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Detroit evening times., 1945-02-26

the war against Germany since the
Biddle ruling was made.
Atthe time of the ruling Ameri-
can Communists were supporting the
alliance between Germany and Com
munist Russia, and were picketing
and sabotaging the American war
plants which were sustaining the
British war effort against Germany.
Now, of course, the American
Communists are supporting the war
against Germany.
But that is not because America
Is in the war.
It is because COMMUNIST
RUSSIA is in the war.
The American Communists never
had any love or loyalty for America,
and have none now.
Their only love and loyalty is for
Communist Russia, the land they
serve whoever it's friends or enemies
may be.
The war department was RIGHT
in holding that such people could not
be trusted with any commissions or
army secrets.
CINCE these people have not
- changed, and are no more trust
worthy than before, and are no more
loyal to America than before, why
has the military policy of the United
States changed?
at seems outrageous to commits
sion men in the American army Who
are knoDn to be pledged to a policy
of undermining and oUerthroWing
this government" said Rep. Rankin.
"A Communist lUho has taken
such an oath certainly does not put
himself in the clear by merely an
nouncing his loyalty to the United
States"
The Congress surely should in
vestigate this amazing situation.
If the reported army reversal Of
policy is not "close to treason" as
Rep. Rankin suggests, it is far be-
yond the borders of patriotism and
sanity, and the Congress should find
out WHY the war department has
committed an act with such ominous
implications.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-26

MIR. ERIC A. JOHNSTON, who as
uA president of the United States
Chamber of Commerce has done so
much to dramatize the industrial war
production effort for the American
people, has consented to serve in
another war of different kind in
behalf of the people.
Johnston will serve as ma
tional chairman of the nation wide
campaign to be conducted in April
by the American Cancer Society, the
objective being to raise $4,000, 900
by public subscription to combat the
disease which kills more than $4,000
American men, women and children
annually and thus ranks second only
to heart disease as the nations num-
Der one killer.
So great has been the advance in
cancer control that medical authori-
ties believe nearly so per cent of all
potential victims could be saved if
the general public had greater knowl-
edge of available opportunities for
care and prevention.
Accordingly, the American Can
Ger Society has prevailed upon Con-
gress to designate the month of April
this year as "Cancer Control Month" "
Throughout that month, the So
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-26

TO THE EDITOR:
T HAVE read some Of the Times DSR
articles and presume that the trans
portation system, through its duly desig-
mated agencies, will comment
Your series is timely because next
week we expect to have an overall trans
portation program, including both public
and private.
Contrary to the tenor of your articles,
l think Detroit will do something about
this.
l know that we are planning to such
an extent that we actually have money
in the bank for the purpose of improving
our private transportation facilities, and
while we have no particular money in the
bank for our public transportation sys-
tem,> we have been assiduously retiring
the Indebtedness of our public transpor-
tation system and thereby providing the
wherewithal to borrow new money, using
new equipment as collateral security
therefor.
Consequently, | repeat that | think
our new program for both public and pri-
vate transportation facilities will develop.
EDWARD J. JEFFRIES JR.,
Mayor, City of Detroit.
TO THE EDITOR:
DEGRADING our transportation system, as
IL an old citizen of Detroit and former
councilman have been vitally interested in the
many improvements necessary to the city, espe-
cially transportation, housing and Improvement
within the boulevard area
Our main avenues should be equipped with
the newest, noiseess streetcars and our buses
should be modern.
| do not like elevated lines, but subway
system Of some kind would be beneficial.
Our heavy bonded debt is drawback for
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-26
WHAT EDO YOU KNOW?

George Washington, (bI
James G. Blaine, (c) Will
liam GladstoneG
2-W hat were the Clipper
Ships: ta) Early iron steam
ships. (b) square rigged sail
ing vessels, (c) boats with
rows Of oars?
3-What Joe was IL who
founded mornonism: (a)
Joseph Priestley, tb) Joseph
Lincoln, (c) Joseph Smith?
4-How long has United States
had dead letter office: (a)
Since 1776, (b) since 1925,
tc) since 1914?
5-King Alfred the Great was
a spy in the Danish camp.
disguised as a. (a) minstrel,
lb) cook, tc) slave?
6-Where did they live: ta)
Omar Khayyam, tb) Robin
Hood, tc) Cerberus. I'D the
Lorelei. tel Hamlet?
ANSWERS on opposite pagel
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-26
Communists i'm the Army

THE war departments reported
Il reversal of its policy barring
Communists from receiving commits
sions in the army and from duties
involving military secrecy warrants
investigation by Congress, as Rep.
Rankin of Mississippi demands.
If the war department has lifted
its restrictions against Communists
in the army, it has done so in viola
tion of its own consistent and sound
policy, and in direct conflict with
formal ruling on the subject by the
attorney general of the United
States.
Atty. Gen. Biddle ruled in the
Bridges deportation case that:
"The Communist party OF the
United States of America, from the
time of its inception in 1919 to the
present time, is AN ORGANIZA-
TON THAT BELIEVES IN, AD-
VISES, ADVOCATES AN d
TEACHES THE OVERTHROW BY
FORCE AND VIOLENCE OF THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED
STATES"
That ruling still STANDS.
THE attorney general is still con-
l. Quoting the Bridges deportation
proceedings on the basis Of that
ruling.
For the more than three years
the present war has now spanned,
the army has CONFORMED to the
ruling.
It has very properly held that
persons believing in the overthrow
of the American government by vio-
lence are not proper persons to have
authority as commissioned officers.
It has held with the same pro-
priety that such persons cannot
safely be entrusted with military
secrets.
Why has the war department
changed its mind about this, and par
ticularly why has it changed its wise
policy7
It is true that the Communist
party line has changed in regard to
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-26
The ROAD
TO TOKYO
BY James R.
Young

CHOULD American-born jap
~ anese and Japanese aliens
loyal TO this country return
now to the West Coast from
their present Atlantic and Mid.
west wartime locations?
In many cities welfare groups.
educators and businessmen are
stirring unfortunate animosity
and unnecessary c o m m uni ty
friction. They may prolong q
peaceful settlement OF the ex-
plosive racial. religious and eco
nomic issues involved.
They may hinder a mutual
understanding In the future
when thousands OF American
born Japanese attempt a mass
return to the Pacific Coast.
Until military security Is
assured believe Japanese
Americans and loyal alien
Japanese should remain inland.
Among those holding contrary
beliefs are some religious
workers and educators who do
not know the military exigen-
cles. They are inviting un-
imaginable difficulties in urging
immediate return TO the coast
until the war is won.
4 FEW Japanese Americans
"A in Iowa. Illinois. Ohio,
Colorado and New England,
have found less prejudice than
In Pacific Coast sections. They
are treated as equals in small
town schools and civic groups.
They are not called by the de.
spised nickname "skibbie."
Those who demand that the
Japanese must be moved back
now TO their West Coast farms
and truck gardens, TO their fish,
ing fleets and their stores fail
10 take cognizance OF receHn
race clashes with other grou
of possible action by under
ground vigilantes OF the old
west, and likely fights in re-
possession of their property now
rented by others.
II riots and bloodshed ever
should develop, Radio Tokyo. on
orders from Sadao Iguchi. for
eign office spoke sman who
knows the power OF Japanese
broadcasts. could make a single
announcement which might re-
suit in retaliation 10 American
military and civilian prisoners
OF war.
Perhaps some A mer ricans
have forgotten the poisonous
propaganda put out by the
japanese consuls in San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles few
years ago over land right fights
in Arizona; how the japanese
nation was fed newspaper and
radio reports on the "anti-Japa-
nese feeling" in this country.
The WRA centers will close
by the end OF this year.
TTIE department OF justice, I
i hope, will control the 10000
or more Japs al Tule Lake.
many Of whom have signified
their loyalty 10 the emperor OF
Japan. My belief is that several
thousand already outside Tule
Lake have obtained their free
dom through one-sided invesu-
cations.
Ten days ago a raid at Tule
Lake revealed records OF Japs.
nese secret organizations and q
Japanese flag belonging 10 the
Hokuku Seinendan, a subversive
Black Dragon type gangster
outfit.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-26
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn, Alabama
Auburn Athletic Assn, Inc.

Auburn, Alabama
Auburn Athletic Assn, Inc.
MR.. JOHN r. HEARST,
HEARST MAGAZINE BUILDING,
NEW YORK 19, N. Y.
DEAR MR.. HEARST:
T HAVE an idea / wish to pass
L along to you. This is right up your
alley, it seems to me. A natural.
They call it physical fitness. 1t
needs new name, a dressing up.
There isn't any appeal in such dull,
schoolish name. ! mention that at the
start because, believe, lot of per-
sons just pass over the subject when
they hear the title of it.
| did that very same thing, my
self. But because of some associa-
tionS hefe~f had to absorb a little of
it and I've become quite enthused
and hope to make you so.
I've studied Hearst newspapers
for the 80 and more years I've been
in the game. I've always thought
Hearst papers were more American
than any other group, or the average
Of independent papers.
Lately I've been in contact with
many college coaches and athletic
directors, as well as those from high
schools, the A. A. u, etc.
They are all agreed on one thing
that America must have a physical
fitness program.
A great majority feel that this
program should start at the age Of
6 and continue through the age of
18 whether or not the boy or girl
remains in school that long.
NEARLY all coaches are against
~ the universal military training
idea. What good can come Of calling
in a youth of f8 if he is as poorly
equipped physically as the youths of
Is who are called into the draft? |
believe the figure is somewh ere
around 80 per cent reflections. 1t
needn't be.
And the coaches also ask why
take up a whole year of a youths
time to prepare him for war that
may come 10 years later when most
of the things he learns will be
obsolete?
They contend that physical fit
ness is the thing.
My idea is that physical fitness
should be tied-in with the Giving
memorial" movement, and with
sports, of course.
To me the greatest obstacles to
overcome in getting a national
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-26
Brain Game

1--Bill Dineen, Bob Emslie,
Charlie Rigler and Tom
Connolly are names that
should be familiar 10 all
sports fans. What have they
In connmonI
Supply the missing middle
narnea Of the following Civil iipiii
War generals: William Sher-
man, Robert Lee, Nathan
Forrest, Ulysses Grant.
3-'Pieces OF eight! pieces OF
eight This is the conclud-
ing sentence OF what famous
book
4-The Indian tribe which sold
Manhattan Island 10 the
Dutch inhabited the terri
tory that is now Brooklyn.
From the following identify
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-26
BRIGHTER
SIDE
By Damon
Runyon

I WANT 10 tell YOU about the
L thrill I got when thought I
had made a discovery of great
scientific value recently, which
was that there is more badness
and incipient badness, male and
female, in Chicago and environs
than anywhere else in the United
States.
came TO the conclusion be-
cause I received three letters
from that region TO every one
from New York or Los Angeles
or San Francisco or any other
city in which was printed my
column about the hair tonic that
seemed 10 have made two hairs
grow on my head where but one
grew before and that one real
feeble-like.
/ felt that my discovery was
important on the basis that any
time you can centralize malady
you man concentrate the study
and research. You can imagine
with what pride and joy / has
tened TO inform some of my
medical friends OF my finding.
MOST Of them were disposed
Nl to accept il at my own
value but one grumpy fellow
turned the cold shower on me.
"Runyon,' he said, "you are
fool"
WHY" I asked.
"In thinking there Is moro
badness In Cook County, ILL.,,
just because you got more let
ters from there than anywhere
else. 1t merely proves that more
bald-headed people there read
that particular column than
elsewhere"
But this article is mainly to
report that l kept my promise
and sent TO the first 100 letter
writers a bottle Of the tonic at
my own expense so they could
practice with 1t on their nog-
gins and that / am daily re-
ceiving their acknowledgements
of my benGficence and assur-
ances that they are rubbing
their skulls with all the ardor
of so many Aiaddins working on
lamps.
They are to let me know how
they come out as l have vowed
that If they make crops of any
consequence 1 will inform other
baldies of the source of the
tonic.
VOU will perhaps remember
L that 1 got hep to the tonic
through drugstore clerk who
told me II had been recon-
mended by Mr.. George Jean
Nathan, the famous dramatic
critic, and showed me a cir
cular giving testimony from Mr..
Nathan 10 the effect that he
accidentally spilled some of the
tonic on a bald-headed Turkish
rug and that the rug mmedi-
ately sprouted a fright wig and
set of burnside whiskers-- but
no,
No, IL was not Mr.. Nathan
who spilled the tonic. l have
got my stories mixed up. He
rubbed the tonic on his own
bean which had commenced 10
. shed as a result of illness and,
10 and behold, his hair -four
ished again like the ivy on the
walls Of fair Harvards sta
dunn.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-26

EVERY sizable community would
IL have gymnasiums, play fields, a
stadium, field house and a SWIM
ming pool. Maybe the gym or the
field house also could be used as an
armory.
To me this is wonderful oppor-
tunity for group of papers to be
of great service to America. / hope
l have given you the picture as !
see it myself.
Hearst papers did a good job in
promoting rifle shooting and the
R. o. T. c. program. They have al
ways done a good job in anything
purely American. And this oppor-
tunity, it seems to me, is greater
than all the others.
Where do | fit into the picture?
Nowhere, necessarily. | would be
glad to help in any way | could from
here, or there. Am willing to do any
thing l can because l believe in this.
l stopped off here last fall en-
route to a winter in Florida, but
liked Auburn so well I'm still here.
Sincerely,
FRED TURBYNEER.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-26
TO THE EDITOR:

TO THE EDITOR: :-.
r WAS prompted to write this letter after read
i ing the numerous opinions Of Detroiters con-
cernng the DSR situation. I am thoroughly
disgusted with these people who constantly gripe
about everything; il it's not the DSR, then it is
something else
Certainly they must realize the down-toearth
facts they stand today, and learn to accept them
along with every else. Sure, We must wait for
streetcar or bus for 20 minutes. So must we
wait for cigarets and other commodities. How
can we complain about such small and insignificant
things when our boys not whining about all OF
the hardships they encountering!
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-26

the tribe: (al Mohawk, (b)
Montauk, tc) Canarsee7
Sin the movie. "A Song 70
Remember" who plays the
part of George Sand?
6--1s Two island, in the Vol
cano group. which we have
been bombing recently, east.
west. north or south Of
Tokyo7
TRUE or false: China marks
were coins issued by the
Chinese for use in those
ports where trade with Ger
man merchants was extern
SiVe?
S-Canandaigua, Keuka. Sen.
eca, Cayuga, OwaSco and
Skaneateles are the princi-
pal lakes in what group?
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-26

7 RECALL in Baltimore that school
1 officials were forever shooing the
basketball teams away from school
gyms, the only ones available, and
putting high fences around the play.
grounds. The average citizen in Bal
timore hated the school board.
But on the other hand, in my old
home town, the Kiwanis Club staged
its annual minstrel show in the high
school gym, and picnics were held on
the school grounds. The old one.for-
all-and-all-for-one.
National physical fitness will re-
quire a lot Of spending-great new
gymnasiums and play fields, sta
diums and field houses. If the town,
or community, feels that il belongs,
too, it will chip in and help provide
these facilities. Then the physical
fitness program would occupy these
facilities by day and the adults
would, on occasions, occupy them by
night and week-ends.
They would truly be living
memorials.
And they would do more good,
too. The building Of these facilities
would provide a lot of jobs in the
postwar era, and create lot Of
business.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-26
TO THE EDITOR

TO THE EDITOR:
r WANT to let you know of my experiences with
i the DSR. am war worker and am employed
in an east side plant, about an hours ride by DSR.
Our government has requested all war workers to
stay on the job.
Well, have tried to do so but found it impos-
sible. found it impossible TO get to work on time
and was bawled out so many times by my foreman
that got disgusted.
Although leaving the house plenty early,
found was still late after having half dozen
cars and buses speed by without stopping. And at
night getting out of the shop dead tired, having
to stand Up all the way home in sardine- packed
streetcar is no pleasure So have secured job
close to home where can walk to work.
would also like to call your attention to the
unprotected safety zones. have missed streetcar
after streetcar just because was afraid to get out
in the safety zone and have some crazy driver
come along going right through the zone. If one
stays the curb it is impossible to catch car
due Ito the continual flow of traffic.
w. F. CARNEY,
849 W. Forest
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-26
SHIRLFE JACOBS,
1870 Broadstreet.

TO THE EDITOR: .
T AM writing you my say on the DsR matter.
i I ride the Russell buses every day TO and
from work, and have to wait every day for them.
In the morning the driver comes downtown and
has his breakfast. Then when get on, he is in
such hurry to get going that he can't wait for
the people to get on before he starts pulling OF
without closing the door.
In the afternoon he goes so fast that the buses
are passing one another all the way downtown. /
would call that racing. l also ride the w. Jeffer-
son bus. think that the DSR could do better than
one bus on the line after / a. m. You have to
stand in the cold on Fort and Clark and wait As
minutes II you miss that / 80 bus. / am not the
only one that lives out here who wishes the DSR
would be little more kind to the working person.
MRS. A. j. ROBERTSON,
91Os COPELAND.
TO THE EDITOR:
TT is matter of great satisfaction that the
i Times is examining the DSR.
With all the ballyhoo for airports, civic CEN
ters, stadia, museums and what-not, the citA
has forgotten, or at least sdestepped, the md
essential and the most universally used public
ty-transportation.
The $3,000000 now being spent on an aIr-
port would have done lot for the street rail-
ways. We might better devote our time and
tax money toward making Detroit better
place to live in than to making it an easy place
to get out Of
W. A. DEBO,
Lafayette Bldg
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-26
Physical Fitness Program
For Nations Youth Urged

physical fitness program going is the
public's lack of enthusiasm for school
officials, and the school officials
coldness to the public.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-26

Detroit, but our citizens are entitled TO consid-
cradle improvement at any cost. hope the
postwar planning will bring some constructive
results.
JAMES II. GARLICK.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-26

can make. however, one criticism about the
DSR, thing which must be remeded. l and many
others have had TO put up with the sharp tongues
and arrogance of the DSR employees. Who are
these men that they esteem themselves so
highly to place themselves on pedestal and
regard the public as lowly beings?
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-11-01
Dealer Warns
- "Cranlkcase
4laYonnaise"

Winter driving, according to
Earl Ludwig, Mobilgas and Mobil-
oil distributor, imposes severe con-
ditions on automobile engines
which can be more harmful to the
prolonged life of the engine than
warmer summer driving. Water
mixing with the oil in the crank
case. he asserted, creates one Of
these conditions.
"This was explained fully"
Ludwig said, 'by General Petrol
cum engineers during a meeting
attended recently. It is one
reason Winter-proofing is so i'm
portant.
"When gasoline is burned, the
carbon contained in the gasoline
Is converted to carbon dioxide,
and the hydrogen contained is
converted to water. Any engine
will allow a certain amount OF
the combustion gases to blow by
the rings and into the crankcase,
and these gases contain the water.
Under hot operation, the gases will
remain vapor and pass out
through the crankcase ventilation
system.
an cold weather, however, the
water vapor condenses in the
crankcase and is whipped into an
emulsion with the oil. This mix
ture the General Petroleum en-
eineers termed 'crankcase mayon-
naise,' being formed of oil, water
and fuel SCOT. It can cause con-
siderable damage to a motor by
cumming rings and even plugging
the oil screen and preventing oil
-. reaching the bearings.
Yfhere is no known oil that will
Resist such emulsion, so the only
cure is to drain the oil often
enough that the water emulsion
cannot be formed in sufficient
quantities to produce damage.
This draining and changing to
fresh oil is part Of our Winter
proof service"
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Need Patience
Saws Dealer

Fright now" said Tony Hegel,
local Mobilgas and Mobiloil deal
er, despite all the optimism be-
ing encountered concerning the
early manufacture and delivery
Of new cars, we all must display
q little patience and use plain
common sense. We must remem-
Der that there are millions Of pur-
chasers waiting to buy. Well
grant that automobile manufac-
turers are miracle workers, but
even though production during
1916 meets or surpasses the pre-
war Fate Of 4 million cars year,
there still will not be enough to
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perforts on Yokohama, May 80,
practically ooze synthetic lava.
An American chemical-warfare
officer says making them is like
baking a cake. They contain var
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meet the demands Of essential
users such as doctors, nurses,
ministers, police and fire depart
ments, government officials and
others whose needs are estimated
BY reliable authorities at more
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walk or ride while awaiting your
turn In the new car line. II you
dislike walking, then you must
still take care Of your car in order
to keep il running. That means
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than 6 million cars. Optomistic
manufacturers believe production
may catch up to demands some
time in 1047.
"In the meantime, what does
common sense dictate? You either
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ious ingredients that are mixed
with jellied gasoline.

During 1914 the u. S. produced
as much oil as the whole world did
in 1895.
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NEW FIRE.BoMB8
The new MTG fire bombs which
were dropped by almost 500 Su-
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periodic service such as our Win
ter-proof service.