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Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-04-10
Build Faster TO Preserve Humanity

CoopeTatives have made remarkable progress, but there is much
distance to be gained-and it must be soon-if they are to make the
contribution they should toward the building of a mutually helpful
and mutually trlstful world.
The war hes ended bat the fighting goes on. The cause becomes
more and r2o1e app2|c1t-thc continued quest of money tycoOns for
economic privilege, power and profit at the expense of common people
the world over.
Colonization ambitions are not needed to make a nation feared.
The threat Of exploitation by reacuOnary monopolies leads to distust,
fear, hatred, and war. At home, the same interests lead us step by step
toward statcisn.
Until these agencies cf greed ire mininized by the effective yard
stick CT strong national and international cooperative business, the
curse OF va and revelation. and the threat OF atomic annihlation, will
remain with us--u9 matter what The apparitiOn Of united nations O
troll OF force, ct cetera.
coOpcratiVeS faster. TIL" biggest reason Of ali, tho, is to put business on
a brotherhood basis, help to build a trustful world community, and
enable the human raCC-pcrhapS-tO preserve itself. - COOP (the
Consumer CoopeTatiVes' national technical inagazineD
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-04-10
FOR UNRRA

Eighty per cent of the money
pledged to y. N. r. r. A. has been
paid in. Uncle Sam has contributed
$2,1O0, 000,0 900, Britain $624,-
600, 900, Canada S1O8, OOO, 900.
1t was agreed at the beginning
that the invaded countries would
not be expected to make large con-
tributions. That accounts for the
fact that Russia has put up only
$1,750,0 DOC, China $875,0OO and
France $500, 900.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-04-10
How "Burney" Would End Strikes

We do not know anything IN Barney" Baruch's career to Justify
his claim to the role of elder statesman" True, he made a lot of
money in Wall Street. He has his version of how he made it. Others
have quite a different version. At times he has posed IS a liberal, but
according to u record, he has always been the voice of Wall Street"
A few days ago Baruch appeared before a Senate committee and
gave qualified approval to the extension of the o. P. A-something
this paper and the labor movement generally have been strongly
urging.
Then Baruch proceeded to tell the lawmakers just how this coun-
try should be run, and the newspapers played up" his utterances as
if they came from some inspired prophet on Mt. Sinai.
Among other things, the voice of Wall Street demanded that
strikes be forbidden for a year. That's the way Mussolini and Hitler
would have handled it. But look what happened to them!
gestion. That would be exactly the wrong way to handle III indus
trial problem-Labor.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-04-10

Britain's Labor government has decided to take the bit in its teeth
and put over a national health program. Beginning in 1948, every
Briton will have medical attention of any and every kind free of cost.
The necessary outlay is estimated at about $500 100000 in u money
1t will probably exceed that figure.
While everyone will be entitled to this free service, no n will be
compelled to accept, although all will contribute to its support.
Many physicians are up in arms. They talk about striking. They
are Waging a bitter campaign against passage of the proposal, but it's
difficult 10 see how they "a win. Possibly, when the parliamentary
battle is over, they will come to terms with the government.
However, compromise O. no compromise, British Labor appears
to have made up its mind that from now on the plain people" must
have adequate medical care-Labo
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-04-10
OoR

When the European peace con-
ference convenes - the exact date
is now uncertain there will be two
public sessions. After that the re-
porters will be excluded and the
representatives of the powers will
proceed to draft their covenants"
behind bolted doors.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-04-10

A Senate education and labor subcommittee recently began hear
ings N a Mental Health Bill sponsored by Senators Pepper, Tunnel,
Hill, Murray, La Toilette, Aiken and Thomas of Utah.
Senator Pepper, who is chairman of the subcommittee declared
that the alarming increase in mental disorders makes this bill one of
the most important pieces of health legislation before Congress today"
He pointed out that more than half a billion dollars is spent every
year to maintain mental hospitals in this country, yet little money is
provided for study OF the causes and cures of illnesses of the mind.
That is poor economy" Pepper said. The bill would partly
this situation by granting money to the Public Health Service
Tor research and for training mental health experts"
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-04-10
HOW BYRD
I'M VIRGINIA

Senator Harry Byrd of Virginia
wins coolies of publicity by his
pleas for economy" Labor has
occasionally pointed out that Sena-
tor Byrd's idea of economy seems
to slash all appropriations which
benefit ordinary folk-like work
ers and small farmers. Further
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-04-10

rough. Thus they became our
comrades in a great war. Now
they are in desperate need of help.
We must not fail them.-Labor.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-04-10

The Federal Communications
Commission is revising the terms
for the renewal of licenses for ra-
do stations SO that advertising ex-
cesses" will be curbed. l hope that
they will out law singing ads, the
greatest atrocity of modern radio.
M L
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-04-10
SENATORS G HEARINGS
ON MENTAL HEALTH BILL"

SPEND FOR STUDY OF CAUSES AND CURES AND THUS
SAVE ON HOSPITALS, SENATOR PEPPER URGES
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-04-10

A new light rivaling the bril-
lance of the sun has been produced
by Western Union engineers. Ap-
propriate to these times, it is
known as "regimented light" But
even with such a light, a modern
Diogenes would be frustrated in his
search in most areas of this earth.
The midland journal., 1946-10-04
Japs Develop Resources
Of Frontier Wilderness

HolSkaido, Japsn's nor:hernmost
home island, was little more than
a frontier wilderness as late as 1870.
At that time it counted only 66,618
inhabitants - two people per square
mile. Then the Japanese saw the
value of the resources in lumber and
iron ore, and at the same time real
lied the Importance of developing
the island as buffer against enemy
approach from Asia's Siberian main
land. Railroads were built and farm
ers from Honshu were offered in
ducements to try their fortunes in
the new frontierland. BY 1899, Hok-
kaido's population had jumped So
fold, to 100000.
But great as the jump was, it
proved only that Hokkaido's attrac.
tions were not enough to stampede
the crowded farmers of Honshu. AL
though Maine-sized Hokkaido has al
most one-fourth of Japan's total
home-islands area, it cannot yet
count as much as one-twentieth of
their population. Most of the growth
was centered in port and railroad
cities along the islands southern and
southwestern shores rather than on
the inland plains suited for agricul-
ture.
Containing farmlands and noun
tains in about the same ratio as
other Jap home islands, Hokkaido
is held back by its climate. If the
island were transported in the same
latitudes to the eastern coast of
North America it would extend from
the latitude of Boston to that of
northern Nova Scotia. Warmth-lov-
ing farmers would rather stick to
their rice economy on half-acre
patches on Honshu than spread out
in a region where year-round tenn
peratures average 40 degrees F..
Little more than half of it's 1000 900
farmable acres have so far come un-
der cultivation.
The midland journal., 1946-10-04
Best Drugs Are No
Cure for Malaria

In a discussion of quinine and alta
brine in the Naval Medical Bulle-
tin, Cmdr. Ellis H. Hudson, USNR,
says the two drugs are the best we
have for the treatment of malaria
but that neither cures anything. To
him malaria "is like a hardy peren-
NAL, always ready to grow up from
its roots in liver, spleen and mar.
row no matter how briskly and sue
cessfully quinine and atabrine lop off
the apparent phase in the blood. Of
the two drugs Commander Hudson
finds atabrine the better. He thinks
it unfortunate that atabrine was
first introduced as. substitute for
quinine, as if it were a second string
to the anti-malarial bow, to be used
when quinine was unprocurable. The
surgeon general of the navy holds
that atabrine when properly used is
las effective as quinine and in
many respects to be preferred.
Commander Hudson is rather pes
simistic about finding a real cure
for malaria. Reptiles, birds, mon
keys contract the disease. Malaria
parasites have been found in 1870
species of birds, but the parasites
that infect them Twill not grow in
man with one exception); neither
do they behave consistently in re-
spect to each other" Commander
Hudson says that "it is impossible
to predict whether results gained in
research on bird and monkey
malarias will apply to each other or
to human malaria" Further, no ex-
perimental animal will "take" hu-
man malaria, and no human
malaria has ever been successfully
cultured. Man must be his own ex-
perimental animal and test tube.
The midland journal., 1946-10-04
Three Square Meals
Necessary for Health

The familiar expression, three
square meals day." is more than a
happy ideal in feeding children-it is
a necessity for proper nutrition.
Studies OF nutrition scientists showed
that it one meal a day is very light
or omitted altogether, a child nearly
always fails to get enough food and
also the particular food he needs,
even if other meals are ample. They
also found that eating too little at
breakfast or lunch usually results in
lrritability or fatigue before the next
meal
Because children can take only so
much food at one time, they can
not make up by an extra heavy meal
the nourishment missed at skimpy
or neglected meal. Therefore, the
busy or careless mot6er who let's
children go off to play or to school
without a proper breakfast, or does
not provide them with more than a
pickup for lunch, may unthinkingly
contribute to poor nutrition in her
family.
In planning the days meals, the
nutrition scientists advise that at
least one-fourth of the food needed
for the day should be provided at
breakfast, and that more than
one-third should be served at lunch,
and at dinner or supper at night.
They suggest that at least one fruit
or Ve0atah1o (pof co,,p+;pn no4o4oae\
be served at every meal. At least
once day food rich in vitamin C
should be served = tomatoes, citrus
fruit, or strawerries, for example.
Once day also children should
have green or yellow vegetable, rich
in vitamin A. At every meal they
should drink at least one tall glass
OF milk. To stimulate appetites, ev-
cry meal should have one hot dish.
The midland journal., 1946-10-04
SCHOOL LUNCHES

DR.. II. II. Riley, Director of the
State Department of Health, believes
that the extended School Lunch Pro-
gram made possible by "A recent Con-
gressional appropriation can improve
the health of many children by assur-
ing them nutritionally adequate
lunch. Stressing the Importance of
well-balanced meal in the middle of
the day, whether received at school
or carried from home, DR. Riley quot
ed this statement by the Nutritionist
of the State Department of Health.
"The School Lunch Program now
carried on with Federal aid should
greatly benefit the health of school
children by providing a suitable mid
day meal designed to meet their nu-
tritional needs This year lunches
will be served in more schools in
Maryland, and throughout the United
States, as a result of the large sum
provided by an Act of Congress to re-
imburse schools according to the type
of lunch provided
'Three different types of lunch
may be served, depending upon local
conditions and the facilities available
at the school. The Type A lunch is a
complete meal supplying between
one-third and one-half of the daily
requirements of calories, proteins,
minerals and vitamins Type is Il
partial lunch consisting of half pint
of milk and usually one other dish,
such as soup or salad. 1t meets part
of the child's nutritional requirement
but should be supplemented by sand
wiches and other foods brought from
home. The Type lunch is merely
half pint of milk to be drunk with
luncE carried from home These
lunches are all served at low cost on
a non-proft basis. Children who can
not pay receive the same lunch with
out cost and without discrimination
or segregation.
parents are advised to find out ex-
actly what type of lunch their child
rem get at school. If the B or c type
of lunch is provided they should plan
box lunches that will round out
well balanced meal. The noon meal
should supply at least one-third of
the days food requirement 1t ought
to include milk, fruit, vegetables,
whole wheat or enriched bread and
some form of protein, such as meat,
poultry, fish or an egg.
although a well balanced lunch
can improve an otherwise poor diet,
breakfast and dinner should not be
| forgotten. Three good meals are
needed to meet TIE days nutritional
requirements and maintain the best
possible state of health
The midland journal., 1946-10-04
TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS DURING
AUGUST

During the month of August there
were 1,347 traffic accidents investi-
gated in Maryland by the several po-
lice agencies in the State. These acci-
dents were responsible for 29 deaths
and 728 persons injured. The Balti-
mn4e City Police Department report
edES27 accidents with deaths and
800 ainjuries-while the State, Coun-
ty and local police departments re-
ported $40 accidents with rs deaths
and 33S injuries.
During the first eight months of
this. year 25S persons were killed;
5,3f4 were injured and there were
1O,363 accidents investigated. Com
pared with experience during the
same period last year, deaths decreas-
20; injuries increased 35 %, and ac-
cidents investigated increased "a
Ten counties experienced fatality
free month,-Allegany, Caroline, Dor
chester Frederick, Garrett, Howard,
Kent, Queen Anne, Talbot and Wor-
cester.
counted for 1870 of the total killed
durign the month; collisions involv-
ing two or more vehicles resulted
in $780,; while non-collision acci-
dents accounted for 21 % and motor
vehicle with bicyclists %.
Governor O'Conor, the Maryland
Traffic Safety Commission and coop
Grating State, City and Civic organi-
cations appeal to the motorists using
the streets and highways of Mary
land not OF drive at excessive speed
high speed always contains elements
of danger. There are many motorists
travelling too fast for the conditions
of their cars and tires. Obey the
speed laws. Don't take chances. Re-
member, lose minute and save a
1ifei
The midland journal., 1946-10-04
DRAINAGE PROJECT LARGEST
IN EAST

Residents of the Eastern Shore,
State and University of Maryland ofli-
cials and others interested in soil
conservation, Wednesday, Sept. 25,
Joined with Governor Herbert r. o.
Conor of Maryland, and Governor
ceremonies marking the crossing of
the Delaware line by eXcavating ma
chinery of the Pocomoke River
Drainage Project.
A cooperative undertaking of local,
county, State and Federal agencies,
the Pocomoke River Project is the
largest drainage ditch east of the
Mississippi River.
The celebration was acclaimed by
Maryland, thorugh Governor O'Conor
as an accomplishment, while Cover
nor Bacon of Delaware, on behalf of
the people of his State, welcomed the
advance of the project.
Governor O'Conor, in stressing the
importance of the Drainage Project
to Maryland, recalled that one of the
very HI0L piCoSCShu w ITO
administration during the early part
of 1889 was that of soil conservation.
"At that time" he declared,
there was all too little knowledge
generally of the difficulties encoun-
tered by farmers through soil ero-
sion-that wastage of top soil which
carries into our rivers and streams
every year thousands and thousands
of acres of our best land. However,
this first presentation to me resulted
in an addition to the State budget for
that purpose. Federal and State Off
cials in charge of our agricultural
problems, and farmers themselves,
made the issue so clear that, to me,
the ALLEGATION of money for soil con-
servation was not an expenditure
but an investment.
The midland journal., 1946-10-04
FIRE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
PRECAUTIONS

Next week is to be observed as Fire
Prevention Week-October to IL.
We can all do our part by observing
a few simple precautions.
Simple precautions against the pos
sibility of fire save lives and proper
ty from destruction-precautions
wkich ere so simple they may seem
actually unnecessary. But The Nation
al Board of Fire Underwriters en-
phasizes the Importance of such mea-
sures in its untiring effort to cut
down fire loss. 1t recognizes that the
most effective force in fighting fire is
a sincere desire on the part of the
public to cooperate in eliminating
every possible fire hazard.
Some of the simple precautions
that depend on each individual are:
Proper insulation around stoves; the
use of fuses instead of pennies in the
fuse box; closing of doors and viii
dows to shut off possible drafts when
leaving dwelling; safeguarding
fires left in houses against spreading
to curtains, furniture and inf1am-
mable fixtures; destroying refuse
which is a potential producer of III
stantaneous combustion; placing elee
trio irons on something metallic in
stead of on the cloth ironing board.
These and countless other safety
measures depend upon individual ac-
ton.
Such safeguards are indispensable
if we are to reduce the tremendous
annual fire loss suffered by this coun-
try. The great proportion of fires re-
suit from failure to adhere to the
simplest precautions. Thousands OF
lives are lost and millions of dollars
worth of property is destroyed every
year because of individual negligence
or laziness in cooperating to prevent
fire. Simple precautions may save any
one Of US from being the victim OF
fire. Why skirk duty that takes SC
little time and may prevent untold
loss and suffering?
The midland journal., 1946-10-04
REBUILDING A LIFE

When a person learns that he has
tuberculosis, he faces complete
change in his way of living.
The probability is that he must un-
lergo "a long period of treatment,
usually in tuberculosis hospital
where he will be separated from his
family and friends except for the
visits which they may make to the
hospital.
For the man or woman who has
been earning Eis or her own living,
it means winding up all business af-
fairs and giving up an active life for
one of rest.
These are only a few of the chan
ges which TB may bring to mans
life. They call for great deal of ad-
justment. In most instances, some
outside aid is needed to help the pa
tient make the adjustment satisfac-
torily.
If the patient is the breadwinner,
he must know that his family will
not suffer while he is in the hospital.
With the aid of established communi-
ty agencies, arrangements can be
made to proved the proper care for
the family. Whether this will mean
some form of financial assistance or
care of the young children while the
mother works will depend upon the
particular situation.
In tke ideal community, all agen-
cies work together to help the indi-
vidual solve his family and economic
problems so that he can enter the
hospital free from worries about his
family.
AS hospital patient, he continues
to need assistance in addition to med
ical care. He needs it in the form of
occupational therapy to relieve the
tedium of long days in the hospital.
He needs special guidance to help
him discover or re-discover any spe-
cial interests and aptitudes he may
have which will enable him to live
more complete life when his disease
is arrested and he leaves the hopsi-
tai.
If he has followed strenuous, out
door life in the past, life which may
be barred to him in the future, he
needs training for new type of work
in which he may engage safely and
with satisfaction after his medical
discharge from the hospital.
The patient who receives such aid
as he needs becomes fully rekabilitat-
ed and an asset to society when he
again takes up his life in the COM
munity.
This column is sponsored, in the
interest of better health, by the
Maryland tuberculosis Association,
900 St. Paul ST., Baltimore, Md.
The midland journal., 1946-10-04
The Farm Is A Factory

Many years ago the electrical cor
porations rushed into the business of
building electric railways patterned
after the city street car system. Then
they branched out half-heartedly in
to experiments to furnish rural elec-
trification to small number OF
farms located near towns and cities
or along principal highways. The set
up was penny wise and pound fool
ish economies" in the judgment of
Claude R. Wickard, who is heading
successful government cooperative
plans for electifrying the farm. He
says that only 10 per cent of all U. S.
farms were receiving central station
electricity in 1885 but that as re-
suit of the entry of the Government
into the electrical supply business
that the number of electrified U. S.
farms has jumped from 100000 in
1885 to more than million today
The midland journal., 1946-10-04


Three hundred leading ministers
of the major Protestant denomina-
tions in the United States have ad-
dressed letter to President Truman
asking that he extend amnesty to
Americas s conscientious objectors to
war. several hundred of whom are
still in prison. A large number of de-
nominational assemblies have urged
similar action. The letter, signed by
many who are not themselves object
ors, says: Sharing concern for rell-
gious liberty and freedom of con-
science, we are troubled by the fact
that 1900 of TIE 5000 conscientious
objectors sentenced under the Selec-
tive Training and Service Act of
1910 are still confined in federal pri-
sons. A majority of these men are
Jehovah's Witnesses, who have
claimed that their evangelistic acti-
vities entitled them to exemption
from the draft as ministers. There
are also scores of war objectors who
have been court-martialed by the
armed forces for refusal to obey mill
tary orders which violated tehir con-
scientious scruples. The objectors
who have completed their sentences
or have been paroled are still penal
lied by the loss of important civil
rights. 1t is surely regrettable that
here in the United States, men whose
only crime has been fidelity to con-
science should continue to be punish
ed"
The midland journal., 1946-10-04
Magic Pilot

The first excursion steamer any,
where to have the benefit of q
magic pilot" whose efficiency is
as great in darkness and fog and
storm as in daylight and clear
weather, now is operating out OF
Boston harbor. Congested harbor
traffic conditions, the irregular
course Of the channel and the pres
ence of island masses, have made
navigation in the Boston harbor
complicated and hazardous pro.
cedure in 'thick" weather, but the
electronic navigator is designed to
help the ships captain plot a safe
course, even though his normal
visibility is strongly limited by nat.
ural conditions.
The midland journal., 1946-10-04
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICES

"Unreality" will be the subject of
the Lesson-Sermon in all Churches
of Christ, Scientist, on Sunday Oct. 6.
The Golden Text will be from l
John 2:16-"All tkat is in the world,
the lust of the flesh, and the lust of
the eyes, and the pride of life, is not
of the Father, but is of the wolrd. y
Among the citations comprising
the Lesson-Sermon will be the fol-
lowing from the Bible-Isaiah All
-"Tke lofty looks of man shall be
humbled, and the haughtiness of
man shall be bowed down, and the
Lord alone shall be exalted in that
day."