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The Omaha guide., 1945-10-13
Dead Wood
By GEORGE S. N
President Of Harding College
SeorcY.A Arkansas

idle poor" They are more nu-
merous. Idle hands can ride any
business to the ground because
they retard production. Indiffer-
ent workers are no less guilty
than pampered p~ayrollers.
Foes of | WAS much impress
Freedom ed by an article in the
Houston Press a few
weeks ago, written by a returned
service man. He had started to
work in an office soon after ne
was discharged and. six weeks
later, penned his contempt for
civilian workers, men and women.
They Systematically fritter away
500 of their working time, he
charged They can do it because
of the scarcity of workers.
There is an imported, alien
doctrine that capitalists will make
too much profit for the good OF
the public unless workers retard
production some way. The theory
is venomous. Americas unique
place among world powers, the
singularly high standard of living
among workers and farmers, our
national income and u national
safety, depend on efficient pro-
duction.
The wide world soon will he a
market of millions of people in
poverty. If America fails to sup
ply it, cheap-labor countries will
take the business. Dead wood
can cheat Uncle Sam out of world
trade and leave Us to stew again
in our own ov~er-supply. with low
wages and poor living conditions
which we don't want and which
aren't necessary
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Joseph w. Frazer 1eft) and Henry
Kaiser.
W. Frazer. president of Graham
Paige. VIII act in the same off
cial capacity in the new company
to be called the Kaiser-Frazer cor
poration, ana Graham : Paige will
share in a 100000 purchase Of stock
valued at S., 200, 900 in the new firm.
Indicative Of the cost Of establish
ing a modern mass-production auto
mobile factory, Kaiser-Frazer will
invest SIS, 900, 900 to be received
from total private and public stock
sales as follows: So, 600. 900 for ma
chinery and equipment; 81, ESQ, 900
for tools, dies, jigs and fixtures; ST.
100000 prepaid expenses; ST, ESQ, 600
deferred charges, and SO, 028, 800 for
general corporate
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u. S. Gets New Auto

The most colorful mass produc-
zionist Of World War ii, Henry
Kaiser announced arrangements for
his entrance into the low-priced
automobile field in league with the
Graham : Paige interests at the
sprawling Willow Run plant original
ly set up for manufacture of B-24s.
To effect the greatest efficiency
and economy, Graham : Paige will
also produce its medium-priced car
and line Of tractors, farm imple-
ments and rototiller along with the
new vehicle at Willow Run. Joseph
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WaIIa(e's Job Program
Packs Political INT
Reorganization of Commerce Department
First Step Forward in Formulation
Of Full Employment Policy.
By
Netos analyst and Commentator.

WNU Service, 1916 Eye Street, NV.
Washington, ID. G.
The recent operating and or
ganization program for the depart
ment Of commerce created very lit
tie excitement in Washington or else
where when it was released. l think
it made page Is Of the New York
Times. The Times gave much more
prominence recently to another doc
ument from the pen of Henry Agard
Wallace-his new book, Sixty Mil
lion Jobs" of which I shall speak
later.
Congress may slumber on the re-
organization report for yet a little,
but when Washington wakes to the
real significance Of this 10-page,
mimeographed document it will find
between the lines much upon which
to ponder. maybe that is why it
was double-spaced.)
To me, this is a three-in-one in
strument-just as its author, Henry
Wallace, revealed himself as a
three-in-one personality when 1
called or him just before the pub
LEGATION of his program, his first ap-
proach to the governmental lime
light since the change in admins
tration.
The report on what Mr.. Wallace
in his capacity as secretary Of COM
merce hopes will mean the revitaliz-
ing and expanding of his depart
ment, emissions the metamorphosis
of that somewhat turgid and impo-
tent institution into a vigorous and
human organization which will reach
out and touch millions of individuals
just as the governments most virile
department. agriculture, does. Sec
rotary Wallace said frankly at his
press conference and also in more
detail privately to me, that he
thought that the department of COM
merce should do for the business
man, big and little, what the de-
partment of agriculture does for the
farmer, big and little. And it will. if
he has his way.
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IN MY early 20's l had frequent
dealings with a small but old and
reputable manufacturing corpo-
ration. One day l lunched with
a gray-haired employee. the u
perintendent, who was quite I'M
happy. They had lost their big
gest contract. The lost customer
was a young and thrifty retail
firm whose needs had finally
grown too large for the old
manufacturer to supply.
Price had been a consideration,
of course. My companion adj
mitted that several competitors
could quote a lower price and
make a profit when his plant
could not. 1t was on account OF
the modern. high-speed equip
ment which the competitors used.
Naturally ] asked why the old
house couldn't install better ma
chinery. The superintendent sim
ply wagged his head and said.
dead wood"
Unused OUR big boz, is the
Hands chairman" he explain
ed. His brother is
president Of the company Each
of them has a son who is a vice
president. The secretary and the
treasurer are both sons-in-law
don't see any of them twice
year but they all draw salaries a:
big as mine. We can't buy new
equipment. Sometimes we art
hard put to pay for current ma
terials promptly"
This was 25 years ago when
lot of ranting (not altogether un
justifedl was heard about tn
"idle rich" But the tables hav,
tnrned. AMERICAS threat now |
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conference with farm bureau repre-
~sentatives in Washington, D. c., An
derson also raised the possibility Of
imposing marketing quotas to re-
strict the heavy output of certain
crops.
At the same time, Secretary An
derson Joined President Truman in
assuring the farm bureau men that
the government would back its COM
mltment to support commodity
prices at not less than 80 per
cent of parity for two years after
the official end of the war.
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FOOD:
To Curb Output

Declaring commodity production
goals should reflect consumer de-
mand rather than maximum abili-
ty for output, Secretary of Agricul-
ture Clinton Anderson indicated that
the governments 1916 farm pro-
gram may call for smaller harvests
in view of decreased military and
civilian needs.
In making his views known in a
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Church Warming

Meanwhile the Federal Council Of
the Churches of Christ in America
called upon the government ito
state now its intention to place the
new discovery under a worldwide
authority as soon as all states will
submit to effective controls" and
to press for such controls"
The statement also warned that
unless international control can be
achieved in the short period while
the United States alone possesses
atomic bombs, it may be difficult or
impossible to achieve.
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AN EDITORIAL:
OUR CTS AT

1t may not be a Notwithstanding event, but the fact
that the Harvard Trade Union Fellowship has now
agreed to accept women uniOnists selected by their
unions to study under the free scholarship arrange
ment is, beyond doubt, both a novel and interesting
bit Of news.
That staid, UNCOVERED Harvard was persuaded
to depart from its no miXed-clasSeS tradition is dis
tinctly an achievement for women in general and,
in view of the fact that this exception was made for
Trade Union Fellowship courses, for the labor move
ment in particular. The ILGWU, which initiated
this move, has reason to feel especially %gratified,
we believe.
Two other points may be emphasized in connec-
ton with Liz student enrolment in the Harvard
courses this year. First, three out of our group of
fourt students are CTS. The two women have just
been honorably discharged from the WAC, and both
of them have seen many years of active service in
ourr union. The second point is that one of the
girls, a veteran activist in the ILGWU, is a Negro.
This attests a breadth Il of vision for which the admin
~istration Of the Trade Union Fellowship at Harvard
may Justly be congratulated.
When this labor study project was first launched
at Harvard four years ago. it created considerable
str both in trade III ion and in educational circl,S
as al earnest effort 10 equip young and ambitious
trade unionists with an intellectual and scholastic
trail1np that would substantially supplement thei-
practical know-how in the complexities of labor
employer relations. The war and the outflow of
the younger men into the armed forces has gravely
i~nterfered with the ILGWU, whose membership is
prepOnderantly female, the exclusion of women
from the Harvard campus has made the choice of
student candidates even more difficult.
With the conclusion of the war and the admission
of women students to the Fellowship course, it may
be expected that the labor studies at Harvard will
proceed at a faster and more productive tempo. The
score Of other universities and colleges which have
taken the cue from Harvard in this relatively new
field of adult education may also expect larger en-
rOllmentS In the coming years.
What this experimental work may mean to the
labor movement, however, cannot possibly be meas
ured at the moment, by a common y%ardstick. Some
of the labor unions looking forward to immediate
"dividends'' from this investment in training for
leadership may find the results not altogether graf
flying. But educational programs, by and large,
are not short-range propositions. A good deal will
depend on the human material the unions will send
to the labor courses at these colleges and upon their
eventual loyalty to the movement from which they
have sprung.
In any event, the labor unions can stand only to
gain from these generous endeavors on the part of
leaders in higher education to bring ''town'' and
gown" closer and to make the study Of the applied
social sciences available to union men and women on
a level Of complete impartiality and scientific in
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BIC FIVE:
No Results

Failing Of settlement Of one inn
portant problem, the Big Five coun-
Gil Of foreign ministers meeting in
London to map postwar Europe
moved for adjournment, with posi-
bilities that the creation Of peace
treaties with former axis satellites
may be directly negotiated between
the U. S., Britain and Russia.
The magnitude of the task of rec
onciling the conflicting interests Of
the Allied powers in the European
theater was reflected in the difficulty
OF disposing of pre-war Italian col
onies and strategic islands Of the
Mediterranean; reshaping the Ital-
ian-Yugoslav border; drawing up
peace treaties for the Russian DOM
mated Balkans, and internationally
cation of the vital waterways.
While the foreign ministers Of the
Big Five were scheduled to reas-
semble in November to receive the
recommendations Of their deputies
on settlement of the thorny issues,
Russian opposition To French and
Chinese participation in the deliber-
atoms raised the possibility that d.
rect negotiations between Washing
ton, D. c., London and Moscow may
be established IS an alternative.
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GERMANY:
Occupation Progresses

Following close on General Mac
Arthur's announcement that nc more
than 200, 900 troops would be needed
within the next year to occupy
Japan. it was revealed that u. S.
authorities hoped to trim the post
wal force in Germany to less than
10000 by next spring and reduce
it to skeletonal dimensions within a
few years.
Disclosure OF occupation plans for
the shattered Reich conceded with
reports that the cooperative attitude
of the defeated Germans will permit
the early election Of local govern
mental officials with balloting on a
county and state level following.
Meanwhile, the army revealed that
it was training hand-picked German
prisoners of war to aid in the adj
ministration and policing Of occupied
territory. Selected after careful
screening. the PWs are taught Amer
lean and German history, the Eng
lish language and military govern
ment, and also are being accli-
mated to democratic surroundings.
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A Presidential
Ghost Energies

Ghost Energies
l had really come to see Henry
Wallace, the author Of Sixty Mil
lion Jobs" which had just been re-
ported a best seller in two New
York stores. We discoursed at some
length on that opus and gradually I
found myself also talking to Henry
Wallace, secretary of commerce,
for. as l suggested earlier, many a
strand from Sixty Million Jobs"
may be discovered in the warp and
wool of the department reorganiza-
ton plan.
AS the conversation moved from
book to report and back to book
again, never getting far from the
theme of full employment, l thought
| could make out an ectoplasmic
form arising from what had been
up until then my two-part. author
secretary host. The third being, al
though not yet completely mate
rallied, little by little became
t~ranslucently visible to the naked
eye. This party of the third part l
thought l recognized as Henry Wal
lace, presidential candidate Q948
or at least 1882.
Perhaps l would not have believed
my eyes if it had not been for a
statement which a stout supporter
Of Mr.. Wallace had made to me:
Sixty Million Jobs comes pretty
near to being just about the best
political platform the Democratic
party can run on in the next cleo
ton"
In one place, Author Wallace says:
There are a few, Of course, who
think that any government servant
who uses the phrase full employ
ment' is engaged in some deep dark
plot. But they are the exceptions
that prove the peoples sanity and
soundnesS as a whole"
Senator Mcclellan might be con-
sidered M Of the exceptions from
his remarks in the debate on the
full employment bill. He said that
the measure says a great deal
and actually means nothing except
to create al erroneous impression in
the minds Of the people" He later
described it as soft soap"
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CURED to take union membership in
r%egaining his old position, since the
law makes no provision for such
conditions as a basis for his re-em-
ployment.
In handing down its ruling on vet
job rights. draft officials directly
clashed with the unions, which have
stood for the rehiring Of soldiers on
a seniority basis, but opposed their
unemployment in preference to 9TH
ers with longer working records at
affected plants.
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LETTERMEN:

A survey by the American Col
lege Publicity association shows
that only 4 per cent of college letter
men were turned down as physical
ly unfit for military service. thus
debunking the impression of a high
rate Of reflections among athletes.
According to the survey, only $50
students out of a total of $685.
letter men in 11s colleges and uni
versities in ls4l were found unfit for
service.
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Push Fight on Polio

In the mounting drive against
polio, the National Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis allotted
the unprecedented total of
S4,l57.0l4.l5 for research, edu-
cation and the treatment in the
year ending last May 81.
As yet no preventive or cure
for polio has been found, al
though it is generally recognized
as an infectious, communicable
disease caused by a virus.
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Two hundred thousand of Berlin's
three million population are mem
bers of trade unions. But what have
they got to trade?
If anybody asks you: Don't you
know there's a war on?" the an
swer is yes" and whether you
like it or not it will be for six
months after a formal declaration of
peace which isn't even in sight yet.
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VETS:
Job Rights

Clarifying the rehiring provision
OF the selective service act, draft
officials declared that a returning
veteran has an absolute right to his
former position, or one Of like
status, even if it means the dis
charge of a worker with higher
seniority.
At the same time, the officials
stated that no veteran would be re-
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The White House had its first real
paint job since the war began and
looks like a new place. The scaffolds
e up before J-sur4 ender day. 1
wonder if the painters had a tip?
We have 20 million less horses and
mules to feed than we once had in
this country. But the land used TO
raise food for them is now feeding
human beings.
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In further lowering the point
score for overseas duty, the army
revealed that enlisted men whose
credits or age, as of September 2,
1945, equal or exceed 36, or who
arc q years old or "a years old
with more than one year Of serv-
ice, will be exempt. Also exempt
are male officers with 48 points;
army doctors and dentists with As
points or 40 years Of age; vet
Urinary and medical administra-
tive officers with 30 points or IS
years of age; dietitians and phys
ical therapy aides with Is points
or 80 years of age, and nurses
with IL points or 30 years Of age.
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m OF ia
pan as a part of the
u. S. program to de-
stroy Nippon's a
making potentia ]
and promote wide
spread opportunity
in a nation formerly
dominated by four
G r e t b u S j n e S S
AS M acArthur
bent to the task, the
rose that
the personal fortune
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Not Enough Land

There are now about 1900, 900, 900
human beings populating this old
world on which We live, and the ex-
perts predict that at present rate
Of increase there will be a billion
more by the end of the century.
These experts further point out that
there are at present only about A.
600, 600, 900 acres of arabic land in
use, which is less than 2a acres
per capita. Even in our own coun-
try there is only a fraction more
than seven acres per capita in farm
lands, including woodlands and pas
ture lands. If we would take into
account only the crop lands har-
vested. approximately 321, $50, 900
acres, our per capita acreage would
just about equal the world aver
age.
So without an expanding acreage
Of arabic lands, without basic re-
PURGE in India, in China, in Rus
STA and many other countries. such
as we have in this country, the ex-
perts say that the world will con
tlnue to produce insufficient food to
feed its billions Of humans.
What the representatives of
these "A nations =. =. what our
W delegation does at Quebec
to commit this country to a pro-
gram of world agricultural re-
Mobilization will determine in
large measure whether we as a
people were honest when we sub
scribed to the Atlantic charter
and the charter of the United
Nations at San Francisco.
For with this charter in exist
ence and binding upon US with
u nation emerging from the war
as the most fortunate, the most pow
erful with a new conception
and in a new position as the lead
er of the world the time has
passed when we a watch the peo-
pie of India, China or any other
nation starving, and salve our con-
science with a check to some relief
society.
Two-thirds of the people of the
world are farmers. These hundreds
OF millions r striving to raise food
on worn out land.
And from the selfish few comes
the comment: Why should we help
the rest of the world raise food
when there continues to be surplus in
u WI crops?" And the answer
of course is that with proper dis
tribution; that with the rest of the
world eating and living on a par
with our own diet; there would be
no surplus, with a continuing ex-
panding world economy calling al
ways for increasing production.
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JAPAN:
Economic Checkup

To Gen. Douglas Macarthur went
the task of supervising the economic
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pitable oasis in the midst OF the
desert vastness of high walls and
lofty ceiling.
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.rWEEKLY NEWS Analysis
Chart Economic Reform for Japs;;
Back Vets Rights to Old Jobs;
us. Acts to Settle Oil Strike.

ED7-oo -o-. ~ released by Western NEWSPAPER Union --
Western Newspaper Unions w analysts and not necessarily Of this newspaper
The Omaha guide., 1945-10-13
The
7ou4u
Rep@1en
in WASHINGTON
by Wolter Sheod
WNU c~orrespondsai
A World Department
Of Agriculture
WNU Washington Bureau
1916 Eye ST.. N. w

HVERY farmer and rancher, every
person connected with the food
n agricultural industry in these
United States from producer to
professor, and citizens generally,
should watch with deep interest the
meeting of the food and agriculture
organization of the United Nations
IN Quebec, starting October 16.
L is the first of the permanent
new United Nations agencies to be
launched after the end Of hostilities,
which marks the Importance at
tached to its deliberations by our
government and the governments of
all the "A United Nations. AS this
Is written. the list of American dele
gates to the conference has not been
announced. 1t is lilsely, however.
that the delegates from the United
States will be headed by Howard
Talley Of the department of agricul-
ture, who has acted as the United
states representative on the Interim
commission of the organization.
The food and agricultural or
~ganization ratified by the A ma
tons at San Francisco is part
n parcel, and a most impor-
tant function of the United
Nations organization. 1t is not
a relief agency. Its aim is to i'm
prove world agriculture and to
increase food productions; to
provide a higher standard of diet
and raise the levels of nutri-
ton and the standards of living
throughout the world . all of
which is intended to contribute
to an expanding world economy.
The organization will likely set up
machinery which will function for
world agriculture and production
much like own department of
agriculture functions in the United
States -. in an advisory capacity,
passing along scientific development
80. the dissemination of agricul-
s0Ao1 hllOW1GuSC : D.. technical IN
formation and the results of sci
entifc agricultural research to
aid in setting up agencies in all the
A countries for combating soil ero-
sion, to improve soil and crops, to
develop better livestock . TO
take into consideration reforestation
rural electrifcation farm
to market roads exploration of
new sources of food to provide
better tools for primitive farmers
to increase production =. attention
to surplus crops and a better dis
tribution of these crops and many
other subjects necessarily attendant
to the huge and complicated task of
providing o and better food for
a world and its population ravished
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Nogales international., 1945-11-30
The Football Banquet

Honoring Nogales High Schools football team,
the Apaches, and their very capable coach, Howard
Beazley, the Rotary Club will hold It's seventh annual
football banquet Thursday night.
AS usual, it will be big affair and again the
public will show its appreciation of the fine record
made by the Apaches and Coach Beazley.
This years team was one of the best in Mis-:
history despite lack of reserves and the necessity OF
most Of the regulars severa suffering from inures
taking part in every game.
All through the season the vast crowds attending
the games were well of the small number avail
able for football In the final game of the season. with
Tucson Amphitheater, for instance, that visiting
squad had far more men on the field than did Mis-.
Another competitor, Chandler High School, which is
about the size Of the Nogales school, finished the
season with 81 men, as compared to the Apaches
finishing with just Is.
Well trained by Coach Beazley, who is recognized
throughout the Southwest as one Of Arizona's best
mentors, the Apaches made record Of which the
community is very proud.