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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1942

THAT JAP JEER THE slyest propaganda dig at America is Tokyo radio's boast that the Japanese have so much rubber in Malaya that they have developed a method to make gasoline out of rubber waste. They may have done it. Synthetic petroleum products from rubber would seem no more impossible than synthetic rubber from petroleum, which is fact. But more likely the Japs, having grabbed more than

90 per cent of our former sources of rubber, are merely trying to make our own confusion over what to do about it appear ridiculous and hopeless. It is cidiculous—shamefully ridiculous. We have taken what is basically a fairly simple problem of using what rubber we have wisely but conserving enough to serve us | until we can produce adequate substitutes, and out of it | we have created more doubts, suspicions, contradictions, | controversies, charges, unfounded claims and false hopes | than any country can afford. If thousands of axis agents were among us, deliberately promoting waste of a precious war material and delay of | action to replace it, they couldn't do a more thorough job | than patriotic Americans are doing of their own accord. = = = UT the situation is not hopeless. Arthur Krock, head of the New York Times Washington bureau, has offered an excellent suggestion. It is that someone like former Chief Justice Hughes — someone in whom the people have complete confidence— be asked to examine the whole subject, gift all the claims and counter-claims and charges and counter-charges, and report the facts. Former Justice Hughes has a great mind trained for just such duty. He could not be suspected of selfish motives. He is not beholden to business or to the administration. He has well earned his present retirement. But if he could be persuaded to sacrifice his leisure long | enough to point a way out of the rubber fog—to end all these futile arguments and show us clearly what must be done—it would be one of the most valuable of his many gervices to his country.

CHIEF FULMER’S ERROR FIRE CHIEF HARRY FULMER is clearly out of bounds

in his vigorous protests against the Safety Board's order to place on the fire department three Negroes who passed the city’s merit examinations. The background of this case is simple. The merit law makes no distinction between creed or color. These Ne- | groes took the merit examination, were approved by the | merit board, then approved by the safety board. Chief Fulmer did not name the men, instead placed on the department white applicants whose ratings were lower than the Negroes’. The Negroes who have served on the fire department in the past have proved faithful, honest, courageous and loval. Bravery in time of emergency knows no color line, And Chief Fulmer has no business drawing one.

THE SUBMARINE MENACE

HE only place Hitler is winning the war at the moment is in American waters. His submarines are sinking our ships faster than we can build them. Unless we can meet the submarine menace we can not deliver the goods to the fighting fronts. The immediate result in terms of sugar and gasoline rationing is known to every citizen. But much more important is the slow strangulation of war effort described by Rear Admiral Greenslade: “War goods are piling up at the docks on both coasts | and are backing up at some inland war plants. For example, | 40.000 military trucks are standing at a single east port waiting for ships.” Why? Many reasons are given by the experts.

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NE major reason is that our navy put too many of its eggs in the big-ship basket, and too few into the |

gmaller craft which combat submarines—destroyers, motor | patrol boats, planes, blimps. A second major reason that most of our naval gtrength has been drawn off for the convoy job in the north Atlantic route to England and the Pacific route to Australia, leaving too few ships to guard American waters. There has been criticism of the naval command. To meet this the admiral who was so successful in submarine control in the northeast Atlantic has been shifted from Iceland to the Gulf. » ROM its remarkable success with the convoy system in the north Atlantic and the south Pacific, we think our navy on the whole is entitled to. much praise and very little blame. But no amount of deserved praise for the navy can alter the fact that Hitler is winning the submarine battle off America. Admitting that the navy is doing everything possible, then it will have to do the impossible. The navy is the first to resent any suggestion that it cannot lick the submarine peril. We think it will.

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SOLDIERS? HELL!

HE Canadian director of aircraft production, Ralph - Bell. was pretty forthright the other day about the theory that war production workers are soldiers in the

front line. The slogan that “the front line runs through the fac-

tory” is true, to the extent that the soldiers’ ability to fight |

depends upon the civilians’ ability and willingness to produce weapons. But as for relative sacrifice: “Soldiers of production in the front line of defense— like hell,” says Bell; “52 to 85 cents an hour with time and & half and double time adds up to a lot more than $39 a

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Fair Enough

By Westbrook Pegler

NEW YORK, June 3—The commutation of Earl Browder's prison term as a means of promoting unity among the American people is more offensive than ever to the patriotism of the country in the light of the opinion expressed by the attorney general, Mr. Biddle, in the Harry Bridges case. Overruling a committee of clerks in his department, known as the immigration appeals board, who in their turn, had overruled an eminent judge who had heard the evidence and recommended Bridges’ deportation, Mr. Biddle not only agrees that Bridges is a Communist but that the Communist party does strive to overthrow existing governments, including this one, and that, therefore, he should be deported. I believe this is the first time that gny competent spokesman of the administration has recognized the obvious hostility of the Communist party to the government of the United States, but anyway, the effect of his opinion is that Browder is, in very plain effect, accused of traitorous conduct, he being chief of this conspiracy against this nation.

'Proud to Be Known as Liars’

NEVERTHELESS, THIS evil servant of our most enemy is now again at liberty by presidential decree, not because he was overpunished for his crime done in the interest of his conspiracy, not because he was a victim of political persecution, but because his political following demanded his release. i No loval American asked Browder's release on any such ground. The Communist petitioners, skilled and tireless in such matters, claimed to have gathered for their appeal but, of course, they are all proud to be known as liars for their cause, so that figure need not be accepted. The cause of unity had np merit in the case uniess it is to be established that a felon sentenced for a proven crime and for no other reason may be allowed to go insufficiently whipped out of consideration for his politics and the strength of his political following. Whom was it intended to swerve from “disunity to unity by this political stroke?

All the More Painful

WERE THERE ANY mass meetings of soldiers or the parents of soldiers or any other loyal Americans, to demand Browder's release? There was none and, in view of Biddle’s admission | that Browder's party fights to destroy the American | government, the suggestion that Americans would fight and work the harder for their own country in gratitude for this extra-legal favor to any enemy is the more painful. The only anti-war elements in this country are small and devoted to the axis and they will not be placated by Browder's release. On the contrary, they will be more pernicious than ever and no doubt will exploit the honest indignation of patriotic citizens over the outrage to create greater disunity than they were capable of before. Yet the loyal citizens cannot be expected to pass over without protest this special political favor to a

by the attorney general to be an enemy of the nation. The Bridges deportation probably will never come off, however, because he may now appeal to the federal courts, starting low and working slowly up to the supreme court and, in the end, a political deal with the government of Australia, his native land, may persuade that commonwealth to deny him readmittance.

Frankly Speaking

By Norman E. Isaacs

ONCE AGAIN, the political soundings are heing made to see if it is safe to let D. C. Stephenson out | of prison. Why can’t we let this thing drop once and for all and forget D. C. Stephenson! He was a political racketeer, a smooth scoundrel who used the Kian for all it was worth, a man utterly without merals who was sent to prison for life for murder. Stephenson and his lawyers have worked every legal gag known to the human mind and he is still behind bars. A lot of silly tracts have been printed all trying to prove he couldn’t be guilty of murder and that he ought to be released pronto. His conviction was no political rap. Don’t forget that he was still “The Law” when he committed his crime and that he went up because of the enormity of his crime.

A Hero to the Two-Bit Bigots

TIME HAS DULLED the memories of a great many people and they now half-believe that D. C. Stephenson was punished for being too powerful poThey are told, too,

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that never again can he be a trouble-maker. Such rot! Stephenson framed himself. He thought

The girl he murdered lies buried in this town. And well or ill, Stephenson is still young enough to make trouble. Don't forget that he is regarded as a “martyr” by all the contemptible Pelleys and Court Ashers in Indiana. Once free, he would be an ideal front for a lot of these two-hit bigots: Let's keep Stephenson where he belongs: In prison

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“COLLECT MINIATURE TIRE ASH TRAYS IN U. 8”

By H. P. Seale I have sent the following suggestion to Donald M. Nelson: As rubber would appear as of major importance, I propose that there are millions, probably, of

miniature tires now being used as ash trays, throughout the United States, issued by the various tire companies as advertising media, and that they would serve to much petter advantage as war material. As former advertising manager of a large tire company, I know that we used many thousands of them for that purpose, advertising. The unit weight would average 13 ounces (without the glass tray). From this you may obtain an idea of potential tonnage. 1 am sure that the American public should be glad to co-operate on a voluntary basis, and that simplified plan of collection could be devised and executed.

, &F 4 + “NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF DIRT!”

By John M. Quarles It is said that “necessity is the mother of invention.” But today necessity may force many to return to a lot of the old inventions and uses. I am thinking of the shortage of house or home building materials. I have before me a “U. S. Department of Agriculture Farmers bulletin No. 1500,” on “Rammed Earth Walls for Buildings.” On the second page as Figure 1 is a picture of a house now standing in Washington, D. C., which was built in 1773. This is an old two-story colonial home and is still standing and occupied. This house was built of dirt 169 years ago. This bulletin shows other houses and the cost is very cheap. Back in Roman history Hannibal built watch towers of this material construction which were in use 250 years after. This method was introduced into France, then later it was adopted in England and then to the United States. These houses are built on a stone, brick or concrete foundation and take very little lumber and other materials, and can be built from

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the dirt that is excavated for a cellar. Then we turn and look at adobe houses of the southwest. There is another method which is used—dirt, sand and a small per

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demoeratic-minded people you speak of were not American democrats who fathered this alphabetical orgy. The AAA with the bait of money took in the American farmer; he 'sold out for a few shekels of silver the individuality that was within him and so he has become regimented and socialized within the New Deal planned economy whereby before long he must produce for consumption only and without (profit, and if he refuses to do so he ‘becomes an enemy of the state and off goes his head, or else communism will he a failure here in America. | R. M., I do nat know how long you have lived in America, but I

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cent of cement, making w pressed |}, ve walked in and breathed the air dirt or clay block. This is & VEIV yr american liberty for 60 years but simple and inexpensive method in| p.¢ air has become humid or hard-

building all of the walls, inside go. (, preathe during the last eight’

and out. I do not know that any one would care to build a dirt house that will stand from 100 to 200 years at a very small maintenance cost; how-

to you. It is yours at no cost to anyone who cares to take advan-

tage and build a good cheap home. There is no government restric-

| tions on the use of dirt!

2 o 8 “FARMER HAS SOLD OUT FOR A FEW SHEKELS” By Harrison White, 218 E. St. Joseph st. Answering R. M. of May 30th: It is not very gratifying to me that the AAA, CCC, WPA and NYA was forced upon this people, living under a republican form of government such as ours is supposed to be, even though it was placed there under the guise or grant of great emergency power outside the constitution of this republic. You said that if I were a farmer I would understand the AAA. Well, I quit the farm after I was 30 years

as I do the AAA and further I know that the Communist oranizers gave up as a had job all thought of organizing the American farmer about 20 years ago, for everyone of them was independent and mindful of his own affairs and could not be organized. Yet the economic program which communism had to offer requires

the regimentation and socialization of the American farmer and these

I confidently believe we will be back in our own

home by Christmas. —Edouard Benes, president of the |

Czechoslovakian government in exile.

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I'm not going to tell you how we did it. The most important fact is that it was done—and that it will be done again —Brig. Gen. James H. Doolittle on air raid he led on Japan. *

A billion dollars is just a figure to me, but a fellow last week said a billion dollars is two Panama Canals. It's impressive to think our war industries turned out six or seven Panama Canals in one month. —J. S. Knowlson, W. B. B. official.

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You can’t go up against the Japs with a rag-tag collection of troops and hope to win.—Lieut. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell, American commander in Burma.

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The American way of life means we must all join in licking our enemies, and licking them to stay licked —Sen. Tom Connally of Texas.

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We should accept our successes in a spirit of sober thanksgiving, and meet our reverses with a grim determination to fight all the harder.—Secretary of | State Cordell Hull.

- The voters must choose leaders who have principles and the courage to state them plainly regardless of party lines —Wendell L. Willkie.

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risk of offending one side or the other —Pope Pius XII.

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Side Glances=By Galbraith

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We admire the many good fea- |

tures of your paper but have won- | dered at its strenuous uphelding |

of the traffic in alcoholie liquors, The drinking of alcoholic liquors

tion and is one of the greatest hindrances to defense. Statistics prove that there is as much if not mere bootlegging now as there was under the prohibition law. | Why should a great paper that claims to stand for the best in humanity and government so glaringly advertise all kinds of alcoholic liquors, that which is morg destructive than war, pestilence and famine combined? Thousands who read your paper detest the liguor advertisements.

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“BROWDER RELEASE ONE ACT I CAN APPLAUD” By H. H. Mangum The president's freeing of Earl Browder is one of the few acts of his lengthy administration that I can applaud. With the Communists of Russia offering the only effective resistance to Hitler's conquering hordes

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and the only hope of the allies to defeat him in Europe, it seems ut-| terly ridiculous for the leader of] {that party in the United States to languish in jail, while his comrades’

| in Russia are being praised to the

\skies for their skill, courage and endurance. Considering that this government

| resistance to an insignificant tax on (tea, the charge that plotting to {overthrow this government by force by a small group that numbers less than 1 per cent of the population leaves me cold and indifferent to a danger that exists mainly in the vivid imagination of those who saw or imagined they saw an equal or greater danger in the Socialism of Norman Thomas. Had Browder been a Democrat or Republican no attention would have been given to his trivial offense, which did no one in the United States the slightest harm. 2 n COUNTRY COUSINS AND JOHN L. LEWIS By Oaty Grier. Converse. 2 if John L. Lewis succeeds in grabbing the milky way, those country cousins who believe that John could make their cows “jump over the moon” had better find out which way the cream is going before they hop on his milk wagon.

DAILY THOUGHT

Thou shalt be hid from the scourage of the tongue; neither shalt thou he afraid of destruction when it cometh— Joh 5:21. ;

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1942

In Washington

By Peter Edson

WASHINGTON, June 3.—Opa ' having educated the big stores on price control, now begins its campaign of explanation to country stores, comprising half of the 1.9 million U. 8. retail outlets. . . . The number of buttons on work clothes is to be reduced. . . . The feminine apparel limitations order has had to be revised upward to take care of “girl stouts” (no pun) and “’teen-age stouts.” .. . And limitations on ladies’ non-wool slacks had to be increased an inch to allow for shrinkage . . . Ten per cent of ithe food dollar goes for pork. . . . In 1940, U. S. aircraft manufacturers turned out 5800 new planes and the goal now is 60,000 a year, a jump of more than 1000 per cent. . , . Lawnmower manufacturers have been given permission to produce at their full 1941 production, up to June 30, provided they use only fabricated metal on hand March 31.

No X-Cards for Diplomats

FOREIGN, EMBASSY attaches in Washington were requested to turn in their X gasoline cards. . . . Army has launched a house organ for 75,000 civilian employees working in government ordnance plants. . . . Films used to train U. S. soldiers will be made available to Latin American countries by dubhing in Spanish and Portuguese sound tracks. « The “Victory Razor” will be made of zinc with a plastic handle, in place of brass, though the blade will still be steel. . . A new medal is being struck for World War I soldiers who served with the Army of Occupation in Germany or Austria-Hungary. . . . Correspondence between soldiers and civilians un= known to them is being discouraged by the War Department. . . . Fifty thousand ‘spare bedrooms” in Washington homes are being eved as possible billets for war workers.

Women's Place In War Work

EIGHTY PER CENT of the principal war industry jobs can be done by wemen. . . . Store inventories may be limited to an over-all dollar volume to prevent retail hoarding. . . . The 1.5 million homes heated by fuel oil in the Atlantic seaboard area consume 80 million barrels a year. ... Conversion to. coal has saved 10 million barrels, and the drive is

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, . Four barrels of crude oil make one barrel of crude oil and two of gasoline and it formerly took 1.2 million barrels of crude A DAY to keep this Atlantic seaboard area going. . . . Bus line operators who lease their tires get from 60,000 to 100,000 miles per tire. . .. Arsenic has been put under government priority regulation. Will old lace be next?

The Business Front

SMALL BORE firearms have been unfrozen for sale to defense or plant protection forces. ... Qvercoming breakage losses is the big problem of cannhers forced to use glass containers in plaee of tin. . .. Stocks of refrigerators in the hands of retailers have been unfrozen. . . , Iecemen may sell at summer prices from April to October. . . . All but 430 counties have nutrition committees . . . More than four million workers are still registered with U. 8. Employment Service as wanting jobs. . . . Use of golden orange G dye is no longer restricted to the military. .

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A Woman's Viewpoint By Mrs. Walter Ferguson

OUR No. 1 Glamour Bey of 1942 is Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, whe should get a big rush from the girls. Besides his regular cabinet duties, he’s had the jab of setting up the Woman's Auxiliary Army Corps dumped into his lap. Popular as he is for the moment, probably few men envy him. Under the terms of the Rogers bill, President Roosevelt decides the number of WAAC units to be established, and Henry does the rest. From new on we imagine a part of his every day will be spent making things agreeable for the lady volunteers and giving heed to their demands. As we know, he has already appointed the director, Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby of Houston. With her help he will choose the assistants. The actual wording is this: “From women citizens of the United States the

| Secretary of War is authorized to appoint the director | and such assistant directors as he may from time to

time deem necessary or advisable, all such appoinfees to serve during the pleasure of the Secretary.”

He Ought to Get a Medal

YOU SEE, IP THE gals don’t behave, he can fire ‘em. The bill also specifies thal he shall establish training schools, determine their number, and passes on the qualifications for entry into them and the credits for graduation. The health, efficiency and character standards of the women to enroll are subject to his approval, and, worse still, he is designated under the act as the authority to choose the uniforms, insignia, accessories, headpieces, shoes, ornaments and other supplies. x Was ever a man since Solomon so overwhelmed by femininity? Not in our time certainly. Men have wrestled with harder problems, perhaps, but when Mr, Stimson gets his Wagcks trained, regulated and satisfied, the government ought to strike off a new medal and decorate him. He'll be the first American man who could ever feel sure of his authority over a woman.

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Q—When did the sugar shortage become acute in how much were retailers permitted to sell to individual consumers? A—By May, 1018, the shortage had become seri8 f ! towns or cities, or five pounds at a time to residents of rural districts. They were alsq forbidden to sell to any family at a rate exceeding 3 pounds per person per months. On the first ¢ of August, 1918, the allotment of sugar to individual consumers was reduced to 3 pounds per month. Three months later, it was found possible to increase the amount to 3 pounds per month, and on Nov. 14, the allctmeni was raised to 4 pounds per person. On Nov. 27. 1918, all consumer restrictions were removed.

Q—Were consumer supplies rationed in the United States during World War 1? : A—Mangdatory rationing was avoided by placing upon citizens the responsibility of voluntarily limiting their consumption of commodities needed for military Rirhoses his voluntary system would not have sufe