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Letters Can: Build or Harm Army Morale

By JANE STAFFORD Science Service Writer ‘UNCLE SAM is taking mighty good care of your soldier's health, but you can help keep up his morale . by the letters you write. From the American Red Cross comes a report

that in too many cases mothers and |.

“sweethearts have deliberately invented or magnified illnesses in frantic letters or wires in the hope of getting the soldier home for a visit.

The soldier who receives such a :

letter cannot drop everything and rush home, as he could if he were away on an ordinary trip or at school or a summer camp. He must wait for orders: permitting him to leave, and the orders are not likely to come until the facts have been checked. - His morale and efficiency | go down during this period of anxious waiting. If he then finds there was no real emergency, he is likely to lose faith in the person who sent the meéssage. On the other hand, if there is real gickness or trouble, it is better to write about it promptly. A feeling of being shut off from the family, kept in ignorance of important family affairs, is also demoralizing. 4 #2 2 ~ HERE ARE some more dont’s: “Don’t write about all the minor “misfortunes of the day or all the “petty family squabblés. Don’t write to your son about his‘ wife’s housekeeping or to your husband about ‘is mother’s interfering ways: Don’t write when you are tired or feeling low. Letters written then : gre ‘likely to be gloomy. and de«pressing. . If you have to pour out your troubles in a letter, don’t send - «it until you have read it again 24 hours later. By that time you are probably feeling better and can tear up the gloomy letter and write = @ cheerful one.

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DEAR JANE JORDAN — There are some soldiers in our community who are taking special training. Why is it that some, especially the older people, treat them as if they were poison, while the young girls throw convention to the four winds, speak to them on the street and get very well acquainted with some of them? These girls are nice girls and wouldn't think of -doing -such a thing with anyone who didn’t wear a uniform. As for the older people, the ones who are the most prejudiced do not have anyone very close to them in the service. - How..can anyone feel that way toward the boys who are willing to ‘die for them? A READER.

Answer—To the young a uniform is glamorous, different and exciting; to the old it’s another suit of clothes. To the young a soldier is a hero ready to die at the drop of a hat for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; to the old he’s a man caught by conscription. To the young a man in service is the symbol of knighthood in flower; to the old he’s a hard-bitten warrior, apt to be untrustworthy with women. The truth lies somewhere in between. Soldiers deserve our con-

no sense in endowing them. with

subject to the WepKitossng of any other rman. \

os 8 ~ DEAR JANE JORDAN — What advice do you have for a gal whose husband has been away for 0-0-0 long that she is beginning to have difficulty in keeping the wolves away

from her door? LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD. N.B. One wolf in particular.

Answer—If her relationship with her husband was satisfactory before

{he went away, and if there is no

way for her. to join him, then the best ‘thing she can do is to fill a large kettle full of boiling water and let the wolf fall into it when he comes down the chimney. Put your problems in a letter to Jane Jordan who ‘will answer your questions

in this column daily.

Homemaking—

A Professor Gives Some Pointers On Child Development to Parents

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PARENTS WHO ATTEMPT to force their children to perform tasks that are too difficult will only succeed in confusing them, Daniel A. Prescott, professor of education at the University of Chicago and director of the division of child development of the American Council of

SOLOMONS i YET ‘UNSPOI.

As Cannibals Fail:

Ruin Tropic Beau'\ By ROBERT J. CASE i Co tone. Datly New: CHICAGO, Aug. 17.—~We the papers these days that | rines have pushed into Tul other pieces of ‘scenery

islands, and we wonder leathernecks appreciate the of this odd region.’ We that they don’t. It’s a great pity, because Te

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tween the eating of the hig: missioner back .in 1916 and rival-of the Japs a few mpr —has come ‘away: from th mons without many lovely ories. One recalls a glimpse of harbor in the shimmering

the deck of a Burns Philip ship—the palms with listless the blazing: hibiscus and. b villea along’ the beach. breathless rise of bite. i: in the background. One recalls that - save..for minor inconveniences stich 2 quitoes, malaria, Guadalcan: crocodiles and ‘man-eating it had all the allure of Bt - It was at least as lovely as |; and at the time had the: adi of no Japanese problem. :

150,000 Natives—800 Whi, ,

Until Japan began to edge : ward toward Australia it is | likely that anybody would thought Tulagi or Florida o: dalcanal or for that matt: whole Solomon chain worth a ! With all the uplifters in the getting nowhere in. their’ de: promote: the rights. of - the peoples, the Solomons shoul: been a joy forever. - Because in spite of all pub | provements elsewhere in the in spite of the encroachme : the tireless whites with thei: ing’ posts and their mine d:: ments and their missions an: medical envoys, in spite «i

Moder “ FRED rou SARK . General Chairman /Amgrican naation |

rel other's «challenge in rebuttal. : below. viele

By CARL DREHER Author The Coming Showdown “DREHER OPENS: Capitalism has outlived ‘its ‘usefulness because: (1) it hamstrings: technology, obstructs the full utilization of human and .{ natural resources; (2) by exploiting Ad much of our population it divides ol society into warring classes and le| promotes fascism from within; (3) it ‘exposes us to the danger'of fascism imposed from without, in that | modern war calls for collectivist or- | ganization and the transitional losses are dangerously high; (4) it fos- | ters a type of leadership mentality which mistakes money .for machinery, . advertising for, achievement, salesmanship for produetion, and in-

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and lecturer, recovers from effects of a beating by six men. beside the bed is Dr. William Giles. A short time before the attack, Frank had been ordered out of the country for his expressed opinions : ‘of, Argentine neutrality. He! is. now in Chile.

LE Up, AMERICA!"

Has Capitalism Out“lived Its Usefulness?

1. Each. week: two persons of national standing usually on opposite: sides of the ‘fence—debate on subjects that have | a special wartime significance. ;| challenges “the other. with a question, then answers the

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human’ development and ‘education jointly sponsored by the university, the National Education association, and the American Council on Education. “If we jump ahead of the growth process, we simply put more obstacles in the way of the child's normal development, ” Dr. Prescott said." . “All human beings go through

develop from ‘childhood to maturity, but edch one passes ‘through "the various phases at a diferent speed,” Dr. Prescott pointed’ out. . “This difference in the rate of change accounts for the fact that two children of the same chronological age may have widely varying records of achievement.” Activities in which “the, ‘child is expected to engage both at home and at school should be geared to

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Education, said recenily at the university, Dr. Prescott spoke before educators attending the conference on

nis individual development, ” Prescott stated. " “Educators and parents need to plan programs for the child in terms of pre-conceived standards of action for children of his age,” Dr. Prescott declared.

Don't 'Baby’ Thom

. “WHILE SOME parents attempt -{o force children to-do. tasks beyond their ability, others have a tendency to ‘baby’ their children, a procedure which is even more harmful to wholesome «development, Dr. Prescott pointed out.’ “If we persist in using patterns of activity appropriate for an earlier age, the child's. mental and emotional growth may be seriously impeded,” he said. “Actual functioning is essential to the perfection of any. structure, and a child’s capacities will remain rudimentary until they have been exercised. “The widest possible knowledge of the principles underlying the growth

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the first step in helping the child to reach the fullest development of his powers,” Dr. Prescott believes. . “Parents and educational counselors should study each child as an individual and should plan his educational program to fit his needs and abilities,” Dr. Prescott said. “It is only in this way that the child can. be helped to attain full selfrealization and become fitted, for the maximum service to Society: 4

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Women have been busy all over the land gathering scrap rubber for Uncle Sam, but probably few of them know that another familiar household article, soap, plays a big

part in redeeming that scrap pile and putting it back into usable war material. . Without soap. the manufacturers would have much more: difficulty in reclaiming . the .old overshoes and garden hose and other discarded rubber articles .that contribute :to the war effort. Synthetic ‘rubber, too, depends upon. soap almost as much as the housewife does. When the scrap rubber reaches the factory it is ground up into fine particles and mixed with powdered soap and water. After this mass is worked over in a milling machine and treated with heat it be-

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to be about as good as rubber latex.

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spread of new philosophie:

these islands were run stric the principle of “the Solomc the Solomonites.””

rather, the last official gues: population was about 150,000 whole protectorate. There about 800 whites ‘and a hi Chinese. -- The whites who peaceably; more or less comfc and uneaten in the steaming al’ ‘séttlements. didn’t seem t) the 7 ce much and their 1 discouraged’ ‘any tremendou: onization,

Since ‘the time (November, when Alvaro de Mendana from Peru to discover “the sot contfhent” and came upor stretch: of lush uplands ‘th

pire builders have thought th:

The climate was hot and and the soil rich enough to SU: unbelievable crops. It looked like an easy bet this fine chain could be made : ilar to the other islands thai been . developed—great plant: | put into cultivation by happy :! over-eager natives. And as th tives learned how to produce

‘a lot of things besides soap,

had worked all over the world.

work here.

gave the islands their fantasti bel in the hope that it woul

himself, and diéd on one of Santa Cruz islands while his st: beaten colonists tried ‘ valiant! get to Manila. Nothing much done in the way of colonizatio] ‘the next 200 years.

sion operating out of New Zeé : in the nineties brought the isl: to the attention of Great Br and a protectorate was estanliwith the creation of a residenc

and cocoanut plantations started after that and a trade Australia begun. The volume of

$1,500,000 & year when the worle Pression hit it. fe A Dance in ‘Blue = =

_ Imports run to the usual is : - trade goods from whisky to ¢ with a. few such tasty item:

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region could be made to proii! soft living for quite a lot of r:

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sene, calico and sugar. The for 1

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Copra, Bananas and Cocoan i: White colonies. never seeme | come to a good end there. Men | ;

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dividual gain for public security and

incapable of producing an ideal or purpose commensurate with human potentialities.

Collectivism Possible - To say that a system has outlived

relation to an alternative system— collectivism in this case. A collec- [ tivist economy is one sufficiently coordinated to permit national planning! ‘Under American conditions a democratic’ “collectivism. is ‘politically possible. In any evént-we are, of necessity, collectivizing our economy. On the optimum tempo of collecti-

‘| vization there may be valid differ-

ences of opinion, but without any desire to rush matters beyond our capacity for adjustment, I would

i| point out the danger of collectivizling too litte and too late.

HACKER CHALLENGES: We

have fallen hard on times because ‘| we have contracted the political re- ‘| gions of striving; and not because ‘| we are the victims of a “capitalist” "| conspiracy. Except for the depression, our national wealth: and in-

come have steadily increased; even during the. depression real wages Why blame our maladjustments upon but one of our institutions? Why not upon democracy, or free schools, or

| free religion? To charge that capi-

i | talists are only money-makers is | childish; to believe that only bu-

reaucrats can be enterprising is equally childish. And just how’ will collectivism, in the risk-taking function of new investment, be made susceptible to democratic controls?

- DREHER REPLIES: The fault is not conspiracy, but ineptitude: Cap-

italist machinery is incapable of

keeping up with technological progress and human needs. It is selfcontractive; political intervention attempts to fill the gap. From, the reference to “the” depression one would think ‘it was the first, and that we recovered from it. Only the war pulled us out. Although Professor Hacker tends to stop at the year 1900 in his Marxist interpretations, he knows that economic institutions determine social attitudes. ‘As for democratic control of collectivism, an appraisal of the growing power of labor in production should allay his fears.

A MATTER OF F OPINION A government map of 1834 desinate = Cross Timbers - strip oma as the “western ry of habitable land.” a

welfare, By the same token, it is.

its usefulness has meaning only in

“Waldo F rank Recovering

capital, Waldo: ‘Frank, U. 8S. . author Sitting

_Each states his premise,

This week’s debate appears

By LOUIS M. HACKER Author: The Triumph of American Capitalism HACKER OPENS: The arguments against capitalism are based upon an unexpressed major premise and a number of unsupported minor ones. The advocates of a “plann economy insist upon the breakdown

of our system because it has reached “maturity”; therefore, governmental intervention is imperative. The charge collapses when its major premise is exposed: That our economy is to be viewed in nationalist terms entirely. The fact is, the political areas of -capital expansion are limitless, if we are prepared to view our opportunities as international. To raise standards of living throughout the world to levels comparable to our own is a jeb for our technical skills, enterprise and manpower for perhaps centuries.

Cites History

Second, proponents of “planning” accept the expansion of a state bureaucracy with a lightheartedness that verges on irresponsibility. The history of-the past and the experiences of the present indicate that such an apparatus stifles progress. The bureaucracy becomes the sole beneficiary of “planning.” Third, the war has opened new vistas for technological change—in housing, transportation, new materials uses. This job, as before, when western civilization made its greatest advances, can be done by private venture-capital at less cost, more imaginatively, time, by preserving our liberties. Our chief foe is a ruthless state.

DREHER CHALLENGES: The|: remedy has been fried and found wanting. After the first world war| we sent billions abroad to enable|

1929 this system collapsed. Are we now. expected to lease-lend ourselves into permanent prosperity? Teohnological progress will not}. end with capitalism. When Faraday laid the foundations of the elec‘tric power industry he was working}. at the Royal Institution for £100 a} year. - Nowadays there is: more enterprise in the TVA “bureaucracy”|than in NAM. Is the TVA the foe} of the people, or does the danger lie in private monopoly masquerading as free enterprise?

HACKER REPLIES: Mr. Dreher| lamentably . misreads history. failed in the ’20’s’ because of our state-dominated, selling-without-buying foreign trade policy. Instead of using foreign eredits to raise living standards (as foreign capital did for the U. 8. in the 19th century), ‘we exploited natural resources and native populations abroad; we restricted ‘the international flow of

~The Faradays do io worry to but collectivism’s swarm: of timid, anonymous, and politically unscrupulous jobholders ‘do. ‘Monopoly un-

ment of state repression. I want welfare and world peace; Mr. Dreher

and, at the same}

foreigners to buy our goods. In|

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der ‘capitalism is occasional and|socl self-defeating; under ' collectivism, ing" monopo.y is habitual and an imple-|-

takes authority and nationalist wars.|

_ MONDAY, AUG. , 1042

BOOK ADDS HOPE

'T0 RUSS FUTURE"

{ Author Says Only Fourth

Of Soviet Strength “ Threatened.

By Science Service NEW YORK, Aug. 17. Russia is still far from being knocked out, and will ke able to stay in the ring as a powerful contender even if the Nazis overrun all the Caucasus region, if claims regarding Soviet preparations, made in a new Penguin book just published here, are correct. Titled “How Russia Prepared,” the book is about the U. S. S. R. in and beyond the Urals. It is by Maurice Edelman, a British subject who has spent much tine in Russian travel for Britisti Some mercial firme

partly paralyzing the pr centers around Leningrad the German hordes. have put only. about: a a fourth of Russian ind > city out of action, Mr. Edel 1 ni

+4 mates.

Thirty per cent of the Soviet ndustrial strength lies in the Moscow region, still behind the Red defense lines—the rest concentrated mainly in two great groups of new factory cities, one in the MagnitogorskSverdlovsk area in the southern Urals, the other grouped around. Novosibirsk .on the headwaters of the Irtish, Ob and Penesei rivers, near the borders of Outer Mongolia.

Planned by Stalin

These two regions, and other minor © industrial areas, Wwe planned by Josef Stalin and built a dozen years ‘before the Nazi attack, in anticipation of aggression from the West.

The building of these new Pitts= burghs and Detroits was not an ex« clusively Russian affair, German, ‘English, and above gall ‘American engineers and industrialists had a

»l hand in their genesis, Mr. Edelman

says. Such thoroughly Anierican firm names as Ford, du Pont angd Curtiss appear among the contributors to their rise.

Wholé Factories Moved

When the Nazi armies broke into the Russian west a little over a year ago, withdrawal of much of the Ukrainian equipment could be made “according to plan.” Machine bases were not embedded in concrete; they were merely bolted down with quickly unscrewable nuts and could be quickly removed and loaded on waiting trucks and flatcars. New buildings were already waiting for them in the Urals. The least optimistic part of Mr. Edleman’s frankly admiring picture of Soviet preparedness concerns oil Russian geologists and oil operators ‘have been hard at work locating new sources to the north and east of the now gravely threatened oil. regions between the Black and Cas~ pian seas, but the best that can be claimed is that they might yield only a sixth as much as the great peisclenm areas around Maikop and Baku.

Find a Hobby, ie Build Morale

; By Science: Service ia : . TOPEKA, Kas, Aug. 17--Cultis 'vating a hobby for our periods of ~Jeisure is one way to insure sound ‘morale and high wartime produc- . tion, according to. Dr. William C.Menninger, of Topeka, Kas., writing in the American Journal of

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the really enthusiastic hobbyist is more ‘likely to .be mentally andemotionaly healthy, says Dr. Mené ninger. Studies made at the Men; “clinic in Topeka showed tha “norhial” people were better able to“ seléct, and maintain saf ying - “hobbies ‘than ‘were the group: of ‘psychiatric patients studied. ~ Dr. Menninger deplores the tendency of hobbyists to ‘conceal or apologize for their particular addiction.

PARTIES PEPPED UP BY ‘SOCK SUPPERS’,

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