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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-06-20

the VA, took unto himself a bride
last Tuesday. George Holland.
Joe's assistant, Is dickering with
the VA for u well-earned raise and
threatens to quit VA headquarters
and 80 back to contact work II he
doesn't get IL. Lieutenant
George Norford Of the War De-
partment's Bureau Of Public Rela-
tons will take of the OBS next
month and 40 back to New York
where he will continue his play
wright activities.
Allen Morrison, who during the
war, was our favorite Stars and
Stripes and Yank correspondent,
Is still our faVorite--but now rs
publicity director for UNANA.
Morrison's lead paragraph on one
Of his Stars and Stripes stories
still rates as a classic with Us. IL
concerned the mixed infantry plA-
toons hghting in the Battle Of the,
Bulge and read like this: The
generals had some medals to give
out but the privAtss didn't have
time to attend the ceremonies"
There were ZOE vets in the grad
uAtinE class Of Howard University
last Friday and Carol Miller, as
sistant dean Of the college Of lib
sral arts said they lived up to the
now established traditions - that
vets are the most studious students
In tho II. U. classes.
Emmsr Lancaster, top eolOred
man in the Commerce Department,
Is = vet Of the last war, He was
. loOie. PArAlyIed veterans
bowling from wheel chairs held a
tsn-ptn tournament Tor paraplegies
at the VA hospital in Van Nuys.
California They rolled sp . score
Of T,Ssa pins Tor the II game tour
nsy. All the contestants BOWED
from wheel chairs sxcePs t~o The
two exceptions BOWED from prone
positions on httsrs because thsy
can't a., ~. Pun 10 whsrS you
make Il. Jos.
TIE vet baseball team 81 rasks-
ge~'s VA hospital has 0nly loss
one gams this year TIE loss was
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-06-20
Dear Joe
By JAMES L. HICKS
POST WAR ITEM

You can do anything you want
to do to n veteran these days now
that the noncombatants have re-
gained their nerve. For instance:
The Senate Civil Service Com
mittee last Tuesday unanimously
voted 10 report favorably a bill
which would make II necessary for
veterans 10 pass Civil Service
examinations before they would he
given extra points because they
are veterans.
You see, Joe, as II Is now II you
make u grade Of IS on Civil
Service exam you can still get a
government job even though you
failed the exam because your vet
preference gives you Ave points
which brings you up to 70.
Well. II seems that some Of the
boys are getting jobs too regularly
that way so this new bill will make
II so that u you fail the exam with
a 66 you don't get any vet prefer.
ence. The bill says you've got to
make 20 before you get your extra
Ave points.
But they ARE not stopping there.
Joe. oh mol They are also gong
to make il harder for the disabled
vet to get q job.
Under the provisions Of the new
bill . disabled vet must be at least
30 per cent disabled before he can
get the ten.point preference which
the Veterans Preference Act grants
him.
That's just the same as saying n
you ge, "nicked" on your bottom by
a bullet during the war you should
have raised up a little higher out
Of your fox hole in order to give
the enemy = direct hit and enable
you TO get ten points veterans
preference instead Of Ave. Or
maybe you just should have stood
straight up and barred your chest
to the German and collected your
$4,000 insurance.
This column can remember way
back to about . year ago when
such a bill would have been called
treason" in some quarters. The
country was still scared at that
time and nothing was too good
for our boys" But the war L.
over now, Joe.
As Of the end Of April there
were SEC. 900 unemployed veterans.
THE WHIRL
Joe Albright top eOlorsd man In
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-05-27
Key Wester.'s
Shoes

Anent the report in circulation
that Key Westers are shoeless,
resentment is rampant among the
redskins Of the Cypress Swamps.
Tomahawks are being ground
to razor like sharpness. In the
teepees Of Alligator Alley, and
the wigwams of Rattlesnake
Greek there is, much fitting Of
bowstrings and arrows are care-
fully dipped in potent firewater.
Tiger Billy, Tarantula. 4, Willie
and Moose-face Joe are raring to
lead their braves on scalping
expedition against any ssfumor
mongers, spreading false tales OF
barefoot Island City Injuns.,
Wahoo, Wahoo, heap much false
news
Say Key West Injuns mo wear
Shoes"
Him .torhahawk sharp, make
Moose-face 10,
On warpath 'gainst such wrong
news 60.
Big, fool talk, growled Firewater
Billy,
From crazy peoples, talk-um
silly
Key West folks, all palefaces
know
Wear-um shoes, ten billion years
ago.
In fourteen hundred um ninety
two
When COLUMBUS come, first thing
him do
Walk barefoot down UNI Duval
Street
Buy shoeses for him much big
feet.
When old Noah hoist sail on UNI
Ark
Much rain fall down, get plenty
dark,
One Key West Injun, him, Noah's
mate
Anchor Ark near Naval Station
gate.
Grab Noah's arm, take show-um
about
Key West stores, where him find
out
Island City natives, heap shoeses
had
When barefoot Eve was fig-leaf
clad.
RED BAY BILLY.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-05-27

the worthy secretary, was OBLIGED
to give the order to sail.
On the 10th Of December, at.
nine A.A9.. the Susquehanna. head
ing northeast, resumed her course
to the bay Of San Francisco.
Il was ten in the morning; the
corvette was under hall steam, q
II regretting to leave the SPOT
where the catastrophe had taken
place, when q sailor, perched On
the nlaintop-gallant crosstreess
watching the sea, cried suddenly:
IA buoy on the lee bowl" e Y
The officers looked il the direc-
ton indicated, and BY the help Of
their glasses saw that the object
sisnalled had the appearance Of
one Of these buoys which are used
to mark the passages Of bays or
rivers. But, singularly to say, Z
flag floating on the wind SUR
mounted its cone, which emerged
five or six feet out Of water.
All looked with feverish anxi-
ETY.. but in silence. None dared
give expression to the thoughts
which came to the minds Of all.
& The corvette approached to
W wynn: TWO Gables ienstns q the
oD!ec. 4. \.
sn4aue ran ian asnrougn tne
1890, e H..i MAI nag was inc
american mas!
inc Doais were put o sea. =: =;
Mas.on ana rls iIienos nae rusneo
ha sU . 49,. MSi nenrs mss 9. ~
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-05-27
TODAY IN HISTORY
Know Asnerica)

1754-Lt. Col. George Washing
ton, then an English colonial Of
ficer, surprises and defeats
French at Great Meadow, Pa,
opening up the French-Indian
War. ..,t,,sa
1755-Country's first water
works begins operation lin Beth
lehem, Pa.
1927 yeddidah S. S m it'll.
Rocky Mountains trader, with
two companions, begins eight
days ascent of the Sierra Ne
vadas-the first : white men to
cross the mountains and make
theif wy 4idtt California from
Easts....,-s y 49, s ], \,
me- 90 III ma nds r Albert
O.. Read makes first saif flight
across the Allan zfYpfn' the
Azores ID R0tt,sge I
S40S3-The Securities Act sign
ed by President Roosevelt.
1935-The MIRA. found uncon-
stitutional by the U. S. Supreme
Court.
>1941.-President Roosevelt de-
|clares an unlimited national en-
ergency.'
1942.-Jap Premier TOTO says:
Japan would fight until the in
fluence of Britain and America
and their dreams of world domi.
nation" were averted.
l944-Allies battle Germans in
Italy.
1945-U. S. 7th Infantry storm!
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-05-27
Whats Ia a Name?

Lexington, Va. The first
delegate to register for the 18th
annual convention of the South
ern Interscholastic Press Associ-
alton, held at Washington and
Lee University and sponsored by
the Robert E. Lee Journalism
Foundation, was Robert E. Lee,
probably d descendant Of the
famed Confederate general. Lee
stayed at the Robert E. Lee Hoo
tel.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-05-27
Chapter 81

sATLENGTH the hauling chairs,
the air-chambers, and the
automatic grappling-irons were
put On board. ]. T. Maston, En-
gineer Murchison, and the dele
gates Of the Gun Club. were IL
ready in their cabins. They had
but to start, which they did on the
.21St Of December, ct eight o'clock
1t night the corvette meeting
with I beautiful sea, I north
easterly wind, and rather sharp
cold. The whole population Of San
Francisco was gathered on the
quay, greatly excited but silent,
reserving their hurrahs for the
return. Steam was fully up, and
the screw Of the Susquehanna
carried them briskly out Of the
bay.
AT twelve, Captain Blomsberry,
assisted by his officers who super
intended the observations, took
the reckoning in the presence Of
the delegates of the Gun Club.
Then there was q moment Of
anxiety. Her position decided, the
Susquehanna was found to be
some minutes to westward Of the
spot where the projectile had dis
appeared beneath the waves.
The ships course was then
changed so rs to reach this exac,
point.
At forty-seven minutes past
twelve they reached the buoy; il
was in perfect condition, and must
have shifted but little.
AT lastl" exclaimed J. r.
Maston.
.Shall we begin?" asked Cap
tain Blomsberry.
without losing q second"
J. T. Maston, the brothers
Blomsberry, and Engineer Muir
Gibson took their places in the
air-chamber. The descent began
at twenty-five minutes past one
at night, and the chamber, drawn
under by the reservoirs full Of
water, disappeared from the SUR
face Of the ocean.
The descent was rapid. At sew
enteen minutes past two, ]. 4.
Maston and his companions had
reached the bottom Of the Pacific;
but they saw nothing but an arid
desert, no longer animated by
either fauna or dora. Bv the Light
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-05-27
Sure About II

An aged Negro saw an extra
ordinary-looking instrument in
an opticians shop. He gazed in
open-mouthed wonder, ard turn
ing to the optician, inquired:
|. rWhat is it, boss?"
" t'That," replied the optician.
Sis ian opthalmeter."
"Sho", r.,uttered the other, his
eyes still fastened on the Curl
GUS looking thing as he backed
QUIT Oats what ! feared it was
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-05-27
a CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our graft
tude to all our friends who help
ed Mrs. Pierce and us in our hour
Of sorrow, and also for the many
beautiful floral offerings and
cards.
SAM PIERCE and FAMILY.
may27-ltx
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-05-27

! Harold J., Rome of New York.
noted composer-lyricist born in
Hartford, Conn, 80 years ago. !,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-05-27

THE next day, the oath, in spite
! of the fatigue of the previous
day, the operation was renewed.
The corvette advanced some min
utes to westward, and the APP
paratus, provided with air, bore
the same explorers to the depths
Of the ocean.
The whole day passed in fruit
less research; the bed Of the sea
was desert. The 25th brought no
other result, nor the 26th.
On the 28th, after two more
days Of search, all hope was gone.
This projectile was but an atom
in the immensity Of the ocean.
They must give up all idea Of
finding it.
But J. T. Maston would not hear
Of going away. He would not
abandon the place without at least
discovering the tomb Of his
friends. But Commander Bloms-
berry could no longer persist, and
in spite Of the ordinations Of
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-05-27

powerful renectors, they could
Sc the dark beds Of the ocean for
Z considerable extent Of view. but
the projectile was nowhere 70 be
seen.
The impatience Of these bold
divers cannot be described and
having an electrical communities
ton with the corvette, they made
. signal already agreed upon, and
for the space Of Z mile the SuS-
Quehanna moved their Chamber
along some yards above the bot
tom.
Thus they explored the whole
submarine plain, deceived At
every turn by optical illusions
which almost broke their hearts.
But where are they? Where
are they7" cried J. T. Maston. And
the poor man called loudly upon
Nicholl Barbicane, and Michel
Ardan, as If his unfortunate
friends could either hear or an
swer him through such an linz
penetrable mediuml The search
continued under these conditions
until the vitiated air compelled
the divers to ascend.
The hauling in began about six
in the evening, and was not ended
before midnight.
'To-morrow," said ]. T. Maston,
as he set foot on the bridge Of the
corvette.
ewes. , answered Canta;n RIoms.
berry.
And on another spot?" -
eyes"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-03
Slow rood to peace

Although the recent Moscow conference brought
major agreements it must not be considered failure.
To call it failure plays directly into the imperiaist
hands of Dulles and Luce who dream of the American
Century" and planet under the dictatorship of Wall
Street for nation convinced there is hope for Big
Four agreement Germany and Austria is nation
that be easily led down the path to world i'm
perialism.
It must be remembered that enduring peace can
be written overnight Detailed agreements must be
reached ways and of preventing the resugence
of mitarstc Germany. So complicated is the prob
lem that former Secy Byrnes believed it would take
two years to write sound treaty This estimate was
given before the declaration of President Trumans
$400O00000 against communism via Greece and
Turkey factor which cast long and ominous shadow
over the Moscow deliberations.
The AZ days of Big Four meetings were merely the
beginning. Agreements worked out minor mat
ters We believe that the next conference scheduled
for London in November and will bring additional
agreements.
Meanwhile the peoples of America, England France,
and the Soviet Union must insist that their foreign
ministers go to the next conference willing to work
together friendly equals, prepared to compromise
where compromise necessary but fully determined to
erase forever German threat to world peace and
security.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-03

have to wait until the prices go
down maybe year or two be-
fore he can afford to see the
movie?
Does he realize that at those
prices only the filthy rich" will
be able to see it without having
to put in few hours overtime?
Perhaps you can offer an ex-
PLANTATION as to his actions. If not,
it looks like I'll have to take in
that double Western feature at my
neighborhood theatre.
IVAN COLITZ
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-03
SOUNDING BOARD
Greedy trusts thwort p copies aims

She has in her hand the Battles,
and now she wants to grab the
whole Balkan area too. We must
check her now, when later it may
be too late.
Excuse me. gents; this is not
Russian. This is a new ex-
pertinent by the Russians. The
world evolutionizes. You can
not keep back progress.
This technique is like the sci
enlist who invents electricity, yet
we have kerosene, and locomotive
and automobiles have replaced the
horse and buggy, yet we have
plenty of horses in the world.
The world is big-she has room
for all forms of government. What
is better-to prepare for war,
when we cannot win from war
only to kill all the people?
H. SALTZ
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-03
To the Editor:

Too much cannot be said or
done to expose to the American
people the truth about the trusts,
the large monopoly of industry
and business.
While monopoly capital has
employed the highest de-
veloped skills of technical
and managerial experts and
through them have succeeded
in raising production almost
TO the limit. they have also
been guilty of thwarting the
hopes and aims of the people
TO achieve higher cultural and
living standards. by appropri-
ating the greatest. unjust and
unearned share of benefits for
themselves.
The smooth and carefully plan
ned regulation of production
methods, extending from the bot
tom up to the top management,
sometimes equals socialism, but
there it ends.
There the greed of the owning
group exerts its domination, its
say-so, as to how much of the
benefits derived from a given in
dustry they keep unto themselves
and how much spread for the well
fare of the workers.
THOS. J. BROWNE
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-03
Rest in peace

On April %, l947 the United States Army abolished
frank and distinctions in military cemeteries"
Remember that day-April %, 1947. On that day
Theodore Bilbo selling copies his filth
against Negroes On that day Big Bushes fighting
FEPC proposals in order to continue discrimination in
employment On that day millions of Negroes were denied
the privileges of citizenship in the South
April %, 1947 three-paragraph dispatch from
Washington D. c. reporting that the Army had decided
to bury private with colonel, Negro with white
But jim will still hold up his color bars among
with the living with obscene hands.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-03
Chaplin price too high
To the Editor:

For years now / have believed
that Charles Chaplin was friend
of the working man and was all
for helping them, but I am now
beginning to come to my senses.
His latest movie, monster Yer
doux," was released in New York
Saturday and the cheapest seat
was $1.S0, and they went up to
$3.50.
Now if Chaplin is such a
friend" why does he charge so
dang high a price for his movie?
Surely he can make large enough
profit at normal prices.
Does Charley realize that the
working man" like myself will
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-03

Tribune CUFF

The Chicago Tribune which alegedly contributed
secrets to the enemy this week moved forward in
its drive to betray another American principle the
right to strike.
In Tuesdays lead editorial The Tribune de-
manded speedy action outlaw the right TO strike
I'm number of basic industries" 1T should be
membered that Tribune editorial is practically
command of politicians. simply
expression of opinon.)
At the same time obedent legislators in Springfield
right to picket the right to strike, and other basic
American rights
In defense of its attacks rights The Tribune
dug up that old phoney to the effect that you don't
like the pay here go get job somewhere else.
This is the kind of CUFF being peddled throughout
the country.
OkaY. Joe-you're free quit! Of what
with rising unemployment and threatened depres-
the wife and kids may be starved sickened and
evicted That's their right.
The right to strike is the only bargaining weapon
in the hands of ordinary people.
Another example is the fact that. with
workers strike. the telephone company blandlY
refused TO offer penny raise with attitude of
the public be damned What would happen if
workers had lost that single bargaining point?
These threats have become real possibilities
On the other hand, American people don't turn the
other cheek when fat cat slugs away at basic
liberties The huge rallies here in Chicago and last
weeks personal visit of large CLIO delegation to Con-
gressen only few of the thousands of actions
which have enlisted millions of Americans public,
if you please-in the battle against slave labor laws
We can't afford to let up single minute in this
battle.
We can't let the phoneYs push America back
ward a century.
We must declare again and again that "slave labor
will pass and then into political action for
greater freedom and greater prosperity for all
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-03
Washington subVersiVes
To the Editor:

To the Editor:
In no publication in the country
is anything said about the sub.
versive activity of people in high
places.
Our Congress has some politi,
clans in it who wouldn't hesitate
to murder their own grandmothers
if they had large enough insur,
ance policy on themselves.
They also wouldn't hesitate a
minute to sell their own country
short for the right price in dollars,
pounds, cents.
The advisors of the President
are officers of the service who
sympathize with the system of au.
thoritarian rulership.
Admiral Leahy is a good example
of their type. This man is an init,
mate friend of the French traitor,
Petain. The President himself is
a former machine politician of the
infamous Boss Pendergast, an ex,
jailbird.
B. GELFoND
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-03
Can't halt progress
To the Editor:

To the Editor:
There is now going on big talk
and propaganda against our big
previous war partner, and this is
how it goes
Russia is extending her power.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-02-28
Pres+oIe Signs
First Contract

Signing of the first contract
between Local Is, UAW-CIO and
the Prestole Corp, took place
last week it was announced to-
day by Walter Murphy, interna-
tional representative from UAW'
CIO Director Richard Gosser's
staff.
Provided in the contract are
seniority and standard grievance
procedure, paid vacations, and
wage increases retroactive to
January 1.
Negotiations for the union
were conducted by the plant
union committee consisting of
Charles Spoerl, ch arm a n !;
Horace Appleby, vice-chairman
and Helen Girt, recording secre-
tary. Frank Kott, Local 16 presi-
dent and Joseph Ditzel and Wal
ter Murphy, international union
representatives.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-02-28
Interest Shown
In SonduskY GIN,
UAW-CIO Drive
Union Asks Return
Of Discharges

SANDUSKY, Feb. 26 - Mark
ed interest was shown in the
UAW-CIO drive to organize the
GINS New Departure Plant
here when crowd of workers
showed up at the first organiza
tional meeting on Monday of last
week.
Howard Seren and Joseph Dit
eel, International UAW-CIO re
representatives. from the office OF
Regional Director Richard Cos
ser spoke to the group and dis
cussed the benefits of member
ship in the Automobile Workers
A question and answer period
followed in which the plant
workers brought up many ques.
tons.
Armand Tomassette, president
of Local 987, UAW-CIO, Meri
den, Conn, which hold the bar.
gaining rights in the New De,
parture plant in that city has
been in Sandusky since Feb. 18i
and will remain until March /
Local 987 left the AFL just one
year ago to affiliate with the
UAW-CIO.
Another meeting was held on
Monday night of this week when
the Meriden labor leader told a
good-sized meeting what his Lo-
cal union had lost by being in
the AFL when the UAW held
his plants bargaining rights.
UAW-CIO representatives in
charge of the UAW drive ex-
press themselves as being well
pleased with the progress being
made here and report increased
interest since last Mondays
meeting.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-02-28
los Elects
Coil President

WAPAKONETA, Feb. 26 -
Members of Local 105, UAW'
CIO of this city elected Merle
Coil to head the organization at
the annual election of officers
last week. Others who were
elected include:
William Kantner, vice presi-
dent; Russell Woolf, recording
secretary; Russell Koons, finan-
Icial secretary-treasurer; Clemens
Fisher, Milo Brautigan and
Ernest Harrison, trustees; Ho-
ward Debell, sergeant-at-arms
and Ralph Nester, guild.
Members of Local los are en-
ployed at the Wapakoneta Ma
chine Co., here.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-02-28
CIO TO Discuss
Cos and Rents
On WTOL

A discussion of two important
current problems will be heard
on the 'Labor's Side of The
News" radio program over Sta
tion WTOL, Saturday, Feb. 1
when Clayton Rusch, Toledo
PAC-CIO chairman and Ollie
Pecord discuss "The Gas Prob
lem" and Rents"
Gas shortages which have
caused loss to industry and
workers this winter is one of the
current problems with which
the CIO is concerning itself in
an effort to bring about an ade-
quate supply of gas during peak
gas using periods. Ollie Pecord
who appeared this week before
City Council will speak on this
subject.
Rent controls will be the SUBJ
ject to be discussed by Clayton
Rusch. Mr.. Rusch will take the
position followed by the ma
tional CIO in backing a con-
tinuation of rent controls with
out change until June, 80, 1948.