Few culls
had changed hands at prices down
ward to $500, with bids largely alb
sent on the crop.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-09-20

Observation-Disclosures TO De-
troit OF FIVE Michigan youths ac-
cused OF stealing automobiles in
four states has been ordered by U.
S. Commissioner Z. X. Walker.
Three OF the youths escaped from
a vocational school at Lansing a
month ago.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-09-20
PATRICIA MAE MANN

Saline-Patricia Mae Mann died
Wednesday night at st. Joseph's
Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, after
brief illness. She was born No.
vember 9, 1913 in Ann Arbor, the
daughter of Cecil E. Yelliott and
Marjorie Demerost Mann.
Funeral services will be at 2 o..
clock, Friday at the Lockwood Flu
neral Home. Saline. with burial at
the Union Cemetery. Friends may
call at the funeral home,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-09-20
Chief Patch Attends
Ford Public Test

Police Chief Dan +. L. Patch was
present at the first public test OF
the 1916 Ford car. Wednesday, Ut
Ford Airport
Chief Patch hopes to be able
to replace at least two OF the de-
partment cars in the near future
and believes the new model Ford
would hold up well, Judging from
the tests, Wednesday,.
Sixty police chiefs from this area
attended the showing.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-09-20

YOKOHAMA-AP - Eighty-six
A!lied prisoners OF war received n
rousing welcome today as they re-
turned to freedom from the dreary
prison camps OF Osaka, in which
they had volunteered to stay to
help liberate their 7,217 fellow
nrisnners.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-09-20
StOrk Calls

Son, to Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Miller.
50234 Ecorse Rd.. Belleyille, at
Boyer Hospital, Sept. 49, weight S
pounds, ounces.
Son, to Mr.. and Mrs. Warren
Hartman, Belleyille. at Boyer Hos
pital; weight six pounds, IA ounces.
Daughter. Carol Ann, to Mr. and
Mrs. Noble St. Clair in St. Joseph
Hospital. Ann Arbor, September -.
weight. 7 lbs. IL ounces. Mrs. St.
Clair will be remembered here as
Miss Katie Spence.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-09-20

TOKYO-AP-The Domei Agen-
cy said today that the Japanese
finance ministry. on orders from
General Macarthur, had frozen as
sets and property OF Axis nationals
in Japan.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-09-20
Tonight

Tonight
Talks: MBS Sis Reconversion and
Jobs, II. w. Prentls, Jr,; ABC
$3.50 Town Meeting. who Should
Control Atomic Bombs?".
NBC-S:30-Dinah Shore Show;
9:30-Jack Haley Comedy;
10:00-Mystery in the Air;
10: 30-Rudy Vallee Variety.
CBS-S:00-Suspense Drama;
9;00-Andre Kostelanetz Music;
10:00-First Line Drama;
10:30-Larry Douglas and Ripley.
ABC-S:00-Lum and Abner;
9:30-Music Variations;
10: 30-Army Air Force Program.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-09-20

National BroadeastIno Company
RED NETWORK-WLW 700, WWJ
$50, WMAQ $40.
ABC NETWORK - WXYZ 1870,
WHAM 1850.
Columbia Broadeastlne Company
WJ2 760. WBBM $50, WCKY 1880,
WFBM 1860. VICAR 1880. WBNS,
1460. WOOD 1910.
Mutual Bros 6castlno Company
RED NETWORK - CKLW 500,
WJBK 1890, WGN 720.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-09-20
MRS. MARTHA ALICE LoNksEY

MRS. MARTHA ALICE LoNksEY
Mrs. Martha Alice Lonskey. wild
ow Of the late John II. Lonskey.
passed away Wednesday night at
3 o'clock, after an extended illness.
She was born in Terra Haute
Ind. July -. 1851. to Henry and
Amelia Harvey UT She was mar
ried to Mr.. Lonskey at Yicennes.
Ind, January s, 1900. He was kill
ed in a motor accident, February
25, 1915.
Mrs. Lonskey is survived by two
daughters. Mrs. Roy Connolly, Miss
Lucille Lonskey, and a son. Harold
b. Lonskey. all Of Ypsilanti. and
two grandchildren, Jerry and Pat
rick Connolly.
Rosary will be said at the Geer
Funeral Home, Friday evening at S
o'clock. and Mass will be said in
st. Johns Catholic Church. Sat
urday at 10 a. m.
Burial will follow at the Holy
Sepulchre cemetery, Detroit.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-09-20
Eggs

Prices per dozen paid, fob. De
troit, by first receivers for case
lots Of government graded eggs
from grading stations. Wednesday:
White-U. S. Grade A: Extra
large. 5Gia; large, 54l3-55; medi-
um, 1917; small. 4Oia. L. S. Grade
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-09-20
Fruit

APPLES-Wealthy. No. l. 1900
asa 45-lb. bu.
CONTROVERSIES. l. 1912 So
TO- bu.
GRAPES Concord, No. l. Sl0O-
1.25 PIX. basket.
PEACHES (bu) No. /, 81 50-3.e).
PLUMS Lombard, No. /, S450-j.01
bu.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-09-20
YpsiIanti Markets
Buying Prlces)
GRAIN
PRODUCE
(Wolfs Grocery

Beans (buD ...............S20O
Cabbage (bul ............. 1.25
Carrots (dozD ............ 30
Celery (doz) ................ 80
Corn (doZD ..............., ~
Eggs (dOz.) ............,.... 100
Green peppers (bu) ........ LOO
Peas Obj ............,..... 10
Potatoes (cwt) .............. 200
Radishes (doz) ............ 100
Spinach buJ .............. $50
Tomatoes Cbu) ............. 100
Turnips Cbu) ............... $50
Apples (bul ............... $50
Cantaloupes (bu) ......... 300
Peaches. Gin. (buD ........;2OO
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-09-20

Vegetables
BEANs-Green No. /, S1.25-17S
bu.
BEANS-Wax. No. l, S175-225 bu.
BEETS-No. l. G5-75c doz. bchs.
CABBAGE-No. /. $4,000 bu.
CARROTS-No. |. 6O-75c doz. bchs.
CELERY-Root No. l. so zoe dog.
bchs.
CoRN-No. !. $4,000 5 doz. sack.
CAULIFLOWER-No. /, S25O-S.O0
bu.
CUCUMBERs-No. ! slivers, sl.75-
200 bu.
DILL-No. l. 5O-65c per doz. bchs.
punches.
DRY ONIONS No. /, S175 zoo
90 Id. sack.
GREEN ONIONS No. l. 1850
doz. bchs. a.
LETTUCE leaf 4-5c ID.
POTATOES-New, No. /. S2.50-2.65
loo h. sack.
PARSLEN-Curly, No. J., 50 $50
d,k bchs.
PARSNIPS-No. /, l.251 so Il bu.
PEPPERS-Green, No. l, Sl.2J-l51
bu.
RADISHES-New, No. !. 65 $50
dOZ hChs.
RHUBARB-G0-75 doz bchs.
RUTABAGAS-No. /. Sl9O-2 bu.
SPINACH-No. !, G0-SOc bu.
SQUASH-Hubbard. bu., No. l,
75c-s1.
TOMATOES No. I, 40-50c IA ID.
basket
TT RNIpS No a OIL IA I'm
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-09-20
WILLIAM RAUscHENsEReER

WTLLTNW HNUoOFf ENbE HOEH
Ann Arbor-Funeral services for
William Rauschenberger. ScIo
Township, who died at his home,
Tuesday, will be at $3.50 p. m. Fri
day at the Dolph Funeral Home,
with Rev. Carl A. Brauer officiating.
He is survived by his wife. Nora:
two daughters, Mrs. Elmer REM,
Ann Arbor, and Mrs. Ralph Buck.
ingham Racine, Wis.,: four sisters.
Mrs. Albert Prochnow, Mrs. Lydia
Wurster. Mrs. Martin Keck, Ann
Arbor, and Mrs. Isaac Stanfleld.
Whitmore Lake; three brothers.
Jake and Albert, Ann Arbor, and
Christopher, Detroit; and three
grandchildren.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-09-20
YpSiIanti Briefs
Late Start

Late Start
City police had a late start today
on a larceny investigation when
John ". Woolsey 500 81. John St,
reported that while his truck was
parked in front Of his residence,
September Is. someone stole the
spare wheel and tire. The tire was
nearly new. Mr.. Woolsey said the
delay in reporting the theft was
due TO a little detective work on his
own, which failed.
Monkey Faced owl
Carl Lenardson, 1885 Holmes Rd.
Wednesds caught a monkey-faced
owl, making the third one o. this
almost extinct variety IN three
years. While overseeing a group OF
men who were cleaning a water
tower In Chelsea, Mr.. Lenardson
saw the owl fly out. One workman
caught and held it while cage
was prepared so that it could be
exhibited.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-09-20

B: Large, ASA; small. 80; U. s.
Grade c: Large. 40.
BROWN j-U. S. Grade AA:
Large, 81: Market unchanged.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-09-20
New York Stocks

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
(By waiting, Lerchen & Company
tNoon Quotations.
Montana labor news., 1945-09-13
new TANGLE HITS
UNEMPLOYMENT
COMPENSATION BILL

WASHINGTON.- (FP) Prompted
by a Texas official, the Senate Finance
committee made a survey Of state I'M
employment compensation laws Sept s
which it claimed showed 10 states have
provisions barring workers from adding
any federal money to their state bene-
fit checks.
Sen. Walter F. George D.-Ga.),
chairman Of the group, reported eager
ly that the new development may de-
lay presentation of the bill to the floor.
The Texan was Claude A. Williams,
who swore that any federal payment to
a jobless worker would be deducted
from his state benefit total, so he would
get the same amount he receives now
despite a u. s. statute. State laws, Of
course, could be changed by the legis-
l%atures, or the governors could suspend
the provision under their wartime emer-
gency powers as Gov. Maurice ]. Tobin
OF Massachusetts suggested.
Montana labor news., 1945-09-13
White Collar Leader
Files Libel Suit
in Union Dispute

NEW YORK. (FP) -P~resident
Lewis Merrill OF United Office and
Professional Workers (CIO) filed a
libel suit for 100000 against David
Sher. chairman OF the administrative
committee OF the American Jewish Com
mittee.
The committee, which is engaged in
combating racial and religious dis
elimination, has denied collective bar
gaining rights to its own employees, the
majority of whom belong to the
.UOPWA, Merrill said. 1t is the only
major national Jewish organization
which has refused to recognize the
white collar union.
Merrill said he vas basing his suit
on llpelous statements Sher made in a
speech to the committees employees dur
ing working hours in which he at
tempted to dissuade them from joining
the union.
Montana labor news., 1945-09-13
VETS PICKET UNION
BUSTING FIRM

LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Yep
Apple stands manned by veterans OF
World War II have been set up in
front Of the Selectar Mig. Co.. here to
remind the company that they didn't
fight the wal to make the country safe
for union-busting
The 10 vets are among 800 members
OF Local 1927, United Electrical Radio
& Machine Workers (CIO), who were
laid off after VI Day. Other laid-off
workers are picketing the company and
its offices in New York.
Picketing began when the firm in
formed the union that it was ready to
rehire rs workers but only on condi =
ton that it could pick the workers it
wanted, in violation of the s%niority
clause in the contract.
List submitted to the union by the
company showed that besides disre-
garding seniority completely the COM
pany intended to get ride of three
fourths of its returned veterans, all Of
its skilled women workers, most Of the
Negro employees, older workers and all
Of the large group Of handicapped work
ers who proved themselves fully cap
able Of doing the FIRMS precision work
throughout the war.
After the company refused to agree
to union demands for observance Of
seniority, the union took the case to
court to demand arbitration of its de-
mands.
Attitude Of company officials, Bust
ness Manager Sidney Gilbert of Local
1927 said, rs a reflection of their CON
tempt for everything American boys
have fought and given their lives for.
This attempt to engage in union bust
ing is a part Of the fight OF those in
dustrialists who want millions of n
employed so that they can cut wages
and make tremendous profits"
Montana labor news., 1945-09-13
CONVENTION GOES ON
AGAINST
CONSUMPTION

he following resolution was adopted
by the Forty-eighth Convention of the
Montana State Federation of Labor
held in Billings, Mont, August q, p,
%, 1915:
Whereas, Bills for peacetime con
scription of men for military service
have been introduced by Congressmen
Wadsworth, May and Quincy, who in
the past have been definitely anti-labor,
and
Whereas, The adoption OF conscrip-
ton by the United States would be open
admission Of lack of confidence in the
ability Of democratic nations to provide
a peaceful means of settling national
disputes and a further confession oil
insincerity on the part of our national
leadership, and
Whereas, Peacetime CONSUMPTION fol
military service has been one Of tn,
outstanding features of fascism anC
Imperialism, the greatest enemy of hu.
mainly in modern times, and
whereas ouen proposals coming iron
aiese soui0es' must De construed as
- 80 uie piHi0'pigS ana SON
- u 'ie oi~g"i"1'''oiS ol inc Work
1t l'a'1s' anu
- 80 5u0" pioPosais' II aoopee'
a. 9i'0ulu o''ly De auop'eu dtleI
~ u'oious" p0iiDet auoH curing
II u 49, anu eilpna'ioaiy mo-
Montana labor news., 1945-09-13
C.. OF C EXPERT SAYS
PROSPERITY IS
MENTAL ATTITUDE

WASHINGTON-(FP)-'Th cards
are stacked on both sides OF the table"
That was the summation of one OF the
witnesses attending the hearings Of the
ways and means committee on HR $3.50.
the Doughton bill which would increase
unemployment insurance to SIS for %
weeks.
The remark was made after a by-play
between Chairman Robert Z. Doughton
ON. c. of the committee and Dr..
Emerson p. Schmidt who testified for
the L. S. Chamber Of Commerce.
Whether we will have initiation or de-
flation in the coming period, depends
on psychology, the two agreed. "If YOU
believe in it, you will create good CON
ditions and the only condition which
would prevent the great boom that Dr..
Schmidt couldn't help but predict is
pending is the mental attitude we take
toward it.
Doughton expressed chagrin at the
charge that Congress had quit work
without attending to r|econversion. He
put his catechism to DIR. Schmidt.
Didn't we provide for a billion and a
hall dollars Of public highway recon
struction?" he asked. Schmidt assent
ed. and a billion dollars for flood
control? p he pressed. Again, Schmidt
doomed a yes" Didn't we pass a bill
making Ii War moibilizer a War de
mobilizer p On down the list he went.
SO impressed was DR.. Schmidt that he
told the committee in his opinion they
were working entirely too hard. Con
gress has many more pressing problems
than that Of unemployment compensa-
ton to consider, and it ought to begin
on them. It was clear that Doughton
agreed.
Rep. Harold ("Bullwhip') Knutson
(R,-Minn) came up with a suggestion
for labor. Labor should concern it.
self above all else with disposition OF
surplus property" He proposed that
the property be given to foreign coun-
tries, to prevent an over-supply being
dumped on the American market
Off-the-record, Knutson let the group
in on a little secret. It's going to take
an inflated economy there Scmidt in
terposed Expanded" but Bullwip stuck
to his guns, he meant "inilated') to
pay off our bills, and if it becomes
necessary to initiate the dollar until ii
is only worth 25c, Knutson is for it.