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Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-04-24

the soldlery and the courts to do
their strike-breaking for them. In
1919, for example, organized gov
eminent was the most powerful
force IN making the open shop
fortress impregnable.
If government was not a strike
reaker as in previous years, it
was not a very constructive force
either. The administration made
10 attempt to establish a workable
policy on the maintenance of
workers. income during the transi-
Ion before the strikes broke out.
tesplte the fact that nothing could
De clearer than that workers
would not take, lying down, SUBJ
jtantial cuts in income.
After the strikes broke out. gov
1rnment attempts to end the dis
)utes functioned in a shotgun"
atmosphere. Congress- answer, or
it least the answer of the House,
VAS the enactment of lynch labor
aW. The Administration c m e
.nrough with a wage-price policy
IN which it is still difficult to pass
Judgment except to say that it ap-
)arently marked the end of the
.trikeS.
Now is the time for all good
,nen-and women TOTO think
about the time when industrial.
trikes will hit us next. And as
,ure as shootin', it will come when
Re present postwar guaranteed
market spends itself and we begir
o slide down hill.
When all of the strikes are over
md the tensions and heat which
trlkes generate are gone, Congress
night we'll look into this matter
f avoiding strikes, not by banning
hem by law, but by doing some
hing about the conditions that
cause strikes.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-04-24
ABOUT 81 MILLION nov
CLAIMING WEEKLY
BENEFITS

WASHINGTON - (FP) - APP
)roximately 312 million workers
per week have been claiming I'M
employment compensation in the
country during the past 10-week
period it was revealed April 2 by
he Social Security Board.
The figure includes. more than
two million regular claims filed
by civilian workers and an addi-
tional total of more than one mil
lion filed by veterans.
Allowing for the inclusion of
waiting period and non-compen-
sable claims, the Board found, APP
proximately three million persons
or 5 per cent of the nations work
ing population received benefits
during an average week in March.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-04-24
Mass Starvation Faces YuqosIuvio

Mass starvation faces the Yugo-
slav people unless quick help is
forthcoming, according to two au-
thentic reports from the Balkan
country.
In a cable to the CLIO Mine,
Mill & Smelter Workers, leaders
Of the Yugoslav miners union said
that five million people face a
hungry death, and their country's
economy will head into the rocks,
unless UNRRA help is greatly
increased.
Pointing out that 1900, 600
Yugoslavs died at the hands of the
Nazis and Italian fascists during
the war, the union asked support
rom American metal miners or
the basis of our readiness in the
;truggle against blood-stainec
fascism and our contribution tC
The liberty of all peoples of the
world"
In Belgrade, an Allied Labor
News report declared, DR.. A. P.
Meiklejohn of UNRRA's staff re.
vealed, that in many parts of the
country per capita food consump-
ton is down to ITO ~calories a day.
This is far less than official ra-
tons in defeated Germany, and
much below the amount necessary
to keep people alive.
UNRRA has sent some 500, O0C
tons of grain into Yugoslavia along
with $4,000 cars and trucks. These
have kept the country going, but
recent cuts in the shipments spell
disaster for the Yugoslav people.
AID TO YUGOSLAVS
The CIO Natl. Maritime Union
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-04-24
HI GREATEST CITY
By WALT WHITMAN

What do you think endures?
Do you think the greatest city
endureS?
Or a teeming manufacturing state?
or a prepared constitution? or
the best built steamships?
Or hotels of granite and iron? or
any chef-d'oeuvres of engi-
neering, forts, ornaments?
Away! these are not to be cher
ished for themselves,
They fill their hour, the dancers
dance, the musicians play for
them,
The show passes, all does we'll
enough; of course
All does very we'll until one flash
of defiance.
The greatest city is that which has
the greatest men and women,
If it be a few ragged huts, it is still
the greatest city in the whole
world.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-04-24
sTAssEN TRIES TO MAKE
REPUBLICANS LIBERAL

1t will be interesting to watch
the efforts of former Governor
Harold E. Stassen towards making
the Republican party progressive.
If anyone can make Roadway on
such a task, it is probably Stassen
But what a super, colossal jot
ne has picked out for himself
lust take the Minnesota Republi-
cans in Congress, and try and pic
ture their conversion from re
actionarism. Can't you just sec
lysterical Harold Knutson cham
oioning | abor legislation, anC
turning his back on corporation
lobbyists who want to cut corpo-
cative taxes?
Or Congressman Walter Judd,
1iscarding his double-talk tech
lique and actually saying in less
than a couple of million words
why he is for or against a bill?
We wish Stassen success in his
gigantic tasks, but from the rec
ord of the COP in recent years,
the making of the COP progress
sive is as remote as the transfer
nation of Mahatma Gandhi into a
fashion plate. - Northwest Team
ster.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-04-24
Hypocrisy q La Churchill

Under the title, "A Study in Political Hypocrisy" the London
Tribune of March 22nd prints a cross reference of ChurchirGan tate
nents OF the Polish frontier:
THE Rusdan-dominaed Polish Government has been enconraoed
10 make enormous and wrongful inroads upon Germany, and mass ex-
pulsIons o millions of Germans on a scale grievous and undreamed of
are nOW taking place" 't'
Mr.. Churchill at Fulton, Missouri, March S, 1916.
Il cannot accept the view that the arrangements which have to he
proposed about the frontiers of the new Poland are not solid and salts
actory Poles are free, o far as Russia and Great Britain arr con-
cerned, TO extend their territory, at the expense of Germany. to the
west The trans1erence of several millions of people would have
TO b effected from the East to the West r North. as well AZ h ex-
pulaoh OF tie Germans-from the ra to be acquired by Poland in
me vest ahd North. For expulsion is the method which, s. far as we
nav pee able to see, will be the most satisfactory and lasting A
clean sweep will be made. 1 am not alarmed by the prospect of the
encouragement Of populations, nor even by these large transferences
winch are more possible in modern conditions that thew evor were
before"
Mr. Churchill in the House of Commons. Dec IS 1o44
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-04-24
Strike S~tock-Tukinq
By BRADFORD V. CARTER
LPA COlumnist

Now that the strike wave is be-
ginning to subside, it ought to De-
possible to do a little st~ock-taking
OF what has happened and where
we're headed for.
Statistics are inconclusive. but if
is clear that the strike wave of
l945-46 will rank with the pre-
Vious high points of 1919 to 1887
as to the duration of strikes, and
the number of workers involved.
Unlike 1919 and perhaps more
like 1887, the labor movement will
emerge much stronger from this
conflict than it has been at n
time. Organized labor has demon
strated its capacity to grow on the
basis of its oWn strength and
power.
The wage increases which have
been gained are unprecedented.
what makes this fact ever more
notable was the evident disposition
of big industry to weaken the DO
sion Of the unions, even at the
sacrifice of profits.
Not enough attention has been
paid to the relative absence of vio-
Ience. In the face of the bloody
strike history of the United States.
TINS is an achievement of historic
proportions.
1hree reasons probably furnish
a plausible explanation for the
state of affairs, First, by and large.
industry accepted the fact that il
could not operate its plants during
the strikes and didn't try to. Most
violence, it is known by this time
m from attempts by manage.
ment to operate their plants dur
ing a strike by the use of strike.
breakers and other devices to de.
stroy the picket line.
A second factor which undoubt-
eddy accounts for the peacefulness
OF the current disputes was the
skill and discipline and effective,
ness of the unions in organizing
the strikes. For the most part
these were no quickies, but well
planned, we'll executed walkouts
in line with a deliberate economic
policy.
Finally we ought not to ignore
the fact that industry could ne
longer count on the assistance O,
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-04-24
UNRRA DISCLOSES
SAMPLE DIETS OF q
EUROPEAN NATIONS

Here are some sample diets in
Italy, Greece, CzechosloVakia, and
Poland as listed by the united
nations relief and rehabilitation
headquarters:
ITALY: Breakfast-Bread, tea.
or coffee, probably ersatz. Lunch
Thin vegetable soup and bread.
Dinner - Spaghetti, bread, nuts.
and ripe fruit.
GREECE: Breakfast - Bread.
tea, OF coffee, probably ersatz
Lunch - Macaroni with sauce of
oil, garlic, and a little meat, bread.
raisins, or figs. Dinner - Dry
beans or peas in soup, bread,
cheese, and wine.
CZECHOSLOVAKIA; Breakfast
Bread, ersatz coffee, or tea with
sugar. Lmch-Potato soup, cab
bage cooked with potatoes, and
cheese. Dinner - Thin cabbage
soup with small bit of meat or fish,
bread, ersatz coffee, a sweet.
POLAND: Breakfast - Bread,
tea, or coffee, probably ersatz.
Lunch-Small piece of meat or
fish with potatoes, bread, ersatz
tea or coffee without sugar. Din
ner-Cabbage, borscht or barley
soup, bread, and cheese.
UNRRA officials stressed that
bread was the foundation of every
meal.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-04-24
So This Is Free %Enterprise!

Newspaper offices are flooded with reprints of congressional
speeches, which carry a line specifying that they were not printed at
government expense. They do not disclose, however, who did pay the
printing bills and they often re mailed post free under a congress
mans frank.
The abuse would be partially corrected if the law required the
agency O II group which paid the printing bill, and was allowed to use
the congressnans frank, to identify itself. When somebody mails out
Representative Buffetts speech against the OPA, for example, the pub
lie has a right to know whether the speech is legitimately circulated
by Mr.. Buffet himself, under his frank, or by some lobbyist with the
congressmans cooperation-The Chicago Sun.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-04-24
CAVALRY GOES

The world move on. The War
department has decided to abolish
the cavalry as a separate branch
II the army. Of course, Uncle Sam
must continue to buy and maintain
line horses for officers. who wish
TO play polo or ride out with their
ladies' occasionally.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-04-24
TRIESTE QUESTION
SHOULD BE DECIDED
ON ITS MERITS

Secretary Of State, Hon. James
F. Byrnes, will soon depart for the
Foreign Ministers Conference to
be held in Paris, April Is. At the
present time the Deputies of the
Big Four Foreign Ministers are
listening to reports of the special
commission just returned from
Trieste and Venezia Giulia, after
studying the Italo-Yugoslav from
tier questions.
The State Department in Wash
ington and the Secretariat dealing
with treaty-drafting now meeting
in London should be informed by
a flood of wires, letters and cables
of our views on this all-important
issue.
WE URGE YOU TO IMMEDI-
ATELY WIRE (even though you,
have sent some similar messages
in the past) TO:
Hon. James F. Byrnes
Secretary of State
Washington, D. c.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-04-24
Weapons Against Cancer

although the basic causes Of cancer sll elude the scientists, its
results are no mystery. This secure kills $4,000 Americans a year. a
average OF every three minutes. Cancer" says the American Can
Ger Society, lis mankinds No. l enemy-dreaded more than any other
disease because it threatens not only death, but long and often terrible
suffering" New weapons against it an be forged. They include edu-
cation of the public in the necessity of early diagnosis and treatment,
a co-ordmated national program of research, more examination centers,
and more hospital facilities for cancer victims. These are some of the
lancer socletys goals. To finance its 1916 program, the organization
asks gifts totaing $12 million from the nation, including 5000 48O from
Chicago Sun.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-04-24

The quality of British beer is a
common subject of complaint, but
it hasn't driven Britons into tee
totalism, as this exchange over
heard in a pub makes clear: Il
'ates the taste of this beer" ''Yus.
I'll be glad when I've had enough
Of IT, The New York Times
Magazine.
Raising a family these days costs
almost as much as it is worth.
Senator La Toilette, leading his
Progressive party back into the
Republican fold, said the Demo-
cratic party is stalled on dead CEN
ter. He did not disclose what the
Republican party is stalled on
TIE ST. Louis Post Dispatch.
Mine operators are opposed to
the United Mine Workers demand
for compliance with Federal safety
A>SNAoIAOAioy oI iIC SIOdIio Llldt IL
interferes with States rights. Won
der if that argument would have
convinced the $4,000 workers
Who've been killed in mine acct
dents.-John Paine for Federated
Press.
A news dispatch from Los An
geles reveals that Douglas CORR
gan, the flier who in 1888 gained
doubtful repute by breaking the
Federal aviation regulations and
flying to Europe, will be a candi-
date for the U. S. Senate on the
Prohibition ticket. He decided to
run for office, he said, after ''nu-
merou minister's urged him to
do so. Still the same, Wrong Way
Corrigan!
A survey indicates that more
than thirteen million people are
pretty definitely in the market
for new cars. 1t is hardly surpris-
ing that General Motors finally
decided to take up it's former line
of work again.-HoWard Brubaker
in The New Yorker.
Best argument for a more SEN
sible and simplified system of Eng
lish spelling was offered, recently,
by George Bernard Shaw, who
pointed out that the word fish"
might logically be spelled "ghoti,"
using gh as in rough, and the o
as in women, and ii as in nation.
The Department of Agriculture
estimates there are 1913 900 900
rats in the United States (about
one-half on farms) and figures if
they could be destroyed by a ma
tional determination campaign that
the grain saved would meet the
needs of the starving countries of
Europe and Asia.-Small Business
Committee bulletin of March 27,
1916.
Famous Last Words:
"Tll fix that broken step tomor-
row."
Full employment, believes
5clerosis w. Smugg, is contrary to
nature and economics and would
De dreadfully upsetting to the
American way of life. I'VE have
lever had it, even in wartime" he
writes. But suppose, for the sake
# argument, that we had it. What
hen, l ask you, would become of
lie pool of unemployed labor that
We have always counted upon in
he past to keep wage rates down
so that enterprising people can
make money and do good to the
ooor?" - The New York Times
Magazine.
A dog is loved. by old and
young; he wags his tail and not his
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-04-24
AND CABLE THE:

Secretariat
Foreign Ministers Conference
for Peace Treaties
Lancaster Gate
London, England
urging them in the interest of JUS
tice and the future stability OF
South-C Central Europe to give ia
vorable consideration to Yugo-
slavia's claims for a revision of
the Yugoslav-Italian border s.
Please support Yugoslavia's claim
that the h%interland go to Yugo-
Slavia, that the city of Trieste be-
come an autonomous member
State of Federal Peoples Republic
Of Yugoslavia, and that the port OF
Trieste be internationalized. AS q
small nation but a great ally,
Yugoslavia made a disproportion-
ately large contribution to our
common victory and her claims de-
serve especially sympathetic and
Just consideration.
We request you to wire and
cable Immediately. Please send
copies of your messages to our
office.
ZLATKO BALOKOVIC and
LOUIS ADAMIC
United Committee of South
Slavic Americans
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-04-24

The CLIO Natl. Maritime Union
Milford chronicle., 1946-07-05
WISE III lING SAVES
FOOD AND FOOD DOLLARS

Buy wisely and avoid waste is
Il good rule for Delaware home
makers Ia follow. il they would get
the most in food value from every
fruit and vegetable dollar spent.
Here are Il few suggestions from
Miss Gcrtrudc IIoIOway State
Home demonstration leader and
nutrition specialist for the Della
war" EAtcuSjun Service. on how to
put into practice and contribute
to the nations Famine Emergency
program at the same thmc.
Buy fruits and vegetables by
weight whenever possible. Compare
the prices of VeGctanIcs that offer
the same nutrirional values he
fore making Il final choice. Ii hr0C-
coli happens to be too high for the
family food budget. for example
check ON the price of kalC, Spinach
green beans or some other green
vegetable that can be used instead
Take time to 90 t0 the store ol
farm and do your own shopping ion
prriShahlcs. rather than ordering
them by phone. Tncn YOU can i'll
spcCt them fur quality.
Always consider quality in cvalu
atln@ price. Produce marked dow
because il is in poor condition is
probably not a bargain. Wiltc(
green vegetables have lost some q
their Vitamln value Ovcrripe frui
with dccayod spots Spoils rapidly
and regardless of how cheap it ma!
b" II IS usually an expensive bu,
unless il can hc eaten Immediately
ON the other hand. produc,
marked down because the store ha
an oV"rSnpply of II may hc worth
Will" 10 buy.
Buy produce that is in season
Use Il variety OF vegetables |
%iIl simplify the job of kccpin
within the food budget and it vii
help assure we'll balanced diet
Remember that You have thrc
sources to draw upon in supplyin
tn" fruit and vegetable needs fo
your family, fresh. canned an
frozen produce Thrifty cooks Wit
an appreciation of food value
mak" good use Of all three
Milford chronicle., 1946-07-05
ROXANA

Mrs. ENClyn Turner and two
daughters spent last week with her
sister. Mrs. Herbert Calhoun and
family at Ocean City. Md
Miss Hida Bennett of Whining
tom spent the week end with her
PARENTS. MIR. and Mrs. Cove Ben
nett. Miss Bennett accompanied Ivy
her parents returned home sunday
Monday Mr.. and Mrs. Bennett lett
for visit With their son and
CaI2mcr-in law. Mn and Mrs.
Howard HCnnc1t at Schenectady
New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh stephens are
"ccupyins their home ON the Bay
ard Road Mrs. stephens has re
si9ned from the \ y Z Store 1T
SelhyNillc.
Mr.. and Mrs Raymond Derrick
son and son. Jimmie of Philadcl
l'hia came down Saturday fur an
extended visit at thclr cottage a,
FcnMiCk Beach
Mrs. Lille Hudson is spending
the summer al her CottaGr at Fen
wick Island
Mr.. ANA Mrs. Thomas Savage are
the proud grandparents OF grand
sen born last week nt The Peninsula
Gt tnrral Hospital at Salisbury. IL
Mr. and Mrs. Elton Savage of Hcr-
lin.
Milford chronicle., 1946-07-05

Arthur Shocklcy celebrated his
>iNty, ninth birthday anniversary at
J is home ON Mill street on Thurs
day evening ut last week.
Nh. and Mrs. Paul Handy. of
Holly Oak. and Miss MYrtlc rettH-
Johu arrived in Milton on triday
and were the guests ot Nh. and Mrs.
Z halcs jackson. Mr.. ana Mrs
lIanhy returned 10 their home that
c\enin~ Miss peuyjom who has
heeu ~pcndluG several weeks with
htr sister. Mrs. Handy. and brother,
Everett Pcttyjohn in New Jersey,
win make her home in an apal,-
m,mt IN the Reed property ON
Broad street
Miss catherine Parsons spent
last week With MIR and Mrs. viii
bert Mitchell in GcurgctoWu.
Miss Elma Eaton of FELTON,, is
,pcndin2 a few days with her sister
MIS-. Leroy Lynch
Mir and Mrs Raymond Spencer.
Mr. Henry NcAllis1cr and Mr.. and
Mrs. Earl Reed are Spcndine this
week AT BroadkiIn Beach
Mrs Arthur Shocklcy Mrs Fan
ME Marsh. Mrs Lloyd Reed and
Mrs Doris Ritter and daughter.
Carol Ann are spending the week
IN the Harry Webb cottage at
Hroadkiln Beach
Mrs. f,lmon Iostlcs and son,
Richard ol West Chester, Pa. were
the guests OF her mother. Mrs. Eva
Johnson. last week
First Lieutenant Robert r. Walls.
ll. son Of Mr.. and Mrs r. Is Walls
Oi Milton has entered the I'uiNcr-
>,ty of Delaware for Il special
course
Mrs Dorothy Burton. Mrs. Chas
I.otland Mrs. Floyd Hurley ana
Mrs. William + Walls spent
thursday in Dover.
Nlr and Mrs Russell Donovan
3Ic h"Nin2 erected u hun2aloW ON Il
part of the Donovan property in
Hroadkiln Neck
building home on part OF In,
Harry Williams farm on The Milton
Waplrs Mill road
Mr. and Mrs. Elhclt EdGrll O
Eiurlock. Md, We're week end quests
at Reverend and Mrs. Milton Il. FL
liott at Grace Church parsonage.
Mrs C0rdclia Atkins Radkc, wh'
has been in the Naval Hospital
Philadelphia for several weeks un
dcr@oinG treatment. returned To he
home on Sunday much improved
MIR. and Mrs. Cove Reynolds AM
Catherine PalsGrONc spent Il fey
= days last week i'll Auburn, Pa.
MIR. and Mrs. Leland Parsons am
family of Laurel spent Sunday Wit
MIR, and Mrs James Parsons
Mrs. Lester Lockwood and chi
drcn have been visiting Mr.. an
Mrs. John W. clifton for the pas
week.
Milford chronicle., 1946-07-05
Russian System Spreads
Here

The steady growth OF electric
power enterprises operated hy the
Federal government in the last
decade exhibit in the aggregate a
deliberate intent to ONcrWhclm and
destroy" the private utility com
panics in the United States. says
G. W. Kellogg. president of the
Edison Electric Institute He
points ont that in contrast with
1893, when electric energy @cncr-
atcd in Federal plants was only
Ia per cent OF the total for sale
throughout the country. by 1913
the government was manufacture
ing II per cent.
While both municipal and Fed
cral power plants enjoy tax cX-
rmption. he said. in the case of
the municipal plant the loss in
local taxes and charges ON capital
are plainly visible, but with the
Federal plant, the burden is So
widely diffused and SO mixed in
with other government operations
as to be hidden from the average
citizen. large though the total has
now become.
Unfortunately the words of Mr
Kellogg will he discounted as IN
the interest of the power industry
just as are opinions of persons 0p-
posed to the political philosophy
of socialism and communism. But
il is not mentioned that Russia :,
five year" programs for govern
mcnt development Of industries. III
Cluding electric power. are no
one whit more sot1alistiC or com
munistic than are our own Fedora
plans for building OF power plant.
both operations eliminate private
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