Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 December 1942 — Page 6
Tangled Labor Situation at Indiana Munitions Plant Problem for McNutt Rates Are Steady to Five
m uléd production.
{The original mistake was in locating the big shell-load-lant out in the country. It may be remote from enemy ibers but it’s also too remote for the workers. Tire and ine rationing were not anticipated when the location
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By ROGER BUDROW
| A MUDDLE FOR PAUL McNUTT TO UNTANGLE is the one existing at the giant Kingsbury ordnance works nea La Porte. One blunder has been piled on top of anotk 'r there until now neither the company nor the governcan hire or keep enough workers to maintain sched-
a: chosen but they are having their effect now.
! Trinsportation is pocr. Some of the busses that haul workers from | ‘mearpy cities break down; workers ‘havi "been forced .to walk many
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For quite a time! the big Kingsford Heights government housing project has stood
un completed because certain plumbing and ji heating got mixed Mi. Budrow
. peopii. 4 fiers ho live in Gary, Hammond! La Porte, South Bend, Elk"hart, Logansport and other places now are able to get war jobs their home towns. So, they reason, why thould we pay out bus fare (90 cents a day from Gary, 25 cen from La Porte) when we can work at hi ne, even though the pay isn’t so hi:h? So they quit. Op rators of the plant appealed
to ti U. S. employment service to
help. hem out. Women's clubs were conté ted; unions, other factories, schocls were also. It didn’t help mucl. Even ministers made appeals from the pulpits in a special drive | In one month 1400 were hired but 2500 quit. Total employment 1as been going down like that consi cently. It's the worst such situation in the state. ; ” ” 2 ; ER {ET PRODUCTS, the local furni ure concern stymied in getting - a co contract from the quartermast + corps because the war man-
powe. commission has labeled Indiané olis a city where a labor short: ge will develop, advertised the other day for workers, got almost 300 a plications, half of them from perso 3 qualified for the work. It
can ¢ t 150 more workers, in other
miles on cold nights. They balk at that and just! quit
3 up in red tape. | . "The | project was to house 15,000
IPORKER PRICES
Cents Lower Than
Yesterday’s.
Hog prices were steady to 5 cents lower than yesterday's prices at the Indianapolis stockyards today, the agricultural marketing administration reported.
choice 160 to 200-pounders. Receipts included .14,000 hogs, 2200 cattle, 700 calves and 4500 sheep.
HOGS (14,000)
RAILROADS GET IN TUG-0F-WAR
OPA and ICC Battle Over Fat Profits Carriers Are Making.
By ELMER C. WALZER United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Dec. 8.—The office price administration has asked {the interstate commerce commis|sion to rescind the 10 per cent pas{senger fare increase and the 6 per
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cent, freight rate increase given the| 90d
railroads earlier this year. | Pirst repercussions of this request unsettled the railroad stocks and brought heavy selling into®railroad bonds, particularly those of the defaulting group. | Wall Street notes the following | interesting use of a half billion dol(lars in connection with the situa- | tion. If the rates were cut as the OPA asks, the roads would lose something like a half billion. At |the same time comes word that the Irailroad unions—operating and non-
{operating—ate asking wage in-
|creases aggregating a half billion S$
dollars. ! Traders wonder if the OPA isn’t trying to forestall that wage increase. If so, the financial district argues, it might run into trouble which would leave the railroads (where they are on rates but out of pocket on wages. : It is recalled that the rate Increases granted early. this year were | given to absorb in part previous | wage increases.
Street Bets on ICC One thing that Wall Street sees
as sure in the whole thing is that the negotiations between railroad
word: on a few hours notice, but workers and management will be
it car ; get a contract because there will b4 a “labor shortage.” | . 8 ” ‘OF € PROMINENT concern here has | een urged repeatedly to apply { r the coveted army-navy “E” but as refused to do it. It is doin an outstanding war job and repo. edly makes no profit on its - gove ment work, doing the work ato bh M¢ ti concerns are extremely anxii is to get the “E” and make ‘a ha to-do about it when they do get ii. But when the army in‘spect rs send an “E” application to th i concern, it goes unheeded. The nly reason seems to be modesty; t never has sought publicity for i ‘elf. } | ” » o ‘ © GO| ERNOR SCHRICKER has his ot 1 definition of “chemurgy.” He t{ ld a luncheon meeting at the || A. C. yesterday that it simp! | means “using farm products | or something besides the ©. alim¢ ary canal.” Soybeans and . peani ;1 are the best-known ex- ~ ‘ampl | of farm crops now finding . & gre | range of uses in industry. 2 i 2 x 8
hastened. Previously, it was anticipated they would not start until after the holidays. Now it is expected they will get under way im a week. Back in March, the office of price administration made a similar request. It asked the ICC to suspend the freight increases, but the ICC ignored thé request and went ahead with the rate rise. Hence there is a feeling in Wall Street that QPA and PCC do not hitch very well. The ICC, it is pointed out, is unwilling to give up any of its prerogatives of railroad control to the OPA or to any other government agency. Wall Street would welcome a knock down and drag out fight between the two agencies. It would bet on the ICC. But in this “case, some of the
the railroads can come out without some damage to their earning power. This one, they assert, looks like administration pressure, and they aren’t too optimistic. :
Most ‘Sheltered’ Group
Even if the railroads should lose some of their fat earnings, the net result would leave them in no worse position than most industrial com-
. ODL | AND ENDS: Goodyear has more _gelf-se: ‘ng gasoline tanks at its Akron lant. . , . Man bites dog: Metropolitan Opera in
making ‘money this year, due to,
. ‘|ttendance. . . . Some Brit : fries have Viennese waltzes ide: it to workers to lift morale. «8 jae of those bombs dropped n-gfal dre 8000-pounders and the British ire working on even bigger ones. .. |, Milkweed floss is now being usc | to line flying suits. U. S. STATEMENT WASE | VGTON, Dec. 8 (U. P.).—Govt expenses and receipts for the ¢ ‘iscal year through Dec. 5 comge, h a year ago:
This Year. Last Year.
5,241,708,129.07 2,158,461,9 al. 4,479,173,748.02 1,401,068,988. ' 103,5717,860,314.26 61,536,598,300.49 ‘it, 33,743,266,485.85 22,7170,829,868.59
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wo! VAPOLIS CLEARING HOUSE
5 100 mutes working on
panies, it is pointed out.”, Heretofore, it is noted, they have been relatively more sheltered than other (groups, not only on earnings totals but also on taxes. Those who talk for the railroads says it would be unfortunate to [drain the roads of funds at this time. They point out that the carriers are just getting on their feet after a long depression and that a longer period of good earnings is imperative to build them up again in sound financial position. In event of an OPA victory in the present instance, the bonds of the defaulted and medium priced groups would suffer most, it is pointed out. The defaulted bond average this year rose to a new five-year high
featured the bond list. Railroad traffic is holding at a
33 high level and it is estimated that 90 | total car loadings will exceed last
year by about 2 per cent. The total on that basis would be a new 12-year high. But since the roads
0g ATE loading their cars much more
fully, it is estimated that the ton-
i | nage carried is around record pro-
i% | portions.
rsonal Property : that covers equipment=— household
in the home, on vacoer's, in res
Earnings for 1942 are estimated around the best levels for all the roads since 1929. In many indi-
break all records.
MEAT PRODUCTION UNDER EXPECTATION
CHICAGO, Dec. 7 (U. P.).—The
; American Meat institute reported : that November meat production
was below expectation. although hog marketings were 10 per cent higher than a year ago and production of beef, veal and lamb was the greatest for any November on record. j Production of beef, veal and lamb, while setting record highs for November, was below the October
figure, the review said.
conservative observers aren't sure!
and this section of the rail market N
vidual cases, the net profit will on
330- 360 Medium— 160- 220 pounds Packing Sows | Good to Choice— 270- 300 pound 300- 330
330- 360 360- 400
Good— 400- 450 450- 500
Medium— 250- 550 pounds
Slaughter Pigs Medium to Good— 90- 120 pounds CATTLE (2200)
Slaughter Cattle & Calves Steers :
. 13.35@13. cesseneagane [email protected] |
pounds veer [email protected] pounds ,...... eres [email protected]
Choice— 700- 900 pounds 900-1100 pounds 1100-1300 pounds 1300-1500 pounds
[email protected] [email protected] .. [email protected] cit Tesenenns [email protected]
ood — 700- 900 pounds 900-1100 pounds 1100-1300 pounds 1310-1500 pounds Medivm— 700-1160 pounds 1100-1300 pounds » Common— 700-1100 pounds
veese 12,00914.50 reners [email protected]
aware «+ 10,[email protected] Heifers Choice— 600- 800 pounds ........ 800-1000 pounds
eee. [email protected] [email protected] .| Good - 600- 800 pounds esse [email protected] 800-1000 pounds ..... sessress [email protected] Medi1'im— 500- 900 pounds ... ses 11,[email protected] Common — 500- 900 pbunds Cows (all weights)
[email protected] 7.50@ 9.75 1.756 10.00 6.00@ 7.50 Bulls (all weights) (Yearlings Excluded) Beef— GOO srseirresianns tessecens Sausage— Good (all weights)...eove... Medium
[email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
CALVES (700)
Vealers (all weights) Good and choice [email protected] 0 [email protected] Cull (75 lbs. up) [email protected]
Feeder & Stocker uUattle & Calves Steers
Cholce— 500- 800 pounds 800-1050 pounds Good— 500- 800 pounds ... 800-1050 pounds Medium— 500-1000 pounds ... Common— 500- 800 pounds Calves (steers) Good and Choice— 500 pounds down ediume 500 pounds down ! Calves (heifers) Good and Choice— 500 pounds down
Medium — 800 pounds down SHEEP AND LAMBS (4500)
Ewes (shorn) Good and choice
[email protected] . [email protected]
. 11.50
. 12.50 . 11.25
12.25
esiiaees [email protected] [email protected]
[email protected] [email protected]
La Good and choice Medium and good 0
.75 Common x
@ @ @l1 [email protected] [email protected] Yearling Wethers Good and choice ..... Sanson [email protected] Medium ....q0iecinre.iiiivee [email protected]
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK
{ Hogs—22,000; even around steady to 15 fents lower; 200-300 lbs, [email protected]; ood and choice 400-550 lbs., [email protected]; jtop on sows 380 lbs. down $13.65. Cattle—8000; calves—1200; fed steers and yearlings 10 to 15 cents higher; fairly
that price bid on several strictly choice loads; heifers firm, bulk [email protected], best $15.50; cows relatively scarce, steady to strong: bulls strong to 15 cents higher with weighty sausage offerings $12.75 down; vealers unchanged “at [email protected], Jepiacement marie Jairly active, especial- ) um to good stocker 133, Jaciun g kers selling at Sheep—7000; today's trade, done on lambs, asking steady or to $15.75; most bidding lower, firm; 2 loads good to choice slaughter ewes active 15 to 35 cents higher, a few loads of good grades $7.75 to $8: common to medium $6.8 @17. a deck of good western feeding lambs $12.75. ———————————————
LOCAL ISSUES
Nominal quotations furnished by local
unit of National Association of Securities Dealers. Bid Ask
Agents Fin. Corp com
nothing upward yearling $14.50;
co Comwlth Loan 5% pfd nr RIA ome ayne 7% pid. Ind Asso Tel 5% pfd y Ind & Mich 7% pfd Ind Hydro Elec Ind Gen Serv 6% pfd Indpls P & L 5% pid... Indnls. P&L com *Indpls Rlwys Ine, com. Indpls Water pf *Indpls Water Cla Lincoln Loan Co 5% Lincoln Nat Li
51
Van Camp Milk pfd.... Van Camp Milk com... Bonds Algers Wins'w W RR 4% %.... American Loan 5s 51 American Loan 5s 46... ....... Cent Newspaper #des 42-51.... Ch of Com Bldg Co 4's 51... Citizens Thd: Tel 4's 61 ... Consol Fin 5s 60 Crabb-Reynolds-Taylor 4s .... 8 Home T&T Ft We ine a 43...
Ind Tel Pub Serv Pub Tel 4 Richmond Water Trac Term Corp *Ex-dividend.
LOCAL PRODUCE
Heavy breed hens, f{ull-feathered, 19c; Leghorn hens, 16c. Springers 1% lbs. and cver: colored, 20c; barred and white rock, 2lc; cocks, 10c. Roasters, 4 ibs. and over; colored, 20c; white rock, 21c:; barred rocks, 2lc. All No. 2 poultry, 3 cents less. " Eggs—Current receipts 54 lbs. and up,
30c. Graded Eggs—Grade A, large, 39c: grade A, medium, 37c; grade A, small, 35c; ro O Bitier—No. 1, 48@48%e; No. 2, 450 46%c: butterfat,. No. 1, 6c: No. 3. 4 (Prices
MIXED LOCALLY
The top was $13.79 for good to| |
10.00912.75 |
active; bulk [email protected]; top around $17 A
ed | Gen Mills, pf ..1
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Commemorating Pearl Harbor day in the American way, a powerful fleet of warships slid down the ways in one of the largest single day launchings since the beginning of the war. Left, the aircraft carrier Bunker Hill, which was launched at Quincy, Mass., and right, the battleship New Jersey, heaviest man-of-war in the world, launched at Phila delphia, Pa. In all, 12 fighting ships and five cargo boats were launched on the anniversary of the sneak Jap attack on Pearl Harbor. ’ :
RULES DRAFTED
Underwriters Setting Up Higher Safety Plan For Night Clubs.
NEW YORK, Dec. 8 (U, PP), — The National Board of Fire Underwriters today announced tentative draft of an ordinance setting up standards of safety against fires in cabarets, night clubs, restaurants and other similar public places. In announcing the newly devised ordinance, W, E. Mallalieu, general manager of the National Board, said that the need for widespread adoption of such an ordinance was tragically demonstrated in the: Cocoanut Grove club fire in Boston on Nov. 28. When completed the “cabaret ordinance” as it is known, will be; included in the 1941 edition of the| National Board's ‘suggested fire prevention ordinance” which sets up controls for the prevention of fire in various hazardous processes and occupancies. “One of the basic facts about the Cocoanut Grove tragedy that has| been overlooked,” Mallalieu stated, | “is that over-crowding,- the rapid spread of the flames and inadequate exit facilities all contributed to the loss of life. “Our engineers have attempted to control these and others factors in the new ordinance which they propose, and which it is hoped will be as effective a safety measure as theater ordinances have proven to
N. Y. Stocks
Complete New York stock quotations are carried daily in the final edition of The Times.
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OTHER LIVESTOCK
CINCINNATI, Dec. 8 (U. P.).—Hogs— Receipts, 4200; all Yughis, rades and classes steady. top, $13.70 bald for 160300 lbs. 400 ., $13.55; medium and 20d 150-160 1bs., $13; good sows, $12.25@ Cattle—Receipts, 700; calves, 250; slow, quality poor, steers and canners an cutter cows steady; bulk of heifers above $13; weighty steers, $12.50; common and medium good lights, [email protected]; no baby beef calves and yearl on sale; common and medium beef cows, [email protected]; canner and cutters, $6@9; bi $12.50; common and medium, $10.50@12; thn gh, Sov 0 eet ee op, 3 an oice, 16; ou! grades down to $10 and below. yo 400; fat lambs steady;
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: Sheep Recsipis, good lambs, [email protected]; common and medium
| ers (not receiving more than $5000
%/the wage-hour division and they
s official thought the employer of 2 100,000 might get by if he restricted
® (or locality. He could not guarantee ‘# | that.
a wage-hour offices on the first floor , | of the labor department building.
*Inot necessary to go through ell
i | No. 5) if “incident to the application *' of the terms of an established wage
from: 2
3! ranges; C, operation of an estab-
+ | upon length of service; D, increased , | productivity under piecework or ins «| centive plans; E, operation of an “| apprentice or trainee system.”
*|step for employers desiring to raise
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STRICTER FIRE Two U. S. Agencies Give Out
Different Advice on Wages
By FRED W. PERKINS Times Special Writer
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—Confusion over wartime control of wages
|and salaries is being made worse because two federal agencies are giving
different advice to employers who desire to grant individual raises. These agencies are the national war labor board, which has primary authority under the president’s executive orders, and the wage-hour
land public contracts division of the labor deparement. The more than
100 offices throughout the country of the latter agency have been made
official agents for the NWLB in explaining the intricacies of the new wartime regulatory scheme, and in some cases of acting for the board subject to its later review. Numerous complaints are reaching Washington that wage-hour offices have given employers such a big job in getting official approval for individual raises that the employers are ready to throw up their hands. For instance, an employer of about 1100 persons in a small but highly departmentalized business was informed by a wage-hour office that to get the official o. k. for a $5-a-week raise for a new employee—who had received such a promise three months ago, to become effective if and when he made good—the employer must: 1. Show for the two payroll periods ending nearest Jan. 15, 1941, and nearest the date of application, his total number of wageearning employes, the total manhours worked in those periods, and the average straight-time hourly earnings. 2. The number of salaried work-
a year) actually working in the two periods;. and their average straight-time hourly earnings. 3. Detailed information on all increases or decreases in wages and (or) salaries since Jan. 1, 1941, affecting more than 10 per cent of the employes. The same instructions were given by the regional wage-hour office to a huge concern employing about 100,000 workers, at hundreds of wage and salary rates, and performing a wide variety of duties. To justify a wage raise for one employe this concern was faced with a monumental statistical job.
These instructions were checked here today in national offices of
were confirmed—not by & minor clerk over the telephone, but in a personal call on the head of a section of that agency. The ony difference was that this
his report to employees in one plant
This confirmation was received in
It was contradicted on the fifth floor—in the offices of NWLB. There board officials said it was
these formalities, and that individual wage raises might be granted (under the board’s general order
agreement or to established wage rate schedules,” and if they result
“A. Individual promotions or reclassifications; B, individual merit increases within established rate
lished plan of wage Increases based
INDIANA LIMESTONE GHARGES DROPPED
CHICAGO, Dec. 8 (U. P.).—Federal District Judge Michael L. Igoe yesterday ordered a directed verdict of not guilty and dismissed charges of anti-trust law violations against two contractors, a corporation and
union leaders accused of monopolizing the cut stone industry in Chicago. The indictment charges the defendants with conspiracy to prevent sale in Chicago of fabricated limestone from the Bedford-Blooming-ton district of Indiana. They were accused of requiring that all limestone fabrications be carried out in Chicago for construction here. Judge Igoe held there was no evidence to prove that Bernard Van Etten of Galloy and Van Eetten, Inc, and Max Davison of Simpson & Davison, Inc., has engaged in a conspiracy to violate the anti-trust laws. That left only the charges against the Chicago and Cook County Building and Construction Trades Council and affiliates. The judge held these collapsed because they concerned a labor dispute, not subject to jurisdiction of the court. The defendants were found guilty in their first trial, but were granted a new trial on the basis of a contention by their attorneys that a union cannot violate the anti-trust act.
BURLEY PRIGES UP; QUALITY IS LOWER
LEXINGTON, Ky., Dec. 8 (U. P)).
—The 1942-1943 marketing season -
began here today for burley tobacco and average prices for practically all | grades were higher than on open- | ing day of last year. | The U. S. department of agriculture reported that the increases ranged from $7 to $11 a hundred in most cases. The tobacco sold wel] above the association advance, bu: | kept within the price ceiling which was imposed recently in the majority of cases. Prices for individual baskets ranged from a low of $6 for nondescript to a high of $49 for good quality lugs. Most of the tobacco sold between $35 and $45 per hundred. The general quality of the tobacco was slightly inferior to last year’s crop. It had more fair and low qualities and less choice and fine qualities. The principal offerings were low to good leaf and lugs and low to fair flyings. Old Fort Farms, Ine, 1108 Old-Pirst Bank bldg., Pt. Wayne; agent, Robert Y. Keegan, same address; 1000 shares without par value; farming, dairying, truck and
market gardening; . Robert . Keegan, Richard F. Baird Jr., Ruth J. Lindemuth,
| NWLB officials admitted that the,
. conflicting advice of the wage-hour |
division, which constitutes the first
"14 | line of .contact with the millions af- | »|fected by the wage regulations, “is| 1a! likely to be somewhat confusing.” 'y.| They indicated a campaign for co-
ordination would be undertaken, The board officials said the first
8 wage or salary rate, or for employees seeking increases, and who are uncertain whether they must get NWLB approval, is to fill out the board's form No. 1, “request for a ruling.” This form is only one page long, and is to be filled out in quintuplicate. Two pages of instructions’ tell how to go about it.
RATIONING CONTROL TO BE LOCALIZED
NEW YORK, Dec. 7 (U. P).— Leon Henderson, A adminjstrator, today predicted that in the next year the nation will have more decentralization with more deci-
GRAIN TRADERS WAIT WASHINGTON NEWS
CHICAGO, Dec. 8 (U. P:).—Grain futures were narrowly irregular in dull trade on the board of trade today, pending developments on the revised parity bill for inclusion of farm labor costs. At the end of the first hour, wheat was unchanged to up 3% cent a bushel, corn and oats unchanged to up %, rye off % to up % and soybeans up 1 cent. Traders awaited word from Washington on the question of relief from the squeeze that the milling industry is protesting, and progress of the farm bill to raise parity prices of agricultural commodities.
DAILY PRICE INDEX NEW YORK, Dec. 8 (U. P.).— Dun & Bradstreet’s daily weight-. ed price index of 30 basic commodities, compiled for United Press (1930-32 average equals 100): Yesterday ......c.covasvev.. 162.66 WeBK B20 ..csnvvesssvesvsves 16111 Month 880 ......ccs00venas. 16048 Year ago . 148.62 1942 high (Dec. 7) ..vvves... 162,66
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1943 OFFICERS
F. C. Crawford of Thomp- * son Products at Cleve-
land Is President.
NEW YORK, Dec. 8 (U. P.).—The full slate of officers elected to serve during 1943 with Frederick Coolidge Crawford, newly elected president of the National Association of Manufacturers, was announced to= day by the N. A. M. nominating committee. The new officers will assume their duties on Jan. 1, Crawford's elec= tion was announced last week at the war congrass of American industry, 47th annual N. A. M. convention. He is president of the Thompson Prod= ucts Co. of Cleveland, and succeeds
-| William P. Witherow, president of
the Blaw Knox Co. Witherow automatically becomes chairman of the board of directors, replacing Walter D. Fuller, presi= dent of the Curtis Publishing Co., who becomes chairman of the ex=ecutive committee. R. E. Tomlin son, president of the National Bise cuit Co., was named treasurer; Walter B. Weisenburger, executive vice president, and Noel Sargent, secretary. ; National vice presidents elected include Donaldson Brown, vice chairman of General Motors Corp.; Wilfred Sykes, president of Inland Steel Co.; Stuart W. Cramer Jr, president of Cramerton Mills. Newly selected regional vice® presidents include Thomas J. Hare grave, president of Eastman Kodak Co.; G. W. Mason, president of Nash-Kelvinator Corp.; E. J. Mc Millan; president of Standard Knitting Mills, Inc.; J. Howard Pew, president of Sun Oil Co.; A. W, Robertson, chairman of the board of Westinghouse Electric & Manus facturing Co.; F. J. Sensenbrener, chairman of Kimberly-Clark Paper Co.; Herbert C. Stockham, president of Stockham Pipe Fittings Co.; W, C. Trout, president of Lufkin Foune dry & Machine Co.; Sinclair Weeks, president of Reed & Barton Corp. Howard I. Young, president of American Zinc, Lead & Smelting Co.: J. D. Zellerbach, president of Crown Zellerbach Corp.
WAGON WHEAT
Up tu the close of the Chicago marke$ today, Indianapolis flour mills and grain elevators paid $1.28 per bushel for No. 3 red wheat (other grades on their merits, No. 2 white oats, 46¢c, and No. 2 red oat
1942 low (Jan. 2)
46¢c; No. 3 yellow corn, 78¢ per bushel an No. 3 white corn, 98c.
A Medal for
Mrs. Bronson
...for Helping Us Handle the Biggest Bus Loads in Historyl
People like Mrs. Bronson are making it easier for us to do a big wartime job. : . They realize that since gas ratione ing started we've had to accommos date many more riders—without be. ing able to add a single new bus to our fleet, They cheerfully accept dis. comfort and delays knowing that we have been compelled to take off certain trips and reduce speeds in order to make our tires and equip ment last longer. They are walking whenever pos. sible, sharing their cars with neigh bors and using the buses only for traveling to work or other essential trips. e are working like fury to meet the extraordinary needs of the hour and, with the help of these patriotic riders, we'll keep the buses rolling for Victory!
Jo She buys her ticket in advance—at the bus station. (Paying fares on the bus delays everyone.)
2. She is ready toboard and leave the bus quickly and doesn't ask the driver to make special stops.
3+ She steps to the rear of the bus to make room for others and if she doesn't find a seat—well, that's just her little. contribution to the war effort, she says.
4. She carries the fewest possible bags and bundles and tries to return home before the evening rush hours.
Your Trip Will Be More Comfortable If You Avoid Rush-Hour and Week-End Traffic
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